45th Polishes Up For Big Parade at Ft Chaffee
Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Division neared the end of its first week of two week summer camp as it readies for Saturday Governor's Day parade at Ft. Chaffee. Parade time is 9 30 a m with Gov Henry Bellman to arrive and a 17 gun salute. Maj Gen Sutton and Maj Gen Daugherty inspected training while Maj Jerry Bettis of Atoka received emergency leave after his father was killed in Oklahoma City.
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FT. Chaffee
Ark
Oklahoma
45Th
Thunderbirds
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma National Guard
William J. Sutton
U. S. Army Reserve
Fred A. Daugherty
Sth
Snec
Jerry D. Bettis
Atoka
D. W. Bettis
Oklahoma City
Caroline
John Jr
Auto Mishaps Take 4 Lives
Four people died in Oklahoma traffic crashes raising the 1963 toll to 398. Mary Sylvia Pitts 38 Kiowa and Donald Wayne Bettis 43 Oklahoma City died in separate crashes near Kiowa and Oklahoma City. William Weidenmaier 40 Fort Cobb and Jessie Mae Morgan 29 Oklahoma City died near Waurika. The other driver Jesse Newsom 67 Hart Texas and his wife Elia 61 were hospitalized. Weidenmaier's wife Coletta 28 and their 6-year-old daughter Lindsay were listed in serious condition.
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Donald Wayne Bettis
Oklahoma City
William Weidenmaier
Fort Cobb
Jessie Mae Morgan
Pitts
Billy J. Pingleton
Okay
Kiowa
U.S
Melvin
Pingieton
McAlester
Bettis
Lindsay
Waurika Hospital
Jury Quickly Rules Dr Ward A Death By Own Action
London AP coroner jury deliberated three minutes and found Dr Stephen Ward died by his own action. The 53 year old osteopath and artist died Aug 3 after an overdose following 80 hours in a coma. Earlier he was convicted on charges of living off the immoral earnings of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies.
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London
Stephen Ward
Britain
Christine Keeler
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Bartlesville Cop Charged With Bribery in Moonshine Case
L. T. Hill a Bartlesville Police Department veteran of 12 years appeared before Justice of the Peace J. D. Plunkett and was freed on a $1000 bond after being charged with bribery. The accusation says he took $20 from a federal agent posing as a liquor seller to allow illegal moonshine sales to continue.
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Ery. Hill
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Plunkett
Hill
Lewis Ambier
Washington County
Fred Williams
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Ambler
Shocks Hit Forli Area Stir Tourist Tension
Two strong earthquake shocks hit the Forli region in northeast Italy triggering widespread alarm across a 200 mile triangle from Florence to Trieste and Bolzano.
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Forli
Italy
Florence
Trieste
Bolzano
Oklahoma Employment Office Seeks Bid for Office Partitions
The Oklahoma State Employment Service plans to sell off free standing glass and plywood partitions totaling about 125 linear feet with five doors. Sealed bids open at 10:00 A.M. August 12, 1963, at 217 Will Ts Memorial Office Bldg in Oklahoma City. Information and bid forms available by phone or in person. right to reject any or all bids reserved.
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Oklahoma State Employment Service
South 6Th Street
Lawton
Oklahoma
Will TS Memorial
Homa City
Oklahoma Ci
Jackson 1441
D’ Avenue
Death Has Taken 5 Children Of Presidents Holding Office
UPI reports the death of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy marks the fifth time a child of a sitting president has died. It notes prior losses including Calvin Coolidge Jr. Abraham Lincoln Tad Lincoln Mary Jefferson Charles Adams Benjamin. Library of Congress data say 15 children under 15 died before their fathers took office and medical limits increased risk in the 19th century. Kennedy remains the youngest elected president.
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Washington
UPI
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Calvin Coolidge Jr
Abraham Lincoln
William Wallace
Tad) Lincoln
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Mary
John Adams
Charles Adams
Franklin Pierce
Benjamin
Library of Congress
Kennedy
Kennedy Baby Birth Drama Quieted By Optimism
The text follows Mrs Kennedy’s cesarean recovery and optimistic notes about the newborn premature son born five and a half weeks early. President Kennedy made multiple reassuring calls to Jackie as she recovers at the base hospital with Caroline and John Jr. nearby.
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White House
Kennedy
Eunice Shriver
Jean Smith
Patrick
Newport
Rhode Island
Burglary and Larceny Charges Filed
The county attorney's office filed second degree burglary charges against Jackie Rollins 18 of 1606 Park Peter W. Jackson 17 of 1802 N 22nd and Craig Carpenter 18 of 5304 Columbia. Grand larceny charges were filed against Cecil Lee Fuller 18 of 1821 S 14th.
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Lawton
Jackie Rollins
Park
Peter W. Jackson
N. 22Nd
Craig Carpenter
Columbia
Cecil Lee Fuller
S. 14Th
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hightower Attend Kansas City Convention
Farmers Insurance Group at the Career Club convention in Kansas City Missouri hosts Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hightower of 926 North 20th August 30 to September 1. Hightower is a local agent recognized for outstanding achievements in the insurance field.
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Ted Hightower
N. 20Th
Farmers Insurance Group
Kansas City
Hightower
World leaders send condolences on Kennedy baby's death
Helsinki reports state visit as Austrian Chancellor Gorbach German President Laibke Italian Premier Leone and others cable sympathies to the Kennedys. MRS ROSE KENNEDY learns of the baby's death while visiting Pars, thanking reporters as Europe media broadcast grief.
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Helsinki
Alfonso Gorbach
Kennedys
Giovanni Leone
Rome
Heinrich Laiebke
Luebke
Rose Kennedy
Pars
Europe
Cardinal Cushing Extends Sympathy to Kennedy Family
In Boston Cardinal Cushing expressed heartfelt sympathy to President Kennedy and his wife after the death of their two day old son. He offered prayers for strength and noted that all efforts were made to save the infant's life and that the baby now lives in the nurseries of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Boston
UPS
Richard Cardinal Cushing
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Kennedys
Kingdom of Heaven
Cardinal Cushing
Hepatitis Disrupts Ohio Guard Training at Camp Grayling
An infectious hepatitis case paused training for nearly 300 Ohio National Guard members at Camp Grayling Michigan. Medics evacuated and quarantined the affected area while gamma globulin was given to all contacts. officials expect low epidemic risk and the battalion resumed drills after a brief break.
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Camp Grayling
Mich
Ohio National Guard
Plane Carrying 13 Reported Missing
A South African air force maritime reconnaissance plane with a 13 member crew went missing during a Cape coast flight. The aircraft was participating in air sea exercises with British, French, Portuguese and South African ships.
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Cape Town
South Africa
South African Air Force
Cape
Copter Finds Lost Woman in West Texas
Mrs. Vera Greer, 67, was rescued by an Air Force helicopter after five days of exposure in a hot remote Pecos area. She wandered with her German shepherd for about 10 miles and was found near dense salt cedar growth. Doctors reported dehydration and exposure at Pecos hospital while her daughter Mrs. R C Brumley Jr. of Kermit sought aid after a roadside tire trouble.
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Pecos
Tex
Texas
Vera Greer
Air Force
Greer
R. C. Brumley Jr
Kermit
Lawton Rep Attends Commerce and Industry Directors Meeting
State Rep. Walter Hutchins attended a directors meeting of the State Department of Commerce and Industry in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. He serves on the five member legislative watchdog committee on finances tasked to work with the department.
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Walter Hutchins
Lawton
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Oklahoma City
Hutchins
State Department
Oklahoma Lawmakers Attend Southern Water Conference
Lawton and other Oklahoma lawmakers returned from Asheville North Carolina where they attended a meeting of the Southern Water Resources Conference. Topics included water pollution storage and stream navigation with Rep. Frank Patterson Grandfield Rep. Tracy Daugherty Walters Rep. J B Fowler Hollis and Rep. Raymond Hammer Lone Grove among attendees.
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Walter Hutchins
Lawton
Oklahoma
Asheville
N.C
Southern Water Resources Conference
Frank Patterson
Grandfield
Tracy Daugherty
Walters
J. B Fowler
Hollis
Raymond Hammer
Lone Grove
57 Red Guerrillas Killed In Viet Nam
Saigon reports 57 Communist guerrillas killed while attempting to overrun a government hamlet 75 miles west of here. A large enemy unit struck the hamlet of Binh Phu Long near dawn, as civil guards were dispatched to relieve the siege. Air strikes were also ordered.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Here
Binh Phu Long
Army Survey Ranks Milk as Soldiers Favorite Food
A 26 000 enlisted personnel survey by the Armed Forces Food and Container Institute shows milk as the No 1 favorite among 265 foods with grilled steak second. The study guides Army and Air Force menus and food science work, using hedonic ratings to match meals to age education region and hometown size.
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Armed Forces Food and Container Institute
Office of Personnel Operations
Department of the Army
Joseph Kamen
United States
Secret Marriage Ties Duke of Argyll to Mortimer Bride
The Duke of Argyll secretly wed American-born Mrs. Mathilda Custer Mortimer eight weeks ago. The 60 year old duke’s fourth wife, she has three sons from a prior marriage. They are in Decaveville France and plan to visit Italy before returning to Britain in August. Mortimer previously married Prof. Clemens Heller of Paris University.
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London
Duke of Argyll
Mathilda Custer Mortimer
Decaveville
Sowern
France
Italy
Britain
Mortimer
Paris
Clemens Heller
Paris University
Clooney and Ferrer Reunion In Cincinnati Family Return
In Cincinnati a weekend reunion brings Rosemary Clooney, actor Jose Ferrer, their five children and Clooney’s relatives together. They say they quietly reconciled and canceled their California divorce decree days before it would have become final.
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Cincinnati
Rosemary Clooney
Jose Ferrer
Miss Clooney
Ferrer
California
Colonarp relief for constipation overnight
A medical claim describes Colonarp tablets using a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. The ad emphasizes nerve control of bowel impulses and promotes OLONAID as clinically proven, with an introductory 436 dosage note.
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Dr. Ward
Bartlesville
L. T. Hill
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Jackie
Hugh Dr. Auchincloss
Jacqueline Kennedy
Janet
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Copter
Bird Cage Private Club
Sheridan & Codie
Humble
Earl Simmons
Clooney
Zales
NEA Assym
Toa
Harold Sturgess
Doe Roberts
Dial
Mart
Lawton, Okla
Cache Road Sq
W J
Flexstee
Raulston Furniture
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