Indian School Receives First All-Indian ROTC Unit
Lt. Gen. Patrick F. Cassidy presented an Army Junior ROTC contract to Fort Sill Indian School, making it the nation’s first all-Indian high school to offer ROTC. William L. Rogers and Bureau officials attended as Tinker Air Force Base honors Indian heritage.
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Patrick F. Cassidy
U.S. Army
Eddie Lara
Fort Sill
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Clarence Tinker
Fischer Named Champion In World Chess Tourney
In Reykjavik Iceland the 1972 world chess championship ended with Bobby Fischer as champion. Spassky earned about 100000 dollars as runner up, while Fischer stood to win 156000 plus bonus and future royalties. Three decisive games went to Spassky and Fischer won seven, with eleven draws.
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Fischer
Spasski
Spassky
Brooklyn
Nixon Tanaka summit links trade needs to future talks
In Honolulu Nixon and Tanaka outlined plans for a joint communique on a billion-dollar plus increase in Japanese orders for American goods, with most payments in advance. They held private talks on trade as Rogers and Ohira led officials in a broader session. Tanaka may visit the United States mainland early next year.
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Honolulu
U.S
Japan
Nixon
Tanaka
Henry A. Kissin
Nobuhiko Ushiba
Washington
Kasjima
Oahu
William P. Rogers
Masayoshi Ohira
Mainland
United States
Lawton Youth Killed In One Car Mishap
A 15 year old Lawton man died when his car skidded on Flower Mound Road half a mile south of tech city limits. The vehicle left the road and rested in a field after both occupants were thrown from the car. Troopers cited slick pavement as a factor.
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Lawton
Flower Mound Road
Tech City
Attendance at two Oklahoma City high schools reports light
AP notes that classes proceeded with minimal disruption at two Oklahoma City high schools hit by racial fighting earlier in the week as attendance remained very light.
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Oklahoma City
Safe Holiday Driving Urged Across Three Day Weekend
State Highway Patrol reports 12 fatalities, 7 injuries, and 145 automobile crashes as a three day weekend with favorable weather spurs travel. Officials urge motorists to slow down, buckle up, and avoid distractions to improve holiday road safety.
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State Highway Patrol
Reds Step Up Ground Incidents Against South Viets
The Saigon command described four clashes along Highway 1 from Da Nang to Qui Nhon with heavy casualties. In Tam Quan, 50 miles north of Qui Nhon, the heaviest fighting killed several enemy and wounded many Rangers and militiamen. Authorities reported eight enemy dead near Tam Quan and one prisoner captured after pursuing battery positions.
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AIGON
Stone Tesle
North Vietnam
Saigon Command
da Nang
Qui Nhon
Tam Quan
An Nhon
Saigon
Draft ceiling raised as 15,900 drafted this year
Selective Service said men with lottery numbers through percent will be drafted this year. About 15,900 will be called in the last quarter, raising the year total to 50,000 as Army needs. President Nixon aims to end the draft by next July 1.
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Lective Service
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Congress
August Rainfall Figures and Local Readings
The article notes average rainfall in August is not representative. Fire Station No. 5 at Sird and Gore Boulevard reports 1.88 inches for the past month, suggesting regional discrepancies in measurement and impact. Lake area details follow.
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Sird
Gore Boulevard
Lake
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Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C
William L. Rogers
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Iceland
Paul Charles Murphy
New Orleans
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Tigran Petrosian
Schmid
Kakuei Tanaka
Richard Dove
McKinley
By Don Harral
Highway Patrol
Labor Department
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Laurence F. O’brien
George McGovern
Montevideo
Uruguay
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