End To City Lawn Watering Urged In Dry Weather
Lawton residents face the worst water strain since 1956 as a 30 percent rise in consumption over five weeks taxes the filter plant. Superintendent David Duke urges discontinuing lawn watering to keep fire protection adequate. He notes daily use near 25 million gallons, with weekly totals well above last year, and says lawns may brown while trees and shrubs endure.
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Lawton
David Duke
Duke
Fort Sill
Oilman Joins Pike Board
Gov. Henry Bellmon appointed Sam K. Viersen of Okmulgee to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, giving the governor control of the board. Viersen will replace Kirk Woodliff as term expires, joining Albert Cherry and Harper Thomas as three new members. The trio shifts the balance to Bellmon, paving the way for a bond sale for a proposed Henryetta to Hugo eastern turnpike.
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Oklahoma City
UPD
Henry Bellman
Sam K. Viersen
Okmulgee
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Viersen
Kirk Woodliff
Henryetta
New Authority
Albert Cherry
Hugo
Harper Thomas
Chickasha
Ned Shepler
Lawton
Albert Mason
Durant
Bellmon
Marvin Millard
Tulsa
W. E. Farha
Bristow
John Kilpatrick Jr
McAlester
McAlester - Hugo
Oklahoma
Bellman
Bellmon Flies To 95th Camp
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon and Lt. Governor Leo Winters flew to Fort Polk Louisiana to visit the 95th Division summer encampment. Bellmon planned to depart at 1 30 p m from Will Rogers Field aboard an Air National Guard C 97. Winters may accompany or fly separately. They will review the division Saturday morning and return to the capital Saturday afternoon. Senate leader Roy Beecher will act as governor in their absence.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellmon
Leo Winters
Ft. Polk
Bellmon
Air National Guard
Will Rogers Field
Bob Hought
Winters
Louisiana
Capitol
Bellman
Senate
Roy Beecher
Exoneration of Fort Sill MP in Slaying of Soldier
A Fort Sill board of inquiry clears Pfc. Glendon M. Cales of the 46th Military Police Company of unlawfully killing Pvt. Roosevelt Holtz Jr. Holtz, 24, had been arrested for disorderly conduct and drunkenness, escaped custody, and attacked Cales with a torn fence piece after a taxi dispute. Cales fired to wound as Holtz allegedly continued to threaten.
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Fort Sill
Information Office
Pfc
Glendon M. Cales
46Th Military Police Company
Pvt
Roosevelt Holtz Jr
4Th Training Battalion
U.S. Army Training Center
Field
Cales
Holtz
U. S. Army Hospital
Lawton
Elvin M. Cassell
Cassell
William D. Lukehart
Gary W. Simpson
Readings Near 100 Degrees Hit Oklahoma Again
Temperatures arced toward 100 across Lawton and southwest Oklahoma with forecasts predicting five days of above normal heat. Highs ranged from 93 to 103 statewide while overnights dipped to 70s. Lawton expects 97 today and tomorrow with a 70 degree low tonight.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Tulsa
Guymon
Oklahoma City
Ponca City
Gen Gent Shot Himself in Air Force Base Tragedy
A Tinker Air Force Base spokesman said evidence indicates Maj. Gen. J Gent shot himself on June 24. Tests show the gun muzzle against his head. Mrs. Gent was not involved, and Gent is in serious condition at Lackland AFB. Ed O Brien said investigators awaited lab results before confirming details.
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At City
UPI
Tinker Air Force Base
J. Gent
Air Defense Region
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
O'Brien
Traffic Deaths Below Estimate During Independence Day Weekend
United Press reports the national tally of traffic fatalities lagged pre holiday forecasts with about 188 deaths by mid Wednesday and totals under 500 likely. California led with 21 deaths followed by Pennsylvania 18 and Indiana New York Ohio and Texas each at or near ten to twelve.
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United Press
National Council
Safety Council
United Press International
California
Pennsylvania
Indiana
New York State
Ohio
Texas
West German French Talks Fail To Align On Common Market Britain Role
Bonn reports no agreement after a three hour meeting between President De Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer on how the Common Market should relate to Britain. A delay on farm price measures was noted and future steps were set for Brussels.
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Bonn
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
de Gaulle
Paris
Adenauer
Werner Schwarz
Brussels
U.S
Atlantic
United States
France
Soviet Union
Ludwig Erhard
Kennedy
Erhard
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Downtown Lawton meters lose their heads in removal
Police remove meter heads in central Lawton as Downtown Lawton Inc funds corrugated boxes to store the heads in the old health center building. Four days expected to complete the project as meters remain out of operation since December and coins have been gathered by the city treasurer.
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Jack Partin
Cliff Mills
East B
Mills
Lawton
No. 10
East
Downtown Merchants Association
Auto crash toll climbs in Fourth of July period
An Alfalfa County youth dies as traffic toll rises to 328 for the Fourth of July holiday. Danny Joe Reed, 17, of Aline, loses control on S H 8 near Cherokee. vehicle hits a bridge and river bank. A baby, Sheila Ann Harris, 8 months, Idabel, is killed in a collision with a gravel truck at an Idabel intersection. Mrs. Haskelleen Masters, 33, Redding, Calif., dies in a U S 183 rollover near Woodward. daughter Vickie, 9, and Mrs. Katherine Tonic, 49, also mentioned.
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Danny Joe Reed
Aline
Shelia Ann Harris
Idabel
Haskelleen Masters
Redding
Calif
Reed
Cherokee
Harris
Ed Harris Jr
Oran Farley
Masters
U. S. 183
Woodward
Vickie
Katherine Tonic
Jets to Join Firepower Demonstration at Sill
The U S Air Force will partake in a firepower demonstration on July 13 at Firing Point 137 featuring 16 F 34 jets dropping bombs and firing rockets and napalm. The event includes field artillery displays and a simulated nuclear delivery.
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Sill
U. S. Air Force
358Th
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
Altus Air Force Base
Japanese storks moved eggs to hatch at Kyoto Zoo
In Kobe Japan two rare storks in Toyooka district tried to hatch four eggs but scientists moved the eggs to Kyoto Zoo incubators to ensure successful hatching.
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Kobe
Japan
UPI
Toyooka
Here
Kyoto Zoo
Presbyterian Leader Jailed In Mass Protest at Park
The Rev Dr Eugene Carson Blake head of the United Presbyterian Church and 283 others including Protestant Catholic and Jewish clergy were arrested during a large Independence Day demonstration at Gwynn Oak amusement park near Baltimore. Most remained in custody awaiting hearings on trespass charges. 69 demonstrators faced disorderly conduct charges. Hearings were set for tonight before the Woodlawn trial magistrate.
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Baltimore
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Gwynn Oak
Maryland
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore County
Daniel Corrigan
National Council
Protestant Episcopal Church
Roderick French
World Council of Churches
William Sloan Coffin
Yale University
Coffin
New York
Furman L. Templeton
National Presbyterian Interracial Council
Baltimore Urban League
Joseph Connolly
Interfaith
Com- See Presbyterian
Labor Secretary urges last push to end rail dispute
Secretary of Labor Wirtz asked railroad management and unions to reach a settlement by Sunday or face possible legislation. He proposed a two year trial using emergency board recommendations on crew removal and makeup, with a 20 day window for binding decisions on unresolved issues.
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Washington (Ap
W. Willard Wirtz
New York
Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Labor
Kremlin Doom Accord Fails To Bridge Communist Rift
Soviet and Chinese delegations opened tense talks in Moscow amid mutual accusations and stark policy clashes over peaceful coexistence with the West versus revolutionary world leadership. Leaders Mikhail Suslov and Teng Hsiao-ping met under tight security as Beijing pressed for ideological primacy.
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Moscow
World Communist Movement
Peking
Khrushchev
Stalin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Kemlin
Mikhail Suslov
Chinese Central Committee
Teng Hsiao-ping
Pan Tzu-li
Premier Khrushchev
Mao Tse-tung
Lenin
Russia
Soviet Union
Soviet
Communist Party Central Committee
Red China
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Kay Atteberry
Pike Board
Air Force
Downtown
Lawton Inc
Presbyterian
Kremlin Doom
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