Premier's Stronghold Falls in Baghdad After Heavy Fighting
In a pro Nasser revolt, Iraqi forces captured the Defense Ministry and over 600 soldiers surrendered. Rebels claimed the ministry was entered at 5:30 p.m. and said resistance had ceased as they mopped up remaining strongholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Defense Ministry
Bahdad
Farlier
Kassem
Ministry of Defense
Heart of
Baghdad
London
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
National Council of the Revolutionary Command
Abdel Kerim Mustafa
United Nations
New Movement
Kennedy Says Soviet Cuba Buildup Not Invasion Threat
President Kennedy defended 6000 Soviet troops in Cuba as not posing an invasion threat to the United States while warning any return of missiles would trigger a major global crisis. Senator Keating, while echoing Latin American risk, urged fuller briefing on developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Hemisphere
Congress
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Latin America
Keating
United States
Iraq Coup Topples Premier Kassem. Anti Communist Junta
The State Department says the new Iraqi revolutionary command appears anti Communist after a coup toppled Premier Abdel Karim Kassem. The new regime purged Communist officers and Kassem allies, while 400 U S citizens in Iraq reportedly faced no harm.
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Washington
State Department
Revolutionary Command
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
U.S
New Revolutionary Command
Department
Kassem
Council of State
Court Rules Mississippi Can't Take Barnett Blame
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Mississippi cannot accept blame in contempt proceedings against Gov. Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr. The state may still file future motions. The hearings began with questions about whether Barnett acted as Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Barnett
New Orleans
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross Barnett
Paul B. Johnson
Elbert P. Tuttle
Garner W. Green
Griffin B. Bell
Atlanta
Green
Richard T. Rives
Montgomery
Ala
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Bellmon to Visit Lawton Fort Sill For Saturday Events
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon arrives Saturday for a Lincoln Day breakfast, Fort Sill briefing, and tour with Maj. Gen. Griffing. Mrs. Bellmon may join the trip. attendance details and tickets are announced by officials and local party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overnor Henry Bellmon
Fort Sill
Bellman
Oklahoma
Lawton
Lawtonian
McNair Hall
Lincoln Day
Holiday Inn
Bellmon
Schubert Lewis
Elgin
Speculation Swirls Over Stephens County Appointee in Sixth District
Gov Henry Bellmon weighs a Stephens County man for the Sixth District highway commissioner post as talks center on Duncan figures Logan Campbell and J E Jackson Sr are named possibilities while Wilbur Thomas of Lawton is also in the mix. Bellmon tours Davis Sulphur and Marlow before a Duncan stop and proceeds with Main Street planning board changes and a lodge lease dispute at Lake Eufaula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wire Services
Marlow
Henry Bellman
Chamber of Commerce
Stephens County
Wilbur Thomas
Lawton
Logan Campbell
J. E. Jackson Sr
Duncan
Governors Camp
Bellman
Harold Garvin
J. C. Kennedy
Davis
Sulphur
Planning and Resources Board
Oklahoma
Bellmon
Mack Burks
Planning Board
Charles Monroe
Perry
Veterans Home
Murray County
Burks
J. Howard Edmondson
Bellmont
Oklahoma City Clothier
Monroe
Lake Fufaula Lodge
George Nigh
Nigh
Eufaula
Bond coverage accepted for Teamsters by Labor Dept
The Labor Department accepts the Teamsters Union statement that it obtained the required honesty guarantee bond. James R. Hotta leads the union, which secured coverage from United Bonding Insurance Co of Indianapolis after prior coverage ended. Wright of United Bonding said the firm will provide reinsurance as needed, easing bond worries for now.
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Washington
Labor Department
Teamsters
James R. Hotta
United Bonding Insurance Co
Indianapolis
Ater
Teamster
United Firm
Frank E. Wright Sr
Treasury Department
Hoffa
The
Wright
Ind
Chicago Daily News
Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's
U.S
U.S. Treasury Department
Treasury
Lloyd’s
Landrum-Griffin
General Union Fund
Daily News
Chicago Teamsters
Union Washington
German Battalion To Fire Sergeant At White Sands
A West German Sergeant missile battalion trained at the Artillery and Missile Center will leave Fort Sill for White Sands New Mexico to conduct the first non US Army Sergeant missile firings since its operation began last August. The battalion commanded by Maj Albrecht Kuehne arrives after months of training at Fort Sill and will be observed by Lt Gen Trettner and Brig Gen Hueckelheim.
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Ber of Commerce
Ert Cook
Cache
Comanche County
U. S. Marine Corps
Fort Sill
Key Gate
Twken
McNair Hall
L. S. Griffing
U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center
Bellman
Gen. Griffing
Honest John
Edgar C. Rowland
1St Field Artillery Missile Brigade
Artillery and Missile Center
White Sands
Albrecht Kuehne
Sill
U. S. Army
Fiedstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Trettner
Hueckelheim
Washington, D. C
Ordnance Battery
Guided Missile Department
Artillery and Missile School
Field Artillery Missile Training Command
9Th Field Artillery Group
1St Missile Brigade
38Th Artillery
Cool Weather Chases Spring Temperatures Across Oklahoma
The SW Oklahoma region faces a dip in temperatures with 29 degrees recorded at 6 am and freezing drizzle in some areas. Forecasters expect a continued cool spell into tonight and Saturday with highs near 66 today and 55 tomorrow, while Lawton eyes a 30 degree low and partly cloudy skies.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Northwest
Highway 259 designated U S route from Big Cedar to Idabel
Oklahoma 103 and 21 from north of Big Cedar in Le Flore County south to the Red River near Idabel are redesignated as U S 259. The route gains approval from the American Association of State Highway Officials. President Kennedy dedicated the southeastern Oklahoma highway in October 1961.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kennedy
U. S
Frank Lyons
Big Cedar
LeFlore
Red River
Idabel
U.S
American Association of State Highway Officials
Lawton High Boys Plan 50 Mile Walk in 13 Hours
Lawton High School boys aim to beat Kennedy's 30 mile challenge by finishing 50 miles in about 13 hours. Spokesman Tommy Willingham says the group departs Hawkins drive south of Lawton at dawn Saturday for a trek to Wichita Falls Texas with Melvin Tubbs Jimmy McClune and John Taylor and friends in Wichita Falls to ferry them back.
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Lawton High School
Kennedy
Tommy Willingham
Hawkins Drive
Wichita Falls
Tex
Wetumka High School
Wetumka
Coalgate
Melvin Tubbs
Jimmy McClune
John Taylor
Willingham
Lawton
Bids Due Feb 28 for Cameron College Science Building
Cameron College will open bids February 28 for a new 300000 dollar science building in Stillwater. The project is funded by eight hundred thousand in state building bonds and a 760000 loan plus 80000 private bonds for related campus improvements including a dorm and cafeteria.
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Angie Science Building
Cameron College
Stillwater
Richard Burch
Phil Wilbur
State Board of Regents
A&m Colleges
Enid
Cameron Hall
Clarence Davis
Drake Cook
Jim Cottingham
Federal Housing Authority
Former Sill Officer to Command 101st Division
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Critz, former secretary of the Artillery and Missile School at Fort Sill, is named Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Critz, West Point 1935, served as secretary from June 1949 to February 1959 and holds the Silver Star Legion of Merit Bronze Star and the Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant.
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Harry H. Critz
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Fort Sill
11St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Critz
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Artillery and Missile School
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Field Artillery
Sheridan Road
Post Children’s School
Snow Hall
Post
UPI
House
Senate
Trimble B. Latting
Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Senate
Federal District Court
Henry Bellamion
School of Deaf
Ben Whitehill
Tulsa
Council On Tourism
War Veterans Home
Mid-Morn
Hotta
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