Negro Leader Slain In Mississippi
The shooting killed a Black leader in Mississippi as police questioned neighbors after the incident. Evers staggered from his station wagon and collapsed in his carport while his wife Merle Beasley Evers, 30, sobbed. Investigators said the gunman fired from a vacant lot at a triangular street junction near the couple’s North Jackson home. The Evers family includes three children.
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Evers
Merle Beasley Evers
Houston Wells
Willie C. Quinn
Wells
Jackson
Pierce
Allen C. Thompson
Thompson
Wilkins
Medgar Evers
America
Helen Wilcher
Capitol Street
Viet Nam
NAACP
Mississippi
Demonstration of Police Dogs Scheduled for Thursday
Police Chief Pete Fuller announced a police dog demonstration this Thursday at Filmer Thomas Park at 6 30 p m. Ed Hood and Gerald Brock from Duncan police will show Thor and Rex in obedience, attack work, building search and prisoner transfer.
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Thomas
Alford Hennessee
Hennessee
Ed Hood
Gerald Brock
Duncan Police Department
Thor
Rex
Police Dog Academy
Urbana
Missouri
Bill Bisbee
Bisbee
Bailey Name Battle Marks Oklahoma Toll Road Debate
Lawmakers debated naming the Turner Will Rogers and southwestern turnpikes after Logan Bailey a prominent consultant. The Bailey resolution backed by Sens. Ritzhaupt and Cowden passed the Senate without debate and the House approved the concurrent measure.
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House
Senate
Bailey
Turner
Will Rogers
Southwestern
Sens
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Boyd Cowden
Chandler
Baldwin
Logan
Cowden
Lawton
Southwest Oklahoma
Harris
Jim Taliaferro
Amar
Taliaferro
Four Individuals Face Traffic Charges in County
The county attorney filed traffic complaints against four arrestees from the highway patrol. Bill Gene Griggs, 27, was charged with reckless driving and driving without a license. Lewis Richard Salas, 16, was accused of reckless driving. Paul Jim Moon, 37, Fort Sill, and Theodore Jung, 35, of 1424 Logan, were charged with allowing another person to drive.
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Highway Patrol
Bill Gene Griggs
Lewis Richard Salas
S. 49Th
Paul Jim Moon
Fort Sill
Theodore Ee Jung
Logan
Wenithaci
Cleopa tra to star in costly Broadway premiere
New York UPI reports Cleopa tra the most costly film ever made will debut on Broadway with a $100 ticket world premiere that could draw a New Year’s Eve crowd to Times Square. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton reportedly hold two tickets, but may stay in London where Burton works. A police spokesman joked martial law would be needed if they attended.
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New York
UPI
Broadway
Times Square
20Th Century- Fox
Elizabeth
Cleo) Taylor
Richard
Mark Anthony
Modern Paintings Net Record Price in London Auction
A private collection of 47 French impressionist paintings and a bronze bust sold for 2 921 052 dollars, a record price for a modern painting collection. Proceeds benefited the estate of William Cargill, a Scottish shipping magnate and recluse known for Degas Monet Renoir Toulouse Lautrec Gauguin and other artists.
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London
William Cargill
Degas
Monet
Renoir
Toulouse-Lautrec
Gauguin
Planning amendment expands county and city planning authority
The amendment allows county wide planning authority and comprehensive planning in Lawton for Comanche county, within three miles of the ward and 300 feet of highways. It covers street, transportation, facilities, and zoning plans while maintaining building and housing codes. Restrictions carve out farm buildings and oil or natural gas extraction from certain rules.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Planning Commission
Alabama Governor confronts federal force over university entry
In Tuscaloosa Governor George Wallace defied federal orders to admit two African American students. Brig. Gen. Henry Graham and federal marshals faced Wallace as he refused to step aside, then yielded after a tense standoff and a lunch break. The campus remained under civilian control as registrations continued with federal support.
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Wallace
Henry V. Graham
31St Infantry Division
National Guard
Graham
Alabama
Hood
Miss Malone
Edwin Guthman
Justice Department
Tuscaloosa
Guthman
Ate Public Safety
Col
al Lingo
Katzenbach
Bellmon Signs Big School Program in Oklahoma
Gov. Henry Bellmon signed a 101 million dollar school program bill in Oklahoma City, with 98 million actual appropriation and a potential 6 million supplemental. The plan funds a 94 million spending rise, raises starting pay from 3600 to 5800, and allocates 3.6 million for possible teacher pay boosts plus 4.8 million for direct teacher funding.
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Oklahoma City
UPS
Henry Bellmon
Bellman
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Gilley
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J. Howard Edmondson
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Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Sen. Harris
Darrell Kenyatta
Denise
van Dyke
Negro Masonic Temple
Cleo
M.& D Finance CO
EE Avenue
Dia
Bama
Golden Gloves
Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S
Bellmon
Big
C Avenue
M. E. Waid
Optometrist
Sears
Sears Sea E Wines
Nop
Seve
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