Booing Pays Off Greece Frees Political Prisoners
Greece releases 20 political prisoners under the pacification law amid pressure from leftist demonstrators that harassed royal visitors and booed Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. The Justice Ministry said the inmates in the postwar civil conflict were freed to halt subversive activity.
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Greece
London
UPI
Paul
Frederika
Britain
Elizabeth
Justice Ministry
Elizabeth II
City School Enrollment Dates Set
Public school enrollment dates were announced by John Shoemaker superintendent. Enrollments slated Aug 26 to 30 with 85 new teachers and several new administrators joining for the 1963 64 term.
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John Shoemaker
Western Hills
Edison
James Bailey
John Parrish
Parrish
Roosevelt School
Shoemaker
Lawton High School
John Elkins
Eisenhower
LHS
11 Day Study Of Bitter Rail Dispute Opens
President Kennedy forms a blue ribbon panel to study the four year rail work rules dispute as a nationwide strike deadline approaches. Labor Secretary Wirtz chairs the panel with Meany and other labor and management representatives to produce a report and legislative recommendations for Congress.
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Washington
UPN
Kennedy
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
Wirtz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
George M. Harrison
Inland Steel Company
Joseph Block
Meany
Block
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Labor and Management
Lee Krall
China Admits Long Path to Modern Industry and Army
TOKCOM AP reports from Red Flag that Peking concedes China will take 10 to 20 years to industrialize and build a modern army. The article also suggests nuclear armament remains far off, signaling a delayed military buildup.
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Tokcom
Red China
Peking
Communist Party
Red Flag
York Rite Masons Buy BPW Building in Lawton
The Business and Professional Women's Club sold its S Fourth Street building to the York Rite Bodies association for 24000. The two story concrete block structure, built 1941 42 at a cost of 35000, will host York Rite meetings with possible office rentals. The deed was recorded in the county clerk's office.
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S. Fourth
Mary Pokorny
York Rite Bodies Association
B&pw
Block
Lawton
George Meisel
York Rite
Redistricting Hearing Set in Lawton Suit
A motion for a new trial in the county redistricting suit against the board of county commissioners will be heard at 2 p.m. Tuesday before District Judge Marmaduke in the District courtroom. Attorneys for Owen Sam Ard filed the motion after Marmaduke denied a writ of mandamus to redraw districts. The suit argues District No. 2, centered on Lawton, is far larger than rural districts, violating statutes for compactness and equal population. The filing claims the judge erred in dismissing Rural Citizens and Property Owners as intervenors.
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Board of County Commissioners
Arthur J. Marmaduke
Duncan
Owen Sam Ard
Lawton
County Board
Marmaduke
Ard
Oklahoma
T. D. Nicklas
W. F. Parrish
Coping
Rural Citizens and Property Owners Association
Rain At Last Ends Sooner Dry Spell
Summer downpours drenched Oklahoma with up to seven inches, easing an acute water problem while causing some flooding and displacing families. Enid saw almost seven inches with flooding, traffic halts, and several homes damaged by water and winds. Blackwell, Calvin, Okemah, Antlers, and Wetumka reported substantial totals as storms spread across the state. more rain is expected before a return to heat and isolated showers. See RAIN, Page 4, Col. 7.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Enid
U. S
Blackwell
Calvin
Okemah
Antlers
Wetumka
Lawton
Mountain View
Waurika
Okla
McNamara cites $1 billion in defense supply savings
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara announced a $1.1 billion savings in the military supply procurement system over the past year, with projections of about $3.9 billion annual savings over five years. He rejected any plan to cut combat forces, including withdrawal from Europe, and highlighted gains in nuclear and conventional forces.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Kennedy
Europe
U.S
Germany
Pentagon
Sino-Soviet Talks Missed Appearance At Villa
Moscow AP reports Soviet and Chinese negotiators failed to appear at the hilltop villa for talks on ideological rifts. No comment was offered as observers noted possible recesses and a Kremlin meeting between Khrushchev and Janos Kadar. Brezhnev Mikoyan and others were present at the Kremlin.
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Moscow
Peking
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Soviet
Communist Party
Tass
Khrushchev
Janos Kadar
Kremlin
Peking-Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Anastas Mikoyan
Groups Seek Charters For Cache Road Banks
Applications for two national bank charters were filed to open Cache Road National Bank of Lawton and First National Bank of Lawton. Organizers include J Wiley Richardson and Karey Fuqua with others named. data in support due within 60 days and exams will follow before a final decision by the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Cache Road
Chief National Bank Examiner
Dallas
Tex
National Bank Examiner
Region 11
Texas
Oklahoma
Vvu
Ana Wie
First National Bank of
Lawton
J. Wiley Richardson
Oklahoma City
Cache Road Square
Cache Road National Bank
Herbert Howard
Urban Sanders
Harold Johnson
Herb Stonehacker
W. W. Godlove
Harry Morgensen
First National Bank
Karey Fuqua
Milo M. Gordon
T. C. Huckabay
Morgensen
Gary Huckabay
James J. Saxon
Comptroller’s
Treasury Department
State Banking
Payne Nominated For Permanent City Postmaster
President Kennedy nominated Charlie D. Payne, acting postmaster since Bennie Stephens’ retirement, to become permanent postmaster here. The Senate Post Office committee will review. Payne, 47, longtime Lawton resident, seen as temporary postmaster on recommendation of Congressman Victor Wickersham. he is linked to People's Ice Company and has served on the city council.
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Charlie D. Payne
Bennie Stephens
Kennedy
Payne
Senate Post Office Committee
Stephens
Victor Wickersham
Lawton
People's Ice Company
NAACP Aide Quits Over Daley Handling of Rally
White NAACP member Stephen Love resigned citing the organization did not apologize for what he called hoodlum treatment of Mayor Richard J. Daley. He said he would withdraw contributions and leaves the Chicago NAACP office after Daley's rally in Grand Park during the national convention.
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Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Richard J. Daley
Stephen Love
NAACP
Daley
Grand Park
Capital Schools Must Integrate
A federal judge ruled Oklahoma City public schools must fully integrate starting in September. The decision cites token integration since 1955 and orders enrollment of Robert Dowell at Northeast High with no restrictions. The order challenges prior transfer policies that favored white students and limited Negro students to restricted course options.
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Oklahoma City
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Dist
Luther Bohanon
A. L. Dowell
Robert Dowell
W. A. Lybrand
Oklahoma City Board of Education
Lybrand
Bohanon
Warren F. Welch
Dowell
Douglass High School
Northeast High School
Northeast High
Oklahoma City School Board
Capital Schools
Wet Weather Brief Drops Rain Across Southwest Oklahoma
Cloudy skies and cooler temperatures gave way to thundershowers across the region with showers lingering into morning. Reports from Lawton Fort Sill Elgin and Waurika noted rains up to .60 inch and wind damage to a farm home garage in Lawton, while forecasts call for a return to near 100 degrees Friday.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
R. Q. Cox
Elgin
Jim Welborn
Highway Patrol
Waurika
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Wilbert Landrith
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Hoover
Gene Rochelle
Central Junior High School
al Terrill
Rochelle
Robert E. Lee
Trafalgar Square
Committee of 100
Lord
Bertrand) Russell
Aldwych Theater
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Ambatielos
BPW
York Rite Masons
Western Europe
State Highway Department
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U. S. 277-281
Ferris
Howard Forshee
Ralph Dodd
Charles Gillingham
Bill
Lokey
United Press International
Elton
Huff
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