South Viet Nam Forces Gain In Quang Tri as City Battles Rage
AP dispatch reports initial gains for South Vietnamese in Quang Tri city while heavy casualties hit both sides in the central highlands. Militia losses include 15 killed 10 missing and 2 wounded with up to 100 North Vietnamese killed by air and artillery strikes. Marines advance toward the Thach Han River amid bombardment and Citadel fighting.
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Galcon
Quang Tri
Central Highlands
Highlands
Kontum
Thach Han River
U.S
South Viets
Viet Cong Demand U.S. Exit From Indochina Talks
At the Paris peace talks the Viet Cong insisted there is no path to settlement but U.S. withdrawal and end to support for the Saigon government. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh condemned the Thieu regime as repressive, calling for a total pullout alongside talks to halt Vietnamization.
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Paris
United States
Saigon
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Mrs. Binh
U.S
William J. Porter
Good Samaritans Care for Car Inspecting Kitty
Whitey a snow white cat living at Phillips Aubrey Chevrolet was helped by 26 firm employees after a fall from an attic injured her leg and killed one kitten. The mother and two survivors were hospitalized, Whitey wore a leg splint with a steel pin and returned home with her kittens.
Missing Lawton Girl Sparks Father Search
Police hunt for three year old Shannon Merrick who disappeared from her Lawton home Wednesday afternoon. Det. Maj. Robert Gillian says father Marlin Merrick, separated from the mother, checked into a local hotel Tuesday and left Wednesday morning while the child played in the front yard. The Air Force father was reportedly in Tacoma, Washington, at the time.
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Lawton
Robert Gillian
Marlin Merrick
Sandra Merrick
Shannon
Progress report on Jane Fonda inquiry denied subpoena
The House Internal Security Committee refused to subpoena Jane Fonda to testify about antiwar activities in Hanoi. It asked the Justice Department to report by Sept. 14 on the inquiry's progress and set no subpoena deadline, in a vote 8 to 1. Rep. Drinan dissented.
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Washington
House
Internal Security Committee
Jane Fonda
Hanoi
Justice Department
Miss Fonda
North Vietnam
Attorney General
Rep
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Mayor Warns Boards on Conflict of Interest Avoidance
AYOR Don Whitaker issued a memo to 16 local boards and authorities warning against direct personal or private interests in matters before them. He urged disclosure and abstention from voting on issues where a conflict could be perceived, noting several anonymous complaints accumulated over time.
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Ayor Don Whitaker
Whitaker
City Boy Found Dead By Father
A Lawton boy was found dead by his father after allegedly swallowing gasoline while siphoning to start a minibike. Sgt. Delbert W. Barnes found a one gallon can from a pickup, Greenlawn Ambulance took him to Memorial Hospital where resuscitation failed after over an hour. Autopsy arranged in Oklahoma City by state medical examiner Dr. Jay.
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Lawton
S. Sgt
Delbert W. Barnes
Barnes
Greenlawn
Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Jay
Charles Green
Sgt. Barnes
Randy
See Boy
Chance for more rain in Lawton area
Wet weather continues with .24 inch in downtown Lawton over the last 24 hours and a 40 percent chance of rain this afternoon, 20 percent tonight. Temperatures peak near 90 this afternoon and fall to the low 70s tonight. past 24 hours totals include .51 inch at Fire Station No. 5 and a trace in Meers and Lake Ellsworth, with 1.51 inches in Grandfield, 53 in Walters, and 1.38 in Randlett.
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Lawton
Meers
Lake Ellsworth
Grandfield
Walters
Randlett
Registration Deadline Approaches at County Election Board
Registration closes at 5 p.m. Monday at the County Election Board office. Eligible voters may register there or with the registrar in their precinct.
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County Election Board
Election Board
Senate Moves to Ban Easily Concealed Handguns
The Senate approved a bill to outlaw the sale of easily concealable handguns and similar firearms, a measure tied to public safety after high profile shootings. The vote was 68 to 25, sending the bill to the House with an uncertain fate amid debate on private gun ownership and licensing.
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Senate
House
Bayh
Robert F. Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
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Porter
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Pham Dang Lam
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Nguyen Minh Vy
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William
Tex) Murdock
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Fletcher Thompson
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