Fort Sill New Year Baby Wins Derby With 12:01 A.M. Birth
Joca Joe Fisher, a 7 pound 12 ounce boy born at 12:01 a.m. at Fort Sill Army hospital, is the Derby winner for Comanche County. He is the son of Specialist Fisher and Patsy Fisher, and joins one sibling. Gifts include a baby blanket, savings accounts, and other infant articles.
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Joca Joe Fisher
Constitution Press
Comanche County
Fisher
Lawton-Fort Sill
Sp5
Louis E. Fisher
Lynda
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Edward Beatty
Orpha L. Spangler
Patsy
Constitution
Eddie Joe Fisher
Louis Fisher
Gotham Transit Strike Averted
New York officials announced a settlement averting a New Year’s Day subway and bus strike after a late-night round of negotiations. The agreement preserves a 15-cent fare and provides wage boosts totaling 35 cents over two years, with immediate and staged increases for transit workers. The city faced potential injunction due to the Condon-Wadlin law, and the package includes fringe benefits and phased raises amid union demands for broader concessions.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Transport Workers Union
Wagner
City Transit Authority
State Supreme Court
Samuel H. Hofstadter
David L. Cole
Mayor's Transit Labor Board
Cole
President Applauds Anti-Dropout Drive
President Johnson lauds a 63-community pilot anti dropout campaign with 1963 results showing half of dropouts returning to school and nine in ten staying enrolled. He urges expansion in 1964 and notes new education laws to be implemented quickly. He also pledges U S support to South Vietnam against Communist forces.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
U.S
Francis Keppel
America
John F. Kennedy
Keppel
Congress
Atlanta
Dallas
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
United States
United
Khrushchev Opens Door to Ghana Students Amid Red Square Protest
Premier Khrushchev told Ghana students in Moscow they could receive exit visas if they disliked their treatment, after a Red Square demonstration on Dec 18 over alleged mistreatment and the death of Edmond Asare Addo. He denied racial discrimination and noted Bulganin's surprise appearance at the Kremlin gala.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ghana
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Red Square
Soviet Union
Edmond Asare-Addo
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Leonid Brezhnev
Rockefeller to discuss divorce on TV and radio
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller plans nationwide TV and radio appearances to discuss his divorce and remarriage. The Washington Post says supporters see value in reaching the public, while a final schedule and content remain undecided.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washington Post
The
Post
Rockefeller
McManus
Mne
Mary Todhunter’ Rockefeller
Margaretta Fitler
Happy) Murphy
Rockefellers
Post Dispatch
Maxine Cheshire
Adds See
Three Southern Boys Enjoy That Music
The Fred Southern family blends music into daily life with the Southern Boys as stars. Jim 16 plays flute and piccolo with Lawton High and the Oklahoma bands while Herbie 13 trumpet plays at Eisenhower. Fred majors in music at OU on a $300 yearly scholarship. Mrs Southern leads local music teachers and teaches vocal music at Geronimo School. the family’s instruments total about $3000 as neighbors hear their concerts in the 1400 block of North 40th Street.
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Aardsmen Brothere Ke
Southern Brothers
Jim
LHS
Herbie
Eisenhower
Fred Southern
N. 40Th
Southern
University of Oklahoma, Lawton
Pride of Oklahoma
University
Lawton High
Lawton Elementary Music Teachers Association
Geronimo School
Fort Sill
Sil Southern
Pop
N. 40Th Street
Fred
Manitou Springs
Colo
First Oklahoma Traffic Fatality Of 1964 Is Soldier
A 19 year old Fort Sill private from California became Oklahoma’s first 1964 traffic death when struck while lying in Midwest City street minutes after midnight. The crash also claimed 16 year old James Harrison the driver, who said he did not see the victim in time.
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Fort Sill
California
Oklahoma
Midwest
Guthrie
Highway Patrol
McAlister
Midwest City
Tinker Afb
Hos
James Harrison
Harrison
Ansporta Co
Ralph W. McAlister
Stockton, Cainf
Okardhe
U.S. 81
Meridith W. Armstrong
Union City
C. W. Mills
Lawton
Lecerera
First Methodist Church
Harold Davis
Oak
Chevro- Lee
Cyanide suspected in Weleetka tavern incident
About 20 celebrants at Sammy Hale's tavern in Weleetka fell ill around 2 am. A deputy said he believes a cyanide bomb caused the sudden illness. three people were hospitalized, while others were dragged to safety. Luther Hale and two others were treated at Muskogee and Weleetka hospitals. Investigators from the state crime bureau and Shawnee were responding.
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Weleetka
Isf
Earl Branscum
Luther Hale
Muskogee
George Ellig
Dale Treat
Branscum
Ellig
Sammy Hale
Branscom
State Crime Bureau
Oklahoma City
Crime Bureau
Bill Holt
Shawnee
Oklahoma
City Police Arrest 32 Public Drunks
City officers report 32 individuals were taken into custody for public drunkenness during New Year celebrations. The arrestees were processed in city jail and face possible charges or penalties as the new year began.
Depth Grows To 16 Inches In Huntsville Depth Grows To 16 Inches In Huntsville
A blizzard across the South drops heavy snow from the Gulf to Virginia. Huntsville Alabama records 16 inches, Meridian Mississippi 14, Hattiesburg 12, and Chatom 10 as traffic gridlock and power outages occur. Two Alabama deaths linked to accidents, others due to exposure and gas fume incidents in Mobile and Atlanta. Storm pushes northeast with six to fourteen inches expected in the region and subzero cold spreading into New England.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
New Orleans
Canal Street
Weather Bureau
Huntsville
Ala
Meridian
Miss
Hattiesburg
Mississippi
Chatom
Alabama
Gulf
South
Georgia
Mobile
Atlanta
Tennessee
Carolinas
Asheville
N.C
Halleyville
Great Smoky Mountains
Portsmouth
New England
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lebanon
N.H
New Year Warm Spell Impacts Lawton Area Weather
The Weather Bureau forecasts a five day warm spell with highs from 45 to 68 across the state and overnight lows from 4 to 16. Temperatures set to be 2 to 10 degrees above normal with no precipitation expected and warmer conditions extending through Saturday in western regions.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
McAlester
Guymon
Fort Sill
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Duong van Minh
U. S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Henry Cabottion
Dixie States
Bulgaria
Molotov-Malenkov
Rocky
Bill Crawford
Erar Vavovu
William D. McAlister
Jimmy Dale Seifried
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