Congress weighs foreign aid as Nixon urges one more extension
The House considers a temporary continuing resolution to fund foreign aid and defense programs past November 15 while the Senate works on a smaller aid package. President Nixon argues continued mutual assistance is essential to global stability and U.S. power.
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Washington
House
Senate
Imde
Nixon
New York
Chicago
United States
Congress
Wiliam P. Rogers
Phnom Penh Airport Hit By Enemy
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacked Phnom Penh airport and a nearby radio transmitting station after midnight. Cambodian command reported at least 25 killed and about 30 wounded. In Saigon, Prof. Nguyen Van Bong, an anti Communist leader, was assassinated. Two Americans died in a helicopter crash and a booby trap killed two U.S. soldiers near Hue.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
U.S
Hue
Am Rong
Nguyen van Bong
Indochina
Army Secretary and Chief of Staff to Visit Fort Sill
Army Secretary Robert F. Froehlke and Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland will visit Fort Sill next week. Westmoreland arrives Friday for a briefing, then Froehlke comes Tuesday for a 23 hour visit including meetings with officers, a seminar, and tours of the Field Artillery Center and III Corps Artillery HQ.
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Fort Sill
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Robert F. Froehlke
Westmoreland
Roderick Wetherill
Froehike
Wetherill
Field Artillery
Field Artillery Training Center
III Corps Artillery Headquarters
III Corps
Field Artillery Board
A.m
Froehlke
Stanley
Ecuador captures four U.S. tuna boats in Pacific clash
In San Diego the American Tunaboat Association says Ecuador seized four U.S. tuna boats and fired a shot, damaging one vessel. Police report a rookie Dallas officer was killed and another wounded during a truck stop shooting involving three men, two of whom robbed the victim.
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San Diego
Calif
Ecuador
U.S
American Tunaboat Association
Dallas
Tex
Bellmon to Speak at AUSA Banquet and Forum in Lawton Area
Senator Bellmon scheduled for a principal speech at the Southwest Oklahoma AUSA banquet on November 19 in Lawton Fort Sill area. He will also be the principal speaker at the Friday Chamber of Commerce Forum at noon the same day. The Cameron Singers directed by Dr George Smith join the AUSA program with pop numbers and an Oklahoma arrangement. Bellmon, Oklahoma native, has a long political career including a 1963 to 1967 state term and a 1965 international trip with a US government group.
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Henry Bellmon
Lawton-Fort Sill
Aes Eee
Southwest Oklahoma
Association of the United States Army
AUSA
Chamber of Commerce
Cameron
George Smith
Oklahoma
Sen
Bellman
Weather forecast for warmer temperatures ahead
The National Weather Service predicts fair and warmer conditions today with daytime highs in the low to middle 70s and nighttime lows in the mid 40s. This forecast suggests a mild stretch with comfortable daytime warmth and cooler nights.
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National Weather Service
Names Drawn For Elk Hunt In Wichita Mountains Draw
The third annual Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge elk hunt drew 141 hunters by lot including 13 from Lawton and Fort Sill. For the first time out of state names were selected with a five percent quota. four Texas applicants were drawn. Two Lawton applicants were alternates and Sherry Young of Midwest City and June Louis Bauman of Oklahoma City were named for the second week and alternate drawing respectively.
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Wilma Sales
Cache High School
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Eugene Doss
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Fort Sill
Texas
Lot
Sherry Young
Midwest City
June Louis Bauman
Cy Curtis
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
Commission
Nancy Banks
Debbie Marshall
Bonda
Clark Takes Stand In Ouster Hearing
Clark testifies as ouster trial narrows on assessments by his office. District Attorney Vernon Field rests the state case as Russell G. Jones details tax appeals for Colonial Apartments and Harold Wilson discusses farm and business assessments at the hearing.
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Garland Clark
Clark
Vernon Field
Russell G. Jones
Colonial
Harold Wilson
Jones
Board of Corrections
Two Women Set Selves On Fire In Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor police report two 20 year old women Aunty Louise McQueen and Raille Wainstein set themselves ablaze in a room wrapped in paper and sat cross legged on the floor in a suspected suicide pact. The incident follows a similar self immolation in the Detroit area three days earlier.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Walter Krasny
Louise McQueen
Raille Wainstein
Detroit
Harris Ends Brief Campaign for Democratic Nomination
Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma ends his bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination citing lack of funds. Harris says America is ready for fundamental change but he is broke and cannot continue campaigning. staff may be cut as party sources note fundraising problems and internal disagreements. He had announced July 16 he would pursue the presidency after leaving the Senate race and was allied with Jack Hood Vaughn and Herbert Allen Jr.
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Washington
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Stambroke
Harris
America
Jack Hood Vaughn
The
Peace Corps
Herbert Allen Jr
New York
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
Chamber Panel Delays Water Delivery Recommendation
The Chamber of Commerce Water Committee postponed further recommendations on Waurika Lake water delivery to Lawton after nearly two hours of debate. Previous plans favored delivering water to Lake Ellsworth with a new east Lawton filter plant, while consultants proposed a southeast Lawton delivery point. E M Fry and Vic Knowlton of States Inc presented alternate views, and the Benham Blair report urged southeast storage with 3 500 acre feet capacity.
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Lawton
Chamber of Commerce Water Committee
Lake Ellsworth
East Lawton
States, Inc
E. M Fry
Vic Knowlton
Benham-Blair
George Barber
Fry
Ellsworth
Chamber
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Ill
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State Department
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Hong Kong
South Vietnam
Okinawa
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