U S Warplanes Hit Red Storage Depot
U S jets dropped 2000 pound bombs and 500 pound fragments on a North Vietnamese storage depot northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force described a major raid among 300 strikes aimed at disrupting war materiel en route to troops in the south. In Saigon a grenade attack near a Chinese quarter killed one civilian and wounded four. no Korean casualties.
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Thailand
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Sadat urges Palestinians to form exile government
In Beirut President Anwar Sadat urged Palestinians to establish a government in exile as he condemned what he called U S backed Israeli efforts to wipe out Palestinian influence in the Middle East.
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Beirut
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Four Fort Sill men bound over for murder trial
Three Fort Sill men including Billy Jim Cherry 37 William R Hinds Jr 22 and Wayne E Dumond 22 were held for trial after a preliminary hearing in district court for the Aug 4 hammer beating death of a Fort Sill man. Jackie M Dubose 18 of C Battery 2nd Battalion 2nd Artillery waived the hearing.
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Billy Jim Cherry
Artillery Training Center
William R. Hinds Jr
36Th Artillery
Wayne E. Dumond
Jackie M. Dubose
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Dubose
Kissinger Returns Home After Brief Vietnam Talks
Henry Kissinger arrived in Washington after a rare two day session with top North Vietnamese negotiators. White House denies any settlement and Kissinger said he would report to President Nixon and brief the public later. Rumors of a three segment neutral regime in Saigon and a cease fire in October were denied by Thuy in Paris.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Nixon
Washington
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Historic step praised as Japan China end 22 year hostility
Premier Chou En Lai announced that Japan and China will establish diplomatic relations and terminate the state of war. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka said normalization is the first step, with a joint communique to be signed Friday morning. The talks, lasting 80 minutes, ended with optimism for relief of regional tension and world peace. Mao Tse tung also blessed the summit as Tanaka visited Beijing.
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Chou En-lai
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China
Kakuei Tanaka
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Taiwan
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Chou i
Great Hall of the People
Masayoshi Ohira
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
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Rain Chance With Cold Front Moves Through Southwest Oklahoma
A cold front enters the state bringing cooler air and a chance of rain for Southwest Oklahoma. Lawton highs near 90 today, tonight lows around 60, and Friday highs in the upper 70s. Rain probability shown at 30 percent tonight.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Laird Urges Strength and Modernization for U S Defense
Secretary Melvin Laird told a Texas breakfast that the United States must remain strong by pursuing F 15 fighter, B 1 bomber and Minuteman missiles programs. He backed an all volunteer force, noted draft calls dropping to zero by next January, and urged Congress to grant pay bonuses to National Guard and Reserves. He spoke en route to Fort Worth after stops in Oklahoma City.
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Ichita Falls
Tex
United States
Melvin Laird
Laird
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Air Force
Congress
National Guard
Three Freed POWs Near Return to U.S. From Hanoi
Lt Norris Charles and two colleagues, released by Hanoi, arrived in Copenhagen after a Moscow layover. They urge Americans to press for broader POW releases as they near home in New York. Defense officials say they will be met by medical teams and a POW affairs advisor upon arrival.
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Norris Charles
Hanoi
New York
Washington
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
United States
Roger Shields
Melvin R. Laird
Friedheim
Steed condemns North Vietnamese use of U S POWs for propaganda
U S Rep Tom Steed denounces North Vietnamese for using three U S POWs as propaganda. He cites Lts Mark Gartley Norris Charles and Maj Edward Elias released by Hanoi and flown to Moscow and Stockholm amid antiwar protests. Steed criticizes U S antiwar activists and defenses Nixon’s ceasefire push.
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Mark Gartley
Maj
Edward Elias
Air Force
Denmark
Moscow
Hanoi
Peking
U.S
Washington
Tom Steed
Stockholm
Sweden
Steed
Norris Charles
David Dellinger
Rev
Sloane Coffin
Richard Falk
Cora Weiss
Oklahoma
Nixon
Indochina
Expected Revenue Sharing Allocations Announced
Washington AP reports final action on a $30 billion five year revenue sharing bill is expected next week. Checks totaling $2.65 billion will be issued in October, half of the first year allocation, with Oklahoma state government receiving $19.8 million and local units $39.6 million. Oklahoma City gets $6,657,483 and Tulsa $2,987,161, while other Oklahoma cities totals are not yet listed. A non government group warns the federal plan may be a mistake, though local governments await the aid to avoid municipal bankruptcy. President Nixon backs the measure, and a conference committee has reconciled Senate and House versions granting states a choice in See ALLOCATIONS Page 2A Col 1.
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Congress
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Oklahoma
Washington Today
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Lawton
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research
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Senate House
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