City Council Approves Urban Renewal Slum Plan
The council unanimously adopted a plan to seek federal urban renewal aid for slum clearance and blight elimination. Mayor Ellsworth said a federal planner will arrive August 6 to start the program, with later approval by the FHA. The initiative includes long term low income loans up to 40 years to repair homes.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Vifivnls
Federal Housing and Home Finance Administration
Ellsworth
Army Officials To Visit Cadets At Fort Sill
Army leaders Gen Willard G Wyman and Maj Gen Mark McClure will observe ROTC training at Fort Sill during a two week camp. They will inspect cadet leadership, tour the ROTC area, and visit the 4th General Hospital in Dallas as part of the two week instruction.
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RQTC
Army
Fort Sill
Willard G. Wyman
U. S. Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
Ile
Mark McClure
Peroral
U.S. Army
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
4Th General Hospital
Dallas
Its Fun To Be Saved By Pretty Life Guard
Three young women guard a popular pool on weekends at Dor Doe Park. Carel Arnold Susie Crawford and Stephanie Lester perform lifeguard duties basket checks water transport and first aid while greeting friends. Each balances school and summer work at the pool and rental suit upkeep.
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John Arm Armstrong
N. 40Th
Strong
George Gravley Stall
Manning
Dor Doe ‘Park
Susie
Stephanie
Carn
Carel Arnold
A. B. Arnold
N. Evans
Susie Crawford
Col. and
Airs
Sr. F. Crawford
Fort Sill
Stephanie Lester
Oklahoma Bate University
Carol
Doe
Lawton High School
LHS
Inc
Eisenhower open to Zhukov talks amid easing tensions
President Eisenhower said he would favor exchanges of visits between Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov and US Defense Secretary Charles Wilson to ease world tensions. He cautioned against conferences that raise hopes then dash them and endorsed arming NATO with a nuclear stockpile if needed. He tied Kremlin shakeup to internal pressure within the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgi K. Zhukov
Charles EB. Wilson
United States
NATO
Kremlin
Fat U S Check Becomes Collector’s Pride
A Fort Silt resident recalls a U S Treasury Department check for one cent as a prized souvenir. Turner Yuoner, a former store manager, says he never cashed the tiny check from November 29, and treats it as a quirky keepsake from his past purchases at Fort Silt in 2944.
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HB. Yuoner
Quailure
U.S. Treasury Department
Turner
Hoffa Bribe Trial Ends
Testimony closed in the bribery conspiracy trial of James R. Hoffa as he denied knowledge of John Dye Cheasty and claimed Cheasty was hired only as a lawyer to aid the Midwest Teamsters conference. Prosecutors say Hoffa aided Cheasty in accessing confidential committee information during hearings. The defense rests after cross examination, with jurors awaiting legal instructions from Judge Burbita S. Matthews.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters Union
John Dye Cheasty
Senate
Cheasty
Hoffa
Cheasly
Star of the Committee
Midwest Teamsters
Molla
Chensty
Edward Bennett Williams
Asst
I. S. Atty
Cartier
Hobart
Burroughs
Clinton
U. S
Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
Post Office Department
Pentagon orders 100000-man cut to armed forces
Three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed a Pentagon order to reduce the authorized strength to 2,700,000 by end of 1987, with the Army absorbing 40,000, the Air Force 25,000, the Navy 15,000 and the Marine Corps 10,000. The plan aims to save about two million dollars while maintaining overseas deployments. The delegation sought further details on impact to combat power and readiness.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Appropriations
Canyon
D-Mo
Mahon
D-Tex
Defense
Wilson
Eisenhowe
Europe
Russell D-Gad
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Anonior Committee
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Bega
Eisenhower rules out troops to enforce civil rights
President Eisenhower said he cannot imagine circumstances to send federal troops to enforce school desegregation and opened the way to a compromise to limit attorney general action. He urged cautious, orderly passage of the civil rights bill and warned against moving too fast in this delicate area.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Saul
Tie
Senate
Eixenhower
Eisenhower Osaid
Twin brothers held after boy, 4, suffers burns
County Judge John P Fullerton ordered sheriff deputies to arrest and question 12 year old twin brothers accused of burning Melvin Wissmiller Jr. four with a cigaret lighter. The injured boy was treated at Memorial and Fort Sill hospitals and later released. The incident occurred after lighter fluid on the arm was set aflame.
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John P. Fullerton
Sheriff's
Muir
Melvin Wissmiller Jr
Evi
Melvin — al Wissmiller
Memorial
Fort Sil
Clinying
Wissmiller
Lawton
Win
Mob Mood Told At Trial
A CBS correspondent testified under cross examination that Clinton on Labor Day weekend saw a lynching mood as 12 Negroes entered the high school. The trial involves fourteen segregationists and John Kasper facing criminal contempt charges for alleged interference with school integration.
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Knoxville
Tenn.r
Clinton
Bob Allison
Columbia Broadcasting System
John Kasper
Allison
Willson
Sai
Dobbs
John Iasper
Clyde Cooks
United Fund Sets Realistic Goal for Fall Campaign
Lawson Fort Sill United Fund directors and budget committee on Tuesday fixed a realistic goal of 79501 for the autumn drive supporting nine local and six national organizations. The campaign runs from Oct 1 to Nov 30 with Red Cross absent this year. The group rejected 99027 as too high and emphasized past shortfalls. Fund president Bill Lave warned this could be a decisive year to survive.
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United. Fund
Lecal
United Fund-Red Cross
Campaiggn
Red Cross
Frorm
Lawson-Fort Sill United Fund
Bill Lave
Cnt
Eye catching Miss U S A contest in Long Beach
Fifteen of the prettiest girls remain in the race to represent the United States in the Miss Universe contest. The first night’s competition concluded with 29 eliminations, tears and disappointment as entrants await tonight’s judging. List of contestants includes Aden Elizabeth Garrett Arkansas Peggy Jacobson California Marianne Gaba Illinois Judith Ann Fall Iowa Leona Gage Maryland Sandra Rameay Massachusetts Carol yn McGuire Nebraska Joan Adams Nevada Sumita Peikey New York Kathryn Gabriel Ohio Jean Spotts South Carolina Clavia Hunt Texas Charlotte Shefield Utah Diana Sehat Washington Ruth Marie Pan New Jersey Saint Albans West Virginia.
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Long Beach
Calif
America
United States
Migs A
Arkansas
Aden Elizabeth Garrett
West Memphis
California
Peggy Jacobson
Downey
Illinois
Marianne ‘Gaba
Chicago
Town
Judith Ann Fall
Council
Biulis
Maryland
Leona Gage
Glen Reine M
Massachusetts
Sandra Rameay
Haverhill
Nebraska
Iarolyn McGire
Sickiey
Nevada
Joan Adams
Las Vegas
New York
Sumita Peikey
New York City
Ohio
Kathryn
Gabriel
Cleveland
South Carolina
Jean Spotts
Newberry
Texas
Clavia Hunt
Corpus Christi
Ulah
Charlotte Sheffield
Salt Lake City
Washington
Diana Sehat Bellevue
West Virgini
Ruth Marie Pan
Saint Albans
Bony
Andl
Webl
Usch Page
Cameron Paving Plan to be Worked Out at Meeting
An alternative plan for Cameron college campus street paving will be discussed at today’s meeting with Sule Sen Free R Harvis Mayor C R Ellsworth City Engineer Douglas L Smith and Cameron President Clarence Davis. If the city and college cover the paving cost the state likely funds gutters curbs and drainage with partial federal support possible.
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Cameron College
Sule Sen
R. Harvis
C. R. Ellsworth
Douglas L. Smith
Cameron
Clarence Davis
Ender
State Highway Commission
Pars
Harris
Raymond Gary
Bob Bare
Advanced Class To Begin Aug 26 At Army School
Instruction in the next Artillery Officer Advanced course at the U S Army Artillery and Missile School has been set for Aug 25 About 270 students will report here between Aug 15 20. Processing will be held Aug 21 93 The 39 week course trains officers for division corps and army artillery staff duties and prepares them for command posts in field artillery at battalion or higher level About 40 allied officers will join last year saw a separate advanced course for foreign officers Twelve weeks of Walking will be at Fort Bliss Tex Students split into two groups to Bliss at separate times They will attend the Air Defense school at the El Paso Tex post The class will be together until See APYAXCED Pace t Cul 8
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U.S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Army Artillery
Scion
Fort Bliss
Tex
Bliss
el Paso
Vex
Apyaxced
Forecaster Sees Hot Dry Weather Through May
Weather reports indicate persistent heat with limited rain, leaving farmers in a repeat cycle from before spring rains. Crop data show pasture and topsoil need moisture while subsoil moisture remains adequate in Lawton. The forecast calls for fair hot dry conditions through May.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Air Force Plane Down In Formosa
A United States Air Force plane reportedly crashed on a Formosan peak as search parties led by Formosan aborigines scoured rough mountains. Villagers in Taoyuan said they heard an explosion and saw a man named James Tuesday night on a nearby summit.
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Formosa
Air Force
Taoyuan
James
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