Supreme Court voids two citizenship stripping acts
In a 6 to 4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down federal laws stripping citizenship of draft evaders who leave the U S during wartime for lack of due process. Justice Goldberg led the majority, while Justices Harlan Stewart and Clark dissented, noting wartime morale and due process concerns. The rulings involved cases of Dr Joseph Cort of Boston and Francisco Mendoza Martinez of Delano California.
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Justice Goldberg
Justice Harlan
Justice Clark
Justice Stewart
Justice White
High Court
Goldberg
McCarran
United States
Justice Department
Congress
Joseph Cort
Boston
Mass
Czechoslovakia
Francisco Mendoza-Martinez
Delano
Calif
Mexico
Douglas
Black
Stewart
Tax Plan In Trouble as Humphrey Seeks Split Consideration
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey said he will push to take up the administration tax cut and tax revision proposals separately, signaling the plan may be in trouble. President Kennedy shows openness to a tax cut alone, while critics urge spending cuts to offset inflationary effects. Republican leaders argue tax reductions must be paired with reduced federal outlays.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Humphrey
Democratic Senate
Minnesota
Kermit Gordon
Congress
William Miller
New York
Los Angeles
Pirates Offer To Surrender At Brazilian Anchorage
Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui hijacked by pro Communist crew seeks asylum in Brazil after anchoring near Maraca Island. Brazil to provide political asylum as U.S. Navy monitors with Josiah Willard Gibbs nearby. Crew of 37 aboard the ship remains safe per second mate Wisnar Medina Rojas.
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Martin McReynolds
United Press International
Anzoategui
Brazil
Belem
Devil's Island
Amazon River
Wismar Medina Rojas
Medina Rojas
Armed Forces of National Liberation
FALN
Amapa Grande
Maraca
Caracas
Betancourt
Recife
Caribbean
Houston
Tex
Romulo Betancourt
United States
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
Kennedy
Amapa Grande River
Maraca Island
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
Venezuelan Navigation Company
Senate debates new blockade options against Cuba
Senator John Stennis proposes another blockade if economic pressure fails to remove Soviet troops from Cuba. William Miller urges reimposing the naval quarantine and sanctions with the OAS, while hearings on Communist subversion in Latin America begin with Assistant Secretary of State Edward Martin as first witness.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
Cuba
Caribbean
William Miller
Latin America
Stennis
Organization of American States
Miller
House
New York
OAS
Edward M. Martin
Senate International Affairs
Paul G. Hoffman
U.N. Special Fund
Hoffman
U.N. Fund
Kennedy
U.S
Kenneth Keating
R-Ny
Keating
Alliance For Progress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
United States
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bellmon Eyes Washington Trip On Turnpike Financing
Oklahoma Governor Bellmon plans a weekend Washington trip to press for financing the eastern turnpike and Lake Eufaula lodges. He names Robert S. Newhouse to the Highway Commission and says final appointments will follow, while defending his leadership style and budget positions amid criticism from House Speaker McCarty.
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Jim
J. D. McCarty
McCarty
Bellmon
Washington
Oklahoma Society
Bellman
U. S
Page Belcher
Newhouse
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Tulsa
Warm Readings and Showers Forecast for Southwest Oklahoma
Forecast calls for warmer temperatures with light rain in the southern part of the state. Southwest Oklahoma may see highs near 48 today rising to 53 Tuesday. Fog frost and mild temperatures grip the state with overnight lows from the mid 20s to upper 30s and Tuesday highs in the 50s. Lawton expected to bottom at 34 degrees tonight.
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Oklahoma
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Private Club Curbs Sought by Oklahoma Lawmaker
Oklahoma City Rep. Red Andrews prepared a bill for stricter policing of private clubs. It would require a $600 annual state liquor board license to vet managers and directors, impose a $5 minimum yearly membership fee, and regulate door admissions. Andrews plans to introduce the measure in the House, citing complaints from Ross McClendon of a state dry organization.
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Oklahoma City
UPD
Red Andrews
Andrews
State Liquor Board
Board of Directors
Ross McClendon
Nine Hurt In Two Lawton Area Accidents
Two Sunday traffic crashes in the Lawton area left nine people injured none seriously. A 12:20 p.m. one car crash on U S 277 north of SH 49 involved Harold A. Shafer and four Shafer children. At 2:35 p.m. a two car collision at 33rd and Cache Road injured five, including Cary Mack and three Hardridge family members.
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Lawton
The
Highway Patrol
U.S. 277
SH 49
33Rd
Cache Road
Harold A. Shafer
Columbia
Kathryn Shafer
Mary Jo Shafer
Regina Ann Shafer
Harold Shafer Jr
Shafer
Bernard K. Fowler
Country Club Drive
Fowler
Cary Mack
Tulsa
U.S
Juanita Hardridge
Samuel Hardridge
Maxine Hardridge
State Employes Get Friday Off
Gov Henry Bellman designated Friday February 22 George Washingtons birthday as an official holiday for state employes who can be spared from duties. The governor said his office would stay open and he would be working on that date.
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Oklahoma City
UPD
Henry Bellman
George Washington
Cache Bank Charter Hearing Set in Oklahoma City
An application for a state bank charter in Cache faces a March 5 hearing in Oklahoma City. If approved, The Bank of the Wichitas will serve Comanche County with C. A. George Jr. as managing officer and Carl Sebring presiding as bank commissioner. Additional signatories include Kenneth Malloy Frank Rush Gary Huckabay Levi Portwood Jim Ash and Tom Self.
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Cache
Oklahoma City
Carl Sebring
Sequoyah Memorial Building
State Capitol
Comanche County
The
Bank of the Wichitas
T. C. Huckabay, Snyder
First National Bank
C. A. George Jr
First National Bank of Sentinel
Southwest
Red Terror Seen South Of Border
State Department official Edwin A. Martin told a House subcommittee that Latin American communists will rely more on violence to subvert and topple governments. He cited the Cuban crisis as unmasking Castro as a Moscow tool and noted Cuba now promotes terror openly after losing popular support.
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Washington
Latin America
State Department
Edwin A. Martin
inter-American Affairs
House
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Martin
County Juvenile Officer Dismissed in Comanche County
Charles High, county juvenile officer for 22 years, is to be removed within two weeks after a morning conference with County Judge Miss Inez Manning who cited inefficiency disloyalty and impertinence. Applications to fill the vacancy will be accepted in two weeks.
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Charles High
Inez Manning
Comanche County
Manning
Miss Manning
High
Universe
John P. Fullerton
Col
Subs May Visit In Turkish Ports
The United States may send Polaris submarines to Turkish ports to show that Jupiter missiles are being replaced by newer nuclear power. The visits would follow the first Polaris missile firing submarine entering the Mediterranean around April 1. No Italian port visits are planned.
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Washington
U.S
Mediterranean Sea
Mother Dies But Baby OK After Oklahoma Car Crash
A pregnant mother, Dixie Muegge, 24, died in an Enid hospital after a two car collision near Garber. Her baby was delivered and reported in satisfactory condition. The death raised Oklahoma's 1963 road toll to 80 with other Sunday fatalities.
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Garber
Oklahoma
Dixie Muegge
Lamont
Dan Castano
Oklahoma City
Glenn Bruner
Cherokee
Muegge
Enid
Don Muegge
Castano
Kay Lynn Puckett
Bruner
U. S. 64
Polaris A3 missile detonated after off course flight
At Cape Canaveral a Polaris A3 missile veered off course after second stage ignition and was destroyed by range safety. The test followed two earlier failures in the series while Feb tests succeeded, with operational deployment planned in about 18 months aboard submarines.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Police Training Program Scheduled To Start Here
Police Chief Pete Fuller announced a new in service training program for the local department. The plan follows an 11 day Basic Police Science course at the Southwest Center for Law Enforcement Education Oklahoma University where Lt. George S Mitchell among 546 officers attended. Training supervisor will be assigned from the program and assistant chief Alford Hennessee said all course studies will be included locally.
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Pete Fuller
Southwest Center For Law Enforcement Education
Oklahoma University
George S. Mitchell
Alford Hennessee
Sec
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