Vietnam Units Stave Off Assaults Weekend Battles Reported
Saigon reports South Vietnamese forces repelled three North Vietnamese infil trioxide assaults along the northern frontier with a fourth battle, as U.S. and South Vietnamese air and ground operations claim about 298 enemy killed. South Vietnamese forces say 27 heavy weapons and 44 rifles were seized. six ARVN soldiers died and 53 wounded. U.S. forces reported no American ground troops. Da Nang suffered rocket strikes, killing three civilians and wounding ten. In the Mekong Delta, U.S. helicopters attacked a sampan convoy, destroying at least 11 sampans and killing 22 enemy troops amid night operations.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Mekong Delta
East Central Plans Field Trip To Old Mexico
East Central State College invites a Mexico tour directed by Dr and Mrs J Chalmers Herman leaving Ada August 2 traveling through Laredo Mexico City Guernavaca Taxco Acapulco Mazatlan Durango Saltillo and returning August 22 in Ada contact Dean E W James or Dr Herman for details.
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East Central
Old Mexico
East Central State College
Mexico
Guernavaca
Taxco
Acapulco
Pacific Ocean
Morelia
Guadalarra
Pacific
Mazatlan
Durango
Saltillo
United States
Ada
Austin
Tex
Herman
E. W. James
Bookmobile Schedule For Chickasaw Library Stops This Week
The Chickasaw Library System bookmobile will visit Mill Creek 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. and Troy 1:15 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Mannsville 2:30 to 4 p.m. Also Friday stops include Clarita 10 to 10:45 a.m. Olney 11 to 11:45 a.m. and Lovelace Grocery 2 to 2:45 p.m.
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Chickasaw Library System
Mill Creek
Troy
Mannsville
Clarita
Olney
Lovelace Grocery
Former Ada Resident Receives Wings And Commission
Gregory Keith Scott, 20, a 1969 Ada High School graduate and United States Army Aviation School (Fort Rucker) honoree, earned his wings and was commissioned as a warrant officer in the Army Air Force. After a 30 day leave, he heads to Vietnam. he trained at Fort Stewart, Fort Polk, and Fort Rucker, specializing in observation and reconnaissance to direct artillery fire. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott of 731 E. 9th, with brothers Larry, Tim, and Tony.
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Ada
Army Air Force
Gregory Keith Scott
United States Army Aviation School
Fort Rucker
Ala
Scott
Charles Scott
Larry
Tim
Tony
Vietnam
Anti War Protest During Tulsa River Project Dedication
About 100 people mainly teens gathered at a Tulsa park to protest Vietnam War during President Nixon's Arkansas River Navigation Project dedication. Speakers from Vietnam Veterans Against the War criticized officials for denying a permit and urged ongoing activism and voting to oppose the war.
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Tulsa River
Tulsa
Oklo
Nixon
Tulsa Civic Center Plaza
Tulsa County
Democratic Party
James B Thomas
Robert J. LaFourtune
Thomas
Don Dallmann
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Catoosa
Martin Morgan
St Mary’s Catholic Church
Cholera Reaches Calcutta Amid Refugee Surge
Cholera spreading in Calcutta with 3220 confirmed deaths in a week amid a flood of East Pakistani refugees. Unofficial counts exceed 5000. a makeshift Sahara camp near the airport houses about 40,000 refugees, with 80 deaths and 200 more hospitalized as authorities bar new arrivals to curb transmission.
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Calcutta
India
Calcuttta
West Bengal
India-East Pakistan
Manoranjan Roychoudhury
Roychoudhury
Sahara
Billings Brothers Reunite With Rare Chimes In Enid
ENID Okla AP rare musical instrument brings back memories for two of four Billings brothers Joe Caskey of Fairview and Glenn Caskey of Artesia NM who toured Lyceum circuits before WWI Their chimes from 1910 set up at sister Mrs Arthur Zimmermans home in Enid are believed to be one of nine Clyde Deagan Co instruments with three octaves played by shaking a vertical rod The brothers once billed as All Brothers Quartet played cornet saxophone trombone violin and sang and planned to take the chimes with Glenn when he leaves for New Mexico
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Enid, Okla
Billings
Lyceum
Joe Caskey
Fairview
Glenn Caskey
Artesia
N.M
Arthur Zimmerman
Enid
U.S
Henry Bellman
R-okla
Glenn
New Mexico
Joe
Clyde Deagan Co
England
Canada
Albert
Clyde
Redpath Lyceum
All Brothers
Ex-Convict Eddie Harrison to lead juvenile rehab program
Eddie Harrison 29, a former murderer whose life sentence was commuted by President Nixon, will head a $500,000 program to divert Baltimore juveniles from court into a specialized education plan. Learning Systems Inc will fund the effort through the U.S. Labor Department, with Harrison hired as a prison consultant and program designer.
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Baltimore
Eddie Harrison
Nixon
Thomas D’alesandro
U.S. Labor Department
Manpower Administration
Learning Systems, Inc
Harrison
John Peck
Eddie
New Career Uniforms Store Opens in Ada Downtown
Ada gains a new business, Career Uniforms, at 131 E Main opening Monday. Sterling Henley owner and Ada native says the store offers medical, dental, pharmaceutical, barber uniforms plus sportswear and duty shoes. Manager will be Mrs Jerry McCants. Hours 9 to 5:30 Monday through Saturday serving southeastern Oklahoma.
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Ada
E. Main
Sterling Henley
Jerry McCants
Henley
Henryetta
Fort Smith
Oklahoma
Paulette
Tracie
Mitchell
Peggy
Three Sentenced In Midland Ironies Of Justice
In Midland Texas three men faced sentences for distinct crimes. One was accused of embezzling 100 dollars and received two years probation. A second man charged with murder without malice also drew two years probation. The third, accused of taking a few dimes and quarters from a laundryman, received three years in the penitentiary without probation.
Lobby group opens antiwar week to sway 24 senators
Washington AP. The Lobby for Americans launches a week long antiwar lobbying drive to win votes for the revived McGovern Hatfield amendment to cut U S funding for Vietnam by December 31. Leaders include former senators Clark Goodell Gruening and Young. Most observers expect little impact despite ads and a Capitol rally on the east steps.
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Washington
U.S
The
Lobby of Americans
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Stephen Young
Ohio
Capitol
Senate
Hope Or Threat TV Alters Oklahoma Politics
U S Sen Henry Bellmon says television will force party reform or die and make voters more informed. He spoke at Oklahoma City University and noted TV shifts power away from party bosses, favors nationwide presidential primaries, and criticizes current platforms as meaningless. He warned laws lag campaigning changes.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Ual
Bellman
No Tomatoes Buena Vista honors head lettuce festival
Buena Vista Colorado marks the Head Lettuce Days festival each August honoring the head lettuce grown in the river bottoms and marketed across the nation.
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Buena Vista
Colo
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Gregory K. Scott
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Rare Chimes
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Montana
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Robert A. Taft Institute On Government
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Mack” Welch
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