Stock Market Mixed Gains on August Indicators
The New York Stock Exchange and Dow Jones posted modest gains as Commerce Department data showed leading indicators rising 2.2 percent in August. The Dow inched up to 936.86, the NYSE index rose to 59.44, and the American Exchange index gained to 25.99 amid cautious trading and inflation worries. Oklahoma farm prices followed with grain and livestock quotes across Keyes, Liberal, Perryton, Enid, and other towns.
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Commerce Department
American Stock Exchange
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Leo Lancer
Bruns-Nordeman & Co
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Afton
Okeene
Manchester
Medford
Weatherford
Altus
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Watonga
Enid
Temple
Yukon
Gulf
Mangum
MILO
Pauls Valley
Lamont
Igloo Corp
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Igloo
Bombing campaign widens Vietnam war reach across Cambodia and Vietnam
Reports say U S jets destroyed a tank and several roads near Hanoi 31 miles southwest, while Midway carriers bombed Hon Mot barracks near Haiphong. B52 raids into Cambodia totaled up to 50 aircraft as saboteurs close Highway 1 near Da Nang and government forces reopen routes south of Da Nang.
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Hanoi
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Midway
Hon Mot
Haiphong
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South Vietnam
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North Vietnam
da Wang
Cambodia
Saigon
da Nang
Quang Ngai City
Mo Duc
Tran van Nhut
Oklahoma Supreme Court Vows Swift Ruling on Senate Contest
The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard arguments in the Baggett Bonham state Senate race dispute and ordered briefs by 1 p.m. hoping for a ruling in days. Baggett, who lost by nine votes, seeks removal of ballots from two precincts after alleging 104 ineligible voters. He also asked for a new election if not declared winner before the November 7 general election against GOP nominee Edmond minister Phil Watson.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court
Senate
Bryce Baggett
J. Ted Bonham
High Court
Baggett
Bonham
William Berry
Tanaka Seeks Breakthrough with China in State Visit
Tanaka governs about 12 million on his island while China’s Communists hold the mainland since 1949. Tokyo hopes to exchange recognition with Peking, seal a peace treaty, and expand trade despite likely stiff resistance. Tanaka’s political future hinges on this new China policy.
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Chou
Tanaka
China
Japan
Taiwan
Peking
Masayoshi Ohira
Great Wall of
Nixon
POWs Continue Flight to Moscow From Novosibirsk Stopover
An Aeroflot bound group led by Dubs refused a U S Air Force medical evacuation plane offering. The delegation, including Gartley’s mother and Charles’s wife, planned to press on by commercial flight while officials weigh actions. Falk argued they were not legally bound to follow embassy directives.
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Aeroflot
Irkutsk
Novosibirsk
Cora Weiss
Dubs
Copenhagen
U.S
Falk
Lawton Retail Sales Rise to $11.68 Million in August
Lawton retail sales for August totaled 11 681 850 dollars, up 20 000 from August 1971. An earlier report overstated the decline by a similar amount due to a computation error.
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Lawton
Deaths and attacks in Phnom Penh target U.S. Embassy security
A blast near Phnom Penh’s Independence Monument injures and kills, with police noting a pedicab bomb and a separate grenade incident. Two Americans were killed and 13 wounded in last year’s softball game bombing. Enders, Yale graduate and former diplomat, served since 1958 and arrived in Phnom Penh in 1971 as deputy chief of mission.
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U.S
Phnom Penh
Independence Monument
October 9Th Boulevard
Yale
Connecticut
State Department
Stockholm
Belgrade
Arthur S. Flemming
City Gun Theft Probe Continues
Police continue an investigation into the theft of a gun collection valued by the owner at over 10000 dollars. The theft was reported by Jack Lockhart of 12 N 53rd Place. The collection included 11 shotguns, several rifles and telescopic sights.
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Jack Lockhart
No. 12
N. 53Rd
Lockhart
Divers Continue Search For Body In Fort Cobb Lake
Fire Department divers continued their morning search for the body of John Henry Kitchens a 55 year old resident of 303 J who reportedly drowned Monday afternoon when a boat driven by O B Hamblin at 310 J malfunctioned and lurched Kitchens wore a life jacket which came unfastened and floated away near Fort Cobb Lake Fort Lawton Fort Sill Ana Darko region authorities said.
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Fort Sill
Anadarko
John Henry Kitchens
Fort Cobb Lake
Kitchens
O. B. Hamblin
Highway Patrol
Police Propose Sound Film Evidence of Drunken Drivers
The Charlotte North Carolina police department proposes making sound movies of individuals arrested for drunken driving. The films would be used as evidence in court to support prosecutions and show behaviors during arrests.
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Charlotte, N. C
Tulsa GOP Dinner Barred OC Newsman
An Oklahoma City newsman, Tony Clark of K T O K, was removed from a $1 000 plate Tulsa Republican fund raiser at the Southern Hills Country Club while attempting to attach a microphone. Two unidentified men escorted him out and declined comment. Dewey Bartlet and Rogers Morton were among attendees as Morton planned a Tulsa news conference at 10 a m.
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Okla
Oklahoma City
Tony Clark
K-T-O-K
Southern Hills Country Club
Clark
U.S. Senate
Dewey Bartlett
Nixon
Rogers Morton
Morton
Talks on Vietnam Peace Move Stir Second Day Speculation
Talks stretch into a second day as negotiators fail to bridge four year deadlock. Viet Cong presses a tripartite provisional government in Saigon, rejected by South Vietnamese and American delegates. Communists vow to continue the war while U S support for Thieu and port mining persists.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
United States
Thieu
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Senate debates aid broadening Medicare and welfare rules
Lawmakers consider expanding Medicare Part A to cover 1.5 million disabled Social Security recipients and drug costs for chronically ill seniors. Proposals raise Social Security taxes by about $6 billion annually to fund new benefits and impose stricter cost controls on Medicare and Medicaid. The package also sets a national standard for welfare payments to about 3 million aged, blind and disabled, boosting aid for most. Debates include Nixon style reform with minimum incomes and Workfare proposals, with liberals aiming to defeat Workfare in favor of a broader Nixon plan.
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Nixon
Finance Committee
City Student Named To Phi Beta Lambda Post
Steve Hooker of 7107 Cherokee is elected vice president of the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts chapter of Phi Beta Lambda. Mrs. Joe LaWarner Pratt of Duncan is secretary. Hooker attends a leadership conference in Oklahoma City. Doug Andrews of 2366 Erwin Lane joins the social committee and Bennett Wood of 4454 Baltimore is named player coach of the intramural football team.
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Steve Hooker
Cherokee
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
Phi Beta Lambda
National Business Society
Joe LaWarner Pratt
Duncan
Hooker
Oklahoma City
Doug Andrews
Erwin Lane
Bennett Wood
Baltimore
Lawton Students Earn National Merit Commendations
Lawton High School announces Joseph Ford and David Lachance received letters of commendation for their performances on the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test. Both students stand out among participants in the nationwide program.
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Lawton High School
National Merit Scholarship Foundation
Joseph Ford
David Lachance
Two Lawton Girls Named National Achievement semifinalists
Two Lawton students Vickie Wilson of MacArthur High School and Michelle Addison of Lawton High School are among 1,400 semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. About 325 will win scholarships including 1000 awards, with 1000-dollar payments after college enrollment. Winners announced in March.
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Lawton
Vickie Wilson
MacArthur High School
Michelle Addison
Lawton High School
U.S
Ceremony Honors Two Sill Soldiers
S. Sgt. Peter Vanlandingham of the 4th Battalion 31st Infantry and Spec. 4 Thomas W. Raaf of the 1st Field Artillery Aviation Battalion were named Soldiers of the Quarter by Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill. Vanlandingham earned E-5 and above, Raaf E-1 to E-4. each received a $100 savings bond, an engraved wrist watch, and a commendation letter from the general.
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Peter Vanlandingham
31St Infantry
Thomas W. Raaf
Field Artillery
Roderick Wetherill
Vanlandingham
Raaf
Wetherill
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