Khrushchev urges disarmament and pact as talks continue
Soviet Premier Khrushchev says the test ban agreement opens chances for total disarmament and backs a nonaggression pact among NATO and Warsaw Pact nations. He cautions the arms race continues and calls for general international relaxation to ease long standing tensions.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Izvestia
Pravda
Foreign Office
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
NATO
Harriman
Kremlin
Speech To Be Carried Live
President Kennedy's address on the nuclear test ban treaty will be broadcast live by the three major networks and the Mutual Broadcasting System. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announced the live air time and noted re broadcasts in western time zones.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Defense
Britain
Soviet Russia
Senate
Moscow
Stennis
Armed Services Subcommittee
Harriman
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Dean Rusk
Wa Averell Harriman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Richard B. Russell
Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs
Russell
Armed Services and Atomic Committees
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rusk
Mike Mansfield
Montana
UPI
Kennedy
Mutual Broadcasting System
Pierre Salinger
County Roads Program Cost Tops Seven Hundred Thousand
Comanche county commissioners spent more than $703,000 on road construction repair and maintenance in the fiscal year ending June 30. The net available appropriation was $791,518.89 with $87,949.40 left for the new year. Three road funds financed the program with gasoline taxes and vehicle licenses, including an unrestricted fund starting at $76,050.65 and a year total of $505,500.69.
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Comanche County
Bee County
City Needing Audit to Set Lawton Budget Based on Revenue
Auditors began review of Lawton city revenue and expenditures for the last fiscal year to estimate income for the general fund budget. The plan predicts an all time spending record, with 10 months of budgeting and a later supplemental appropriation for the final two months.
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Lawton
R. M. Dodson
County Excise Board
GOP Parley Set Saturday in Comanche County
Comanche county Republicans schedule a 2 p.m. Saturday county convention re run in the Artillery Room of the Hotel Lawtonian to settle disputes from the April convention. Precinct meetings elected delegates. a credentials committee led by J. B. Colwell will seat delegates. The dispute followed a March call by former GOP leader Robert Cook.
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Comanche County
Lawtonian
Republican State Central Committee
County Central Committee
J. B. Colwell
GOP
Robert Cook
Lawton
State Central Committee
Israeli Army Rejects Cairo Claim of Plane Downing
An Israeli army spokesman called Cairo's report that United Arab Republic fighters shot down an Israeli plane in a Sinai dogfight on Tuesday a lie.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Sinai Desert
Syncom 2 Satellite Soars Toward Near Synch Orbit From Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Syncom 2 communications satellite blasted into orbit aboard a Delta rocket at 9 33 a m EST and headed toward a 22500 mile altitude where a small motor would place it in a near motionless position in the sky The launch marked a potential leap toward a low cost global space communications network using three satellites United States officials said it would take several hours to confirm the intended orbit after the second and third stages fired as planned Syncom 1 last February 14 reached near synchronous orbit but failed due to power problems.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Space Agency
Bellmon's Party Watches Syncom Launch at Cape Canaveral
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon and party observed the Delta Rocket liftoff of the Syncom communications satellite from Cape Canaveral three miles away atop the central control building at the Air Force Missile Test Center. Lt. Col. Don Tisdale briefed Bellmon after the launch. The stop followed the national governors conference in Miami.
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Oklahoma City
UPS
Henry Bellmon
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Bellmon
Air Force Missile Test Center
Bellman
Don Tisdale
Fort Sill
Canaveral
Miami
Thunderstorms Bring Relief After Heat Wave In Southwest Oklahoma
Overnight thundershowers cooled Lawton and surrounding areas after a record 106 for the heat. The U S Weather Bureau forecast more rain, with highs in the upper 90s and overnight lows in the 70s. Rain totals varied across local towns, including .359 in Chickasha and 1.0 inch in Oklahoma City, with Lake Lawtonka reporting 0.5 inch.
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U. S
Lawton
Lawtonka
Lake Lawtonka
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Altus
Waurika
Ardmore
Fort Sill
Chickasha
Union City
Oklahoma City
Skopje Earthquake Devastates City Killing and Injuring Thousands
A massive earthquake struck Skopje at dawn collapsing buildings and causing widespread destruction. Officials reported thousands injured and death toll estimates ranging from over 1,000 to possibly 5,000 as rescue teams, Red Cross, and military units mobilized across Macedonia province.
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Skopje
Yugoslav
Macedonia
Belgrade
Radio Belgrade
Tanjug
Radio
Geneva
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross
ICC Accepts Railway Work Rules Issue For Now
The ICC chairman pledged to Congress the agency will handle the explosive work rules dispute and meet the responsibility. A 30 day postponement of a nationwide strike was arranged as Kennedy proposed giving the ICC two years to supervise the rules. Unions fault the plan while management supports it with some revisions. Congress sought time to act before the previous deadline. Page 5.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
ICC
Lawrence K. Walrath
House Commerce Committee
Kennedy
John O. Pastore
D-R.l
Senate Committee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
ArkLa Louisiana Gas and Union Sign New Contract
ArkLa Louisiana Gas Co signed a two year labor pact with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union retroactive to April 1. The deal ends a strike threat and provides a general wage increase across all levels with higher boosts for certain skilled workers. Coverage includes about 50 Oklahoma communities and some in southern Kansas.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Atlanta Mayor Backs Rights Bill in Senate Hearing
Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. urged Congress to ban discrimination in public accommodations, warning Southern communities desegregating voluntarily could revert. South Carolina Gov. Don Russell opposed the bill, calling for measured action and local efforts to ease racial tensions. The hearing featured a clash between Thurmond and Pastore over questioning methods.
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Washington
UPI
Atlanta
Congress
South Carolina
Ivan Allen Jr
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Donald S. Russell
Russell
Allen
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Thurmond
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Pastore
Senate Manpower
NAACP
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Aleksander Blagojevic
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Yugoslav Air Transport Co
Greece
Farthquake
ArkLa
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