State Selective Service Lists New Provisions
Oklahoma State headquarters announces revisions to the registration process effective after January first. Key points include: registration near the 18th birthday with a 30 day window before or after. requirement to provide three non-family contacts who will know the registrant’s address. and listing of all immediate family over 16 with names, relationships, and ages. Also, registrants must show official identification such as birth certificate, driver’s license, or Social Security card.
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Oklahoma
The
Selective Service System
Colonel Hope
Newspaper reaches all community segments
The broad newspaper reach spans all ages incomes and occupations. People read the daily paper, and messages can be read by anyone through newspaper pages rather than targeted segments.
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U.S
Nation's youngest mayor sworn at 19 in Iowa town
Jody Smith, a liberal arts freshman and former school bus driver, was sworn in as the nation's youngest mayor at age 19 after an election in Emmetsburg, Iowa. President Nixon phoned him during the ceremony, and Smith recalled the call and his conversation about sports, refereeing, and his father's role in his early career.
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Ayrshire
Iona
Jody Smith
Nixon
C. A. Spitler
Iowa Lakes Community College
Emmetsburg
Smith
Iowa
Ebner
Ling
Best Seller On Sale At Post Offices
The government tax guide booklet Your Federal Income Tax goes on sale this month at 15,000 post offices for 76 cents. It includes a sample Form 1040 with line by line explanations. A 75 cent Tax Guide for Small Business will be sold at a limited number of first class offices. Both were prepared by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Washington AP
the Postal Service
Hot Line Aims To Prevent Fishing War Spread
Brazil and the United States run a rapid contact hot line to stop poten tial clashes as tuna season nears. Officials seek a conservation based approach while Brazil resists a 200 mile limit, and incidents are avoided amid tensions with Ecuador and Peru.
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Brasilia
United States
Brazil
South America
U.S
Washington
Latin America
Pacific
Ecuador
Peru
Maren
Ada Brother Found Dead After New Year Party
Roy Dewayne McGuire, 20, was found dead in the Ada home of his parents at 307 N Stockton after a New Year’s Eve gathering. Parents Robert 48 and Delorey 33 were hospitalized in serious condition. autopsy planned and blood tests sent to Oklahoma City.
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Ada
Roy Dewayne McGuire
Robert Vernon McGuire
Delorey Jean McGuire
Valley View Hospital
N. Stockton
Mike McGuire
N. Cherry
McGuire
Roy
Mike
Roy McGuire
Valley View
Oklahoma City
Byng
Latta
Vindale Corportation
Three Cleared Of Stealing Pickup Truck
Three area men were cleared of larceny of an automobile in a preliminary hearing in District Court Monday. Don Berry was dismissed. Willie Wayne Walton and Leon Collinsworth were released after the state’s case. The alleged theft occurred December 14 at Byng Grocery.
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Byng
Don Berry
Konawa
Willie Wayne Walton
Sasakwa
Leon Collinsworth
Berry
Walton
Collinsworth
Final Count Tallied For Traffic Deaths
Traffic accidents killed 446 persons over the New Year holiday weekend in a 78 hour period from 6 p m Thursday to midnight Sunday The National Safety Council had estimated the toll might reach 400 to 500 before the observance began The Associated Press reports the official tally.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Funeral Friday for Odus Ray Wilfong in Ada
Services for Odus Ray Wilfong 64 will be held Friday at Siam chapel of Criswell Funeral Home. He died Wednesday and was a longtime Ada resident born December 20 1907 in old Bebes. An accountant, he worked in county offices and was linked with Thomas Concrete Co Motor Sales and Den co Bus Lines. He married Katie Lee Howard March 30 1954 in Muskogee. Survivors include his wife his mother Leora Wilfong Ada a niece and several nephews with nephews acting as casketbearers and a list of honorary pallbearers.
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Odus Ray Wilfong
Siam
Criswell
Wilfong
Ada
Old Bebes
Thomas Concrete Co
Motor Sales
Denco Bus Lines
Fold Walnut Grove
Katie Lee Howard
Maroh
Muskogee
First Baptist Church
Elks Club
Dickson Rial
Buirial
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 a Calvin marine once acquitted of murder in Vietnam 1971 is charged with second degree forgery in District Court He allegedly cashed a forged $50 check at Oklahoma State Bank on July 21 A Jan 14 preliminary hearing is set Bond is $500 and he was released to grandfather Alvin Self until bond is posted.
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Randell D. Herrod
Calvin
Herrod
Vietnam
Hierrod
Oklahoma State Bank
Alvin Self
Ada Firemen Hurt Battling Northwest Ada Blaze
Two Ada firemen were injured while fighting a house fire at O. L. Whitens near Route 2 two miles north of Ada. Chief Herman Landrith punctured his right foot on a nail and Fireman Charles Maloy fell through a weakened roof. Both were treated at Valley View and released in satisfactory condition with minor injuries.
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Ada
White
O. L. Whitens
Route 2
Herman Landrith
Charles Maloy
Valley View
Break-In At Ada Elks Club Reported
Ada Elks Club suffered a Monday night break-in with entry through a roof window. A cigarette and pinball machine were pried open, about $20 in small change stolen, then burglar unlocked the west back door to escape.
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Ada Elks Club
U S Announces Troop Cutback In Vietnam War
In the largest withdrawal in 22 months the U S Command said 26 Army units totaling 4370 troops will depart Vietnam. Main units: 85th Evacuation Hospital at Phu Bai with 101st Airborne in the north, and 307th Air Traffic Control Battalion of the 1st Aviation Brigade at Bien Hoa. Other units mainly engineer companies and medical detachments.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Phu Bai
101St Airborne Division
Couatry
Bien Hoa
Deaths list names Ada Coalgate Stratford and more
A batch of obituaries from Ada, Coalgate, and Stratford areas lists the deaths of 22 residents with ages and funeral homes. Notable entries include Ada residents Charles Willars 78 and Winnie June Hughes 96, Coalgate residents Lena Strnad 87 and Annie Wardrobe 79, and Stratford resident Charles T. Lunsform 73. Funeral services are noted at Criswell, Leonard, Pickard, Smith, and related homes.
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Winnie
Hughes
Ada
Smith Funeral
Charles T. Lunsform
Stratford
Pickard Funeral Home
Annie Wardrobe
Coalgate
Leonard Funeral Home
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Ruth Lance
Ruth
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Gainesville
Lance
Fat Chance
Buffalo
Herbert Hope
Internal Revenue Service
Ada Man
Brother
Randell Herrod
Martin Frobisher
Arctic
Willars
Charles Don
Criswell Funeral Home
Lce Thornsborough
Thomas Jefferson Stokes
Lillian Mae Trench
Smith Funeral Home
William Jasper Treas
Enewal
Gsmith Funeral Home
Lena Strnad
Amos L. Kirk
Patricia Simmons
Ray
Leona Simmons
Roy Dewayne Mecguire
Att
Stone
Raymond Leroy Matthews
Francis
William Earl Turley
Flora Mae Hampton
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