Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 2, Ed. 3 Wednesday, February 21, 1968 Page: 1 of 18
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lower abdomen and upper
legs, hospital spokesmen
said.
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this week.
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Collecting debris from the driveway, policeman
investigates explosion at the Soviet Embassy. (AP
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LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Highway patrolmen re-
turned the fire of a noisy crowd at all-Negro Alcorn A&M
College here Wednesday, wounding three persons, the pa-
trol said.
through Wednesday night.
Snow, freezing rain and
sleet. Hazardous driving.
High 24 to 32. Low 14 to 20.
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Can something be done about the terrible pavement
on NW 19 from Meridian to Ann and on Minnie Lane
from NW 19 to 23? The streets are full of chug holes. Mrs.
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namese and Viet Cong hold-
ing out in the former Impe-
rial Palace to surrender or
die.
When no while flag went
up, the marines sent artil-
lery barrages slamming into
the Communist strongpoints
and sprayed them with tear
gas. This touched off a heavy
firefight that echoed all over
the coastal city 400 miles
northeast of Saigon.
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bhillets and shotgun pellets began hitting trees around
them about 1:15 a.m. He said the shots came from a
cursing crowd of 200 persons, mostly male students who
had been forced out of a dormitory by tear gas to keep it
from destruction.
The spokesman said no patrolmen were among the
wounded. He said he understood the three victims had
been taken to hospitals near the campus, which is isolat-
ed in rural southwest Mississippi.
The patrol gave this account:
Tuesday afternoon, three students who had been ex-
pelled earlier returned to the campus and seized control
of an assembly meeting, denouncing President J. D.
Boyd and accusing him of not allowing political freedom.
At 9:30 p.m., bottles and bricks were thrown at cam-
pus police officers from a men’s dormitory. At the time,
two highway patrolmen were on the campus assisting
Claiborne County Sheriff Dan S. McCay, and the call was
put out for help.
Soon after the bottles began flying, about 100 men
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ualties in the fighting and
would be replaced.
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vision into the Hue battle
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and an iron grating twisted.
An embassy employe, who
refused to give his name,
told a newsman at the scene
there was heavy damage to
an office and lighter damage
Paid Circulation 304,290 Evening-Morning Daily Average January
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volved. Henderson would
and an embassy
snow Wednesday morning.
Streets were packed with
snow. High winds whipped
some drifts up to two feet in
depth, but nothing serious,
Guymon police reported.
Across the state, Tulsa had
a light sheet of ice and snow
on the ground with a hard
northeast wind. By 8 a.m.,
snow had accumulated to
about a half-inch.
Streets Slick
McAlester had a quarter-
inch of snow from a storm
which began about 5:30 a.m.
Lawton officials reported
slick streets. Sleet was fol-
lowed by a thin layer of snow
which drifted deep around
curbings.
Elk City had 3 inches of
snow and up to 2 foot drifts.
Schools were closed in Elk
City and further east at
Burns Flat.
effort to keep traffic mov- • to use snow plows to clear <
ing. In such areas the vehi-
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Need help? Write to Oklahoma City Times, P. O.
Box 25125. Oklahoma City 73125 or telephone CE 2-3311
between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.
I am still waiting to get my 1966 federal income tax
refund. You got in touch with the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for me once and they wrote me a letter saying my re-
turn was being processed at Austin. They get their mon-
ey out of every check I get. I don’t see why I can’t get
my money from them instead of letters. D. M. S., Seiling.
Clyde L. Bickerstaff, district IRS director, says your
check was mailed to you at your last known address on
May 7 and was returned by the post office marked "ad-
dressee unknown.” The check has now been re-mailed to
you at your present address and hopefully you have re-
ceived it by now.
Marshall, Pontotoc and Mur-
ray Counties.
McCurtain County near the
Texas and Arkansas state
lines reported only some
mist. There was rain, but no
freezing precipitation, in
Choctaw County.
In Oklahoma City, snow
which began before 5 a.m.
tied up rush hour traffic. Air-
lines were operating out of
Will Rogers World Airport,
although some cancelations
and delays were reported.
Winds Help, Hurt ‘
Frontier Airlines had to
cancel stops at points in
eastern Oklahoma and west-
ern Arkansas due to snow
and wind.
Snow was reported blowing
and drifting at the airport.
The heavy snow swirled by
gusty winds, reduced driving
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first publication of 15,000
to an adjacent reception
room. He did not say who or-
dinarily occupied the office.
An army lieutenant and a
master sergeant, both wear-
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cle to the right has the
right of way, Robinson
said.
parents also were at work
at the time.
Capt. Lloyd Henderson
of Enid’s detective division
said officers were called
Tuesday when the Clardys
returned home. The baby-
sitter allegedly beat the
boys with the buckle end of
a leather belt, Henderson
said.
Derick Clardy, 214, re-
quired stitches to close a
head wound. Both he and
his 1%-year-old brother,
Aaron, also suffered nu-
merous bruises on their
A "bushel basketful of in-
quiries” has hit the Oklaho-
squeezed the Communist
troops inside the Citadel into
a narrow strip about 100-150
yards along the Marine sec-
tor.
The Marine left flank was
almost at the corner of the
Expected
By Tonight
Winter blasted back into
Oklahoma Wednesday,
bringing freezing rain, sleet
and snow to all parts of the
state.
The highway patrol issued
state-wide hazardous driving
warnings. Cold wave condi-
tions and 3-to-5 inches of
snow were forecast through
Wednesday night by the
weather bureau.
Cold air moved into the
state late Tuesday followed
by the freezing rain and sleet
from the north. The storm
reached southeast areas by
mid-morning.
Drifts Deep
Occasional light snow is
expected to continue in
southern sections Thursday.
Guymon reported sunshine
following three inches of
Notices Placed
The commission contract-
ed with the Oklahoma Press
Association to process and
order uniform legal publica-
tions blanketing state news-
paper readership.
An OPA spokesman said
notices have been placed
Traffic crunched to a
near halt in Oklahoma City
Wednesday morning after
a blitzing snowfall covered
city streets.
Motorists were stalled
bumper to bumper on
nearly every hill in the
metropolitan area. Capt.
Jim Perdue, traffic divi-
sion, said, "Driving got
steadily worse as traffic
became heavier and
packed down the snow.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A
pre-dawn explosion damaged
the Soviet Embassy here
Wednesday and shattered
SAIGON (AP) — U. S. Ma-
rine jets returned to the bat-
tle of Hue for the first time
in five days Wednesday,
raining bombs, rockets and
napalm into Communist
troops dug in among a row of
shanties just outside the for-
tressed Citadel's south wall.
The battle of Hue entered
its fourth week.
Associated Press Corre-
spondent George McArthur
reported that slowly advanc-
ma Tax Commission after ued for rightful owners of
some $1 million in cash and
Samuel Ray, head of the
The ledge was ripped away OTC unclaimed property di-
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SAIGON (Reuters) —
Four American helicopters
were reported shot down
near the village of Tan
Binh, four miles outside
Saigon, where a company
of Viet Cong guerrillas was
believed encamped. There
were no immediate reports
of casualties.
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only light snow with about a
half-inch on the ground.
Traffic Tied Up
Freezing rain and snow
moved into extreme south-
eastern Oklahoma at mid-
morning. Hard sleet made
fuel steaming up the Per-
fume River.
The fuel exploded into a
ball of fire that sent a red
glow blending into the night
sky. Four crewmen aboard
the naval craft jumped over-
board and were pioked up by
other navy boats. There
were no casualties.
Marines on the south bank
of the Perfume River, across
from t h e 15-yard strip
bombed by the jets, could
see figures running from the
area and opened fire with
their machine guns. They cut
down a dozen small groups.
Earlier the marines on the
south side of the River
broadcast warnings across
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nists hold the southern outer
wall and the inner walled
palace grounds.
Plunging through low-
hanging clouds with only a
600-foot ceiling and two miles
visibility, four A-4 Skyhawk
Marine fighter-bombers ze-
roed in on the Communist
positions.
Their 250-pound Snake Eye
bombs and 500-pound napalm
canisters tumbled into a
Communist ammunition
dump, touching off a spec-
tacular flash and a fire that
sent a pall of black smoke
over the city.
The Communists countered
late in the afternoon. They
HOURLY TEMPEEATRE
SI 4500 a.m.
swirling snow and piercing
winds came barely 12
hours after the mercury
had pushed to 65 in spring-
like sunshine Tuesday.
Maj. S. W. Stephens,
traffic division command-
er, said 10 accidents, two
with injuries, were report-
ed to Oklahoma City police
before 8:30 a.m.
Meanwhile, city crews,
surprised by the swiftness
of the blizzard, began at 4
a.m. spreading sand and
salt on streets.
Fred Thompson, city
street superintendent, said
the storm began first as
light rain, turning to sleet
and then to snow. In some
areas, he said, the storm
increased with such inten-
sity that intersections were
packed before salt crews
arrived.
Police spent most of
their time helping motor-
ists push their cars out of .
the line of traffic. The
Oklahoma City dispatchers
reported that northbound
traffic on Broadway from
Sheridan to NW 4 was
“bumper to bumper all the
way.”
The traffic light at NW 6
and Lee was turned off at 9
a.m. to keep cars moving
up the two steep hills at
that intersection.
James Robinson, traffic
control director, said sig-
We reported this to the department of public works
and a department spokesman reports NW 19 has now
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sixth grade girl was in jail
Wednesday while authori-
ties investigated child
beating complaints against
her.
The girl was jailed after
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Clar-
dy discovered their pre-
school children apparently
beaten while they were at
work.
The girl had been
baby-sitting with the Clar-
dy boys and with two tots
from her own family, po-
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spokesman reached by tele-
phone, who identified himself
as a press attache, said
there were no injuries. The
embassy spokesman said
most of the staff was at
home due to the hour.
Earlier, a newsman
reached the embassy by tele-
phone shortly after the 5:52
a.m. blast and an unidenti-
fied man said there were in-
juries. He immediately hung
up.
Police were unable to de-
termine the type of explosive
used. It apparently was
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VOL. LXXIX, NO. 2 46 PAGES—OKLAHOMA CITY, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1968
with the daily or weekly pa-
per of greatest circulation in
each county, and publication
will be completed by Satur-
day.
The Oklahoma City Times ;
was designated for the Okla- ;
other assets.
Ray estimated “700 to 800”
written inquiries already
have been received. He said
two staffers are processing
about 150 to 250 postal
answers each day.
Names Are Listed
Statewide publication be-
gan last week, giving
county-by county lists of un-
claimed accounts lying
around in banks, savings and
loan companies and other
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12100 p.m.
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2:00 p.m.
several more weeks because
the enemy still was able to
send in fresh supplies and
troops.
T, .. , .... Cushman told newsmen in
Enid hospital attendants ne N- ____, . .. ,
M.M1 . ... . Da Nang one marine battal-
reported the boys in fair-
ly good" condition Wednes-
day.
Capt. Henderson said the
babysitter was jailed on an
oral court order of a juve-
nile judge because of "oth- . : . ..
.1 and said they are committed
n‘ to fight to the last man.
The enemy is believed to
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