Heath Pressured To Pull Troops Out Of Ireland
London reports mounting pressure on Prime Minister Heath to withdraw 14,000 British troops from Northern Ireland though both Heath and opposition leader Harold Wilson oppose a drastic move. They fear civil war, constitutional collapse, and a potential Communist takeover of a united Ireland.
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London
Edward Heath
Northern Ireland
Heath
Harold Wilson
Ireland
United Kingdom
United Ireland
Cuba
Britain
Wilson
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
U.S. Senate
Vietnam
Kennedy
Gallup
New Statesman
Labor
Richard Crossman
Ulster
Crossman
Evening Standard
Irish Republican Army
Man Arraigned In Jail Beating In Oklahoma Case
Sulman arraigned Monday in Comanche County jail on a first degree rape charge with trial set for December 13. Bond $250, but held without bond. Victim is Charles Earl Elrod of Fort Sill unit, treated for a black eye. Elrod faced charges of DWI eluding police and transporting an open container. he pleaded guilty to the open container and was fined. Trial for Elrod is set for December 10. bond on other charges $250 cash or $500 property.
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Sulman
Comanche County
Smith
Charles Earl Elrod
21St Aviation Battalion
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Reynolds Army Hospital
Paul Elkins
Lawton approves bonds and sales tax for city projects
Lawton voters approved 13.04 million in bonds with an additional one cent sales tax to fund principal and interest. The tax takes effect January 1, 1972 and revenues go to the city sinking fund. Bids for 11.2 million in general obligation bonds ranged from 4.46 to 4.64 percent. Funds will back local improvements and reinvestment in 1972 aims to gain up to one percent more interest.
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Lawton
Shearson, Hammill & Co
New York
Northern Trust Co. and Associates of Chicago
Halsey, Stuart Co., Inc
and Associates of Chicago
National Bank of Tulsa
Lewis
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Tax Commission
City Hall
Woody Wolverton
Teens held after armed holdup at Medicine Park service station
Five youths including a 13 year old girl were arrested after an armed holdup at Mack Crowe's service station on Oklahoma 49 east of Medicine Park. Officers recovered pistols rifles a shotgun and ammunition at a rental house owned by the girl's mother. A brown 1963 Chevy Nova with damage and blood was found nearby. Crowe was grazed by a bullet but treated for minor injuries. The deputy noted possible charges include armed robbery shooting with intent to kill auto theft and weapon possession.
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Medicine Park
Branscum
Sheriff's ‘Department
Bill Banks
Mack Crowe
Oklahoma 49
Crowe
Lake Lawtonka Dam
Branscom
Bessie V. Gilliam
Three Die In Paducah Apartment Fire In Kentucky
Three people died in a Paducah apartment-store building fire identified as Ruth Hartin Matt Trail and Preston Gerry all thought to have died of smoke inhalation. Two others hospitalized and three treated and released. Five fire companies fought the blaze spotted at about 1 15 a m by a city sanitation department employee.
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Ruth Hartin
Matt Trail
Preston Gerry
City Sanitation Department
Opposition Leaders Rally Behind Wage Control Plea
Union chiefs at the FL CIO Building and Construction Trades convention back Nixon pay rules while seeking flexibility for lower paid workers. Meany hints AFL CIO will set course at next week’s convention as Pillard blasts Pay Board appeals as unworkable and bets on enforcing existing contracts.
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Flcio Building and Construction Trades Department
AFL Cio
Meany
Washington
Aflcio
Nixon
Charles Pillard
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Pillard
Congress
Chinese leadership reshuffle eyed after Mao era power shift
Tanjug reported the Beijing departure ceremony for Chinese envoys featured Maoist slogans and Chou En-lai receiving the envoys. Hong Kong Times claimed Lin Piao lost power to Chou, with Hsu Shih-yu named possible new defense minister and three marshals guiding the military, signaling a Chou centered leadership.
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Tanjug
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
U.N
Chou En-lai
Politiburo
Chinese Communist Party
Mao
Chou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Times
Lin Piao
Lin
Nanking
Hsu Shinhyu
Hsu
Armed Forces
Huang Yung-sheng
Mongol
Soviet Union
Hsu Shih-yu
Hsu Hsiang-chien
Yen Chien-ying
Chen Yi
Clark Targeted For Political Blackmail in Oklahoma Trial
Joyce Pursley testified about orders to raise property values and to gather information on Corwin and Collier. The witness described Clark directing county staff to reevaluate properties and to follow officials, with cross examinations detailing political aims and family ties in the Oklahoma Equalization Board context.
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Equalization Board
Raymond Carson
Chattanooga
Robert Collier
Fletcher
J. Roy Cockeght
Howeth
Cocke
Joyce Pursley
Tackett
Clark
Tekett
Vernon Field
Pat Sullivan Cross
J. L. Merrill
Ad Valorem Tax Division
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Pursley
Pat Sullivan
Sullivan
Arthur Marmaduke
Marmaduke
Corwin
Lyman Howeth
Aaron Woodall
Gene McWilliams
Alford Hennessee
Police Department
Carson’s
Woodall
Lester Paden
County Equalization Board
R. E. Glenn
Jolley Declared Alien by Court Over Draft Status
The Circuit Court ruled Jolley had knowingly renounced allegiance and acquired alien status, rejecting duress as a defense and denying residency through marriage to a U.S. citizen. Judge Rives dissented, urging prosecution for draft evasion but opposing lifelong outcast labeling.
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Jolley
Circuit
Richard T. Rives
Disasters Reported Across Atlantic Sky and Sea
Ventura told superiors at P and O Steam Navigation Co that all aboard including 36 crewmen and five wives were rescued after quitting the burning ship. A Texas pilot reported icing and engine trouble over the Atlantic near Shannon. Captain A B Byrd, of Pasadena Texas, landed at Shannon Airport in a radar guided Grumman SBR crop sprayer on a flight from Iceland to Albany Georgia to Johannesburg South Africa. The pilot planned to continue to Africa tonight.
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Ventura
P. and
Steam Navigation Co
Shannon
Ireland
Texas
A.B. Byrd
Pasadena
Tex
Byrd
Iceland
Albany
Johannesburg
South Africa
Africa
NYC Police Handle 24000 Daily Emergency Calls
New York City police handle about 24,000 emergency calls daily with 911 as the primary contact line. The figure underscores the volume of public safety demand in the metropolis.
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New York City
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Tillman County Rural Water District No. 1, Inc
M. G. Fuller and Associates, Inc
Oklahoma
Lawtonian Hotel
Office of the Engineers
Oklahoma City
Dodge
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Farmers Home Administration
Frank Simpson, Jr
M. & D. Finance CO
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Gore
Sears
Sears and
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