Threats Drive Ole Miss Faculty Loss Ahead of Fall
At the University of Mississippi 54 faculty members from the 1962 63 catalog will not return for the fall term, signaling more than 20 percent turnover amid political interference fears. Deans and department heads lead the exodus, with full and associate professors among those leaving and several chairmen departing.
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Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Associated Press
J. D. Williams
Meredith
Samuel F. Clark
William H. Willis
Clark
Ole Miss
Univerity
Willis
Robert Farley
Law School
Farley
University of Florida Law School
Quinter M. Lyons
Mississippi
College of Liberal Arts
Williams
Subscription rates for Lawton area newspapers listed
The notice outlines mailing and delivery charges for Morning Press and Sunday Constitution and related editions in Lawton Ohio and surrounding counties. Rates include monthly and yearly options, with separate pricing for Oklahoma and outside Oklahoma, plus box delivery and tax details.
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Lawton
Ohio
Constitution
Monnday Constitution
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Illinois Soldier Receives Army Medal For Bravery
Specialist John R. Swanson of Galesburg Illinois earned the Army Commendation Medal and a Congressional Citation for rescuing a man from drowning after a Mississippi river boating mishap at Fort Sill. Maj. Gen. Griffing presented the award as Sen. Paul Douglas sent congratulations. Swanson, a 1960 Galesburg High School graduate, is stationed with Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 333rd Artillery, and is the chief message clerk.
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Ilinois
Fort Sill
John R. Swanson
333D Artillery
Galesburg
Mississippi River
Swanson
L. S. Griffing
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Griffing
Galesburg High School
333Rd Artillery
John Weatherbey
Allen H. Council
John A. Swanson
Ill
Nashville drug stores vote to desegregate lunch counters
Nashville in Tennessee reports the Nashville Retail Druggists Association voted to desegregate drugstore lunch counters. James O Bass Sr, chairman of the Biracial Metropolitan Committee on Human Relations, announced the decision. St Thomas Hospital opened its medical and surgical facilities to Negroes amid prior demonstrations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Retail Druggists Association
James O. Bass Sr
Metropolitan Committee On Human Relations
St. Thomas Hospital
Thunderbirds Pack Up For Trip Home Tomorrow
Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Division finished its two week encampment at Fort Chaffee Arkansas and began preparations to return home as convoys roll out Saturday ending the summer training.
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Thunderbirds
FT. Chaffee
Ark
Oklahoma
45Th
Constance Towers Survives Fire and Finds Screen Fame
Hal Boyle notes Constance Towers, who as a 12 year old in Whitefish Montana burned a popcorn machine and lost her job, later stars in film and television. The story traces her rise from usherette to film star with John Ford and John Wayne, and her bold role in The Shock Corridor as a stripper.
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New York
Constance Towers
Whitefish
Mont
Miss Towers
Panama
Eugene C. McGrath
Kennedy
John Ford
John Wayne
Cherokees Get $1 Million Bonus for Land Claim
Cherokee Indians will receive an extra one million dollars as four percent interest on a fourteen point seven million dollar land claim awarded in 1961 for six million acres seized in the Cherokee Outlet. The payment, delayed by offset claims, is now being distributed to tribal members at the celebration in Tahlequah marking the 1839 founding observance.
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Oklahoma
Earl Boyd Pierce
Indian Claims Commission
Rokee
Sunbeams Finish Annual Day Camp
Eight-year old Sunbeams of the Comanche Cotten Baptist Association held their annual day camp at Quanah Parker campsite in the Wichita Mountains this week. One hundred twenty campers from fourteen churches joined nature walks, crafts, and study of a mission book Under the Olive Tree. Awards honored top handicraft and best unit display. Jerry Juergens, Hawaii minister, spoke to the group and showed island children’s handwork. Associational Sunbeam director is Mrs. Alex Richardson Faxon.
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Sunbeams
Comanche-Cotten Baptist Association
Quanah Parker
Wichita Mountains
Jerry Juergens
Hawaii
Children of the Islands
Sunbeam
Alex Richardson
Faxon
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