U S Steel Silent As Yet On Steel Price Increases
U S Steel Corp held silence over a week old steel price hike as Republic and other firms lift prices by about six dollars a ton. Major producers including Bethlehem Inland Kaiser, and Pittsburgh Steel followed or prepared to follow, while the White House and USW offered no comment. Senator Douglas announced hearings on steel price and cost factors for an impartial review.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic
U.S. Steel
Wheeling Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Inland
Kaiser
Big Steel
Pittsburgh Steel
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
White House
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Pierre Salinger
Palm Beach
Kennedy
Wheeling
Paul H. Douglas
D-Nl
House
Senate Economic Committee
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission details and amendments
The article outlines ex officio and appointed members of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission in Lawton with rural representatives, approval requirements by county and city bodies, and the geographic scope of zoning and building regulations. It notes proposed amendments by Rep. Taliaferro to shift rural areas from the commission's jurisdiction and cites the statutory text in Title 19.
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Frank Sneed
Lawton
Wayne Rowe
Meers
Jack Russell
Joe Reed
Billy Paul Galyon
Duane Huscher
Cleo Craig
Lee Breen
Wayne Gilley
R. F
Ike) Myers
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Adjustment
District Court
Rep. Taliaferro
Planning Commission
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Road toll climbs as 69-year-old dies in two-vehicle crash
The Lawton highway patrol district death toll rose to 26 after a two-vehicle collision near Randilett. Tom Hollingshead, 69, of Sawyer, died at Wichita Falls hospital. Walter Strange, 22, and his wife, 20, along with their four month old son were injured and transported to the hospital. The crash occurred when Hollingshead failed to stop at a stop sign on U S 70, colliding with a northbound car on U S 277 driven by Walter Strange of Sheppard AFB. The incident marks a new district record and its fourth Cotton county traffic fatality.
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Lawton Highway Patrol
Randilett
Wichita Falls
Tex
Tom Hollingshead
Sawyer
W. W. Flanagan
Highway Patrol
Hollingshead
U.S
Stephen
Cotton County
Kennedy plans adjusted trip to Italy amid birth news
President Kennedy trims summer itinerary from a full state visit to a working trip to Italy due to the expected birth of a third child. The White House says the Italy visit will be postponed to early 1964, while other European plans mostly stay the same. Pierre Salinger notes Ireland possible as an addition. Bohlen joins Kennedy on a luncheon cruise aboard the Honey Fitz. Salinger also says Kennedy met with CIA Director John A. McCone.
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White House
Kennedy
New Ross
County Wexford
Ireland
Italy
West Germany
U.S
France
Charles E. Bohlen
Honey Fitz
Salinger
Bohlen
Washington
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Bill Would Halt Runoff Primary in Oklahoma House
Oklahoma lawmakers consider a bill to end runoff primaries. The House Elections and Privileges Committee sent the bill to the calendar without recommendation after Rep. Pat S. McCue urged floor action to gauge member views, citing too many elections.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
House Elections and Privileges Committee
Pat S. McCue
Miami
McCue
Reform Resistance Claims Nine More Tribal Killed
Nine more armed tribesmen were killed resisting the shahs land reform program and surrender of arms in Tehran. A policeman also died in the clash with security forces.
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Tehran
Iran
Lawton records outline Baxter burglaries and multiple arrests
Baxters criminal history in Lawton shows a 1953 discharge from a penitentiary and a 1954 second degree burglary conviction with a 29 month term. His file lists nine arrests, including a 1952 gambling fine, a 1954 burglary warrant from Frederick, and numerous 1958 1959 1962 investigation arrests.
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Baxter
Lawton
Frederick
Secret Six Known in Kennedy Pregnancy Rumor
Washington sources say Mrs. John F Kennedy's pregnancy was a tightly kept secret with four others besides the couple aware. Among those named were Mrs Kennedy's physician and the President's brother Edward M Kennedy, who reportedly knew hours before the public reveal.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Washington
White House
Kennedy
Insurance rates discussed at Grandfield Kiwanis luncheon
Russ Fletcher of Oklahoma City will discuss how insurance rates are made at a Grandfield Kiwanis club luncheon Thursday. Fletcher, a Walters native, is chief casualty underwriter for the Oklahoma-Bureau Mutual Insurance.
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Grandfield
Russ Fletcher
Oklahoma City
Grandfield Kiwanis Club
Fletcher
Walters
Oklahoma — Bureau Mutual Insurance
Oklahoma cattlemen protest open range repeal at Capitol
About 300 ranchers crowded the Senate Public Safety Committee hearing in Oklahoma City to oppose bills aimed at ending open range. Chester Crosley of Mc Curtain County warned the move could be life or death for ranchers as officials argued for a general herd law to keep livestock off highways. Senator Gene Stipe and Senator Eldridge Colston backed the measures while critics warned of economic hardship and welfare impacts in ten eastern and southeastern counties.
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Senate
Senate Public Safety Committee
Chester Crosley
McCurtain
Crosley
Capitol
Gene Stipe
McAlester
Eldridge Colston
Marietta
Riley Donica
Zafra
Southeastern Oklahoma Brands Association
Norman
Donica
Food Distribution To City's Needy
Lawton residents eligible for surplus food were informed distribution will run Wednesday through Friday at the courthouse basement south end. County Commissioner Robert Ebisch urged families to bring their own containers to collect rice butter lard flour cornmeal beans milk cheese and peanut butter allocated to each household.
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Lawton
Robert Ebisch
Central District
Ex Senator Robertson Dies In Oregon Hospital
E V Robertson 81 former U S senator from Wyoming served 1942 to 1948 died in Pendleton Oregon hospital on Monday after a period of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton, Ore
E.V. Robertson
U.S
Wyoming
Submarine Thresher hearing hears final witness and garbled messages
The five man court heard Vice Admiral Elton W. Grenfell discuss a classified personal theory of what happened to the Thresher. Captain William Heronemus praised the vessel's readiness while Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Hecker described garbled last messages and a possible surface escort miscue. Memorial services for victims paused the inquiry as flowers were dropped and services held in Groton.
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Adm
Elton W. Grenfell
Atlantic
Grenfell
William Heronemus
Madison, Wis
Skylark
Cmdr
Stanley Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Thresher
Hecker
James C. Watson
John W. Harvey
Groton
Sill Man Given Suspended Term
Howard Wayne Kennedy of Fort Sill received a suspended three year prison sentence after pleading guilty in Superior court to unauthorized taking and use of a motor vehicle. Judge Robert S. Landers imposed the term on the county attorney's recommendation. Charges were filed against three men for fishing without a license and another man, Clyde D. Wimberly, for speeding at night.
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Howard Wayne Kennedy
Fort Sill
Robert S. Landers
Ronald Bradley
H. Leroy Drennon
S. 23Rd Place
Clyde D. Wimberly
D. Carroll Gene Zumwalt
Cache
Philippine speech diversity spans over seventy languages
The article notes that the peoples of the Philippines speak 70 or more languages and dialects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Giant Nuclear Sub Begins Sea Trials
The Lafayette, the heaviest nuclear submarine ever built, has begun sea trials from General Dynamics Elec tric Boat Division in Groton Connecticut. The sub sailed after memorial services for the 129 men who died aboard the submarine Thresher.
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Groton, Conn
Lafayette
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Thresher
Milan man charged with hijacking trucks to pay fine
Enzo Fantoni confessed to police he hijacked trucks and sold cargo to pay a $24,640 fine from a 1957 court ruling. He faces 100 counts as investigators outline motives to cover the penalty.
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Milan
Italy
UPI
Enzo Fantoni
Fantoni
Bhutto Says Pakistan Might Break Ties Over Kashmir Aid Row
Pakistani Foreign Minister Z A Bhutto warned that Pakistan could abandon friends and allies if Western powers persist with long term military aid to India without a Kashmir solution. He spoke Monday night in Karachi and framed the issue as a strategic ultimatum to Western backers.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Z. A. Bhutto
India
Kashmir
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