Group Labels LEAA Program Beyond Repair
An independent research group says the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration is beyond repair and should be abolished. It urges Congress to replace LEAA with a private research center to study criminal behavior and crime reduction.
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LEAR
Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Center For National Security Studies
Congress
LEAA
The
House
Senate
U S Officials Welcome Vietnam List of 12 MIA Airmen
U S officials praised Vietnam for identifying 12 airmen listed as missing in the Vietnam war while urging a full accounting of the hundreds more listed MIA. Pentagon data show 795 MIAs and 1 710 killed in action unrecovered. Representative Sonny Montgomery noted most were shot down between 1965 and 1968. Virginia Waters spoke about her son Samuel Waters missing since 1966.
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Vietnam
U.S
William Hyland
Ford
Paris
State Department
Pentagon
United Nations
United States
G. V
Sonny
Montgomery
D-Miss
House Select Committee On
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Air Force
Samuel E. Waters
Virginia Waters
Mocksville
N. C
Waters
Six Diamonds Triumph In Clever Endplay Deal
South overcalled East with diamonds after East opened four clubs. West led a singleton club and won a trump trick with the jack. South then cashed A K of diamonds and exited with the three, forcing West to lead into a losing endgame. The unusual low trump play created two discards on hearts and spades, securing the slam. East’s club bid boomeranged, guiding the winning play.
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East
West
Declarer
Western trade hoped as Vietnam eyes modern industry
Hong Kong economists assess Premier Pham Van Dong's Hanoi speech as signaling long term gains from trade with the West. They note Vietnam needs equipment and know how to build a modern economy and believe deferred payments could accelerate ties. Bank of America cited a ready market for foreign goods and materials, while U S firms push for normalized relations to capture the trade potential.
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LA Times-Washington
Pest Service
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Hanoi
Bank of America
Asia
Louis Saubelle
Far East
United States
Watonga Faces Housing Shortage Hitting Jobs And Growth
In Watonga a severe housing shortage strains local business by sending workers away. Sequoyah Spinning Mills operates near full capacity but employs fewer than 290 of 330. plant manager cites housing as the main hurdle. Local efforts raise capital for low cost homes, while prices deter new residents.
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Watonga
Oliver Hursh
Watonga Builders, Inc
Sequoyah Spinning Mills
Dell Ray Thomas
Safeway
Oklahoma City
Texan Wins Spitting Test at Watermelon Contest
Kelvin Bueb of San Marcos Texas won the Labor Day watermelon seed spitting contest in Weatherford edging 2022 winner Richard Juneau with a 1274 cm throw. The 1760 cm record by Russ Foster of Dallas remained uncaught. Bueb hitchhiked 600 miles to compete and won prizes including a 45 pound watermelon as a three time Texas seed spitting winner. Oklahoma entrants swept other divisions.
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Weatherford
Texas
Kelvin Bueb
San Marcos
Tex
Richard Juneau
Bueb
Russ Foster
Dallas
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