Dust Bowl Talk Flows Through Great Plains As Drouth Looms
Farmers in the Great Plains fear renewed drought as topsoil dries and winds blow dust across Kansas Oklahoma Colorado New Mexico and Texas. They warn of six years of drought and link it to the May 21 national wheat price support referendum. Colorado official Paul Swisher warns of a real mess without rain.
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Great Plains
Drouth
Joseph H. Carter
United Press International
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Paul Swisher
Suburban Cracks and Weather Hit Farms and Homes
Suburban homeowners report cracks in lawns and foundations while farmers face cracked topsoil and delayed plantings. The drought or poor rain has caused financial losses and disrupted schedules as wheat crops suffer from winter kill and continuing adverse conditions. Farmers seek relief through rainfall.
Dust Bowl echoes threaten wheat across plains
Farmers report severe drought with ploughing of wheat in Swisher and Oklahoma Panhandle areas. Topsoil is drying out and near the critical stage, triggering fears of disaster without moisture. Oklahoma Board of Agriculture cites near total loss and estimated $18 million in Panhandle losses as dust and dryness intensify.
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Swisher
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Manter
Kan
Amarillo
Tex
Dodge City
Woman regains sight after lifelong blindness in Florida
Miss Bessie Sikes of Miami, nearly blind since infancy, suddenly sees again at age 60. Doctors say chorioretinitis with a dislocated cataract lens allowed partial vision through a displaced lens. She describes seeing blue sky, a white refrigerator, and palm trees for the first time.
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Miami
Fla
Bessie Sikes
Miss Sikes
Parade and Games Set by Riders Spring Round-Up Opens
The 10th annual spring round-up by the American Association of Sheriff's Passes and Riding clubs opens Friday with registration at LO ranch clubhouse and a grand entry in the rodeo arena. Polo, trail ride, and a pony express relay highlight weekend events across Lawton and surrounding areas.
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American Association of Sheriff's Passes and
United States
Louis Power
Lawton
LO Ranch
Rodeo
Lawton Saddle Club
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Comanche County Fairgrounds
Power
Saddle Club
Bar-ro Ranch
Pumpkin Center
Shelling resumes on Plain of Jars amid UPI report
VIENTIANE Laos renewed leftist shelling of neutralist positions on the Plain of Jars as ICC officials again flew to the battle zone. Western observers warned the crisis grows more dangerous with possible involvement of Gen Phoumi Nosavan’s right wing forces alongside neutralists and Pathet Lao.
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Laos
UPI
Plain of Jars
International Control Commission
ICC
Phoumi Nosavan
Khrushchev
Harriman
Gromyko
Kennedy
Washington
China
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Britain
Cochairmen
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Plaine Des Jarres
Robert Kennedy Arrives In Alabama and 18 Arrested
In Montgomery police arrested 18 white segregationists protesting in front of the State Capitol as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy arrived for a conference. The Capitol area had been cleared and a car with Kennedy arrived about 150 feet from the scene.
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Robert Kennedy
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Flaw Canavan Wallan
Capitol
Kennedy and Wallace talk in Alabama amid protests
The scene at the Capitol includes riot police as demonstrators led by Crommelin resist a dispersal order. A wreath and Confederate symbols mark the steps while Kennedy and Wallace plan to discuss racial problems during a visit in a state with no school integration.
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Mitvirt Vr
Kennedy
Capitol
Nedy
Capitol Steps
D. H. Lackey
John Crommelin
Lackey
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
National States Rights Party
Alabama
Wallace
Crommelin
Navy
Defense Department
Polish Spy's Use Of Sex Money Bared
In Moscow Sigmund Mikhalski a Pole who hated Russians emerged as a spy fixer using blackmail through sex money and charm The British tribunal investigating William Vassall shows how Mikhalski lured embassy staff bought them theater tickets attended parties and cultivated confidants He trapped Vassall through a homosexual act and coerced him into spying for the Soviets
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London
Moscow
Sigmund Mikhalski
Sigmund
Mikhailski
William John Vassall
Vassall
Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bond Issue and Bills in Session
Oklahoma legislators moved through a stack of 33 bills with a three day weekend ahead. The Senate approved a $7 million University of Oklahoma medical center bond issue 34 to 4 though a reconsideration motion stood. House supports included schedules on planning boards and central purchasing while bills on poll tax repeal and humane treatment of livestock advanced.
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Oklahoma
House
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Senate
Ritzhaupt
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City
House-Senate
Planning and Resources Board
State Board of Affairs
Fort Sill to Demonstrate New Army Caribou Aircraft
Fort Sill officials will view a flight demonstration of the de Havilland CV-2 Caribou at Post Field. Maj. Gen. Griffing and staff will compare Caribou troop carrying capabilities with the U 1A Otter and note Caribou speed and range. The 57th Aviation Company, formerly Otter equipped, is now Caribou focused with 16 aircraft planned.
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Fort Sill
Army
57Th Aviation Company
H. C. Smith
Post Field
L. S. Griffing
Cty Y
57Th
Toronto
Pershing missile battalion returns after third Cape Canaveral launch
Fort Sill's 2nd Missile Battalion 44th Missile Group completes a third successful Pershing test launch from Cape Canaveral Florida. The 19 mile short range flight occurred at 2 39 p m Wednesday and may have been witnessed by a Soviet passenger jet off the Florida coast as it passed through the area.
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Fort Sill
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Cape
Federal Aviation Agency
Miami
Moscow
Havana
Harriman Seeks Soviet Help to Preserve Laos Neutrality
U S Under Secretary Harriman flew to Moscow with a Kennedy note to Soviet Premier Khrushchev and aims to secure Soviet support for Laos neutrality. He plans talks with Foreign Minister Gromyko and possibly Khrushchev to calm the Laotian crisis and restore stability, denying U S blame for the fighting.
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Moscow
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Khrushchev
Laos
Harriman
Kennedy
London
Nikita
United States
America
Andrei A. Gromyko
House Approves Bill To Restrict Planning In Comanche County
The Oklahoma House approves a measure to limit the Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission jurisdiction affecting rural areas in Comanche county. Authored by Reps. Taliaferro Hutchins Thomas and Beau champ the bill passed 111 to 9 and moves to the Senate.
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Comanche County
Lawton Metropolitan Area
House
Planning Commission
Taliaferro
Oklahoma
Local
The
Frank Sneed
SMAPC
Cooperative Planning Commission
Showers Remain In Area Forecast Across Oklahoma
Wide spread moisture boosts thirsty croplands as showers and thundershowers cross central and eastern Oklahoma. Prague reports 2.04 inches, Stillwater 1.76, Shawnee 1.43. Lawton highs near 75, tonight 64, with storms possible Friday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Lawton
Prague
Stillwater
Bristow
Shawnee
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Tinker Field
Gage
el Reno
Yewoka
Phanhandle
Cowden Improves After Heart Attack in Senate
State Sen. Boyd Cowden, who suffered a heart attack Tuesday in the Oklahoma Senate chamber, was reported improving today at Wesley Hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Boyd Cowden
Senate
Wesley Hospital
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