State Selective Service Lists New Provisions
Oklahoma State headquarters of the Selective Service System announces a revised registration process effective after January 1. New provisions require registering near the 18th birthday with a 30 day window, listing three non-family contacts, recording immediate family details over 16, and presenting official identification such as a birth certificate license or Social Security card.
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Oklahoma
Selective Service System
Colonel Hope
Nations Youngest Mayor Is Under 21
Jody Smith, a 19 year old liberal arts freshman at Iowa Lakes Community College, was sworn in as Ayrshire Iowa mayor after a call from President Nixon. He was 18 when voters elected him to lead the 298 resident town. His father Elmer rushed to City Hall to sign the marriage license, since Smith is under 21.
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Ayrshire
Iowa
Jody Smith
Nixon
C. A. Spitler
Iowa Lakes Community College
Emmetsburg
Smith
Elmer
Best Seller Goes On Sale At Post Offices
The government tax help booklet Your Federal Income Tax will be sold at 15 000 post offices for 75 cents. It includes a sample Form 1040 with line by line explanations. A companion Tax Guide for Small Business also costs 75 cents and is available at select first class offices. Both publications were prepared by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Washington
the Postal Service
Hot Line Aims To Halt Fishing War Spread
In Brasília and Washington a direct hot line links U S and Brazilian officials to curb the South American west coast fishing dispute from widening eastward. The talks seek to avoid incidents while not yielding Brazil's demand for a 200 mile fishing limit, focusing on conservation as shrimp lobster seasons approach.
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Brasilia
United States
Brazil
South America
U.S
Washington
Ecuador
Peru
Ada Family Tragedy as Brother Found Dead
A New Year’s Eve party ended in tragedy in Ada when Roy Dewayne McGuire, 20, was found dead and his parents, Robert Vernon McGuire, 48, and Delores Jean McGuire, 39, seriously ill at their home on North Stockton. Mike McGuire discovered Roy on a rollaway bed and his parents in the bedroom after entering the house around 12:15 pm. Roy had recently returned from military service and worked at Vindale Corporation. An autopsy and blood tests were ordered to determine the cause.
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Ada
Roy Dewayne McGuire
Robert Vernon McGuire
Delores Jean McGuire
Valley View Hospital
Stockton
Mike McGuire
N. Cherry
McGuire
Roy
Mike
Roy McGuire
Valley View
Oklahoma City
Byng
Latta
Vindale Corporation
Three Cleared Of Stealing Pickup Truck In District Court
Three area men were cleared of larceny of an automobile in a preliminary hearing in District Court Monday. Don Berry Kona, Willie Wayne Walton Sasakwa, and Leon Collinsworth Sasakwa faced theft charges for a pickup taken from Byng Grocery on December 14. Berry had his charge dismissed before the hearing. Walton and Collinsworth were released after the state’s case.
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Byng
Don Berry
Konawa
Willie Wayne Walton
Sasakwa
Leon Collinsworth
Berry
Walton
Collinsworth
Final Count Tallied For Traffic Deaths
The Associated Press reports 446 people died in traffic crashes over the New Year weekend from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, a 78 hour span. The National Safety Council had projected 400 to 500 deaths for the period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Funeral Friday for Odus Ray Wilfong
Funeral services for Odus Ray Wilfong age 64 will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in Criswell Funeral Home chapel. Wilfong a county native and Ada resident for most of his life worked as an accountant in county offices and held posts with Thomas Concrete Motor Sales and Denco Bus Lines. He was a member of First Baptist Church and formerly active in the Elks Club. Burial will follow at Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Katie of Ada his mother Leora Wilfong and several nieces and nephews with nephews serving as casketbearers.
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Odus Ray Wilfong
Criswell
Wilfong
Ada
Old Bebee
Thomas Concrete Co
Motor Sales
Denco Bus Lines
Old Walnut Grove
Katie Lee Howard
Muskogee
First Baptist Church
Elks Club
Elks Club. the Rev. Dickson Rial
Memorial Park
Katie
Leora Wilfong
Glen Wilfong
John Howard
Rickey Bradford
Bobby Bradford
Neill Howard
Jerry Howard
Albert Crow
Guy Meaders
Dolan Todd
O. R. Jackson
Vernon Ingram Sr
Churchill Thomas
Clint Sturdevant
Pate Oakes
Odell Humphers
Randell Herrod Charged With Check Forgery
Randell D. Herrod, Calvin, charged with second degree forgery in District Court. He is a marine who was acquitted of murder charges in Vietnam in 1970. The accused allegedly cashed a forged $50 check at Oklahoma State Bank on July 21. Preliminary hearing set for Jan. 14. Bond set at $500 and he was released to his grandfather Alvin Self until bond was posted.
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Ken
Ruth Lance
Ruth
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Gainesville
Lance
Fat Chance
Buffalo
Randell D. Herrod
Calvin
Herrod
Vietnam
Oklahoma State Bank
Alvin Self
Ada Fire Department Injures Two Firemen in Blaze
Two Ada firemen were hurt while fighting a northwest Ada fire at O. L. Whitens Route 2 about 20 miles northwest of Ada. Chief Herman Landrith punctured his right foot on a nail and Fireman Charles Maloy fell through a weakened roof. Both were examined at Valley View and listed in satisfactory condition with minor injuries.
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Ada
O. L. Whitens
Route 2
Herman Landrith
Charles Maloy
Valley View
Break-in at Ada Elks Club reported on Monday night
Ada police investigated a break-in at the Ada Elks Club where entry was gained through a roof window and small change worth about 20 dollars was stolen from the cigaret and pinball machines. The burglar exited by unlocking the west back door.
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Ada Elks Club
U S Announces Troop Cutback From Vietnam War
AP reports the United States orders the withdrawal of 26 Army units totaling 4 370 troops in the largest cutback in months. Key units include the 85th Evacuation Hospital at Phu Bai serving the 101st Airborne and the 307th Air Traffic Control Battalion of the 1st Aviation Brigade at Bien Hoa. Most other withdrawals are engineer companies and medical detachments.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Phu Bai
101St Airborne Division
Bien Hoa
Death notices list Ada and area residents’ deaths
A series of death notices from local funeral homes lists Ada Coalgate Stratford and Francis residents who died in late December and early January. Names include WILLARD pDOP SON MRS SUE THORNSBOR OUGH THOMAS JEFFERSON STOKES LILLIAN MAE TRENCH WILLIAM JASPER TREAS CARRIE R LENA STRNAD WINNIE JUNE HUGHES AMOS L KIRK PATRICIA SIMMONS CHARLES T LUNSFORD ROY DEWAYNE McGUIRE ODUS RAY WILFONG ANNIE WARDROBE NOEL D STONE RAYMOND LEROY MATTHEWS WILLIAM EARL TURLEY FLORA MAE HAMPTON and others with funeral home citations.
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Pacific
Florida
Ada Man
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Mike McGuirey
Randell Herrod
Martin Frobisher
Arctic
Willard Charles Pdopson
Criswell Funeral Home
Sue Thornsborough
Coalgate
Leonard Funeral Home
Thomas Jefferson Stokes
Stratford
Pickard Funeral Home
Lillian Mae Trench
Smith Funeral Home
William Jasper Treas
Onewall
Smith Funeral
Carrie R. Lena Strnad
Winnie June Hughes
Amos L. Kirk
Patricia Simmons
Ray and
Leona Simmons
Charles T. Lunsford
Annie Wardrobe
Noel D. Stone
Raymond Leroy Matthews
Francis
William Earl Turley
Flora Mae Hampton
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