Senators reject 4th district highway nominee E L Stewart
Oklahoma City UPI report says the senate roads and highways committee rejected E L Stewart of Shawnee for the 4th district highway commission after State Sen. Boyd Cowden withdrew support. The panel approved Governor Bellmon's other nominees John Cooper West and G Nat Irish and sent them to the Senate floor. Four of seven senators in the 4th district opposed Stewart in a closed session.
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WAC Serrer
Oklahoma City
UPI
Senate Roads Andghways
E. L.tewart
Shawnee
4Th District Highway Commission
Boyd Cowden
Chandler
Stewart
Henry Bellmon
State Sellows
Bellmon
Stewit
John Cooper West
Elk City
G. Nat Irish
Muskogee
Senate
Tom Tipps
Ardmore Chaiman
Saki
Ing
du KR
Evphiing Vetton Cowden
Ralph W. Graves
Cowden
Bellman
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
West
Gene Grubitz Jr
Irish
K. D. Bailey
Okmulgee
Sebring Bellman
Carl Sebring
Sebring
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Gary
J. Howard Edmondson
Governor Bellmon optimistic on school plan despite opposition
Oklahoma City Governor Henry Bellmon says he is confident the school plan will pass before session end despite House opposition. The House panel advanced the Bellmon bill to the calendar without recommendation after attempting to kill it via an amendment eliminating basic aid. Bellmon denied closing press access to two Washington meetings on the edge matter and said he expects a solution to the difficulties with the plan.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
J. D. McCarty
Bellmon
Noel
McCart
Wellmon
Sesson
House Common
Meg
McCarty
Washington
U. S
Howard Edmondson
Protestne
Bellon
Area Man Admits Guilt In Cement Bank Theft Case
In Oklahoma City two defendants pled guilty in federal court to bank embezzlement. Wyoma Maddox of Elk City admitted 13 counts of embezzlement and 13 counts of making false entries for stealing 126.50 over two years at Farmers National Bank. Orlie Hillstromb of Cement pled guilty to one embezzlement count and one false entry for stealing 16122 at First State Bank of Cement. Sentencing set for April 8.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Wyoma Cleo Maddox
Elk City
Orlie Harry Hillstromb
Farmers National Bank
Hillstromb
First State Bank of Cement
Car Train Crash Fatal To Woman in Ponca City
Woman Elva Avers, 4, of Ponca City, was killed at dawn when her car collided with a Santa Fe passenger train at a crossing in Ponca City. The accident occurred about dawn.
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Associated Press
Santa Fe
Ponca City
Elva Avers
Europeans Don’t Like Our Gals Polls Show
UPI report notes 34 overseas public opinion polls on U S standing and other topics have been released after a policy shift. Polls marked confidential may stay classified until two years after completion, those for official use only after one year, with congress access allowed.
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Donald May Washington
UPI
U. S
Kennedy
Eisenhower
John E. Moss
Dcalif
House Information Subcommittee
U. S. Information Agency
Edward R. Murrow
Murrow
Congressional
Four Days Of Tests For West Point Hopefuls At Fort Sill
Four Days Of Tests opened at Fort Sill for 60 young men from the Fourth U.S. Army area seeking admission to West Point. Applicants will undergo medical and physical testing, written and oral exams, and scholastic and college board tests across Thursday to Saturday under Lt. Sweeney and Col. Christin.
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Fort Sill
West Point Examining Board
James W. Williams
Paul R. Buckley
Pfc
James Meadowcroft
U.S. Army
U.S. Military Academy
West Point Board
John P. Sweeney
Sweeney
OCS
Col
C. A. Christin
Col. Christin
Sim
Asith
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
N. Y
Air Force
United States
SC As
U.S
House of Representatives
House Leery of Senate Reapportionment Bill
Oklahoma City UPI Rep Laurence Howze says house members hesitate to back the senate reapportionment bill. He notes it does not follow the constitutional formula and some lawmakers want constitutional compliance. Both chambers passed bills and will consider each other’s next Tuesday before the March 8 federal deadline.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Laurence Howze
Seminole
House
Senate
Howze
Seminole County
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
State Legislative Council
Area Weather Forecast Clears to Partly Cloudy and Warmer
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions through Thursday with wind and a warming trend this afternoon. Tonight and Thursday will be colder. Highs: today 82, tomorrow 57, Tuesday 65. Tonight’s low not specified. 11 a.m. reading listed at 64.
Flu Outbreak Forces Bishop Waurika Schools to Close
Bishop school near Lawton shut down due to a flu caused absence spike with 20 percent of students missing. Waurika schools also canceled until March 4 after absences rose. 140 pupils were absent across the system, 74 in high and 66 in Central grade. Lawton area reports higher absences but not closures.
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Bishop School
Lawton
Waurika’s
Earl Inman
Waurika
Central
Calvin Clary
Clary
Golda Becker
Harvey Eliott
C. D. Snider Jr
Douglass
John Sadberry
Warm Gulf air fuels Oklahoma temp swings then cold front nears Lawton
A weather summary notes a strong warm Gulf air push lifting southwest Oklahoma temps into the 70s and 80s before a Canadian air mass drives readings down to near freezing tonight in Lawton. Forecasters project highs around 57 Thursday with clear to partly cloudy skies and windy, warmer conditions this afternoon.
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Gulf
Oklahoma
U.S
Lawton
Guymon
Ponca City
Khrushchev pledges aid to socialist allies if attack comes
In a Moscow radio address Khrushchev warned imperialist powers not to attack Cuba China East Germany or other socialist states saying the Soviet Union would aid its socialist brothers. He demanded no further concessions on on site nuclear test inspections and defended peaceful coexistence while touting faster Soviet economic growth than the United States.
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Moscow
UPE
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Cuba
China
East Germany
Defense
Rodion Malinovsky
United States
Khrushchev
Kalinin
Supreme Soviet
Taiwan
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Viet Nam
German Democratic Republic
NATO
United States of America
U.S
Court Again Tackles School Religion Issue
The Supreme Court reopens debate on public school prayer and Bible reading in cases from Baltimore and Philadelphia. Madalyn Murray challenges a 1905 Bible prayer rule, arguing it favors Christians and excludes non Christians. The Philadelphia suit by Edward and Schempp seeks to strike the ten verses requirement. The Maryland Court upheld the rule. Page 2 continues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York State
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Hugo L. Black
Board of School Commissioners
Madalyn E. Murray
William Murray Hiii
Hawaii
Murray
Maryland Court of Appeals
Edward L. Schempp
Abington Township
Charge Against Trooper Puts Patrol Under Fire
Oklahoma Highway Patrol faced criticism for suspending Lawton trooper Paul O. Scott without proper preliminary investigation after a complaint by an Oklahoma City woman. The State Personnel Board found no substantiation and noted lack of inquiry before suspension. Scott denies impropriety saying he warned the hitchhiker after nearly hitting her. she alleges advances during a Christmas Eve ride.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawton
State Personnel Board
Paul O. Scott
Scott
Raiming
Fort Sill
Longevity of Lawton Cafe Owner Louie Toy Remembered
Louie Toy 76 a Lawton restaurant owner and former personal cook for Gen Pershing died today after noon in a local hospital. Toy lived at 505 Furd end and ran Canton cafe at 512 E for many years. He cooked for Pershing during the 1916 campaign and came to Fort Sill in 1918. He retired in 1945 sold his restaurant then repurchased it at 512 FE. He married Kate Carter Sept 17 1925. survivors include two daughters Mrs James N Lauver and Mrs Francis L Harbison.
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Louie Toy
Lawton
John J. Pershing
Lawton Funeral Home
Mr. Toy
Fur End
Canton
Gen. Pershing
Pancho Villa
Pershing
United States
Fort Sill
Midland Hotel
Oklahoma City
Kate Carter
James N. Lauver
Francis L. Harbison
Laird
Old Post Dedication Rites Set Saturday
Fort Sill will be honored as a Registered National Historic Landmark this Saturday at 10 a.m. on the Old Post Guardhouse lawn at Randolph and Geronimo Roads. A bronze plaque, landmark certificate, and a new Indian exhibit opening are planned with dignitaries including Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing and National Park Service historian William E. Brown.
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Fort Sill
Southwest
Old Post
Randolph and
Geronimo Roads
William E. Brown
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
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