City Major Survives North Viet Attack as Miracle
Maj William P Collier Jr district senior adviser in Mo Duc recalls the Sept 16 assault that overran Firebase Dragon and district headquarters. Sgt Carrol Jackson was killed. Collier and 120 government militiamen faced 1 000 plus North Vietnamese attackers amid mortars rockets and typhoon weather. He credits quick decisions and luck for his survival in a brutal two part ground assault.
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Oeang Ngai
Vietnam
William P. Collier Jr
Collier
Mo Duc
Lawton
U.S. Army
Carrol Jackson
Tacoma, Wash
Tiamen
Jackson
Dragon
Mark Firm Misses Deadline Nullifies Downtown Land Contract
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority seeks new developers after Mark Real Estate failed to pay $470 000 by the October deadline for 14 acres east of Second Street between D and E Avenues. The empty land for an entertainment center is ready for delivery.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Mark Real Estate Enterprises Inc
LURA
Mark
Arch March
Entertainment Center
Second Street
D and E Avenues
Entertainment Land
Senators Shelve Welfare Reform Vote Rejected Workfare Plan
The Senate shelved welfare reform for an indefinite period and ordered a test of all proposals addressing welfare issues. An amendment by Senator Roth removed the Workfare plan from the bill and required testing of it plus rival plans including the Family Assistance Plan.
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Washington
Senate
William V. Roth, Jr
Del
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
House
McGovern jet controls report under FAA probe
The FAA says it is reviewing published reports that Sen. George McGovern was allowed to take the controls of a jet in flight. Other AP briefs note Dewey Bartlett subpoena in a $5 million asphalt price fixing suit. Nixon signs a law authorizing $8.6 million for the Delaware Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. a Brooklyn factory explosion arson incident injures at least 18 with one hospitalized.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
George McGovern
Oklahoma City
U.S. Senate
Dewey Bartlett
Atty. Gen. G. T. Blankenship
Nixon
Delaware Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma
Indian Claims Commission
New York
Brooklyn
Temple Junior High Player Dies After Grid Injuries
Monte Blair, 13, son of Mr and Mrs A C Blair, died after injuries suffered in a Temple versus Tipton junior high football game. He was taken to Comanche County Memorial Hospital then University Hospital in Oklahoma City and pronounced dead on arrival.
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Temple
Monte Blair
A. C. Blair
Tipton
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Lawton
University Hospital
Oklahoma
FSIS Leaders Face Reassignment Rumors Amid Protests
Speculation swirls that Fort Sill Indian School superintendent Jack Williams and principal Bob Randolph may be reassigned. BIA official Sid Carney denies planned temporary moves while protesters press for their relief and critique curfew rules and ROTC. Acting leaders Earl Yeahque and Wallace Allen await investigation results.
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Fort Sill
Sid Carney
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Anadarko
Jack Williams
Bob Randolph
Anadarko Bia
Carney
Williams
Randolph
Area Tribal
Fsis Advisory Board
Area Bia
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Yeahque
Allen
Anadarko Area
Florida Man Named City Manager for Lawton Post
The Lawton city council hired 39 year old Larry C Fountaine of Pinellas Park Florida as Lawton’s first city manager under the new council manager system. He will begin Nov 16 at a salary of 2000 dollars per month after a vote at a special meeting.
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Lawton
Larry C
Fountaine
Pinellas Park
Fla
Tampa- St. Petersburg
Anchorage
Alaska
Radio Anchorage, Inc
Fairbanks
Washington State University
Illinois
U S Soviet Wheat Deal Backing U S Merchant Marine
A government source confirms an imminent agreement to ship one third of 650 million bushels of U S grain to the Soviet Union in U S flag vessels. The pact also allocates one third to Soviet vessels and one third to other foreign flagships, boosting American maritime interests and honoring Seafarers Union aims.
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Merchant Marine
Ashington
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
Paul Hall
Afl-Cio Seafarers’ International Union
U S Orders Stepped Up Bombing Near Saigon
U S command ordered intensified B52 bombing around Saigon to counter planned Communist attacks timed to affect the U S presidential vote. Three American helicopters were hit near Ben Cat with one destroyed. three crewmen wounded. South Vietnamese forces moved closer to Saigon defenses and Bien Hoa Long Binh bases. Thirty B52s struck targets around Saigon as new stockpiles were hit.
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US S
U.S
Ben Cat
Bien Hoa
Long Binh
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Nixon vetoes 20 percent railroad retirement hike
President Nixon rejected a bill boosting railroad retirement benefits by 20 percent. He warned the plan would threaten the system’s fiscal integrity and risk bankruptcy, recommending a smaller increase funded by Social Security. He urged adequately financed relief for retirees.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Antitrust Suit Filed Against GM Over Buses
New York files a class action against General Motors accusing monopoly in bus manufacture and sale for public transport. Norman Redlich says suit seeks divestiture to restore competition and treble damages for over 40 million dollars in New York City purchases in the past five years.
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General Motors Today
Corporation
Norman Redlich
U.S
Redlich
New York City
G.M
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