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2 Saturday, Aug.
OKLAHOMA CITY TIM US
Dubcek Joins
Moscow Talk
(Continued From Page 1)
leave Saturday. caused by the
Radio Prague and Radio i troops.
Nitra gave the first reports
occupation
The Czechoslovak Ktrthas-
the appearance of Cernik sv sajd the station, in anoth-
who halted 'JO ru- broadcast, reported Rus- trenched
troops.
years of Stalinist-type rule in jjan a!1(j East German
Czechoslovakia in January, j troops in ,he vanguard of the
Gls Fight
To Crush
Red Seige
SAIGON (AP) - Ameri-
can bombers swept in from
all over the country while al-
lied commandos battled over
hilly terrain Saturday in an
,attcmpt to lift the siege of a
tiny l’. S. Special Forces
-amp surrounded by well-en-
North Vietnamese
Prague Radio, in another occupation were being with-
broadcast monitored in Lon- drawn and replaced with
don. also appealed for all
Czechoslovaks to organize a
plebiscite calling for the im-
mediate departure of Soviet
Invasion forces. Tt gave no
Both sides were clinging!
stubbornly to their positions
at la«t report following 30
fresh troops from the same ■ hours of fjghI jng
nation
The radio was quoted as
saying: 'The troops are
being withdrawn because
Illumination flares
dropped from the air re-
vealed a grotesque scene of
details on how such a public)Vi" nu",oned They ,wisfPd Pn°m>' hodie' strun«
____________ u_____.... ' hv > ate dtsiiiuMonen. tney thp ... j... nerimeier
vote could be carried out
replaced hy fresh
out along the wire perimeter
if the isolated Green Beret
The radio utged experts to f„,m lhp Snvip; Union a S“ J™ '
inhili/p to d'-mace .. . T- . ______• • camp at Due Dap. l.>0 mile.
Highways
” J
(Continued From Page 1)
feature'- dealt with congres-
and East Germany
Travelers leaving Czecho-
[ Slovakia said controls arc
lightening there under the
estimated 2uo.(Ktn
northesast of Saigon.
Firepower Called In
The E. S. Command
Soviet bloc Pr,urp<1 in 3,1 available fire-
occupation troops and manyj^
persons have been arrested. ...
1 Vietnamese
to 3.000 North
soldiers sur-
rounding the allied force of
at least 15 American Special
Forces troopers and 400
of transport-:V|tps nf sporadic firing, possi- south Vietnamese,
ex- bly from snipers, followed
nation's by five minutes of heavy
machine-gun bursts,
sional orders to the District Prague Friday night, heavy
of Columbia government and shooting broke out — 20 mki
the secretary
tion on construction
pressways in the
capital.
REGAL LOOK suits Mrs. .loan Fisher. Salt Lake Cify,
after being crowned Mrs. America at St. Paul, Minn.
She's 29, a former beauty queen at Brigham Young
Cniversity, active in Republican politic**, has three
children and a host of hobbies.
Troops
(Continued From Page I)
at Fort Sill Saturday and a
number of trucks were
parked in readiness, ap-
parently. to move them.
Only convoy movement
reported, however, was a
movement of seven trucks
out of Ijtwton to the south
early Friday afternoon.
A large troop convoy, es-
timated to carry about
1.000 troops, moved out of
Fort Hood Friday night to
B e r g s t rom Air Force
Base A u s i i n, Texas.
Newsmen were not permit-
ted to talk to troops at
Bergstrom, w h p r p they
were housed in tents.
Besides army and na-
tional guard troops. Chica-
go is under guard hy 11,500
Chicago policemen. The
entirp Chicago police force
went on 12-hour shifts Fri-
day midnight. Federal sp-
cret service atj nts were
also making a systematic
search nf the international
Amphitheatre, thp conven-
tion site.
TV Tidbits
THE PRISONER. 10
p.m. CBS (KVV1\-9)
(Color) No. 2 (John
Sharpe) is determined m
find out why the prisoner
quit his top-sercet job. and
our hero is as determined
to keep the secret and slay
uncooperative with village
masters.
THE SAINT. "Thp Best
Laid Schemes "
p.m. NBC (WKY-4)
(Colon (Rerunt A spooky
and excellent plot this eve-
ning involving a dead man
who return* home alter a
time hut nobody see* him.
CBS SPECIAL V'll
p m„ CBS t KVVTV-9)
The Paris Collections: Fa!!
Fashion Preview. (Colon
Lauren Bacall does a su-
perb job acting a* hosiers
for this behind the scene'
look at the world nf
French haute couture.
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
FOOTBALL
PrP-season
Gists
••The kitchen delegation
rasU two votes for a TV
dinner.”
gamp — 8:30 p.m , CBS
(KWTV-9> — (Color) The
Green Bay Paekprs meet
the Dallas Cowboys at the
Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Large numbers of fighter-
hombers and helicopter gun-
. .. „ Tappat- 5WOOppd jn from bases
The law directs the Di*-; emly in response. throughout South Vietnam to
trict to proceed at omewi.h The occupation troops' fire prf)Vide continuous protec-
const ruction of four p: ^jer ■ apparently was directed at a I1VP fjrP (nr ,he outnumbered
on the long-stalled freeway j J.1uf]ent!S. dormiiorv and defenders.
somp richneheting bullets
Game
Fight
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build other '
segments starling IS months ndnd in the garden of tlie
laler- V. S. Embassy. Tt was ihe
Rather pointedly. Johnsonjc|ose!!t firing; to the embas>y
Heavy B-52 bombers fol-
lowed in waves of ten, rain-
ing 300 tons of explosives on
ine an ineoma tax increase "'nC* ,M .a8-’ D fell within three mile* of the
ng an income tax ncrea-p- 0f the shots has been direct-
insisted on sharp cuts in fed-jp(J aT tht American head-
eral spending and said ,e„
< •LImLikoii nnAsA/st# «imII nrtt *
More Details Heard
The airwaves, carried orh-
• data about the occupa-
“highway projects
be Immune.”
Tha measure provides
812.3 billion in new money
for the interstate and other !;ion:
federal-aid roads and also
allocates about $9 billion of
previously voted funds.
—Radio Prague said Rus-
sian and Bulgarian soldiers,
allies in the occupation, ex-
r- It establishes a greatly changed fire at the Libnesky
broadened system of re 1 oca- bridge because of a misun-
tion payments for persons; demanding, and s e v e r a I
and business interests
placed by road projects.
dis- Russians
jured.
Green Berets.
Troops Airlifted
Meanwhile, more than 300
American and South Viet-
namese commandos, airlift-
ed into the area by helicop-
ters. battled to within three
miles of the beleagured al-
lied camp.
They were last reported at
a district headquarters that
came under a mortar bar-
rage and ground assault
about the same time the Spe-
cial Forces camp was first
-I Tho bill adds 1,500 miles to —Quoting information atiackPd parlv Friday
th« 41,000 miles already alio- from hospitals ” ' ’
station said
cated to the interstate sys-
tem.
The new miles would have jn eight dead and 390 wound-
to be used for critical links | Pd. 90 seriously.
A U. S. officer said the dis-
trict headquarters.
Prague so far hav^/*,ultPjfl by abnui 100 South Vietnam-
ese militiamen and a hand-
not included
—Radio Moscow
routes, and they would be Russian people ihat
apportioned by negotiation soviet servicemen have died
between the Transportation
Department and the states.
The date for completion of
the interstate system is rx-
ful of Americans, was “pret-
f ty much demolished." but
“four|that the aliles managed to
hold on until the commandos
at the hands of the murder- arrjVed.
rial vote
The three top prizes for
winners in each of :ne t wo
age divisions of guessing
will he $350, $250 and $150
if the winners are among
entrants w h o submitted
guesses before the first
deadline.
A bonus prize will be
added in the student un-
der-19 division with a set
of encyclopedias, an
limeter movie camera or a |
tape recorder to be pre-
sented to the class or
school of the winner's
choice.
Entry blank in this edi-
tion of the Times is on Page
7. If you miss the 11:59
p.m. (tonight) deadline for
the primary, you can still
compete for tha reduced
Pool-i-tics prizes.
Recause the numbpr of
manned candidates will be reduced
and predictions won't be
as difficult after the first
primary Tuesday, top priz.
solely for tlip purpose o at-
tempt to causp further trou-
ble," lie wrote in his report.
Davis was not ahte to he
reached Saturday for com-
ment.
In all. nine youths were ar-
rested. They were Franklin
Ray Robinson. 19. of 271ft N
Success, on a complaint of
spi interfering with an officer
o mq. 'and resisting an officer, and
IClifton Wayne MnKaufman ;
15. of 1121 Standish. P.nnaid,
Claude Haywood. 17. of 1105
N Kate; Kei’h Carrington.1
17. nf 1333 NE 17; Eddie
Boyce jr.. IS, of 1600 NK 15:
Glenwood Bernard Rusher.
16. of 1324 NE 17: Patrick
Eugene McKinney. 17. of
1601 N Page; Oran Larue
Tories. 17, of 2133 NE 15.
Walter !>>e Gipson, 17. of
11700 N Albany, and Waiter
I^ee Scruggs, IS, of 122S NE
_ all on rnmplainis of
disorderly conduct.
Lawson said extra men
$250. $150 and would patrol NE 36 and Kcl-
rs in Czechoslovakia South Vietnamese spokes-
Mohilization Denied mpn reported at Ipast 65 cne-
U'est German frontier pn- mv klHpd w.hjlp anjpd Pas_
tended two years, to Junejn. 11JcP q u n r e d Czechoslovak ualtj„ wprP ]iMpd a, |ight.
Outside the Special Forces
1974. by the legislation. 1 pd-!border officers as telling
eral officials have been say- ,hpm that a!! roarl' leading ramp at lpast 25 enemy bod-
into Prague were closed to
ing for some time the origi
nal 1972 date could not be
met.
The highway beautifica-
tion program, while extend-
ed. is given only a new $25
million one-year authoriza- ^ey faced possible eonfisca
tion by the measure.
ies were observed and many
all hut Soviet-approved traf- others were spotted farther
fic and that city street traf- away, apparently victims of
fic was heavily checked. the heavy American air and
Travelers entering Czecho- artjHery barrage.
Slovakia were warned that jg Enemy Dead
$50 in each division if the
winners are among en-
trants who submit guesses
in the last phase of the
contest.
Wallace
On Ballot
ley. NE 23 and Iwitie and
NE 23 and Eastern, which he
said ' are congregating spots
for idle children that ate
running together for no ap-
parent reason.
‘ For the next few nights.”
he said, "we are going to
saturate the area with ade-
quate number of officers to
assure the public there will
Hp no trouble. It i* not ha-
rassment .
"I suggest that parents su
(Continued From Page 1)
soma had points.” Dane
iz.iit. "It will mean more
work, more money, more
contracts and more strings
attached to the use of mon-
ey ''
The legislation extends
the original 1956 interstate
program to 1971 hut pro-
vides for an additional
1.500 miles of interstate
roads — from 41.000 to
42.500.
Danp said getting funds
for additional Oklahoma
interstate construction will
be "tricky.”
To add miles, he said.
Oklahoma must defer con-
struction on already au-
thorized interstate mile-
ages.
He said deferments have
not yet been determined
and would he discussed at
the next highway commis-
sion meeting.
Purely as an example.
Dane said. 12 miles of au-
thorized 1-40 in Western
Oklahoma, could be substi-
tuted for 'he Oklahoma
City project.
The state is also expect-
ed to renew requests (or
interstate designations for
al! nf 1' S 6ft. Oklahoma
City's West Bypass and
the Tulsa interdispersal
loop.
Paid Political Advertisement
Galifornian Place*
BERLIN (AP) - Bob Her-
endseen nf Torrance, t alif.,
was in third position Friday-
night after the conclusion of
the 17 compulsory maneu-
vers in the fifth world aero-
batics championships
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Vietnamese casual-|on
were
PORTLAND. Ore. (AP)
George Wallace won a placel 1 SUSS”'
on the Oregon residential 'pervise their children more
Johnson had asked $55 mil- ponable ^dlos^Mhe^* tried leraUvefv put «"£ dead
lion annually for three t0 Pnter prague. and 27 wounded. Some U. S.
The Romanian news agen- casualties were reported,
ry Agerpress denied Satur- \
years
Other provisions of tiie law
bill:
day recent rumors that Ro-1 firP base near Dau Tieng.
mile* northwest
Delay for one year, to Jan. rnanja bad mobilized its
national highway safety pro- troops a|onc thp SnviPt.RoJ '
gram. manian border.
Authorize new programs
oJ $200 million each in the
next two years for traffic
improvement projects in
major cities and of $125 mil-
lion each in the same period
for special categories of rur-
al highways.
the Oregon presidential
ballot Friday night and said|c-losely. ’
he might not need a national
nominating convention.
He said legal advisers ex-
Division i pected to he able to tell him niatinn for ’hp Advancement
soon whether a convention nf Colored People, said the
was required youth group will meet Satur*
Wallace said part of the le-
gal study involved the meth-
ods of selecting a vice presi-
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damaged two tanks
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riers. ” *
Associated Press corre-
spondent John Wheeler re-
Mrs. Clara Luper Clark,
adviser to the youth council
nf the local National Asso-
day night with parents of
those involved in the fight.
a man tpcueirt to be dead
turn up •$ Roger Moore
murder end d SCO vers er>d
continues
investigate* *
illicit love at-
7:30—COLOR
GET SMART
Don Rickies guest stars as Smart'*
former wartime buddv wbo insists on
heiP'BQ him combat KAOS'* and tinda
'♦ as dangerous as war
a party platform.
Veterans Elect
(Continued From Page 1)
>n standby for possible use
the event nf threatened
Authorize a demonstration disturbances ai the Demo-
program of use of federal era tic National Convention
highway funds to help build a< Chicago
'lb"£! New Commander
PHILADELPHIA fAP) —
IA 51-vear-old Seattle con-
struction executive. Wayne
|Sheirbon. is the new national
commander of the 250.009-
fringe
Cities.
■ Revise the national poticy jore*oy regarding
of protection of parkland* movements,
and historic sites in connec-
But military-
restated their policy of se-
all troop
ported that enemy
teams crawled
range of the camp's barbed
wire perimeter, but were
i thrown back before they
could clear a path for troops
advancing behind them
, , . U. S. losses were put al 8; ,
authorities |dead and 45 wounde£ in ,he ^Pmbf*r D,?ahlpd Amencan
3> . hour battle. ! Veterans.
He was elected to his post
Director Asks Asylum 1 Friday at the concluding ses-
ROME (AP) - One of
lT. S. Jets Make Raid
SAIGON (AP) — Jet fight-
er-bomber crews went after
a North Vietnamese Sur-
face-to-air missile and trans-
porter on the ground, caus-
ing two sustained fires, the
Air Force said Saturday.
The spokesman said, "Be-
Uon with highway projects to I ginning at. approximately | c"chos"ovaida'» best'icnown
give somewhat greater dis- 2400 hours (Midnight) Fri- Czectl0S ovakl
the Secretary of day a group of 60 Negro sol-
carrying j diers from various units at
cretion to
Transportation
out the policy and to provide:port Hood conducted a non-
fbr joint federal-state-local I vj0ient protest againat possi-
movie directors, Jiri Weiss,
has requested political asy-
lum in Italy.
sion of the 47th annual DAV
convention.
Action in implementing it
; These are the new inter- turbanoe control.
^ate ^stem aliotmcn.s in spokpsman rpportPd
tjie bill: $4 billion each for . u,;Pnn v
fisal 1970, 1971. 1972 and,*
employment in civil
$2,225,000,000
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After that, the apokesman
said, some of the prote»tors
dispersed. “The remaining
43 were orderly at all
times.” said the ipokesman.
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N.W. 30tfc 1 Villa
Across From Shtphrrd Atoll
PONCA
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Schaai Starts Sept. 2nd
far infarmation write ar yhana
Paata Military Atadeaj,
Paata City, Okie.
SWAP MEET
by Sam Comfort
Held avery Sat. and Sun. at
East Ran* Av*. and Harrah
Rand. (Hwy 270) 2 milts
tenth tf Harrah, luy, sail aad
Swap among yourselves.
20 Acres. Meaty of Water,
Electricity. Much Toilet*.
Camping permitted.
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