Hotel Fire at Roosevelt Kills 21 and Injures 66 in Jacksonville
Ashes and debris filled the Hotel Roosevelt ballroom as a Sunday fire from the ceiling left 21 dead and 66 injured among 500 Gator Bowl guests. Navy helicopters evacuated guests from the roof while firefighters battled the blaze and witnesses described the panic and smoke. officials noted no negligence and ongoing investigation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Navy
Swicks
Alachua
Wade Hildinger
Buffalo
N.Y
National Gypsum Co
Haydon Burns
Wiliam H. Johnson
Meyer Hotel
Stork Derby Winner To Get Raft Of Gifts
Comanche county’s first infant of 1964 will receive numerous gifts from Lawton merchants as part of the Constitution Press Stork Derby. The exact birth time must be written by the attending physician and a witness. entry details and addresses must be sent to the Lawton Constitution Press.
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Comanche County
Lawton
Constitution Press Stork Derby
Lawton Publishing Co
Lawton Constitution- Press
Law
Constitution Press
Miss America Rescued From Fire After Smoke Filled Room
Miss America 1964 Donna Axum described being trapped in a Roosevelt Hotel room on the 10th floor for over an hour. Clad in a hospital gown and in a wheelchair, she recounted waking to smoke and being rescued, saying she did not think they would get out alive.
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William Fielden
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Ark
Jacksonville
Fla
Fielden
Miss Axum
Roosevelt Hotel
UPI
Barry Goldwater to announced decision Friday on 1964 nomination
Senator Barry Goldwater will tell supporters Friday if he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1964. The frontrunner, recovering in Phoenix, plans to meet Republican leaders at his home about noon to reveal his decision. He has not commented publicly.
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Phoenix
Arix
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Republican Party
Arizona
Guakanar Saely
Fort Sill $15 Million Construction Program Progress
Fort Sill reports its six project, 15 million construction program for 1963 is over half finished with the largest hospital and medical facility at 52 percent complete. Began September 1962, the plan includes hospital improvements, BOQ housing for officers and enlisted families, barracks for 326 men, and a post field development. Completion targets range from late February 1964 to March 1965 with several projects already underway or completed.
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Fort Sill
Addia
BOQ
Ene
Post Field
Senate set to vote on $3 billion foreign aid bill
The Senate agreed to a late afternoon vote on final passage of the $3 billion foreign aid measure after a four hour debate limit. Senate leaders argued action was urgent to fulfill the president's request and avoid delaying until the new session opens Jan. 7.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Mansfield
Congress
Eee
John O. Passtore
D-R.il
State Home Owners Face Huge Increase In Cost Of Insurance
The Oklahoma state insurance board set a hearing for January 7 on a proposed multimillion dollar homeowners package insurance increase filed by four rating bureaus on Nov or 14. A 15 percent blanket rise plus a non deductible coverage boost from 33 to 48 is proposed, with unofficial cost estimates between 2 and 6 million dollars. The hearing is at 10 a.m. in Room 310 Will Rogers building at the capitol.
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Oklahoma City
UPT
State Insurance Board
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Transportation Insurance Rating Bureau
Inland Marine Insurance Bureau Board
Nelson Newman
Oklahoma
Newman
Will Rogers
Capitol
Astronauts Sell Interest in Cocoa Beach Motel
Eight astronauts sold their shares in the Cape Colony Inn and Convention Hall near Cape Kennedy to majority stockholder W. T. Rose on December 18. Each had invested about $7,500 of the original $100,000 plus stake in the $1.6 million property when it opened June 1, 1962, and received $13,500 each from the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Cape Kennedy
C. Leo DeOrsey
Cape Colony Inn
DeOrsey Rert
Leap Year 1964 Adds Day in February
Leap year 1964 brings 29 days in February and a longer year. The moon and sun eclipses occur on June 24 December 18 and January 14 June 9 July 9 and December 3 respectively. Independence marks 188 years until July 4.
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Fre Pees
Australia
South America
North Polar
Bering Strait
America
Khrushchev Sees 1964 as Year of Change in Cold War
Premier Khrushchev told UPI 1964 could bring decisive change if the US and USSR unite for peace. He named possible deals on arms reduction, force cuts, non aggression pacts, nuclear free zones, and halting the arms race, aligning with Kennedy and Johnson policies.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
United Press International
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Johnson
Cold Front Drops Temperatures Across Oklahoma
A new cold front kept Lawton and southwest Oklahoma in the 30s with a high near 35 today while Tuesday should rise to about 42. Light snow and freezing rain troubled western Oklahoma highways Sunday though roads cleared by morning. Clinton Sherman AFB reported an inch of snow, with some western points seeing brief accumulations.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Highway Patrol
U.S. 66
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
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Johnson City
Tex
House
McNamara
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Aspen
Colo
Armed Services
Sfc
Willie D. Brooks
Miss America
Barry
Board
Nikita
Coun
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
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