U S Chides North Viets During Talk in Paris
In Paris at the 158th Paris peace talks the United States urged North Vietnam to accept a cease-fire and said Vietnamization has reduced American ground involvement. Ambassador Porter cited Viet Cong losses and mass flight from South Vietnam as proof of the situation. Viet Cong leader Nguyen Thi Binh condemned Vietnamization as bankrupt while accusing the U S of pursuing colonialist aims.
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U.S
William J. Porter
Porter
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Ers
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Provisional Revolutionary
Hanoi
North
Retail Beef Prices Must Be Reduced Says Council
ASHINGTON AP The Cost of Living Council ordered a close watch on retail meat prices and urged tighter action to cut retail beef costs after wholesale declines. Donald Rumsfeld said he sent notices to major food retailers and ordered IRS monitoring of about 100 chains. He noted the August gap between carcass and retail beef prices was about 37 cents per pound, up from 28.4 cents a year earlier.
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Cost of Living Council
The
Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Internal Revenue Service
Rumsfeld
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Officials hunting four to five gunmen at Rockefeller resort
Police pursue four to five gunmen in green fatigues who machine gunned eight Americans to death during a robbery at Fountain Valley Golf Club on St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. Names of four victims withheld. two identified as Pat Tarbert and John Gulliver.
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St. Thomas
V.I
Rockefeller Resort
Virgin Islands
David Maas
U.S. Mainland
Rockefeller
New York
Pat Tarbert
John Gulliver
Fountain Valley Golf Club
Island of
St. Croix
Egypt Seethes Over Bonn Charge In Olympic Tragedy
Egypt demands decisive action from West Germany after Bonn officials are blamed for the Munich deaths. Foreign Minister Ghaleb summons Bonn's ambassador as Cairo seeks German support for a Middle East peace push while police hunt for 15 more Arabs in the Olympic airfield attack.
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West Germany
Bonn
Cairo
Murad Ghaleb
Hans George Steltzeg
Middle East
Ghaleb
Bavarian
Ibrahim Badran
Abd el Kadir el Dnawy
Tanks Blast Town South of Da Nang
The five month Communist offensive reached a new peak with a tank led assault on Tien Phuoc district town near the Que Son Valley and a sapper attack on a Mekong Delta base camp. Reports say 22 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and 77 wounded.
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Que Son
Mekong
Vinh Nhi
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Delta
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da Nang
Tam Ky
Airport Board names two to fire station panel
Airport Authority Chairman Dr. Gilbert Gibson appointed Airport Manager Bill Cox and member Herb Stonehocker to a special committee to plan a fire station for Lawton Municipal Airport. The panel includes Councilmen Roy B Hooper Jr Cleo Craig and Max Seibold Fire Chief Harris Hancock and Fire Marshal Ray Catlin. Hooper will chair the committee. The authority may pursue FAA funding. A lease of one acre to F Jack Allen at 300 a year was approved for a hangar. renewal with the Lawton Golf Course Association was delayed.
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Irport Authority
Gilbert Gibson
Lawton
Bill Cox
Authority
Herb Stonehocker
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Cleo Craig
Max Seibold
Harris Hancock
Ray Catlin
Don Whitaker
Hooper
Federal Aviation Administration
Airport Authority
F. Jack Allen
Allen
Lawton Golf Course Association
Inside Editorials and Dear Abby Highlights
A summary row lists page locations for editorials Dear Abby markets and sports sections. It also notes sections including 5B Bridge 8C Comics 40 Hospitals 1B Crossword 10B Entertainment and 5C Obituaries with contact and circulation details.
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Dear Abby
City Mission Director Edna Williams Dies at 79
Edna Williams founder and longtime director of Lawton City Mission died in her sleep Wednesday night at age 79. She led the mission since 1932, offering food shelter clothing and charity around the clock and never turning away anyone in need. Williams described kindness as a powerful force and was known as Lawton’s unseen Santa Claus for families with empty stockings at Christmas.
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Lawton City Mission
Lawton
Mission
Summit
Lee
Santa Claus
Texas
Four Square Gospel Church of
Los Angeles
City Mission
Two Cold Fronts Move Through Oklahoma Today
Two consecutive cold fronts are expected to enter Oklahoma this afternoon bringing slightly cooler air and a chance of rain. Lawton sees a 30 percent precipitat ion chance this afternoon and tonight with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the mid 60s, followed by upper 80s Friday. Winds shift from southerly 12 to 25 mph this afternoon to northerly 8 to 18 mph tonight.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Amtrak sues to serve alcohol in Kansas and Oklahoma
In Washington AP report Amtrak sues Kansas and Oklahoma to gain right to serve alcoholic beverages to train travelers in both states. President Nixon moves Maj Gen Alexander Haig to four star general and vice army chief. Tel Aviv reports Israeli patrol enters Lebanon after killing Arab guerrilla. Nixon says no tax hike planned if reelected though tax system changes possible. Rep Frank Thompson Jr. resigns from McGovern campaign Voter registration drive faced new shakeup.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
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Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry Kissinger
Army
White House
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Lebanon
George McGovern
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
Unidentified bandit shot during stakeout in Elmer Thomas Park
City police probe the slaying of a man masked with a nylon stocking shot by decoy officers during a park robbery setup near Lake Helen. Detectives seek fingerprints for state and federal checks as victims describe a pattern of robberies and a recent wildlife refuge incident.
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Gillian
Lake Helen
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Hunt Continues
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