Makarios Rejects Allied Peace Plan Signals U.N. Appeal
Cypriot president Makarios rejected the British American peace force plan and will seek a United Nations Security Council resolution to protect Cyprus. Sporadic fighting continues between Greek and Turkish Cypriots as U.S. and British officials push restraint and a possible U.N. role. Ball moved to Ankara then Athens to urge de escalation and report on talks.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
Cyprus
United Nations
Ball
Ankara
Turkey
Athens
U.S
Eace
Britain
Greece
Limassol
Mediterranean
Cache Farmer Files For Race
A 38 year old man living south of Cache filed for the special Democratic primary in County Commissioner District 3 on the last filing day. W T Guess of Cache listed farming as his occupation and joined seven other candidates for the March 3 primary, with a general election set for April 7 to fill the vacancy from James M. Ash's death. Other Democratic nominees include James A. Black Eugene Hill Paul Janow Billy R Hewes Morris Pierson Hugh Brigham William Robert Ebisch and Guess.
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Cache
W. T. Guess
Rt. 1
J. N. Durham
Guess
James M. Ash
James A. Black
Cache Road
Eugene Hill
S. 11Th
Paul Janow
Billy R. Hewes
Star Rt. Lawton
Morris Pierson
Hugh Brigham
William Robert Ebisch
Atom
Lawton And County Slip Into Fourth Sales Spot
Lawton and Comanche County fall to fourth in November 1963 total retail sales while Enid and Garfield County rise to third. Oklahoma Tax Commission figures show gains in six of eleven southwest counties. Comanche County collections reach $128,648.56, up 1.06 percent from December 1962.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Enid
Garfield County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Sill Man Found Guilty In Death Fort Sill
Pfc Ronald E Walker was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of Pfc George Custis at Fort Sill and sentenced to three years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth. He receives a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. verdict to be reviewed by Maj Gen L S Griffing. Custis was shot three times and died at Fort Sill hospital after a fight outside a night spot.
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Ronald E. Walker
Fort Sill
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Walker
17Th Artillery
George Jasper Custis
2Nd Missile Battalion
44Th Artillery
L.S. Griffing
Military Court of Appeals
Custis
Fort Sill Hospital
Comanche County
West Berlin rejects East German wall reopening Easter plan
Bonn and West Berlin announce full agreement to refuse East Germany proposal to reopen the Berlin wall for Easter. East Germans urged one day passes similar to Christmas, with faster processing for family reunions while maintaining the wall’s division.
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Bonn
Germany
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Senate
East Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Erhard
Willy Brandt
West
Cold Rain Invasion Forecast for Oklahoma Panhandle
The Weather Bureau predicted a cold front bringing occasional rain and cooler readings. Lawton could reach 58 today with a low of 23 tonight, while Saturday's high may reach 50. Light rain and snow were forecast to move from the Oklahoma Panhandle eastward late today.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Saty
Oklahoma Panhandle
Judge to Rule Today on Ruby Trial Site Change
Dallas AP reports both sides await Judge Joe Brown’s 2 p.m. CST ruling on a defense move to move Jack Ruby’s murder trial from Dallas. If not transferred, jurors could be questioned Monday and the trial begin next week amid defense claims of a Dallas bias.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Texas
Melvin Belli
Brown
Belli
Reds Continue Attacks In Laos
In Vientiane Laos military sources report ongoing offensive actions by pro Communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces in the northern and central regions.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Laos
New Tax Cut Tables Ready for Employers Nationwide
The Internal Revenue Service announced more than 4.5 million copies of the 14 percent withholding tables and the 32 page Employer's Tax Guide will be mailed to employers by week’s end. The tables aid in applying the lower rate, with the effective date about March 1, seven days after President Johnson signs the bill.
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Congress
Inan Revenue Service
Johnson
McNamara Axes Pentagon Administrative Assistant Post
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara ordered a staff shake up at the Pentagon abolishing the $20 000 a year post of administrative assistant to the secretary of defense. J R Loftis a long time Pentagon official was informed his job no longer exists and may retire or seek reassignment.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
J. R. Loftis
Pentagon
Neil H. McElroy
Thomas S. Gates Jr
McNamara
Office of Secretary of Defense
OSD
Loftis
James Forrestal
Atlas Explosion Triggers Blaze at Roswell Air Base
A large unarmed Atlas ICBM exploded during a training run at Roswell triggering a $10.5 million blaze. Five men in an underground control booth were safely evacuated, no injuries reported, and the cause remains under investigation. The incident follows two prior Atlas accidents at the same complex.
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Roswell
N.M
Air Force
Atlas
Counter-Spy To Tell Story At Fort Sill Banquet
Dan T. Moore Jr. will relate Cloak and Cipher the story of spies at the southwest chapter annual mid winter banquet at Fort Sill NCO club. About 600 Lawtonians and Fort Sill personnel are expected to attend the 7 30 p m dinner after a 6 30 p m cocktail party. Gate 2 Geronimo Road provide access.
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Dan T. Moore Jr
Southwest
Association of the U. S. Army
Fort Sill
NCO Club
Dan T. Moore
School of Fire
Soviet defector Nossenko to be interviewed in U S
UPI reports the State Department arranging for Soviet officials to interview Yuri Nossenko in the United States at an early date. Washington says the defector agreeable to the interview and that U.S. officials will attend. Moscow summoned the U.S. ambassador amid tensions over Nossenko who vanished from Geneva.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Yuri Nossenko
United States
U. S
Russia
Nossenko
KGB
Geneva
Richard S. Phillips
Phillips
Khrushchev Announces Soviet Military Slashes
Premier Nikita Khrushchev said the Soviet Union will cut the strength of its armed forces and military expenditures seeking peace and common sense. He gave a summary to a Communist party meeting. full text not released and no size given. Khrushchev also dismissed China and mocked a CIA report on Russia’s slow growth.
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Moscow
UPS
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
China
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
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U.N
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Nicosia
Farmer
the Morning Press
Lawton and County
Sill
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Jackson
Caddo
Jeffer
Greer
Kiowa
Tillman
Grady
Stephens
Okia City
Lewton
Muskoger
Bartlesville
Norman
Ardmore
Ponca City
Walters
Altus
Chickashe
Comanche Harrow
Ruby
Atty
Henry Wade
Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Reds
Department of Defense
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