Skylab Crew Readying for Rescue Mission Launch
CAPE KENNEDY AP The Skylab rescue crew prepares sun shade coatings and tools as NASA aims for a Friday liftoff. Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz await a 28 day orbital lab repair mission with final preparations at Johnson Space Center and Houston.
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Ford Pays Extortion Demanded By Guerrillas In Argentina
Ford Motor Co. faced a guerrilla demand in Argentina for 1 million dollars in aid to the poor, including powdered milk for children, hospital donations, and ambulances. The guerrillas said they would kidnap or kill Ford executives if unmet. Ford indicated negotiations continued and non monetary terms remained unresolved.
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Maryland Congressman William Mills found dead in barn
U S Rep William Mills was discovered shot in a barn at his Maryland home, with officials saying no foul play and noting a self inflicted wound. Aide confirmed indications of self harm. Mills, 48, had appeared well recently and left a cryptic telephone message denying wrongdoing.
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Mulberryhill
Norma Lea
William Lee
White House POW Homecoming Party Big Dinner Planned
President Nixon and his family prepare a grand homecoming for released POWs with a massive 1 214 guest dinner on the White House south lawn under a large striped tent. Nixon worked at Camp David overnight drafting remarks for the salutes to war heroes.
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British Sex Scandal Grows In World War I Hero’s Line
Lord Jellicoe resigns as air force minister amid a sex scandal linked to a ring of call girls. Lambton’s indiscretions trigger security checks. Heath pledges a Commons statement as speculation swirls about other top figures. The affair echoes Profumo’s 1960s crisis.
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Day
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Britain
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Watergate witness offers lie detector tests in Senate hearing
Gerald Alch, former lawyer for James McCord Jr., offered to take a lie detector test to back his denial that he urged blaming the CIA for the Watergate wiretap. He also said McCord's current lawyer Bernard Fensterwald once claimed “We're going after the President of the United States.”
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James McCord Jr
Gerald Alch
Central Intelligence Agency
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Bernard Fensterwald
United States
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Senate
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James R. Schlesinger
City considers $100 littering fines to curb waste
The Environmental Quality Advisory Board urged raising city littering fines to 100 dollars in the city and two municipal lakes. Currently fines top out at 20 dollars citywide and 50 dollars at lakes, with enforcement admitted as weak.
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Environmental Quality Advisory Board
Environmental Board
Cherry Williams
Litter fines debated as signs planned for public areas
The environmental board and city council discussed raising litter fines to $100 to deter littering. City Attorney Jerry Cade said an ordinance could be ready in about two weeks. Signs warning against littering will be planned while awaiting action.
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Jerry Cade
Environmental Board
Weather outlook for Southwest Oklahoma thunderstorms today
A 30 to 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is listed for Southwest Oklahoma through tonight with highs in the upper 80s and overnight lows near 60s. Expect fair to partly cloudy skies Friday following a Wednesday high of 78 and a low around 60.
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Oklahoma
First Baptists To Stay Downtown
Members of First Baptist Church voted to rebuild downtown on church property after a January fire caused an estimated 1.5 to 2 million dollars in damage. Services have been held at Lawton High School since the blaze.
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