Bellmon denounces $3 welfare hike in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon blasted a House move to raise old age assistance by $3 a month as reckless and harmful. He warned it would cut $8 million from next biennium for schools, highways, and mental health while noting Oklahoma already funds a generous welfare program. The plan faces a vote after breakfast talks and opposition from Democratic lawmakers.
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Oklahoma City
API
Henry Bellmon
Parker
Bellman
Oklahoma
United States
Bellmer Carter
Republican House
Bellmon
J. D. McCarty
McCarty
Bellmont
House
Lucien Spear
Hugo
Brazilian Marines Board Hijacked Ship Near Belem
A small detachment of Brazilian marines boarded the hijacked Anzoategui as it moved toward Belem at the mouth of the Amazon. The ship was ordered to be escorted to Belem by a Brazilian navy corvette with marines aboard, while hijackers seek asylum in Brazil amid regional tensions with Venezuela.
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Belem
Anzoategui
Brazil
Maraca Island
Caribbean
Maraca
Amazon River
Caracas
Macapa
Amazon
Amapa
Washington
Defense Department
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
United States
Soviet Move On Cuba Prompts White House Meeting
The Soviet Union informed the United States of plans to pull out several thousand troops from Cuba by March 15. President Kennedy and congressional leaders met to discuss the development, seen as a move to ease Caribbean tensions.
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Cuba
Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Kennedy
Caribbean
White House
Khrushchev
U. S
Russia
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
McCone
Mansfield
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
John Sparkman
Dala
John Stennis
D-Miss
Lev- See
Betancourt Arrival Parade Scaled Back By Weather
President Kennedy and Venezuelan leader Betancourt altered plans for a warm White House welcome. A rain and snow delay moved the parade to the north portico and a downtown luncheon meeting.
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Washington
White House
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Kennedy
Betancourt
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Council OKs Ordinance To End Parking Meters
City council repeals meter enforcement and covers meters with bags while adopting a two hour limit in most of the central business district. Monthly permits allow unlimited green post spaces. non permit vehicles face two hour limits and chalk marks enforcement remains. Removal of 98 loading zones also approved as traffic study continues.
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Central Business District
Gale Sadler
Sadler
Council
Fort Sill observes Washington's Birthday holiday schedule
Friday holiday schedules suspend all nonessential duties at Fort Sill in observance of George Washington's birthday. Lawton stores stay open with Washington's Birthday Sale, while city, county, state and federal offices close. Banks observe the holiday as bankers attend a southwest Oklahoma convention. Post Office windows close with limited deliveries and mail handling.
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Fort Sill
George Washington
Lawton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Bankers Association
Charlie Payne
Henryetta Schools Close Over Flu Outbreak
Henryetta schools closed today due to an influenza outbreak with about 18 percent of students absent. Officials dismissed classes at noon Monday through Thursday as influenza cases rose in Tulsa County per health director Dr. Cecil Jacobs.
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Henryetta
Tulsa
Cecil Jacobs
Family slayings shock Green Bay suburb
In Green Bay area a couple Jack Hebard and his wife Joyce and three children were found shot to death at their secluded farmhouse. A 16 year old son Harry Butch Hebard is sought with an APB issued by Police Chief Elmer Madson.
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Green Bay, Wis
Green Bay
Elmer Madson
Harry
Butch” Hebard
Madson
Jack Hebard
North Central Air Lines
Joyce Hebard
John Ruddell
Judy
Jane
Dale Rebescher
Hebard
Aebescher
Jack
First Section of Turnpike Grading Completed
The first 6.92 mile section of grading and drainage on the Southwestern Turnpike is finished about 20 miles south of Lawton in Cotton County. Ned Shepler says final inspection will occur Wednesday with S. E. Evans Inc. as contractor. Authority and engineers will arrive for contract awards on the strip.
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Southwestern Turnpike
Ned Shepler
Lawton
The
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Cotton County
S. E. Evans, Inc
Fort Sill Prepares West Point Exam
About 60 young men from the four state area travel to Fort Sill for academic, physical testing by the West Point Examining Board. They arrive February 27 and stay until March 2 for written, oral exams and a medical checkup.
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U.S. Military Academy
West Point Examining Board
Fort Sill
U. S. Army
West Point Board
Col. C. A. Christin
OCS
Army
Air Force
United States
Col. Christin
Bride Consumes Poison and Sets Herself Alight
A 20 year old Vietnamese bride drank rat poison and soaked herself in gasoline to set herself on fire during her wedding. She was rushed to a hospital but died en route. Reports say her family opposed an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman while she loved a 24 year old Vietnamese man.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Europe Peril Seen as Top Threat, McNamara Says
Secretary McNamara told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Communist threat in Europe is the largest single danger. He warned Western Europe’s loss would shift global power and outlined flexible force plans to deter and respond to a nuclear Soviet attack. A censored 163 page version of his testimony was shared outside the closed session.
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Administration
CIA
John A. McCone
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
McCone
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Latin America
Cuba
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Group
Washington
Europe
Senate Armed Service Committee
United States
Western Europe
Soviet Union
House Armed Services Committee
Sooners Enjoy Mild Readings
Southwest Oklahomans experienced warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies. The U S Weather Bureau forecast continued mild conditions through Wednesday with highs near 58 today rising to 60 by Wednesday and nightly lows around 33.
Area Forecast Says Mild, Clouds Through Wednesday
Mostly cloudy and mild through Wednesday. High today 58, low 33, high tomorrow 60. Monday high 53, last night 36, morning reading 31.
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Cocipore
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Francisco Moreiros Araujo
Foy D. Kohler
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White House North Portico
Rusk
Jacqueline Kennedy
Betancout
San Juan
Puerto Rico
America
Americas
Castro
Alliance For Progress
Betapcourt
West Point
House of Representatives
Korea
U. S. Military Academy
N. Y
Bride
Stennis
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