South Viets Gain In Quang Tri Amidst Heavy Fighting
Hue reports 273 North Vietnamese killed around Quang Tri and Hue areas while 14 South Vietnamese troops died and 95 were wounded. Four civilians died in Hue from artillery. U.S. B52 bombers dropped 1,500 tons across DMZ zones and nearby valleys as clashes continue near An Loc and Sai gon Phnom Penh routes.
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Hue
Quang Tri
Checkmate
Que Son
da Nang
Saigon
DMZ
Quang Tri City
Que Son Valley
Qui Vinh
Thanh Hoa
Vinh Petroleum Products
Navy
South Vietnam
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Hill 172
An Loc
Hanoi
Vietnam News
Agen
Kompong Trabek
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Conspiracy Case State Highway Suspect To Be Patrol Office Returned Today
Christian John Nachtrieb 21 waived extradition in Austin Texas and will be returned to Lawton to face conspiracy to murder an undercover narcotics agent. Cecilia Ann Kirby 16 and Benjamin Michael Creech 22 charged in the conspiracy. Kirby to be pursued under interstate compact for juveniles. Creech held on 25000 bond. Kirby refuses extradition. OKC gun attack at DPS HQ highlights ongoing threats. patrol cadet not armed during incident.
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Christian John Nachtrieb
Austin
Tex
Lawton
Claude Branscum
Nachtrieb
Cecilia Ann Kirby
Nachtreb
Benjamin Michael Creech
Alice Faye Harrington
Valarie Nachtrieb
Creech
Death Notice Earl J. Witty 58 Duncan Auto Salvage Owner
Earl John Witty, 58, owner of Duncan Auto Salvage, died at 1 a.m. in a Wichita Falls Texas hospital after a brief illness. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel Duncan. Burial 10 a.m. Monday at Maplewood Cemetery Harrison Arkansas. Born January 23, 1914 in Harrison Arkansas. Survived by wife, three daughters Teresa, Rhonda Witty, and Mrs Burl Martin. two sons Franklin and David. mother Bertha Witty. three brothers Wilson Duncan Gaelius. three sisters J A Tompkins Ken Miller Don Wolever and six grandchildren.
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Duncan
Earl John Witty
Duncan Auto Salvage
Wichita Falls
Tex
Don Grantham Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Harrison, Ark
Mr. Witty
Harrison
Ark
Teresa
Rhonda Witty
Burl Martin
Springfield
Franklin
David
Bertie Witty
Lawton
Wilson
Gaelus
Manteca
Calif
J. A. Tompkins
Ken Miller
Irving
Don Wolever
Oklahoma City
Senate Advances Measures Tightening Handgun Controls
Kennedy urged NRA to develop educational certificates for gun buyers. The Senate added federal crimes for killing or harming law officers and for using a firearm in a felony, with priority federal trials. Hruska failed to win a sales exemption for existing handgun stocks. An Stevens plan allowed certain handguns meeting criteria to be sold for self defense.
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National Rifle Association
Kennedy
CBS Morning News
John Hart
Senate
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Hruska
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury Department
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Conflicts of Interest Rules Cited In Charter Memo
Whitaker notes conflict rules apply to members with personal interests and abstaining on related issues. He argues the charter makes the provision explicit, contrasting with the old statutory form of government.
North Vietnam Dikes Dam Attacks Cited by Cong Leader
Cong leader cited U S bombing of dikes and dams in multiple provinces from August 2 to 3. He said since April, 177 attacks destroyed 58 dike portions and seven floodgates. Ambassadors criticized progress as talks yielded no result but agreed to meet again next Thursday.
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U.S
Diam Dien
Thai Binh
Nam Dan
Nghe An
Cam Ly
Quang Binh
Ha Tinh
Xuan Thuy
United States
Porter
Lam
Police search for missing girl and possible Merrick return
Gillian said police seek Merrick’s return to Washington from Lawton and contact his Ohio relatives to locate him and learn if he picked up the girl. About 35 people including police and Civil Defense volunteers combed Gore to Lee, Second to 17th streets, checking alleys and a drainage canal near Frisco tracks. Police speculated the girl may have boarded the westbound Frisco train around 5 30 p m.
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Gillian
Merrick
Washington
Lawton
Ohio
Civil Defense
Gore Boulevard
Lee Boulevard
Second Street
17Th Street
Robert Martin
Frisco
Shannon
Buffalo Film at Refuge Opens Wildlife Friday Series
Buffalo, Majestic Symbol of the Plains, will be the feature film in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Friday night Wildlife Under the Stars program. The Vanishing Prairie series from Walt Disney is shown with Wildlife Babies and The River Must Live as other titles. Free admission. bring lawn chairs or blankets to the grass behind Quanah Parker Community House.
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Plains
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Walt Disney
Quanah Parker Community House
Boy Found Dead in Doghouse After Gasoline Ingestion
A Lawton boy born May 27 1961 in San Pedro California died after allegedly crawling into a doghouse to swallow gasoline. He was a sixth grader at Washington Elementary and a carrier for the Lawton Constitution Morning Press. Survived by parents a brother and two sisters. Services are pending with Greenlawn Funeral Home.
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Fort Sill
Barnes
San Pedro
Calif
Lawton
Washington Elementary School
Lawton Constitution Morning Press
Church of God
Stanley A
Vickie Sue
Danny Warren
Oklahoma City
Theresa Kay Hebel
Odis E. Barnes
Johnny Baker
Ringling
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Kitty cat Whitey finds a home at the used car lot
Murdock recounts how Whitey the cat settled at the shop after six weeks of feeding and coaxing. She now enjoys attention and a bar stool perch while longing to resume her job as a careful inspector of used cars.
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Murdock
Whitey
State Welfare Recipients to Get Across-The-Board Raises
Oklahoma welfare director L. E. Rader announced a minimum raise of $4 to $5 a month for about 112,639 adults, effective Oct. 1, to offset a 20 percent rise in federal Social Security. The move aims to preserve net income for those receiving both programs amid income counting rules.
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Oklahoma City
L. E. Rader
Oklahoma
Rader
Stephens County Escapees Sought in Duncan Bank
Police set roadblocks around Duncan Oklahoma as two Stephens County jail escapees Herman Eugene Jones 28 and Billy Dean Merchant 32, described as armed and dangerous, fled after breaking down a door with a fire extinguisher and taking guns from the jail.
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Duncan
Okla
Oklahoma City
Stephens County
Herman Eugene Jones
Billy Dean Merchant
Panel opposes forcing Fonda to testify to aid Thompson
Inquiry panel leader warned against using Miss Fonda’s questioning as political theater by Thompson who seeks Senate control this year. The panel includes Rep. Ashbrook of Ohio and Rep. Schmitz of California as it weighs testimony. Thompson had claimed in a July speech that radio reports accuse Fonda of encouraging service members to disobey orders and desert to North Vietnam.
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Miss Fonda
Thompson
Senate
The
Un-American Activities Committee
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
White House
John G. Schmitz
California
American Party
House
U.S
U S Soviet Missiles Pact Ends Five-Year Limit
The five year limit agreement on land and submarine launched missiles expired as reports from Washington noted. The AP dispatch also covered Federal Home Loan Bank Board proposals to allow variable rate mortgages by federal savings and loan associations. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield said Congress aims to adjourn by Sept 30. In Georgetown the Viet Cong gained a seat at the nonaligned nations conference as Indonesia Malaysia and Laos left the hall. Oklahoma City Gov David Hall spoke of his election focus while hinting at possible campaign help for McGovern. At Tyndall AFB espionage court martial of M Sgt Walter Perkins moved to a verdict phase. In Tel Aviv Nelson Rockefeller carried a peace message from Nixon to Golda Meir.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Georgetown
Guyana
Indonesia
Malaysia
Laos
Tel Aviv
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Israel
Nixon
Golda Meir
Nixon seeks Senate approval on biosafety treaty with stockpile limits
In a message to the Senate Nixon outlines a treaty that bans stockpiling or retaining biological agents or toxins for non peaceful purposes and prohibits delivery weapons. He notes Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas has destroyed all such stocks and the site now hosts a center researching adverse chemical effects on humans.
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Nixon
Senate
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Arkansas
Neighborhood Carnival Set at Gore East Mobile Homes
A neighborhood carnival will be held Monday August 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Gore East Mobile Homes Estates. Kruger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Kruger assists with the event along with other neighbors.
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Gore East Mobile Homes Estates
Kruger
Clarence E. Kruger
Mercury Moves Fast Through Space At Over 100000 MPH
Mercury travels faster than any planet in our solar system with speeds exceeding 100000 miles per hour as it journeys around the sun.
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Mercury
Space
Solar System
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Lawton Constitution
South China Sea
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Saratoga
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Department
Roy Tant
Tant
Aaa
National Bank
Lake Lawtonka School
Stu
Ella E. Madden
Curtis Jeffreys
Comanche County
Pol. Adv
Smokey
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
David Hall
George McGovern
Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Walter Perkins
Joe Peck
Vinson’s
Sheridan Rd
Sheridan
Zenith
Weu
Paris
Toeserve Deportes
Calorome
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