Tulsa Lawmaker Declares Impact Area Bill Dead
Tulsa Republican Rep. Joe Musgrave said Gov. Bellman's federal impact area bill is dead for now. He noted opposition strong in Oklahoma House and said his own plan to exempt several counties failed to gain support. Bellman denied knowledge of Musgrave's initiative, while other lawmakers warned the measure would shift state school funds.
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UPI
Tulsa
Republican House
Henry Bellman
Joe Musgrave
Musgrave
Bellman
Oklahoma
Comanche
Pittsburg
J. D. McCarty
Jim Taliaferro
Lawton
Beilman
Guy K. Horton
Altus
Jackson
Washita County
House
McCarty
Laiden Spear
Hugo
General Fund
Carty
Spear
Senate
Social Welfare Commission
Navy reports piracy of Venezuelan freighter near warships alert
U S Navy finds Venezuelan freighter pirated by Reds near warships as alerts go out worldwide. Syncom satellite launch from Cape Canaveral loses radio contact after initial stabilization in a high orbit above the earth. A later beacon reading offers a glimmer of contact.
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U.S. Navy
Cape Canaveral
UPI
United States
Earth
Syoacom
North America
Africa
Synecom
Syncom
Federal Space Agency
Relay
City Hall furniture and carpet bids approved in special meeting
City council OK'd bids totaling 12511.09 for furniture and carpeting for the new city hall at Fourth and A. Fowler Paint will install carpeting at 139 yards for 1241.59. Southwestern Stationery and Bank Supply, 10307.50 for furniture. Mc Cord's Office Supplies, 962 for furnishings.
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Fourth
Lawton
Fowler Paint, Glass and Floor Covering Co
Southwestern Stationery and Bank Supply
McCord
Trust Authority
Trust
Southwestern
Council Chamber
Gourley Defends Funds in Oklahoma Senate Probe
J Leland Gourley refutes charges over insurance fund expenditures linked to Area Redevelopment Administration projects. He resigns as insurance fund commissioner, says payments were for state business and approved by the fund’s board, asserting legal authority and meticulous accounting.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
J. Leland Gourley
Senate
Gourley
Area Redevelopment Administration
State Insurance Fund
ARA
Oklahoma
Board of Managers
Venezuelan Freighter Hijacked by FALN Bound for Houston
Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui, 3137 tons, hijacked by the National Liberation Forces in the Caribbean while en route from La Guaira to Houston. U S Navy and Venezuelan warships pursue. crew held as hostages but unharmed per rebels. Betancourt government vows decisive action amid Caribbean tensions.
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Caracas
Caribbean
Venezuela
Anzoutegui
Houston
Tex
Falcon
Puerto Rico
U. S
Anzoategui
National Liberation Forces
FALN
Caribbean Sea
la Guaira
Wholesale whisky price cuts ordered by Oklahoma ABC Board
The Oklahoma City Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ordered reduced wholesale whisky markups following a district court ruling. The board voted to return to its low posting policy, setting 6 percent for spirits 18 percent for specialties and cordials and 10 percent for wines, with a break-even investigation ordered.
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Oklahoma City
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
John A. Brett
Roy Parham
Central Liquor Co
ABC Board
Logan Garnett
Bill Warren
Parham
15 Ton Cement Truck Mows Down Car In Lawton Crash
Two people were seriously injured when a 15 ton cement truck overturned onto a car at the 27th and J streets intersection. Alvin Adams and Marilyn Rushing were hospitalized. truck driver Herman Thornton escaped injury. Fire department freed the victims after 15 minutes using a hydraulic pump unit. the cement mixer carried 254 yards of concrete. The crash occurred as Adams drove a 1949 Ford south on 27th and Thornton drove a 1959 International west on J.
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Lawton
Memoial
Alvin Adams
Cache
Marilyn Rushing
Me Uiarely Iwai
E. L. Scott
Herman Thornton
Wisconsin
Scott
Adams
Thornton
Lawton Transit Mix
Wiley Cox
Bob Houser
Cox
Iraq Battles Red Holdouts in Baghdad Streets
Iraqi revolutionary forces clashed with Communist holdouts in Baghdad during the night using rifles machine guns and tanks. The fighting lasted from 9 30 p m to 5 30 a m the heaviest since the revolution began. Red radios urged an armed uprising against the new regime as troops and civilians moved to clear pockets of resistance near the Tigris and the telegraph office. President Abdel Salem Aref said Kassem sought mercy hours before his overthrow.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Red
Tigris
Abdel Salem Aref
Kassem
Demonstration Set Saturday at Fort Sill East Range
Nearly 300 infantrymen with artillery armor and aviation will perform a 90 minute mechanized rifle company attack at Fort Sill Adams Hill at 10 30 a m open to the public. Spectators should be seated by 10 25 a m and use the Key Gate turnoff.
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Fort Sill
East Range
Adams Hill
Tactics Combined Arms Department
Artillery and
34Th Artillery Brigade
John J. Kenney
D1st
Samuel R. Ross
13Th Artillery
Merlyn H. Smith
214Th Artillery
Beryl L. Boxee
30Th Artillery
Walter A. Davis
2Nd Battle Group
30Th Infantry
H. N. Moorman
Army Aviation
J. Y. Hammack
Sunny Skies Over Oklahoma With Tempting 50s Then Cold Front
The area sees fair skies and warm readings near 50s today while the U S Weather Bureau warns of colder air Friday night and Saturday. A brief cold surge crosses the state this morning with snow flurries possible in the Panhandle. tonight dips to near 27 with highs Friday around 33.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Southern Plains
Panhandle
Guymon
Ponca City
Fort Sill
Injuries In Texas Crash Kill Sooner
Virgil W. Taylor 72 of Hydro Oklahoma died from injuries after a highway crash near Rockport Texas Tuesday night. Three year old Julia Andrews passenger in the other car died shortly after the accident. She was the daughter of former state Rep Tom Andrews of Aransas Pass Texas. Taylor's wife was injured.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Virgil W. Taylor
Hydro
Okla
Rockport
Texas
Julia Andrews
Tom Andrews
Aransas Pass
Taylor
Diplomatic Mass Honors Slain Togo President Olympio
More than 200 United Nations diplomats including U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson attended a memorial mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for Silvanus Olympio, president of Togo, who was assassinated January 13 on the steps of the U.S. Embassy in Lomé.
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New York
United Nations
U.S
Adlair E. Stevenson
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Silvanus Olympio
Togo
Kennedy proposes youth conservation and national service corps
President Kennedy urged Congress to create a 15 000 member youth conservation corps to work in forests and recreation areas and a domestic national service corps akin to the Peace Corps. He urged early passage of a youth employment act funding half wages for non profit projects and expanding overseas Peace Corps initiatives.
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Merriman Smith
UPS
White House
Washington
Kennedy
Congress Today
Youth Conservation Corps
National Service Corps
Peace Corps
Conservation Corps
Servation Corps
CCC
Skelly Oil Reports 1962 Net Income Decline
Skelly Oil Co reports 1962 net income of 21.164 million dollars, down from 23.859 million in 1961, or 4.01 dollars per share versus 4.31. President Don H. Miller attributes the drop to lower product prices, reduced crude production, and higher exploration costs from a larger wildcat program.
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TULSA
Skelly Oil Co
Don H. Miller
Wildcat
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Jerry Marthe
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