Court Reapportions Oklahoma Legislature by Judicial Decree
Oklahoma Supreme Court abandons self reapportionment, citing equal protection violations in the Senate plan. It orders a judicially drawn reapportionment with at large elections in populous counties until new district boundaries are set. Intervenors had claimed the districts disenfranchised Black voters in Oklahoma and Tulsa counties.
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Senate
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Sid White
Moss
Delmer Stagner
Violence ripples through town as guards police tense civil rights talks
In Cambridge Maryland guards rush to a guard officer's home after a white woman reports a bullet hit her finger. Across the nation seven major anti segregation groups form a unified emergency council. In Columbus Georgia officials close pools after a Negro youth attempt to enter the white pool. Police move about forty Negroes from in front of a segregated theater in Thomasville North Carolina. In New York City, police guard a construction crew crossing picket lines at Harlem branch of Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Marlon Brando plans to join demonstrations in Cambridge and Baltimore as a private citizen. Investigators from Justice and Defense Departments arrive in Shreveport Louisiana to probe alleged discrimination near Barksdale Air Force Base.
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Agers
Cambridge
National
George Horner Jr
Thomasville
N.C
New York City
Harlem
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Greater
Baltimore
Shreveport
Justice and Defense Departments
Barksdale Air Force Base
Court orders redistricting and new Oklahoma Senate map
The court reconfigures Oklahoma Senate districts from 36 to 44, detailing each district’s counties and pre decree composition, and outlines House representation by county with 1964 1966 1948 and 1970 year figures. The totals show 109 senators in each chamber before and after the order.
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Senate
Beaver
Cimarron
Harper
Texas
Woods
Woodward
Beckham
Ellis
Greer
Roger Mills
Washita
Dewey
Harmon
Jackson
Tillman
Blaine
Caddo
Kiowa
Harman
Alfalfa
Custer
Grant
Major
Kingfisher
Lincoln
Logan
Garfield
Canadian
Grady
Pontotoc
Seminole
Oklahoma
McClain
Pottawatomie
Cleveland
Payne
Pittsburg
Noble
Osage
Pawnee
Love
Marshall
Kay
Muskogee
MciIntosh
Haskell
Nowata
Washington
Cherokee
Adair
Sequoyah
Tulsa
Okmulgee
Wagoner
Murray
Johnston
Creek
Okfuskee
Coal
Hughes
Bryan
Choctaw
Latimer
Pushmataha
LeFlore
McCurtain
McIntosh
Delaware
Ottawa
Craig
Mayes
Rogers
Alfalfa-Grant
Atoka-Coal
Beaver-Harper
Roger Mills-Beckham
Blaine- Kingfisher
Cimarron-Texas
Cotton-Jefferson
Dewey-Major
Woodward- Ellis
Greer-Harmon
Haskell-Mcintosh
Johnston-Murray
Latimer-Pushmataha
Love-Marshall
Noble- Pawnee
Nowata-Craig
Carter
Comanche
Garvin
Eta
Eeeenaae
Stephens
Washington , Ia
Waurika Project Added to Senate Public Works Bill
The Senate Public Works Committee in executive session amended the House works bill to include the Beaver Cow Creek or Waurika dam project at 25.1 million dollars. The measure now goes to the Senate calendar and restores eight additional projects totaling about 448 million dollars. If approved, conference will reconcile House and Senate differences before final passage.
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Senate Public Works Committee
Mike Monroney
Senate
House
Earthquake Shakes Greenland Coast Area
A violent earthquake centered in the Atlantic Ocean off Greenland struck at 2 32 pm EDT Tuesday according to the Seismological Observatory. Instruments reported a shock of seven or eight on the Mercalli scale with the center about 1600 miles northwest of Prato.
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Prato
Italy
Ideological Talk Resumes Between China and Soviet Union
Moscow reports say Chinese and Soviet negotiators resumed talks and prepare a communique to ease the rift. Western delegations may be urged to avoid pressure by Khrushchev over differences with China while the U.S. Senate looms over a test ban accord. The Peking paper accuses the United States of meddling in Sino Soviet relations and courting the Soviet Union against China.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
China
U.S. Senate
Red China
Peking People’s Daily
United States Today
Soviet Union
U.S
Dean
Doan
Two Injured In Collisions In City Traffic
Police report Tuesday crashes injuring two people. Ivey Ross 25 Grand Prairie Texas hurt in a collision at Cache Road Fort Sill Bird while riding as a passenger in a 1959 Ford driven by Bonnie R. Stewart 32 Grand Prairie. Another injury case involved Otto Kinchen 35 Apache in a 1963 Corvair at U S 277 Rogers Lane the car hit a telephone pole. A separate hit and run at 9 08 p m near 1607 Texas damaged a 1950 Chevrolet and mailbox.
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Ivey Ross
Grand Prairie
Tex
Cache Road
Fort Sill Bird
E. L. Scott
Fort Sill Blvd
Bonnie R. Stewart
Rodney C. Mastin
Lawton
Otto Kinchen
Apache
Kinchen
Injuries Fatal To Enid Woman in Two Car Crash
An Enid woman died from injuries suffered in a two car collision Tuesday night. The fatality raises Oklahoma road toll to 333 for 1963. The deceased is Lizzie Lou Clingsmith, 4, of Enid, who died in an Enid hospital hours after the crash with a car driven by Esta Douglas, 63, of Mullinville Kansas. Esta Douglas and her husband George Douglas, 66, were hospitalized.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Lizzie Lou Clingsmith
Clingsmith
Esta Douglas
Mullinville
Kan
Douglas
George Douglas
Fire Strikes Old Armour Plant in Oklahoma City
Firemen watched as flames raced through the old Armour & Co plant near the Oklahoma City Stockyards during demolition. No injuries or stockyard threat were reported. The blaze started in the northwest corner and spread through grease‑soaked walls. firefighters let the building burn while water cooling sparks. A nearby crane may have been damaged. It was the third fire in two years at the site.
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Oklahoma City
Armour & Co
Area Weather Forecast Turns Hot With Highs Near 101
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions and heat through Thursday. Temperatures rise to about 101 today with a low near 75, then 98 tomorrow and 100 Tuesday. Overnight low last night was 75 and 11 am reading stood at 92.
Hungarians Arrest Three for Espionage in Budapest
Budapest authorities say a West German woman and two Hungarian citizens were arrested on espionage charges. The trio allegedly worked for the West German intelligence agency and were identified as Mrs Konrad Kraemer, Janos Holzmeister, and Janos Holzmeister Jr. No further details were provided.
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Budapest
Hungary
Konrad Kraemer
Janos Holtzmeister
Janos Jr
Australian emu towers over five feet tall
A report notes the Australian emu reaching heights exceeding five feet, signaling the remarkable size of this large flightless bird observed in recent measurements.
Colonatp Offers Nerve Based Relief For Constipation
Tense nerves can block bowel impulses causing constipation. Colonatp tablets use a unique columnic nerve stimulant and bulking action to gently restore regularity overnight. Clinically proven Olonaid offered in an introductory 43 cent size.
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CoLonai
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