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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1963
Page
1
Lawton voters approved two bond issues totaling 725000 for police and fire facilities and equipment. Police Yes 2603 No 1684. Fire Yes 2935 No 1330. Officers and city leaders cheered as detectives like Cleo Stout noted the long-awaited need for better quarters and tools.
Voters approve two bond issues for a new police station and a fire station with strong margins in most wards. City officials pledge rapid action to market bonds, plan construction, and seek bids after official notice.
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon said the mental health board did not reject Dr. Chester Pierce for the acting director post because of race. He cited Pierce planned South Pole study in October and lack of Oklahoma program experience as reasons, while praising race relations progress.
Colorado coach Eddie Crowder recounted a recruiting trip moment in Boulder. He asked a high school prospect about his grades and received the answer 20.20 as the athlete’s I Q. The incident highlights challenges in evaluating academic readiness.
Stockon Kansas residents react to a proposed atheist settlement led by Madalyn Murray Brown who donated 160 acres for a campus including a home for the aged and a university. Church leaders fear moral impact while proponents cite civic spirit and funding.
Five Lawton and Fort Sill banks report deposits at June 29 totaling 4 235 909 dollars up 2 614 313 from a year earlier. Loans rose to 24 185 357 dollars from 22 003 236, an increase of 2 182 121 as of the same date. Banks named include American National City National Fort Sill National Security Bank Sheridan Bank. Calls are issued by the federal and state banking authorities.
The United States rejected a Soviet demand to release Russian U.N. employee Ivan Egorov and his wife Aleksandra, arrested on espionage charges in New York and Long Island. The immunity of U.N. staff does not cover espionage. The four suspects were held without bail after hearings that were moved to July 16 for lawyer preparation.
President Kennedy held an initial meeting with top advisers to weigh Khrushchev's East Berlin speech proposing a global ban on nuclear tests underground and a broader nonaggression pact. A second session was planned as officials analyze potential openings for an East West accord.
A head on collision south of Lawton on U S 277 Tuesday afternoon killed an Oklahoma engineer and a Texas visitor, raising Oklahoma 1963 traffic deaths to 319. The highway patrol said two other persons were fatally injured in other state accidents.
The fifth annual Old-Fashioned Fourth of July picnic at Fort Sill on Landing Strip 15 will begin at 4 p.m. with a concert by the combined 77th and 97th Army bands and a fireworks show up 25 percent bigger. About 4,000 attendees are expected, with meals served at 5:30 p.m. at three locations. Highlights include games, a parachute demonstration, and a musical show at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are available at the site. The event lists prizes and route guidance for attendees. Also reported are deaths of Evangeline G Hansen, Ben Lampkin, Schuyler Scott, and Ralph Colvin, and details of a fatal head-on collision involving Dr. Hansen and Mr. Lampkin near Lawton. Graveside services for Dr. Hansen are planned in Arlington.
Senator A S Monroney says new studies are begun on navigation fixings the Verdigris River segment of the Arkansas project. Officials examine lock widths and channel dimensions for improved river traffic.
Dry hot weather extended across southwest Oklahoma with forecasts calling for 92 to 100 degree highs and clear to partly cloudy skies. Forecasters expect temperatures to reach up to 97 degrees today and tomorrow, with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly in the southeast, and a high of 9 recorded Tuesday.
Atty Gen Robert Kennedy told the Senate Commerce Committee that public accommodations provisions do not shackle business and that there is no new constitutional principle involved. He argued the administration aims for equal treatment in hotels and theaters under the commerce clause while limiting applicability to small establishments without substantial interstate commerce impact. Kennedy warned Congress that its reach could expand under a broadened commerce clause.
London magistrates order Dr. Stephen Ward, a 50-year-old U.S. educated osteopath, to stand trial at the Old Bailey on charges from living on prostitution earnings to procuring abortion. Prosecutors allege Ward hosted prostitutes at two London flats and profited, with ties to Miss Christine Keeler and the Profumo affair.
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