Two U S Helicopters Collide and Crash in Vietnam
AP reports in Saigon that two U S UH1 helicopters collided while returning to refuel about 70 miles northwest of Saigon. A third UH1 crashed from mechanical failure. Four Americans and six South Vietnamese were killed. five Americans and three South Vietnamese injured. A South Vietnamese helicopter hit a mine on landing, exploding. three Vietnamese were killed and three wounded. The total U S helicopter and plane losses reach 8 020 in Indochina. The report notes ongoing shelling of Phnom Penh airport and related civilian casualties amid regional conflict.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Asian Parliamentary Union
United Way Sets Victory Breakfast for Tuesday
Lawton-Fort Sill United Way aims to reach 9 percent of its 350 000 goal by Tuesday morning with 29 111 received to date. A victory breakfast is planned at 7 a.m. in the Hotel Lawtonian as officials express optimism about surpassing last year’s 305 000 total.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
United Way
Lawtonian
Jeaders
J. D. Fountain
USTO Finch Talks With Velasco Ibarra Over Fishing Rights
White House adviser Robert H. Finch and U.S. undersecretary Charles A. Meyer meet Ecuadorian President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra in Quito to ease a dispute over 200 mile fishing limits. Ecuador has seized 39 U.S. tuna boats amid licensing tensions as U.S. and Ecuador exchange demands.
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Ecuador
White House
Robert H. Finch
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
U.S
Finch
Charles A. Meyer
Con
American Tuna Boat Association
San Diego
Calif
Nixon
Meyer
Lima
United States
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court broadens ICC power to protect rail workers
The Supreme Court rules 4 to 3 that federal law requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee rail workers affected by mergers. The decision, written by Justice Douglas, expands ICC authority to shield workers amid industry consolidations.
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Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
William C. Douglas
ICC
Downtown Land Purchase Advances in Lawton Project
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority reports 65 of 319 parcels bought since January, totaling $1,795,410 this period and $4,906,285 overall. Largest sale was $130,000 for 306-312 S Fourth to the Mary Jane Kolb Estate. other big deals include Ray's Pharmacy site at 432 D and Brammer's Studio at 409-411 C. Twenty structures have already been demolished as the $17 million Downtown Project nears its second year, envisioning a pedestrian mall, office building, public parking, new motel and expanded hotel facilities. Boundaries are Sixth Street, Railroad Street, the north alley between B and C Avenues, and the railroad. See PURCHASE, Page 4, Col. 1.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Mary Jane Kolb
Scott’s
Ray’s Pharmacy
May Shepter
Brammer’s
Shirley Shepter Bentley
Preston State Bank of Dallas
S. Third
Safeway
Mount Scott Feed and Seed
Homer & Carter
J. D
Mane Fountain
Flake
Launday
S. 5Th
Leon Flake
Sixth Street
Railroad Street
Wounded Escapee Flees Mercy Hospital After Bank Robbery
Oklahoma City AP report of Jame Kenneth Johnson an escaped convict linked to two bank robberies in Oklahoma and Texas who slid down a 15 foot rope from Mercy Hospital and fled. He wore leg irons a split gown and three casts as deputies guarded his room.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Mercy Hospital
Jame Kenneth Johnson
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Johnson
Thespital
del City
Okla
State National Bank of
Oklahoma Highway
Bill Willines
Higgins
Tex
Military Salary Hikes In Effect
The government has begun paying servicemen a 2.4 billion dollar raise, boosting basic pay by about 15 percent for 2.6 million personnel. The action, approved by Congress and signed by President Nixon, shifts pay toward civilian levels to support a volunteer force by mid 1973. The Cost of Living Council exempted military pay from usual economy rules, delaying the start date to Sunday.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
United States Welcomes Communist China to United Nations
The United States and others welcomed the People's Republic of China into the United Nations as five PRC delegates took seats in the General Assembly. Ambassador George Bush led the host nation in expressing hope that China’s presence would aid world harmony and UN effectiveness, despite past expulsion of Nationalist China.
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N. Y
People’s ‘Republic of China
General Assembly
United States
Bush
United Nations
People’s Republic of China
Assembly
China
People’s Republic of
United
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Controversial OIO Worker Fired Over Hair Policy Threat
John Trudell, youth coordinator for O10 Southwest Oklahoma District, was fired by the Oklahoma Office of Indian Opportunity citing budget cuts. He contends the move follows pressure from OEO HEW funders after threatening Lawton Public Schools with a lawsuit over hair policy, and says he plans to pursue the case.
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Donna Barron
Lawton
OIO
Oklahomans For Indian Opportunity
John Trudell
Southwest
Oklahoma
O10
Kenneth Saupitty
Trudell
State Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
CIO
OFO
HEW
Dust Storm Blurs Mars Closeup From Mariner 9 Photos
Mars pictures from Mariner 9 largely show no surface detail due to a massive dust storm. Only one image on Sunday captured a visible south polar cap, while scientists note possible atmospheric turbulence in a crater-like feature observed previously.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
Red
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner Fri
Equator
Mariner
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