Girl 11 Enters Derby Against Boys in Lawton
Donna, an 11 year old racer with red hair, resists women’s lib yet enters a 1000 foot slope derby on Sheridan Road Port Sill. More than 60 boys and Donna compete with local sponsors Optimists Clubs Lawton Publishing Phillips-Aubrey Chevrolet backing Chevrolet Motors as national sponsor.
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Port Sill Boulevard
Lawton
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Lawton Publishing Co
Phillips-Aubrey Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motors
Hoffa era Teamsters chief wins bid amid salary rise
Fitzsimmons secured a five year term as leader of the Teamsters and a $25,000 salary increase to $125,000 annually. Delegates approved a dues hike to fund over $5 million a year in strike benefits and services while preserving Hoffa’s picture in the lobby. Parole reconsideration of Hoffa continued amid claims of a government deal.
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Teamsters
Ee Rae
Daley
James R. Hoffa
Lewisburg
Washington
U.S. Parole Board
Yonkers
N.Y
Einar Mohn
Kennedy Warns Against Splitting NIH Over Cancer Institute
Senator Kennedy cautions that creating a separate Cancer Institute could fracture NIH, which he says is the world’s leading biomedical research center. He notes the institute’s budget near 332 million with a 100 million rise proposed by Nixon and approved by Congress, and that experts project up to 1 billion a year by 1976. An aide to Rogers suggests keeping the Cancer Institute within NIH for higher priority and funding.
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Nixon
Congress
Kennedy
Senate Welfare Committee
Wisconsin
NIH
Rogers
Florida
New Sill Volar Officer Named Fort Sill VO LAR Project Officer
Col. Ralph W. Melcher becomes Fort Sill VO LAR project officer succeeding Lt. Col. Robert T. Hayden. Fort Sill is a VOLAR test site in fiscal year 1972. Melcher aims to raise Army professionalism and cut draft reliance to zero by June 1973. He is a 25 year Army veteran with Korean War service and is a University of Omaha alumnus.
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III Corps Artillery
Ralph W. Melcher
Robert T. Hayden
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Aan
Col. Metcher
Korea
Col. Melcher
University of Omaha
Withdrawal of Jet Brigade and Formations From Vietnam
The Jet brigade of the 5th Division is being withdrawn from Vietnam and deactivated. The 7th Battalion, 4th Field Artillery with 660 troops has been pulled back before withdrawal. U S command reported 23 Americans killed and 182 wounded last week, with allied and South Vietnamese totals improving or declining in various measures.
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Jon Thien
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5Th Division
Vietnam
U.S
Sth
4Th Field Artillery
Dayan cites Palestinian attack amid Cairo council debate
Moshe Dayan says 130mm rockets used in a rocket attack likely from Jordan with possible West Bank Arab support. He notes the Palestine Liberation Organization faced internal splits and that the assault occurred as Yasir Arafat attends a Cairo meeting. Townspeople in Petah Tikvah flee through streets in pajamas.
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Yasir Arafat
Palestine National Council
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Dayan
Jordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Israel
Petah Tikvah
Crocodiles May Become Another Thing Of Past
Wildlife experts warn crocodile populations are collapsing due to overhunting for hides. Wayne King of the Bronx Zoo notes most species decline, with the American alligator enjoined by law. Captive breeding, like Thailand's 11 000 strong operation, offers some hope while wild numbers fall from millions to tens of thousands.
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Wayne King
Bronx Zoo
New York City
King
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
California
New York
Connecticut
Sumatprakan
Bangkok
Thailand
Utai Youngparpakorn
Thailand Conservation Department
United States
Youngparpakorn
Amazonas
Amazon River
Brazil
City Officials Consider Pay Raise After Administration Meeting
Nabers spoke about improved understanding of administrator and employee concerns after a conference. He plans to seek a five percent pay increase in the new budget for city workers with only a few exceptions, as part of remedying inequities.
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