Allied Air Strikes, Laos Fighting In Indochina Update
U S forces clash near Saigon with light helicopter downed killing one crewman and wounding another. B52 attacks count rises as Laos actions unfold with Muong Kasy near Vientiane secured amid continued fighting. U S troops remain on high alert for Tet period and China condemns the air war while Laos reports evolving engagements and missing DC4.
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U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
Nixon
China
Peking
Indochina
Vientiane
Muong Kasy
Luang Prabang
Defense Ministry
Long Cheng
Vietiene
Thailand
Refuges Issued High Fire Danger Warning Through April
Howard warns visitors that dry grass and timber, low humidity, and strong winds keep fire danger high through April. He notes ice-free roads after Sunday warmth and limits campfires to grates in refuge campgrounds to prevent brush fires.
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Howard
Nixon Seeks More Data On Red Chinese
President Nixon, three days from his trip to Peking, requests further information and consults French thinker Andre Malraux for China analysis. He reviews Malraux’s Antimemoires on Mao and Chou En-lai and presses the NSC for more answers as he prepares for historic talks.
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Washington
Peking
Nixon
Andre Malraux
China
White House
Malraux
Antimemoires
Mao
Chou En-lai
Ronald L. Ziegler
Florida
National Security Council
Ziegler
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Harvard
John King Farbank
United States
Ross Terrill
Atlantic Monthly
Chou
Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
John Holdridge
NSC
Alfred Je S. Jenkins
House
Richard H. Solomon
University of Michigan
Solomon
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Willie Mae Moore
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Moore 68 of Duncan will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jones Chapel Church of God in Christ Duncan with J A Young officiating. Burial follows in Henderson Harris Cemetery Duncan under Jefferson Funeral Home. She died Friday in Pauls Valley after an extended illness.
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Willie Mae Moore
Duncan
Lawton
Jones Chapel
Church of God In Christ
J. A. Young
Bethel Church of God In Christ
Henderson - Harris
Jefferson Funeral Home
Cyril
Charles L. Britton
Minco
Oklahoma City
Cyril Assembly of God Church
Dean Lusby
Robbins Funeral Home
Fletcher
Mr. Britton
Milan
Oklahoma Territory
Rosa Hardin
APCO
Britton
Stella Baker
American Legion
Assembly of God Church
Virginia Johnson
George Carr
Anaheim
Calif
Claudia Evans
Charles Britton
Santa Anna
Robert Britton
Alec Vestal
Samuel Evans Short Jr
Samuel E. Short
S. 5Th
Highland Cemetery
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Mary B. Adams
L. B. Adams Jr
Dearborn
Cooperton Baptist Church
Cooperton
Ronald Mooney
Hobart Baptist Church
Pampa
Tex
Hobart
Becker Funeral Home
Adams
Ashville
N. C
Oklahoma
Texas
Tipton
Luther Adams
Sherman
Eugene Slaughter
Long Beach
Marvin Parr
Amarillo
Iven Lindgren
Thad Martin
Gunter, Tex
Ann Avery
Charles Abney
Fairview
Crews Funeral Home
Miss Mandrell
Broxton High School
Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church
Apache
Phillip
Douglas
Jerry
Jeannie
Freeway 77 Highway Improvements Listed
The state plans to boost its new roads program to an average of 130 million dollars annually with Freeway 77. The 1964 Needs Study says 130 million must be spent yearly to reach highway adequacy, and the program outlines construction in numerous counties from Caddo to Jefferson across a 23 year plan including the trunk system and county primary links.
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Oklahoma
Chester Brooks
Highway Commission
Brooks
C. D. Payne
Lawton
Commissioner District
Commodity Site Opens at East D in Lawton
Lawton residents will receive issued commodities from 8 30 am to 3 30 pm Tuesday through Friday at the new commodity house 205 East D in the former Bell Transfer and Storage building. The report notes the facility location and hours for the distribution.
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Lawton
Frank White
Bell Transfer
Vo Tech Expands to 18 Areas in Oklahoma
Vo-Tech schools operate in Lawton Tulsa Oklahoma City Ardmore Duncan Enid Bartlesville Fort Cobb Drumright Muskogee Shawnee El Reno Chickasha Poteau Hugo McAlester Wayne Burns Flat with four more districts forming plans. Bruce Gray says programs fit all aptitude levels and emphasize learning by doing through labs and work placements.
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Votech
Vo-tech
Lawton
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Duncan
Enid
Bartlesville
Fort Cobb
Drumright
Muskogee
Shawnee
el Reno
Chickasha
Poteau
Hugo
McAlester
Wayne
Burns Flat
Bruce Gray
Great Plains Area
Pilot at Tinker recalls Chou En-Lai meeting English
Lt. Col. Robert Catching stationed at Tinker Air Force Base recalls flying with Chou En-Lai in 1946 during World War II. He describes weather challenges, a forced bailout near 12 000 feet, and Chou signing a short snorter $2 bill in English.
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Nixon
Chou En-Lai
China
Air Force
Robert M. Catching
Chou
Catching
Tinker Air Force Base
Marshall
Hsian
Chungking
Bank Robbery Shocks Hammon Oklahoma
A man robbed the First National Bank in Hammon Oklahoma of an undetermined amount around today. The bandit fled in a stolen yellow pickup from a local auto parts garage. Authorities said he was spotted between Cheyenne and Hammon as area units from Roger Mills Beckham and Custer counties searched the region.
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Hammon
Okla
First National Bank
Oklahoma
Cheyenne
Roger Mills
Beckham
Custer County Sheriff's Departments
Police Records List Complainants in Lawton Reports
Public records show a roster of complainants filed with the Lawton Police Department. Names addresses and incidents include vandalism on a car, car tires slashed, assault theft of money and tapes, gas station nonpayment burglary and property damage at homes and vehicles.
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Lawton
Carol Love
N. 14Th
Ronald Grooms
Dorothy Grooms
S. Sheridan
Odie Phelps
NW Pollard
Ingle A. Marcel
Camden Way
Claude Hoyle
N. Léth
Ramada Gulf Station
Ferris
Joseph H. Neide
S. 19Th
Steven Eblen
Jerry Poston
Dearborn
Leroy Cooley
SW Lee
van Dilder
Flordia Minto
Willie Harris Jr
Carl A. Morrow
Surrey
Fire alarms logged by Lawton Fire Department
Times and locations show alarms responded including a car fire at 2300 Jefferson at 6 30 a.m and a grass fire at 1908 Roosevelt at 10 46 a.m Monday.
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Lawton
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Lawton to elect four ward freeholders under charter vote
Voters in Lawton will elect two freeholders from each of the four wards. The two candidates receiving the most votes in each ward win. The board’s role hinges on approving the city charter issue at the election. If the charter passes, the elected freeholders will draft a charter form of government for submission to the public.
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Board of Freeholders
Freeholders
Lawton
State Teachers Due Refunds Blue Cross refunds 120000
Oklahoma City AP reports State Insurance Commissioner Joe B Hunt ordered Blue Cross Blue Shield to return about 120000 to state school teachers. The ruling upholds an 18 percent rate hike as fair while rejecting the later, higher 31.65 percent request. Credits on future premiums likely.
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Oklahoma City
Joe B. Hunt
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Hunt
Insurance Commissioner
Oklahoma Education Association
LURA Worker Resigns Post
Dwight D. Kranz director of relocation for the Lawton Urban Renewal Authority resigns to become deputy director of the Shawnee Urban Renewal Authority after six years with LURA. Jack Crowley, University of Oklahoma intern, resigns from LURA to take the Community Development director post in Seminole.
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Dwight D. Kranz
Ash
Lawton
Stock Yards report hay usage towers over height
Carleton Hagelstein Jr president of the San Antonio Union Stock Yards said the yard used more than 45 000 bales of hay in 1970. If all hay for the year were stacked on a 100 bale base the pile would rise over 456 feet high.
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San Antonio, Tex
Carleton Hagelstein Jr
San Antonio
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