McGovern Seizes Two Primaries Ahead of California Showdown
Sen George McGovern won Rhode Island and Oregon primaries to boost his delegate lead. He said California's June 6 vote could seal the Democratic nomination before the Miami Beach convention. Nixon won the Republican primaries. Humphrey, Wallace, Muskie trailed McGovern in varied results.
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Atland
Ore
George McGovern
Rhode Island
Oregon
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
McGovern
Miami Beach
Fila
Missouri
South Dakota
Eleanor
Edmund S. Muskie
Portland
Sacramento
Humphrey
Lee McGovern
City Firm Wins Low Bid for Lawton Airport Terminal
B W Melton Construction Co of Lawton appears to have the lowest bid of 245720 for a new terminal at Lawton Municipal Airport. The project, funded by bond money approved by voters, previously exceeded 300000 and was revised after a prior bid opening. Other bids included Chapman Construction 278500 and Cooper Bros Construction 257000.
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B. W. Melton Construction Co
Lawton
Lawton Municipal Airport
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Senate Vote Prods Higher Education Bill Clash
The Senate defeats an attempt to send the $21.3 billion higher education bill back to conference with House amendments. Senator Pell leads the majority against strengthening antibusing provisions while Sen. Javits opposes, fearing desegregation delays. The House version includes tougher antibusing rules.
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Ashington
Senate
House
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Ence
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Griffin
Pell
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Marines land to seal off Hue area as Vietnam war escalates
U S amphibious craft and helicopters land nearly 2,000 South Vietnamese marines north of Hue in a decisive push. American planes hit Haiphong targets while U S forces suffer three downed aircraft and nine missing crewmen. The operation aims to blunt North Vietnamese forces and deter a Hue assault.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Haiphong
Hanoi
Haiplang
7Th Fleet
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Quang Tri Province
My Chanh River
Wallace ends speaking campaign after Miami Beach shot
Wallace tells reporters he will not give further speeches as he continues to pursue the Democratic nomination. He said he is saddened the campaign must end this way after the May 15 shooting at a rally in Miami Beach.
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Silver Spring
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Miami Beach
Wallace
Short Resigns Housing Post In Lawton Oklahoma
Lawton Public Housing Director C Harold Short plans to resign at Thursday’s Public Housing Authority meeting. He is the third housing director to resign in two years amid uncertain future from new federal guidelines affecting Lawton View project. Short says the move is to return to mainline work, not frustration.
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Lawton Public Housing
C. Harold Short
Public Housing Authority
Short
Lawton
Lawton View
Guo Sents SS Manes
Main
Bremer pleads innocent in Wallace shooting case
Arthur H. Bremer pleaded innocent in U S District Court to federal charges stemming from the May 15 shooting of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and three others at a political rally. He faced additional state charges and was held under $200,000 bail despite defense efforts to reduce it.
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Bremer
Wallace
Baltimore
Arthur H. Bremer
U.S
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edward S. Northrup
Northrup
Lipsitz
Main
Secret Service
Wisconsin
Maryland
Clarence E. Goetz
Goetz
Ardmore man faces murder charge in Bokchito cafe shooting
James Edward Laymon, 23, of Ardmore is charged with murder while in the commission of a felony in the shotgun slaying of Bryan County Deputy Sheriff Carl Hart, 69, as he left a Bokchito cafe. A shotgun found in Laymon's car links to the case and he was taken into custody Wednesday night.
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Durant
Okla
Ardmore
Bryan County
Carl Hart
Dist
Atty
Jack McGahey
James Edward Laymon
Laymon
Joe Brimmage
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Jensimen
Six High School Students Elected to County Demo Group
Six high school students join the county Democratic group with Myron Hemmingson of Fletcher the sole non Lan ton resident at the district convention June 3 and state convention June 19. Mc Govern supporters held a strong county lead with 17 men and 17 women elected as delegates, while a Black delegate named Charles Jefferson did not appear on Mc Govern's slate.
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George McGovern
Stu Myron Hemmingson
Fletcher
Lawton
Honds
Charles Jefferson
P. W. Hamblack
McGovern
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Bill Dixon
Quentin Ligegsion
Nixon
Kosygin
Skip Gibson
Cornelia
George
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
William P. Rogers
Vladimir Kirillin
Soviet Committee For Science and Technology
Gerard Smith
Helsinki
Finland
Viadi
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
FBI
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