Colorful Ceremonies Mark Nation's Birth
National celebrations across the United States included Fourth of July parades and events in New York Philadelphia Milwaukee and Oklahoma with civic pages and performances. Readers witnessed flag displays at Independence Hall and a Times Square reading of the Declaration of Independence while picnics beaches and mass voter drives marked the holiday. Abroad, officials and Americans in Asia Manila and Denmark joined in commemorations including a flag burning monument in Manila and a champagne toast on a jet en route to Seoul.
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Times Square
Jana Gillespie
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
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Neosho Rapids
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Holton
Mexia
Texas
Oklahoma
Lawton
Quapaw
Miami
Oklahoma City
State Fairgrounds
Bob Hope
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Los Angeles
Paul McCloskey
R-Calif
Allard Lowenstein
Spiro T. Agnew
Seoul
South Ko
Singapore
Rebild
Aalborg
U.S
Guilford Dudley
Nixon
Manila
Indians Touring Jerusalem on Ford Foundation program
Mayor Teddy Kollek hosts five Southwest American Indians in tribal dress on a Jerusalem visit as part of a Indian U S Israeli program. The group studies development trends in Israeli education welfare and economy and will visit kibbutzim.
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Jerusalem
Teddy Kollek
Ford Foundation
Fire crews race to blaze as stations staggered by vacancies
Acting Fire Chief Tom Perkins described a lengthy response chain as Station Four was far away and Station Three closed for vacations. Only Station Five two miles off could start initial attack with three men, then Station Four arrived with four men expanding hose lines. Heat and a well built house hindered water delivery.
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Hancock
Pioneer Park
Ferris
Tom Perkins
Agnew Defends Vietnam Policy in Asia Trip Talks
Vice President Agnew warned against relying on U.S. combat troops to halt attacks, stressing the need to clarify goals of U S foreign policy. He urged awareness of treaty obligations, supported Vietnamization, and endorsed the domino theory while criticizing media for underplaying America’s commitments.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Agnew
U.S
United States
Pacific
South
Funeral Rites for Pascual C James Held in Lawton
A prayer service for Pascual C James 56 of 2302 N 28th was held at Becker Funeral Home Chapel at 6 30 p.m. He died Saturday at Reynolds Army Hospital of an apparent heart attack. He served in World War II Wake Island the Philippines and Japan. He married Teodora Castro in the Philippines. Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter and a sister. Burial will be in Post Cemetery at Fort Sill.
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St. Barbara’s Catholic Church
James H. Ross
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Fort Sill
Set. James
Reynolds Army Hospital
Cagayan
Philippines
Wake Island
Japan
Teodora Castro
Lawton
Victor
William
Don E. (Marie) Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Julian Tolentino
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Jim Kuchynke Funeral Service Time Noted
A funeral service for Jim Kuchynke is scheduled for 10 30 a.m. with details limited to the time and person, reflecting a brief obituary notice in a local newspaper.
Fort Sill sets four picnic sites for supervised fireworks
Four locations at Fort Sill are allocated for young shooters to explode fireworks under adult supervision. The exact sites are listed for safety and orderly conduct during the event.
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Fort Sill
Da Nang Barracks Hit as Gunfighters Sail Through Attack
The assault struck Gunfighter Village barracks housing 366th Tactical Fighter Wing personnel, mostly maintenance and flight line crews. Sgt. Leon Jones, 22, Richmond, described the rocket impact and falling bunks, smoke, and a wounded man found on the floor.
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Richmond
Fireworks Set Expensive Fire Damages Muskogee Home
Fire destroyed the Muskogee home of Tulsa TV executive James Leake, with officials estimating $200,000 in damage to the house and valuables. The blaze, possibly ignited by Fourth of July fireworks, was reported after a pilot saw flames on a rooftop from the Muskogee Airport. Leake's two sons, James Jr. and John Griffin, were inside but unhurt.
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Muskogee
Okla
Tulsa
James Leake
John Stephens
Federal Aviation Tower
Leake
James Jr
John Griffin
Toll of holiday crashes rises as 1971 deaths tally climbs
Oklahoma troopers report 1,201 arrests 1,660 warnings and 791 motorist assists as the 1971 traffic toll reaches 370 by July. Nationally ten people died over the Fourth of July weekend in multiple crashes including a deadly Indiana Interstate 65 collision killing an Indiana family and a tendee of the nation’s traffic toll past 440. An off duty Baltimore patrolman and three passengers died when his car hit a concrete bridge support. Additional fatal crashes occurred on U S 6 near Inland Nebraska U S 5 near Oceanside California and U S 287 near Corsicana Texas involving Marines soldiers and families.
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Interstate 65
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Shirley
Ind
Willen
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Sharon
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Pauline Willen
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Popplewell
U.S. 6
Inland
Neb
Interstate 5
Oceanside
Calif
Camp Pendleton
U.S. 287
Corsicana
Texas
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Three Drownings Reported In State Waters
Four drownings were reported during the Fourth of July period. Victims include William Ray Breden Jr., 5, of Mission Kansas, who drowned near a boat dock on Horse Creek at Grand Lake, and Robert Dean Falling, 15, who drowned at Lake John Wells in Haskell.
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Mission
Kan
Robert Dean
Highway Patrol
Breden
Horse Creek
Grand Lake
Lake John Wells
Haskell
Manipulation Charges Mount in Indonesian Elections
In Jakarta the government-backed Sekber Golkar group appeared to roll up a sweeping victory in the weekend parliamentary elections, but mounting charges of manipulation cloud the result. Officials and observers noted allegations of irregularities and pressure tactics across several regions, stirring debate over the integrity of the vote.
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Indonesia
Sekber Golkar
Subchan
Nahdatul Ulama
Sulawesi
West Java
Indramaru
Golkar
Subban
Central
East Javana
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Atjeh
PNI
Sukarno
Subang
East Java
Pali
Courts face strain as appeals rise and costs grow
Chief Justice Burger warned that the Supreme Court handles about 4,000 appeals yearly, far more than in 1940, 1950, and urged reforms to speed decisions, limit lengthy opinions, and ensure competent lawyers for criminal cases while avoiding excessive transcripts.
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