Senate Rejects Move to Cut Nixon Pay Control to Two Months
The Senate defeated by 74 to 14 a Democratic bid to limit Nixon wage and price control extension to June 30, 1972. The chamber also rejected 74 to 15 a plan to curb monopolies through antitrust actions as it approved a 5.5 percent federal pay raise effective January 1 for civilian and military personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Harris
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
William Proxmire
Dwis
Gale W. McGee
D-Wye
Snow and Slick Roads Reported Across Southwest Oklahoma
Heavy and light snow bands spread west and south of Lawton with U S 62 between Cache and Snyder and between Lawton and Cache listed as slick and hazardous. Lawton saw moderate snow, some melting on contact, while areas north of the city reported snow but Chickasha turnpike officials saw none.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
U.S
Betwen Cache
Snyder
Cache
Frederick
Chickasha
Duncan
Meers
Lake Lawtonka
Marlow
Altus
Constitution & Morning Press
Mercury
Southwest
City Council Recognizes Firefighters Bargaining Agent
City council session recognizes a bargaining agent for the local firefighters union as the sole controversial item. City Administrator Henry Na- continues remarks in the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firefighters’ Union
Henry Na
City Hunters Bag Elk In Wichita Mountains Hunt
Three city hunters were among the first eight to bag elk in the third annual Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge hunt. Ron Rutledge and Eugene Maxfield, both Lawton residents, were the first to kill, spotted two cows in a creek bed around 7:10 a.m. after starting at 6:40 a.m. near Quanah-Ek Mountain Pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Ron Rutledge
NW 40Th
Eugene Maxfield
Cornell Ave
Quanah-Ek
Rutledge
Maxfield
City Handed Chamber's Water Delivery Proposals
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce and its Water Committee urged Council to authorize delivering Waurika Reservoir water to Lake Ellsworth when the project is complete. The proposal cites avoiding millions for storage and treatment facilities while noting Ellsworth and Lawtonka reservoirs can meet needs for 10 to 15 years. Col. 4 continuation referenced.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Waurika Project
Lake Ellsworth
Oklahoma City
Waurika Reservoir
George Barber
Lawton
Ellsworth
Lawtonka
Lake Waurika
Council
Corps of Engineers
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Nixon to visit Peking in February for talks
President Nixon will travel to Peking on February 21, 1972, for summit talks as part of a series of allied meetings. Kissinger arranged timing on his prior trip, with details on the visit to be released by the White House. The trip precedes Nixon's Moscow visit and aims to ease tensions and normalize relations.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
Henry Kissinger
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
People’s Republic of China
United States of America
China
Moscow
France
Britain
West Germany
Japan
Canada
Ziegler
New Catholic Bishop Named for Oklahoma City and Tulsa
Bishop John R. Quinn, 42, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego since 1967, was named bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa succeeding Victor J. Reed who died September 8. Quinn has been pastor of St. Therese Parish in San Diego and studied philosophy and theology at Rome after ordination in 1953.
Retiring Fort Sill Chief of Staff to be Honored
A departure ceremony for Fort Sill chief of staff Col. Ross N. Lillard Jr. is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in front of McNair Hall. Fort Sill commander Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill and Col. Tom J. Perkins will speak. Perkins succeeds Lillard. The event features two platoons from the 1st Battalion 30th Field Artillery, a massed colors formation, the Fort Sill Half Section, and music by the 77th Army Band led by CWO Owen C. Kirby. In bad weather the ceremony moves indoors.
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Fort Sill
McNair Hall
Ross N. Lillard Jr
Roderick Wetherill
Tom J. Perkins
Lillard
30Th Field Artillery
Michael Prebich
77Th Army Band
Owen C. Kirby
Nixon nominates Cushman as Marine Corps commandant
President Nixon will nominate Lt Gen Robert E Cushman Jr currently deputy director of the CIA to become commandant of the Marine Corps succeeding Gen Leonard F Chapman Jr who will retire Dec 31. The White House cautioned against a veto of a tax cut bill with campaign checks and budget busting Senate amendments. Police say a Harlem Savings Bank robbery ended with a machine gun attack wounding a sergeant and injuring bystanders. four suspects fled in a yellow car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Robert E. Cushman Jr
Central Intelligence Agency
Marine Corps
Cushman
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
White House
New York
Harlem
Upper Manhattan
Europeans Ask Dollar Devaluation
Rome AP reports Common Market nations and Britain rejected a U S compromise plan to resolve the monetary crisis. Europeans demand dollar devaluation against gold. the United States refused. Britain and Western Europe weigh responses as Volcker presents a plan with specific revaluations still higher than desired.
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Britain
U.S
Rome
United States
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
France
Nixon
Group of Ten
Paul A. Volcker
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
West Germany
Japan
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Sweden
Canada
Guard Changes To Be Minimal Here
Oklahoma Governor David Hall announced a major reorganization of Thunderbird patches affecting the Oklahoma Army National Guard. The 1st Battalion 158th Artillery based in Lawton will remain an eight inch self propelled battalion with units in Anadarko Chickasha and Duncan. The Authorized strength will rise by five officers and twenty enlisted men while local units switch to 5th Army patches. Incidental equipment like generators will be removed. The change follows a Defense Department reevaluation of Guard needs and missions.
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Oklahoma Army
Oklahoma W National Guard
158Th Artillery
Lawton
Anadarko
Chickasha
Duncan
David Hall
5Th Army
Calvin E. Koonce
Koonce
Department of Defense
Army
National Guard Bureau
David C. Matthews
Oklahoma National Guard
Hall
National Guard
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Jim Johnson
Flower Mound School
Bill Dixon
West
Peggy JO Ormson
Peggy JO Orison
Bers
Afl-Cio
Nabers
Richard Tannery
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cache Road
Cherry
Col
Ross Lillard Jr
Saigon
Cambodia
Dam Be
Highway 7
South Vietnam
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
East Pakistan
Mrs. Gandhi
India
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