19-Year-Old Dish Washer Admits Brutal Beating Incident
In Tooele Utah two 18 year old girls, Carol Clayton and Drinda Ames, were beaten with a hammer and buried under desert brush. A 19 year old dish washer confessed to the crime. Another 19 year old, Tony Robertson, ran 14 miles to fetch help.
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Tony Robertson
Salt Lake
Faye Gillette
Desert
Gillette
Rex Hintze
Tooele
Utah
Sault Lake City
Carol Annette Clayton
Drinda Jane Ames
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Kennedy proposes five year plan for elderly needs
President Kennedy unveils a ten billion dollar five year package addressing health care, housing and income for senior citizens. The plan centers on hospital insurance funded by Social Security, plus tax benefits and more rental housing loans for the elderly. It calls for group residences with shared services and programs to boost elderly employment, totaling 36 measures to aid aging Americans. A new administration bill mirrors last year's proposal but faces AMA opposition to Social Security funded health care.
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John Barbour
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
American Medical Association
Wash ington Birthday Sale Bows at Lawton Merchants
Lawton merchants stage their second annual Washingtons Birthday Sale offering bargains across goods from TV sets to cherry trees while stocks last. Stores stay open until 9 pm with items like women's handbags at 25 cents and watches at a few cents. event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce retail committee.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton Constitution
George Washington
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Stock Theft Hits Brokers in New Rochelle Case
A New York securities firm warned that stolen stock certificates, valued at over 3.5 million dollars, were being prepared for transfer. FBI officials confirm the theft occurred over a year and a half ago at the home of Theresa N. McSweeney in suburban New Rochelle.
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New York
SAP
Wall Street
FBI
Theresa N. McSweeney
New Rochelle
N.Y
Bankers Arrive For Convention In Lawton Oklahoma
Bankers from southwest Oklahoma converge on Lawton for the annual Group 1 convention of the Oklahoma Bankers association. About 500 delegates are expected to attend. officers elected Friday afternoon at the Hotel Lawtonian. Registration opens at 4 p.m. with a dance by Russ Carlisle and his orchestra tonight. Charles M. Crawford of First National Bank, Frederick, presides. Bryan Bla Borden Co. vice president Marshall, Texas, is principal speaker at a Friday luncheon.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma Bankers Association
Lawtonian
Russ Carlyle
Charles M. Crawford
First National Bank
Frederick
Weather forecast: Cold frontal pass brings flurries
Considerable cloudiness and wind with a few snow flurries this afternoon. Tonight and Friday turn clear to partly cloudy with a dip tonight and a warm Friday. High today around 30, low 14, high tomorrow near 40, high Wednesday 72. Last night 21 at 11 a.m. reading.
Oklahoma Senate Passes Reapportionment Bill Amid Court Debate
Oklahoma City Oklahoma senate action on a reapportionment bill drew questions about constitutionality as the measure alters county representation and delays until 1966. The plan increases Oklahoma and Tulsa counties seats while others gain one each, with court review looming and a March deadline for equal-population redistricting.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Senate
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Trimble Lattin
Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers
State
Oklahoma
House
Oklahoma Senate
Tulsa
Sens
Cleeta John Rogers
Dewey Bartlett
Denzil Garrison
Bartlesville
Fred R. Harris
Lawton
Oklahoma County
Comanche
Bartlett
Sen
Walt Allen
Chickasha
Caddo
Stephens
Grady
Garfield
Kay
Shrimper Under Fire as MiGs Chase Off US Planes
In the Florida Straits two Cuban based MiG fighters fired rockets near the shrimp boat Ala from Fort Myers crewmen Paris Jackson and Benjamin Washington not hit by rockets or aircraft. U S interceptors from Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 513 near Key West chased the MiGs away and no engagement occurred officials said. A formal protest to Cuba was expected while the boat drifted about three days with engine trouble.
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Washington
API
Florida Straits
U.S
Defense Department
Seati
Nefease Command
Florida
Pentagon
U. S
Marine Corps
Boca Chica
Key West
Department
State Department
Havana
Jackson
Ala
Fort Myers
Ris West
MI6
Beaumont
Tex
Norfolk
Kennedy orders action after Cuba MIG attack on shrimp boat
President Kennedy ordered the armed forces to take all necessary action to deter a repeat of the Cuba based MIG attack on the shrimp boat Ala in international waters. The White House blamed Cuban aircraft and said Soviet personnel will be withdrawn from Cuba by mid March. An official note delivered via Swiss channels demanded a full Cuban explanation and cited tensions easing with the Soviet troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Nnedy
Kennedy
White House
Florida Straits
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
Pierre Salinger
Havana
It'll Be Warmer Friday High Winds in Lawton
An arctic cold front in southwest Oklahoma lowered Lawton temperatures from 72 Wednesday to 21 overnight with a forecast of 14 for tonight. Gusts up to 30 mph and possible snow flurries accompany the chill with relief expected Friday as highs rise to about 40. Tulsa and Oklahoma City also saw sharp drops from Wednesday highs to overnight lows.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Former State Industry Director Charged With Diverting Funds
Max Genet Jr., former director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Industry, faces two felony counts of diverting state funds. Charges allege he diverted two state checks totaling 1050 while in office. Genet, linked to a Senate probe, reportedly returned to Los Angeles. he plans to appear in court after charges were filed.
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Oklahoma City
Max Genet Jr
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Oklahoma County
Atty
Don Cunningham
Justice of the Peace
Wendell Foster
Genet
Senate General Investigating Committee
Los Angeles
Harrod
Perry Ames
West Coast
Department of Commerce and Industry
Lawton Mother Accused of Forcing Children Outside
Police report a 48-year-old southwest Lawton mother allegedly threw knives and glasses at her children and forced them to stay outside. Officers found a 15 and 13 year old in the yard at 12 55 a m while a younger child remained inside the house. The woman allegedly said she did not want the children and did not care what happened to them.
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Southwest
Lawton
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