South Viets Winding Up Laos Action
South Vietnamese forces completed three phases of the Laos drive and began withdrawing about 18 000 troops from Laos with no replacements. Brig Gen Pham Van Phu said about 1 500 men of the 1st Infantry Division were killed or wounded after five days of heavy North Vietnamese attacks. Desks beds and other supplies were loaded onto trucks at Ham Nghi as the front line receded toward Sepone near the border.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Tran van An
Ham Nghi
Ham Neghi
Pham van Phu
Phu
Ham Nehi
Sepone
Brown
U.S
99 Year-Old City on Still Fishes and Works
Ed Farley of Lawton is 99 today and still works at a Lawton Bus Station restaurant while fishing at Lake Ellsworth and near Marlow. Born March 19, 1872 near Wetumpka Alabama to slave parents he recalls a hard early life, occasional trouble, and steady workдан
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Ed Farley
Lawton
Dale Logsdon
Ellsworth
Marlow
Eban Rejects UAR View in U S Israel Peace Talks
In Washington Secretary Rogers presses Israel to abandon territorial aims from 1967 and rely on international guarantees and UN peacekeepers. Abba Eban says the UAR viewpoint should not be adopted by either side and Meir resists the U S position while meeting senators and officials. Hugh Scott describes Eban appeal as a plea for freer negotiations without external pressure.
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Abba Eban
Ofrael
Egypt
Jarring
Israel
Eban
UAR
United Arab Republic
Rogers
U.N
Golda Meir
U.S
Washington
Jerusalem
State Department
United Nations
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Meir
Mild Sunny Weekend After Storm Hits Oklahoma
A mild sunny weekend is forecast for Lawton and most of Oklahoma after a Thursday wind storm that damaged property across the state. Winds up to 75 mph knocked down antennas and power lines, injured at least one person, and sparked fires. in Alva a fertilizer plant fire reached 60 000 dollars in damage.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alva
Freedom
Alta Blackman
Calley Trial Deliberations Enter Third Day At Fort Benning
Lt. William Calley’s defense decries excessive rereading as the My Lai murder trial enters its third day of jury deliberations. The court martial, the longest in history, weighs whether Calley planned or acted to kill at least 30 villagers near My Lai during the 1968 infantry assault.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William Calley
My Lai
George Latimer
Mul
Tiple
Calley
Senate Appropriations Panel Restores SST Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17 to 5 to restore full federal funding for the supersonic transport program for three months, with three last year skeptics shifting to support. The House had killed funding to March 30. A separate 71 to 0 Senate vote approved a bill banning civil SST flights over the U.S. without FAA approval and requiring SST prototypes to meet subsonic noise standards.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
United States
Federal Aviation Administration
Killer Avalanche Strikes Chungar Peru Camps
An avalanche of mud and rocks triggered by an earthquake struck the Chungar mining camp in the Andes near Lima. Police said 400 to 600 people were killed, with rescue crews reporting the disaster likely caused by a rockslide into Lake Yamaquarín that destabilized water and debris cascading into the camp.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
Chungar
Lake Yamaquarin
Wild West Not As Lawless Says Scholar at Cameron
Dr Odie Faulk associate professor of history at Oklahoma State University Stillwater argues the west had a developed legal system based on Spanish law and federal enforcement. He cites judges peace officers and vigilantism as part of a broader picture while noting corruption existed.
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Alamity Jane
Billy the Kid
Odie Faulk
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Dr. Faulk
West
Indian Territory
White House names Guenther to head Job Health and Safety program
The White House announced George C. Guenther will become assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health directing the federal job health and safety program covering more than 50 million Americans. Secretary Hodgson said the act aims to cut job related deaths and injuries as Nixon taps a three member OSHA commission including Mor an Van Namee and Alan F. Burch with Horace E. Menasco named administrator of the Wage and Hour Division subject to Senate confirmation.
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Washington
White House
George C. Guenther
Guenther
Bureau of Labor Standards
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor
J. D. Hodgson
Nixon
Dor
Robert D. Moran
Labor Department
New Commission
James F. van Namee
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Pittsburgh
Alan F. Burch
Horace E. Menasco
Moran
Senate
Occupational Safety
Col
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Mike Mansfield
Speaker
Cameron College
Shepler Center
Hodgson
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