McMahon Auditorium board eyes paving and part time manager
The McMahon Memorial Auditorium board of governors, led by Mayor Wayne Gilley, formally recommended paving the horseshoe driveway and hiring a part time director promoter at up to 200 dollars monthly. They argue better parking and professional booking could attract more events, reduce losses, and fulfill the auditorium’s civic role in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma. Further comments are promised in this corner.
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Strike Threatens Plant At Miami
A threatened strike by 1,400 production and maintenance workers at the B F Goodrich plant in Miami Oklahoma looms over union talks with the United Rubber Workers. Union VP M L Ellis says talks will run 24 hours to the midnight deadline, seeking a small wage increase improved benefits seniority protection and a company wide automation committee.
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Arkansas couples wed again after marriage nullity ruling
Worries over Arkansas marriages lead hundreds to seek relegalization. Four couples wed Saturday in Benton and seven more in Star City as Social Security notes prior licenses and births may invalidate old unions. Several couples renew vows, saying the redo proves their first marriage was real.
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Garnett Town Studies Offsite Area to Curb Races Riots
Garnett Kansas officials discuss creating an activities zone outside town to channel post race crowds after a pre-dawn riot by beer drinking youths during the Grand Prix sport car event attended by about 65 000. A police captain died of a heart attack.
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Too Dark For Kevin Mailbox Prank Ends Trapping Five Year Old
Five year old Kevin Sperin crawled into a corner mailbox during a game of postman in Birmingham. He became trapped when the door closed and could not escape until mailmen freed him. He described the experience as very dark.
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Funny Films Catch On By Simple-Minded TV Stuff
Hollywood columnist Rick Du Brow notes Jack Hurley promoting a hobby on money and mocks ABCs Your Funny Funny Films which uses amateur home movies. He praises The Lively Ones preview but says home movies feel repetitive.
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Prison Medical Program Switch Appears Certain
Oklahoma City report says transfer of control of a prison medical research program from the McAlester firm Stough Wisdom to the University of Oklahoma Medical School seems assured. The OU board of regents backs state control. McAlester chamber objects, arguing hired firm should stay. The move follows adverse publicity and concerns about state operation. Inmates are paid for participation in research and blood marketing.
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American rider knocked down by Spaniards at bull rodeo
Jim Woodson of Austin Texas was knocked down by two Spaniards after violating local custom by riding a fighting bull rodeo style. He later said he found it easier than riding Brahmans in Texas.
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Cooler, drier air covers eastern half of nation
The eastern half of the U S was under cooler drier air with 10 to 15 degree drops from Monday in the northern Atlantic states and Great Lakes into the middle Mississippi Valley. Readings were in the 40s and 50s from the Great Lakes to the north Atlantic, 60s in most other eastern areas, with 70s and 80s in the Gulf and southern Atlantic states. Clouds brought showers and thunderstorms, including nearly two inches of rain in Charleston South Carolina in six hours. Westerly weather remained mostly unchanged in the West with California and Nevada clear, light coastal rain in Washington, and thunder showers in the Rockies.
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Quotes In The News: Dark Praises pitching in All Star clash
Cleveland coach Alvin Dark notes his NL team has pitching edge for the All Star game. In Georgia a state official describes an illegal fishing method using a crank telephone to shock fish for easier nets.
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Ex Nazi in Germany and California inmate hid in vent
In Karlsruhe Hans Clemens denounces Americans calling them like the plague. In Atascadero State Hospital a 31-year-old inmate who hid in a cramped vent for a month endured daily steam blasts. An official says the climate was warm and moist and notes the inmate is a young man who enjoys hide and seek.
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Woman Wins 261 Pounds in Auto Accident Damages
Mrs Dorothy Gubbins won 261 pounds in damages after a UK auto accident left her with a nose scar that turns blue in cold weather. The ruling was delivered Monday in London, UPI reports.
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UPI
Dorothy Gubbins
Channel Swim emcee named for NBC pageant in Long Beach
Lorne Greene of Bonanza will host NBC broadcast of the international beauty pageant from Long Beach California on August 16. Greer Garson rumored as hostess for a half hour documentary on great women in history. ABC's Ben Casey allegedly plans an episode on racial tension with Sammy Davis Jr. The same network airs the 30th All-Star college football game in Chicago on August 2 featuring top college players against the Green Bay Packers.
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