Navy Seeks More Ships After Cuban Crisis Lesson
Washington AP The Navy pressed Congress for a bigger shipbuilding program citing Cuba as proof of seapower in a nuclear age. Secretary Korth and Admiral Anderson warned of obsolescence and a shrinking fleet as they outlined planned additions and aging vessels amid Soviet advantage in subs.
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Soviet Union
Navy
Congress
Defense Department
White House
Secretary of Navy
Fred Korth
Adm
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
Anderson
Cuba
Korth
America
United States
Unions Study White Collar Workers Rise
Labor leaders at winter meetings note white collar workers now outnumber blue collar in unions. Secretary Wirtz to meet AFL CIO executives on white collar trends since 1956. Meany plans pilot drives in Los Angeles while Reuther targets broader campaigns.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fila
W. Willard Wirtz
Aflcio Executive Council
Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Los Angeles
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Woman Says She Fought Off Strangler in Boston
A Boston woman, Ericka Wilsing, 28, says she fought off an attacker who posed as a roofer in her fourth floor apartment. She described a masked struggle, provided a detailed suspect description and sketch as police heighten a manhunt for the so-called phantom strangler amid eight unsolved Boston area strangulations since June.
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Strangler
Boston
UPS
Ericka Wilsing
Germany
Greater
Engineers Week Highlights National Society Ties
Tom Porter describes how the National Society of Professional Engineers connects fifty state groups and local Lawton and Wichita Mountains chapters to advance engineering ethics and public service. The Lawton area chapter sponsors Cameron College scholarships and ARMCO awards while promoting programs in schools and media during Engineers Week.
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Pdrter
Tom Porter
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers
Lawton
United States
George Washington
Hearing Delayed on Oklahoma Right to Work Petition
The sufficiency hearing on the right to work initiative petition in Oklahoma City was postponed to Thursday morning after opponents sought a 1/2 day extension to verify signatures. Supreme Court Referee Marian Opala delayed the continuation, while former Secretary William N. Christian had ruled the petition valid enough to trigger a statewide vote. Opponents aim to invalidate about 77,000 signatures to block the ballot.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Marian Opala
William N. Christian
Boy Scouts Hunt Books In Hewlett Area
Eighteen Boy Scout volunteers from Troop 21 aided Hewlett Woodmere Public Library in locating 150 overdue books. They returned with 15 books found while lenders' responses varied from promises to pay to reports of absence.
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Hewlett, N.Y
Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library
Long Island
Walter Thomson
Thomson
Robert Oscard Jr
Thomason presents reenlistment award to 2d Missile Battalion
Col. Joel F. Thomason commander of the 9th Group presided at Friday ceremonies to award the 9th Field Artillery Missile Group reenlistment award for January to the 2d Missile Battalion 44th Artillery.
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Joel F. Thomason
9Th Field Artillery Missile Group
44Th Artillery
Engineers Plan Talks Wednesday During Engineering Week
Local engineers will observe Engineering Week with talks at Cameron college and open meetings. Wichita Mountains chapter members Joe Schneider Perry Campbell J C Crawford and Art Corrales will discuss civil electrical mechanical and petroleum engineering at Lawton High School at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Additional talks are set for Eisenhower Junior Senior High Thursday at 10 20 a.m. and Tomlinson Junior High Friday at 9 30 a.m. An open meeting for engineers and interested persons will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Cameron college Administration building room 3.
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Cameron College
Joe Schneider
Perry Campbell
J. C. Crawford
Art Corrales
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers
Lawton High School
Eisenhower
Tomlinson Junior
Pub owner to hold spring sale for faithful patrons
Bridgewater England UPI reports pub owner Ken Richards will run a one week half-price sale on wines and liquors to thank loyal customers after a bitter winter.
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Bridgewater, Eng
UPI
Ken Richards
Boy Finds Missing Lolita Book Hidden in Library Form
A borrower’s dog disrupted a home arrival before the owner calmly explained returning the book long ago. The boy suggested a plan to pursue the others, referring to the missing item as Lolita.
Castro Plays Both Sides In Global Split
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro is pulling for both China and the Soviet Union in the East West split, with Edwin M. Martin saying his heart is in Peking while his stomach is in Moscow to a House subcommittee on Monday.
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Washington
UPI
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Red China
Soviet Union
Peking
Moscow
Edwin M. Martin
inter-American Affairs
House
Sergeants to Meet at La Fiesta In Lawton
Lawton Barrack 142 of the Association of Regular Army Sergeants will meet at 7 30 p m today in the private dining room of the La Fiesta located at 1015 Park.
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Lawton
The
Association of Regular Army
Park
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