City Orders July 2 Vote on 600000 Police and 125000 Fire Bonds
Lawton city council approves a two part bond election for July 2 with separate ballots for a 600000 police station and a 125000 fire sub station. Both issues are to be funded by ad valorem taxes over 15 years and require majorities to pass.
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Police
Fire
Fire Department
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Wayne Gilley
Citizens Committee
Charley Snyder
Council
Kennedy Federalizes Alabama Guard After Desist Defied
President Kennedy orders the Alabama National Guard mobilized after Gov. Wallace blocks two Black students from entering the University of Alabama. Miss Vivian Malone and James Hood remain in a car as federal troops secure the scene and prepare to escort them to registration. The act responds to unlawful obstruction of justice and aims to end segregationist resistance at the campus.
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Alabama
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S
Vivian Malone
James Hood
Relman Morin
Ala
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Alabama National Guard
Robert S. McNamara
Army National Guard
Air National Guard
Wallace
Edwin C. Guthman
Justice Department
Macon Weaver
Miss Malone
Hood
Whisky Price Fix Foe Faces Threats in Oklahoma Capitol
Oklahoma lawmaker Rep. Scott Tuxhorn said he received a call Monday night claiming those opposing liquor price fixing had been pistol whipped, though he did not regard it as a personal threat. Tuxhorn, a school teacher, had paused final passage by a motion to reconsider amid debate over funds for teacher pay.
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Oklahoma City
UPD
Scott Tuxhorn
Helena
Tuxhorn
Capitol
Storms Sweep City. Tornado Reports Across State
Strong winds of 70 miles per hour hit the area Monday evening as storms churned across southwest Oklahoma. Forecasters warned of afternoon and evening thunderstorms with warm temperatures in Lawton through Wednesday. Unconfirmed tornadoes were reported near Faxon and near Okemah Castle, with trees uprooted on a farm northwest of Okemah as patrols investigated the Faxon report.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Faxon
Okemah
Castle
Okfuskee
Bank Hijacker Buys Avanti In Cash With 230 Twenty Bills
Two Oklahoma City men charged with bank robbery in Phoenix were seen buying a $4,600 Studebaker Avanti with cash from 230 twenty dollar bills. The car purchase followed rumors of the hijacking at First State Bank and Trust Co. in Oklahoma City.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Oklahoma City
First State Bank and Trust Co
Ronald Leslie Hopwood
Billy Ray Jones
Arizona
California
Jane Ann Parris
Jones
Wade Oldsmobile Co
Automobile Agency
Ray Griffin
Charley Wade
Studebaker
Wade
Moon flight budget trimmed by about 250 million
A House Space Subcommittee voted unanimously to reduce the 3.7 billion request for manned space flight by roughly seven percent for the fiscal year starting July 1. Most cuts target the Apollo program. The panel's action moves to the full House Space Committee for endorsement.
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Washington
UPI
House
Full House Space Committee
Cadets Gear Up for Buffalo Barbecue Visit at Fort Sill
U S Military Academy cadets from the class of ’64 arrive at Fort Sill for a three day stay. The Lawton Chamber of Commerce hosts a Buffalo Barbecue at Quanah Parker Lake for 36 cadets with civic leaders as hosts. Indian dances by Kiowa Comanche and Apache representatives entertain them.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
U. S. Military Academy
Fort Sill
Quanah Parker Lake
Edgar Monetathchi
West Pointers
Field Artillery
Hospital opens building fund with 150000 dollars
Memorial hospital Board of Controls moved 150000 in treasurer's certificates from operating to a building fund. Administrator Murphy Cole said the transfer followed auditors Standfield and O'Dell's recommendation at Monday's board meeting. The funds were initially in operating funds, but directors had anticipated use for construction.
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Memorial Hospital Board of Controls
Murphy Cole
Cole
Standfield
O'Dell
Court orders await proposed remedy in Oklahoma reapportion case
A three judge federal court in Oklahoma City directed parties to file suggested findings of fact and conclusions of law within five days as it prepares a final decree on reapportionment. The court has not yet ruled on two legislative acts and a new plan to base the Senate on area and the House on population was tentatively approved by a conference committee.
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Robert P. Scott
C. F. Verner
Lawton Metropolitan
LMAPC
Hillside West
Lawton
Tomlinson Ridge Ltd
Gore
28Th
Albert Johnson
Patterson Community Center
Usc-Ywca
Arlington
Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
Alfred P. Murrah
Murrah
Todey
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Oklahoma House Pushes Transfer of Narcotics Enforcement
Oklahoma lawmakers clashed over moving narcotics enforcement from the attorney general to the health department. Speaker J. D. McCarty led the push, winning a round as Nesbitt warned of further moves. Senate opponents argued the change would not improve enforcement and cited Arnold Mosley’s firing.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
House
J. D. McCarty
McCarty
Charles Nesbitt
Senate
Nesbitt
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Roy Grantham
Ponla City
Bob Trent
Caney
Ralph Graves
Shawnee
Trent
Health Department
Arnold Mosley
Kennedy presidentially federalizes Alabama National Guard
President Kennedy federalizes the Alabama National Guard and authorizes Defense Secretary McNamara to deploy Army units to enforce admission of two Black students at the University of Alabama. The action follows Governor Wallace’s defiance and a federal court injunction, with orders to remove obstructions of justice in Alabama using armed forces if needed.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Alabama National Guard
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
University of Alabama
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Secretary of Defense
Defense Secretary
United States
McNamara
Army National Guard
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Harry Culver
Griffin
FBI
House Appropriation Committee
Space Committee
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Senate Space Committee
Key Gate
West Point
Municipal Airport
L. S. Griffing
Hospital
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