Attorney Knifed During Interview At Private Club
Lawton Oklahoma. Attorney Bill Sexton was stabbed in the arm and side at the Peppermint club while accompanying Sheriff Forest McClung and Pat Sullivan to question a woman in a continuing investigation. An ex convict was held for investigation pending filing of a complaint. Sexton was treated and released from a local hospital.
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THE
Lawton Constitution
Forest McClung
Bill Sexton
McClung
Pat Sullivan
Peppermint Club
Sexton
Sullivan
Mandy Drops Bombshell Names Fairbanks as Lover
In a sensational evidence session Mandy testified that Stephen Fairbanks was her lover while Eugene Ivanov and Christine Ward corroborated rent payments for an apartment shared by Mandy and her former roommate. Keeler linked several high profile men to Ward’s case, asserting she slept with multiple figures and denying prostitution.
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Astor
Christine
Mandy
Lord Astor
Miss Rice-Davies
Miss Keeler
Ward
Britain
Bombshell
Fairbanks
Profumo
Ivanov
Peter” Rachman
House of Commons
Vicki Barrett
Actress Gertrude Berg Illness Closes Broadway Show
New York AP reports actress Gertrude Berg remains ill with a virus delaying Dear Me The Sky is Falling. Performances were canceled July 11 and a spokesman said recovery was slower than expected, delaying a planned reopening.
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New York
Gertrude Berg
Miss Berg
Ranks Of Legion Hit New Peak
Oklahoma American Legion membership hits a state record 46 349, state Commander Chauncey Witcraft reports. The figure exceeds the 1962 year end count of 46 210 and places Oklahoma as the 11th state to surpass its 1963 quota.
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Pawhuska
Oklahoma American Legion
Chauncey Witcraft
Oklahoma
Legion
Australian U S Deep Space Station Contract Award
Works Minister Gordon Freeth announced a contract for a deep space tracking station near Canberra at Tidbinhill to be operated by the United States. The project will cost 1,170,000 dollars.
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Canberra
Australia
Gordon Freeth
United States
Tidbinhill
Subscription rates for Lawton area carriers and mail
The notice lists monthly and yearly prices for Morning Press and Sunday, Constitution Press and Sunday, and various combinations. Rates vary by delivery area including Comanche and surrounding counties, with separate prices for in-state, out-of-state, and Lawton PO Boxes. Tax and minority terms indicate a 2 percent state sales tax and per copy charges for single-copy subscriptions.
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Lawton
Constitution
Constitution Press
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Jackson
Mo. Mo
Const Press & Sun
Oklahoma
Lawton PO
Press & Sunday
Const. Press & Sun
Const & Sunday
Norman Drilling Curb Tossed Out
Oklahoma Supreme Court reverses a lower court and voids Norman city’s injunction against oil drilling on a 10 acre tract annexed in 1959 near the University of Oklahoma. Olive Clouser and Diversified Oil Investments Inc. challenged the injunction. court says city lacked authority to annex and vacates the injunction.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Norman
Olive Clouser
Diversified Oil Investments Inc
Dist
Elvain J. Brown
District Court
University of Oklahoma
Diversified
City Council Updates Street Grid and Office Lease in Functional Plan
The council redraws many street segments from 12th to 21st streets and Elm through Oak areas, and directs the street committee to study a foot bridge over a drainage canal for Country Club West to Edison school opened this fall. Mayor Gilley and City Clerk Dodson sign a lease for two adjoining office spaces with the Lawton Urban Renewal Authority at $60 monthly.
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Tulane
Bell
Euclid
Columbia
Dearborn
Gore
Arlington
Ferris
Georgia
Garfield
Lee
Washington
Monroe
Lake
Bishop Road
Summit
Frisco
Sheridan
Country Club West Addition
Edison School
Wayne Gilley
R. M. Dodson
City Hall
Lawton
Manville Redman
Fire and Police Department
Police and Traffic Committee
Albert R. Lodes
N. 20Th
Lodes
17Th
Raymond A. Dorman
Gilley
United States Conference of Mayors
Houston
Tex
Alford Hennessee
Round Bow Bristish Commando Battery Arrives for US Training
The British Commando battery will train in the United States sponsored by the U S Army Artillery and Missile Center the School of Artillery at Larkhill and the 29th Commando Regiment This flags the first UK unit to train in the US since World War II The visit includes sightseeing from London to Windsor Castle and Greenwich Observatory with a Fort Sill stay featuring tours of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and US Army museums August events in Lawton Dallas and Duncan with socials and a two day Oklahoma visit by the unit
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U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center
School of Artillery
Larkhill
29Th Commando Regiment
Britain
United States
22Nd Special Air Service Regiment
Rocket
2Nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
Fort Sill
Canada
London
House of Parliament
Saint Paul's Cathedral
Royal Artillery Historical Museum
Royal Artillery Mess
Greenwich Observatory
Cutty Sark
Tower of London
Westminister Abbey
Windsor Castle
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Lawton Uso
Southwest
Usaamc
Lawton Rangers
Anadarko
Lawton
Dallas
Tex
Lawton Lions Club
Oklahomaity
Halliburton Industries
Duncan
Tshombe Undergoes Eye Exam in Barcelona
Moise Tshombe former Katanga president had an eye examination in Barcelona conducted by Dr. Ignacio Barraquer on Monday. The ailment's nature was not disclosed.
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Barcelona
Spain
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Ignacio Barraquer
Tshombe
Prisoner dies in Lawton jail after fall and heart attack
Floyd Smiley aged 59 died after a fall in the Lawton city jail and collapse while restrained. He had been jailed for public drunkenness on a $20 municipal court fine and was treated at a local hospital before dying, with police noting a heart attack as the apparent cause.
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Floyd Smiley
Smiley
Campbell
Rockefeller Gets New Breath Of Life At Governors’ Meet
Rockefeller supporters claim a new breath of life after the National Governors Conference where he leads the Republican governors. A Lawton youth was injured in a scooter collision on Lee Boulevard near 24th when his bike struck a 1952 Chevrolet driven by John Repp. The 16 year old James Charlie Terrell was hospitalized at Fort Sill Army hospital.
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Iami Beach
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Lawton
Lee Blvd
24Th
Don Wilson
Collie Wallace
James Charlie Terrell
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Terrell
Lee
John Repp
Kerrs Widow Buys Suburb Home in Nichols Hills
Mrs. Grayce Kerr widow of Sen Robert S Kerr has purchased a home in suburban Nichols Hills Oklahoma City She plans it as permanent residence and says negotiations continue on the sale of the Kerrs ranch home near Poteau in Le Flore County She has not moved into the Nichols Hills house yet
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Grayce Kerr
Robert S. Kerr
Nichols Hills
Robert S. Kerr Jr
Kerr
Nichols Hill
Kerrs
Poteau
le Flore
Soviet poet Yevtushenko shoots Cuba film at festival
Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko surprised Western observers by revealing he traveled to Cuba to make a film. He had earlier canceled a planned American university tour after Khrushchev criticized his poetry and said he was ill.
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Moscow
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Cuba
Yevtushensko
Khrushchev
Russia Still Wants Red China In U N
Soviet delegate Anatoli Arkidiev told the U N Economic and Social Council that a revision of the U N charter cannot proceed without restoring the People's Republic of China to its legitimate seat in the Security Council. He insisted China must occupy a rightful seat despite the Moscow Peking split over communism.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United Nations
Moscow-Peking
Anatoli Arkidiev
U.N. Economic and Social Council
U.N
People’s Republic of China
Security Council
Argentina teachers to strike 48 hours amid pay dispute
BUENOS AIRES AP union leaders say 143000 school teachers will begin a 48 hour strike Wednesday due to government inaction on higher pay. The stoppage halts classes for 1.6 million students nationwide.
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Buenos Aires
No votny Leaves Prague for Moscow Summit
Antonin Novotny Czechoslovakia's Communist president departs Prague for Moscow to attend the East bloc summit conference in the Soviet capital.
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Prague
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Commission to Study Bilingual Tensions in Canada
A 10 member commission will spend the next year examining methods to ease strained relations between French speaking and English speaking Canadians.
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Ottawa
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W. A. Corrales
Association of
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Liberty Heights
NN Voda
Sen. Kerr
Russia
China
Orangeburg
N. Y
Sith
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