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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1964
Page
8
The court shifts from political caution to redistricting, ruling that congressional districts must provide equal representation by population where practicable. It enables federal courts to intervene, allowing injunctions against malapportioned elections and ordering at large runs until redistricting occurs.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that congressional districts must be as near as practicable equal in population, with Georgia ordered to balance its districts. Justice Harlan dissented, warning the decision could jeopardize 398 current House seats. Analysts say many states may consider at large elections, pending related cases.
Arlen Haag a 14 year old in Oklahoma City died at Baptist Memorial Hospital after kidney transplant surgery on January 28 and removal of a diseased kidney February 6. Doctors cited cardiac arrest as the cause, noting the operations strained his heart despite initial signs of progress. The transplant used a kidney from his father Ted Haag.
Operation Big Thrust starts with 16 consecutive Bergstrom flights carrying about 1,500 soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division,Ft Hood to Germany as a replacement in the maneuver. The division previously flew around the clock to Germany last October to prove the U.S. ability for rapid international movement of combat ready troops, with Rhein Main near Frankfurt as the terminus.
Siberian pensioner Alexei Polikarpov, 65, reached Termez on the Soviet Afghanistan border as he accumulates 15,835 miles of a 24,840 mile trek across the USSR. He aims to finish in the Far East and write a book titled A Hundred Million Steps Across the Native Land.
A family outing ended in tragedy when Mr Bailey and Mrs Bailey and three of their eight children, Brenda 16 Gayle 7 Kathie 6, were killed in a car train collision at Tucker Georgia. Two other children Betty Ann 8 and Wayne 2 were critical. the car was carried 1800 feet by the train after impact. Engineer E F Lyons reported the car pulled onto the crossing directly in front of his locomotive.
In Tokyo, North Korea pledged to deal leniently with U S Army pilots Capt. Ben W. Stutts of Florence Alabama and Capt. Charleston W. Voltz of Frankfort Michigan after nine months in captivity. The fliers were taken May 17 1963 when their helicopter crossed the truce line along Korea.
Police Chief Edwin White, who filed suit against himself over a Cheltenham, England, car incident, was fined 56 dollars on Monday.
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