Train Derailment Wreck Cleared After Frisco Crash
Debris and twisted boxcars litter the Frisco tracks as authorities clear the scene of a Wednesday wreck two miles southeast of town. A 51 car train bound for Los Angeles derailed 18 boxcars and five carloads of autos. cause is undetermined.
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Tom Sharrock
ENT
Frisco
Springfield
Los Angeles
Here
L. P. Brown
Memphis
Krown
Chatham
Jim Crane
L. D. Reynolds
Oklahoma City
Cement
August Price Index Shows Rise Across Sectors
The government reports August wholesale prices up three tenths of a percent, led by a seven tenths rise in food on a seasonally adjusted basis. The index reaches 114.9 with eggs and fresh produce up sharply, four percent higher than a year ago.
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Washington
Nixon
U S military reports highest Vietnam weekly toll in seven weeks
The U S Command said 19 Americans were killed in action in Vietnam last week the highest weekly toll in seven weeks yet remains the lowest casualty level in six years. The update notes ongoing combat and the broader war context across the region.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon Regrets Pay Hike Deferments
President Nixon expressed regret over postponing pay increases and announced the wage price freeze would extend past the November 12 deadline. Press secretary Ziegler noted the delay was due to the number of federal employees. Congress will have 30 days once it reconvenes to act.
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Ziegler
Congress
Nixon
Tripleheader Of Three-Day Holidays Due
FRIDAY at 5 p.m. signals the start of another long weekend holiday the first of a full tripleheader of three day weekends Columbus Day shifts to Monday Oct 11 under new federal and Oklahoma law Washington’s Veterans Day change to Oct 25 not adopted by state officials all federal employees Fort Sill personnel will get Oct 25 observance Labor Day remains the first Monday in September civilians and most military personnel at Fort Sill will have the holiday duties suspended for the period with limited guard and fatigue duties.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Fort Sill
Oklahoma Regents Propose Enrollment Limits for OU OSU
Regents consider raising role for junior colleges as OU and OSU face crowded campuses in the 1970s. Dr. Hobbs notes growth of community colleges will push more students into upper divisions while training programs may shorten and lower division emphasis may rise. Enrollments are projected to reach 52,545 by 1980 despite a slowdown.
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Hobbs
Teaching and Learning as a Career Path for Soldiers
A veteran reflects on Army life from 1943 through World War II era combat to postwar service, describing never feeling isolated and valuing direct contact with young people. He recalls a year and a half with one group in combat and notes morale shifts across eras.
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Korea
Weather Outlook Little Changed
Forecast shows very hot conditions with highs in the upper 90s today and Friday. Tonight’s low near 70, while yesterday’s high reached around 90.
Viet election to be held Thieu says
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced on national television that he will run as the only candidate in South Vietnam’s October 3 presidential election but would withdraw if the people reject his policies in a vote of confidence. He said the election proceeds under the constitution and he seeks turnout to confirm his leadership.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Belfast Hit by Three Bombings Downtown
Three explosions rocked downtown Belfast injuring at least three people within five minutes at noon. Hospitals reported ambulances rushing to the scenes and many victims injured by flying glass amid terror in the Ulster conflict.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Frontier Drops Flights as Air Central Folds
Frontier Airlines will cancel two daily Lawton flights and discontinue service across its Western United States due to a $20 million loss over four years. Lawton Airport Manager Bill Cox said subsidies are underpaying, and Frontier asked the city to pressure the Civil Aeronautics Board for fair subsidy payments. Flight 520 from Dallas and Flight 525 from Oklahoma City to Lawton will end, ending the commuter line that served Lawton.
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Fffontier Airlines
Lawton
United States
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Bill Cox
Frontier
City Hall
Cox
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Tions
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Air Central
Airport Authority
Gilbert C. Gibson
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