California brush fire drives residents from homes near Fillmore
Makeshift evacuation stations were set up at schools as a 2100 acre blaze near Fillmore forced families to flee. Dozens of horses were moved to the Santa Barbara Polo Club and Earl Warren Showgrounds while artists like William Hesthal mourn losses of paintings and personal keepsakes.
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California
Fillmore
Santa Barbara
Los Padres National Forest
Montecito
Calif
Santa Barbara County
Panel OKs Steed Name For Lake
A Washington AP report notes a panel approves a name for a lake title tied to the Steed project. Officials did not release additional details about the naming decision or the lake.
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Panel OK
Steed
Officials Reconstructing Double Murder After Self Inflicted Shot
Police say 32 year old Gene McWilliams of Route One Law ton turned his .44 magnum on himself after shooting and killing his ex wife Linda Marie Mc Williams 29 and her friend Joy Bevill 29 of 2334 Evans on a county road nine miles east of Lawton. Officials continue unraveling the sequence of events.
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Opeful
Gene McWilliams
Route One
Lawton
Linda Marie McWilliams
Joy Bevill
Evans
Eisenhower High ROTC Unit Again Earns Honor
Eisenhower High School Junior ROTC was designated an honor unit by the Army, one of about 130 nationwide and the only Oklahoma program this year. The announcement will be made this afternoon in Fort Sill commander Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill’s office.
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Eisenhower High School
Department of the Army
United States
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Roderick Wetherill
Pickets Remain On Strike Despite Back To Work Orders
Pickets stayed out at California ports and Chicago area grain elevators despite federal judges orders to return. A West Coast dock spokesman said the court order may not have been served, while in Chicago area a union attorney called the return-to-work order unlawful.
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Washington
California
Chicago
West Coast
Iigrain
Grounding of Over Half the C Five Fleet
The Air Force grounded more than half of its C5 transport fleet after an engine detached from a CS wing during a Sept. 29 Altus AFB incident. No injuries were reported though the engine and its mounting were destroyed and a small fire occurred.
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Ashington
Air Force
Altus Air Force Base
Okla
Senate rejects disapproval of President order on raise
A government pay raise of about six percent for federal employees is scheduled for Jan. 1. The Senate voted 51 to 32 to reject a resolution disapproving of the President's order, after the House approved it earlier in the week by 207 to 174.
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Washington
House
Senate
NCAA moves to federal court over TV blackout
Tulsa residents watch Channel 5 as NCAA shifts action to federal court seeking injunction. Attorneys argue for immediate hearing while Graham keeps the temporary TV ban in place. OU Texas game cleared for Dallas but Tul
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Tulsa
Okla
NCAA
Lawton
Channel 5
Oklahoma City
Leer
Daughterty
Graham
Feder
Dallas
Okla City
Solons Death Delays Vote on Equal Rights
The House delays action on equal rights amid news of Rep James G Fulton death. Rep Griffiths faces a rider to exempt women from the draft and retain protective laws, opposed by Wiggin and Abzug in a debate about constitutional amendments and female protections. President Nixon prepares a new anti inflation package with wage price measures and unspecified enforcement details.
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GOP
James C. Fulton
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
House Judiciary Committee
Martha W. Griffiths
D-Mich
Charles Wiggings
R-Calif
Wiggins
Griffiths
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Pace
Washington
Nixon
Nation
Congress
Wholesale prices fall for first time in five years
The September wholesale price index dropped 0.4 percent after seasonal adjustment, the largest fall since the Nixon price freeze began. Most decline came from items not covered by the freeze, especially raw farm goods and taxed items, with the overall index 3.2 percent above a year earlier.
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Business, Labor, Agriculture
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hington
Percera Tee As
Kehoe Sheetics
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Bulletin
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Tulsas
Tul
John C
Om Hansen
eVision Committee
Solon
Equal Rights
James G. Fulton
White House
U.S
Cost of Living Council
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