Prices Show Another Rise In September
Prices for wholesale food, industrial raw materials and manufactured goods rose 0.3 percent in September. Farm products, processed foods and feeds climbed 0.6 percent while industrial commodities rose 0.2 percent. Over the past three months wholesale prices grew at 6.7 percent annualized, food and feeds at 17.4 percent, under Nixon wage-price controls. The Wholesale Price Index reached 120.2, meaning current goods cost 20.2 dollars more than the 1967 base of 100. Eggs surged 15.7 percent, meats and dairy showed mixed moves, and fruits and vegetables declined 0.6 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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McGovern Attacks Nixon Policy As Isolating U S
George McGovern charged Nixon policies isolate the United States from allies while promoting a new internationalism. He urged diplomatic recognition of mainland China and criticized Agnew for calling his plans vague and defeatist. Agnew dismissed McGovern as lacking a real plan and campaigned in Iowa and West Virginia.
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Oklahoma and Vietnam brief roundup from AP dispatches
In Guymon police and state agents seized 31 gambling machines from four clubs. In Paris the Viet Cong said peace talks have a widened gap making substantial agreement unlikely. In Washington the Senate Agriculture Committee plans a post election probe of the U.S. wheat sale to the Soviet Union. In Saigon three Americans were killed in action last week with others wounded or missing. In Oklahoma City a judge refused to delay the election eve trial of state Senator Bryce Baggett for DWI as he campaigns for a runoff. In Verden two men robbed the Bank of Verden and fled west on US 62 with undisclosed money.
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Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Panhandle
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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Soviet Union
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U.S. Command
Oklahoma City
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Baggett
J. Ted Bonham
District 41
Verden, Okla
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Antipollution Bill Gets Final Okay
Congress votes near unanimously to approve a 24.6 billion antipollution bill aimed at cleaning national waters by 1985. Final passage in both houses came within hours with House 366 to 11 and Senate 74 to 0.
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Congress
Nixon
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Senate
Takeover of Fort Sill School Building Spurs Jurisdiction Confusion
Forty militants seized the Fort Sill Indian School Administration Building on a Tuesday night. Superintendent Jack Williams praised city police and sheriff’s officers for rapid response after a delay caused by doubts over jurisdiction. Frances Wise urged protesters to sit in the hall, influencing police views. FBI said county sheriff has jurisdiction in civil disturbances. questions remain about local police authority. Four demonstrators were arrested and later released.
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Jack Williams
Williams
Frances Wise
Lawton
FBI
Alford Hennessee
Wise
Nixon Says No Tax Hikes For 1973 If Budget Goal Held
President Nixon says there will be no presidential tax increase in 1973 while warning that congressional overspending could force one. He defends tax policy at a 40 minute Oval Office news conference, notes Viet Nam talks are in a sensitive stage, and says election timing won’t affect settlement efforts. He vows vigorous vetoes against spending and addresses grain deal and Watergate questions.
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Washington
Oval Office
Vietnam
Congress
George McGovern
McGovern
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Front Brings Chance For Rain Across Oklahoma
A 30 to 40 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms was forecast for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma tonight and Friday. A cold front moving from central Colorado was expected to lower temperatures as it sweeps across the state. Temperatures were forecast to reach the mid 90s today, drop to the mid 50s tonight, and rise to the mid 70s Friday.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Colorado
F111 Fighter-Bombers Return to Combat Duty
The U S Navy reports the F111 fighter-bombers passed six days of tests and returned to missions over North Vietnam. Two strikes were flown overnight while nearly 50 jets arrived at Takhli Thailand. The unit attacked a air defense center near Dien Bien Phu and a railroad siding on the Hanoi China line.
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North Vietnam
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Dien Bien Phu
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Vietnam
Takhli
Oklahoma Supreme Court Expected Verdict On Liquor Petition
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is poised to issue a ruling on the liquor by the drink petition after a lengthy conference. Chief Justice Berry indicated no opinion would be issued Wednesday but suggested a decision could come today. Observers predict the court will order the question on the November 7 general election ballot.
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Judge halts Oklahoma liquor raids on Amtrak trains
A federal judge ordered Oklahoma to stop liquor raids on Amtrak trains and suggested liquor laws may be unconstitutional. Judge Stephen S. Chandler issued a permanent injunction preventing future raids and halted prosecution of Chicago bartender George H. Bell arrested during a July 18 raid on the Texas Chief in Oklahoma City. He said Amtrak should be governed by federal law and preemption under the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970.
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U. S. District Court
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George H. Bell
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
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Texas
Oklahoma City
Chandler
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