Riot at Tennessee State Prison Leaves Dozens Injured
Ten inmates were shot and 28 injured during a six hour riot at the Tennessee State Prison when a meal dispute sparked looting and fires. Up to 350 inmates were involved as police and state troopers restored order. three inmates remained in hospital with gunshot wounds, and one prisoner suffered a fractured skull during an escape attempt.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee State Prison
Robert Morford
James Gilchrist
Corrections Department
Terry Shumate
Napoleon Pollard
Bobby R. Smith
Jerry Duncan
Gilchrist
Morford
Oklahoma Governor condemns donor lounge at OU stadium
Gov. David Boren inspected the new VIP donor lounge at Oklahoma Universitys football stadium and declared he would not sit in it. He criticized seats reserved for 2500 donor levels, saying a state facility should be open to taxpayers and pledged to swap his box seats for non donor seating.
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ORMAN
Okla
David Boren
Oklahoma University
Four Words Revealed Roiling Ford White House Policy
President Ford told the House intelligence committee he wants secret information returned after four words surfaced that could cripple U.S. foreign policy. The panel halted its probe as Rex Lee cited the need to clear all public releases with the administration.
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Washington
Ford
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
Lee
United States
Congress
Escapees rifle hunt shifts to Texas after jail break
Three remaining Stephens County jail escapees armed with a pistol and two high powered rifles are believed hiding in northern Texas after burglarizing a farmhouse near the Red River. One fugitive, Ronald Don Griffith, surrendered with information leading to their camp and the recovery of the escape car.
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Duncan
Stephens County
Texas
Kenneth Landis
Red River
Waurika
Durant
Landis
Grady
Ronald Don Griffith
Robert Milburn Jr
U.S. 70
Oklahoma seeks delay on new HEW day care rules
Oklahoma lawmakers and day care advocates pressed for a waiver from HEW child care guidelines that would raise staff ratios. Sen. Bellman asked for a three year exemption, while Oklahoma centers gathered in Washington to study interim compliance options and possible demonstration-project designation.
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Lawton Welfare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Oklahoma
U.S
Henry Bellman
David Matthews
Bellman
David Boren
Washington
Indians Buy Moore Hat Company in Oklahoma Deal
Moore Hat Co. will become Indian owned after a sale to Oklahoma Indian Development Corp. for 330000 with 112000 credit line and a 74000 training grant from the Comanche Tribe. The 32 employee payroll will be two thirds Indian with plans for a 1976 hat line and tribal job training cooperation.
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Iola Hayden
O10
Moore Hat Co
Oklahoma
Hayden
CETA
Rain clears as Oklahoma hosts key football games
A cold front brought up to 2.16 inches of rain in parts of Oklahoma but forecasts call for ideal football weather. Tonight Lawton High Enid game on Cameron turf may see temperatures in the 50s, while Saturday's schedule includes Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cowboys season openers in Norman and Stillwater and Cameron vs Stephen F Austin. Rain totals varied from .85 inches in Lawton to .4 inches downtown by noon.
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Constitution
Oklahoma
State
Lawton
Oklahoma University Sooners
Oklahoma State University Cowboys
Norman
Stillwater
Cameron University
Stephen F. Austin
Aggies
Tussy
Carter County
Talks on teacher strike collapse as funds run out
Talks aimed at an early settlement of New York City's teachers strike collapsed before dawn as a Board of Education spokesman said there is no money to continue. The city faces continued school shutdowns after four days.
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Associated Press
New York
Board of Education
Sadat to Visit United States in Late October
President Anwar Sadat will travel to the United States during the last week of October, enabled by a U.S.-brokered Sinai settlement with Israel. He is expected to press for further Middle East peace moves on Syria's Golan Heights and the Palestinian issue.
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Anwar Sadat
United States
Sinai
Israel
Sadat
Middle East
Syria
Golan Heights
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