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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1972

Page

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Thanksgiving Day Feasts Across America Mark Holiday

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey and trimming at homes and camps. President Nixon plans a Camp David dinner with family while Pilgrims and Indians reenact and mourn in Plymouth. Indiana Prison inmates vote for T bone steak as Vietnam troops eat canned turkey. Weather service notes a holiday forecast.

Grandmother’s Nixon Camp David Plymouth Colony Plymouth Mass United Americans of New England Turkey U.S Vietnam Indiana State Prison Michigan City National Weather Service

Indian Tourist Village Draws Opposition at Lake Lawtonka

A proposal to lease 1 250 acres of city land at Lake Lawtonka to an Indian controlled firm for a tourist and recreation complex drew environmentalists sportsmen and officials in opposition over water pollution and environmental impact while supporters include city and county officials and local property owners.

Lake Lawtonka Medicine Park Rex Sparger Office of Economic Development Comanche County

Surface To Air Missile Blamed For B52 Loss In Vietnam

U S war planes carried heavy raids over North Vietnam while air force investigators concluded the first B52 bomber lost to enemy fire was likely struck by a surface to air missile. Missions totaled 12 B52 flights in 24 hours and 27 in two days, with most strikes around Vinh and near Quang Tri City. About 90 air strikes were flown, weather limiting fighter bombers, as a recon plane was shot down near An Loc and an OV10 crashed at Da Nang with no injuries. Ground fighting centered in the Mekong Delta with 58 enemy killed as government forces reported casualties.

Saigon U.S Panhandle Air Force Thailand Laos Ou Vietnam Vinh Dmz Quang Tri City North Vietnam An Loc da Nang Mekong Delta

Kissinger and Tho Hold Fourth Day of Vietnam Peace Talks

In Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho advance what may be a final cease fire framework as their secret negotiations enter a fourth day. They met long hours with limited leaks and preparing to finalize the agreement drafted last month.

Paris Henry Kissinger North Vietnam le Duc Tho Kissinger Tho Nixon

City Sill residents count blessings on Thanksgiving

Local residents in Lawton Fort Sill share thanks for freedoms in the United States. Jamie Farrell Cameron College junior thanks religious and educational opportunities and a loving home. Reverend E H Lechner notes gratitude for his calling and family. Ruth Bentley remarks on community leadership.

Peggy Joormson Lawton-Fort Sill Pilgrim Fathers United States Jamie Farrell Cameron College Miss Farrell R. D Ruth) Bentley Lawton Sill

Editorials and补ary sections list for publication

A catalog-like listing outlines newspaper sections such as Editorials Dear Abby Weather Sports Classified Women Bridge Comics Hospitals Crossword Entertainment Obituaries Edit Office Want Ads and Circulation with contact numbers for each department.

Dear Abby

California High Court Strikes Restrictions From Abortion Law

California Supreme Court voided nearly all limits of the 1967 Therapeutic Abortion Act in a 4 to 3 decision, enabling abortions on demand. The ruling deemed hospital committee approvals invalid for vague standards, citing rising prior approvals and first-year totals of about 5,000 abortions in 1968, with growth to 15,000 later.

California High Court San Francisco State Supreme Court Louis H. Burkey Carol Seidman Women’s Abortion Coalition John O’connor Catholic Social Services

Rain Tonight and Friday Forecast in Lawton Oklahoma

Forecasters warn a 30 percent chance of rain tonight rising to 60 percent on Friday in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma. Highs will be in the 50s today and upper 50s Friday with tonight's lows near 38.

Lawton Oklahoma

Two Die In Claxton Poultry Plant Gas Explosion

Two people were killed and five injured when a natural gas blast struck the Claxton Poultry Plant near Claxton Georgia. A heavy concrete roof collapsed trapping two victims, while supervisor Dick Oakie Doak and four others were hospitalized or treated after the explosion.

Laxton Claxton W.W. Strickland Police and Fire Department U.S. 301 Ernest Smith Dick“Oakie” Doak

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