Aerialist Yetta Grotofent Falls to Death in Omaha Circus
Eyewitness account describes Yetta Grotofent known as Miss Rietta collapsing during a high sway pole finale at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. She struck a guy-wire and died before the audience, as police and performers moved her to a stretcher and the show continued with a break in the band.
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Vetta Grotefent
Pat Hall
Omaha World-Herald
Torium
Yetta Grotofent
Yetta
Miss Rietta
Carl Strong
Rietta
The
Wallendas
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Cerebral Palsy Drive Rejected by Lawton Board
The Lawton Appeals and Review board denied Comanche County Cerebral Palsy a $5,000 fundraising drive citing April May YMCA drives and a long standing rule restricting health drives to January and February. The group was advised to apply to the United Fund or refile next year. The board also approved American Legion Auxiliary Poppy boards in local businesses.
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Lawton Appeals & Review Board
Comanche County
Cerebral Palsy Chapter
T. D. Nicklas
Appeals and Review Board
YMCA
United Fund Board
Lawton-Fort Sill United Fund
United Fund
Nicklas
American Legion Auxiliary
Pike Bids Asked On Signs Lights
Oklahoma City AP bids will be opened May 21 for the Turner Turnpike final resurfacing phase from Oklahoma City to Tulsa. The 14.6 mile job is valued at 376000 dollars with bids also due May 21 for interchange and toll plaza signs and lighting on the new southwestern turnpike.
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Oklahoma City
Turner Turnpike
Tulsa
State Turnpike Authority
Southwestern Turnpike
Southwestern
Lawton High Paper Wins High Rating
Norman AP reports Ten high school newspapers earned the with highest honor rating at the state convention of the Interscholastic Press Association held at the University of Oklahoma. Nine schools in Oklahoma were recognized including Capitol Hill John Marshall Harding Classen Alto s Lawton Cushing Olustee and Amarillo with the remaining paper from Amarillo.
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Norman
State Interscholastic Press Association
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Capitol Hill
John Marshall
Harding
Classen
Oklahoma City
Altus
Lawton
Cushing
Olustee
Amarillo
Castro Given Immunity Ref refugee leader charges
Dr. Jose Miro Cardona resigns as Cubans in exile leader and accuses President Kennedy of granting Fidel Castro absolute immunity. He says U.S. promises of a second invasion were broken and the struggle for Cuba is being liquidated. Nine council members quit. no successor chosen.
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Ben Funk
Miami
Fla
Jose Miro Cardona
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Miro
Cuba
Hemisphere
U.S
Bay of Pigs
Manuel Antonio de Varona
United States
Caribbean
Pathet Lao attack Plaine des Jarres in Laos crisis
Pro Communist Pathet Lao forces launched an assault on the Plaine des Jarres after neutralists pulled back from Phong Savan. Gen Kong Le's 5,000 neutralist troops faced encirclement as the main airstrip came under artillery fire, threatening a wider civil conflict in northern Laos.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Phong Savan
Souvanna
India
Canada
Poland
Palmne Des Jarres
Cooling Trend Continues Across Oklahoma Area
A five degree drop brings cooler conditions to southwest Oklahoma with the U S Weather Bureau predicting the trend through Saturday. Highs reach about 82 today and 80 Saturday with overnight lows around 55. Showers and thundershowers move across eastern Oklahoma today and southeast tomorrow, with weekend rain in the east.
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Oklahoma
U. S
Gage
Tulsa
Guymon
Oklahoma City
Tishomingo
Kennedy flags budget cut cost on jobs and growth
President Kennedy warned that a five billion dollar reduction would cost one million jobs and erase gains from the proposed tax cut. He urged balanced economy and described Random Village to illustrate domestic impact, stressing expenditure cuts hurt GDP and could trigger recession.
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Kennedy
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Toto
Congress
Warrant Issued For Arrest Of Republican Revolt Leader
Sheriff Forest D. McClung announced a warrant was issued Thursday for Clifford A. Zumwalt 32 Cache on a felony voter registration charge. Zumwalt, named as a revolt leader, disappeared Wednesday night as the case moved through the Special Sessions court. The grand jury discussed discretion to indict or file the case in magistrate court under a 1961 act and did not name a defendant.
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Forest D. McClung
Republican Party
Special Sessions Court
Clifford A. Zumwalt
Cache
Zumwalt
Jack Brock
McClung
Luther B. Eubanks
Eubanks
Pageant leader Sandstrom resigns for Lawton post
David F. Sandstrom announced his resignation as executive director of the Wichita Mountains Easter service effective May. He will join the Lawton Chamber of Commerce as convention and membership director next month, remaining until a replacement is found. Sandstrom, 29, has led four years since 1959 and plans to stay involved as a volunteer. Millard Coody praised his improvements to production and cost savings, and noted his care for the Holy City grounds and script integrity. The Sandstrom family lives at 1318 Andrews.
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David F. Sandstrom
The
Wichita Mountains Easter Service
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Sandstrom
Fort Sill
Millard Coody
Easter Service Association
Coody
Holy City
Service Association
Eve
John
Ruth
Andrews
Prestige of Governor On Line In Hot Fight
Three candidates for Oklahoma Republican state chairman pledge a hard race centered on Gov. Henry Bellman's prestige. Delegates meet as supporters marshal endorsements, with Forest Beall favored by Wheeler and Bellmon backing Burkett. Harris remains in race amid close, unsettled expectations for Saturday's convention.
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Harry Culver
Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
Tom Harris
Bill Burkett
Woodward
Tulsa
Bellmon
Burkett
Wheeler
Beall
Belcher
Forest Beall
Archie Stout
Wewoka
Martin Garber
Enid
State Highway Commission
Harris
Bellman
Sen
Denzil Garrison
Bartlesville
Garrison
Fairgrounds
GRDA Director Ousted by Oklahoma Governor
Gov. Henry Bellmon removed Tony Jack Lyons from the Grand River Dam Authority board in a move to gain control of the GRDA and the nearby Oklahoma Ordinance Works Trust Authority. Lyons blamed state Sen. John C. Wilkerson Jr. for pressuring the action amid a dispute over the DOW operation. The GRDA faces Senate investigation as Lyons notes surprise at the change and Bellmon cites it as being in the authority’s best interests.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Tony Jack Lyons
Grand River Dam Authority
Lyons
Pryor
John C. Wilkerson Jr
Bellmon
GRDA
Oklahoma Ordnance Works Trust Authority
Wilkerson
Bellman
DOW
Senate Investigating Committee
Markham Ferry
Grand River
Ee Ferry
Page HU
Guthrie Prepares 89er Day Rodeo Parade And Dance
Guthrie hosts its 89er Day events starting with a rodeo and dance tonight and a downtown parade Saturday that could draw about 2,500 participants. The celebration runs through Sunday toward the April 22 1889 land run anniversary with a 10:30 parade featuring modern cars and crowds over 60 000 expected.
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Guthrie
UPI
Oklahoma
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Maha
Neb
Omaha
Pike
Red
By Ray Atteberry
Grand Jury
New Post
David Sandstrom
Clyde Wheeler
Page Belcher
the Morning Press
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