Mental Health Crisis Over Hall Says
Governor David Hall announced at a joint House Senate meeting that about 1 million dollars will fund a new facility for mentally ill children in Norman set to open in July and avert potential layoffs in the Mental Health Department. He noted funds will not reduce the 20 million for schools and cited plans for the Norman center and other state services.
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Central State Children’s Center
Train crash in West Germany kills 40 students and five adults
Forty school children aged 15 and 16, seniors from Radevormwalder junior school, die when a railbus strikes freight cars near Wuppertal. Five adults, two teachers, a chaperon, and two railroad workers also die. dozens are injured as hospitals treat survivors. Investigations into the wreck begin.
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Wuppertal
Germany
Radevormwalder
Bremen
Laird Warns of U S Cut Possibility in Europe
AP reports that Melvin Laird warned of possible cuts in U S forces in Europe and urged NATO allies to stay strong. He outlined realistic deterrence linking allied contributions to a free world security structure amid SALT talks with the Soviet Union and defense spending plans for the 6th Fleet antisubmarine programs. Foreign ministers from alliance members will meet in Lisbon to discuss Soviet troop reduction proposals and replies.
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Soviet Union
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Lisbon
Demolition Begins on Burned Buildings in Lawton Block
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority hires a resident engineer for demolition of burned out structures in the 300 block of C Avenue. Parcel owned by Velva Long, demolition cost $2,195 her share. Urban Renewal to pay $4,300 for its own burned structures. LURA approves cooperation with city to cover $17,871 or 29 percent of Sixth Street paving from Gore Boulevard to the alley between B and C Avenues.
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C Avenue
Velva Long
LURA
Sixth Street
Gore Boulevard
C Avenues
Bellmon praises drought relief progress and Foss project support
U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon backing President Nixon’s drought relief efforts in Oklahoma. He defends speed and realism of aid while backing a $1.5 million reverse osmosis plant at Foss Reservoir near Clinton to supply three million gallons daily to Clinton Cordell and western communities. He notes a $350,000 federal loan and another in process plus an $850,000 grant request. Bellmon also favors bringing Vice President Agnew to Oklahoma for a joint session.
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Oklahoma
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Foss Reservoir
Clinton
Seteh Ai Bay
Bellman
Cordell
Spiro Agnew
Crime Bureau Chief Reports Human Bones Found Near Fort Worth
Oklahoma City bulletin cites Crime Bureau Chief Carl Tyler stating bones unearthed near Fort Worth Texas are believed to belong to a Warr Acres woman. Details on identification and circumstances were not provided.
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Fort Worth
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Warr Acres
Memorial Day Observances At Lawton Fort Sill
Memorial Day events honor fallen service members in Lawton and at Fort Sill with 10 a.m. service at Highland Cemetery and 11:30 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Fort Sill holds 11:45 a.m. ceremony with Maj Gen Roderick Wetherill remarks, 21 gun salute, bugler, Band, and chaplain invocation. Public invited.
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Fort Sill
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James F. Unger
Lawton
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Highland Cemetery
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Foreign War Post
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2Nd Artillery
77Th U.S. Army Band
Maury Huntley Jr
Rain Chance Narrowed to Forty Percent for Tonight
Weather forecast shows a 40 percent chance of rain for Lawton and the Southwest tonight into Saturday. Lows are expected to drop to a cool level with overcast skies and possible showers lingering through the period.
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Lawton
Bones Found In Texas May Solve State Mystery
Investigators tracking a shallow grave near Worth search for what may be the remains of missing woman Mrs. Jane Amene. The 1963 disappearance followed Kennedy’s Dallas assassination, hampering early probes. Agencies include Dallas and Fort Worth sheriffs and the Oklahoma Crime Commission. Mrs. Elston was declared legally dead in Oklahoma six months earlier, leaving an estate of $162,000.
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