City Manager Applicants Interviewed In Lawton
Lawton council discusses charter effects on appointments and ordinance votes. Officials consider council at large seats, pass enabling measures, and 6 vote requirement for ordinances. The agenda covers office expansion, zoning updates, park board gains, and Work Release Center planning.
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Don Whitaker
Manville Redman
Max Seibold
Redman
Whitaker
Park Board
Warren Wolverton
Highlands Cemetery Board
Jim Sauerman
Pension Board
Stanfield & O'Dell
City Hall
Nixon Agnew campaign remarks fuel prisoner release debate
The article covers Nixon administration concerns over prisoner release and Agnew's call for government negotiation without antiwar groups. It also notes Nixon’s NYC campaign stop for an immigration museum opening and fundraisers, Shriver’s Texas remarks, Humphrey and McGovern campaigning, and a Harris poll showing Nixon ahead 59 to 31 with 10 undecided.
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Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
McGovern
California
Humphrey
George McGovern
Agnew
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
Democratic Party
America
White House
Herbert G. Klein
Los Angeles
Sen. McGovern
Louis Harris
Tanaka and Chou Hold Banquet as Talks Begin
The two leaders informally signaled progress after a banquet in Beijing. Premier Chou Enlai and Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei spoke of past harms and future cooperation amid easing Sino Japanese tensions and broader economic and cultural exchanges.
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Chou
Tanaka
China
Japan
Pacific
Asia
United States
Peking
Nixon
Peking Airport
Kissinger Seen Favoring Communists in Paris Talks
North Vietnam's chief negotiator says no signs the war will end and that U.S. and Hanoi positions remain far apart after a Sept 15 meeting with Kissinger. A Moscow report notes Vo Thuc Dong met Podgorny and Kosygin for cordial talks.
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North Vietnam
Kissinger
U.S
Moscow
Vo Thuc Dong
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Pravda
Alexei N. Kosygin
Dong
Factional clashes kill seven at Johannesburg market
Armed police with dogs patrolled the Johannesburg produce market area after seven Zulu tribesmen were killed in factional fighting Monday. The violence underscored a flare in tribal clashes and prompted security efforts in a tense market zone.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg Produce Market
POWs Freed Officers Face Return to Duty and Care
Pentagon officials say the freed prisoners, Cmdr. Eugene Wilbur and Lt. Richard Fulton, Lt. Greg Hanson, and Lt. Peter Callahan, are active-duty officers who surrendered when possible. The focus is reuniting them with families and ensuring medical treatment after arrival in New York. Upon landing, officials will brief them on military duties and arrange medical exams at military hospitals.
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New York
U.S
Mishap Ends Search for Local Civil Service Employee
Kitchens, born August 3, 1917 in Pattenville Texas, lived in Lawton 31 years and served as a Civil Service employee at Fort Sill for over 35 years before retiring earlier this period. The search resumed at 7 a.m. today after the mishap.
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Kitchens
Pattenville
Tex
Lawton
Civil Service
Fort Sill
Senate Antinarcotics Amendment Targets Southeast Asia Aid
Senate debate centers on a measure by Senator Stevenson criticizing Thieu regime abuses in South Vietnam and urging the United States to withhold support for actions that curb political rights. The package also caps aid, requires treaty submission for overseas bases, and links military access to press freedom and narcotics controls.
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United States
South Vietnam
Thieu
Congress
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Burma
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Portugal
Azores
Senate
U.S
Latin America
Arkla Rates Approved for Anadarko Pipeline Financing Debate
The Arkansas Public Service Commission sets an average industrial rate of 31.22 cents per 1000 cubic feet for Arkla Gas customers to support the Anadarko pipeline. Arkla President W R Stephens cautions banks may doubt financing without an escalation clause. Moran notes possible refunds. residential and commercial rates unchanged. Arkla plans a 100 million dollar project to tap Texas and Oklahoma gas reserves and stresses its necessity for Arkansas’ future economy.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Public Service Siana Gas Co
Anadarko
Arkla
W. R. Stephens
PSC
Stephens
Commission
Pat Moran
Texas
Oklahoma
Moran
Arkansas
Congress OKs SALT Accord
The House approved the five year U S Soviet SALT deal by 306 to 4, backing the arms parity amendment from Sen Henry Jackson. Rep John R Rarick objected that the Soviets out bargained the United States, while White House aides praised the vote as a milestone in strategic arms limitation efforts.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
House
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
John R. Rarick
D-La
United States
Rarick
House Foreign Affairs
Thomas FE. Morgan
Dpa
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
U S Planes and Warships Bombard North Vietnam in Major Strikes
U S planes and warships led more than 310 air strikes across North Vietnam with La Canh depot as a key target. Reports said large secondary explosions and fires rose 13 000 feet as storage tanks were hit. The campaign aims to cripple transportation and industry to slow war material flow to the South.
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McCain
la Canh
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Air Force
Air
Navy
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Cambodia
Highway 7
Tay Ninh
Reds Favor UN Action On Terrorism At United Nations
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Gromyko is expected to back measures to prevent international terrorism. U S officials discuss terrorism with Gromyko and seek an early conference and binding conventions to prosecute or extradite terrorists.
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United Nations, N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Gromyko
William P. Rogers
U.N
Rogers
Moscow
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Munich
United States
Nixon Campaign Swing Opens in New York City
President Nixon begins a two day coast to coast trip with a New York City stop to open an immigration museum and attend a victory 72 fund raising dinner. The visit targets New York and California with a fundraising program broadcast nationwide. The White House says the Committee for the Re election of the President covers expenses.
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Nixon
Agnew
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
National Association of Retired Employes
Washington
Senate
Chicago
New York City
Liberty Island
Americana Hotel
New York
California
New York Harbor
New American Museum of Immigration
Pat
San Francisco
Los Angeles
White House
Auto Workers Vote On GM Strike End
Cincinnati report: about 3,900 UAW workers will vote on a tentative agreement ending the 173 day GM Assembly Division strike in Norwood. Workers will learn contract details at a mass meeting. majority approval needed.
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Auto Workers
Cincinnati, Ohio
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Detroit
General Motors Assembly
Norwood
James Young
UAW
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Gene Walker
Model Cities
Child Guidance Center
Beller
North Addition
Gore Boulevard
Railroad Street
11Th Street
Ferris Avenue
Woody Wolverton
Wolf Creek
West Lawton
Corps of Engineers
Wolverton
Direction 80
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Army Reserves
U.S. Army
Lake Lawtonka
Paris
Hanoi
Cihetcmm
National Bank
Wiest
Neal
Perry
Ysician
West Gore Blvd
E. Stevenson
D-Ill
McCor
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Tien Phuoc
Highway 1
Duc Pho
Quang Ngai City
Mo Duc
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr
Colombia
Uruguay
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Canada
Erik Suy
Russia
Spain
Torrie
Nour Séa
Lawton Boot & Western
Third Street
Lee
Highway
Lawton Boot & Western Wear
BankAmericard Welcome
Chevrolet
Fisher
CRIS
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