President Enjoys Ranch Type Yule Vows Budget Cut
President Johnson returns to Texas for Christmas with relatives as he forecasts a belated budget surprise and revenues above 98 billion. He hints at a possible 11 billion tax cut to be enacted January 1 while pledging frugality and targeted job programs.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
William J. Green Jr
D-Pa
Philadelphia
Texas
John Connally
Austin
Visit to poet Clement Clarke Moore’s grave marks tradition
About 150 children and adults with kerosene lanterns visit Moore’s grave in Trinity Church Cemetery Manhattan. The group also pays respects at Alfred Tennyson Dickens, whose father Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
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New York
Clement Clark Moore
St. Nicholas
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Manhattan
Trinity Church
Dickens
Charles
Four Traffic Deaths Mar State Holiday 1963 Toll Hits 744
The Christmas holiday toll rose to 744 in 1963 with four more highway deaths. The AP notes the period from Tuesday 12:01 a.m. to midnight Christmas counted 163 fatalities by 2 p.m. with the year already the deadliest on Oklahoma highways.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
John
Idabel
U. S
U.S
National Safety Council
Christmas Council
Trotters Find 1182 Under Holiday Tree
Lawton couple John and Carolyn Trotter receive 1182 in holiday gifts as they cope with medical bills after John, a 22 year old bakery salesman, lost 30 pounds since November. Walter Oswalt of the Northwest Kiwanis led the Trotter Christmas Fund with 300 more from friends. Carolyn plans to finish high school while working full time to support medical costs and return to University of Oklahoma.
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Lawton
Walter Oswalt
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Trotter
John
Carolyn
Oklahoma A
Lawton High School
Family Escapes Serious Injury After Fort Sillion House Explosion
On Christmas morning a Fort Sillion family of three survived a four room concrete apartment blast at 3114 Arlington. Carl Eddington, 20, wife 19, and daughter Karletta 15 months were in the living room. no serious injuries though Mrs. Eddington had a minor leg wound. Fire Chief J. W. McCaig said the kitchen bath area was the blast center in the Francis rental at 609 Euclid. debris and a caved wall followed as plaster fell from the ceiling. The family avoided greater harm by staying away from the explosion’s core.
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Fort Sillion
Arlington
Carl Eddington
Eddington
Karletta
J. W. McCaig
W. H. Francis
Euclid
Eddingtons
McCaig
Bircher Claims U S Reds Plot Kennedy Assassination
Robert Welch Jr of the John Birch Society says President Kennedy’s killing was plotted by one or more high Communist officials in the USA without Kremlin knowledge. He argues Soviet leaders were surprised and links Kennedy policies to Communist aims.
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EW York
Robert Welch Jr
The
John Birch Society
John F. Kennedy
Communist Party
U.S.A
Kremlin
Welch
Society
the Bulletin
New York Times
Boston
Bulletin
Kennedy
Birch Society
Lee H. Oswald
Oswald
Sun Warms City Again
Sunshine and fair skies defined Christmas Day in Lawton and across the state. Temperatures were near 60s today with a 61 degree high on Tuesday and a forecast calling for a mild five day period in eastern areas. Lows around 30 are expected tonight with a City high near 36 at Tinkery AFB and Tuesday highs ranging from 66 to 40 in various towns.
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Lawton
Tinkery Afb
Tus
Ponca City
Fire in Tulsa Kills Woman 75
A fire in Tulsa claimed the life of a 75 year old woman. Authorities investigated the blaze and identified the victim, with no immediate details on the cause released. Fire units responded promptly, but the fatal fire resulted in a complete loss of the residence.
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Tulsa
Tulsa adopts resolution opposing discrimination in public accommodations
Tulsa officials approved a resolution Tuesday declaring city opposition to discrimination in public accommodations. The measure directs city staff to study enforcement and urge state and federal action.
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Tulsa
Commis
Acting Chief Named At Indian Hospital
Dr William John Atkinson 33 surgeon at the Lawton Indian Hospital was named acting service unit director effective Jan 1 heading the 12 county Lawton unit. Dr Ralph A Seltzer current director since July 1963 is promoted to chief of the contract medical care branch in Billings Montana. Seltzer will oversee contracts with outside doctors across Montana Wyoming and Utah while Atkinson transfers from Staten Island and Korea era Navy service to lead the hospital.
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PHS Indian Hospital
Ralph A. Seltzer
Billings, Mont
William Atkinson
William John Atkinson
Lawton Indian Hospital
Billings
Mont
Atkinson
Lawton
Seltzer
PHS
Division of Indian Health
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Public Health Service
PHS Hospital
Staten Island
Seattle
Seattle Public Health Hospital Before Going To Phs Hospital
Navy
Korea
Allschool
Aurora
Marmion Military Academy
Record Throngs Pass Red Wall in Berlin Christmas Visit
A record throng of West Berliners crossed the barricade to East Berlin for Christmas goose dinners. In the first three hours more than 437,000 traveled by foot, train, subway, or car, the largest visit since the wall opened for the holidays. Food included geese from Poland and carols piped across the barrier.
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Annette Johnson
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Alchamedes Johnson
Zoraida Johnson
Jerome Wilson
Jacquatta Wilson
Anthony Wilson
LBJ Ranch
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Pope
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Julus Davis Jr
Julius Davis Sr
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Oklahoma City
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University of New Mexico
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Indian Hospital
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Western Hills Parent Teachers Association
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Knights of Columbus
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