United States begins Viet Nam troop withdrawal from Saigon
Three U S Air Force jets carried 220 troops from Saigon Tan Son Nhut as the first wave of U S forces depart South Viet Nam. Within nine days about 1 000 men follow, reducing U S presence to roughly 15 500. General Harkins and Vietnamese defense minister Don praised the mission while veterans described mixed feelings at leaving.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
United States
U.S. Air Force
Honolulu
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Kadena Air Base
Okinawa
U.S
Harkins
Tan Son Nhut
Paul D. Harkins
Viet Nam
Tran van Don
Don
Aliso
Robert H. Clough
Connellsville
Fair Weather Continues Across Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma
Weather across Lawton and southwest Oklahoma warms after a 27 degree overnight. The forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures through Wednesday with no rain. Highs range from 41 at Tinker to 54 at Guymon, with overnight lows from 23 to 33.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
State
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Guymon
Ponca City
McAlester
Clinton - Sherman Air Force Base
Heroic Agent Honored As Jacqueline Watches
Secretary of the Treasury C Douglas Dillon awarded Secret Service Agent Clinton J Hill the Treasury gold medal for risking his life to shield President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy during the assassination attack. Mrs Kennedy attended with her family as Hill, 31, was praised for his brave actions and long service protecting her on trips abroad.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Secret Service
Clinton J. Hill
President Kennedy
Dallas
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Hill
Treasury Department
White House
Treasury Building
Dillon
Agen
Kennedy
Pope
Rainfall in Lawton Stands Below 92-Year Average
Rain totals for 1963 remain well under the 92 year average for the first 11 months despite a 3.41 inch boost in November. January through November rainfall adds to 18.50 inches, far below the 29.71 inch average for that period, with the area facing its driest year since 1939 if the current pattern continues this month.
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Lawton
Repairy
Oswald Unaided Lone Assassin Report Near Ready
Government sources say an FBI report due to President Johnson will state Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and unaided in Kennedy’s assassination. The document, with Secret Service input, will be sent to the Warren Commission chair and may be released before the inquiry begins.
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Washington
FBI
White House
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Johnson
Investigating Commission
Earl Warren
Warren
Warren Commission
Secret Service
Oswald
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Texas
John Connally
Pope
King reports talks with Johnson on resuming civil rights protests
Dr. Martin Luther King said after meeting President Johnson that anti-discrimination demonstrations would resume by mid month in various areas. He noted the moratorium was temporary and emphasized demonstrations would continue as conditions that sparked them remain.
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Washington
UPL
Martin Luther King
Johnson
King
White House
Congress
AFL A
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Meany
Organized Labor
Kennedy
Col
Walker condemns national papers, praises Dallas coverage
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker praised Dallas papers for covering the presidential assassination but blasted out-of-town media as abusive. He noted the state inquiry was first reported by The Worker on Nov. 26 and criticized other papers for not matching Dallas coverage. Walker, a longtime anti-Communist figure, described Oswald as a Marxist and cited a past assassination attempt on himself. He declined to comment on a canceled Garden City Hotel talk.
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Earl Warren
Texas
Walker
Dallas
Nation
Lee Harvey Oswald
Garden City
N.Y
State Fertilizer Parley Opens With Officers Elected
The ninth annual Oklahoma Fertilizer Dealer Conference opened at the Hotel Loytian with officers elected. Don Mitchell of Enid was chosen president of the Oklahoma Plant Food Education Society. New officers include Dr Gaylord Hanes Stillwater vice president Park Yates Oklahoma City secretary and Van Rich Oklahoma City treasurer. More than 300 delegates attended a banquet at 7 p.m. at the hotel ballroom. Yates will be master of ceremonies. Demonstrations and displays of fertilizer equipment are planned for Wednesday at the fairgrounds. The event is organized by OPFES with Oklahoma State University agronomy department and extension service.
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Oklahoma Fertilizer Dealer
Lawtonian
Don Mitchell
Enid
Oklahoma Plant Food Education Society
Gaylord Hanes
Stillwater
Park Yates
Oklahoma City
van Rich
Yates
OPFES
Oklahoma State University
Agronomy Department and Extension Service
City Council Opens Bids for City Insurance Plans
City council opened bids from 14 firms for group hospitalization and life insurance for city employees and families. Bids separated for department heads and non supervisory staff with some firms offering a single premium. Firms represented include Metropolitan Life Midwestern Great Southern Prudential Aetna and more while a fringe benefit premium sharing plan may be studied for future years.
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Insurance Committee
Joe Peller Insurance Agency
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Midwestern Life Insurance Co
Interstate Assurance Co
Paul Revere Life Insurance Co
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Hospitalization and Orgical Plan
Phoenix “Ential Insurance Co
Standard Life «4 Accident Insurance Co
Occidental Life of California
National Fidelity Life Insurance Co
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Great Southern Life Insurance Co
Great National Life Insurance
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Republic National Life Insurance Co
Council
Ee Fem
House Hopes To Break Civil Rights Bottleneck
Speaker John W McCormack announced an effort to discharge the civil rights voting bill from the Rules Committee and bring it to a floor vote. Emanuel Celler would file a discharge petition to move the measure despite Senate opposition and White House cautions.
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House
Washington
White House
Emanuel Celler
D-N_Y
Judiciary Committee
Cellier
Smith
Rules Committee
Republic
Johnson
Congress
Construction Tops 1962 Mark In Only 11 Months
City Inspector L Mankin reports through November 1963 construction costs reached 18 548 030 surpassing the 1962 full year total of 16 888 858 62 with 552 new houses started in 11 months and a November cost total of 1 052 990 including 47 new residences and major line projects across expressways school buildings and utilities.
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L. Mankin
Mil- Mankin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co
Lanes Switched On Interchange In North Lawton
The three level interchange in north Lawton opened its top and bottom levels while the second level remains closed for realigned lanes. A new detour routes north and westbound traffic to west lanes near Ferris and Lake Helen, with northbound traffic using the bottom level and redirected to west lanes north of the interchange. Paving continues on the new alignment to support north and west bound traffic, closing a lane southeast of the old lane.
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North Lawton
Frank Murphy
Ferris
Lake Helen
Lawton
U.S. 62
Copter Forced Landing On Manhattan Roof
A helicopter made a forced landing on a Manhattan building roof today. Police said no injuries were reported.
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New York
Manhattan
Oklahoma Four State Questions On Light Election Day
Oklahoma voters faced four statewide questions in a light turn out special election. Tulsa showed higher noon participation and a $3.5 million bond for an exhibit hall. One proposal seeks a $7 million teaching hospital bond at OU Medical Center. Other measures would extend terms for county officials and legislators. Governors and groups backed the hospital bond.
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Tulsa
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmor
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United Press International
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Negro Head
McCormack
Richard Bolling
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