Lawton riot control funds debated amid crime plan details
A $40,000 Lawton block funds a task force for crime control with explosive ordnance training for two officers and public outreach materials. Other grants total $800,000 to state and local entities, while critics flag duplication with Norman. The commission approved police relations funding while rejecting some riot control equipment requests.
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Swolea
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Alford Hennessee
Details on Donaldson’s Case Remain Unreleased
The Army plans to use the term alleged for eight Vietnamese civilians in a case involving Donaldson. No grand jury proceeding date set. The charges were referred by Col. Ranck and reviewed by Lt. Gen. Hutchin, with historical ties to JCS and Korea. Major figures include Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster and Brig. Gen. Stanley Resor’s actions on the My Lai episode.
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1St Army
Ft. Meade
Donaldson
Roger Ranck
Hutchin
Armed Forces Staff College
Air War College
George Washington University
Joint Chiefs of Staff
7Th Infantry
Korea
Army General Staff
JCS
Ee Se Eee Smith
Pedieteuns Te Tee
Smith
My Lai
Samuel W. Koster
Americal
Koster
Stanley Resor
U S Officials Press Immediate Action to Cut Southeast Asia Opium Flow
In remarks from a U S official, efforts to curb opium from Turkey Burma and Southeast Asia were discussed. He stressed that progress may take one or two generations to shift crops while urging immediate steps to reduce drug traffic and prevent long delays. Chairman Claude Pepper suggested farmer allowances in Thailand and nearby regions to avoid opium cultivation.
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Turkey
Burma
United States
Southeast Asia
Claude Pepper
Dfla
Thailand
Nixon signals housing plan and civil rights clash
Nixon said a paper outlining his stance on desegregated public housing would be issued next week. He disagreed with a Civil Rights Commission report on national commitment to equal rights and defended police restraint in crisis cases while urging other cities to use the tactics manual adopted locally. He also warned against linking women’s liberation with politics in his news conference remarks.
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Nixon
Civil Rights Commission
Drug raid nets Fort Sill soldiers charged in sales
Arrests and seizures linked to drug sales identified multiple Fort Sill personnel from Batteries and Artillery units including Graffe Jr and Freed. Others named include Ricci, Goodpasture, Gall, Roark, Lawson, Neal, Bruce, Boivin, Albaugh, Schor, Giles, Eastburg, Welcome, McDaniel, Carlson, and Butler. Some were released without charges.
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S. Second
John D. Freed
Taylor
Michael Ray Ricci
Danny B. Goodpasture
30Th Artillery
Fort Sill
Danny J. Gall
38Th Artillery
Rhodes R. Roark
31St Artillery
George A. Lawson
Floyd
Judy L. McClain
Columbia
James T. Neal
5Th Field Artillery
Deborah Bruce
Hoover
Lawrence Boivin
44Th Artillery
David C. Albaugh
Sanford Schor
Ricci L. Giles
Ronald J. Eastburg
Norman F. Welcome
4Th Artillery
Kevin M. McDaniel
Prentice
Cara J. Carlson
Robbie Butler
Angus
Scout Roundtable Set for Thursday at Elmer Thom as Park
At 7 30 p m Thursday a Boy Scout roundtable meets in the pav il ion at Elmer Thomas Park Elton E Doane roundtable commissioner for the Hunting Horse District Black Beaver Council urges all scouters to attend
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Elmer Thomas Park
Elton E. Doane
Hunting Horse District
Black Beaver Council
County Superintendent's Job Termed 'Ridiculous'
William S. Ramsey Jr. asks the Washington County Board of County Commissioners to appoint him county superintendent or call a special election. The office has been vacant since January after A T Kountoupis resigned. The salary is about 8000 dollars yearly and duties are transfer of students tests and substitute teaching.
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Bartlesville
Washington County
William S. Ramsey Jr
Board of County Commissioner
A.T. Kountoupis
P.J. Freiberger
Oglesby
Kountoupis
James K. Crouch
College High
Cambodian Khrom troops clash as monsoon floods loom
The AP reports fierce fighting north of Saigon as Khmer Krom forces defend a high ground east of Phnom Penh against waves of North Vietnamese assault. Lt. Col. Am Rong says Cambodian casualties include about 50 wounded and a disputed total killed, with Cambodian forces counterattacking to seize enemy arms and wounded fighters.
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Saigon
Associated Press
Robin Mannock
Phnom Penh
Am Rong
Kompong Chamlang
Prey Bang
Mannock
Vehear Suor
Mekong River
North Vietnam
House To Act On Hunt Probe
A resolution seeks authorization for an interim investigation of the Insurance probe. Senator Hunt opposes, calling it a witch hunt and says he will resist, while the Senate Insurance Committee had begun the probe two weeks earlier and now seeks House approval to spend funds.
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House
Senate Insurance Committee
Senate
Hunt
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