Wallace cites civil rights clashes and Kennedy program
Senator Wallace attacks the Kennedy civil rights program claiming it will provoke mass unrest and urging troops be redeployed. He accuses leaders of betraying Negroes with false promises and cites Birmingham Oxford and Mississippi as outcomes. He warns of a new form of filibuster if a late August recess occurs.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Alabam
Mississippi
Southern Conference Educational Fund
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Alabama
South
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
House Committee On Un-American Activities
University of Alabama
Alabama National Guard
James L. Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Washington
Farmer
Kenneth Keating
R-N.y
New York
Capitol
Congress
George Smathers
D-Fla
Florida
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Southern Committee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Governor Moves Against Teacher-Lawmaker Bloc
Oklahoma Governor Bellmon says he will seek an attorney general opinion on whether teachers can legally serve in the legislature and may block them from voting on school bills if they are deemed eligible. He seeks clarity before the 1965 session and faces swift pushback from teacher legislators.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Bellman
Dale Cook
Robert Breeden
Cleveland
Senate
Grand River Dam
Oregon Supreme Court
Oregon
Oregon Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Semi-Paralyzed Town Seeks Outside Aid Amid Racial Tensions
Across the nation racial strife sparks varied actions from Neo Nazi arrests in New York to mass tributes for Medgar Evers in Albany. Organizers plan a Washington march while civil rights leaders push for a nationwide boycott and federal action.
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New York
Bronx
National Renaissance Party
House Committee On UN
Capitol
Albany
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Miss
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washington
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Savannah
Birdwell, Watsons Lose In Louisiana Boat Accident
Recovery effort notes a small frontal protrusion above the water. No life preservers were found on the boat. they were left in the victims car. Services for Mr. Birdwell are pending at Ritter-Dalton Funeral home. He was born October 15 1931 in Georgetown LA and moved to Lawton in January 1961. Surviving with the husband are a son and two daughters, the mother, three brothers and two sisters. Services will be in Kentwood LA with burial at Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Birdwell
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Georgetown
Lawton
Weather rainfall totals and weekend cooling outlook
Rainfall totals include Maud 2.73 inches Idabel 2.56 Broken Bow 1.33 Jadie 2.11 and Valliant 1.36. Forecasters expect little change with some thundershowers and slightly cooler weekend temperatures. Highs in the 90s across the region with 60s to 70s at night.
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Maud
Idabel
Broken Bow
Jadie
Valliant
Guymon
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Khrushchev Takes Personal Lead in Test Ban Talks
In Moscow Khrushchev leads wide ranging talks with Britain and Soviet aides, signaling optimism for a partial test ban covering atmospheric outer space and underwater blasts. West and Soviet diplomats, including Zorin, hope these talks lay groundwork for a broader treaty while planning for possible partial bans as a first step.
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Khrushchev
Kremlin
Moscow
Lord Hailsham
Valerian A. Zorin
East
Hailsham
Britain
Zorin
Gromyko
Russia
China
East Berlin
Harriman
United States
Yankee Student Drowns In Cuba
Warren Hill a 20 year old from Brooklyn drowned while swimming at a hotel pool in Santiago Cuba. Hill was among 59 American students visiting as guests of the Cuban government. The State Department had no information but asked the Swiss Embassy to query Cuban authorities. Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa sent condolences to Hill’s parents. The body arrived and arrangements to ship it home were expected. Levi Laub led the student group and the remainder stayed in Santiago.
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Havana
UPI
Warren Hill
Brooklyn
N. Y
Santiago
Cuba
Hill
Columbia St
Ashington
State Department
U.S
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Relations Ministry
Raul Roa
United States
Levi Laub
Veteran Justice of the Peace Elmo McCallister Resigns
Oklahoma City AP reports Justice of the Peace Elmo McCallister resigns due to ill health after serving downtown since 1951. County commissioners appoint Jack L. Freeman to fill the vacancy. McCallister previously served as deputy district court clerk.
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Oklahoma City
Elmo McCallister
Jack L. Freeman
McCallister
Hodges Dies at 108, Oldest Army Cadet Graduate
Retired Maj. Gen. Henry Clay Hodges Jr., age 108, died at his Stamford home. He was the oldest living graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and longtime Army officer.
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Stamford, Conn
Henry Clay Hodges Jr
U.S. Military Academy
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail Ad Promises Quick Coverage
An advertisement touts a mail order burial insurance policy from Central Security Life Insurance Co claiming qualified $1,000 life coverage for ages 40 to 90 with no medical exam. It promises no agent visits and asks readers to mail name, address, and year of birth to a Fort Worth Texas address.
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Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept. K
West Rosedale
Fore Worth 4
Texas
Bellmon Responds to Parole Board Criticism in Oklahoma City
Gov. Bellmon rejects being a rubber stamp for the Pardon and Parole Board amid West's charges. West cites 16 cases where releases were denied, and notes a May incident where a woman prisoner was allegedly released on a leave arranged by the governor.
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Oklahoma City
Bellmon
West
Bellman
Pardon and Parole Board
Army engineers arrive to set up Indonesian civic action course
A group of U S Army Engineers arrives in Jakarta to establish a training course for the Indonesian army. The program supports a civic action initiative decreed by President Sukarno last December.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U.S. Army
Sukarno
Colonaid Promises Quick Constipation Relief
Nervous tension blocks bowel impulses causing constipation. Colonaid tablets use a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to restore bowel function overnight. Clinically proven colonal aid claims support. Introductory size 434.
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Colonaid
Suspects Nabbed In Robbery Case In East Lawton
Two men were arrested in east Lawton after a Fort Sill man Billy R. Gimlin and two friends were attacked by occupants of two cars near Railroad Street. Gimlin was robbed of $20 and his billfold. Police recovered Gimlin's fishing license in one car and also detained several youths in unrelated fights. A Fort Sill soldier was later held in theft of a 1961 Thunderbird recovered in the 200 block of South Third Street.
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East Lawton
Fort Sillman
Billy R. Gimlin
David M. Getchell
Walter W. Rodd
Gimlin
Getchell
Rodd
Third
Melvin Kelley
Earl Wheeler
Oklahoma City Motorcyclist Killed and Two Others Die in Accidents
An Oklahoma City man died in a motorcycle crash near Ada. A Tulsa area pickup collision killed Thomas Cooley, age 8, with seven others injured. Wichita Kansas resident Kathryn Jackson, 33, died in a three car crash on U.S. 60 near Enid. The 1963 Oklahoma traffic toll rose to 352.
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United Press International
Oklahoma City
Ada
Oklahoma
Carl Wayne Simmons
Thomas Cooley
Bixby
Kathryn Jackson
Wichita
Kan
Simmons
Highway Patrol
Cooley
Tulsa
Thomas Jackobs
Edna Pauline Morton
Science Shrinks Piles With New Noninvasive Method
New healing substance Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and phrases like piles no longer a problem. Available as suppository or ointment in drugstores.
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New York, N. Y
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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