Russia Offers African Non-Nuclear Zone Amid Nuclear Talks
Premier Khrushchev pledges to push for a non-nuclear Africa if major powers agree to a space and atmospheric test ban. The talks in Moscow aim to seal a limited nuclear test ban while drafting details linger, with a drafting committee meeting twice before the main session.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tass
NATO
Africa
Spiridonovka Palace
Russia
Senate Debate Heats Over Nuclear Test Ban Pact
Washington reports say the Kennedy administration seeks Senate support for a limited nuclear test ban with Russia and Britain. State Dept officials anticipate Moscow’s announcement, while Khrushchev pushes tied issues. Harriman leads U.S. talks. final U.S. signatory not yet set.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Russia
Britain
Moscow
Senate
U.S
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Nikita Khrushchev
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Pickets Lock Arms in Brooklyn Construction Sit-Ins
Negro and white pickets lie in the muddy street with locked arms to block trucks at the Downstate Medical Center site seeking more building trade jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans. About 449 arrests have occurred at sites citywide. trucks faced no delays.
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New York
Brooklyn
Downstate Medical Center
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Queens
New
Mrs. John D. Shoemaker Dies at 60 in Lawton
Mrs. John D. Shoemaker 60 wife of the Lawton public school superintendent died at 9 am today after an extended illness in a local hospital. Service set for 2 30 pm Friday at Centenary Methodist church with Rev Argus Hamilton. Burial in Highland cemetery directed by Lawton Funeral home. Born Clara M March in Lawton January 21 1889 she taught six years before marrying on June 3 1927. Survived by husband daughter Alice Claire Shoemaker son John D Shoemaker Jr mother Mrs Abe March two brothers John Abe March and Lt Col Robert L March and sister Mrs Alice Yeaton. Contributions to Cancer Fund.
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John D. Shoemaker
Lawton
Centenary Methodist Church
Argus Hamilton
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Clara M. March
Abe March
Mr. March
Shoemaker
Lawton High School
University of Oklahoma
John Shoemaker
PEO
Daughters of the American Revolution
Columbia
Alice Claire Shoemaker
Berkley
Calif
Lawrence
Kans
John Abe March
New York City
Robert L. March
West Point
N. Y
Alice Yeaton
Virgin Islands
Cancer Fund
West German Press Office Distributes 50 Minute Film on Kennedy Visit
Bonn AP says the West German press office is distributing a 50 minute color film about President Kennedy's visit last month, highlighting events and scenes captured during the trip.
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Bonn
Germany
Kennedy
Scott Native Starts 29th Year In Office
Clarence J. Scott, Comanche county superintendent, marks his 29th year in office. He recalls birth in Kimberly Union of South Africa, Irish mother, American father, and family ties through Panama, the Boer War, and De Beers.
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Scott
South Africa
Clarence J. Scott
Comanche County
Lawton
United States
Scott Was
Kimberly
Union of South Africa
Vicksburg, Miss
Vicksburg
Charles
de Beers Mining Company
Mary Agnes Griffin
Italian President Segni Meets Pope in Vatican Visit
President Antonio Segni of Italy made his first formal visit to Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, signaling a formal greeting between state and church leaders.
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Vatican City
Antonio Segni
Italy
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
Rights Stand Blistered By Teamsters Over Civil Rights
The Teamsters accuse the Kennedy administration of a weak civil rights package and urge Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to resign. Testimony before House and Senate committees features religious leaders backing the program and advocates urging quick action to end discrimination.
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Washington
UPI
Teamsters Union
Robert F. Kennedy
Sidney Zagri
Teamsters
House Judiciary
Kennedy
Teamster
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capitol Hill
House Judiciary Committee
John F. Henning
Senate Labor
Harvard Law School
Erwin Griswold
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
30 Day Delay Sought In Railways Showdown
Washington and congressional hearings opened over Kennedy era work rules for train crews. Chairman Oren Harris urged railroads to defer the 30 day effective date, saying Congress cannot pass a bill to avert a strike by that time. Loomis noted the request, unions opposed the plan, and witnesses described the delay as draining the industry.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harris
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
H.E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
St. Louis
Five Brotherhoods
Senate
House
Loomis
W. Williard Wirtz
Labor Witness Parade Assailed At Hearing
Oklahoma City AP report says a labor attorney faced cross fire as right to work petition hearings resumed. Supreme Court referee Marian Opala scolded William Kessler for testing many witnesses and promised long hearings. Kessler aims to prove forged signatures while opponents seek to block a potential election.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Marian Opala
William Kessler
Secretary of State
Opala
Mercury Soars Over Southwest Oklahoma Weather Hold
Southwest Oklahoma endures a heat wave with temperatures near 100 degrees. Forecasters warn of 103 to 104 degrees in Lawton Fort Sill area and Thursday, with an overnight low around 74. Altus highs near 105, Ardmore 100, Lawton 101, and Chad in other towns report mixed temperatures and a brief thundershower in Guymon. A few showers are possible in the northwest.
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Oklahoma
Lawton-Fort Sill
Altus
Ardmore
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Ponca City
Guymon
Weather Bureau
Prostitute testifies Ward kept earnings in vice trial
In Old Bailey court, Vicky Barrett described Ward taking payments from her and other clients for intercourse and for whipping, saying she earned 5 pounds per session and 1 pound per stroke. She asserted Ward kept the money to fund a better apartment and clothes.
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London
Stephen Ward
Ward
Vicky Barrett
Society Osteopath
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Miss Barrett
Bus Car Wreck Kills Four Near Sierra Blanca Texas
A head on collision seven miles east of Sierra Blanca left four dead and at least three injured after a Continental Trailways bus crashed into the wreckage. Among the dead were two sailors and two women. the sailors' car was bound for California. The other car’s driver was Maurice A. Curtis of Houston. The bus was en route to Dallas. Names were withheld pending relative notification.
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Sierra Blanca
Tex
UPI
Continental Trailways
California
Maurice A. Curtis
Houston
Dallas
el Paso
Texas
Castro Seizes US Embassy in Havana
The Castro government expropriated the United States Embassy building and grounds in reprisal for frozen Cuban accounts in U S banks. The Swiss mission protested the decree and evacuation demand to Foreign Minister Raul Roa. The decree, signed by Fidel Castro and others, states all embassy equipment and furniture are now state property.
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Havana
UPS
United States
U. S
Charles Masset
Raul Roa
Masset
Toy
Fidel Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Treasury
Luis Alvarez
Mishap Fatal To Area Man Near Cache
Vandell Apauty a 63 year old Rt 1 Cache resident died from head and chest injuries after a two car crash two miles south of Cache. The other driver Troy Smart Jr. 33 Rt 1 Cache had minor injuries. Both were said to be en route to work. The accident increased Lawton district toll to 49 and Oklahoma 1963 deaths to 364.
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Cache
Comanche County
Vandell Apauty
Rt. 1
U.S. Public Health Service
Indian Hospital
Apauty
Robert L. Brashear
The
Highway Patrol
Troy Smart Jr
Brashear
Smart
Lawton Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Pilot Spends Last Night In Korea On Rescue Trip
UPI reports U.S. Army Capt. Pickney C. Cochran of Greenville South Carolina spent his final night in Korea flying in a heavy rainstorm to rescue 33 Korean farmers stranded on a small island in the swollen Soyang River. Maj. Leonard Dennis said Cochran volunteered despite leaving Korea next day after more than a year of duty.
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Seoul
UPI
U. S. Army
Pickney C. Cochran
Greenville
S. C
Korea
Cochran
Leonard Dennis
Wewoka
Okla
United States
Dennis
Spec
Nelson R. Hall
Granger
Tex
Hall
Hwachon Province
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