West Germany East Germany sign reconciliation treaty to ease ties
The West German cabinet and the East German government approved a reconciliation treaty after two years of negotiations. Bonn ministers gave the go ahead for signing, and East German approval followed. The draft pact, to be initialed by Egon Bahr and Michael Kohl, aims to normalize relations and relieve human suffering. Denmark Sweden and Norway expect diplomatic recognition for East Germany within weeks.
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ONN
East Germany
Berlin
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Egon Bahr
Brandt
Michael Kohl
Knud B. Andersen
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
West Germany
Two U S Planes Lost To Reds In Raid Series
Saigon AP reports the loss of the third F111 swing wing fighter in six weeks and a Navy A7 during raids on North Vietnam's southern panhandle. Three crewmen listed missing. Seven Americans rescued after helicopter downed 90 miles south of Da Nang in bad weather. Flight crews on night missions vanished from radar. search officially terminated.
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Saigon
USS. Command
Panhandle
Northtnam
da Nang
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nellis
High Court Orders Reinstatement For Strikers Refusing Cross
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that workers fired for refusing to cross fellow strikers’ picket lines have an absolute right to reinstatement. The decision, written by Justice Potter Stewart, holds that those fired amid a strike due to unfair labor practices may not be arbitrarily replaced, citing a Santa Maria California dispute involving International Van Lines and the Teamsters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
High Court
International
National Labor Relations Board
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Robert
Manuel Vasquez
Richard Dicus
Salvador Casillas
Ap- See
Potter Stewart
Santa Maria
Calif
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
International van Lines
Fair cooler weather with changing winds
Forecast calls for fair skies and cooler temperatures in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma tonight. Highs mid 60s today, tonight's low upper 30s, and near 70 Wednesday with light variable winds tonight after a 6 to 12 mph northerly breeze.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Retiring Lawton City Workers Honored At Council Meeting
Lawton city council praised three long serving employees Earl Jackson Lois Jackson and Molly Dodson for a combined 88 years of service. Jackson led Highland Cemetery and Dodson managed utility collections. The meeting also approved two audit based resolutions assigning finance director authority.
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Lawton
Don Whitaker
Earl Jackson
Molly Dodson
Highland Cemetery
Lois
City of
Kindergartner Frozen by Mock Vote Experience at Swinney
In a Swinney Elementary mock presidential election a five year old, Ivin Mendiola, balked at casting a ballot. Teachers reassured him he could abstain as older students researched Nixon and McGovern positions for classroom discussions.
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Antonio Mendiola
24Th
Ivin
Swinney
Mark Glasby
Mike Vest
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Inside Editorials and Opinion Bits Catalogue
The fragment lists sections such as Inside Editorials Dear Abby Markets Sports Women and more with page numbers and contact lines for the newspaper offices including Want Ads Circulation and Obituaries. It reads as a table of contents style index for a newspaper issue.
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Dear Abby
Ecce Coma
Turnout predicted at polling places as McGovern and Nixon vie
Weather across the nation failed to curb a forecast record turnout with about 80 million expected to vote. Voters chose between Nixon and McGovern while 18 governors 33 senators and a full House were also on the ballot. Nixon and Agnew voted in California and Maryland respectively, McGovern in South Dakota and Maryland, with other notable figures casting ballots.
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Richard M. Nixon
George S. McGovern
Rhode Island
New York
Maryland
Delaware
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Georgia
Ohio
Michigan
Colorado
Senate
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
White House
Mitchell
S.D
Spiro T. Agnew
Towson
Baltimore
Sargent Shriver
Rockville
Washington
John Schmitz
American Party
Oklahoma Voters Turn Out Early In Massive Election Day
Oklahoma City reports long lines crowded parking and traffic jams as voters flock to polls for President Nixon and a tight U.S. Senate contest. Officials expect up to one million ballots cast across the state with 18 to 20 year olds driving much of the surge.
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Alahoma City
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Chickasha
Enid
Guymon
Panhandle
McAlester
Ada
Muskogee
U.S
Ed Edmondson
Dewey Bartlett
U.S. Senate
State Corporation Commission
Lee Slater
State Election Board
Oklahoma
Slater
David Hall
Nixon
George McGovern
Record-Breaking Voter Turnout Reported Here
A record turnout was reported in Lawton as voters chose in a presidential election with a fierce U.S. Senate battle and several key races. Early totals appeared to exceed the 1968 high, with Grove Precinct reporting 459 ballots by 11 15 a m and long lines at many sites. Local officials urged early casting to speed tabulation.
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Lawton
U.S. Senate
Grove
J. N. Logan
County Election Board
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Elementary
Reputed crime figure Meyer Lansky arrested on arrival in Miami
Meyer Lansky, 71, denied asylum by six Latin American governments and captured by the FBI upon landing at Miami International Airport. The reputed underworld financial wizard had been fleeing expulsion orders after leaving Israel and traveling through Switzerland and Latin America before his arrest.
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Miami
Meyer Lansky
Miami International Airport
FBI
Lansky
Israel
Switzerland
Zurich
Latin America
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos
Election Day Facts and Key Races
Summary of the 1972 election landscape with major party presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew for Republicans and George McGovern with Sargent Shriver for Democrats. Also notes 18 governorships, Senate seats, House seats, and voter turnout estimates around 80 to 85 million from 108 million registered voters with polling hours listed.
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Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
George S. McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Senate
House
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