European Monetary Fund OK'd for Common Market stability
European ministers announced a coordinated fund by central banks to keep currencies within a 24 percent band and prepare for a future common European currency. The plan includes $114 billion in one year credit lines and monthly currency clearings tied to the Unit of Account. They also discussed inflation controls and tighter security measures after the Munich and Brussels attacks.
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Rome
Antral Bank
Brussels
Karl Klasen
West German
Federal Bank
Paris
Britain
Ireland
Norway
Denmark
U.S
Valery Giscard D’estaing
Helmut Schmidt
Giscard
King Boa Goes Hungry In Eisenhower Classroom
King Boa the two foot boa constrictor in Bill Ingram’s Eisenhower Elementary class has not eaten for over two weeks. Students raised mice for feeding but the snake refuses food. Principal Ellen Harmon and Ingram seek ideas to revive the appetite as teachers consider safe feeding methods.
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Bill Ingram
King Boa
Clifton Pierce
Tena Tysdal
Clifton
Ernest Pierce
Tena
Mas
Thomas Tysdal
S. 45Th
Ingram
Ing Boa
Eisenhower Elementary School
Eisenhower
Ellen Harmon
King Bea
Tokyo to scale down Sagamihara tank repair facilities
The government plans to ask U S military authorities in Japan to close tank repair facilities at the Sagamihara depot within one or two years due to heavy tanks and wide armored personnel carriers violating local road rules. A separate report notes a federal judge set arguments on a D N C privacy suit related to last June's break-in. In Cairo, the Arab League recommends banning foreign travel between Israel and Arab states. In Saigon, Pvt Lawrence R Tanner of Orange Texas surrendered after abducting four soldiers. tear gas ended the standoff with minor injuries.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Sagamihara
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Saigon
Lawrence R. Tanner
Orange
Tex
Bond Election Turnout Heaviest Pre-noon Vote In Lawton
Lawton area precincts report heavy pre noon turnout as voters begin balloting on a 3.3 million bond issue for a larger modern county courthouse facility. Polls stay open to 7 pm with about 70 votes per precinct in seven boxes. August 22 primary drew 13 000 voters but officials doubt today will reach that level.
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Lawton
Eligi
City leases land for burial vault firm and votes on city charter
The city leased 3.5 acres to North Texas Wilbert Vault Corporation from a site south of Douglas Avenue between Second and Third Streets for five years at 300 dollars yearly with an option to buy at 1 500 dollars per acre. The lease requires construction within six months to produce burial vaults. Council members debated the new city charter and directed ordinances for a possible special election on its provisions.
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North Texas Wilbert Vault Corporation
Oklahoma City
Douglas Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Rev. N. H. Jones
Lawton
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Katherine Owens
Comanche County
Black Caucus
South Vietnamese Marines Enter Quang Tri Citadel Amid Heavy Fighting
South Vietnamese Marines fought into the Quang Tri Citadel as U.S. and Saigon forces bombed the fortress. Officials counted about 400 North Vietnamese troops still entrenched, with shelling and artillery from both sides. Marines aimed to seal supply routes and press the offensive despite tough resistance.
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Quang Tri, Vietnam
Quang Tri Citadel
Quang Tri
U.S
Highway 1
North Vietnam
Saigon
Panel KP Comments Stir GIs Over Kitchen Duty
The House Appropriations Committee rejected 125 million for civilian KP and cleaning jobs, urging removal of such programs by April 30. Soldiers from Ft Devens to Ft Bragg rebuke KP as demeaning and harmful to a volunteer force, while Maj Haas defends KP as a necessary duty.
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House Appropriations Committee
Edwin McCarthy
Columbus
Ohio
McCarthy
Ft. Devens
Mass
House
San Antonio
Tex
Army Medical Training Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Ft. MacArthur
Calif
Neil DeNoux
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Maj
William Haas
Ft. Leonard Wood
Mom
Nixon Charts Strategy For Re-Election Effort
President Nixon outlined a re election campaign plan during a three hour breakfast with Cabinet Republican leaders White House aides and campaign officials The plan includes a one million volunteer mobilization for canvassing and voter registration set to launch this Saturday Nixon also planned a meeting with former interior secretary Walter Hickel and a White House reception for 200 Republican leaders to discuss the next eight weeks
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Spiro Agnew
Clark MacGregor
Ronald Ziegler
MacGregor
Ziegler
GOP
Alaska
Walter Hickel
Hickel
Republican National Committee
Weather Outlook For Lawton Area Through Wednesday
Fair to partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and a slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s, lows in the mid 70s. Rain probability listed at 20 percent this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. High Monday reached 95 with a low of 71.
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Lawton
Senate votes to cap welfare service spending at 1 billion
The Senate approved a plan to cap annual social services for welfare at 1 billion dollars with two exceptions day care and family planning left open. The plan aims to curb rising costs while administration projections expect growing requests to 4 to 5 billion. Senators debated the proper ceiling and distribution between states as final passage looms.
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Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
William V. Roth Jr
R-Del
Panama Seeks New Canal Treaty Over Zone Sovereignty
Panama's electoral assembly urged a treaty to restore Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone and oppose U.S. control by rejecting the $1.93 million annual rent. The body acts as a show of popular will to back talks replacing the 1903 pact, as Washington says it will honor treaty payments. Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos leads the push to regain jurisdiction.
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Panama
United States
Canal Zone
U.S
Assembly of
Community Representatives
Gov
Washington
State Department
Charles W. Bray
Omar Torrijos
National Guard
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