Lawton Father Son Begin 448 Mile Arkansas River Journey
Capt. Stephen B. Smith and his 13 year old son Stephen Jr. depart Lawton for a Huck Finn style 10 day, 448 mile voyage down the Arkansas River from Port of Catoosa near Tulsa to the Mississippi. They tow a 14 foot sail boat, launch at Tulsa Saturday, and may rely on a six horsepower motor. They will be joined by family at Lawton after departure, plan to camp along the canal and fish near Kerr reservoir, with many preparations and maps supplied by the Corps of Engineers.
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Arkansas River
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Lin Piao Dead Official Chinese Statement Confirms
The Chinese Embassy confirmed Lin Piao died Sept 13 1971 after a plane crash fleeing to the Soviet Union. The El Moudjahid report and a Globe and Mail dispatch cite Mao Tse tung exposing Lin Piao as two faced and plotting to usurp power, with the crash in Mongolia ending the bid.
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Lin Piao
Mao Tsetung
Soviet Union
Mao
Lin
el Moudjahid
Peking
Toronto Globe and Mail
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ceylon
Maurice Schumann
France
Mao Tse-tung
People’s Republic of Mongolia
Mongolia
Eastland Elected Senate President Pro Tempore
Mississippi Democrat James Eastland was chosen president pro tempore by voice vote after the death of Allen Ellender. Eastland, 67, will preside in the Senate in the vice president's absence and move to third in line for the presidency. Ellender, 81, died of a heart attack at Bethesda Naval Hospital after interrupting his campaign to be present for a vote.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
James C. Eastland
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Eastland
Allen J. Ellender
Ellender
Washington
James
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Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
George D. Aiken
Vermont
GOP
Nixon
House of Eastland
Mississipii
Sen
John Stennis
Judiciary Committee
House
Huey Long
Louisiana
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Senate Agriculture Committee
Appropriations Committee
Simla peace accord ratified as border exchanges discussed
India ratifies the Simla peace agreement with Pakistan after last year’s war, opening talks on exchanging territory captured in December. Nixon defends policy against Hanoi propaganda amid U S bombing debate. H C Piper Jr wife kidnapped and ransom sought, FBI reports. Rudolph Kaiser a 53 year old U S adviser was killed in a Viet Cong ambush in Go Cong Province. British dockers stage a national strike as the government considers emergency steps to avert an economic crisis.
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India
Simla
Indira Gandhi
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Rudolph Kaiser
Colorado Springs
Colo
Go Cong
London
Project To Aid Anti Crime War
Washington AP reports a 83 million LEAA program to arm law enforcement and justice agencies with modernized equipment to win the war against crime. Administrator Jerris Leonard said the plan, run mainly through the Air Force, will evaluate systems, address equipment problems, and develop new tools and methods.
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Washington
Jerris Leonard
The
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Air Force
New Fort Sill General K to Receive Welcome Tuesday
Brig. Gen. Robert J. Koch will be welcomed as Fort Sill’s new assistant commandant of the U S Army Field Artillery School at 9 a m Tuesday in the Old Post Quadrangle. Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill will host the ceremony as Gen Koch succeeds Brig Gen Lawrence H Caruthers Jr who retired after more than 30 years of service. Koch comes from Vietnam where he held key positions with XXIV Corps Artillery the 101st Airborne Division staff and U S Army Vietnam. The 77th Army Band directed by S Sgt Otho R Fields will perform and B Battery 2nd Battalion 2nd Field Artillery will fire a 11 See GENERAL, Page 4A Col 8.
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U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Koch
Lawrence H. Caruthers Jr
Vietnam
Xxiv Corps Artillery
101St Airborne Division
Headquarters
U.S. Army Vietnam
77Th Army Band
Otho R. Fields
2Nd Field Artillery
High Wind and Rain Ford Northwest Oklahoma
High winds and heavy rains struck northwestern Oklahoma as a cool front moved south. Buffalo reported broken lines and 1.05 inches of rain, while Guymon Alva Woodward Cherokee and Cheyenne also endured heavy rainfall and damage.
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Oklahoma
Buffalo
Harper County
Hooker
Guymon
Alva
Woodward
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Front Brings Cooler Readings Across Oklahoma
A weak cold front moved into Lawton bringing cloudy skies and a 20 percent rain chance this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Highs will be in the lower 90s with lows in the mid 70s, while some northern areas may see relief from the heat through the weekend. Sublette saw heavy damage from a line of severe storms injuring at least seven people and destroying mobile homes and other structures.
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Lawton
Kansas
Oklahoma
Woodward
Panhanelle
Gage
Ardmore
Sublette
Kansas Highway Patrol
Haskell
Bown
Fort Sill strength declines as civilian workforce rises
Fort Sill reports a drop in military personnel to 14,480 on June 30, down 2,300 in three months and nearly 5,000 since January, while civilian workers climb to 5,247. ATC trainee numbers tumble from 4,344 nine months ago to 1,190, reflecting reduced artillery demands amid waning ground forces in Vietnam.
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Fort Sill
ATC
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Mandolin
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McClung
Hanoi
North Vietnam
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H. C. Piper Jr
FBI
Piper
Dear Abby
Robert J. Koch
Roderick Wetherill
U.S. Army Field Artillery Center
Associated Press
Fort Lee
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