Patrol Plane Keeps Court Docket Full
A state patrol traffic aircraft boosted activity in Municipal Court with $602.50 in fines and forfeitures from speeders. Judge John B. Tracy heard cases including Clinton Smith 21 of 900 S Main St fined for title and unsafe vehicle charges, Alice Quillen 3856 Penny royal Road fined for permitting an unlicensed driver, Jeffrey Rivisto 23 fined for failing to maintain safe following distance, and Larry Henderson 23 fined for driving left of center with some penalties suspended.
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Franklin
John B. Tracy
Clinton Smith
S. Main St
Alice Quillen
Pennyroyal Road
Tarr OKd As Draft Director
Curtis W. Tarr is confirmed as director of Selective Service to replace Lewis Hershey. The 45 year old former university president and Air Force official opposes deferments used to punish antiwar demonstrators and backs an all volunteer force though he says June 30 1971 target is unrealistic amid Vietnam war pressures.
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Washington
Curtis W. Tarr
Selective Service
Tarr
Air Force
Senate
Lewis B. Hershey
Middletown Plans State Funded Pre School Summer Program
Middletown schools set a summer pre-school for disadvantaged children funded by the state. Gene Saylor, assistant director, says the program teaches school habits with books and classroom tools, tests vision and hearing, and provides immunizations to ease school adjustment for about 300 five year olds by Sept 30 1970 from culturally disadvantaged families.
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Middletown
Gene Saylor
Saylor
Nine SR71 Spy Planes Lost by U S in Four Years
The Defense Department confirms the loss of nine SR71 Blackbird spy planes over four years with three pilots killed. Eight crashes occurred in the United States, one test model crashed in June 1968 between Okinawa and Manila. Beale Air Force Base houses the sole SR71 unit, the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, with about 15 planes.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Air Force
9Th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Beale Afb
Calif
United States
Okinawa
Manila
FIERCE US VIETNAMESE FIGHTS NEAR A SHAU VALLEY
U S and North Vietnamese troops clash for a second day in jungle hills near the A Shau Valley. One U S soldier is killed and about a dozen wounded. Friday saw ten Americans killed and 31 wounded. North Vietnamese casualties reported. Nearby fighting includes the Plain of Reeds where Rangers and tanks claim 88 enemy killed. A bombing in Da Nang injures a Vietnamese officer and his wife. no US casualties recorded.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shau
Hue
South Vietnam
Granite
U.S. Green Berets
101St Airborne Division
Plain of Reeds
Cam
da Nang
Dayton Police Ratify 108 Percent Pay Rise
In Dayton Ohio police ratified a two year contract granting a 108 per cent pay increase. About half of the 400 patrolmen voted with a 69 per cent approval. The package includes a cost of living escalator, better life insurance and hospital coverage, and a double step salary hike retroactive to December 29 1969 with another 4.6 per cent effective January 4 1971. Firemen are negotiating for a new contract.
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Dayton, Ohio
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Manchester Ave
SUN
Percy
Newport Beach
California
N. Viets
Bodian
U.S. Navy and Foreign Claims Office
Dayton
Mr. Michael
Adolfo
Abbott Tress
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