Mississippi legislature accuses marshals of brutality at Ole Miss
Mississippi lawmakers release findings accusing U S marshals of brutality during desegregation riots at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The Justice Department calls the report false and alleges many marshals were injured while detaining hundreds, with eyewitnesses unnamed.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
U.S
University of Mississippi
Justice Department
Mississippi Legislative
James H. Meredith
Oxford
Washington
Montgomery
Ala
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Legislative Committee
Bids Opened for Broken Bow Dam Embankment Work
Tulsa district Army engineers opened bids for the Mountain Fork River embankment and dike as part of Arkansas River navigation work to Tulsa. The apparent low bidder was Nello L Teer Co of Durham North Carolina with a bid of 6 348 831 dollars. The Broken Bow Dam will be the highest in Oklahoma when finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
UPI
Tulsa District Army Engineers
Broken Bow Dam
Mountain Fork River
Durham, N. C
Nello L. Teer Co
Arkansas River
Mississippi River
Broken Bow
Oklahoma
State Man Dies After Explosion
Calvin Croslin Jr., 2, died after a gasoline can tipped over in his Owasso home and fumes were ignited by a hot water heater. His mother, who extinguished the flames, was hospitalized in Tulsa in satisfactory condition with burns. An Owasso policeman described the incident as the child playing in a back room when the accident occurred.
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Owasso
Calvin Coolidge Croslin Jr
Tulsa
Gordon Clay
Subscription Rates For Lawton Area Newspapers
The Morning Press and Sunday editions priced in advance. Rates list for Constitution Press and Sunday and combinations. Mail subscriptions cover counties Comanche to Jackson with yearly and monthly figures. outside Oklahoma costs higher. Prices include 2 percent state sales tax.
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Lawton
Constitution
Constitution Press
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Jackson
Mo. Mo
Press & Sunday
Const
Const. Press & Sun
Can You Concentrate Test for Attention Span
The piece explains attention as exclusive focus and notes top limits around 30 to 90 seconds. It offers a numerals task to test concentration and provides score ranges from Superior to Very Poor, inviting readers to rate their own results.
Money Tunes and Teens at the National Symphony
Washington report on a National Symphony Orchestra series funded by Mrs. Herbert A. May. The piece notes 95 instruments played and student reaction to live classical music, with lines on Bach arias inspiring postcard writing and a playful jab at corn flakes.
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National Symphony Orchestra
Herbert A. May
Marjorie Merriweather Post
Johnny Appleseed
Howard Mitchell
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Bartok
Kingston Trio
Bach
Winters To Speak At Scout Dinner In Lawton
Lieutenant governor Leo Winters will speak at the Hunting Horse Scout district dinner in Lawton on Tuesday April 30. About 200 scouters expected at 7 30 p m at the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Leo Winters
Oklahoma
Lawton
Hunting Horse Scout District Committee
Winters
Alaska
Europe
Africa
Arabia
Pacific
Luther B. Eubanks
Hunting Horse District
Lawtonian
Eubanks
Maj
Charles McElheny
J. F. Saunders
Bald Eagle Strongholds Alaska and Florida
The note states Alaska and Florida remain the final strongholds of the bald eagle. It also recalls Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in 1898, situating a historical linkage between imperial action and American wildlife context.
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Alaska
Florida
Spain
Philippines
United States
Area Men In Service and Fort Hood Training Highlights
Army brief reports Lt Loyd M Wax of Hobart completed an eight week officer orientation at Fort McClellan Alabama after earning degrees from Oklahoma State University and the University of Minnesota. Three Lawton men Edward Hall Jimmie Harless and David Modisett finished seven weeks training in guerrilla fighting at Fort Hood Texas. S Sgt Bobby L Sawyer of Cyril is reassigned to Entain AB France after work at Duffutt AFB Nebraska. S Sgt Royce E Bowers of Temple completed missile mechanics training at Sheppard AFB Texas and will serve at a permanent base in his new specialty.
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Army 2d
Loyd M. Wax
Evert O. Wax
Hobart
Chemical Corps School
Fort McClellan
Ala
Sentinel High School
Wax
Oklahoma State University
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Lawton and
Fort Hood
Tex
2D Armored Division
Edward L. Hall
Jimmie D. Harless
David Modisett
Lawton
Hall
Lillian L. Hall
41St Infantry
Harless
Jack F. Harless
Modisett
I. D. Modisett
N. 39Th
58Th Infantry
Cyril High School
Bobby L. Sawyer
F. V. Sawyer
Cyril
Entain AB
France
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Sawyer
Duffutt Afb
Neb
Royce E. Bowers
Clifford L. Bowers
Temple
U.S. Air Force
Sheppard Afb
Bowers
Temple High School
University of Oklahoma and
Black Hills Teachers College
Spearfish
S.D
Hussein Holds Support Demonstration in Amman
King Hussein staged a public show outside the royal palace in Amman drawing nearly 3,000 Bedouin tribesmen desert chiefs and government dignitaries to back his rule. The pro Hussein gathering came after antimonarchist protests in Jerusalem and Amman demanding Hussein's overthrow and Jordan union with a Syria Iraq and UAR federation.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Jerusalem
Syria
Iraq
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Pakistan and India set talks on Kashmir for May 15 in New Delhi
Pakistan and India ended a sixth round of negotiations on their Kashmir dispute with an agreement to resume talks in New Delhi on May 15.
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Karachi
Pakistan
India
Kashmir
New Delhi
Army Orders Assign Duty and Transfers Across Posts
Department of the Army Washington issues leave and personnel moves. Many officers from Fort Sill Fort Hamilton and other posts are reassigned to Washington APOs and rail to Fort Sill and other bases. Names include Fred L. Platte Donald B. George Philip Mason and numerous lieutenants and majors with new postings and appointments.
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Department of the Army
Washington
D. C
Coli Herron WN. Mapies
Ft Sill
Fred L. Platte
Ft Hamilton
Donald B. George
Phillip H. Mason
John J. Mossellem Jr
Philip L. Oswald
William O. Schmale
Rudy J. Wagner
Sedamus Wendie
Alexander Balberde Jr
Harold K. Heaton
Sheron W. Miller
Theodore J. Molthen
Laurence R. Peate
John ©. Scott
Jerry W. Simmons
Elwyn L. Brown
Samuel J. Buchanan
Howard L. Buchly
Alvin L. Butler
Ira D. Dodge
Calvin R. Fore
Harold R. Forrest
Lawrence W. Freeman
Frank E. Fulmer
David M. Glantz
Robert C. Goetz
Lewis A. Gruber
Rudolph E. Gulstrand, Jr
Louis A. Hancock
Mark B. Haselton
Mark Kessel
James L. Kinker
John J. Lacy
William G. LaForge
Norman A. Ledwin Jr
John H. Little
Eugene Lychmanenko
Robert D. Marchant
Richard C. March Jr
Robert L. Mayberry
Michael M. McCarley
David L. McKee
Gary L. Minor
Robert O. Modarelli
Samuel R Noto
Walter E. Olson Jr
Michael A. Pocreva
William E. Powell
Robert J. Przybysiski
Richard E. Rice
Kevin M. Ryan
James R. Salzer
Irving P. Schuetze
William W. Scott
Edgar E. Sprinkle
Robert E. Strauss Jr
Harry E. Soyster
George G. Meade
Lawrence T. Buchmiller
Riley
Ft Dix
Area Social Security Office Set For Move
The Social Security Administration will relocate to new headquarters this weekend. District manager John D. Bennett said the office moves from 1305 2 Gore to No. 7 S. 13th and opens to the public Monday after a staff expansion to 17. The Lawton district serves ten southwestern Oklahoma counties with about 19 000 beneficiaries drawing roughly 1 204 900 in monthly benefits. Contact stations operate in 11 other cities for those unable to travel.
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Social Security Administration
John D. Bennett
Gore
No. 7
S. 13Th
Lawton
Koehler
Bennett
Oklahoma
Beckham
Comanche
Cotton
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Kiowa
Stephens
Tillman
Washita
Comanche County
Duvalier Fires Sixty Army Officers in Haiti Shakeup
In Port au Prince President Francois Duvalier moves to quell a looming revolt by dismissing 60 high ranking officers. He tightens control by expanding a civilian militia estimated twice the size of the regular 5,000 man army.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
China transfers third group of Indian POWs in exchange
New Delhi reports that Red China handed over 164 prisoners of war to the Indian Red Cross, leaving about 3,000 still to be released. The update comes from official sources in a continuing exchange.
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New Delhi
India
Red China
Indian Red Cross
Osage County Probe Sought by Pawhuska Rancher
Frank I. Raley filed in district court seeking the state Supreme Court appoint a judge to convene a grand jury to probe Osage County offices. He calls for inquiry into the district court sheriff and county attorney offices with about 125 signers. He cites alleged private consultations as a rights violation.
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Pawhuska
Osage
Frank I. Raley
State Supreme Court
Raley
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United Press International Washington
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Discount Department Store
44Th and
Cache Road
Lawton, Okla
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Bobby Sawyer
San Francisco
Irvin D. Smith Jr
Ft Leavenworth
Jack Teague
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Mason L. Williams Jr
Sacramento
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James ©. Day
Robert L. Turman
Greensboro
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Albert B. Akers
Washington DC
Raymond C. Kerns
Sill
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Presidio of
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