Lao Students Seize U S Agency Site In Vientiane Protest
About 200 Lao students seized the U S Agency for International Development headquarters in Vientiane and held two Marines and an American civilian behind gates. They demanded AID’s immediate dissolution and turnover of facilities within three days. Pathet Lao guards monitored nearby housing as U S officials protested to Lao leaders.
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U.S
Imperial
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza
Vientiane, Laos
U.S. Aid Agency
Vientiane
Christian A. Chapman
Souvanna Phouma
Phoumi Vongvichit
U.S. Agency For International
AID
Pathet Lao
Laos
Storm damages stir center reports amid three state losses
Agents compile files on mail and call in damage reports from a Monday night Tuesday storm causing over 1 million dollars in losses across Oklahoma Missouri and Minnesota. The storm is listed as a catastrophe by the American Insurance Association with 23 such events this year.
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American Insurance Association
Oklahoma
Missouri
Minnesota
Joseph's
Lawton
AIA
Altus
Mountain Park
Duncan
Cameron University Arts Center Funds Approved by Senate
The Oklahoma Senate approved a $3.2 million funding package for Cameron University’s fine arts center and Western Oklahoma State College construction. Gov. Boren is expected to sign. The Cameron project totals 1.5 million for the center plus 1.7 million for Altus, with Phase I costing 1.2 million for music art and speech facilities and Phase II a 1.5 million auditorium.
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Donna Evers
Cameron University
State Senate
David Boren
Cameron
Western Oklahoma State College
Altus
Senate
State House
Richard Murray
Cameron Dean
Church of Christ Bible
Senate Panel Approves Hathaway for Interior Secretary
Stanley K. Hathaway won Senate Interior Committee approval 9-4 to head the department. Full Senate action pending. Eisaku Sato in coma worsening after stroke in Tokyo. Moynihan named U N ambassador. Pentagon says 15 servicemen died in Mayaguez rescue. 23 killed in helicopter crash en route to Utapae base.
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Washington
Stanley K. Hathaway
Senate Interior Committee
Interior
Hathaway
Wyoming
Senate
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Sate
Pentagon
Mayaguez
Thailand
Utapae
Fair and Warm Weather Likely
Weather forecast calls for fair to warm conditions with partly cloudy skies. Tonight lows mid-60s, southerly winds 8 to 16 mph, 20 percent precipitation chance and possible thunderstorms. Thursday highs mid-80s, 40 percent rain risk.
April Inflation Rises Slightly Amid Food Price Upturn
Washington AP reports that the April consumer price index rose six tenths of a percent led by higher food costs and nonfood commodity prices. The gain matches an annual inflation pace around 6 to 7 percent, with retail prices climbing 5.8 percent over the last three months.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Memorial Day Services Honor War Dead in Four Ceremonies
Memorial Day events honor fallen soldiers with two Fort Sill services at Post Cemetery and McNair Hall led by VFW Post 52 and Chaplains Col. Lewis G. Alder and Col. James V. Coleman. A 21 gun salute, Army Band, and horse drawn Half Section appear. City cemetery observances include ROTC firing party and Mayor Wayne Gilley speech. City offices and downtown stores close. some outlying shops stay open.
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Lynn Callison Merica
Fort Sill
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 52
McNair Hall
James V. Coleman
77Th Army Band
Field Artillery
Can Legion
VFW
MacArthur High School
Wayne Gilley
John R. Thonson
City Hall
Patterson Center
Museum of the Great Plains
Lawton
City to levy 10 percent late pay penalty on utilities
City officials approved a new late payment penalty to take effect July 1. The charge starts at a minimum of 1.25 dollars or 10 percent of the bill, whichever is greater, applicable to all water sewer and garbage bills. About 3 557 of 21 898 utility customers paid late last month and most were under 25 dollars.
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Sal Tarante
Women Cadets In Military Academies OK'd By House
The House approved ending the sex barrier 303 to 9 paving the way for women to enroll at West Point Annapolis and the Air Force Academy as early as July 1976. Supporters say equal access boosts careers while opponents warn it could lead to combat roles and wasteful training costs between 70 000 and 80 000 dollars per cadet.
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Washington
Senate
House
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Larry McDonald
D-Ga
Pocket Of Prosperity Sale Boosts Lawton Retail
Lawton merchants plan a citywide Pocket Of Prosperity sale May 30 31 with at least 71 stores participating. Gail Carley of the Chamber of Commerce promotes the event as a unifying theme to counter negative mood and hopes to extend POP promotions into June.
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Awton
Gail Carley
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Carley
Panesenn Ee Morning Press
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Tea
Tehran
Paul R. Shaffer Jr
Bryan
Ohio
Jack J. Turner
Carbondale
Ill
Shaffer
Ohio State University
Turner
University of Nebraska
Shah
Ford
Paris
Pahlevi
Dorothy Amyx
Joseph's Nursing Home
61St
Cache Road
Etta Wilmeth
Joseph
Insurance Company
West Lawton
38Th Steet
Senate UK
Final Arts
Carl Albert
Daniel P. Moynihan
United Nations
Moynihan
Harvard
John A. Scali
United States
Saalile
Ols
Abby
Cirent
Editorio
Sunset Cemetery
By Skip Gibson
Bella S. Abzug
D N.Y
Samuel S. Stratton
Dn.y
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