Funeral Rites for Pinkney Largent in Waurika
Pinkney Cleve Largent Sr. 71 longtime Waurika resident died of a heart attack at his downtown office. Services 2:30 p.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church Waurika with burial in Waurika cemetery. Fort Sill unit to conduct military honors. Survived by wife Thelma, daughter in Houston son in Waurika two brothers six sisters and four grandchildren.
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Waurika
Pinkney Cleve Largent Sr
First Methodist Church
J. W. Trevett
Oklahoma City
Worley
Fort Sill
Mr. Largent
Chico
Tex
Thelma Cargill
Jefferson County Draft Board
American Legion
Anna Sharp
Tommie Brandt
la Mesa
Calif
Eva Myers
Ft. Worth
Cyril
Robert Charles Chatham
Robert Chatham
Cement
First Baptist Church
University Hospital
John Meador
Roberta Mae
Louie Jean
Cinda Darlene
Herbert Coffelt
Desert Hot Springs
Charles Chatham
Rail wage talks spark hearings and policy clash
The House committee plans multi day hearings next week on railway work rules with Charles Luna of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen denouncing Kennedy’s proposal as the worst possible solution. Carriers back the President’s plan with amendments. Taft and others push to curb feather bedding and aid displaced workers. Cotton demands a definite period for ICC action while Walrath backs a minimum 180 day ceiling. Economic adviser Lewis warns a 30 day rail strike could shave about 75 billion from GDP.
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Charles Luna
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Afl-Cio
Senate
Kennedy
House Committee
House
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Taft
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Policy Committee
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
ICC
Cotton
Walrath
John P. Lewis
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Senate Committee
Ward Says Christine's Immorality Upset Him
Dr. Stephen Ward testified at his vice trial that Christine Keeler’s behavior upset him and led him to tell her mother. He argued he protected Christine, denied procuring girls for friends, and admitted a few visited her at his apartment while condemning prostitution.
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Ward
Christine
Robert Musel
London
UPI
Stephen Ward
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Britain
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Griffith - Jones
Archie Marshall
Marilyn Rice-Davies
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Lord Astor
James Burge
Vasco Lazzolo
Prince Philip
Vicky Barrett
Vasco
Sylvia Parker
Daily Sketch
Burge
Miss Keeler
Earthquake Damages Hit Skopje Hospitals and City
Report from Tanjug says the quake damaged Skopje hospitals with limited wards in use filled by injured victims receiving urgent care. German tourists Ingeborg Weiss and Ingeborg Schuppke described fleeing the New Macedonia hotel as it collapsed, witnessing falling panes, dust clouds, and panicked crowds.
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Skopje
Tanjug
Ingeborg Weiss
Ingeborg Schuppke
Belgrade
New Macedonia
Four Firms OK 10 Week Vacations Agreement
Four major aluminum producers and the AFL-CIO United Steelworkers Union agreed on contract extensions offering employees a ten week vacation every five years. The companies are Aluminum Co. of America Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. and Ormet Corp. Negotiations had been ongoing since July 17 with a fifth producer Reynolds Metal Co. expected to sign later.
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New York
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
The
Aluminum Co. of America
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ormet Corp
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Reynolds Metal Co
Centenary MYF Plans Evening Meet and Scavenger Hunt
The College and Career MYF group of Centenary Methodist Church will gather at the little chapel at 7:30 p.m. today under Mrs. Larnie Allen’s supervision for a scavenger hunt adventure.
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College and Career Myf
Centenary Methodist Church
Little Chapel
Larnie Allen
Mayor Allen backs fair employment and desegregation action
Mayor Roy Wilkins cites discrimination in employment as a root of Negro demonstrations. Allen argues open facilities and public accommodations bills must pass, granting time to desegregate before federal intervention. He deems segregation slavery’s step child and praises Atlanta’s Negro leadership for seeking real results.
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Roy Wilkins
Allen
Atlanta
Boat capsizes near monastery. 20 drown in Greece
A boat carrying pilgrims to a monastery on a lake in AGRINION Greece capsized on Thursday. Police report 20 dead and two survivors among the passengers and crew.
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Agrinion
Greece
Cameron Dorms Renovated Ahead of 1963 44 Term
Cameron college announces renovation of south and north dorms with repainting and ceramic tile showers in both halls and West hall. New floor tile to be laid in West hall. Dorms house 326 students and with space filling fast, Dean Charles Elkins urges early reservations.
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Cameron College
Richard Burch
West Hall
Cameron
Charles Elkins
County Roads Funds Allocate Wide Fiscal Totals
County records show total funds available 125729.68 with second restricted fund starting 3090.80 and year receipts 160376.77 for appropriation. Warrants issued 457678.98 unrestricted, 96142.99 first restricted, 149747.52 second restricted. Gasoline and special fuel taxes plus other revenues describe allocations to state, counties, cities, and school districts under existing tax formulas.
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Department of Interior
Oklahoma
State Tax Commission
State Highway Department
Tax Commission
State General Fund
Oklahoma lawmakers urged emergency aid for Arkoma Tahlequah schools
The legislative council executive committee asked the state superintendent to seek 200000 from the state emergency fund to build two school structures in Arkoma LeFlore County and Tahlequah Cherokee County. Critics warned of setting a wider precedent.
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Oklahoma City
APS
The
Legislative Council Today
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Arkoma
Tahlequah
Ray Fine
Gore
Fine
William P. Willis
Cherokee County
LeFlore County
Henry Bellman
Nichols
Emergency Fund Board
Arkoma-Tahlequah
Khrushchev seeks peaceful settlement to ease tensions
Khrushchev stated the Soviet Union is prepared to negotiate with Western powers on a businesslike basis to end international tensions. He called the partial test ban an event of international importance and listed bargaining points including troop withdrawal, arms budgets, and verified troop exchanges in Germany.
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Khrushchev
Pastore
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
John Sherman Cooper
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Sen. Goldwater
Armed Forces Committee
Ice Cream Supper Planned by First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church Training Union schedules an ice cream supper at 7 p.m. Monday in the church basement. The event invites all members and community neighbors to attend.
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First Baptist Church Training Union
Senate Watchdogs Probe Pact as Kennedy Eyes Public Support
Five Senate watchdogs study the atmospheric test ban pact amid high level backing from Fulbright Pastore and Gore. President Kennedy plans a radio TV address to rally support while Republicans urge full disclosure and careful scrutiny before ratification.
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Mansfield
Fulbright
Foreign Relations
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Atomic Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Kennedy
United States
Two Die In Separate Oklahoma Traffic Crashes
The Associated Press reports two men died in separate crashes on Oklahoma roads. Lonnie L. Carter, 51, Hollis, died when his pickup collided with a gasoline transport on U S 62 near Hollis. George Thomas Harris, 56, Oklahoma City, died after a car struck a semi near El Reno on U S 6.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Lonnie L. Carter
Hollis
George Thomas Harris
Oklahoma City
Carter
U. S
James Lewis Cotton
Amarillo
Tex
Harris
el Reno
Roy Dallas Peck
Eugene O. Grigsby
Mishap Injures Lawton Woman
A two car accident in front of 1201 Sheridan Road left Alma Fern Bailey with minor injuries. The 198 Ford driven by Bailey and a 1958 Ford driven by Jimmy D. Sellers collided as Bailey attempted a left turn. Police said both vehicles were northbound on Sheridan.
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S. Sheridan Road
Denver L. McLemore
Alma Fern Bailey
S. 24Th Place
Jimmy D. Sellers
McLemore
Sheridan
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