Plane Skyjacked To Cuba Returns
Plane hijacking from Texas to Cuba ends with an Eastern Airlines jet returning to the United States. An air line employee was killed and another wounded. FBI names two sky pirates Charles A. Tuller Jr. and Bryce M. Tuller, both connected to a Virginia bank holdup case. A third hijacker William Graham, 18, is identified. a fourth man remains unnamed.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Texas
Cuba
FBI
Sky Pirates
Commerce Department
Charles A. Tuller Jr
Bryce M. Tuller
Virginia
William Graham
Cease-fire talks and naval actions in Vietnam
Reports indicate a pause in naval bombardment above the 20th parallel and halted air strikes north of the line, with limited actions near the coast. In Saigon the land grab war continues as authorities claim recapture of hamlets and a district town, amid ongoing cease-fire expectations. A separate hijacking in Houston ends in a fatal shooting aboard an Eastern Airlines jet, with investigators issuing air piracy warrants.
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Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
Thanh Hoa
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Navy
Vietnam
Newport News
Philippines
U.S. Command
Vinh
Dak
Oklahoma Vo Tech study details state school dropouts
The 1970 71 report lists 9 666 dropouts in Oklahoma public schools with 7 535 in high school. Age 17 accounts for 2 759 quitters while 11th graders top by grade at 2 849. Main reasons include lack of interest 2 180 and non attendance 1 797. other causes cover marriage employment and illness.
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Oklahoma
State Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Vo-Tech
Public Records Compliments List Of Local Police Reports
Lawton Police records show a series of incidents reported by residents and businesses. Names and addresses include Mervin Robison 1716 N 49th burglary, Johnnie Reed 613 Sheriden Ra theft from Jiffy Store and Ellis Burkett 21 B burglary.
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Lawton Police Department
Mervin Robison
Mike Taylor
Mervin Robertson
Sheriden Re
Johnnie Reed
Sheriden Ra
Lionel Barrett
Juanita Rabalis
Penn
Robert Scheffer
Fort Sill
Foe Cottingham
Bell
Linde Fitch
Gene Helms
Pat Adkins
Dearborn
T. C. Peterson
Columbia
Cute
Work Lawson
J. D. Clamons
Ellis Burkett
Howard Johnston
Grand
Joe Kuhn
Francis Cobley
Pete McAnally
Bete
Samuel
Roosevelt
Don Sanders
Virginia Cunningham
Nixon set to sign 60 bills as session ends
President Nixon announced plans to sign within the next few days sixty bills passed in the closing days of the adjourned Congress. The remarks highlight a push to reshape welfare and work incentives as part of the final legislative agenda.
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Nixon
Oklahoma judges urge higher salaries to attract quality jurists
Oklahoma judges Moore and Brock advocate raises, noting special district judges earn 13 500 annually and asserting judges need adequate pay. They praise John Mackey, successor to Moore, and cite his legal experience and army service as qualifications for the bench.
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Oklahoma
Moore
Brock
John Mackey
Oklahoma County
Defense Council
Trains Crash in Chicago Area Leads to Blood Drive
Wreckage in the lead car described as collapsing like tin foil as two trains collided. Hospitals Mercy Michael Reese Cook County and Billings report deaths and many injuries. The second train an express traveled about 40 mph. signals failed to activate.
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Chicago
Mercy
Michael Reese
Cook County
Billings
Rosemary Najera
Fred Hidalgo
Mercy Hospital
Fort Sill awards 103 Lance missile crewmen in first AIT class
Fort Sill completes eight week Advanced Individual Training for the Army’s Lance missile system. One battalion trained all graduates, raising unit strength to 350. Outstanding graduate is Pvt. Daniel T. Anderson, with two honors to Pvt. Phillip Murphy and Pvt. Alfred C. Muncy Jr.
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Fort Sill
Lance
12Th Field Artillery
Ist-12th
U.S. Army Training Center
Field Artillery
Pvt
Daniel T. Anderson
Phillip Murphy
Alfred C. Muncy Jr
Motorcycle Pedestrian Collision Kills 19 Year Old in Yukon
Robert Linn Dossey, 19, of Yukon died Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup ten miles south of Kingfisher. Authorities report the crash caused major vehicle damage and prompted an Oklahoma rest alert of the scene.
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Page One
Robert Linn Dossey
Yukon
Kingfisher
Tiger Shown Calm During Park Parade Appearance
Fran Johnson, spokesman for the sponsoring group, said the tiger behaved well on a recent television appearance and even shook its hand. The park crowd was small and orderly during the parade.
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Fran Johnson
Alabama settlement history note notional
A brief historical note states Alabama was settled by the French in 1702.
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Alabama
First Taste Of Winter Weather On The Way
Mid morning reports show moisture in Lawton Apache and Wichita Mountains area. A major winter storm brings snow from the Rockies into Arizona New Mexico and parts of Texas with watches warnings for heavy snow and ice. Oklahoma forecast calls for a cold wave and rain turning to freezing rain or snow with temperatures from the panhandle to the southeast.
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Lawton
Gore Boulevard
Apache
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Faxon
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Rockies
Arizona
New Mexico
North Dakota
Minnesota
Colorado
White Mountains
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Survivors condemn Munich massacre while urging justice
Israeli victims families react to the Munich killings and the release of three terrorists. Widow of the weightlifter denounces silence and cites grief. Widow of the coach calls for the killers to be condemned rather than freed as Palestinians claim to have mined the Lufthansa jet and threaten further violence against 20 people aboard.
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Yosef Romano
Shoshana Shapira
Munich
Germany
Lufthansa
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Havana
Tullers
Graham
Houston, Tex
Houston
Eastern
Stan Hubbard
Humble
Tex
Wyatt S. Wilkinson Jr
Hubbard
San Antonio
Syracuse
N.Y
Atlanta
H. C. Battaile
Wilkinson
Public Records
Henry George Picek
Lake Street
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
West
Lee Boulevard
Comanche County
Comanche
State
Gertrude B. Henneke
Notary Public
By WrigHt and
Davis
Sammy
You
Blackbird
Judge Brock
John
Mackey
Lawton High School
Cameron College
University of Oklahoma
U.S. Army
Roy Moore
Sill Missile
Ernest L. Roper For
Sharea Ull
ANE
Townes Men’s Store
Amore
Comerivan A National Bank
Israel
Vivors
Home Savings & Loan
Constitution & Press Circulation
Southwest
Lawton Evening Constitution
D Avenue
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