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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1971
Page
1
Lovely Miss America Phyllis George of Denton Texas addresses critics during a Lawton appearance at McMahon Auditorium. She defends being a woman and discusses marriage career and equality while planning a USO tour and an April 6 Johnny Carson appearance.
A series of rubella immunization clinics will be held Monday through Wednesday in city and county schools to vaccinate grade school children through the sixth grade and pre schoolers. A 50 cent donation is requested. permission forms go home with pupils. Children with certain medical exclusions should not receive the vaccine. Last year recipients need not repeat.
The Oklahoma Senate backed a constitutional amendment to allow 18yearolds to vote, sending the measure to the House. In Memphis and Macon, two youths were abducted for nude photos ransom. one boy 11 was held 20 hours and another 13 was released after the ransom threat was publicized. No arrests reported.
Dry conditions expected with near eighty degree highs in Lawton as warm air returns. Brisk winds accompany the warmth with increasing cloudiness by Saturday and no rainfall forecast.
Lt William Calleys My Lai murder trial jurors entered the tenth day of deliberations without signs of a decision The judge would request reasons if no verdict by Monday The six jurors continued mapping the village scene using a plastic map overlay and colored pencils as witnesses were cited for testimony
President Nixon was reportedly weighing an order to curb wages and prices in the construction industry. The AFL-CIO and Teamsters Union announced a pact on farmworker jurisdiction ending the nationwide lettuce boycott led by Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers.
U S military sources say North Vietnam moved long range artillery into the northern DMZ for the first time as activity rises by about 30 percent. Saigon reports fresh battalions flown to the northern front and over 2 000 Saigon troops in Quang Tri. Reinforcements from Laotian campaign units are being reorganized for combat.
United News of India dispatch from Assam reports fierce fighting in Dacca and Chittagong with heavy casualties after Awami League supporters captured a radio station. Radio Pakistan cites alarm over law and order as army moves.
Senate critics of Nixon policy praise Secretary Rogers for saying the United States will not impose settlement terms on Israel. Sen. Henry M. Jackson and Sen. Jacob Javits say Rogers clarified U S positions and there is a more favorable atmosphere. Jackson warns against a joint U S Soviet peacekeeping force, preferring direct Israeli Egyptian negotiations without a third party.
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