Nixon moves to nominate Agnew successor quickly
The White House says President Nixon aims to nominate a vice president by week’s end after Agnew resigns. Ziegler reports Nixon will consult staff and lawmakers, with five aides briefed last Wednesday. Agnew resigned after pleading no contest to a tax evasion charge and faces possible transition while protecting his duties.
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White House
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Ronald Ziegler
Congress
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Agnew
Alexander M. Haig
Melvin R. Laird
Bryce N. Harlow
Anne Armstrong
Secret Service
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Agnew Admits Underreporting Income In 1967 Tax Filing
Agnew acknowledged receiving payments in 1967 not reported on his tax return. He said the income was $55,599 with taxes due $19,967, not the previously reported $26,099 income and $6,416 tax. He stated he did not enrich himself at the public’s expense as he read from a prepared statement.
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Agnew
Hoffman
Richardson Says Nixon OK’d Deal in Agnew Case
Atty. Gen. Richardson said President Nixon fully approved the bargain in which Spiro Agnew resigned and admitted income tax evasion. He noted Nixon did not negotiate the deal but supported major steps, and that Agnew received probation after a no contest plea.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
White House
Agnew
Richardson
Enid Flood Reaches Worst Level In City History
Enid, Oklahoma experiences up to 16 inches of rain in five hours causing the worst flood in its history. National Guardsmen and Civil Defense assist with evacuations as 150 homes flood and utilities fail. Governor Hall surveys the damage and seeks federal disaster aid for Garfield County.
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Enid
Oklahoma
National Guardsmen
Civil Defense
Highway Patrol
Red Cross
U.S. 64
Turkey Creek
Brookside Addition
Blackwell
Medford
Chikaskia
Hall
David Hall
National Guard
Garfield County
St. Mary’s Hospital
Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
Oeee Inside Oeee Inside
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Three Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Medicine
The 1973 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl von Frisch Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen for discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns. Their work on animal behavior aided psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine and clarified the origins of a human infant smile.
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Vienna
Max Planck Institute
Germany
Nikolaas Tinbergen
University Museum of
Oxford
England
Royal Karolinska Medical Institute
Karolinska
Lorenz
von Frisch
Tinbergen
Bank of Hydro Robbed in Broad Daylight
A man with a small caliber pistol robbed the Bank of Hydro around 11 30 a m today taking an undetermined amount of money. Bank President Bill Glass described the gunman as white about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a mustache and dark hair.
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HYDRO
Okla
Bank of Hydro
Bill Glass
United Way Near Halfway Mark In Fort Sill Drive
Campaign leaders report about half of the 360000 goal has been collected with 182135 dollars or 50.6 percent raised. Divisional progress shows varied results led by Public Employees at 75.8 percent, while Professional division trails at 7.5 percent and Suburban Business at 34.8 percent. Final rally set for 7 a.m. Oct. 18 at the Salvation Army Citadel.
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Lawton - Fort Sill
United Way
Howard Smith
Smith
Salvation Army
Rescue Heli Teams Respond To Flood Calls
Two Sill helicopters from Fort Sill assisted flood relief in Enid and Blackwell after Highway Patrol requests. A Medevac Huey reached Blackwell within 90 minutes carrying hoist gear and rescue crew led by Capt Ronald Huether, with fuel supplies secured for ongoing operations. A second Huey headed to Enid later with hoist equipment and medical personnel aboard.
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Licopters
Fort Sill
Enid
Blackwell
Highway Patrol
507Th
Ronald A. Huether
CWO
Richard Smith
Sidney Howard
Ronald Freeman
Ronald Huether
H. A. Miller
Spec
John Stover
Eugene Brown
Rain Lashes Southwest Oklahoma with Flooding
Rainfall up to 1.50 inches drenched southwest Oklahoma overnight amid thunderstorms, triggering flash flooding in spots. Faxon logged the heaviest total at 1.50 inches. other stations reported 0.85 to 1.37 inches as lakes received an inch or more.
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Oklahoma
Faxon
Energy Research Funding Boosted for 115 Million Increase
President Nixon announced plans to boost energy research and development by 115 million dollars this year, raising the total energy R D fund to about 1 billion. He pledged to take every step necessary to reach national energy self sufficiency.
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Washington
Nixon
Energy
Israelis Raid Behind Arab Front Lines
Israeli forces crossed the cease-fire line in the Golan Heights and conducted hit-and-run raids across the Suez Canal. Air and naval attacks against Syrian and Egyptian positions were reported by Arab communiques, with conflicting casualty claims including Israeli losses and sunk boats. Jordan mobilized reserves amid regional fighting as Iraq joined the conflict.
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Mediterranean
Latakia
Banias
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Syria
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
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