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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1964
Page
1
The two day rain totals about 1.44 inches, with twenty four hour gains reaching .75 inch. The moisture is expected to revive small grain crops and pastures and enable Bermuda grass planting in mid February, according to Gerald Hollander of the local soil conservation service.
Dolores Branscum, photog assistant at the Lawton Constitution, smiles under an umbrella as a rain gauge shows over an inch of rain since Wednesday. Farmers welcome the moisture saving small grain crops and anticipate pasture recovery with warmer weather on the way.
President Johnson asks Congress to approve a system that would allow double pay for overtime in selected industries to fight unemployment. He proposes a labor Department guided process with public committees, hearings, and orders to set higher overtime and wage protections for over 2 million workers.
A 1963 water report by Filter Plant Superintendent David Duke shows Lawton and Fort Sill required 5.5 billion gallons with a daily average over 15 million, up nearly 17 percent from 1962 due to drought and population growth. Total raw use reached 5,542,077,000 gallons, about 802 million more than 1962, equating to 17,009 acre feet and nearly one fourth of reservoir capacity at Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth.
Ranger runs hurdles blasts toward moon as NASA seeks first closeup lunar surface images. The report notes science aims, mission expectations, and the path ahead for evaluating the Moon’s terrain and potential landing sites.
Three Staten Island college students Lewis Mandell Jeffrey Michaels and Arthur Sher used slide rules statistics and careful measurement to guess the fuel oil capacity of a seven foot tall jar at the Stat Ten Island Ferry terminal. They placed in the top three with a near miss of 24 889 000 BTUs winning a car and hundreds of gallons of fuel oil worth about 1800 to pay college expenses.
In Berlin the bodies of three U S airmen killed when Soviet jets downed their trainer over East Germany will arrive tonight along with the wreckage of the T39. The three officers were Lt Col Gerald Hanna ford Capt John A Lorraine and Capt Donald G Millard. The crash occured near Erfurt after the aircraft strayed on a training flight from Wiesbaden. The State Department called the act brutal and demanded punishment.
Police arrested two Negro men, 27 and 25, after a night burglary at Homer's Tire Service and the E. J. Ramey Finance Co. in Oklahoma City. Investigators found a crowbar receipt, gloves, and a green Ford with fingerprints linking the pair to the Jan. 21 break‑in. One suspect admitted prior burglary terms but denied involvement in other Lawson cases.
Tass said Russian scientists have placed into orbit a space system containing two components. The announcement notes the launch and satellite pairing as part of a Soviet space program update.
Cape Kennedy Florida The Ranger 6 spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas Agena rocket on a 230 187 mile mission to photograph the moon. Officials reported the craft is headed toward the moon at about 24 500 mph with data from Johannesburg and Woomera confirming proper course and speed. The mission includes a small motor firing to adjust trajectory and faces several potential pitfalls before the 66 hour flight ends with a lunar touch down.
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