Showers Possible For Area Tuesday In Oklahoma
The U S Weather Bureau says a weak cool front may bring showers Tuesday afternoon across the area. Lawton's high today near 88 with a Tuesday high around 85 and tonight's low around 60. The front will dip into northwestern Oklahoma bringing more possible showers tonight and Tuesday.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Gage and
Guyman
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
McNamara backs Kennedy foreign aid as sound investment
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told a Congress panel that Kennedy’s 4.5 billion foreign aid program is a sound dollar investment delivering dividends to U S security policy and welfare. He warned against weakening the defense posture or aid program amid global Communist threats and urged continued aid alongside a strong defense.
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UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Kennedy
United States
McNamara
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
U. S
Oklahoma Governor backs study on Mental Health transfer plan
Oklahoma leaders canceled a move to abolish the Mental Health Department. A Legislative Council study will review combining health agencies during the interim before next session. McCarty and Beecher opposed the transfer, while Williams and Tyler warned against it as risky and misinformed.
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Oklahoma City
API
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Legislative Council
McCarty
Bill Shibley
Bristow
House
J. D. McCarty
Senate
Roy Beecher
Bellman
Beecher
Glen Ham
Leland Wolf
Shibley
T. Glyne Williams
Mental Health Board
Joe Tyler
Tulsa
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House-Senate
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Tension Cited By Rusk Over Laos Crisis At SEATO
Paris AP The United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused pro Communist forces in Laos of obstructive tactics as fighting between neutralist and Pathet Lao troops escalated. He urged SEATO members to stay vigilant while noting tensions in the Plaine des Jarres area where Gen Kong Le’s neutralist forces were forced to withdraw. Rusk also prepared to meet French President de Gaulle amid talks on a multinational NATO force concept.
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U.S
Dean Rusk
Laos
Pathet Lao
Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Plaine Des Jarres
Kong le
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Britain
Lord Home
Couve de Murville
South Viet Nam
Fort Sill Troops Hold Blood Drive For Fred Wallace
About 150 Fort Sill soldiers lined up to donate blood for 17 year old Fred Wallace of Muskogee undergoing treatment for hemophilia in Dallas. The Delta Donors pledged at least 150 pints with 184 soldiers available. up to 500 pints could be produced if needed. Wallace has received more than 900 pints since last October, a world record. May 8 is Fred Wallace Blood Day in Muskogee as Lions Club aims for 400 pints.
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Fort Sill
Fred Wallace
Baylor Medical Center
Dallas
Phil Ford
Muskogee
Tex
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Field Artillery
New Cone
Wadley Blood Bank
Donald G. Coan
Donald Boone
Wallace
Battery D
The
Lions Club
Allen Scoggin
Robert Warner
James Hill
Malcolm Fernale
David Judd
Rita Warrington
Stop The Firing Stop The Firing in Laos Ceasefire Violation
The State Department says Communist forces violated the Laos ceasefire by attacking neutralist Gen Kong Le's troops in Plaine des Jarres. Britain Russia and the International Control Commission are urged to halt the firing and challenge outside forces linked to North Vietnam and the Pathet Lao.
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State Department
Laos
Britain
Russia
Red
Kong le
Strategic Plaine Des Jarres
Lincoln White
Red North
Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
International Control Commission
Final rehearsals set for Wichita Mountains Easter pageant
Final rehearsals for the 1963 Wichita Mountains Easter pageant are scheduled this week ahead of the 2 am Sunday presentation. A night rehearsal for all acting and reading cast members is set for Tuesday at 7 30 pm, with a lighting and sound crew meeting on Thursday at 7 30 pm.
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Wichita Mountains
Dave Sandstrom
Boy Charged In Extortion Case In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City nineteen year old Oren Pace Jr. was bound over to federal court on extortion charges for sending a letter demanding 5000 dollars under threat of harming Thurman Myers Jr. and his three children aged 8 6 and 4. Pace waived preliminary hearing and was held on a 10000 dollar bond after agents watched the payment.
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Oklahoma City
Oren Pace Jr
U. S
William C. Page
Pace
Thurman Myers Jr
Myers
Lee O. Tague
FBI
Series Starts Today Figure Your Own I Q Score
The newspaper reprints a quiz from Test Yourself to derive an IQ rating. It notes most questions are easy, a 45 minute limit, and encourages private or public sharing of results. The feature by William Bernard and Jules Leopold promises personality insight and fun.
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William Bernard
Jules Leopold
Leopold
Bernard
Students to Get Easter Holiday
Lawton public schools and Cameron college will be dismissed Friday for the Easter holidays. Aggie students also will receive a holiday Monday April 15 when Cameron instructors attend a teachers meeting at the University of Oklahoma.
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Lawton Public Schools
Cameron College
Aggie
Cameron
University of Oklahoma
Federal School Survey Cards To Be Sent To Lawton Parents
Lawton public schools prepare a federal survey to count federally affected students for Public Law 874 funding. Ward McCracken says cards will go out Tuesday and parents must return them by Wednesday.
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Stuents
Ward McCracken
Lawton
Fort Sill
McCracken
Hospital Fraud Charges Lodged
Shirley Russell, 26, formerly personnel officer at Eastern State Hospital in Vinita, was charged in U.S. District Court with embezzling 777 dollars from the hospital credit union.
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TULSA
Shirley Russell
Eastern State Hospital
Vinita
U. S
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