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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1963
Page
1
Forecasters predict mild conditions with 50s to 80s temperatures for the 38th Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant at the Holy City northwest of Lawton. About 30 000 spectators are expected to attend the life death and resurrection drama beginning at midnight with 55 scenes ending at sunrise.
A slight cooling trend eased heat in southwest Oklahoma as the U.S. Weather Bureau projected lower highs for Thursday. Today’s top reach 82 degrees, with 77 expected tomorrow and a 58 degree low tonight. Temperatures Tuesday averaged 72.6, the year’s high so far, with scattered rain or thundershowers possible in the northeast and northern areas.
Army dentist Col. Robert B. Shira reports a new surface anesthetic film can be placed on the gums to produce profound surface anesthesia. The dissolving film enables actual pain free injections during dental procedures.
A five story abandoned plant burned completely in Detroit today, with flames spreading to a nearby church where 200 children were attending Mass. All evacuees escaped unharmed.
Comanche county residents oppose rural planning call for a 7:30 p.m. Thursday meeting at the courthouse with city county and planning officials. The gathering may be held on the courthouse lawn due to space limits. Opponents and supporters of orderly planning are urged to attend.
The Oklahoma House Public Health Committee sent 141 pages of a Senate-passed health code to the calendar, a re codification of existing laws with no major changes. Other actions include raising county commissioner travel allowances from 1200 to 2400 dollars and moving a complex 16 bill tax code package to a subcommittee for review. A separate tax rule would lower estimated income tax from 80 to 70 percent and allow overpayment credits to reduce the current year's estimate.
An American Airlines Convair 990 flew from San Francisco to Chicago in 2 hours 45 minutes 10 seconds aided by tailwinds up to 124 mph, setting a new record time the airline claimed on Tuesday.
Wheeling Steel Corp raises steel prices by six dollars per ton on the first anniversary of a prior hike that drew White House scrutiny and industry pullback. President Kennedy monitors the situation with Cabinet officers in and out of the White House. no explicit meeting was disclosed.
Milton Keating, Lawton Chamber of Commerce secretary-manager, reaches a 20 year milestone. A veteran of Oklahoma and U S Chambers of Commerce, he credits civic leadership and a strong program for Lawton's growth. The piece notes census jumps and his career path from Ada to Sulphur to Lawton, with ties to Fort Sill and local institutions.
A Fort Sill missile battalion became the third U S Army unit to fire the solid fuel Sergeant missile with two successful launches at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico The 3rd Missile Battalion 81st Artillery led by Lt Col Maurice E Jessup completed the two firings following six months of training The Sergeant system developed by JPL and Sperry Utah is a mobile surface to surface ballistic missile with range over 75 miles and can carry a nuclear warhead
An infant boy about 20 months and a girl about nine months were found alone in a locked trailer while the mother worked at a tavern. Fort Sill sergeant detained. children held at emergency shelter pending disposition. Authorities tied to bed with a belt. girl climbed from a bed to a dressing table. Parents to regain custody after assurance of future care.
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon said he would keep comments to a minimum on pending bills. He avoided remarks on farm production tax exemptions and a merit-system proposal while noting past missteps on mental health consolidation. He defended Turnpike Authority’s new legal counsel as a unanimous decision.
Arjay R. Miller 47, a Ford “whiz kid,” was named president of Ford Motor Co succeeding John Dykstra who retires at 65 next week. Charles H. Patterson was named executive vice president, Miller previously ranked third in pay with a bonus near 300000, and he is a UCLA finance graduate who worked for the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco.
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council opposed House Bill 974 raising county commissioner travel pay to 200 dollars a month from 190. They warn annual cost would reach about 277000 dollars and note abuses such as vacation or hospital days drawing the allowance. They cite Murray County with three commissioners would earn 7200 dollars yearly and compute miles driven to justify the concern.
A San Francisco post office blast on March 18 injured a clerk and led to the tracing of the explosive to a United States Army captain in South Vietnam. Stationed in Saigon, he allegedly packaged the device and sent it to his wife via the Army post office system. He is to be returned to the United States for mental evaluation.
McCurtain County Republicans met belatedly Tuesday night to elect officials ahead of the April 20 state party convention in Oklahoma City. I L Thompson, a retired Army officer from Valliant, defeated incumbent Virde Hooker to become chairman as county meetings followed in other areas Saturday.
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