Rain and drizzle blanket Southwest Oklahoma today
Cloudy skies and cool temperatures with a 20 percent precipitation chance as showers move through the area. Downtown Lawton reports .95 inch moisture, Fire Station Five records .88 inch, while Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka show .20 inch each. Other towns report varying amounts, with Chattanooga at 1.63 inches and Marlow at .68. Highs near 80, lows mid 60s, outlook improving Tuesday.
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Oklahoma
USS. Weather Bureau
Lawton
53Rd
Gore Boulevard
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Faxon
Marlow
Weather Bureau
Tough New Edicts Issued By South Viet President
President Thieu imposes the death penalty for hijacking and several major crimes and ends court trials for certain military and civil servant offenses. New decree laws grant the president and top officials power to judge and sentence in treason and desertion cases while preserving regular courts for lesser charges. The hijacking law covers air and sea space and allows shoot-on-sight rights at the scene, with jurisdiction extending to extradited hijackers and incidents abroad.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Vietnam Press
Joint General Staff
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Typhoon Elsie Halts U S Air War In Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces overran a ranger camp in the Central Highlands with about 150 missing as a large assault followed heavy artillery and air bombardment. South Vietnamese rangers began a new drive into Cambodia while Typhoon Elsie disrupted U S air operations and carrier flights.
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Saigon
U.S
Highlands
Cambodia
Mekong
Elsie
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tonkin Gulf
North
Stolen Paintings and Jewelry From Montreal Museum
Three armed burglars broke into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and tied up guards stealing paintings and jewelry valued between 2 and 5 million dollars. No burglar alarm was triggered. Police investigation ongoing.
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Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts
Nation wraps up final summer fling on Labor Day weekend
The Associated Press reports Labor Day ends the summer holiday week with varied events from a rock festival to a railroad buffs convention and political gatherings. President Nixon planned a quiet day at the Western White House in California. George McGovern spoke at the Southern Governors Conference in Hilton Head and at a Chippewa Lake picnic. Traffic safety groups estimated up to 680 fatalities over the weekend, down from last year’s toll.
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Associated Press
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
George McGovern
Hilton Head
S.C
Chippewa Lake
Cleveland United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodace
Sanal Safety Council
Bull Island
Wabash Aio- See Mation
Paget
Col
17 Nation Delegation Opens Skyjacking Talks
Delegates from 17 nations meet in Washington as John Volpe urges a universal end to hijackings. Aimed at drafting a treaty, the proposal favors an international airline suspension of countries failing to prosecute or extradite hijackers. The plan faces Arab and Soviet opposition and seeks broad support within ICAO.
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Washington
U.S. Transportation
John A. Volpe
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO
Volpe
High Seas
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Security Council
Sill Man Killed In Fiery Crash
A 21 year old Fort Sill man Walter A DeGrote of New Jersey died in a single vehicle crash on Sheridan Road when rain slick roads caused him to lose control. Police said he was traveling about 70 mph, skidded into a gas meter and into a pole before the car burst into flames. The fatality raised Oklahoma 1972 traffic toll to 557 with four holiday deaths statewide.
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Fort Sillman
New Jersey
Walter A. DeGrote
DeGrote
Sheridan Road
Vinson
Sheridan Rd
United Way Drive Opens City Campaign with Kickoff
The Lawton Fort Sill United Way 1972 drive begins with a 7 am breakfast at the Lawtonian Hotel. Advanced gifts and public employee divisions aim for about 42 percent of the $355000 goal as 435 volunteers start canvassing.
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United Way Fund
Lawton-Fort Sill
United Way
Lawtonian
Anthony Libro
Libro
John Elkins
Howard Smith
Advance Gifts
Jesse Eppler
R. W. Hooper
Guy Able
Jack Babbitt
Bill Fort
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