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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1964
Page
5
A commission of leading educators urged that two years of college be provided free to all high school graduates. The plan aims at intellectual growth rather than vocational training and seeks to broaden educational opportunity across the nation.
State and local investigators continued an on the spot probe into the New Year gassing at the Hale Cafe in Weleetka. About 20 celebrants were knocked unconscious by fumes. 3 were hospitalized including 19 year old George Ellig who was unconscious five hours. Cafe owner Sammy Hale and others collapsed. no blast or odor confirmed.
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller and brothers Laurance and David bought a Fairchild 27 turbo-prop for expanded political travel. The aircraft has a 2000 mile range, about 300 mph top speed, and capacity for 22 passengers.
New York City avoided a New Year strike on subways and buses as a 2 year contract was settled. AFL CIO Transport Workers Union leader Michael J. Quill secured a 32 hour four day week in exchange for a pay hike for 35 000 workers. Rockefeller and Wagner brokered the deal with costs to the city and a maintained 15 cent fare for at least a year.
Fred R. Harris, candidate for the unexpired U. S. Senate term of the late Robert S. Kerr, launches a 1964 campaign push with coffee sessions in Oklahoma City and Tulsa and organizational meetings in other counties. Eugene Mathews and Bruce Kirton named organizational chairs for Oklahoma and Tulsa counties as Harris schedules seven sessions weekly in homes across the two counties. Harris has visited 563 towns in 77 counties and aims to appoint temporary county chairs with meetings across all counties before January 20 to pick campaign coordinators. Burl Hays, formerly Kerr's administrative assistant, now serves as Harris'
The jellyfish is described as belonging to the third low G phylum within the animal kingdom, highlighting its taxonomic position and classification.
A typical serving of vanilla ice cream contains about 200 calories. The figure provides a baseline for standard portions and can vary with scoop size and brand.
Kuala Lumpur sources say the Malaysian government weighs asking Britain Australia and New Zealand to deploy technical military personnel to shore up defenses along Sarawak and Sabah after a deadly border clash blamed on Indonesian forces.
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