Bellmon Seeks Sales Tax Cut for Farmers in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Governor Bellmon said a sales tax cut for farmers is a distinct possibility if economic conditions stay healthy. He proposed exempting fertilizer and other farm inputs from the 2 percent tax, noting revenue loss would come from welfare funds. Bellmon returned from the National Governors Conference in Florida and urged interim tax reviews while praising the 1963 legislature for an adequate program of state services.
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Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Legislative ‘Ound
Florida
Bellman
Mental Health Board
Col
Alert Glass
Glass
Goldwater
Sen
Barry Toldwater
Arizona
Republian
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Thosetates
Oklahoma
Legislative Council
Red Ambush Kills 2 GIs as U.N. Flags Korean Alert
North Korean raiders killed two American soldiers and wounded a third near Panmunjom as the UNC ordered reinforced alert status along the truce line. The attack targeted a U.S. Army jeep crossing a DMZ bridge about 10 miles east of Panmunjom. The three soldiers were from the 1st Cavalry Division. one died, another was fatally wounded, and the third remained critically injured.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
United Nations Command
UNC
U.S
Icles
de- Martarized Zone
Dmz
Panmunjom
1St Cavalry Division
1St Cavalry
Washington
Charles T. Dessart III
Charles T. Dessart Jr
Drexel Hill
Showers Return to Lawton and Surrounding Areas
Lawton and nearby towns report another round of rainfall with 0.12 inch in Lawton on Saturday and similar totals in Elgin and Fletcher. Forecasters warn of isolated thundershowers through Tuesday, with a five day state outlook predicting one quarter to one half inch totals.
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Lawton
Elgin
Fletcher
Weather Bureau
Ponca City
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Tulsa
Fort Sill
Gage
Kennedy to Hold News Conference at White House
The White House announced President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
State Asked To Build Pike Access Roads
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority urged the Highway Commission to authorize 43.1 miles of connecting roads for the Eastern Turnpike at a cost of 14.3 million dollars with the state share 5.58 million. The plan aims to ensure roads open with the turnpike and could influence bond sales.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
State Highway Department
The
Highway Commission
Authority
Douglas McKeever
State Supreme Court
U.S. 7
Okmulgee
Jenks Corner
Tulsa
U. S. 75
Henrietta
Skelly Drive
Bailey
American National Bank to Expand With 400000 Remodel
American National Bank announces a 400000 expansion and remodeling plan spearheaded by president George Arber of the Pioneer Anton Banking Institute. The project buys the Landers-Zwaan Building at 317 S Sixth, adds 10000 square feet over two stories, and adds teller windows including a drive in. Construction aims for next spring with no bank operation disruption. The project, designed by Bank Building and Equipment Corp of America, will employ Lawton firms for subcontracting and features an atrium and fountain on the first floor.
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American National Bank
George Arber
Pioneer Anton Banking Institute
Landers-Zwaan
Barber
The
Bank Building and Equipment Corp. of America
St. Louis
Lawton
China France Wreck Treaty Angers Russians Pravda Says
Pravda denounces Communist China and France as wreckers of the nuclear test ban treaty. Yuri Zhukov accuses Beijing of siding with Paris on continuing nuclear tests while Western powers gain goodwill for a pause in atmospheric tests. East West détente may follow with Khrushchev peaceseekers seeking inspections and less militarization.
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UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
China
France
Yuri Zhukov
Zhukov
People’s Republic of China
Pravdain An
Peking
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Rusk
Home
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
France Will Not Sign Nuclear Test Ban Pact De Gaulle Says
President Charles de Gaulle announced France will not sign the Moscow agreement to halt nuclear testing and will call for a general disarmament conference before year end. He insisted France would only halt its program if the US and Soviet stockpiles are destroyed and warned the pact does not end the atomic threat. See FRANCO-US. Page 2% Col. 1
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Moscow
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Washington
Surplus Buffalo Sale Planned At Three National Refuges
Interior Department officials in Washington announce a surplus sale of 250 buffalo from Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and two other refuges to curb herd sizes. 50 elk and 117 longhorn cattle will also be offered with origin details and sale constraints noted.
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National Wildlife
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Interior Department
Washington, D.C
National Wildlife Refuge
Valentine
Neb
National Bison Range
Wichita Mountains
Nebraska
Florida Governor Bryant Opposes Public Accommodations Bill
Florida Governor Farris Bryant urged Congress to protect business rights while opposing forced segregation in Kennedy’s civil rights package. He testified against the public accommodations bill, insisting federal action should respect private property and freedom for all, not favor some over others. He joined Mississippi’s Barnett Alabama’s Wallace and South Carolina’s Russell in opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Florida
Farris Bryant
Congress
Bryant
Ross R. Barnett
Mississippi
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Donald S. Russell
South Carolina
Albert Asks Army Probe
Rep. Carl Albert demands an immediate Army inquiry into claims by C. C. Ballard father of an American soldier killed in Viet Nam. Ballard said his son wrote of unbearable conditions. Albert vows to press the secretary of the Army and the President if needed.
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Washington
Carl Albert
House
Viet Nam
C. C. Ballard
Carl Ballard
Albert
Army
Cyrus R. Vance
Senators Quiz Harriman On Treaty Withdrawal Clause
Under secretary of State W Averell Harriman told reporters Khrushchev believed Red China would take a long time to gain nuclear capability. Harriman testified for three hours before key committees about the three nation partial nuclear test ban and the withdrawal clause allowing resumption of tests with three months notice.
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Quiz Harriman
Washington
UPN
W. Averell
Harriman
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Red China
Moscow
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Red
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
House-Senate
Senate
Evidence Offered On Work Petition
Opponents of the right to work petition presented additional evidence before State Supreme Court Referee Marian P. Opala. Organized labor leads the attack on validity of signatures. Once labor completes its case, petition defense will open its case on validity.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
State Supreme Court
Marian P. Opala
Organized Labor
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