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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1971
Page
4
Veterans in Lawton staged a parade amid divided views on the Vietnam War. The VFW declined Arlington honors arguing burial limits clash with honoring all veterans. In New York City a large parade drew thousands, while antiwar groups staged nationwide actions in 30 cities.
Tulsa teachers gathered for the OEA convention as John Haynes faced C A Jackson and David L Wil a for president. The event included displays of classroom equipment and a threatened strike over a 5 percent cost of living raise, which was granted.
Nightly violence continues across Northern Ireland with gunfire and bombs. A Belfast nightclub attack injures a woman. a car crash kills two sisters during civil strife. Total toll reaches 133 as raids, robberies, and mob confrontations rise with 3,000 mourners at Newry.
Pentagon chiefs plan to cut the quota for men with low mental ability to 20 percent and may reduce it further. Since five years ago all services eased mental standards to admit more men, but as Vietnam winds down and overall strength shrinks, emphasis shifts to higher quality, despite social obligations. The Army currently sets a 24 percent quota, higher than the Marine Corps 20 and Navy and Air Force 15.
The People's Coalition planned a protest near the Washington Monument to press North Vietnamese talks by phone and deliver an eviction notice to Nixon in front of the White House. The event, part of Nixon Eviction Phase I, follows veterans ceremonies at Arlington.
Cache Christian Church schedules revival at 7 30 p m each night from October 25 through 29. Dick Williams pastor of Western Hills Christian Church in Lawton will preach the sermons. Mrs Williams will accompany on the piano.
Advice on evaluating personality traits and behavior patterns that hinder harmony with a baby. Encourages identifying difficult areas to modify responses for better interaction and parenting outcomes.
The typhoon caused extensive damage across Da Nang to Chu Lai and surrounding areas, halting evacuation hospital operations and delaying repatriations. U.S. forces evacuated about 1,100 South Vietnamese and prepared to reassign troops as the Americal Division begins withdrawal. In combat, South Vietnamese and Cambodian fronts reported enemy losses and abandoned base sites near Fire Base Pace and the Mekong Delta.
Victims David L Barr 45 Blackwell George W Ketts 75 Billings Alma M Lies 44 Wichita Robert L White Jr 46 Viola Kan Betty White 43 his wife Kim Wilson 21 Tulsa were occupants of a car that collided with Barrs auto near 4 p.m. at Oklahoma 15 and 51 in Payne County all four died en route to a Cushing hospital The three Kansas residents were bound for Enid to attend stock car races Frank J Lies 44 husband of one of the victims and a noted stock car driver The Whites were part of his pit crew Wilson was killed earlier in a four car crash near Adair Oklahoma The toll for 1971 traffic deaths increased to 656 versus 677 a year ago.
Bert Hendrix of Lawton was elected president of the Cameron College Former Students and Alumni Association at the homecoming luncheon. Retiring president is Mrs. Etta Sullivan. Other new officers include Bob.
A 20 percent chance of rain is listed for the area. Temperatures rise to the upper 70s Tuesday, with highs in the mid 70s this afternoon and overnight lows around the upper 50s.
Discussion by Laird and Schmidt leads to ideas on numbers and types of tactical nuclear weapons for Western Europe. NATO reportedly has about 7,000 such weapons with varied delivery systems. Allies plan for possible first use rules as the planning group refines concepts for countering a massive non nuclear Soviet attack.
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