Winter Storm Dumps Rain Over City Area
The winter storm brought heavy rain to the region with lingering snowfall in the Panhandle. Lake Ellsworth rose 2.40 feet since rains. pumping between Ellsworth and Lawtonka paused since October. Temperature highs near 40s, lows in the 20s to 40s, and travel advisories and flood watches issued for parts of the state.
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Lake Lawtonka
Ellsworth
L. T. Harrison
Lake Ellsworth
Lawtonka
Harri
Harrison
Lawton
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
Boggs
Chandler
Little River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cimarron County
Defense cuts may idle nine shipyards on both coasts
The Navy runs nine shipyards on the East and West coasts including Boston, Portsmouth NH, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston, Bremerton, San, and Mare Island. President Nixon signals further civilian defense staff reductions while vowing only small cuts to uniformed forces. A 5 percent civilian reduction could affect about 55 000 workers, with ongoing base closings and closures planned across 677 facilities domestically and abroad. The last base closures were announced in March 1970.
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Navy
Boston
Portsmouth
N.H
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Charleston
S.C
Bremerton
Wash
San
Mare Island
Vallejo
Calif
Nixon
Defense Department
Civil Service Force
United States
Gravel Truck Line seeks Oklahoma authority for regular route
The Corporation Commission of Oklahoma received Gravel Truck Line Inc a Kansas company applying for authority to operate as a Regular Route Motor Carrier for general commodities between Oklahoma City and Okichome routes via U S Highway 62 and the Turner Turnpike to Rondlett with service to Lawton and Ft Sill including terminal sites in Oklahoma City and Lawton The cause is set for hearing November 20 1972 before a Referee at 9 a m in Oklahoma City Judge building.
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Lawton
Corporation Commission OF the
State OF Oklahoma
Wnith Street
P.O. Box
Salina
Kansas
State of Oklchams
Transportation of General Commodities
Okichoma City
Okichome
Rondlett
Okichome City
Vse
U.S
Oklchome City
Totel
Graves Truck Line, Inc
Jim
Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission OF Oklahoma
Charles Nesbitt
Ray C. Jones
Wilburn Cartwright
Overholser
Laos Airfield Hit by 51 Rockets Amidking Birthday Tacit
Communist forces fired 51 rockets at Luang Prabang airfield, damaging five planes and wounding two Laotian airmen. An ammunition dump exploded in the nearby military compound. The attack coincided with King Savang Vatthana’s 65th birthday.
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Vientiane
Savang Vatthana
Intention Meeting Notice For 620 E Avenue Lawton
Notice announces an intention meeting at 620 E Avenue Lawton on November 16 1972 at 3 00 PM administered by W Kindt Executive Director.
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Lawton
E" Avenue
Aaert W. Kindt
Haig Kissinger Pace Toward Final Vietnam Accord
Administration officials express confidence that final terms to end the war can be reached after one or two more negotiating sessions with Hanoi. Xuan Thuy anticipates Paris talks on procedures for signing the nine point pact while Haig pursues a common allied position in Saigon. The dispute centers on withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces and cease fire supervision, with North Vietnam pressing for immediate Nixon signature.
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Kissinger
Tho
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Kissinger- Tho
Paris
North Vietnam
Haig
Saigon
Thieu
U.S
Tin Song
South Vietnam
Nixon
White House
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Seoul
Chung Hee Park
Cambodia
Ronald L. Ziegler
Moscow
Defense Ministry
Red Star
United States
Vietnam
North
Hijacked Jet Journey Ends With Cuban Landing
The Southern Airways DC-9, seized by three hijackers, completed a zigzag route through Alabama Mississippi Ohio Ontario Kentucky Tennessee and Cuba before a Havana landing. The assailants demanded 10 million dollars in ransom and posed threats against Oak Ridge nuclear facilities while negotiations stalled. The FBI pursued charges against suspects in Birmingham and local authorities released details of the incident.
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Cuba
United States
Havana
Cuban Radio
Eastern Air Lines
Charles A. Tuller
U.S. Commerce Department
FBI
Buchanan
Weed Science
Auburn University
Melvin Charles Cale
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Lewis K. Moore
Detroit
Henry D. Jackson
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Birmingham
Ala
Cale
Nashville
Jackson
Moore
Henry
Johnson
Orlando
Miami
Haas
Alabama
Miss
Cleveland
Ohio
Toronto
Canada
Lexington
Chattanooga
Key West
Orland
Nixon
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Fla
Neal Ball
Ellsberg and Russo Push for New Jurors and Wiretap Hearing
In Los Angeles and amid a retrial bid Ellsberg argues for dismissal of the jury and a new panel while Russo accuses government lawyers of delaying papers to influence timing of the case. They demand access to the surveillance log and a court hearing on the wiretap legality.
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Elilsberg
Los Angeles
Russo
Supreme Court
Nixon
U.S
Matt Byrne
Byrne
Ellsberg
Federal District Court
Japan Dissolves Diet Sets Dec 10 Election
Tokyo AP Kakuei Tanaka dissolves the Diet paving a general election for December 10 the first test of his administration. The 491 seat lower house voting will follow postwar precedents with Liberal Democratic Party leading and battles with the Socialists. Tanaka plans a special Diet session December 22 and a cabinet inauguration on Christmas Day.
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Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
Japan
Tanaka
New Headlight Rules Propose Three Beam System and Higher Power
NHTSA administrator Douglas Toms outlines proposals to expand night driving options with a three beam system adding a middle beam for two lane roads. High beam power could rise from 75 000 to 200 000 candlepower on fast roads with new lamp types, steerable headlights, glass shields, and automatic cleaning.
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Douglas Toms
NHTSA
Toms
United States
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