Instant Diplomacy May Be Next If U.S. Moscow Teletype OKd
The Kennedy administration seeks faster diplomatic messaging by direct teletype links and commercial channels to embassies in Moscow and London. A hush hush study led by William H. Orrick Jr. weighs automatic coding, radio transmitters, and leased lines to speed word transmission, building on post Cuban crisis reforms.
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Ferry Sinks Off Inchon After Collision With Ice
A crowded ferry struck floating ice and sank about 14 miles northwest of Inchon. Police list 140 aboard with four missing after an initial headcount. U S Army spokesman cited about 200 on board and four feared lost. Rescue crews including two tugs and two helicopters searched the area. Survivors were being taken toward Inchon.
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Belcher Names Candidate for West Point Appointment
Rep Pave Belcher announced Richard Lee Reed of Tulsa as his principal candidate for appointment to the U S Military Academy at West Point. He named Theodore James Purdom James M Lee Jr and William James Mussemiin as alternates in that order.
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Rusk Sees Quick Peaceful Congo Settlement Outlook
Secretary of State Dean Rusk after a three hour briefing with the House Foreign Affairs Committee said he is optimistic about Congo prospects. He spoke of a quick and peaceful settlement and outlined his view to reporters.
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Mother Joins Four Tots In Hospital With Flu
Stillwater CAPt Rebecca McFadden entered Stillwater Municipal Hospital for flu treatment. Four of her six children aged 2 3 4 and 2 are in the same room with flu. Husband Julian is home sick with flu. The other two children 6 months and 6 years are also home ill. Neighbor Rose Goodner helped care for the infant and now has flu.
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Two Oklahoma Towns Reject New Government Forms
Voters in Okemah and Kaw City rejected changes to their local government structures. Okemah voted 591 against and 316 in favor to move from town trustee to council-manager. Kaw City rejected switching from council to town trustee with 41 in favor and 172 against.
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Four Men Escape From Texas Jail
Four north Texas inmates escaped from the Lamar County jail in Paris Texas after knocking the jailer unconscious with a bar and stealing two loaded pistols. They pried bars from a solitary confinement cell and fled down a five story fire escape on foot. Jailer EL Steed suffered a head gash and was treated at a local hospital. Identified by James Sparks of the Paris Police Department were Jimmy Northcutt 22 Eugene Franks 24 both of Clarksville and Tommy Dyer 23 and Charles Shaw 18 both of Paris. Northcutt and Franks faced forgery charges while Dyer and Shaw awaited extradition to Oklahoma on burglary charges. The escape used water pipes to pry bars loose and a path to the outside was opened.
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Major Purchasers Cut Crude Prices
Major buyers of Oklahoma crude oil lowered their purchase price by five cents per barrel. Rock Island Oil Refining Co Inc reduced its price on Tuesday. Sunray DX Oil Co the largest buyer made an equal cut on Monday. Kerr McGee Oil Industries and Sinclair Crude Oil Co announced five cent reductions earlier.
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ABA NAMES VERGENTAN NEW ORLEANS PRESIDENT-ELECT
Lewis F. Powell Jr. 55 of Richmond Virginia was named president elect of the American Bar Association. He is a former president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the Richmond Bar Association.
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Navy overspent on engine bearings say GAO findings
GAO report says Navy overpaid by about 408000 dollars for aircraft engine bearings because it refused Air Force bids. Purchases late in 1961 totaled 1145000 dollars for more than 8000 bearings, with Navy prices 28 to 52 dollars higher per unit than Air Force costs.
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