Post Office Plans to Improve Services and Delivery
The Post Office Department unveils steps to enhance service including expanding first class mail allotments for air routes, testing luminescent ink on air mail stamps for faster sorting, and extending four hour downtown delivery to 214 more business routes. Also notes shifting Vietnam engagement rules and NASA moon plan funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
J. Edward Day
Business Mall
Pilots Describe Last Hours of Battle and Cuban Tensions
Investigation details of four unnamed American pilots who volunteered for combat, with three returning and one group loss noted. Cuban note denying MIG attacks on a shrimp boat sparks U.S. rebuttals as lawmakers urge stronger action and cite uncertain policy. Military and political leaders visit Guantanamo and discuss shortages and missiles amid Cuba dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lines
B26
U.S
State Department
Miloslav Ruzek
United States
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Cuba
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Senate
Rep
K. W. Stinson
R-Wash
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Lawton Rep. Taliaferro leads meat sale restriction bill
House passes measures on truck tag revenue for roads and a $216000 boost for the Oklahoma Historical Society. Rep H L Sparks seeks to raise the oil depletion allowance to 27 percent. Reapportionment moves loom with court deadline March 8. Beecher urges cross‑house agreement and a people’s vote device in a constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Agriculture Departments
House
Jim Taliaferro
Lawton
Taliaferro
U. S
Oklahoma Historical Society
Bellmon
H. L. Sparks
Cushing
Senate
Roy Beecher
McCarty
Beecher
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Turns City Into Wild Carnival
New Orleans erupts for Mardi Gras with half a million revelers. Crowds parade through the city amid costumes from space to harem girls. Rex leads the noon parade down St Charles Avenue to Canal Street and the French Quarter. Debris fills the streets as the English observer notes the city’s legendary hangover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Victor Schire
Governor to address eastern Oklahoma teachers meeting
In Tahlequah Gov Henry Bellman will speak at the eastern district Oklahoma Education Association meeting at Northeastern State College March 7 8. About 3000 teachers are expected to attend the two day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahlequah
UPI
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma Education Association
OFA
Northeastern State College
Former WRAF Sergent Gloria Smith Freed After Eighth Prison Term
Gloria Smith a 37 year old former Women’s Royal Air Force sergeant was released Monday from her eighth prison term for bothering George Bycroft. She faces another six month term if she continues the behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Gloria Smith
Royal Air Force
George Bycroft
Lawton Woman Slashes Wrists In Apparent Suicide Attempt
A Lawton woman attempted to take her own life by slashing both wrists with a razor early today and was hospitalized at Memorial Hospital around 2 15 a m. Police said the act was not her first suicide attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Jack Noble
Dearborn
Doris Harvey
Carl V. Blythe
Green Meadow
Mercury
Ninth
Lee
T. O. McCarty
Chevrolet
Larry Bevans
Lindy
Chrysler
C. M. Johnson
Euclid
William D. Woodham
Wayne Cox
Lawton Readies Second Annual George Washington Sale
The Chamber of Commerce retail committee will review last week's sale at a 10 a.m. meeting with Bill Johnson as chair. A roads committee sub-committee will meet at 10 a.m. Friday to discuss county roads with possible attendance by county commissioners led by Joe Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Johnson
Joe Reed
Raines Named Safety Aide in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City AP Rob ert Raines, former McAlester penitentiary warden, is named assistant to safety commissioner Bob Lester. He replaces Norman Hunter who resigns effective March x. Raines will supervise civilian personnel communications transportation and purchasing. Ray Page succeeds Raines as prison warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robert Raines
McAlester
Bob Lester
Lester
Raines
Norman Hunter
Ray Page
Tax Cut Enthusiasm Fails to Rally Public Pulse Says AP
NEW YORK AP The tax cut proposal fails to evoke expected public enthusiasm. Public reaction cites academic framing and debt fears, while Kennedy argues the plan would boost economy, increasing family income by about $5,000 over 10 years. Economists say deficits could spur GNP growth though voter skepticism remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
American Bankers Association
Economits School
GNP
U.S. Treasury
Boy Phillip Snyden Jr. Returns Home After Hospital Care
Phillip Snyden Jr., 11, of 801 North 31st Street, was discharged from Wichita General Hospital in Wichita Falls Texas where he had been treated since February 10 after a serious traffic accident five miles north of Lawton. Relatives say he will undergo convalescent care at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Snyden Jr
Wichita General Hospital
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lawton
Senators Scold ABC Board Over Price Setting
Oklahoma City lawmakers chastised the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for price posting and spending policies. Senator Ray Fine urged clarity of intent and demanded line item budgets and travel expense estimates while the panel shelved the bill pending information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
UPS
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roy Parham
ABC
J. L. Jennings
Bartlesville
Henry Bellmont
Jennings
Fine
ABC Board
State Supreme Court
Sen
al Nichols
Wewoka
Roy Grantham
Ponca City
Parham
Senate
House
Nichols
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Liquor Board
Bellmon Meets Congressmen in Washington on Lodge Financing
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon met with Senate and House leaders in Washington to discuss federal financing for Eufaula Lake lodges. The talks with Sen. Howard Edmondson and Rep. Page Belcher followed earlier meetings with the Community Facilities Administration and the Area Redevelopment Administration. Bellmon and 22 Oklahoma associates planned to return home the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Oklahoma
Henry Bellmon
Howard Edmondson
Eufaula Lake
Edmondson
Community Facilities Administration
Area Redevelopment Administration
Bellmon
Page Belcher
Reckless Driving Fines Totals Across multiple cases
Three drivers faced fines in a Special Sessions court plea, totaling 450 dollars plus costs for reckless driving and related infractions. Additional penalties include hunting license violations and charges of burglary, forgery, and attempted theft linked to multiple individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Sessions
Alfred L. Mueller
Sam Harrel Franks
Rt. 1
Davidson
Albert Laverne Billinger
John M. Weatherly
Dearborn
Henry V. Starratt
Columbus
Central Baptist Church
Ninth
Donald B. Potts
Clifton Ernest Blue
Pampa
Tex
Clanton Realty Co
Trade-Mart Discount
Tulsa Firm Buys Houston Company
Helmerich & Payne Co of Tulsa announced the cash and installment purchase of F. H. Maloney Co of Houston for about 3 million dollars. The Maloney group of 27 stockholders sold the rubber metal and plastic products maker with 200000 square feet in a 15-building Houston complex plus a plastics division and an R&D laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
UPI
Helmerich & Payne Co
F. H. Maloney Co
Houston
W. H. Helmerich III
Tulsa Petroleum and Manufacturing Firm
F. H. Maloney
Helmerich
Maloney Co
Congress Rep Pelly Urges Repeal of 16th Amendment
Representative Thomas M. Pelly of Washington marked the 50th anniversary of the income tax amendment by urging its repeal. He told the House that repealing the 16th Amendment would boost the economy and sharply cut unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
16TH
Washington
Tense Nerves and Colons Boosted by New Laxative Trio
An old advertisement describes Auerbachs Plexus related colon nerves and claims a three part relief from constipation. It touts Cotonam Cotonaip and COLONAID as a three way overnight solution with bulking nerve stimulation and moisturizing action. It targets pregnant women with gentle clinical proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auerbach
Colonaid
City council approves purchases and zoning actions in six items
Council moves for the purchase of three refrigerators a projector screen a telescopic level rod and a half ton pickup. Bids referred to public property committee. Zoning petitions sent to the planning commission for auto repair shop at 1105-05 S 15th and trailer parks at 1315 and 1317 Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Public Property Committee
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Leland Brown
Andrews
Stanley Wilson
National Guard
Airport
Laura Fields
Lake
Ellsworth
The
Fish and Game Commission
Soviet Union loses ground in Africa Williams says
UPI reports Assistant Secretary of State G Mennen Williams said on Monday that the Soviet Union has lost ground in Africa and must feel ill paid for its efforts there after returning from a three week trip to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
G. Mennen Williams
Soviet Union
Africa
Williams
Funeral Rites Slated for Floyd Pinchback
Floyd Pinchback 55 of 526426 died at 1 a.m today after a long illness. Born Oct 11 1907 in Lawton he was a World War II veteran and a baker. Survivors include his mother Mrs J H Pinchback three brothers James Roy and J B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Floyd R. Pinchback
Pinchback
James
Roy
Lovington
N. M
J. B
California
Germans Celebrate With Big Carnival
West Germans braved freezing weather to celebrate Rose Monday in major carnival centers. About one million lined Cologne’s streets for a five mile parade with 35 bands 1 500 musicians and 300 clowns. Mainz Duesseldorf drew large crowds 400 000 and 700 000 respectively as shops closed for a final pre Lent fling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Mainz
Duesseldorf
Rhineland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post Office
Defense Department
South Wit Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Saigon
James Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Webb
House Space Committee
NASA
John D. Pastore
D-R.i
House Atomic Energy Committee
Geneva
Serviceompany
Ben Thomas
George
Reader’s Digest
Dale Carnegie
American Business Club
Troy Ketchum
Gene Welch
Boyd Hoskins
Lou Brox
Okla
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Frank Lucas
Frank L. Lucas David Lucas
Ed. Hough
Rap Liquor Board
Midnight
HAI
Ko. Nation
L. S
Ino
Council
REDS
Floyd
Frankfurt
Germany
T.M
Pat Pond
Plymouth
America
Milo Gordon Motor Co
Sheridan Road
Bell 322
E Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!