Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1968 Page: 2 of 34
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Dive Bombers Pound
Viet Cong in Saigon
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‘rockets into 'wo govern-
ment tank*. Allied helicop-
ter* replied with rockets,
selling the area of flimsy
shacks aflame.
. - The Viet Cong (ought on.
and South Vietnamese
Rangers battled back.
U. S. troops repulsed an
attack on a supply compa-
ny depot near the dock
area. On the main highway
from Saigon to Bien Hoa.
they recaptured a bridge
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incorrect payee and the checks for September. October
and November were returned to Indianapolis and can-
ivied Those . hecks now have been mailed to
* .ting in December, the allotment was increased o $100
I under the Military Pay Act of 1%. and your . he. ks are
* being mailed on the last working day of the month.
#
•* At SW .VI mud Western there »» a commercial »iga
Bmt |s within two feet ol the street. This siga coaf«>e«
driver* who want to turn on to SW M because they thlak
gif •ign |« tbe name nf the street. Mr*. K. H.
i* We reported this to the oftioe of traffic control and
! fits sign has now been removed.
h'. •
ril I have a ti caliber rifle, but know of no place to lew-
jtMlv use it. I* there any place I can go he*lde* a gun
«tub? J. R.
• 1::: There are a -umber of public hunting areas in Okla-
homa operated under the direction of the Department of
Wildlife Conservation where you may shoot your rule.
Tfce nearest one to Oklahoma City is the area neKrUx-
ington. It is six miles south and six miles east of Noble tn
i dsideastern Cleveland County.
' Go five miles south of Noble on old IS*.. Turn ea.
if the hunting area” sign and go six miles east to the
area headquarter* located on the south side of the roatr
Other public hunting area locations may be obtained
from the wildlife department at 1801 N Lincoln.
•
Oa October 29. I mailed a check for S5.»V to W’KY-T\
for payment of "Great Moments of Mu»tc Album" as ad-
vertised that day on the network. At that time I wa* in
Elk City, but 1 have since moved to Oklahoma City and
left ray change of iddrw* with the pint •ffloe. 1 he\e
never received my record*. Miss G. E. W.
We look your problem to WKY-TV and a spokesman
tftere says you have now received your records. In fad.
and reported killing 11 Viet
Cong.
Scattered sniper fire was
reported during Thursday
night at Tan Son Nhut air-
base. The airport was open
to traffic, but L’. S. offi-
cials said airlines had can-
celed flights into Saigon.
Reliable sources report-
ed the Viet Cong had
seized some American and
Vietnamese police jeeps
and were driving around,
shooting from them.
Elsewhere, lierce fight-
ing was reported at the
airfield in the provincial
capital of Vtnh Utng, 70
miles south of Saigon in
the Mekong Delta.
A U. S. Navy base for
river patrol boats was
evacuated and a company
of U. S. 9th Infantry DM-
sion troops was flown In.
About 400 enemy troops
were reported inside the
city.
Fighting a iso continued
at My Tho. the delta s big-
gest city 80 miles south of
Saigon. South Vietnamese
troop* reported killing 100
Viet Cong just outside the
city.
Attacks were reported
for the first time on Baria.
30 miles aoutheast of Sai-
gon, and Phu Cuong. JO
miles north of the capital.
Communist troop* were
reported to have made
their way also Into Moc
Hoa, a provincial capital
50 miles southwest of Sai-
gon.
Reports from Dalat. the
mountain resort 140 miles
northeast of Saigon, said
enemy forces still were in
the tow n.
In the far north. U. S.
spokesmen reported Quang
Tri. 19 miles south of the
demilitarized zone, was
back in allied hands after
two days of heavy fighting.
Police Policy Remains
For Vagrancy
Police CUM H1UOO Goer
HONORARY FORECASTER for America oe Febrwary
StELEI MIT.
dog), aad If U were alive, the lurry weatherman would
just like this, only smaller. The city nuashiae aa
the shadow are real. (Time* Staff Photo by To«y
Wood.)___—
said Friday hi* department
will not change it* policies
concerning vagrancy ar-
rests, despite a district court
decision Thursday that ques-
tioned the legality of such
policies.
Possibly at stake Is the po-
lice department's practice of
arresting suspicious peraons
on vagrancy complaints and
then initiating an investiga-
tion to determine If a suspect
Is involved in a more serious
offense.
Hiursday. District Judge
William S. Myers Jr. dis-
missed a case against an
Oklahoma City man arrested
for vagrancy and later
charged with possession of
marijuana.
Donald Ray Turci. 26. was
arrested on December 24. As
he was being admitted to
citv jail, officers said, he
was searched, and some
marijuana -------
pocket. Subsequently he was
charged with the felony of-
fense. which was dismissed.
Geer said his officers will
continue to make vagrancy
arrests so long a* the sus-
pect can be classified as a
vagrant.
"Of course, then you have
the question of what is a va-
grant." Owr said. "Some
judges say a vagrant is a
man who doesn't have any
money in his pocket.”
Judge Myers ruled that va-
grancy must be a chronic
condition and cannot apply
to someone — a convict just
rather than waiting for an in-
vestigation.
Chief Geer pointed out that
most vagrancy arrests nowa-
days are just that, that ihere
is no suspicion that the ar-
rested man is involved in
any other offense.
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damaged, a protest wa*
expected from Moscow.
There was no explana-
tion on the delay In an-
nouncing the incident. The
out of prison, for instance — N said Rowan I*
who is temporarily out of — ^ ^ >f ^ Ja.
W?ukrci argued he wa, out of pan The Pentagon's state-
work because he had just men, listing damage to tbe
been released from the pen:- Rwinl port bow. or left
tentiary. front and to the stern, or
■•There's a state s'atute the soviet
Si,-a - -»«— - t
long a* they're 'here. we !t may have beer attempting
GIs Besieged
In Hue Post
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within sight of the Ameri-
can adv iser a house three
days ago but Viet Cong sol-
diers were surrounding the
building.
Onghta
A Lift for the Aped
*, Concern for senior citizens prompts a legal sug-
*action from A. K. Boorsma. El Reno.
1 He say* ihere oughta be a law permitting elderly
‘"people drawing welfare check* to stay with relatives.
Ijrho "would be paid the $75 for caring for them, the
1 same as is paid a stranger for this home care."
»: Boorsma also feel* old age assistance clients
; should be allowed to rent quarters from relatives, ei-
• ther in the family home or on the premises. "There
: ure many elderly on welfare who could still take care
•i»f themselves (and they want to so badly) if they
iwere close to relatives
i- If you have an idea for a new law. send it to
iDughta Be a Ijiw in care of the Action line column
] before February 29.
Shots Peril
Embassy
^e says you have now received two sets. One from the
eompanv itself and another from WKY-TA .
•
My mother died in 1964 aad I have been unable to
! collect oa her insurance policy. My aame wa* aot spelled
• right oa the policy aad 1 cannot convince them I am the
• right party to collect the money. Mrs. R. (j.
‘ Bob C. Lamirand. director of claims for the state in-
surance commissioner, say* if you will send him your
■ mother's name and the name of the insurance company
• he will try and help you. His office is in the Will Rogers
Memorial Office Bldg . Oklahoma City.
•
My husband died in April and I filed a Social Securi-
• ly claim oa May 1. 1 have never received the $WS they
* ; said I was due on hi* funeral expenses. 1 have, however.
* ‘been getting my monthly Social Security check*. Mr*.
* -C.W.
f* •
I Joseph J. McCain, district manager of the Social Se-
t * curlty Administration, says records show you applied for
. -the lump sum death payment on August 24 A delay oc-
t ‘curred when some additional information had to be ob-
• - —J Tki. ksa o.vu- KoAn /tan* inH VfMl should
SAIGON (AP) — Viet Cong
sniper fire rattled three
times Friday around the
heavily guarded U. 9 Lrn-
b a s s y while Ambassador
Ellsworth Bunker worked at
his desk. Vietnamese police
killed one sniper a block
from the embassy.
Bunker. 74. wa, unper-
turbed bv the gunfire, offi-
cials said, and continued dic-
tating to a secretary. But se-
curity officers moved the
ambassador into a corridor
to get him away from the
windows and he resumed
work there.
Officials said for a time
during the tiring, embassy
employes were told to sit on
the floor.
The embassy has been un-
der a heavy guard of U. S
troops and armored cars
since Wednesday, when a
20-man Viet Cong suicide
squad Invaded the embassy
compound and held It for six
hours.
They were wiped out by V.
S Marines and Arm> troops
American and South
Vietnamese planes strafed
and rocketed Communist
positions In the heart of
Hue Frldav. There were
reports they had been or-
dered not to drop bombs
because of the civilian*.
At one point during the
afternoon. American ma-
rines and L'. S. Army ad-
visers were directing huge
volumes of fire onto the
street from this three-storv
building on the western
edge of the town. They
were trying to cover the
dash of’ four armored
trucks to evacuate wound-
ed Americana at a boat
ramp at the edge of the
Perfume River.
In addition to the senior
pacification adviser, con-
cern is also felt for nine
o'her American civilians in
the city-
Some of the U. S. Marine
companies have reportedly
suffered heavy casualties.
At least 10 marines were
known to have died and an-
other 106 have been wound-
ed.
There have been heav ier
casualties among the South
Vietnamese troops. V S.
advisers say.
No one really controls
the city. There are islands
of government resistance
and islands of Viet Cong
strength.
The South Vietnamese
battalions are fighting in
the northwest portion of
the city where the old
imperial city is located.
Viet Cong flags can be
seen flying from some of
the ancient battlements.
The intense fire has rip-
ped the branches from the
trees and stripped the
bark. The streets leading
(rom the American com-
pound are completely de-
serted and littered with de-
bris.
The roof has been blown
off the high school across
from the compound.
The Viet Cong are
thought to be in control of
the province headquarters,
the central market and the
main hospital.
• We had only one street,
the street we were stand-
ing on, said m a r i n e
Lance Cpl. Dw ight Foste of
Marianna. Ark., after one
foray.
Foster and his platoon
were caught in a big fire-
light and pulled back to
the third floor of an old ho-
tel which is part of U.
S. compound. It had
previously been the non-
commissioned officers
club.
Foster and hi* men
peeked out of windows,
fired at the Communists,
and ducked back.
When a sniper appeared
across the street, a tank
opened up with a barrage
of .50-caliber machine-gun
file The scene was repeat-
ed all over the compound.
Mission
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ary. and Mrs. Zlemer were
injured.
A report also said anoth-
er missionary. Hank
Blood, of the Wycliffe Bi-
ble Tranalators. was cap-
tured by the Viet Cong, but
that his wife and children
were released and are
safe.
enforce them
He said if a vagrant is ar-(
rested, and later evidence,
implicates him in a more se-
rious offense, the more seri-
ous complaint will be leveled
against him.
District Attorney Curtis
Harris prepared a letter to
the police department Fri-
day morning. He said the let-1
ter advised police how to (
handle future vagrancy ar-,
rests He said he did not1
want to make the letter,
public.
Several supervisory police .......--- .
officers said there are other nadian Chrysler employe*
ordinances upon whirh ar- slat ted bark to work trida
rests of suspicious persons at a foundry, a spring p
can be based. :ind an assembly plant
CFr D ‘'c^Mtssshan^ald*'wirwlaor^Ontario*' Slowing
one'"ordinance forbids per- ^
ssrr -a*
night
for minors)
(If) p.m
and 5 a.m.
Other officer# indicated
thev would attempt to write
Widow
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in Brownie and school pro-
jects.
Eight astronaut* have
been killed since the space
program began, and all
left widows. Mrs. Chaffee,
youngest of ihe eight. I*
the second to remarry •
The other was the for- ^ ____________
mer Faith Freeman, wld- thp' more ser,nus complaint,
ow of Lt. Cmdr. Theodore |.j is on<. immediately
C. Freeman, who died in a !- ---
1964 jet crash. She later
married Victor Ettredge. a
space center executive.
Stewardess?*
Include a Man
LOS ANGELES tAP)- In
the graduating line of Pacific
Southwest Airlinef *te*ard-
esses stood Donald Horn,
looking out of place
Horn. 25. wa, graduated
with 19 stewardesses Thurs-
day — one of the line s first
six stewards The men will
serve all the coc k t a i I sj
aboard the big 727 jet*.____j
to swerve off the collision
course at the last moment.
Defense officials have
said that U. S. naval ship
commanders are under in-
struction* to adhere strict-
ly to ihe "rules of the
road" and not to give way
if Soviet vessel, deliberate-
ly attempt to force Ihe
American ship to veer.
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gained from you. This has now been done and you should (mailed seeking financial sup-
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»na City banker Jack T.l Club Foundation. Bellmon defeated Demo-
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