Medal Of Honor Winner A Deserter Brought To Fort Sill
Medal of Honor recipient Doug Watson faces desertion charges after disappearing from Fort Rucker Alabama last October. He will be transferred from Little Rock to Fort Sill with officials planning to determine restrictions or confinement on arrival. Watson earned the Medal for Iwo Jima actions in 1945 and later served in Marines and Air Force before Army.
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Ala
Fort Sill
Wilson Douglas Watson
Little Rock Afb
Market Tree
Ark
Crittenden County
Marion
Arkansas
Gordon Cubbison
Edwin FL. Ammerman
Fort Sil
Judge Advocate
Maj
Col. Cubbison
Watson
Robert Warren
Wilson
Warren
Earle
Missouri
Iwo Jima
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Doug Watson
Marines
Air Force
Army
Testimony Heard In Trooper Misconduct Hearing
Three witnesses testified before noon in a state personnel board hearing for Trooper Paul O Scott of Duncan accused of making improper advances to a young married woman Brenda Joyce Martin 17 of Oklahoma City testified she was picked up by Scott while hitchhiking near Lawton and driven to Porter Hill with alleged threats to jail her for vagrancy if she refused A 19 year old Quality Service attendant Ronnie Riley contradicted the woman's account and Shelby Seals and his wife testified about the Christmas Five hitchhike incident in Porter Hill Oklahoma City Page 2 Col 4
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Oklahoma City
Paul O. Scott
Duncan
Brenda Joyce Martin
Scott
Marti
Lawton
Lawton Highway
Porter Hill
Charles Jennings
George W. Gay
Highway Patrol
Quality
Ronnie Riley
Shelby Seals
Seals
Kennedy urges tax cuts to avert downturn this year
President Kennedy warned Congress that the U S economy may slip into a downturn without prompt tax reductions and said a bill providing a net tax cut over three years is likely this session. He urged action while defending U S trade with Europe and pledging no reprisals against de Gaulle.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
United States
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
France
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Cuba
Brazil
Polaris Subs to Take Stations in Mediterranean
Three U.S. manned Polaris submarines will begin to take station in the Mediterranean around April 1 under NATO commander control. Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric announced after talks with NATO officials in Paris and with Italian and German officials in Rome and Bonn.
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Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
NATO
Paris
Rome
Bonn
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Thomas K. Finletter
Atlantic
Holy Loch
Scotland
Anchorage
U. S. 6Th
Castro Offers Asylum To Communist Pirates On Venezuelan Ship
Fidel Castro regime offered asylum to the hijackers of the Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui as Venezuelan destroyers hunted the vessel across the Caribbean. U Thant would receive the ship and crew if it reached a Cuban port, while Betancourt urged regional help to stop the hijackers of nine armed forces members.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Fidel Castro
Anzoategui
Caribbean
Havana Radio
U.N
U Thant
U.S. Navy
Dominican Republic
Sucre
Santiago
U.S
Guantanamo
Cuban
Mexico
Romulo Betancourt
Armed Forces For National Liberation
Betancourt
Washington
Kennedy
State Department
Navy
Carlos Andres Perez
Andres Perez
Warm Weather Expected Across Area This Weekend
The U S Weather Bureau said readings would rise to the 60s Saturday after a 51 degree high Thursday with sunny skies across southwest Oklahoma. Tonight’s low should drop to the 20s to 30s, with a five day outlook calling for 2 to 7 degrees below normal.
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Oklahoma
U. S
Gasoline Prices Fall Across Oklahoma
Gasoline prices drop across Oklahoma with independents in Tulsa offering regular at 22.9 cents a gallon and Oklahoma City stations at 25.9 cents. Major stations posted 2–6 cents higher.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Twenty Children Injured En Route to Queen in Dunedin
Twenty children were injured when a bus carrying them to see Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Dunedin lost control on a hill. They received treatment for broken teeth and minor cuts and were released. some saw the royal visit.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Dunedin
Five Lawton Girls Plan Long Walk to Cache
Five Lawton high school girls Sue Chalk Linda Alldredge Mary Ann Taracko Rhea Camerota and Kathy King plan a 6 a.m. Saturday walk from Lawton to Cache and back about 24 miles, with a possible extension to Indiana and back totaling 46 miles. They aim to match the Marine Corps effort and may end with curlers in their hair and wheat jeans for the trip.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Lawton High School
Cache
Sue Chalk
D. T. Chalk
Linda Alldredge
Leonard Alldredge
Carrol
Mary Ann Taracko
Adam I. Taracko
Fort Sill
Rhea Camerota
Angelo Camerota
Kathy King
Sic
Miss King
Indiahoma
Lawton
Governor Bud Wilkinson Eyed As Possible Politician
Washington Post speculation centers on Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson as a potential political candidate. A Post sports columnist cites unnamed Democrats and White House connections praising Wilkinson's drive, while Wilkinson downplays any serious pursuit of public office.
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UPI
Washington Post
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Post
Dave Brady
White House
Wilkinson
Howard Edmondson
Brady
A. S
Mike Monroney
Robert S. Kerr
Khrushchev Says China Will Bury Capitalism Together
Premier Khrushchev told reporters at a Laos reception that the Soviet Union and Communist China will jointly bury capitalism when the time comes. He asserted long standing cooperation and dismissed reports of a possible split, stressing unity with the Chinese ambassador present.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
China
Laos
Soviet Union presses for concessions in test ban talks
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov says a treaty banning nuclear tests hinges on Western concessions and hints Moscow will not raise its offer beyond two to three on site inspections per year. Western powers demand eight to ten inspections.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Russia
Kuznetsov
United States
Yuri Tcherniakov
Sill Battery To Join Air Mobility Tests At Fort Benning
Fort Sill howitzer Battery A of the 2nd Battalion will move to Fort Benning as part of the Army’s 11th Air Assault Division air mobility tests. Lt. Rodney L. Brt4 A commands the 105mm unit. The division aims to test aircraft aided combat concepts including light infantry, artillery, and air support for troop lift and supply. Brig. Gen. Harry W. O. Kinnard will lead the new division once activated.
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Fort Sill
11Th Air Assault Division
2Nd Artillery
Fort Benning, Ga
Rodney L
Little John
Bile
Hary W. O. Kinnard
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Department of Army
Luxury Liner Maasdam Struck Wreck at Weser Estuary
The 15,024 ton Maasdam struck an underwater wreck in fog at the Weser mouth. All 230 passengers were evacuated by lifeboats to Bremerhaven. The Holland-America Line said tanks within the double bottom were leaking and a light list formed, but the ship was to steam in for repairs with tugs aiding.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
API
Weser
Holland-America Line
Bellmon Supports Turnpike and Eufaula Lodge Plans
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon said eastern Oklahoma projects the turnpike and Eufaula lodges are not dead. He noted feasibility studies support an eastern toll route and that talks will proceed with federal authorities to move the lodge project forward while maintaining welfare and textbook funding plans.
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Okmulgee
UPI
Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
Bellmon
Bellman
Oklahoma Lake Redevelopment Authority
Area Redevelopment Administration
Washington
Western Hills Lodge
Wazoner
Okmulgee Tech
Muskogee
House
Bellimon
Civilians Told to Snap to at Fort Sam Houston
Maj. Gen. Ralph Mace issued a Thursday order at Fort Sam Houston requiring all people near post headquarters to snap to attention and salute during the 5:30 p.m. flag retreat. Civilians must alight, stand with right hand over the heart. bus riders may remain seated. Violators may face unspecified charges before a U S commissioner.
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San Antonio, Tex
Ft. Sam Houston
Ralph Mace
Mace
U. S
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