Army Chief Gets 17-Gun Post Salute at Fort Sill
Willis M. Hawkins Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development begins a one day orientation visit to Fort Sill with a 17 gun salute from 105 howitzers. He is accompanied by Brig Gen Richard son Lt Col Sanger and Lt Col Bond as they receive briefings from the U S Army Artillery Board and Combat Development Agency. They arrive by jet Monday evening and are greeted by Maj Gen Griffing and dignitaries.
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McNair Hall
Fort Sill
Willis M. Hawkins
Army
U. S. Army Artillery Board
Combat Development Agency
Hawkins
Walter B. Richardson
Marshall Sanger
John B. Bond
L. S. Griffing
Pove
City Council Opens Bids For Fire Station No 5
Six bids were opened for the new Fire Station No 5 at 53rd and Gore under a $1255500 bond issue approved last July. Apparent low bid was $42 708 from Pollock Construction Co with extra for drives and parking. Other bids ranged up to $52 159.29 plus drive costs. bids referred to the fire committee for study.
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53Rd and Gore
Brookland
Cottingham
Cook
Pollock Construction Co
Duncan
S&b Construction Co
B. W. Melton Co
Chapman Construction Co
Wicker and Fort Construction Co
De'Ninth Building Corp
U S Troops May Be Assigned To Cyprus
Washington reports the United States is seriously considering sending a contingent of troops to Cyprus as Britain proposed. Officials seek precise numbers and duration while gauging Greece and Turkey reactions, with consultations led by Gen Sir Geoffrey Baker and Gen Lyman Lemnitzer.
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Washington
United States
Cyprus
Britain
U.S
State and Defense Departments
Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
Baker's Stock Gain Tied to Baker Senate Probe
Washington UPI reports Bobby Baker, longtime Senate aide, profited as MGIC stock he bought in 1959 rose from 28 750 to about 400 000 by 1960.MGIC purchase shared with friends. later partial sale to pay a loan. Witness Max Karl testifies to Rules Committee probe into Baker outside finances. Also notes interview with Albert Young about Mid Atlantic Stainless Steel advertising with LBJ Co.
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Karl
Baker
Senate
L. P. McLendon
Albert G. Young
Mid- Atlantic Stainless Steel Corp
Silver Spring
McLendon
Young
Mid - Atlantic Stainless Steel Corp
Austin, Tex
LBJ Co
Don B. Reynolds
Walter Jenkins
Johnson
Reynolds
Jenkins
Scrap All Bombers Move Marks Step Toward Disarmament
Soviet Ambassador Semyon Tsarapkin presented a nine point memorandum at the disarmament conference calling for destruction of all bombers as obsolescent and superseded by missiles. He urged underground tests join the Moscow treaty and rejected international inspections though the memo echoed a U S scrapping proposal of B47s and Soviet Badgers.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Moscow
Semyon
K. Tsarapkin
United States
Kremlin
Johnson
Russia
Britain
Bellmon Sets Special Primary For District 3 Seat
Gov. Henry Bellmon ordered a March 3 special primary to nominate candidates for the District 3 county commissioner post left vacant by James M. Ash's Jan 8 death in Cache. A special general election on April 7 will certify the winner to finish Ash's term. filing runs Feb 10-14. Lawton area redistricting returns part of Lawton to District 3 per 1910 boundaries pending appeal.
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Henry Bellmon
James M. Ash
Cache
Ash
Dale Cook
Bellman
J. D. Durham
County Election Board
Ceme Oernor
Fair Weather Continues In Lawton Region
The weather bureau reported no rise above 54 degrees in Lawton with cooler air lingering after a dry cold front. Wednesday’s high was expected near 60 as overnight lows dipped to 28 in places and to 32 elsewhere, with Clinton-Sherman AFB at 51 and Ardmore at 58.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
Ardmore
Gage
McNamara Sees Narrow Path as Vietnam War Grips Graver Tone
Secretary of Defense McNamara told a House committee that U S withdrawal likely this year despite Viet Cong reverses. He called the war gravely contested while noting signs of a more popular new Vietnamese government and intensified military action.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
South Viet Nam
McNamara
House
Defense Secretary
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Defense
Saturn 1 delay after crew forgets to pull plug
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The two stage Saturn 1 rocket remained on the pad after a test device called a blind flange was not removed causing an 11 hour countdown delay. The mishap suspended the launch of the heaviest satellite ever sent aloft and cost taxpayers thousands. Air Force and NASA say costs include range use and salaries for a 200 man team with no exact totals.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Atlantic Missile Range
The
Space Agency
Ing
Rocco Petrone
Bellmon says Wilkinson has problems no campaign under way
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon said Bud Wilkinson has problems and, as far as he knows, no campaign for the U S Senate is under way. Bellmon noted Wilkinson recently lost a brother and spent time in Minnesota handling family matters, and he urged reporters to seek comment from Wilkinson when ready.
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Harry Culver
Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
U. S. Senate
Winer
Wilkinson
Bellman
Wilki
Bellmon
Sooner
Minnesota
Oklahoma County
al Snipes
Snipes
Forest Beall
Tom Moore
Tom Harris
War Risk Seen In Asia Quarrel
Atty. Gen. Kennedy warned President Johnson there is a risk of full scale war involving the United States if Southeast Asia tensions over Malaysia are not resolved. Kennedy reported on his 12 day peacemaking tour to ease the Indonesia Malaysia crisis and Johnson called his mission important.
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Paris
France
Formosa
China
Red China
Tokyo
U.S
Dean Rusk
Peiping
Peking
Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
United States
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Kennedy
Indonesia
Asia
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State Department
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Lyman L. Lemnitzer
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Supreme Court
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