NATO Military Committee To Discuss Western Defense Upgrades
The NATO Military Committee held a secret session on long range plans to strengthen western defenses with guided missiles and modern weapons after a tour of U.S. research centers. The group reviewed latest U S battle tech and missiles but did not see the promised 7500 mile intermediate range ballistic missile for Britain. Britain announced deep cuts in conventional forces and a shift toward missiles and atomic weapons for defense.
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Navih Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
NATO
United States
Great Britain
Richard B. Russell
R-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Britain
Ike's Copters Taken Back To Capital
Fort Worth April 6 Up The Air Force has taken back to Washington two Bell Model 47J helicopters costing 60 000 dollars each. They were altered for executive use though Hagerty said no plan exists to shuttle between Washington and the Gettysburg farm.
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Virginia
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Bell Aircraft
Central
South America
White Mouse
James Hagerty
Washington
Gettysburg
Bonds Forfeited On Booze Count In Lawton Court
Bonds totaling 60 dollars were forfeited by 52 year old Lawton man on bootlegging and liquor charges after a city raid at his address. Charley Hutchigan posted the bonds for illegal possession of liquor and maintaining a nuisance. Authorities seized whisky, wine and vodka. Additional Saturday fines included 20 dollars for destroying city property, 10 dollars for dogs at large, 20 dollars for carrying a non sealed weapon, and two 20 dollar fines for public drunkenness.
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Lawton
J. Merle Oaks
Charley Hutchigan
Howard Waldrop
Raymond Halloway
Ann Collins
Jefferson
Research Airplane Missing In Nevada
Search continued across three states for a Lockheed U-2 high altitude research plane missing since late Thursday in northwestern Nevada. The jet, piloted by Robert L. Sieker of Lockheed, took off from the Watertown strip near Mercury, Nevada.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed
Nevada
Watertown Strip
Mercury
Nev
Robert L. Sieker
Lockheed Engineering
Farm Interest Costs High Or Low?
Farm interest costs are debated as rates for mortgages have risen in recent years yet total farm costs rise faster due to mechanization. Gov Tootell argues credit costs remain a small share of total costs, aided by farmer cooperatives and land banks that restrained rate hikes.
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UDA
Associated Press
Washington
R. B. Tootell
Farm Credit Administration
Tootel
Tie
National Farm ® Loan Associations
Tootell
Agriculture Department
Poteau Desegregates Elementary Schools in Oklahoma
Poteau, April 6. Ninety six Negro students at Dunbar elementary will join three white grade schools next autumn as the Board of Education votes unanimously to close the Negro school. Supt G E Evans notes desegregation also affects the junior college. Two Negro teachers, Mr and Mrs James Cailins, lose their jobs due to no vacancies in elementary grades.
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Poteau
Dunbar
G. E. Evans
Board of Education
Oklahoma
James Cailins
Evans
Capital Man Wins Handicap Award
Oklahoma City insurance agent Hugo Definer has been named to receive the 1996 President's Trophy as the Handicapped Man of the Year. Maj. Gen. Melvin J. Maas, retired Marine general and chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, announced the honor. Definer, confined to a wheelchair by polio, has long campaigned for more ramps in public buildings.
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Oklahoma City
Hugo Definer
Melvin. J. Maas
Definer
Mangum Boy Shot In Hunting Mishap
Lonnie Adams a 14 year old Mangum boy was accidentally shot in the head by a companion while hunting along a river near Mangum The Highway Patrol said Jerry Jackson 11 also of Mangum fired at birds and struck Adams The injured boy was taken to Clinton hospital.
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Mangum
Lonnie Adams
Here
Highway Patrol
Jerry Jackson
Adams
Clinton
Semi Centennial State Week Calendar Details
The Associated Press lists Oklahoma Semi Centennial events for the week. Rattlesnake hunts in Okeene, Fort Cantonment Highway Bridge dedication in Canton, Southern Oklahoma Rodeo in Ardmore, Carmen at Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Home Builders show, Rabbit Show in Oklahoma City, Spring Training Race Meet in East, Tog wood Blossom Tours in Tahlequah, Grade School Band festival in Mooreland, All Sports Day at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
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Oklahoma
Okeene
Old Fort Cantonment Highway
Canton
Aedmore
Cushing
Tulsa Opera, Inc
Tulsa
Sunda
Oklahoma City
East
Tallequah
Mooreland
University of Oklahoma
Noraran
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