Enid Lights Shine For Garriott Skylab Welcome
Enid Oklahoma switches on home lights for local astronaut Owen Garriott and Skylab 2 crew as they orbit 270 miles above. Garriott comments on Dallas Fort Worth Ardmore Oklahoma City and Enid during a pass over Texas and thanks the Southwest for the bright turnout.
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Forest fires rise across Oregon Utah and Idaho
Firefighting stretched across six parched Western states with a shift to Northern California as fires in Oregon Idaho Montana and Utah improved. In the Snake River Canyon northeast of Oregon the blaze jumped from 2 800 to 9 000 acres as trees infested by moths burned sending smoke 5 000 feet into the air. Utah called Montana planes to help Wasatch National Forest fires racing through sagebrush threatening farms. More than five thousand firefighters manned lines on five man-caused fires burning over 50 700 acres of timber and brush in Northern California.
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Nixon visit shadowed by possible assassination conspiracy
Federal and city officials offer few details on a suspected plot to kill President Nixon during his New Orleans visit for the VFW convention. Police say evidence is insufficient, while one federal source warns the plan should be taken seriously as developments unfold.
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Nixon
Clarence Giarusso
Giarrusso
Canal Street
Lukens pursues U S Senate bid despite ban
Middletown state senator Donald E. Lukens plans to file U S Senate petitions with Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown and then seek a federal court ruling if denied. Lukens, barred from state office for five years over a late 1972 campaign-finance filing, argues state officers lack jurisdiction over federal offices.
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Donald E. Lukens
Middletown
U.S. Senate
Ohio
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Cincinnati
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Middletown Weather Then and Now
Clear skies expected in Middletown tonight with temperatures in the mid 50s. Clouds will increase tomorrow with readings in the 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 86 and the overnight low was 56. Weather details on page 20.
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Middletown
Public hearings set on auto and steel price hikes
The Cost of Living Council challenges major auto makers and steel firms to justify proposed price increases before hearings in Washington. Auto makers seek average 102 dollar rise per car for 1974 models while steel firms consider up to five percent hikes.
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Cost of Living Council
Council
U.S. Steel
General Motors
Brenda Hurricane Reverses Course Near Yucatan Coast
Brenda the hurricane drifted off the southeastern Mexican coast after reversing course. The U S Coast Guard reported a distress signal from a ship trying to ride out the storm as Brenda neared Ciudad del Carmen on the Yucatan peninsula at 6 a m EDT.
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Miami
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Nixon shoves aide after being blocked at Rivergate Center
Witnesses describe President Nixon's anger outside the Rivergate Convention Center as reporters and officials jostled near a side door. He summoned Press Secretary Ronald L Ziegler, then grabbed him by the shoulders and gave a hard shove amid the crowded movement.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Rivergate Convention Center
Convention Center
Louisana
Ronald L Ziegler
Ziegler
General Bradley Improves After Surgery
General of the Army Omar N. Bradley shows improvement following surgery to prevent blood clots from reaching his lungs. The article notes his five star status and his remark about avoiding press coverage. It recounts Nixon shoving Ziegler to redirect reporters.
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Los Angeles
Omar I. Bradley
Bradley
Living cost rise slows as July CPI shows small gain
The government reports July consumer prices rose two tenths of one percent, the smallest monthly increase in eight months. Food rent and household services edged higher while clothing declined. Food costs were five tenths of one percent above June, below the six month average.
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