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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1971

Page

4

Hussein Names Successor Continued From Page One

Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Tell was killed in Cairo by gunmen as Arab League talks proceeded. A state funeral was planned in Amman with King Hussein and Queen Noor attending. The attack prompted 40 days of national mourning and school and government closings.

Amnon Kepeliuk White House San Clemente Calif Ronald L. Ziegler Amman Hussein Sadat Wafsi Tell Jordan Syria Arab League Defense Council Tell Cairo

Nixon on brink of talks amid South Asia crisis and global meetings

Indian forces extend border actions into East Pakistan amid Mukhti Bahini guerrilla activity near Sylhet. U S officials coordinate refugee and staff withdrawals from Dacca and Lahore as Nixon prepares for matches with Pompidou Heath Sato in December and January talks. Rogers Connally and Kissinger to join.

Florida Calcutta White House Key Biscayne Indira Gandhi East Pakistan Mukhti Bahini East Pakistan Liberation Army Sylhet Pakistan Radio Pakistan Rawalpindi West Pakistan Fast Bengal Regiment East Pakistan Rifles New Delhi U.S Kenneth B. Keating Gandhi Nixon Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan Alexei Kosygin Washington Dacca Lahore Jagjivan Ram India Nalion

Teachers hold high degree shares and long hours in 1966

A 1966 survey shows teachers earning 71 percent bachelor and 66 percent master degrees while averaging 47 hours of school duties weekly. Non compensated duties hold at eight hours, with declines in membership in PTA and other groups over ten years. The report notes more outside activity but fewer formal affiliations.

PTA

Archer fish shoots water jet to drop flying insect

An archer fish spots an insect skimming the water and fires a precise jet to knock it into the surface. The hunter then secures its prey with a quick dip and swallow.

Wilberforce University Founded in Ohio in 1856

Wilberforce University in Wilberforce Ohio traces its roots to 1856 making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. The institution emerged as a pioneer in higher education for African Americans.

Wilberforce University Wilberforce Ohio United States

Hijacker at Kansas City on Sunday night noted for politeness

Miss Caubre said the hijackers were nervous before loss of control but behaved courteously after seizing the flight. They helped a crippled man and a blind woman and apologized to a woman en route to Chicago to visit a dying relative. Cuban authorities interrogated the crew in Havana.

Page One Kansas City Cowlitz County Wash Sheriff's Department Woodland J. Earl Milnes Seattle FBI Portland Ore

Public Records of City Police Reports Across Local Stores

Public records list multiple city police reports including shoplifting at Jifty Food Store and Trade Mart, thefts at Jitty Food Store and Vinson's Redirector Shop, burglaries at residences with losses up to 775 dollars, vandalism to house windows, a wallet theft for 700 dollars, a beating incident near Diggs, and a drive in failure to pay at A and W Drive-in. Names include James W Wilcox, Charles Dickens, Mary Brunkill, Lovie Kahlden, Sue Gonar te end, Lois Caldwell, Oscar Rivera, and Herbert Jennings among others. Locations include 1902 Arlington, 715 Smith, NW Code, 15 SW List, 319 NW 42nd, 2101 N Sheridan, 44th and Cocie Road, 2146 Ozman, 1305 Sheridan, plus Fort Sill and Marlow. Loss estimates range from 2 to 775 dollars with various items stolen or damaged.

Lowton Smith James W. Wilcox Arlington Charles Dickens Mary B. Brunkill Sar Lovie Kahlden Vinson N. Sheridan Gonar Te End Trade Mart Cocie Road Lois Caldwell Ozman Joss William €. Diggs Oscar Rivera Fort Sill A & W Drive

South Vietnamese push in Mekong Delta expands offensive

Field commanders report 25,000 government troops launched a new dry season drive from U Minh forest to Ca Mau peninsula amid light resistance. In three days 12 enemy and 3 South Vietnamese soldiers dead. 5 government troops wounded. Elsewhere 250 troops target supply lines in eastern Cambodia as bunkers hint at Communist retreat. Quad Phat, prominent Chinese newspaper publisher, was assassinated in Saigon by two gunwomen linked to a Chinese Communist group.

Mekong U Minh Forest Ca Mau U Minh-Ca Mau Delta Ngo Quang Truong Cambodia Highway 7 Krek Saigon Quad Phat

Jeffrey’s Park Era Marks Local School Careers

Jeffrey taught at Mississippi State College in 1956 57 and led Sterling High School as vocational agriculture teacher 1957 to 1968. He later served as principal at Stony Point Elementary 1969 to 1971 then moved to Medicine Park school in September. He and his wife and two sons live in Sterling. Districts under his authority include Bishop Stony Point Flower Mound Elementary plus Medicine Park and Faxon schools.

Stock market climbs on optimism from Rome talks

The Dow rose 10.07 to 826.66 as trading stayed heavy on hopes the Group of 10 meetings in Rome will settle the international monetary situation. Advances led declines 9 to 1 on the NYSE amid signs Phase 2 policies may be working and dock strikes ending. Prices for Oklahoma farm commodities were listed, with cattle and hog markets showing varied movement and eggs at 39 cents a dozen.

New York New York Stock Exchange Rome John Smith Fahnestock & Co Gulf

Nixon weighs veto of tax cut bill and campaign finance rider

President Nixon warned he would veto the tax cut bill if Senate amendments reach his desk budget busting changes include tax relief for college parents and an $800 personal deduction The plan also funds campaigns by earmarking $1 of tax payments potentially raising over $20 million for major candidates.

Washington Nixon Congress Senate Ronald L. Ziegler Clark MacGregor Ziegler MacGregor

Escaped Man Recaptured After Barn Detention

Hale describes being tied to a pole in a barn by two escapees who later left with his straw hat billfold and 1970 pickup. Undersheriff Gene Hampton said about eight men pursued the pair Sunday night but had not located them.

Hale Bryan County Gene Hampton

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