Kennedy Eyes Voluntary Desegregation Push At White House
President Kennedy plans to urge voluntary desegregation of hotels, restaurants, stores, and theaters during a White House meeting with 100 Southern outlets. He also aims to push Congress to enact a broad civil rights package, including private business and public facility bans.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
South
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Dixie
Sen
Birmingham
Jackson
Tallahassee
Philadelphia
Civil Rights Commission
Durant man named chairman of Oklahoma wildlife commission
Wayne Wallace of Durant was named chairman of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. The commission approved its operating budget for the coming fiscal year, totaling 1,866,981 after a 67,000 reduction. Wallace succeeds Ed Futrell of Porum. Jack Parish of Tishomingo was named vice chairman and Harold Cooksey of Norman was elected secretary.
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Oklahoma City
Wayne Wallace
Durant
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
Commission
Wallace
Ed Futrell
Porum
Jack Parish
Tishomingo
Harold Cooksey
Norman
Will Probe Comanche County Party Squabble
Oklahoma City Republican leaders named three men to a committee to investigate the Comanche County party dispute. Milton Craig serves as chair with Roger Rensvold and Paul Darrough as members. The group will meet with rival factions in Lawton and report to the state executive committee to settle the feud over competing county officers and delegate groups.
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Oklahoma City
UPS
Bill Burkett
Comanche County
Milton Craig
Chandler
Roger Rensvold
Duncan
Stephens County
GOP
Paul Darrough
Lawton
Torture Test Pushes F 105 to Limits at Wright Patterson
At Wright Patterson Air Force Base Ohio for about nine months top Air Force scientists tested an F 105 by suspending it in a tall steel rigging maze and subjecting it to every fighter bomber mission scenario under varied combat conditions.
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Wright-Patterson Afb
Ohio
UPI
U. S. Air Force
Republic Aviation
Oklahoma Legislature Considers Common School Pay Raise
Oklahoma City UPI reports the conference appropriations committee eyed a mid June adjournment as subcommittees detail budget allocations. The common schools panel proposes raising starting teacher salaries to 3800, with operational and special education aid up. Gov Bellman endorses the plan amid oil depletion, reapportionment, and driver education funding debates.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Conference Appropriations Committee
Henry Bellman
Human Rights Commission
House
Tom Tate
Osage County
Conference
Tate
Guy Horton
Altus
Bryce Baggett
Bellman
Oklahoma
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