Nixon Seeks Gasoline Price Hikes to be Announced This Week
President Nixon instructed the Cost of Living Council to act this week to raise retail gasoline prices. The panel, already eyeing an Oct. 2 increase, is urged to expedite the decision as service stations protest Phase 4 rules. Warren said no dealer counseling will occur. Protest closures hit California and Indianapolis hard, with some Washington area stations remaining open. A mandatory fuel allocation study is also under review.
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Cost of Living Council
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White House
Gerald L. Warren
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Indianapolis
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American Automobile Association
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Emergency Street Repair Plan Urged by City Manager
City manager Larry Fountaine presented a $275000 plan to council for immediate street repair and a sixweek maintenance program. He recommends boosting crews from 30 to 40, reconstructing 7.8 miles by private firms, targeting 10 priority streets, and funding temporary positions to support a winter prep effort.
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Sheridan
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G Avenue
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67Th Street
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16Th Street
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Bishop Road
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Parks
Kissinger Urges No Delay in United Nations Peacekeeping Drive
Secretary of State Kissinger told the United Nations General Assembly no more delays in strengthening peacekeeping are acceptable. He stressed general aims, credited past UN efforts, and signaled a central U.S. role for Security Council leadership without new policy departures.
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City Manager and Wife Hurt In Missouri Crash
City manager Larry Fountaine and his wife Laurie were injured when their camper van skid on a rain slick Interstate 44 west of Lebanon Missouri and overturned. Their 16 year old daughter Rebecca, injured, was driving the vehicle to a convention in Boston. All were treated at Wallace Hospital in Lebanon.
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Lebanon
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Hunt Tells Watergate Panel Memory Refreshed
E Howard Hunt Jr testified that Charles Colson approved the general campaign intelligence scheme that led to the Watergate wiretapping. He said Colson directed efforts in 1971 to discredit the Kennedy administration with fake cables and to collect derogatory information about the Pentagon papers. Hunt noted Colson later denied advance knowledge of the break in.
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E. Howard Hunt Jr
Charles W. Colson
Hunt
White House
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Pentagon
Daniel Elsberg
Senate Watergate Committee
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
Cold Front May Trigger Thunderstorms in Southwest Oklahoma
A strong cold front moving in from the west could trigger thunderstorms in Southwest Oklahoma through Tuesday. An 80 percent precipitation chance this afternoon, dropping to 40 percent tonight and Tuesday, with variable clouds and mild temperatures. Highs near the 80s, lows mid 60s, and Sunday’s high 87 with a 69 low.
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Splashdown In Sight For Skylab 2 Crew
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma tidy up the space station on their final day in orbit before a planned Tuesday splashdown in the Pacific off California. They expect an eight week gap before Skylab 3 arrives November 11. Bean notes a hurricane near the Mexican coast but mission control says it poses no threat to the landing.
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California
City water sewer rates upheld for multi units in Lawton
District Judge J Winston Raburn denied an injunction blocking City of Lawton water sewer and garbage rate hikes enacted in mid August The ruling holds the higher rates equalize charges for single family and multi unit dwellings with 83 percent rise for homes and 267 percent for apartments and mobile homes A 50 cent service reduction for over 65 is approved and all dwellings will be charged 3 for 3000 gallons water readouts list plaintiffs Powers and Erwin Jr with possible appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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J. Winston Raburn
Raburn
Jerry Cade
W. F. Parrish Jr
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Parrish
James S. Powers
John G. Erwin Jr
Top City Democrat Aids Bellmon Cause
Former Democratic State Chairman J. C. Kennedy said he contributed 100 to Republican U S Senator Henry Bellmon. He bought a 100 ticket to a Bellmon Baker reception in Lawton earlier this month and said his support was due to Bellmon’s help to Lawton. He noted Edmondson’s presence in the race and recalled a past clash over a Kennedy visit, which led to Kennedy's resignation.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Kennedy
U.S
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Kennedy
Lawton
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Tennessee
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Muskogee
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Massachusetts
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City Man and Youth Die in Weekend Crashes
A Lawton motorcyclist, Jerry Lee Hunter, 101414 H, died from massive head injuries after his bike struck a median on Cache Road near 16th Street. In Sterling County, Mickey Dean White, 17, died when his car hit a stationary vehicle driven by Randy Klimek, 20, injuring Klimek and healing a party of three others.
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Memorial Hospital
16Th Street
Hunter
Lanny Wallace
Mickey Dean White
Randy Klimek
Fort Sill
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