Mansfield Plea to Extend Rail Strike Deadline Rejected
Senate Democratic Leader Ike Mansfield asked railroads to extend the 12:01 a.m. Thursday deadline to avoid a nationwide walkout. J. E. Wolfe of the National Railway Labor Conference rejected the appeal, saying previous extensions were used to improve unions public relations. Congress moved to debate a revised bill and act before the deadline.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ike Mansfield
An Fort
Montana Water
Congress
J. E. Wolfe
Management
National Railway Labor Conference
Wolfe
Mansfield
Vietnam Crisis Deepens as Lodge Discusses Saigon Ties
U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met Ngo Dinh Nhu in Saigon amid martial law relaxations and threats to curb uprisings. Postponement of a National Assembly election, curfews, and troop concentrations marked a tense political-religious crisis in South Vietnam. Lodge carried a Kennedy note and met President Diem as Saigon planned to ease strict controls.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot
Nhu
Sauuday
Viet Nam Ress
Diem
Vietnam Press
Saigon University
Kennedy
Lodge
Frederick E. Nolting
Ton That Dinh
Vietnam
Tri-County Turkey Creek Watershed Gets House Approval
The House Agriculture Committee approved 4.9 million dollars for the Turkey Creek Watershed project in Greer Jackson Harmon counties. The plan covers 196400 acres with 41 flood water retarding structures and 13 miles of channel work awaiting federal funds. Rep. Victor Wickersham announced the approval.
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Jack Cleland
Constitution Washington Bureau
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Turkey Creek
Greer
Jackson
Harmon
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Tri-County
Victor Wickersham
Area Weather Forecast: Hot and Thunderstorms
Clear to partly cloudy and hot through Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms late Wednesday. Highs reach 108 today and Wednesday, lows around 78 tonight and 70 Monday. 11 30 a.m. reading 99.
Heat Teems Through Lawton Area With Triple Digit Heat
Forecasters warn no relief from high temperatures in Lawton with a 103 degree high expected today and tomorrow. Monday's peak hit 104 degrees as other state readings reached up to 107 in McAlester and 78 overnight in Lawton with a 70 low last night.
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Lawton
Guymon
McAlester
Oklahoma City
Council Approves Budget Hearings and Street Paving Plan
City council retreats to 4 pm to review the proposed 1963-64 budget by City Clerk R. M. Dodson. They authorize paving in Districts 114 and 115, deannexed 20 acres in southwest Lawton, and transfer industrial property to Caddell Transport Co. Protests in District 115 were insufficient. plans call for Portland cement pavement 30 feet wide after bids.
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R. M. Dodson
Lawton
Caddell Transport Co
Hendrick
Brookland Addition
Elm
Glenndale
Lott
Cache Road
Delrose
Ozman
Sheridan Road
Columbia
Dearborn
Lincoln
Kingsbury
Lee
Monroe
Garfield
Bishop Road
Bell
Euclid
Washington
See Council
Fort Sill fires second Pershing missile test
White Sands missile range New Mexico Fort Sill troops fired the second Pershing shot from Hueco range Fort Bliss. The impact area lay in the northern wastelands. Officials said the unit will move to Blanding Utah for the long range test over populated areas next week.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Fort Sill
United States
44Th Artillery
Hueco
Fort Bliss
Blanding
Utah
Admiral Burke urges Senate to reject limited test ban treaty
Retired Admiral Arleigh Burke told the Senate Armed Services subcommittee the limited nuclear test ban treaty should be rejected until verification measures are added. He cautioned ratification may prove regrettable and urged inspection of Soviet facilities to prevent cheating. George Kistiakowsky supported the treaty with no reservations.
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Washington (Ap
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Senate
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Henry M. Jackson Cash
Burke
George B. Kistiakowsky
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kistiakowsky
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
United States
Joyous Pair Sing Dance After Ordeal
Two coal miners Henry Throne and David Fellin were rescued from a chamber 309 feet underground after two weeks. They were lifted through an 18 inch shaft, flown to a hospital in good condition, with Fellin singing and Throne dancing. They worry about trapped companion Louis Bova as efforts to reach him continue.
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Sheppton
UPI
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Throne
Fellin
Louis Bova
Lawton Principals Plan for 1963-64 Enrollment
Lawton elementary principals met with district officials to finalize plans for the 1963-64 term as enrollment week continued. Juniors enrolled in the city’s three public high schools reached 960 by noon with about 775 at Lawton High 45 at Douglass and 140 at Eisenhower. Senior enrollment included 612 at LHS and 31 at Douglass, Eisenhower beginning without a senior class until 1964-65.
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Lawton
OEA
Lawton High School
Douglass
Eisenhower
LHS
Doug
Lass. Eisenhower
Douglass and
Tomlinson
Central Junior High School
Apprehension About March Hangs In Air
Washington awoke to calm vows for the civil rights march while doubt lingered over attendance transport and potential violence. Union strikes threaten thousands stranded as Congress weighs anti strike legislation with estimates of 100000 to 250000 expected in the capital.
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Washington
Congress
Sy Posner
Posner
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Capiz
Woman Accused Of Selling Child In 200-dollar Trade
The county attorney filed a rare charge of trafficking in children against Inez Marie Prock 38 of 301 I. Detectives signed the complaint in Special Sessions court. She was arrested after a report she sold her eight month old daughter to a couple for 200 dollars in a downtown tavern where she worked. The couple’s identity and the baby's whereabouts were not known.
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Lawton
Cleo Stout
Special Sessions
Inez Marie Prock
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Anna
Bova
Peter Saras
Anthony Fedullo
Feilin
John D. Shoemaker
Clarence Shields
Howell
Walter Oswalt
Taft
Wilbert Landrith
Roosevelt
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Edison
Paul Prior
Thad Foster
Sheridan
Monroe Wortham
Pecan Grove
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