Midwest Storm Aftermath Traps Cars and Kills Shovelers
A major Midwest blizzard left drifts up to 13 feet on I 80 in Nebraska and 70 mph winds. Two men in the Minneapolis area died shoveling snow and a woman near Ethan, South Dakota remains missing after her truck was found abandoned on U S Highway 289.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
South Dakota
Ethan
S.D
Joyce Negebauer
U.S
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Weather Service
Arkansas
Lake Erie
Nebraska-Oklahoma showdown eyed as season’s top clash
Nebraska arrives 10-0 led by a strong ground attack while Oklahoma counters 11-1 with speed and a stout defense. Center duels up front as Rik Bonness faces Dewey Sermon in a famed center-nose guard battle. Predictions split with Nissenson backing OU 27-17 and Rothenberg Nebraska 28-24.
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New York Star
Miami
Fla
Chuck Nevias
Oklahoma
Tom Brahaney
Rich Glover
Rik Bonness
Dewey
Associated Press
Herschel Nissenson
Lawton Constitution
Fred Rothenberg
Morning Press
Oklahoma State
Jim Stanley
Iowa State
Tom Harper
Federal Campaign Surpasses Goal in Lawton Fort Sill Drive
The 1976 Lawton Fort Sill Combined Federal Campaign ended November 7 with a total of 321,818.13 dollars, 25 percent higher than last year and 111,818.13 above the goal of 210,000. About 18,000 federal employees and military personnel participated, with over 80 percent contributing. Payroll deductions funded nearly two thirds of donations, and 177,599 dollars were designated to specific agencies among 39 agencies aided.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Earthquake at Shensi Kills Over 800000 in 1556
A 1556 Shensi earthquake in China killed more than eight hundred thousand people, the deadliest quake in recorded history. The disaster devastated vast areas and shocked contemporaries and later historians.
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Shensi
China
Waurika Clearance Bids Eyed By Corps
The Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District plans bid openings for clearing work at Waurika Lake north of Waurika. Estimated under 100000 dollars, the project includes brush and tree removal, fence clearing, debris removal from the future lake bottom, and placing marker buoys at lake hazards. The effort is about one third complete.
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Waurika Lake
Waurika
Tulsa
The
Corps of Engineers
Ford Developing Plans To Stop Assassin Plots
A 346 page CIA inquiry report released Thursday details eight assassination plots against Fidel Castro and a scheme to kill Patrice Lumumba, plus involvement in Rafael Trujillo’s death. It urges Congress to outlaw assassinating foreign officials abroad and notes no existing statute covers such acts. Church calls for preserving U S principles over Communist ones.
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Edward H. Levi
CIA
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Patrice Lumumba
Rafael Trujillo
Raul
United States
Congress
Washington
Lumumba
District of Columbia
Richard Bissell
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Israeli forces pursue Syria raid on Golan Heights settlement
Three raiders attacked a northern border settlement as residents took shelter in bomb shelters. Israeli troops sealed the area and searched for suspects while defense leaders flew to the scene. The raid followed a previous Syria action in 24 days and pressured months regarding UN peacekeeper renewal on the Golan Heights.
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Ness
Defense
Shimon Peres
Mordechai Gur
Rafael Eytan
Northern Front
Syria
Golan Heights
United Nations
Israel
LURA considers land sale in C Avenue block and demolition plan
The board reviews a 40 000 square foot land sale offer at 150 per square foot for C Avenue frontage, with a six month option on 100 feet and six months on the remainder. A decision is due December 5. The panel also approves demolition prep on D and E Avenues between Fourth and Fifth streets and vacate notices to five and two tenants respectively.
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Lura Board
Ron Reynolds
C Avenue
Reynolds
Ernest F. Godlowe
Revnakis
LURA
D Avenue
Fourth and
Fifth Streets
E Avenue
Haworth Corruption Trial Heads to Deliberation in State Court
District Court Judge Charles Wilson says the Trial Division judges will deliberate Saturday if no verdict is reached today. Haworth faces charges of corruption oppression and partiality with risks of removal from public office. The court overruled a defense demurrer but sustained a motion knocking out one corruption count and dismissed an allegation about Haworth's wife buying a judgment.
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District Court
Charles Wilson
Sayre
Capitol
Haworth
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