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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy's infant son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy dies at 68 hours after birth at Boston Children's Hospital. Cause cited hyaline membrane disease. Burial planned in Holyhood Cemetery with Cardinal Cushing presiding.
London reports the Great Train Robbery losses rising to eight million dollars with total rewards topping 728000 dollars as investigators probe the case. Scotland Yard and postal detectives hunt across the countryside for a gang masked by stockings after a pre dawn ambush that looted 120 mail sacks and used trucks and a car to flee.
President Kennedy consoles a grief stricken Jacqueline after the death of their two day old son. He then visits his other children at Squaw Island. Funeral plans are announced for Saturday in Hyannis Port with a private Mass and burial in Brookline.
United States lawmakers and international leaders expressed sorrow after the death of President Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's infant son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. Senators Humphrey Dirksen Saltonstall Boggs Mansfield Smathers joined Pope Paul VI and British Prime Minister Macmillan in conveying condolences.
Mao Tze Tung urged strong support for the American Negroes civil rights struggle, calling Kennedy's program two faced tactics. He rejected Moscow claims of Chinese racism and cited Robert Williams as prompting the China stance. Mao asserted unity as comrade based not on race and offered Chinese backing.
Haitian exiles reportedly fled into the hills to wage guerrilla warfare against Francois Duvalier's government. Port au Prince reports said the invading group moving across northern Haiti had fizzled or been dispersed by Duvalier's forces.
First Cavalry Division units along the Imjin River deploy a river fleet to block North Korean patrols crossing into UN territory. Company A of the 8th Engineer Battalion leads the effort with assault boats and fast 27 foot craft, manned by troopers from the 5th and 6th Cavalry Regiments. Captain James Z. Metalios commands the operation with Sec. Osko Bacchus supervising and crews including Pfc. Carl Sayers and Pfc. Alfred Baker adapting from land to water.
About 100 delegates of the Oklahoma Dental Association gather at the Hotel Lawtonian for a two day state and district officers meeting. Dr. Carl Schow chairs arrangements. Joe A. Teall presides. Planned events include a poolside party, workshops, style show, luncheon, bridge, dinner and dance. The next state convention is set for April in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City State insurance board received a proposal from Henry M. Auer president of the Oklahoma Association of Mutual Insurance Agents to require a zero deductible in all homeowner package policies. The idea faced public and agent opposition two years ago and was rejected after a stormy hearing. If adopted it could leave some homeowners with large uncovered losses, even with long roof warranties.
Tem peratures rose in southwest Oklahoma with partly cloudy skies. The U S Weather Bureau forecast clear to partly cloudy conditions through Saturday in Lawton with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs were expected from 92 to 102 and overnight lows between 67 and 77, with readings varying across towns including 101 at Lawton and 92 at Tinker AFB.
Oklahoma County Young Republicans voted to back an instructed delegation for Barry Goldwater. The move defies Gov. Henry Bellmon who opposes instructing Oklahoma's delegation. State GOP leader Bill Burkett also opposes an instructed slate while favoring Goldwater.
The city council approved new watering days for Country Club Estates due to low water pressure. Odd numbered houses may water on Wednesday and Saturday, while even numbered houses may water on Tuesday and Friday.
Hurricane Ariene pummels Bermuda with 80 mile an hour winds as the eye passes over the island chain 670 miles southeast of New York. The Miami Weather Bureau notes the storm is small, moving north east at 22 mph, and not a threat to the U S coast.
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