City Council Orders Tough Water Use Enforcement
City council votes to open bids at 10 a.m. July 50 for 725000 in municipal bonds and orders strict enforcement of watering regulations. Up to five special officers will enforce the ordinance, with police arrest authority for observed violations. Watering hours run 9 to 9 and 5 to 9, zones limit watering twice weekly.
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Pete Fuller
Lawton-Fort Sill
17Th St
Southside
Homer Stephenson
McMahon Auditorium Board
S. 13Th
Lincoln
20Th
Glenn
Deanna Redman
Vadie Taylor
Death rumor around Peter Rachman disputed by call girl
Mandy Rice-Davinalorgy and Mandy deny rumors that the shadowy London figure in the Profumo scandal faked death and lives elsewhere. Ben Parkin questions if Rachman is dead, noting a possible body switch. Audrey Rachman identified the body. Mandy recalls Rachman’s final days and meeting with Lord Denning.
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London
Mandy Rice Davin
Torgy
Peter Rachman
Mandy
Christine Keeler
Ben Parkin
Rachman
Commons
West End
Fleet Street
Paris
Bermuda
Lord Denning
John Profumo
Christine
Willie Mays Leads NL In All Star Win Over AL 4-3
Willie Mays drove in a run and stole two bases as the National League built a 3-1 lead in the 34th All-Star game in Cleveland. He added two runs and a fifth inning RBI, setting records with five career steals and 15 all-star runs scored. Ed Bailey drove in Hank Aaron with a timely single, while Mays tied Stan Musial for all-star hits with 20.
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Cleveland
UPI
Willie Mays
Jim Bunning
Mays
Stan Musial
N.L
Hank Aaron
Milwaukee Braves
Ed Bailey
San Francisco Giants
Nationals
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to issue 31 million in bonds
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approved selling 31 million dollars in bonds to six firms to finance the northern Henryetta to McAlester leg of the Eastern Turnpike. Southern McAlester to Hugo financing was not yet offered. Bonds carry average 4.56 percent over 40 years. The plan awaits start of construction and a separate trust arrangement.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Henryetta-McAlester
McAlester-to-Hugo
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
W. D. Hoback
Southwestern Turnpike
Eastern Turnpike
Turner
Will Rogers
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Allen and Co
John Nuveen and Co
White, Weld and Co
B. J. van Ingen and Co
Leo Oppenheim and Co
New York
Oppenheim
Interstate 40
Henryetta
U. S. 69
McAlester
Red River
Hugo
Paris
Tex
Albert Cherry
Sam Viersen
Okmulgee
Harper Thomas
Chickasha
Soviet China talks pause as Beijing snubs session
Moscow reports that Soviet and Chinese delegates recessed talks without explanation. Chinese failure to attend followed new Soviet charges. observers speculated Beijing awaiting Peking's reaction to the dispute. Western notes linked to Khrushchev's meeting with Spaak.
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Moscow
Peking
Soviet Union
Red China
China
Paul - Henri Spaak
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Lenin Hills
Fort Sill joins water conservation effort
Fort Sill will participate in a water conservation program similar to Lawton’s. Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing says the post will follow a schedule to minimize water use and prevent waste, ensuring emergency supplies if needed. The plan covers garrison residents, golf courses, and other public areas.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
L. S. Griffing
Sill
Kennedy Urges Goldberg Arbitration On Rail Labor Dispute
President Kennedy proposed appointing Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg to arbitrate the long running railroads versus unions conflict. J E Wolfe said sides must answer by 10 a m EDT Wednesday whether they accept the plan to have Goldberg decide all issues and issue binding settlement recommendations before the fall term opens.
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Washington
UPN
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
J. E. Wolfe
Goldberg
Wolfe
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
Fort Worth Worker Electrocuted at Davis Base
Jewel Franklin Guthrie a 54 year old construction worker from Fort Worth was electrocuted Monday while wiring inside a house at Davis Air Base.
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Muskogee
UPN
Jewel Franklin Guthrie
Fort Worth
Davis Air Base
British Commando Battery To Visit Post Sill Unit For Six Weeks
Embers of a Fort Sill artillery unit prepare to exchange places with a British 79(iKirk ee) Commando Battery from Plymouth for a six week Exercise Round Bow. The swap aims to train joint fire support and test air deployment with British equipment.
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Fort Sill
England
2Nd Artillery
29Th Commando Regiment
Royal Artillery
Plymouth
Sheppard Air Force Base
Royal Air Force Base
Lynsham
Wilts
U. S. Army
U.S
Eugene Voekel
Charles R. Leach
George W. Watkins
Edmund
Ted) Dowling
London
Dallas
Tex
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile Center
School of Artillery
Larkhill
Britain
United States
22Nd Special Air Service Regiment
2Nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
Canada
Greek King and Queen Arrive Amid London Protests
Greek King Paul and Queen Frederika arrive in London for a four day state visit as protests by Communists anarchists and pacifists erupt outside Buckingham Palace. Police push back pickets while demonstrators vow to follow the royals at every public appearance.
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Frederika
Greece
Prince Philip
Britain
Gatwick
King Paul
England
Eddy Gilmore
London
Paul
Lee
Buckingham Place
Victoria Station
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Kenneth Brown
Terry Chandler
Save Greece Now
Betty Ambatielos
Ambatielos
Militant Committee of 100
Kennedy to skip press conference this week
The White House announced that President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week and will instead schedule one on Wednesday or Thursday of next week.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Waurika Project Faces New Funding and Legislative Hurdles
The Budget Bureau backs building the Waurika project as a Bureau of Reclamation endeavor at 25.1 million dollars. Legislation designates it as a Corps flood control dam, awaiting House Public Works action. Rep. Walter Rogers opposes, tying up approval amid the Interstate Water Compact negotiations with Texas.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Oklahoma
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers
House Public Works Committee
Waurika
Congress
House Interior Committee
Walter Rogers
Texas
Rogers
North
Curb On Federal School Aid Urged By CORE Leader
Congress of Racial Equality National Director James Farmer urged a quick cutoff of federal aid to schools that practice racial discrimination. He told a House subcommittee that federal funding should end for discriminatory institutions, opposing Kennedy civil rights discretionary provisions.
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Washington
Congress of Racial Equality
Congress
James Farmer
Farmer
Kennedy
House
It Will Be Hot Across Oklahoma With Hot Afternoon Highs
The weather forecast shows little change with temperatures 94 to 102 degrees in central and eastern Oklahoma. Lawton's high reached 101 with overnight lows around 65 to 77 and a predicted 100 degree day in the Lawton area. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy with a chance of late-day and evening thunderstorms.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Altus
Guymon
Fort Sill
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