Drowning of 11 year old in stock pond near city limits
In Our Town, 11 year old DAVID R. WILLIAMS, son of Mr and Mrs C C Williams, drowned Monday afternoon in a muddy stock pond just north of the city limits. Also noted are an indictment for murder against Charles E Ophaint, 42, and Don E Bailey charged with assault with intent to murder. A filmed moon rocket escape report by Bob Izzard was praised as best news feature. Preliminary for the annual Junior Olympics opens, finals Friday at Memorial Park. First AF supply class for computer use opened at the a. Technical School.
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David R. Williams
Charles C. Williams
Potter County
Charles E. Oliphant
Don E. Bailey
Bob Izzard
KGNC
Air Force
A. Technical School
Maverick Boys Club Plans City Subscriptions Drive
The Maverick Boys Club launches a city wide sale of new and renewal magazine subscriptions. Proceeds will fund the construction of a swimming pool for the club and community use.
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Maverick Boys Club
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Miss Jane Hitch to be honored in Guyman parade
Miss Jane Hitch, newly crowned Miss Oklahoma, will be honored with a reception and parade by the Guyman Rotary Club on Wednesday and will dedicate the city’s new swimming pool as her first official art. Page 5. Sydney Howell Filming, a 1955 Plainview High School graduate, earned an MD from Emory University as the sole woman in a 70-student class. The Lockney Cemetery Association launches a project to identify unmarked graves from 1892. A 12-year-old cat returns home to Roswell after a three-year absence, four pounds lighter. Page 7.
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Jane Hitch
Oklahoma
Guyman
Sydney Howell Fileming
Plainview High School
Emory University
Atlanta
Page
Tom
Wylie Allison
Roswell
Supreme Court denies travel rights for Americans abroad
The U S Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Americans cannot be deprived of constitutional rights to travel abroad. Also on Monday Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported a plot to kidnap Nikita Khrushchev, foiled by police. A commission of the American Medical Association disclosed a 136 percent rise in medical care costs over 25 years.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nikita Khrushchev
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
American Medical Association
From A to Izzard
A truncated OCR fragment titled From A to Izzard presents unclear content with no readable events, people, or organizations. The readable portion lacks concrete facts to form a full news item or summary.
Social Reform By Court Edict
The article notes four June federal court decisions that moved to social and political reform, including Supreme Court actions overturning loyalty oaths, a reversal on Communist Party registration, a Landrum Griffin Act provision, and a passport denial clause. It discusses broader implications for branches of government and cites the Wall Street Journal critique about the population representation rulings ending the term.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Communist Party of the
U.S. Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Landrum-Griffin
The
Wall Street Journal
Foot rests on Braniff Con varsity aircraft prompt praise
A Braniff executive arranged a personal foot rest for a Convair during takeoff, delivered yesterday in a red zippered case. The note also includes quips about Scranton's delegate hunt, Josh Billings, and a reflection on light and the mind from Wes Izard.
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Don Schomburg
Braniff
Dallas
Redistricting Attack Pends on Court Rule
Washington lawmakers study constitutional amendment to overturn Supreme Court reapportionment ruling. Senator Everett Dirksen plans staff inquiry to nullify the order, while Senator Karl Mundt backs amending the constitution but will not initiate it. Mundt links bloc voting reform to broader reapportionment change.
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Everett Dirksen
III
Senate
Illinois
Karl Mundt
S.D
Mundt
Vietnamese Rout Rebels in Savage Battle Near Saigon
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell narrowly escaped death for the second time in six months as paratroopers and U S advisers pressed a clash against entrenched Viet Cong guerrillas near Saigon. The operation involved government forces routing rebel units in a fierce engagement.
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New York News Saigow
Joseph W. Stilwell
Viet troopers charge Viet Cong village in deadly battle
Viet troopers defied machine gun fire in paddy fields to seize Bang Lang, with Viet Cong losses at least 83 and government troops 29 killed and 85 wounded. Advisers praised South Vietnamese resolve and tactics. Gen Harkins said the U S would risk war with Red China if needed to protect South Vietnam. Stilwell aboard a disabled helicopter near the battle area.
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Fred A. Dilkes
Woodbury
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Paul D. Harkins
United States
Red China
South Viet Nam
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State Department
Southeast Asia
Richard Phillips
Orient
Thailand
Laos
Phillips
Adm
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
Drowning Tragedy After Farm Pond Incident Nearby
Rex Berry, 10, recounts how his friend David Ross Williams, 11, drowned in a muddy stock pond north of the city after an afternoon fishing trip. Williams was pronounced dead about 5:30 p.m. by Justice of the Peace Bonita Potter. The pair had been warned not to swim and had only recently returned from another pond.
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David Ross Williams
Charles C €. Williams
Justice of the Peace
Bonita Pottier
St. Francis Avenue
Fritch
Rex Berry
Williams
Berry
David
Khrushchev Plot Foiled in Stockholm Kidnap Bid
Dagens Nyheter reports police foiled a plan to kidnap Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev. An unidentified foreigner and three others planned to use a truck and submachine guns to seize Khrushchev for prisoner releases. Police traced the plot near Haga Castle as Khrushchev stayed in Sweden during a five day visit.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Tage Erlander
Foreign Ministry
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Yow re Unfairest of Them All
Escaped convict Alonzo Talley Jr. 34, fled a Colorado prison farm on June 13 and hid in a Oklahoma home Sunday. A mirror reflecting Talley led to a gunfight with occupants. Talley was wounded in the hand, arm and legs and later surrendered to a farmer before being hospitalized in serious condition. He faces burglary charges.
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Watonga
Okla
UPI
Alonzo Talley Jr
Colorado
Fred Sheppard
Here
Talley
Sheppard
Valley
Shep
Pard
Harry Lockbaugh
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
Colo
Supreme Court bans broad passport ban on Communists
The Supreme Court ruled that Americans cannot be deprived of travel abroad and ordered passports granted to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Herbert Aptheker. It struck down several obscenity laws and a New York practice on confessions, while reversing a Chicago murder conviction for lack of attorney counsel. The decision criticized major policy but left unresolved whether a cafe owner may refuse service to a Black patron without trespass charges.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Communist Party
Herbert Aptheker
Political Affairs
Rai
New York
Chicago
Florida clash on beach as integrationists and whites clash
A federal judge ordered Governor Bryant to show cause for possible contempt as about 20 integrationists and an equal number of white youths clashed at a beach used by whites only. Police and state boats patrolled the scene. several demonstrators were bruised and a Danish TV cameraman was present.
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Farris Bryant
Camerman
Copenhagen
Temperatures Soar on Hot Line
An Amarillo National Bank time and temperature service malfunction caused readings to spike to 120 degrees after workers on the roof disconnected the thermometer regulating the line. Telephone company staff traced the issue to the rooftop disconnection, causing a two hour disruption before the cause was found.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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