Kennedy urges public accommodations bill to end segregation
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy told the Senate Commerce Committee passage of the administrations public accommodations bill is essential to remove daily insults to Negroes and push civil rights forward. He outlined coverage limits, noting barbershops and beauty shops serving interstate travelers could be included, while laundries might be excluded, and professional services would not be subject. He argued the bill targets establishments that affect interstate commerce and urged support despite opposition.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
United States
Kennedys
Senate Commerce Committee
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
the Hill
Pollows
House
Baruch Secretary Wins 140000 in Sweeps Draw
Mary A. Boyle longtime secretary to financier Bernard Baruch won 140000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. A spokesman said she wants no publicity and will not discuss her personal affairs delaying public attention to broader world matters.
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New York
UPI
Mary A. Boyle
Bernard Baruch
Miss Boyle
Baruch
Need for New Lawton Police Station Emphasized
An editorial argues the 15 year need for a larger, modern police facility in Lawton. It cites overcrowded facilities, a 60 year old jail, and growth projections, urging a bond vote for both police and fire stations as essential improvements.
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Lawton
Lawton Bond Election Ballots Headed to Voters
Ballots, boxes and supplies were distributed for Lawton’s bond election voters will decide on a $600000 police station and jail project and a $125000 fire sub station and equipment purchase. polling hours run 7 am to 7 pm at 39 precincts with real property taxpayers eligible.
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Lawton
Lattan
Fourth
Charley Snyder
City Hall
Emerson
Fire Department
53Rd and
Gore
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Convict Escapes En Route To Mother's Funeral in OKC
J G Schroeder a 31 year old inmate serving 15 years for armed robbery fled a prison guard in downtown Oklahoma City while being taken to his mother’s funeral. Authorities later said Schroeder’s mother Mrs Mil dred Austin of Oklahoma City knew nothing of the escape plan.
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Klahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma City
Gene Wells
Oklahoma County
J. G. Schroeder
Schroeder
Scires
McAlester
Park Anderson
Anderson
Federal Reformatory
el Reno
Okla
Russian Tests Believed Held
The Atomic Energy Commission says it has inconclusive evidence of possible recent Soviet nuclear tests of very low yield. An AEC spokesman cautioned that conclusions require more evidence and analysis. An informed source said a Soviet test around one kiloton may have occurred on June 12, two days after Kennedy's halt of atmospheric tests.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Kennedy
U.S
Enthusiastic crowds greet Kennedy in Rome during visit
In Rome on the first day of his trip President Kennedy drew vast crowds despite heat as security formed a wedge to shield him. He met Italian leaders and spoke of freedom and allied defense cooperation before traveling from Lake Como to Naples.
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UPI
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Giovanni Leone
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Glauco Della Porta
United States
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Italy
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Passioned
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Germany
Interstate 35 delayed project stalls two years
Oklahoma City AP reports Highway Director Frank Lyons says Interstate 35 between Purcell and Ardmore has stalled for two years amid clash over route. Proponents urge a closer alignment to communities Pauls Valley Wynnewood Davis Paoli Wayne while federal officials favor the shorter bee line saving about eight million dollars. Lyons cites possible federal court action if the longer route loses.
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Ardmore
Pauls Valley
Wynnewood
Davis
Paoli
Wayne
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
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Federal Bureau
Highway Commission
Notorious Witness Draws Airport Crowd In Scandal Trial
An 18 year old playgirl witness Marylin Rice-Davies arrived at London Airport provoking a crowd of airlines staff travelers and tourists. She was escorted by airport police and delayed 30 minutes while posing for photos. She denied seeking publicity but may be required to testify again in the Stephen Ward case tied to sex scandal and abortion charges.
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Georgi M. Kornienko
State Department
Richard H. Davis
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
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Davis
Ondon
UPI
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London
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Marylin
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Majorca
Trieste Heads Back To Port For Overhaul
The bathyscaphe Trieste returned to port aboard USS Fort Snelling after five unsuccessful dives in the Atlantic seeking the nuclear submarine Thresher. A gyro compass and propulsion motor failures shortened the latest mission. The search location followed a report of a 3000 pound air bottle sighting east of Boston. The Thresher vanished April 10 with 129 crew aboard.
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API
Bathyscape
Trieste
Boston
Atlantic
Thresher
Eggs Splatter King's Car At Harlem Church Service
In New York a crowd greeted Rev. Martin Luther King Jr at Salem Methodist Church Harlem. Eggs splattered his car but King was not hit. About 300 Black Muslims supporters yelled as a 20 officer detail expanded to 60. Inside the church King addressed around 2,000 people saying he cannot understand what his colored brothers have against him.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Harlem
King
Salem Methodist Church
Bellmon Deflects Charges Over School Construction Veto
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon rejected charges from legislative leaders that he broke a promise with his veto of a 200000 school construction bill. He defended the line item veto while planning talks with House Speaker J D McCarty and Senate President Roy Beecher. Bellmon rejected a deal allegation and noted plans to cut state payrolls by up to 1500 positions despite no mass layoffs.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
California Sun
Bellmon
California
Arkhama
Tahlequah
House
J. D. McCarty
Senate
Roy Beecher
Bellman
U. S. Senate
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Parde and Parole Board
Drouth Records Set as June Falls Short of Rain
City weather data show June drought persists with 2.10 inches of rainfall, 1.66 inches below the 92 year average, and 10.40 inches below last year. Six month total reaches 11.61 inches, 4.35 inches below average.
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Lawton
Area Weather To Remain Hot This Week
Hot dry conditions persist in southwest Oklahoma with isolated afternoon and evening storms possible mainly in the south and east. The high today will reach 99 degrees, just below Sunday's peak, and a low of 70 degrees tonight.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
City urged to pave auditorium parking and road front
McMahon auditorium board recommends city council pave the auditorium parking lot area and the road in front of the Museum of the Great Plains and auditorium in Elmer Thomas Park. The move comes with a broader study of operations and a goal to widen venue accessibility for local organizations.
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City
McMahon Auditorium
Board of Governors
Jack Raulston
Fred Stegin
Lawton Little Theatre
Museum of the Great Plains
Elmer Thomas Park
Ben O. Key
Raulston
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