Three-Car Crash Kills Two Men Near Canadian
Two men died in a three car collision a mile south of Canadian in Pittsburg County. Harris and Malone died at hospital, Hayes and two passengers were seriously injured. The crash raised Oklahoma's traffic toll to 46 for the year.
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Associated Press
Canadian
Pittsburg
Oklahoma
William H. Harris
Durant
George Malone
Mead
Harris
Malone
Lloyd Eugene Hayes
Muskogee
Highway Patrol
Kenneth Shepha
City Civil Defense Workshop Draws 64 Officials
Sixty four public officials from seven southwest Oklahoma counties attended a Civil Defense workshop at city hall. The event, sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Extension Division and the Oklahoma Civil Defense agency, opened at 9 a.m. with remarks by Mayor Wayne Gilley and was moderated by Don Guier.
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Civil Defense Conference
Jack R. Lee
University of Oklahoma Extension
Betty Stockton
City Hall
Ralph Greer
John Clemens
Grandfield
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Extension Division
The
Oklahoma Civil Defense Agency
Wayne Gilley
Senior Test Deadline Set
Lawton high school seniors must register for the ACT exam by Saturday for the February 15 test at Cameron College. Registration forms and center info are available from senior counselor Minnie Attaway. The ACT is required for Oklahoma colleges and used by many others for admissions and placement.
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Lawton High School
Cameron College
Minnie Attaway
Oklahoma
U.S
ACT
Stein Speaks At Convention At Southwestern Lumbermen’s Meet
George Stein, owner of six lumber yards based in Lawton, is a featured speaker at the Southwestern Lumbermen’s association 76th annual convention in Kansas City Missouri. He and seven other dealers present The Idea Fair as more than 5,000 attendees including dealers wives and guests are expected. Stein serves as first vice president of the Southwestern association and second vice president of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers association in Washington DC.
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George Stein
Southwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Kansas City
Stein
Lawton
National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
Washington, D.C
Fidel Castro Returns to Cuba After Soviet Trip
Fidel Castro flew from Kiev via Murmansk to Havana aboard a TU114, ending a 10 day visit to the Soviet Union. He publicly backed Moscow in its dispute with Red China and condemned splinter movements among foreign Communist parties.
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Moscow
UPI
Fidel Castro
Havana
Soviet Union
Red China
Moscow Radio
Kiev
Ukraine
Murmansk
Castro
Khrushchev
Peking
Saigon advisers urge break with France over Viet Nam neutralization
Saigon reports say South Vietnam's Council of Notables recommended severing ties with France in protest of Charles de Gaulle's neutralization plan. The move follows reports from Foreign Minister Pham Dang Lan and Information Minister Brig. Gen. De Mau. The junta shows no acceptance of neutralization.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
France
Charles de Gaulle
Council of Notables
Pham Dang Lan
de Mau
de Gaulle
Hawkins Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Hawkins, appointed in 1963, prepares for a West Range weapons display and visits Sill agencies. A former Lockheed executive and Polaris program contributor, he has long served on aerospace and defense advisory boards and received the 1961 Navy Distinguished Public Service Award. He was born December 1, 1913 in Kansas City Missouri.
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Pershing
Lance
Communications and Electronics Department
Sill
Artillery Board
Combat Developments Agency
West Range
Hawkins
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Burbank
Calif
American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace
San Francisco
American Ordnance Association
Kansas City
University of Michigan
Lockheed
Missiles and Space Division
Mann
Poll Tax Ban Advances in South Dakota Senate
The South Dakota Senate is set to approve a resolution to add the poll tax ban to the U S Constitution boosting the 24th Amendment. Maine has ratified, reaching 37 states, with 38 needed. several Southern states have yet to approve or have rejected, while others still collect poll taxes for some elections.
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Maine
Tennessee
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Congress
Baker's Million Dollar Estimate Tied to Stock Claims
A 1957 Baker report valued him at $84 133 and listed 10 shares in Don Reynolds and Associates Insurance Co with a $10 000 value. Reynolds later testified in closed session that Baker never paid for the stock. By 1963 Baker's salary reached 19 600 as Senate secretary. Reynolds said he wrote $200 000 in life insurance on Johnson and other policies when he held key posts.
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Baker
Don Reynolds and Associates Insurance Co
Reynakds
Senate
Reynolds
Washington
Rules Committee
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
Johnson
Burglary at Sherry's Store Leaves Goods Exposed
The article reports a burglary at Sherry's store where goods were stolen and a curtain partially hides the safe, which was not tampered with. Sherry's previously suffered a break in two years ago with a $75 loss from the bookkeeper's drawer, after which a heavy bar was installed to reinforce the back door. The business, now in its fourth year, bears the name of Mrs. Sherry Alexander, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Collins.
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Sherry’s
Sherry Alexander
Collins
Oklahoma weather in 1963 reports record heat and drought
The report shows precipitation near normal in most of Oklahoma with 1963 ending in drought in eastern and south central divisions. It notes a severe Tulsa thunderstorm on July 27 delivering 7.54 inches in 24 hours and a hot summer with many 100 degree days from April to October. Tornado counts fell from 1962's levels.
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Oklahoma
East Central
North-Central
Regnier
Cimarron County
Idabel
McCurtain
Wetumka
Tulsa
Hollis
Great Salt Plains Dam
Panhandle
Johnston County
Reg Yuigs
Boise City
Grove
Canal Fulton Mothers Baseball Booster Club Maintains Player Uniforms
The Mothers Baseball Booster Club of Canal Fulton operates a unique committee dedicated to mending and keeping the boys uniforms in good repair, alongside standard rules and schedules committees.
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Canal Fulton, Ohio
Mothers Baseball Booster Club
Canal Fulton
Poll Shows Johnson Leading In Pennsylvania Polls
Johnson aides circulate figures from a Democratic sponsored Pennsylvania poll showing Johnson far ahead of Nixon Rockefeller Scranton and Goldwater with Nixon strongest overall against Johnson in the state. Scranton denies candidacy while open to a draft and undecided voters are prominent.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Pennsylvania
White House
William Scranton
Democratic National Committee
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Democrats
Scranton
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Form
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
GOP
Pageant Meeting at 1808 Bell Hosts Resurrection Show
The pageant began in 1926 with 12 actors under Rev. Anthony Mark Wallock dramatizing the Resurrection on Medicine Park hillside. By 1933 a sound system existed and now a control booth provides all sound as the reading cast and pantomiming actors perform from midnight until dawn, with six hours total.
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Millard Coody
Bell
Anthony Mark Wallock
Medicine Park
Mental Health Program Cited at Business Club Meeting
Mrs. Lillian Mesada summarized the county mental health program at a Lawton Business and Professional Women's club gathering. C. J. McDonald spoke on the March of Dimes campaign. Mrs. Lodell Goodey announced a combined board and business meeting for February 5. New member Geneva Dean was introduced.
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Lillian Mesada
Lawton Business and Professional Women’s Club
C. J. McDonald
Lodell Goodey
Geneva Dean
ODRINEX Diet Pill Promises Quick Fat Loss
An advertisement touts ODRINEX as a nonprescription fat loss pill that suppresses appetite without strenuous activity. It claims seven day weight drop with a money back guarantee, priced at $3.00 and sold by Roy's Pharmacy with mail orders available.
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Roy
D' Ave
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Surace
Hood-Donley Agency
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Lawton Morning Press
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