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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1972
Page
1
Bonn Chancellor Willy Brandt opened the NATO foreign ministers meeting with pro western leadership remarks. Secretary Rogers briefed Brandt on Nixon’s Moscow visit and the push for a divided European security conference addressing East West cooperation and troop reductions.
Washington AP reports Selective Service will induct 7,200 draft candidates in July from lottery numbers 1 through 50. This raises the year’s callup total to 22,200, expanding the June ceiling from 9,000. 1A and 1A0 classifications are explained for conscientious objectors.
Fair to partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures are forecast for Southwest Oklahoma today and Wednesday after a cool front and thunderstorms. Weather page notes showery system moving east with seasonal fall air.
A Friday ceremony at Lawton Municipal Airport marks the start of a new terminal project funded by a $301,696.80 contract with a $300,000 limit. After bid openings the authority asked architect Ted Horton to trim plans, and Melton’s second bid of 245,720 plus nine alternates and a driveway area brings the total cost to about the original figure.
Three pilots and an FAA inspector were killed when a Delta DC-9 training flight crashed and burned at Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth. Medical examiner Feliks Cwozdz said all aboard died in the fire, bodies badly burned, wings tipping as nose rose before impact.
The first phase of the redevelopment, initially planned to start July 1, is rescheduled to October 1. A color chart showing land delivery phases and planned construction appears on Page 16.
President Nixon arrived in Tehran to a thunderous reception by as many as 400000 people and began two scheduled five hour meetings with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on regional and global issues. The visit followed a Kiev flight and a Soviet summit tour.
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that Texas and 18 states may reduce aid to needy families with some outside income. Four Nixon appointees joined Justice White in the majority. Dissenters argued the cuts violate federal welfare law and discriminate against blacks and chicanes. Justice Rehnquist defended the ruling citing youth versus elderly prospects.
Three McAlester individuals remain in critical condition at Hillcrest Medical Center after a Monday night gas explosion in their apartment. Ruth McKnew aged 31 and her two-year-old twins Dewana and Darwin suffered extensive burns.
SAIGON AP reports American fighter bombers hit the Uong Bi rail yard near Hai Phong and wrecked 16 bridges nationwide. An A6 jet from the Coral Sea was shot down but the crew survived, rescued by helicopter.
Controversy over trot line fishing at Lake Ellsworth prompted a city council study and five members to join a committee. The issue centers on regulations, enforcement, and potential impacts on local fisheries.
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