Rose Hill LURA buys first property in renewal plan
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority advances its Rose Hill project with the Gill and Thomas properties sold to LURA. Project plans include 281 parcels, street paving, parks, walkways, and a neighborhood shopping center, with 57 fair market values approved and federal funding of 3.9 million.
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Lura
Rose Hill
Herbert Gill
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
New Rose Hill
George Wilson
Lura Field
Gill
P. L. Thomas
Thomas
Summit
S. 13Th
Wilson
John Kennedy
Roosevelt
S. 12Th
Manville Redman
Gills
Police Seek State Kidnapper Lindsay Green
Pauls Valley Oklahoma authorities hunt for escapee Lindsay Green who allegedly kidnapped 29 year old Mary Williams in Hartshorne and forced her to drive to a Pauls Valley motel. Williams escaped and alerted police as they track a car linked to Green who escaped from Poteau County jail on October 25.
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Hartshorne
Green
Environmentalists Rally to Block Five Megaton Blast
Environmental groups pressed appeals after a district court loss off Alaska while the AEC raced to finish Cannikin at Amchitka Island. Weather delayed prep and a potential cancellation window loomed as observers tracked a 5 million ton TNT equivalent detonation.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Amchitka Island
Alaska
U.S. Court of Appeals
Aleutian Islands
Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
Supreme Court
Japan
Canada
White House
Warmup Seen For Thursday
A return to warmer temperatures is predicted for the Lawton area Thursday after a chilly morning. The low 42 at 7 am rose to 50 by 11 am and the high Thursday should near 70 after a 60 degree afternoon. Tonight’s low will dip into the mid 30s.
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Lawton
Explosions Hit Silmo Scott City High School Renovations
Two blasts damaged a classroom and cafeteria addition at Silmo-Scott City High School in Missouri. Sheriff Dennis says walls fell and windows shattered while four custodians were in the building. Estimated damage 40 000 to 50 000 dollars. Threats forced evacuations at Cape Central High and Southeast Missouri State University. Authorities from state police FBI and ATF investigated.
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Scott City
Silmo-Scott City
Missouri
John Dennis
Scott County
Dennis
Missouri Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Treasury Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Firearms Division
Cape Central High School
Cape Girardeau
Language Arts
Southeast Missouri State College
Political planners seek clues from Tuesday vote
AP reports on mayoral and gubernatorial contests shaping 1972 political strategy. Rizzo in Philadelphia Ford in Kentucky seats Mark Ralph Pert in Cleveland Stokes’ GOP rise in a split city Alioto’s reelection amid federal probe Heinz in Pittsburgh GOP future star Waller defeats Charles Evers in Mississippi party clash New Jersey Senate GOP held while Democrats gain in the Assembly See POLITICAL.
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Frank L. Rizzo
Philadelphia
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Cleveland
Ralph J. Pert
William Waller
Mississippi
Charles Evers
Democratic National Committee
New Jersey
Senate
Assembly
Laird Begins Troop Survey In Indochina
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird arrives in Saigon to gather data for President Nixon on troop cuts. Speculation centers on trimming U.S. forces to 40,000 by July and shifting to a Saigon led defense with Abrams remaining as commander.
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Laird
Indochina
Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Crighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Defense
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S. Command
Frederick C. Weyand
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Antiwar Sailors Face Undesirable Discharge
The aircraft carrier Constellation plans administrative proceedings to discharge nine antiwar sailors as undesirables off Vietnam. Two left ship at Subic Bay, seven remain in the brig. if upheld, a general undesirability discharge could result.
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Saigon
U.S
Constellation
Vietnam
Subic Bay
Philippines
J. D. Ward
Bison
Ark
San Diego
Christ the King Catholic Church
North Island Naval Air Station
Ward
Tonkin Gulf
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
North Vietnam
Oklahoma teachers receive modest raises under new education funds
Oklahoma education officials report only 23 percent of the 20 million in new common school funds went to teacher salaries. About 14,045 of nearly 30,000 teachers got raises averaging 274 dollars a year, a 3.7 percent rise well below a 5 percent cost of living increase.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Leslie Fisher
Fisher
Charles Weber
State Department
Bellmon to Speak at AUSA Banquet in Fort Sill
Southwest Oklahoma AUSA chapter will hold a general meeting and banquet on November 19 at Fort Sill. U.S. Senator Henry Bellmon is slated as featured speaker, with performances by the Cameron Singers under Dr. George Smith. Master of ceremonies Pete Gates will guide events including a business meeting and a report on the national convention in Washington. Social hour begins at 7 p.m. with a steak dinner at 8 p.m.
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Southwest Oklahoma
Association of the U.S. Army
AUSA
U.S
Henry Bellmon
Cameron Singers
George Smith
Pete Gates
Washington
D.C
Fort Sill
Bellmon
Senate Panel Opens Action on Two Supreme Court Nominees
The American Bar Association's Federal Judiciary Committee approved the qualifications of Supreme Court nominees Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist. Powell was praised as highly qualified and temperate, while Rehnquist was deemed qualified though three members questioned his top rating. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings opened with expected extensive questioning and no opposition yet to confirmation.
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Washington
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
American Bar Association
Federal Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Powell
Rehnquist
ABA
Richmond
Lawrence E. Walsh
New York City
Walsh
Eisenhower
James ©. Eastland
Senate
California
Mildred Lillie
Herschel H. Friday
Little Rock
Justice Department
Judicial Circuit
High Court
Hall Promotes Welfare Pilot Turning Families to Fruit Farms
Oklahoma officials move to implement Gov. Hall's pilot program aiding more than 400 welfare families into fruit farming. The Office of Economic Opportunity will select participants, provide housing loans, and require land clearance for sweat equity with expected earnings around 7000 dollars yearly after two years. Repayment starts in year five.
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Klahoma City
David Hall
Office of Economic Opportunity
Rex Sparger
Hall
OEO
Oklahoma
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Pittsburgh
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