Legislature Fixes Tag n Pike Named For Bailey
Lawton residents express dismay as the legislature names the Southwestern Turnpike for H E Bailey a consulting engineer for the turnpike authority. Supporters cite Bailey’s work while critics prefer naming for a local or regional figure. The Logan amendment to name the road for Bill Logan of Lawton failed 13 17 and the Bailey measure passed by voice vote.
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Lawton
House
Senate
H. E. Bailey
Turnpike Authority
Bill Logan
Fred Harris
Logan
Bailey
Lawtomans
Ward
Oklahoma City
Red River
Randlett
J. C. Kennedy
Chamber of Commerce Roads and Highways Committee
Kennedy
Charles Graybill
Oklahoma
Great Plains
Wayne Gilley
Gilley
Turnpike
Liquor Board Fund Cut and Payroll Squeeze Approved
Oklahoma City conference committee votes to fire 14 workers and trim liquor control board funding from 645000 to 405000, consolidating posts and reducing salaries. Jack Howard, assistant director, is among those laid off as the board’s enforcement duties move toward a new arrangement with the crime bureau.
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Harry Culver
Oklahoma City
Upil
Conference Appropriations Committee
Liquor Control Board
Roy Parham
Crime Bureau
Conference
Senate
Health Department
Aeronautics Commission
Liquor Board
Jack Howard
Howard Edmondson
White Students Extend Friendly Hand To Negroes On 'Bama Campus
Two Negroes a girl and boy began classes at the University of Alabama while white students offered friendly gestures. Vivian Malone and James Hood walked with peers as federal marshals and guards stood nearby. Governor Wallace delayed enrollment briefly before yielding to a National Guard escort. Kennedy called for sweeping civil rights legislation to end racial barriers in private businesses.
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Vivian Malone
University of Alabama At
Bama
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Comer Hall
Miss Malone
National Guardsman
Hood
Jimmy
Alabama
Dave MecGlathery
Kennedy
Congress
Medgar Evers Shot Dead in Jackson Driveway
Medgar W. Evers a leading civil rights figure and Mississippi NAACP field secretary was shot to death in the driveway of his Jackson home early today. Police sought the killer with no immediate leads as he died about 50 minutes after the shooting at University Medical Center.
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Jackson
Miss
Medgar W. Evers
Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University Medical Center
Tives M
Edgar W. Evers
Pierce
FBI
New York
Roy T. Wilkins
NAACP
Movement For Human Rights
Evers Assassination Sparks National Outcry and Space News
NAACP leader Evers is shot and dies after an integration rally in Mississippi. In Washington NASA Chief Webb ends Mercury program hopes, signaling Gemini two-man flights to start within 16 months as NAACP sets a $10,000 reward. investigation details emerge with witness accounts.
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Washington
UPI
James E. Webb
U. S
Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate Space Committee
Mercury
Manned Space Flight Center
Houston
Tex
Kennedy
Gemini
Kennedy appalled by barbarity over Medgar Evers slaying
The White House said President Kennedy was appalled by the murder of Mississippi leader Medgar Evers. The Justice Department offered full FBI cooperation to Jackson police, with Kennedy staying informed through the attorney general and Jackson reports. Congressional lawmakers denounced the crime and urged civil rights legislation.
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Kennedy
Medgar W. Evers
Mississippi
White House
Justice Department
Jackson
Miss
Andrew T. Hatcher
Federal Bureau of
FBI
Congress
Phillip A. Hart
D-Mich
Thruston B. Morton
Rky
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
House
Cadets Toasted at Buffalo Barbecue in Wichita Mountains
Visiting West Point cadets were honored at the Chamber of Commerce buffalo barbecque held in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge last night. A full page of pictures accompanies the event on page 20.
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West Point
Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Eisenhower Opposes Moon Race Spending Says Nuts On Billions
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told about 160 Republican congressmen at a breakfast that spending 40 billion dollars to race to the moon is nuts. He criticized Kennedy era spending, called defense costs excessive, and reaffirmed opposition to an all out space program. The event, hosted by the 87th club, included Dole and other GOP lawmakers. He later met with Dirksen aides and senators.
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Ashington
UPL
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
87Th Club
Walter Reed Hospital
Kennedy
Ble
Congress
Bob Dole
Con
George King
Pat Minor
Calif
Donald G. Brotzman
Colo
Ed Foreman
Tex
Garner Shriver
Kan
Showers and Thunderstorms Reach Southwest Oklahoma
The forecast calls for more showers and afternoon to evening thunderstorms in southwest Oklahoma after a 0.6 inch rainfall in Lawton. Temperatures to reach the 90s statewide with a cooling trend to the 60s in the northwest and near 70 in the southwest. Measurable rain up to 1 inch reported at Meers and 0.87 inch at Clinton Sherman AFB.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Meers
Weather Bureau
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
Wallace To Lift Police At College
Gov. George Wallace announced he would remove all state police from the University of Alabama campus by 2 p.m. CST Sunday after federalizing the National Guard. Tens of vehicles moved in and out of Tuscaloosa as federal forces arrived and public safety officials began leaving the area.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George Wallace
Kennedy
University of Alabama
Wallace
National Guard
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
al Lingo
Carey Jarman
George E. Davidson
Maryland
Davidson
Two Shot Four Injured In Maryland Race Riot
In Cambridge Maryland two white men were shot and at least four others injured when a race riot erupted after about 100 whites confronted Negro demonstrators. A gasoline bomb attack targeted white run businesses in the Negro section and two men were treated and released from a hospital.
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Maryland
Cambridge
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Evmy
Willie Mae Bishop
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R. Q. Turner
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Atty
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