City approves water bond sale at 3.112% average
The council authorized selling 2 million dollars of water works bonds as part of a 7 million issue approved Dec 10. Harris Trust and Mellon Bank led a Chicago group with an average rate of 3.11225 percent for 25-year bonds, the lowest long-term rate for the city since 1956, producing a net interest cost of 790,408.33 dollars.
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Ray Atteberry
Chicago
Wayne Gilley
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Mellon National Bank and Trust Co
Oklahoma Cities
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Oklahoma City
First National Bank
American National Bank
Security Bank and Trust Co
Sheridan Bank
Lawton
Milburn, Cochran and Co. Inc
Shoemaker and Co. Inc
Commerce Trust Co
City National Bank and Trust Co
Stern Brothers and Co
Parker, Eisen, Waeckerle, Adams and Purcell Inc
City
Newt
Northern Trust Co
Mercantile Trust Co
Harriman, Ripley and Co. Inc
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
White-Weld Associates
Indians Seek Shirt Factory At Indiahoma
Indians and whites in Indiahoma plan to attract Alpine Shirtmakers of Dallas to a 10 acre site on Mennonite Mission land to employ about 30 workers initially and 100 later. The project would reuse a two floor school building and gym on the site. Training would be funded in part by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with joint support from the Indiahoma Chamber of Commerce and local Indians. A public meeting set for 7 30 p m Thursday will report on the trip to Dallas and discuss further conferences in March.
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Dallas
Indiahoma
Mennonite
Mel Silverman
Alpine Shirtmakers
Howard Niyah
Pacific
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Anadarko
Indiahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce
BIA
Silverman
FFA
Bill Queetone
Meshen
Edward McVicker
Redistricting Fight Stymies Opponents in Comanche County
District Judge Arthur Marmaduke overruled a new trial motion for opponents of Comanche County redistricting on equal population grounds and declined a stay of writ of mandamus. The 1910 district lines remain in effect while the Supreme Court is sought for immediate relief.
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Comanche County
Arthur J. Marmaduke
Board of County Commissioners
Marmaduke
State Supreme Court
Commission
Ers
District Court
Supreme Court
Pove
Tanganyika Calm After Mutiny Near Border
Britain rushed almost 2000 troops and an aircraft carrier to Tanganyika borders as calm appears to return after an army mutiny. President Julius Nyerere safe in Dar es Salaam and to broadcast today. Mutiny left at least 14 dead and 120 injured amid pay delays and officer replacements.
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London
Britain
Tanganyika
Associated Press
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyikan
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Dar Es Saaam
Murrow Quits as USIA Director. Rowan Named Replacement
Edward R. Murrow resigns as director of the U S Information Agency citing need for cancer surgery recovery. Carl Rowan, ambassador to Finland, to replace him becoming the first Black person to join National Security Council meetings and Cabinet sessions. Row an is 38 and a Tennessee native.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Carl Rowan
Johnson
Murrow
Rowan
Finland
USIA
National Security Council
Tennessee
Johnson Budget Cuts Foreign Aid to 1947 Low
Washington UPI report notes President Johnson sent Congress the smallest foreign aid request since 1947, totaling 3.392 billion dollars for fiscal 1965. He split military and economic aid, aiming at a tighter target while noting aid remains essential for political independence and stability.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Alliance For Progress
Canal Funds Won't Allow 1970 Finish
President Johnson's 1966 budget funds two new Arkansas River dams but trims total to 84 million for navigation. The plan delays completion beyond 1970, depending on Congress funding. It details high and low lift locks at Webbers Falls and Ozark near Fort Smith plus Verdigris and Kaw planning.
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Tulsa
Johnson
Congress
Little Rock
Ark
Fort Smith, Ark
Tulsa Area
Webbers Falls
Arkansas
Muskogee
Ozark
Fort Smith
Webbers Falls Lock and Dam
Johnson unveils sweeping 1965 budget with defense cuts
President Johnson proposes a $97.9 billion fiscal 1965 budget aimed at reducing deficits and poverty. He calls for civilian cuts of about 27,000 in the Defense Department, and trims across Agriculture, Post Office, Atomic Energy Commission, and Veterans Administration. The plan includes a $54 billion defense effort, grows output, and lowers debt by year's end while pledging a $1 billion anti-poverty package.
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Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Post Office
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
Johnson
Stereo Gift to Johnson Reported in 1959 Gift Saga
A local insurance agent testified before Senate investigators that in 1959 he bought and sent a stereo set worth 542.25 dollars to Lyndon B. Johnson at the suggestion of Robert G. Baker. The panel also released Walter Jenkins’ statement denying a business link between Baker and Reynolds.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert G. Baker
Johnson
Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Don B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Reyn
Jenkins
McLendon
W. Ellis Meehan
Johnson OKs 1.9 Million For Hospital Expansion
President Johnson approves funds for an 80 bed USPHS Indian Hospital in Lawton Oklahoma with a total project cost around 2,028,000 including equipment Ground breaking is planned for January 1965 Plans call to retain and repurpose the west wing built in 1937 as storage and kitchen space The Lawton hospital serves 12 southwest Oklahoma counties and 12,000 Indian beneficiaries with three satellite clinics in Cooneghe Anadarko and Ardmore Dr William John Atkinson becomes acting service unit director replacing Dr Ralph A Seltzer
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Lawton
Waurika Reservoir Budget Omission Prompts Interagency Tension
President Johnson’s budget leaves no funds for the $25 million Waurika reservoir in Jefferson county. The project was split between the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, with a dispute at high levels over which agency should supply funds. The plan authorizes the project, but timing and interdepartmental questions delayed budgeting. The document notes other Oklahoma aims including Foss reservoir completion and Norman reclamation, plus flood control funds for state projects.
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Jack Cleland
Washington Bureau
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Jefferson County
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps
Bureau
Pentagon
Interior Department
Foss
Washita
Oklahoma
Norman
Ruby Bond Hearing Opens With Psychiatric Review
Dallas AP Jack Ruby defense moves to free Ruby on bond as court orders appointment of a neutral psychiatrist to assess mental condition. Attorneys dismiss the writ of habeas corpus without prejudice while noting a potential $100000 bond posting offer and Ruby's remorse over Oswald’s killing.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Ruby
Tom Howard
Melvin Belli
Oswald
Mild Readings Forecast in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma
Readings of up to 72 degrees were forecast for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma with mild, spring like weather expected to continue through Wednesday. Early today the thermometer showed 37 degrees at 8 a.m. and 56 at 11 a.m. High Monday reached 62 with a low around 40 tonight. Overnight low was 32. The front will bring slightly warmer readings in the southwest tonight and cooler in the Panhandle and northwest after Wednesday afternoon.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
British Overhaul Planes For Cuba
Four British turboprop airliners are being modernized and overhauled for Cuba by Bristol Aircraft Corp. A spokesman said Cuban delegates would arrive this week to discuss financing as Cuban-British trade expands.
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London
Cuba
Bristol Aircraft Corp
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