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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1964
Page
6
Congress nears decisions on how to allocate the expected 93 billion in new revenue and borrowed funds for fiscal 1965. Tax changes and economic shifts could alter the outcome, with 30 percent of spending under current session control and 42 billion already approved for carryover projects.
Oklahoma City. The state supreme court will hear Tuesday a request that Dist. Judge Howard Phillips be forced to act on a petition calling for a McCurtain County grand jury investigation. Three McCurtain County men filed a mandamus action alleging a petition was filed Jan 17 and he failed to forward it for verification of signatures. The petition, backed by 155 signatures, seeks an investigation of county law enforcement offices and alleged lawless activity in Dogpatch where a deputy sheriff was killed and a church burned.
The Air Force unveiled a secret satellite launch at Vandenberg AFB California. Officials described the mission as using a four organ booster rocket combination similar to past Discoverer operations.
The OAS peace team completed its investigative phase in Panama City and will report to Washington Tuesday on clashes that killed 21 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers. The five-nation team held private talks as diplomatic efforts continue to ease the U.S. Panama crisis and bridge gaps before possible settlement.
In Chattanooga, the Hoffa defense begins presenting its side in the jury tampering case. Key witnesses include two Nashville FBI agents who helped in the investigation. A prior count involving a $10,000 bribe offer to a juror was acquitted, while the judge limited testimony on related matters.
Lynda Byrd Johnson served as maid of honor at Carolyn Kellams wedding in Austin Texas while Lucy Baines attended religious conferences in Buck Hill Falls Pennsylvania. Pope Paul VI began a week long Lent retreat after visiting St Pius X church in Rome. Mrs Baker kept her Senate Internal Security Committee post amid her husbands investigations. Queen Elizabeth II left King Edward VII hospital after emergency appendectomy.
Daniel Neal Heller national commander of the Jewish War Veterans says he requested a meeting with Soviet Premier Khrushchev to discuss the status of 3.5 million Jews in Russia after reading reports of discrimination. He added he has no accusations to make.
Sen. Philip A. Hart proposes a bill to let Cuban refugees practice trained professions in the United States. The measure would enable Cubans to adjust immigration status to permanent resident.
Max Genet Jr., former Oklahoma Commerce and Industry director, faces one of three grand larceny charges as his trial opens in Oklahoma City. He allegedly misappropriated about $18,000 of state funds and is free on $10,500 bonds. A prior ruling limited using his Senate testimony, but bank records remain admissible.
Governor Henry Bellmon visited northeastern Oklahoma for a tour of the Markham Ferry project. He planned to attend a Grand River Dam Authority meeting in Pryor and speak at a Vinita banquet tonight.
The vicar of St Andrews Church in Enfield England complained that a busy outdoor market in front of the church doors makes brides struggle to reach the entrance during services. The Sunday turnout at the market creates crowded conditions around the church.
Oklahoma Attorney General Charles Nesbitt renews attack on a 3.179 million rate hike granted to Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. by the Corporation Commission. He contests the 1957 escalator clause that raises prices with gas-cost changes without a public hearing. He files six grounds with the state supreme court and urges counting ONG oil and gas earnings in utility earnings.
McCurtain County Attorney Lewis T. Martin, 89, was critically injured in a car school bus crash seven miles east of Idabel on State Highway 3. His wife Hattie May, 82, suffered throat and neck injuries. the bus driver Sherman Coffman, 39, of Haworth, was unharmed.
The commission has long held that ONG's oil and gas operations are separate from its utility business. The ruling argues customers should not subsidize losses in the oil and gas unit and yet not receive the profits from it.
A group backing a proposed constitutional amendment to ban the union shop in Oklahoma planned to file incorporation papers with the secretary of state. The Oklahoma Council for Labor's Bank and File claims members from 15 cities and towns and met to elect officers including William Schweikhard as chairman Paul E Fisher as first vice chairman Raymond C Losor nio as second vice chairman and Mrs Ezra W Isbel as secretary.
Piedmont public schools shut down until Feb 24 to halt a mumps outbreak. Officials report about 40 cases and said classes would resume on Feb 24 unless another outbreak occurs.
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