Rainfall Drops Drench Southwest Oklahoma States
The region saw widespread rain with Lawton area totals near 2 inches while several towns report one inch or more. Lawton downtown measured 1.95 inches by noon and Fire Station 5 received 1.25 inches. Apache reported 0.96 inch. Meers 1.30. Altus 1.55. Fort Sill 1.45. 60 percent chance of more showers today, 30 percent Saturday.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lawton
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U.S. Weather Service
Lake Ellsworth
Jimmy Creek
Meers
Hobart
Chattanooga
Faxon
Fletcher
Fort Sill
South Viet Headquarters Area Mauled By Enemy
Four South Vietnamese perimeter guards were killed and two South Vietnamese soldiers plus four American MPs wounded as a 65 round mortar barrage hit Tay Ninh base 55 miles northwest of Saigon. About 15 enemy fighters breached barbed wire but the sapper attack failed to reach its target. Damage included four barracks and two UH 1 helicopters. Two attackers were killed. unexploded satchel charges were found in the MPs compound.
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Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
Oklahoma judge weighs jury eligibility after 18 vote law
Durant Oklahoma AP reported District Judge Alan B McPheron questioned whether jury trials might be postponed due to a new law setting jury qualification age at 21 though it becomes effective October 1 He warned that potential exclusion of jurors till then could affect trials and referenced further details on Page 4 Col 7.
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Oklahoma
Alan B. McPheron
McPheron
Hotel blaze in New Orleans kills sixty six
A hotel fire at the Howard Johnson’s in New Orleans killed sixty six people and injured several as flames confined to the 12th floor. Firefighters evacuated more than 450 residents while investigators probe the cause. the fire was under control within an hour.
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New Orleans
Howard Johnson
Dave Fontaine
City
Paul Hyde
Lafayette
Ind
Capital Firms License Revoked
Oklahoma City firm World Security Life Insurance Co has its license revoked by the state Securities Department alleging devices and schemes to defraud investors. The order cancels all agent registrations and suspends trading, accusing president Larry R Roe and co founder Kenneth Frederick Churchill of misappropriating cash and stock not disclosed to the regulator.
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State Securities Department
Oklahoma City
Patrick C. Ryan
World Security Life Insurance Co
Ryan
Larry R. Roe
Kenneth Frederick Churchill of
South Vietnamese Police Crack Down on Narcotics
Under U S pressure South Vietnamese police have made more than 2700 narcotics arrests and seized 7989 pounds of heroin opium and marijuana since last January a U S report on the antidrug crackdown disclosed today The report also showed that its bureau and its customs system last May This came after U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Gen Creighton W Abrams presented him with a list of steps to be taken.
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U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
South Vietnam
Oklahoma Actor Van Heflin Dies at 60 in Hollywood
Van Heflin, Oklahoma’s famed actor and OU Drama School graduate, died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital at 6 43 am after a heart attack at his apartment swimming pool. He won an Oscar and became known as an actor’s actor, with deep ties to Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Hollywood
Emmet Evan Heflin Jr
Walters
Long Beach
Calif
University of
Heflin
State
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Cedars of Lebanon
OU School of Drama
Nat Eck
Said
van Heflin
Eayau
Rupel J. Jones
Van
Helen Jones
Mr. Jones
Rupel
Jones
OU Sigma Chi
Ida Z. Kirk
OU Company
Yale
Lee van Heflin
Laird warns on draft as deadline nears
Secretary Melvin Laird said the draft may need new draftees whose deferments have expired if Congress does not extend draft authority. He warned delays cannot stretch past September and spoke at a news conference. San Diego reportedly chosen as the 1972 Republican convention site for August 21, with Nixon likely to be renominated.
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Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Laird
Denver
San Diego
California
Nixon
White House
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Cairo
Hashem Atta
Jaafar el Numairi
Atta
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Osman Hussein
Muawiya Abdul Haq
Numairi
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Norman
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