U S Ships Engaged by MIGs in Gulf of Tonkin Clash
North Vietnamese MIGs and torpedo boats attacked U S destroyers off North Vietnam as U S ships shelled coastal targets. One enemy plane was shot down, two torpedo boats possibly sunk, and four sailors wounded. The Sterett reportedly sank the two surface craft with gunfire. In central Vietnam, Hoai An fell to North Vietnamese forces. American advisers evacuated. U S fighter-bombers resumed strikes against fuel depots in the southern Panhandle after a brief pause.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Sterett
Demilitarized Zone
Gulf of Tonkin
Binh Dinh
Central Highlands
Hoai An
Orange
South Vietnam
Pony
22Nd Division
Panhandle
Hanoi-Haiphong
Rain amounts shrink as city sees light totals today
Lawton Oklahoma reports rain amounts from .10 to .43 inch as a cold front moves through. Thunderstorm activity expected this afternoon tonight and Thursday with 50 to 60 percent chances. Temperatures forecast mid 80s today and upper 30s tonight. See RAIN Page 4 Col 7.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas
Apache
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Meers
Tipton
Chattanooga
53Rd
Gore Boulevard
Irving P. Krick
Supreme Court Tosses Sierra Club Disney Ski Resort Suit
In a 4 to 3 decision the Supreme Court dismissed the Sierra Club challenge to the Walt Disney mineral King Valley ski resort on public land California. Justice Stewart noted the club failed to show harm to itself or its members and that aesthetic concerns alone can sustain a challenge. The ruling allows a local court to consider environmental impact as part of project approval.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sierra Club
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Potter Stewart
Conservationist
Stewart
Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Club
San Francisco
William C. Douglas
Wiliam J. Brennan Jr
Harry A. Blackmun
Disney
Mineral King Valley
Sequoia National Park
National Park
High-Flying Bogus Check Artist Nabbed At Guthrie
Guthrie police detain Eugene Victor Austin after he arrives on a chartered plane with 81 210 dollars in worthless checks. He faces charges in Tulsa and Kansas City and possibly Los Angeles. a Kansas City account tied to the Hu man Relations Specialist Co. funded checks cashed in Tulsa and Kansas City.
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Guthrie
Okla
Eugene Victor Austin
Tulsa
Kansas City
Los Angeles
al Hasler
Hasler
Austin
Leavenworth
Kan
Eugene Austin
Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs
Denver
GNP Rises Near Forecast Amid Inflation Surge
The Commerce Department reports GNP rose 11.8 percent in Q1 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.103 trillion dollars, a $30.3 billion gain. Inflation reached 6.2 percent, the highest since late 1970, with two thirds of growth expected to be noninflationary per projections. Secretary Peterson says inflation remains the major challenge.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon
Department
Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
Peterson
Gate Six at Fort Sill Extends Hours Weekdays
Gate Six at Fort Sill will open 5 30 AM to 8 AM, 11 AM to 1 PM, and 4 PM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, after a recommendation by the Provost Marshal. Located at Rogers Lane and 52nd Street, it serves military and civilian employees living on the west side of Lawton to ease weekday traffic and limit access to the west range.
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Fort Sill
West Range
Rogers Lane
52Nd Street
Lawton
Rogers says Soviets supply North Vietnamese, no halt in Moscow talks
Secretary of State William Rogers told House members that the United States has no evidence the bombing raids on North Vietnam will affect President Nixon’s Moscow summit. He said heavy equipment used by North Vietnam is supplied by the Soviet Union and urged recognition of North Vietnamese as invaders.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Rogers
Plane Wreckage Found in West Irian Mountains
Indonesian university students on a scientific expedition discovered World War II era U S Air Force DC3 wreckage on Djaja Mountains in West Irian at about 14 500 feet. Skeletons were found and returned by the 13 member team. The U S Embassy said it is checking the report.
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Jakarta
Djaja Mountains
West Irian
Antara
Postmasters Gather for 37th Annual Oklahoma Convent
About 300 postmasters attend the 37th annual convention in Lawton Oklahoma beginning today at noon. Carl Ul saker postmaster general of the Southern Region will speak at the final banquet Friday at 6 30 p m. Other speakers include C B Bolar Henry Davis J C McMillan and Emmett Sutherland NOTE Page 4 Col 8
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Oklahoma
National Association of Postmasters
Lawtonian
Carl Comer Ulsaker
Memphis
Tenn
Ulsaker
Lawton
C. B. Bolar
Oklahoma City
Henry Davis
Wichita Region
J. C. McMillan
Postal Data Center
Dallas
Tex
Emmett Sutherland
Apollo 16 Crew Snap Photos Before Lunar Orbit Initiation
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charlies Duke Jr and Thomas Mattingly II prepared for a six day science mission around the moon after a pre orbit countdown. Mattingly captured lunar atmosphere and surface photos using a special film and filters during a midmorning 17 900 mile pass as the sun’s glare challenged boresight. They entered lunar gravity at 1207 am twilight zone and will log 73 hours of surface activity including a 15 mile moon buggy drive to study ancient volcanic activity.
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John W. Young
Charlies M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Moon
Mattingly
Pope
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Mack W. Jameson
Lawton High School
Bedford
England
Britain
Federation
Nolen Basore
Basore
Okmulgee
Sill’s Gate
House
Carl Albert
Apollo
Pace Center
Houston
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