Fort Sill to fire Pershing missiles over populated Utah New Mexico areas
Fort Sill unit departs for White Sands New Mexico and later Utah and Fort Wingate to conduct inland Pershing missile firings over populated regions. Army Air Force and ARPA plan a multi month test series with mobile launchers and safety zones to prevent civilian exposure, aiming to study performance at varied elevations and firing directions.
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Utah
New Mexico
Fort Sill
White Sands
N. M
Army
ARPA
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
2Nd Missile Battalion
44Th Artillery
U. S. Army Artillery
Artillery and Missile Center
Information Office
Blanding
Fort Wingate
Business Week
Air Force
Black Mesa
4Th
New Mewnico
U.S
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Cape Canaveral
Pacific
California
Vandenburg Air Force Base
Datil
White Sands Proving Grounds
Europe
U. S. Army Artillery Board
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Major Patrick J Hurley Dies at 80 in Santa Fe
Maj. Patrick J Hurley, former U S ambassador to China and secretary of war, died in his sleep at age 80 in Santa Fe New Mexico. A native of Oklahoma he served as diplomat and oilman and held posts under Roosevelts and Trumans administrations. He contested elections for the U S Senate three times losing to Democrats. Hurleys wartime China role drew renewed attention in 1962 with declassified papers. He traveled widely, served as minister to New Zealand and envoy to Russia Britain Afghanistan and Near East nations. His Iran declaration and military decorations were noted.
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New Mexico
Hurley
China
State Department
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Yalta
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Harry S. Truman
Russia
Japan
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Senate
Dennis Chavez
Aratio
Clinton P. Anderson Anderson
Republican
Sen
Chavez
Chaves
Java
Darwin
Australia
New Zealand
Great Britain
Afghanistan
Near East
Iran
Fort Sill
Fort Bragg
Fort Benning
Bragg
U. S
Elmer Thomas
Pat Hurley
Hoover
Doctor Ward Convicted in Sex Scandal Case
London reports Dr Stephen Ward, a 50 year old osteopath, found guilty on two vice counts related to living off immoral earnings of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies and procuring young girls. He was acquitted on other counts and remained in a coma after an overdose.
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Stephen Ward
London
Chelsea
UPI
Society Osteopath
Ward
Christine Keeler
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Britain
St. Stephen's Hospital
Archie Marshall
Ronna Ricardo
Vicki Barrett
Noel Howard
Hurley Helped Shape Fort Sill Growth as Artillery School
Former Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley played a pivotal role in developing Fort Sill into the modern Artillery School. His influence, noted after his death in Santa Fe, NM, helped secure Fort Sill as the permanent site and spurred postwar construction and expansion.
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Patrick J. Hurley
Fort Sill
University of the Army For Artillery
Santa Fe
N.M
Herbert Hoover
Board of Officers
Fortill
Field Artillery School
War Department
Artillery School
Camp Knox
Kentucky
Ft. Bragg
N. C. Sill
Close Ties Kept With Home Town
Oklahoma City AP report notes Maryn Patrick J. Hurley born 1883 in Lehigh Indian Territory rose to fame as attorney, Army officer, secretary of war, and diplomat. He died in Santa Fe at age 80 after long ties to Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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Oklahoma City
Mar Yn
Patrick J. Hurley
Santa Fe
N. M
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Lehigh
Hurley
Sooner
United States
China
Franklin D. Roosevelt
County Election Workers Won't Get $2 Pay Boost
The Oklahoma Attorney General ruled Comanche County cannot pay its election workers an extra 2 from county funds. The county has base pay of 5 plus a permissible 2 for its population, totaling 7, which is currently paid. The election board sought guidance on a potential raise and a prior bill did not pass.
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State Attorney General's Office
Comanche County
Chester Silvers
County Election Board
Oklahoma
Silvers
Election Board
Harvey H. Cody
J. D. Durham
Redistricting Suit Hearing Planned
A mandamus suit seeks to force county redistricting on population basis. Judge Marmaduke set 2 p.m. Monday for a motion for a new trial filed by Owen S. Ard against the board of county commissioners. Evidence showed Lawton’s Central district population far exceeds eastern and western districts, challenging equal districting under state law.
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Board of County Commissioners
Arthur J. Marmaduke
Duncan
Owen S. Ard
Board of Commissioners
Marmaduke
Lawton
State Supreme Court
Whitewash claims stain Kennedy on civil rights ties
Mississippi state senator accuses Attorney General Kennedy of deliberate whitewash of alleged Communist links among civil rights leaders. He accuses Kennedy of ignoring FBI and congressional files while urging desegregation measures amid Senate Commerce Committee hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Mississippi
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
John C. McLaurin
McLaurin
Senate Commerce Committee
FBI
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
United States
William Loeb
Manchester, N.H
Ross R. Barnett
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Loeb
J. Strom Thurmond
Ds.c
John O. Pastore
D-R.l
Derby Champ Off For Races
Law ton’s Soop Box Derby champion Mike Mahaffay leaves with his father Don and brother Donald for the national event in Akron. He competes against other local winners for a $7 500 scholarship.
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Mike Mahaffay
Lawton
Don Mahaffay
Bell
Donald
Akron
Mike
Five Senators to Join Rusk in Moscow Delegation
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will lead an 11 member U S delegation to Moscow for the signing of the limited test ban treaty. The group includes five senators three Democrats and two Republicans with George Aiken and Leverett Saltonstall among the Republicans. The signing date was not set but expected Monday.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
U. S
Moscow
White House
U.S
George Aiken
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Rusk
House
Senate
J.W. Fulbriewa
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Hubert
South Korea Boss Orders Measures Against Reds
Gen Park Chung Hee ordered punitive measures to counter Communist border raids after three clashes left casualties including three Americans. Defense Minister Kim Sung Eun and U.S. Gen. Guy S. Meloy discussed the steps as U.S. forces were placed on full combat alert for the first time since the Cuban crisis.
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South Korea
Seoul
UPI
Park Chung Hee
Park
Kim Sung Eun
Kim Yong Shik
U.S
Guy S. Meloy
Korea
Kim
Hot Dry Day Forecast Across Southwest Oklahoma
Southwest Oklahoma faces another hot dry day with only about half an inch of weekend rain expected statewide. Forecasters expect scattered thundershowers mainly in the east, with Lawton mostly partly cloudy and warm through Thursday. Highs Tuesday ranged from 101 in Altus to 87 at Tinker Air Force Base.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Panhandle
Altus
Tinker Afb
Guymon
Fort Sill
United States to Return Defector's Plane to Poland
A Polish air force major and his family defected to the West using a training plane. The U.S. will return the aircraft, with officials telling Poland they can recover it in West Berlin where Maj. Richard Obacz landed with his wife and two sons after crossing East Germany.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
West Berlin
Richard Obacz
East Germany
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Volunty Cavalry
Herbert Hoove
Hank D. Roosevelt
Wight
U.S. Senate
Sill
Pastore
Thurmond
Joe T. Patterson
U.N
North Korea
Asia
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