CABOK Air Fare Hike Authorized by CAB
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 2.7 percent maximum increase in domestic air fares with airlines free to raise up to that level if cost justified. The measure aims to ensure adequate returns for investment and recovery of allowable operating costs, applying to the 48 states and D.C. with international routes requiring separate CAB action.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
The
Price Commission
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
U.S. Territories
23 Arraigned On Liquor Charges Following Raids
District court heard 23 defendants in a case tied to raids on 13 local clubs conducted after undercover police work. Special District Judge Roy Moore set bonds at 250 dollars per charge. Jury trials were requested by those defendants and scheduled for the next docket. Names include Ronny Norred and William Bolt with clubs Zodiac Gold Key Devon Gables.
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District Court
Special District
Roy Moore
Lawton
District Attorney's Office
State Alcoholic Beverage Con
Sky Show At Night Meteors Over Soonerland Tonight
Sky watchers in Oklahoma City prepare for a meteor shower as the earth passes through a debris field from a shattered comet. Meteor activity peaks tonight around seven with millions of shooting stars expected, dropping at about one per minute. Al Cohen notes the display began two weeks ago and will continue two more days.
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al Cohen
Oklahoma City
End of U S Ground Combat Role in Vietnam
The last U S combat infantrymen in Vietnam prepare to leave as the 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry is phased out. The U S command officially ends the 74 year ground combat role with 240 men flown to Da Nang to turn in gear and depart. By autumn the force will shrink to about 39 000 in Vietnam plus 100 000 air force and navy personnel remaining as advisers and support.
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21St Infantry
da Nang
U.S
Vietnam
Navy
District Attorney Opposes Private Club Liquor Bill
Vernon Field rejects Oklahoma District Attorneys Association plan to license private clubs for liquor by the drink. He says many so called private clubs are actually open to the public and that open saloon laws should stand. Field warns undercover enforcement would be hindered if private clubs were legalized. See FIELD, Page 4A, Col. 4.
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Vernon Field
Oklahoma District Attorneys Association
Field
Air Force NCO convicted in espionage case at Tyndall
Walter T Perkins, 37, an M Sgt in the intelligence unit at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, was found guilty of possessing five secret U S defense documents and attempting to pass them to Soviet agents in Mexico City. The judge ruled against the defense claim that acute alcoholism affected his judgment and set possible prison time up to 24 years. Perkins stood trial with three attorneys as his mother cried. mitigating evidence will be sought for a lighter sentence.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force M. Set
Walter T. Perkins
U.S
Peck
Perkins
Florida
Mexico City
Air Force
Walter Perkins
Revenue Sharing Bill Bogs Down In Senate
In Washington the 29.8 billion revenue sharing bill stalled as Finance and Appropriations panels spar over jurisdiction. Senate Finance Chair Russell Long said his panel acted quickly but needs work and opposes Appropriations taking up the measure.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russell Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Appropriations Committee
Long
Heavy South Vietnamese casualties in major Viet Cong assault
Communist forces struck multiple South Vietnamese positions with sapper and shelling attacks, inflicting over 100 casualties in a single assault. Highway 13 was cut again near Lai Khe as fighting raged to dusk, with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces targeting Lai Khe base, Cam Ranh Bay, Cu Chi, and four district towns while Quang Tri also faced heavy bombardment.
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Saigon
Highway 13
An Loc
Lai Khe
Cam Ranh
Cam Ranh Bay
Cu Chi
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Jensen
South Viet
Weekend Heat and Wind Forecast for Lawton Area
Weekend to be hot and windy with mid 90s highs and 70s tonight. Expect 90s Saturday, SW winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon easing to 6 to 12 mph tonight. High Thursday reached 85 with a low in the 70s.
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Lawton
Gun control resolution killed in committee at conference
At Fountainhead State Park Oklahoma AP opponents of a strong gun control plan killed the proposal in a closed committee session led by Lt. Gov. James H. Brickley. The conference also forwarded eighteen other resolutions while South Carolina Lt. Gov. Earl Morris pressed for repeal of the 1965 voting rights act.
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Fountainhead State Park
Okla
National Conference of
Lieutenant Governors
South Carolina
Earl Morris
Morris
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CABOK
Abby
Comics
Trol Board
Ronny Norred
Zodiac Club
Gold Key Club
William Bolt
Devon Gables Club
Watok
Bley
Lawton High School
Swann Concrete Construction Co
By Dennis Montgomery
Wegerle
Col
Joe Peck
Lai Khe Base
By Ken Siner
James H. Brickley
Michigan
Crime Commission
Tinue
Justice Department
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