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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1963
Page
1
Fort Sill army officers say 88 officers and 51 enlisted allied personnel will stay for Christmas from Dec 21 to Jan 5. Capt. Danny C. Wallace urges Lawton residents to open homes to allied soldiers to ease isolation, noting their role in world peace and defense. Interested hosts should see Allied Students, Page 4.
Federal laws require triangular oleomargarine patties or clear labeling to identify margarine served in public eateries. Legislation linked to dairy interests mandates prominent notice and packaging rules, while local surveys show Lawton area households favor margarine over butter due to price and taste differences.
Inonu 80 resigned as prime minister of Turkey after returning from Washington where he attended President Kennedy's funeral. The move ends his tenure amid post assassination era tensions in Ankara.
Whitney Young of the National Urban League urged President Johnson to lead a crash public works effort to ease Negro unemployment. Young discussed school dropouts delinquency and employment with Johnson in a White House meeting, and said the Urban League views him as a continuing civil rights leader. Johnson showed interest in employment proposals while preparing the 1965 budget and meeting with top officials.
The Associated Press reports 544 people died on national highways during a 102 hour Thanksgiving weekend. The toll surpassed 514 from 1962 and 442 in 1960, with the period running from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Officials note travel is similar to a non holiday weekend.
Voters will decide four state questions on Tuesday with simple majority needed for passage. Proposals include a $7 million bond for a University of Oklahoma center, longer terms for county judges, senators, and representatives, and widespread local medical society support for the medical center bond.
Southern Hills National Bank of Tulsa reopened under new management after closure caused by excess business. About 100 people waited in 30 degree weather for the 9:30 a.m. opening, with lines inside and outside as accounts were closed and routine banking began. The bank now charges service fees on checking and transfers old accounts to the new entity named Southern Hills National Bank of Tulsa.
A gasoline price war began today with prices cutting five to six cents a gallon. Premium gasoline now costs about 2.9 to 2.79 cents per gallon while regular lists 2.29 to 2.39. Station owners could not say how long the drop would last or why it started.
Grant Stockdale former U S ambassador to Ireland and ally of the late President Kennedy fell from the 13th floor of the Du Building in midtown Miami his body found on a fifth floor ledge Police labeled it an apparent death by own action Stockdale aged 48 was a Miami real estate executive and former administrative assistant to Senator George Smathers and served in Florida politics before his ambassadorship.
A Fort Sill sergeant, 50, was struck and killed by a car on U S 277 south of Walters in Cotton county Sunday night. The death raised Oklahoma Thanksgiving toll to 12 for 1963, with the Lawton district recording 78 fatalities to date. Sgt. Jack Bob Burns of Fort Sill had been riding in a car when he walked behind it and stepped into the path of a northbound Buick. The vehicle skidded 114 feet before impact and 26 feet after. Funeral services are pending. He served in World War II and had tours in Korea Japan and Germany.
Raul Leoni, candidate of Venezuela's anti Castro government, surged into a strong lead as one third of unofficial tabulations were completed. He held about a 90 000 vote edge over his nearest rival amid Betancourt's hard line against Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Bitter opposition arises at the Highway Commission as Sen. Joe Bailey Cobb and Sen. Tom Tipps argue against Gov Henry Bellmans proposal for a Purcell to Ardmore toll road. Cobb accuses the commission of punishing southern Oklahoma counties by delaying Interstate 35 routing and demands immediate action on a route near five towns. Lyons says right of way purchases begin in 90 days while federal officials favor a shorter bypass route.
Lawton and southwest Oklahoma expect cool fair weather with highs near 48 degrees today and a low around 26. A cold front lowered temps statewide with 29 degrees last night and overnight lows from 24 to 35. The five day outlook calls for near normal eastern temps and 3 to 6 degrees above normal in the west with little rain.
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