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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1964
Page
3
AP report notes 1964 expects more business and higher spending for materials yet with tight inventories. 1000 purchasing executives say costs will rise for steel, nonferrous metals, paper, packaging, and electrical goods. They aim for efficient sourcing and hand to mouth stock as production grows.
A West Berlin youth killed himself on returning from East Berlin by leaping in front of a train at Friedrichstrasse station. Police attributed the act to despair after departure from relatives in the Communist zone. He was among about 100,000 West Berliners who visited East Berlin with a Christmas pass and remained unidentified. In a separate incident, a 22-year-old refugee escaped to West Germany by jumping from a bridge into the Werra River. guards fired but he survived, though a window was shattered on the Western bank. The events occurred as West Berlin awaited invitations to renew talks on traffic through the wall.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller ends his political moratorium and resumes pursuit of the GOP nomination. He heads to New Hampshire for the March 10 primary, with multiple stops including Portsmouth and Concord, and plans a California swing in January. Goldwater mulls his own bid as Rockefeller denies a TV revelation about his divorce.
Philadelphia race groups and city officials seek to resolve a dispute over blackface makeup worn by some Mummers during New Year’s Day parade. The parade was postponed due to weather. Officials banned then rescinded the ban amid protests.
An American soldier has been AWOL from NATO's Northern European headquarters in Oslo since December 13. Spec. 4 George E. Klaus, 22, of Fairland Oklahoma, is the missing serviceman. He arrived in Norway in July 1962 and lived at the headquarters. no security risk was reported.
An advertisement invites readers to invest in a mutual fund. It lists contact Roy N. Guzzle director of merchandising at King Merritt & Co Inc with a phone number EL 3 6579 and address 816 Columbia.
The ad promotes Doan's Pills as a fast threefold remedy for nagging backache headaches and muscular pain, bladder irritation, and mild diuretic action. It claims they help with sleepless nights and over fifty years of use, advertising large economy sizes.
The five story Bethlehem Building in downtown Tulsa was sold by Bethlehem Supply Co. to Mr and Mrs Lonnie Rex. Rex is business manager of the Evangelists group. The transaction secures a prominent downtown property for their operations.
The sale price was estimated at 120000 dollars for the T L Osborn Evangelistic Association Inc. property.
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