Desegregation Edict Prompts Lawton Officials to Reassess Plans
HEW warns federal aid could be cut over de jure versus de facto segregation in Lawton. Douglass and Dunbar elementary enrollments show high black attendance, while Swann decision implications push officials to reexamine use of $1.099 million in state aid and pending requests.
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Mansfield amendment calls for Indochina withdrawal
The Senate adopted the Mansfield amendment urging the President to start immediate ceasefire talks with North Vietnam and to phase mutual troop withdrawals and prisoner releases over nine months. Ziegler dismissed it as a Senate opinion not Congress policy while Hebert warned it could undermine negotiations. Mansfield said many senators were reluctant to challenge presidential authority in wartime.
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Guilty Plea in Yablonski Murders Raises Court Security
A suspect testified in court that he and two accomplices planned and carried out the Yablonski killings in Pennsylvania. He described driving to the house, shooting the Yablonskis and their daughter, with gun jams and multiple shots exchanged as law enforcement secured the scene.
Turnpike Union Proposes Traffic Blockade Plan
The union vows to close at least one turnpike segment to stop traffic with gates or by placing workers on the roadway. Committee members McKillan Bruce Green of Muskogee and Chairman Dwight Rhymer of Morrison could not be reached for comment.
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Muskogee
Dwight Rhymer
Morrison
Federal Kidnap Charges Dropped
Federal kidnap charges were dismissed against David Emmett Mitchell a Texas man arrested in Miami Oklahoma in 1968 and later linked to the Dallas motel clerk murder He will be released from the Springfield Missouri mental ward and placed in a Rush Texas state mental institution if able to assist in his defense he may face robbery and murder charges in Dallas
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David Emmett Mitchell
Texas
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Senator Kass Seeks Access to Nixon Documents in Court
Kass argues for release of parts of the Nixon documents and volumes in a court action. Letters from Moss and Reid dated June 18 and June 21 accompany the brief. The citizen asserts a need to know the contents of these materials and the history behind U.S. involvement.
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Moss
Reid
S Ee
United States
Dallas Fire Horses Listen For Radio Calls
An AP report notes how the old fire horses in Dallas once paced in pastures waiting for fires while a radio capable of picking up fire calls changed their routine and the department dynamics.
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Dallas
Pentagon papers war over publication broadens
Federal courts extend bans on the Times the Post and the Globe as they challenge a Pentagon study release. Judges consider injunctions while officials discuss declassification and preview completion within 45 days. Public debate centers on government control versus press access to sensitive materials.
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Pentagon
John F. Kennedy
Ite
Diem
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North Vietnam
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Quest
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Johnson
William R. Glendon
Executive Branch
YMCA Plans Six Flags Trip in Lawton
Members and guests of the Lawton YMCA will travel by chartered bus on June 30 to visit Six Flags. A $15 fee is due by 5 p.m. Saturday to cover transportation and park admission. Reservations are made at the YMCA located at 5th and A.
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Lawton
Rhinoceros beetles kill trees in Malaysia
Reports indicate rhinoceros beetles are infesting Malaysian forests, injuring and felling trees across multiple regions. Local officials monitor outbreaks and advise ongoing control measures to protect woodland resources.
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Malaysia
Runaway Car Leaves Trail Of Damage
Darrell George Cable of Lawton passed out while driving and wrecked in the 2500 block of 11th. His car traveled about 523 feet, hit Saddlehorn bar, gas regulator, three pumps at Sherry's Service Station, and a parked car, causing an estimated 4000 in damage. He was hospitalized with possible fractures. No charges expected.
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Paul Welker
Sherry
Cable
Indian Hospital
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Welker
London Toy Firm Forms Junior Consumers Council
A London toymaking company hires six children to serve on a junior consumers council to test its toys, aiming to gauge safety appeal and usability before market release.
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Consumers’ ‘Council
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