Sadat Urges U S Pressure for Mideast Peace Steps
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat told the National Assembly that the United States must openly define its role in seeking a peaceful settlement. He urged Washington to push Israel to withdraw from occupied territories with a defined timetable starting with Suez area and warned against a cease-fire while any Israeli troops remain on Egyptian land.
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Anwar Sadat
Sadat
United States
Suez Canal
Israel
Sharm
National Assembly
Egypt
Rogers
U.S
Nixon
America
Middle East
President Nixon announces breakthrough in SALT talks
Nixon says the United States and the Soviet Union agreed this year to work toward a comprehensive limit on offensive nuclear weapons including ICBMs and ABMs. He did not detail the terms and promised further White House briefings as Vienna hosts intensified negotiations with the SALT delegation led by Gerard Smith.
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Washington
Nixon
United © 'S
Soviet Union
White House
Vienna
Gerard Smith
U.S
Congress
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Communist Party
Leonid Breshnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Funds Denied Doom Oklahoma probe into Insurance Chief
Oklahoma Senate panel faced cancellation of its probe into Insurance Commissioner Joe B. Hunt after budget funds for a special agent were denied. The panel had until June 1 to act, and without an investigator the inquiry seems unlikely to proceed.
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State Senate
Oklahoma
Joe B. Hunt
VD VD Office Closing Triggers Protests
Lawton and Fort Sill officials protest the closing of the venereal disease office at the City County Health Department and the transfer of Larry Hall, the veteran VD investigator, to Oklahoma City by July 1. Hall has served 20 counties in Southwest Oklahoma over 10 years and may relocate his home to the capital, while Sen. Terrill presses the issue.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Larry Hall
J. Ted Herbelin
Charles Green
Hall
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Renewal Area Gets New Grant
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority received a $470,299 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to finish the Cameron College Project. This brings the LURA project total to $1,914,667.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
LURA
Cameron College
Simple Prayer Helps Doctor Overcome Drug Addiction Testimony
Dr. Thomas spoke at the Community Prayer Breakfast at the Hotel Lawtonian about his journey from addiction to redemption. He described relying on prayer and Christian faith after using pep pills and barbiturates, and recounted a north Carolina hillside encounter guiding him to Christ. He urged audience members to seek internal peace rather than chemicals, noting many youths lack spiritual backbone. The event was organized by CO DAC with the Northwest Kiwanis Club assisting, and a public forum followed at 3:30 p.m. in McMahon Auditorium.
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Lawtonian
CODAC
Drug Abuse Control
Thomas
Lawton
McMahon Auditorium
Tennessee
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Don Aycock
Dr. Thomas
North Carolina
Vietnam
Dial-A-Dirt Campaign Promotes City Clean-Up
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful joins Lawton in a Dial-A-Dirt drive from May 29 to June 5. Lawton residents urged to call Jim, with A J Floyd as city chairman. large wire trash pens will display the prompt Is This Litter Yours. Local groups including 4 H and FFA plan roadside cleanups and poster projects to foster city pride.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
America
Commerce
Boy Scouts
Interact Club
City’s Park and Solid Waste Departments
Rogers Lane
4-H Club
Bishop School
23Rd
Lee Streets
FFA
Lawton High School
Ecology Club
Lake Helen
Record Highway Funds Approved
The House and Senate budget balancers approved $9 million in new highway funds. The package proposes a $132.8 million highway program for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, with final approval still required.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
David Hall
Soviet Jews Convicted and Sentenced in Sealed Labor Camp Case
The court sentenced Gilya Butman to ten years of strict regime in a Russian labor camp for planning a June 15 1970 hijack with two others getting seven and five year terms. The case involved six defendants with two death sentences commuted and trial conducted largely in secrecy.
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Gilya Butman
Mikhail Korenblit
Leningrad
Butman
Korenblit
Sweden
Israel
Lev Yagman
Yagman
Soviet Office Soviet
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Juan Castanon de Mena
Castanon
Maria
Roderick Etherill
Ken Frazier
Mideast
Western Europe
al Terrill
Dr. Carpenter
Pope
B Thomas
By Donna Barron
Jaycees
Department of Floyd
Model Cities
Howard Thomas
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