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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1973
Page
1
On day six of a 28 day mission Charles Conrad Jr and Paul J Weitz prepared to activate photosensors after a morning of medical and solar observatory tests. The crew reported sleeping in sleep compartments for the first time and noted cooler conditions after initial heat.
Dr. Charles Green reports a confirmed Rocky Mountain spotted fever case in Lawton. Two suspected cases were treated at Reynolds Army Hospital Fort Sill. A 10 year old girl, Angelia Plank, is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital with confirmed illness. The Girl Scout Camp near Lawton was sprayed and temporarily closed. Health officials urge tick checks and safe removal methods.
A 63-year-old man died from a sofa fire started with wine in Oklahoma City while attempting to extinguish it. In London the gold price reached a record 113.25 dollars an ounce as the dollar fell. In Aden a Yemeni Republican Council member was killed by bazooka fire near his Taizz home, with South Yemen accused of involvement. In Reykjavik Iceland expelled a British diplomat for disclosing ship movements. Bonn reported a treaty normalizing relations with Czechoslovakia.
Oklahoma City AP State Treasurer Leo Winters testified before a federal grand jury carrying charts and financial records. He accused Burkett and FBI of hush efforts while alleging partisan favoritism and uneven enforcement. Also subpoenaed, state Rep. Ken Nance spoke of prosecutions not pursued.
President Nixon travels to Iceland for talks with French leader Georges Pompidou aimed at reducing fears of U S bullying in Western Europe. Kissinger argues against a single grand negotiation and endorses linked, regional discussions within NATO.
Grady County health officials ordered 19 year old Buster Gillaland confined as a public nuisance after a rabid German Shepherd bite. Deputies hunted him as he hitch hiked toward Oklahoma City three miles east of Chickasha. The dog died after showing rabies symptoms and the state Health Department confirmed the positive test.
Canada plans withdrawal from the Vietnam cease fire commission by July 31. Michel Gauvin calls the force observers of a war, not a cease fire, and urges adding an Asian nation to join Indonesia on the four nation panel to balance Southeast Asian concerns.
The FTC accuses 26 chemical firms and a trade association of selling combustible plastics as nonburning or self extinguishing since 1967. The complaint says the plastics burn rapidly, produce toxic smoke, and mislead users in construction insulation and furnishings including panels, cabinets, and aircraft and space station components.
Fair to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures persist in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through Thursday. A high near 80 today with lows in the upper 50s and Thursday’s high in the low to mid 70s.
General Roderick Wetherill plans a Thursday 10 a.m. retirement at Fort Sill with a 13 gun salute eight marching battalions and flyovers by Army aircraft. Fifth Army commander F. Cassidy attends. Maj. Gen. David Ott will assume command at a 9 a.m. Friday ceremony in Old Post Quadrangle.
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