Navy Secretary Contract Favor Charges Hurled
Senate testimony released today shows Sen. Mundt alleging Navy Secretary Korth favored General Dynamics in the TFX contract decision. Korth denied the charge and said he resented the labels. The testimony concerns whether favoritism influenced Pentagon officials to award the contract to General Dynamics over Boeing. A Naval Weapons letter questioned charts used to claim dynamics superiority and noted Boeing corrections. Mundt pressed Korth on presenting a chart he knew was disputed and not fully evaluated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon
General Dynamics
Boeing Co
Eorth
Boeing
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Bureau of Naval Weapons
Dynamics
McClellan
Korth
Mundt
Central Airlines strike approved by AES vote
The Airline Employees association says 157 Central Airlines workers approved a strike while 34 voted against in a mail ballot started June 25. About 350 eligible employees including clerical staff, station agents and communications personnel may strike after midnight July 17. The carrier serves Lawton and several Oklahoma cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Airline
Central Airlines
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Enid
Ponca City
Bartlesville
Stillwater
McAlester
Muskogee
Duncan
Guymon
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Colorado
Marvin Conn
Central Management
Victor J. Herbert
AES
Herbert
Peace envoys fail to move Pathet Lao in Laos crisis
British and Soviet peace envoys returned empty handed from Pathet Lao headquarters in Vientiane as Pathet Lao chiefs did not agree to end the Laotian crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Scout Building Plans Approved in Cattlemen’s Cafeteria Meeting
The Boy Scout council executive board approved plans for a new Black Beaver headquarters at Elmer Thomas Park between the National Guard Armory and the George Keathley Reserve Center. District Judge Luther Eubanks said the Laura Fields Trust and city council will handle modifications with a target completion date of January 1. Construction contracts will be let after specifications are drawn in about three weeks. W. D. Finney presided, with a next meeting planned in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Council
Cattlemen
Luther Eubanks
Laura Fields Trust
Elmer Thomas Park
National Guard Armory
George Keathley Reserve Center
W. D. Finney
Council
State Insurance Proposals Aired in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Association of Insurance Agents offers to take over state insurance on a nonprofit basis. Gov. Henry Bellman to meet with the association's executive board at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the proposal. The board seeks centralized purchasing to reduce costs, noting a 40 percent saving from competitive bids last month. The association claims 630 agencies and 3,500 licensed agents in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
API
Oklahoma Association of Insurance Agents
Association
Henry Bellman
M. O. Breeding
Ted Parkinson
State Board of Affairs
Affairs Board
Parkinson
Oklahoma
First Round Opens In Beauty Contest
The 1963 Miss Universe preliminary opened in Miami Beach with 43 American entrants competing for the Miss U.S.A. title. Fifteen semifinalists will be chosen tonight, and the winner will be crowned Wednesday by Hawaii’s Marcel Wilson, the current Miss U.S.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
UPI
U.S.A
Hawaii
Marcel Wilson
Cambridge unrest as 14 demonstrators freed by guards
At Cambridge 14 Black protesters were released after a tense standoff with the National Guard, as crowds gathered outside Bethel AME church and rumors of additional demonstrations circulated. Governor Tawes met officials to review curfew rules while plans for future actions at Gwynn Oak Park faced rejection and arrests mounted earlier in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Easton
Bethel Ame
Philip H. Savage
NAACP
Pine Street
Bethel Church
Col. Tawes
Reginald Robinson
Fred Jackson
Robinson
Jackson
Cambridge
Tawes
Dorchester County
Baltimore
Gwynn Oak
Routine Titan ICBM Launch From Vandenberg Base
The Air Force announced a routine training launch of a Titan ICBM from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California today. No injuries or damage were reported and the mission was described as standard procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Vandenberg
Ruling Cited On Teacher Serving In Legislature
Oklahoma AG opinion from 1939 held a legislator could also be a school teacher. Gov Bellman and Rep Scott Tuxhorn sought Nesbitt clarification after Breeden’s GRDA post raised the issue. The Farley v Board of Education ruling was cited to distinguish superintendent as employee from officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alluwe
Oklahoma
Bill Shipley
Shipley
Harry Johnson
Addie Beavers
Johnson County
Henry Bellman
Charles Nesbitt
Robert H. Breeden
Grand River Dam
Senate
Republican House
Scott Tuxhorn
Helena
Bellman
Nesbitt
Breeden
GRDA
Protest by Buddhists in Saigon marches on U.S. envoy home
About 150 Buddhist priests and nuns demonstrated outside the home of U.S. Ambassador Frederick Nolting Jr in Saigon to press for greater religious freedom. Police knocked down some protesters but did not ban the march, which urged U.S. and other nations to pressure President Ngo Dinh Diem to honor a prior agreement on ending anti Buddhist discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Frederick Nolting Jr
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Delay Wins In Spy Case For Russian UN Couple
Ivan Egorov, 41, a United Nations Secretariat officer, and his wife Aleksandra, 39, were indicted on espionage charges for allegedly attempting to pass U S atomic and military secrets to Moscow. Their arraignment was delayed to August 20 to allow motions challenging U S jurisdiction and asserting diplomatic immunity. The four suspects reportedly conspired to obtain weapon and defense site data and to influence armed forces personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
United Nations
Ivan Dmitrievich Egorov
U.N. Secretariat
Aleksandra
U.S
Moscow
Jacob Mishler
William Kleinman
Klei
Mishler
Egorovs
Egorov
United States
Robert K
Joy Ann Garber Baltch
Washington
Russia
Draft Board Clerk Signs Another Son
Mrs Bertha Dupler, clerk of Selective Service local board No 16, registered her son Bill Dupler who just turned 18. It marks her eleventh registration from the Dupler family, as she has also registered Lloyd and nine nephews during her service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board
Bertha Dupler
Selective Service Local Board No. 16
Bill Dupler
Lawton
Cele
Promotions for 20 Guardsmen in Lawton unit
Twenty enlisted men in Company B, 70th Maintenance Battalion, 45th Infantry Division of the Oklahoma National Guard receive promotions. Names include Lewis F. Montgomery promoted to sergeant first class and others advancing to specialist fifth class, specialist fourth class, or private first class with home addresses listed.
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Lawton National Guard
45Th Infantry Division
Oklahoma National Guard
Lewis F. Montgomery
Williams
Marty J. Childres
John J. Jacques
Garfield
Kendall R. Spencer
Morris G. Wallace
Woodridge
Robert L. Young
Terry L. Ball
William R. Bramlett
Cache Rd
Felix Carter
Monroe
Theodore A. Cross
Crosby
Arnold B. Jones
Richard FE. Lydens
William H. Lydens
Gore
James F. Thomason
Columbia
Frank Brown
Texas
Oliver L. Jones
Jefferson
Billy R. Miller
Summit
Jerry W. Turrell
Delbert M. White
Ernest R. Wiley
No. & Ferris
City Council Approves Frisco Railway Water Line Project
The council authorized a 10 inch water line under the Frisco Railway right of way to serve Pioneer addition northeast of the city with the developer bearing costs. A minority group housing committee was named including Lon Parks and Rev N H Jones to aid urban renewal efforts funded partly by federal programs. Police study now requested on possible park curfew and restrictions at Elmer Thomas park amid late parties trash and gang activity. The council also allowed banners for the city birthday and rodeo celebrations downtown next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco Railway
Pioneer Addition
Lon Parks
Rev. N. H. Jones
Tommy Ashmore
Lemuel Harkey
Stitt
Pat Painter
Elmer Thomas Park
Gilley
Pete Fuller
Lawton Rangers
GOP Committee Chooses Lowman Chairman and Plans Precinct Delegates
Colwell and Olsen join Lowman as leaders of the interim committee which selects Mrs. Richard Rau as secretary. Lowman forms a credentials committee with Colwell Zumwalt and Rau to set a delegate formula for county precincts based on votes for the 1960 Republican presidential candidate. Precinct meetings will be arranged with homes listed by Elgin contact and a future newspaper listing will publish meeting places ahead of July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colwell
Olie Olsen
Lowman
Burkett
Richard Rau
Cliff Zumwalt
Elgin
Lawton
Brown
Chandler
Fletcher
Indiahoma
Richards
Mangan
Quanah
Crosby
Devo
Hulen
Lincoln
Lawrence
McMasters
Zella
Zumwalt
Mrs. Rau
Khrushchev Whips Up Banter at Moscow Talks
Western observers note Khrushchev teased Harriman about age as both envoys met in the Kremlin amid Laos and Pathet Lao pressures. Chinese representatives faced sharp social cold, highlighting strains in the Communist bloc while test ban prospects rise and fall in the United States and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Pathet Lao
Viet Nam
Khrushchev
Hailsham
Harriman
Kremlin
Communist Bloc
United States
Britain
Hearing Delayed On Redistricting in County Mandamus Suit
A mandamus hearing on county redistricting was postponed indefinitely due to illness in Judge Marmaduke's family. The case, brought by Owen Sam Ard against the board of county commissioners, questioned district boundaries to prevent all three seats from Lawton. No new date was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Owen Sam Ard
Board of Commissioners
Arthur J. Marmaduke
Duncan
Marmaduke
Lawton
Supreme Court
Committee urges equal employment policy for city
A citizens committee appointed by Mayor Wayne Gilley urged three proposals to expand job equality. The plan calls for employers to offer equal opportunities based on qualifications, ability and performance, for public jobs to have objective hiring standards, and for the state employment office to appoint a Negro interviewer locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Gilley
O. L. Parsons
O. B. Davis
State Employment Commission
Parsons
Parliamentary Actions Talked at Lawton Secretaries Meet
A skit on parliamentary procedure was presented at the Lawton chapter of the National Secretaries Association. Participants included Mrs. Martha Safrit and Mrs. Ruby Harris with several others. An education segment tested word usage and procedure, followed by planning for an August picnic and tour of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
National Secretaries Association
Martha Safrit
Ruby Harris
Helen Bindseil
Imogene Pope
Safrit
Lawtonian
Deloris Carpenter
Helen Starns
Sue McCrackin
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Lawton Constitution
Navy
Prince Albert
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Sidney’s Dairy Creams
Tnd & Bell
Ith
Children’s Visual Clinic
C Avenue
M. E. Waid
Optometrist
Swami
Southwest Chemical Co
Frisco
Spa
Bargain Family Plan
the Meteor
Springfield
St. Louis
St. Louis Union Station
S. 5Th St
Serv i
Quality Optical Service
Nas
Selective Service
Tle
I.D.L
Compton’s
Rexall Pharmacy
Sheridan Road
Earl Drug
C Ave
Ford Drug
Lee Bird
Smokey’s Prescription Shop
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