Bud Wilkinson enters Oklahoma Senate race as Republican
Bud Wilkinson announced from Oklahoma City he will run as a conservative Republican for the U S Senate, insisting he is in the race to win and may serve a life-time. He declared his campaign aims at a crowded news conference with reporters and television cameras present.
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Oklahoma City
Bud Wilkinson
U. S. Senate
Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Senate
John Glenn
Glenn
U. S
Ohio
University of Oklahoma
Wilkinson enters Senate race to bolster Oklahoma GOP
Bud Wilkinson announced his entry as a Republican candidate for the U S Senate in Oklahoma saying he can serve more effectively in this post. Governor Bellmon praised the move noting it strengthens the Republican party and two party system. Wilkinson stated his campaign will be vigorous and statewide and that he will run on his own political philosophy.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Bud Wilkinson
U. S. Senate
Republican Party
Oklahoma
Henry Bellmon
Wilkinson
Bellmon
Madill
Okla
Raymond Gary
Senate
Country
Gary
Forest Beall
GOP
Beall
Enid
Tom Harris
Free Land
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Bud Wilkinson Enters Race Not Surprising to Harris
Oklahoma Senator Fred R. Harris, a Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful, said Wilkinson’s official move into politics drew only mild reaction. Harris noted he and staff had expected Wilkinson would run and that he would focus on securing the Democratic nomination while ignoring the Republican field of four candidates.
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Bud Wilkinson
Fred R. Harris
Harris
Wilkinson
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Clearing Skies After Oklahoma Area Storm
Weather eases in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma after three days of rain and heavy snow. Officials report up to 24 inches downtown and up to 16 inches in some state sections, with temperatures staying below normal for five days and more precipitation forecast early next week.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Gerald Little
Lake Ellsworth
Cache
Chandler
Little
Randell Hale
Lake Lawtonka
Hale
Johnson seeks new laws to protect consumers finances
President Johnson asked Congress for consumer protections including banning deceptive packaging and full disclosure of interest rates on installment purchases. He urged federal agencies to adapt the Agricultural Extension Service model to urban budgeting and education, and called for truth in lending and packaging.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Agricultural Extension Service
Committee On
Consumer Interests
Death Penalty Sought In Sterling Murder Case
County Attorney Chester D. Silvers asked a Superior court jury to impose the death penalty on Robert R. High for the strangulation slaying of his wife Lucy High in Sterling during a 16 year marriage. High testified he blacked out after an argument and denied killing her, claiming temporary insanity as his defense.
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Chester D. Silvers
Robert R
Ray) High
Lewis Oerke
High
Oerke
Silvers
Fort Sillmen
Post Hospital
Mrs. High
Totten Nominated for Two Star Rank By JACK CLELAND
Brig. Gen. James Willoughby Totten assistant commandant of the U S Army Artillery and Missile School Fort Sill was nominated for promotion to major general. The move is expected to win Senate approval within 15 days with two star rank following later. Totten a 1935 West Point graduate commanded the 69th Armored Field Artillery Battalion in Italy in World War II and holds the Bronze Star Legion of Merit and other honors.
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Washington
D.C
James Willoughby Totten
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Fort Sill
U. S. Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Totten
Notasulga School Crisis Spurs Violent Show of Force
Six Negro students were denied entry at Notasulga Alabama while white police beat photographer Vernon Merritt III from Black Star Publications and an angry crowd assaulted another newsman. Two Negro students enrolled at Shorter without incident amid a boycott by half the white students. Federal authorities monitored events as Alabama officials echoed Wallace era resistance to integration.
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Notasulga
Ala
UPI
Jack Rea
Rea
Johnson
Shorter
Alabama
George Co. Wallace
Wallace
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
John F. Kennedy
Alabama National Guardsmen
U.S
Vernon Merritt HI
Birmingham
Merritt
Black Star Publications
Macon County
Airlift From Cyprus Underway Amid Cyprus Violence
An emergency airlift began removing hundreds of American women and children from Cyprus as anti American violence continued. The U S Embassy was bombed and two cars owned by U S government employees were set ablaze. Ambassador Fraser Wilkins ordered a voluntary evacuation to Beirut.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
Fraser Wilkins
Beirut
Lebanon
Harris Poem Gains Popularity in Stillwater Campus Circulation
During his U S Senate campaign, State Sen. Fred R. Harris wrote a poem in 1956 that has resurfaced at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Aggie students call it The Return of the Okies and the piece has spread on radio and civic clubs. Dr. R B Chapman, an OSU history professor, urged Harris to share the copy.
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U. S. Senate
Fred R. Harris
Harris
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Aggie
Oklahoma Historical Society
R. B. Chapman
OSU
Lawton
Aggies
Okies
Chapman
Pose 4
Hastings Still Shy On Water
Residents of Hastings endure water shortage after 1% inch of rain in 36 hours. The town reservoir remains near empty due to a small watershed and misaligned rainfall. Officials expect no normal supply until spring rains. Hastings continues hauling water from Waurika.
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Hastings
Earl Stephens
Waurika
Teamster Stoolie Sings Links Hoffa To Jury Fix
Edward Partin testified that James Hoffa urged him to influence jurors in the 1962 Nashville trial. Partin, Baton Rouge Teamsters official, said Hoffa spoke from his room and suggested talking to jurors to “get to a few scattered jurors.” The testimony linked Hoffa to alleged jury tampering in the case.
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Links Hoffa
Chattanooga
Partin
Baton Rouge
Hoffa
Nashville
Maj
U.S
Frank Wilson
Justice Department
Daniel Maher
Government
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