Thunderstorms soak Southwest Oklahoma causing flood watches
Thunderstorms dumped five inches or more across parts of Southwest Oklahoma triggering flash flood watches. The National Weather Service warned of more rain tonight and Tuesday with a 40 percent chance of precipitation. Heavy rainfall topped 5.45 inches at Marlow while Vinson and Hobart logged near four inches. Lawton and nearby lakes received over two inches with Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth falling several feet. Farmers welcomed the soaking as a boon for seedbed prep and potential regrowth of grasses.
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Oklahoma
Sooner
National Weather Service
Marlow
Harmon County
Vinson
Hobart
Walters
Hollis
Lawton
53Rd
Gore Blvd
Lake Lawtonka
Ellsworth
Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Jimmie Creek
Meers
Martin Kiser
Apache
Kiser
Wichita Falls
Pentagon Names Keith to Fort Sill Command
Maj. Gen. Donald Keith, director of weapons systems in the Pentagon, is named Fort Sill’s new commander replacing Maj. Gen. David Ott who will move to command VII Corps in Europe. Keith arrives October, Ott leaves September 24. Keith is a West Point graduate and decorated veteran.
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Donald Keith
Pentagon
Fort Sill
David Ott
VII Corps
Europe
Keith
Ott
Army
Kelley Barracks
West Germany
Washington, D.C
Erika Krausse
Wetzlar
Michael
West Point
Ludington, Mich
U.S. Military Academy
Columbia University
New York City
Army Command and General Staff College
The
Field Artillery School
U S Vetoes Vietnam UN Membership Bid
President Ford directed Ambassador Scranton to veto Vietnam's bid for United Nations membership citing little progress on information about Americans missing in action amid strained MIAs talks. Vietnam fails two criteria of peace loving and humanitarian. Spokesman notes Hanoi has exchanged notes with Washington seeking normal relations with no positive reply.
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Washington
Ford
William Scranton
Vietnam
United Nations
Scranton
U.S
U.N
Security Council
Sis
Paris
Hanoi
United States
Five Returned To New York Skyjackers Face Murder Count
Five Croatian nationalists captured during a Trans World Airlines jet hijacking were brought to Brooklyn federal court as murder charges were sought for killing a New York police officer. The men, four of them, surrendered in Paris and were flown back, having claimed explosives tied to their bodies.
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New York
Manhattan
Atlantic
Trans World Airlines
Federal
Brooklyn
FBI
Dist. Atty
Robert Morgenthau
U.S
Yugoslavia
Paris
Carter Campaign in Alabama with Wallace at Side
Carter campaigned in Alabama with Gov. Wallace at his side saying they are forgotten Americans of the Republican era. He urged small businessmen in Birmingham to expect improved government aid programs if elected while also accepting the Liberal Party of New York endorsement for the ballot.
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Jimmy Carter
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Ala
Carter
Birmingham
Plains
Liberal Party of
New York
San Francisco
Walter F. Mondale
Alexandria
Potomac River
Washington
Florida
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Ariz
Morris K. Udall
Jury Selections Begin In Two County Murder Trials
Jury selection started in district court for two second degree murder cases. Paul Len Stedman 26 Lawton faces trial for killing his ex wife Debra K Holcomb 22 on June 5 with defense planning a temporary insanity defense. Tommy Lynn Thompson 26 Tulsa is tried for the death of Don Whitsell 35 part-owner of D R Salvage Wrecker Service.
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URY
Paul Len Stedman
Lawton
Stedman
Charles Manson
Debra K. Holcomb
Pete Burton
Tommy Lynn Thompson
Tulsa
Thompson
Don Whitsell
Dorchester
D & R Salvage and Wrecker Service
Whitsell
N. Third
Kansas Trio Faces Kidnaping Charges
In Enid Oklahoma AP report two Kansas men and a Wichita woman are charged with kidnapping in connection with the abduction and slaying of Tony Corley 19 whose body was found in Kay County Investigators say murder charges may be filed later in Kay County Billy Eugene Brown 27 Richard Hager 27 Connie Vaughan 27 were named as suspects.
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Enid, Okla
Kansas
Enid
Kay County
Billy Eugene Brown
Richard Hager
Connie Vaughan
Wichita
Tony Corley
Woodward
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Colombia
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