Lawton Board Hires 12 New Teachers and Buys Equipment
The Lawton Board of Education hired twelve new teachers for the 1963-64 term and approved salaries for summer session staff. New teachers include Catherine Burum Patsy Maddox Kenneth White for Eisenhower and John Crews Gloria Davenport among others. The board also awarded bids for auditorium seating at Eisenhower, musical instruments, printed forms, and magazine subscriptions. Progress updates showed Western Hills Edison Wilson Westwood nearly finished and Eisenhower auditorium steel work underway.
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Lawton Board of Education
Catherine A. Burum
Patsy M. Maddox
Kenneth White
Eisenhower
Jeanette Agers
Douglass
Ronald Best
Tomlinson
John Crews
Gloria Davenport
David Haynes
Madanelle Kirk
Judith McNabb
Berline Watson
Sarah Wiseman
al Terrill
Central Junior High
Arthur Tatum
Central
Gayle Jones
Perry Martin
Donna Cartwright
Patricia Hiles
Thompson Book and Supply
Ada
Okla
Eisenhower Auditorium
Hardy Suggs
Graydon Miller Jr
Lawton
Military Service Company
San Antonio
Tex
Cottingham & Cook
James Marshall
Noftiger & Lawrence
Western Hills School
Edison
Wilson and Westwood
Eisenhower School
Dunbar
Roosevelt
Oklahoma OK allocates traffic fines to driver education
Gov. Henry Bellman signed a law directing $2 of each traffic fine to fund high school driver education, excluding parking and registration penalties. The fund requires $250,000 to activate and will distribute per pupil up to $35 annually. The bill was among 14 acts signed.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellman
Bellman
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
State Board of Embalmers
Oklahoma Bar Association
Oklahoma
Convicted Slayer Denied New Trial
Frederick Rush, 26, convicted in the slaying of his stepfather Paul Rush, 56, was denied a new trial by Sebastian County Circuit Judge Paul Wolfe. Wolfe said a written denial would follow, allowing an appeal. Raymond Wood, 21, of Roland Oklahoma, was acquitted of first degree murder, and Carolyn Brown, 20, Fort Smith, remains to be tried.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Frederick Rush
Sebastian County
Paul Wolfe
Wolfe
Rush
Paul Rush
Raymond Wood
Roland
Okla
Carolyn Brown
Fort Smith
Rockefeller off to busy start with civic functions
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and his wife attend a Albany civic dinner for the Citizens Planning Committee for Greater Albany. About 400 guests, including 44 news media, hear Rockefeller say this is the first unity he and his bride have not separated. He introduces his wife as Sieg amid praise from attendees.
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Area
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Albany
Citizens Planning Committee
Vivienne Anderson
Paols Valley Group Pledges On Green Line Route Fight
Pauls Valley leaders press for the green line interstate alignment near Pauls Valley and nearby towns. They threaten federal court action if the red line is chosen, arguing the green path protects regional economies. The highway commission weighs green line versus red line with federal input pending.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Senate
Glen Ham
Pauls Valley
U. S. Supreme Court
Highway Commission
Federal Roads Bureau
Commission
Wayne
Paoli
Wynnewood
Davis
Purcell
Ardmore
Oklahoma Cities
Frank Lyons
Rex Whitton
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Ham
Joe Bailey Cobb
Tishomingo
Lyons
The
Former Catholic Editor Quinn Dies After Long Illness
Oklahoma City AP reports Joseph J. Quinn aged 67 former managing editor of the Southwest Courier a Roman Catholic newspaper in Oklahoma died Monday after a prolonged illness. He served as editor for 39 years.
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Oklahoma City
Joseph J. Quinn
The
Southwest Courier
Oklahoma
Quinn
Learn to Swim Program Starts June 10 in Comanche County
The Comanche county Red Cross chapter plans a learn to swim program starting June 10 due to a shortage of qualified instructors. Classes run Monday to Friday at Dee Dee Park from 9 to 12 with five to eight day sessions. Registration is open 8 30 to 4 30 and instructors volunteer.
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Comanche County
Red Cross
Dan Jopling
Fepling
Dee Dee Park
Oklahoma Causes Oil Output Drop
U S oil production fell last week led by Oklahoma with a daily average of 342 700 barrels down 19 900 from the prior week The Oil and Gas Journal cited declines in Oklahoma while Kansas slipped to 311 500 barrels and Texas held at 2 602 350 barrels per day.
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Tulsa
U. S
Oklahoma
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
Texas
Computer Cop Morristown Warns on Cheaters by Mail Order
In Morristown New Jersey authorities warn that repeat order cheats and non payers may be tracked by an electronic computer. Hooper Holmes Bureau monitors mail order fraud and non payment patterns.
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Morristown
N. J
UPD
Hooper-Holmes Bureau
Reapportion Plan Sparks Oklahoma Senate Debate
Oklahoma legislators clash over a plan to expand the Senate from 44 to 77 members and to base House seats strictly on population while limiting total House members to 90. Proponents defend population fairness and urban representation while opponents warn of an unwieldy chamber and costly special election. The conferees approved moving Tate’s proposal to the parent committee as talks continue.
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Oklahoma City
Walt Allen
Chickasha
House
Senate
House Conference Committee
Tom Tate
Osage County
Tate
Allen
Conference Committee
Laurence Howze
Seminole
Conference
Oklahoma
Federal District Court
Pope John’s Official Titles Listed by Church
Vatican City AP reports the pope’s formal titles as listed by the church include Bishop of Rome vicar of Jesus Christ successor of the Prince of the Apostles supreme pontiff of the universal Church patriarch of the West primate of Italy archbishop and metropolitan of Rome and sovereign of Vatican City. He was popularly known in Rome as the good Pope the Pope of unity the Pope of peace and by the Communist press as the Pope of co existence.
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Vatican City
Pope John
Rome
Jesus Christ
Prince of the Apostles
Universal Church
West
Italy
Court Deliberates on Contested Apportionment Provisions
The court considers whether the enacted apportionment acts are valid under the U S Constitution and notes potential discrimination against urban area residents as the ruling awaits.
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U. S
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Kentucky
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