Kennedy Urges Freedom Support From Red-ruled Nations
President Kennedy addressed a historic joint session of the Irish parliament in Dublin urging Red dominated nations behind the Iron Curtain to follow Ireland's example and continue the fight for freedom. He cited the Irish struggle for independence and urged solidarity with those behind the Berlin wall, recalling his Cork visit where crowds mobbed him.
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Kennedy
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Dublin
WPI
Ireland
Nikita Khrushchev
East Berlin
Cork
Berlin
Berlin Wall
County Wexford
Navy Chief Defends TFX Plane Choice Before Senate
Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth told Senate investigators the Pentagon did not settle for an inferior, costlier TFX. He contrasted General Dynamics and Boeing designs, praising GD for higher speeds, longer range, greater maneuverability, and smaller size, while noting Boeing carried lighter weight with some maneuvering limits.
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Navy
Fred Korth
Senate
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Uniformed
Air Force
Korth
General Dynamics
Boeing
Rights Loss Perils Nation says Faubus warns U S usurpation
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus told the Southern Conference of the Council of State Governments that federal usurpation of states rights is the greatest national threat since the Civil War. He urged passage of three proposed states rights amendments, arguing the press misdescribed them as radical. Cribfield doubted Senate passage but said the issue provoked thought and debate among lawmakers.
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Kansas
Orval Faubus
United States
Faubus
Southern Conference of the
Council of State Governments
Council
American Bar Association
Court of the Union
U. S. Supreme Court
Crichfield
Cribfield
Congress
Farr Warren
Crihfield
Playgirls Keeler and Rice-Davies testify in Profumo case
Christine Keeler and Marilyn Rice-Davies told a court they had intimate relations with Britain’s ministers and a Soviet diplomat as part of the Ward scandal. Keeler described gifts for her mother and defended her morals while Ward denied the charges.
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Ondon
UPI
Christine Keeler
Marilyn Rice-Davies
Britain
Lord Astor
Miss Keeler
Stephen Ward
John Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
Profumo
Christine
Harold Macmillan
Ward
Peace Officers Begin Two Day North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Convention
Registration opened at the Hotel Lawtonian for a two day convention expected to draw 125 peace officers from North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Walter Suttle presided at 1 p.m. with remarks by Mayor Wayne Gilley and talks by Lawton officials and speakers including Pat Sullivan and Alford T. Hennessee. An outdoor barbecue is planned at 6:30 p.m. in Elmer Thomas Park.
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Lawtonian
North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Peace Officers Association
Walter Suttle
Vernon
Tex
Wayne Gilley
Suttle
Lawton
Pete Fuller
Pat Sullivan
Comanche County
Alford T. Hennessee
Hero
Elmer Thomas Park
Lawsonian
Fort Sill
Vernon, Tex
North Texas and
Southern Oklahoma Peace Officers Association
Khrushchev Visits East Berlin Amid Kennedy’s Echoed Enthusiasm
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin to a modest welcome, contrasting Kennedy’s huge West Berlin reception. He cited the Kennedy visit as aimed at German peoples’ interests while East German leaders prepared a bloc summit. US troops were briefly tested in a readiness drill as propaganda amplified the event.
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Walter Ulbricht
Nikita Khrushchev
East Berlin
Khrushchev
Kennedy
West Berlin
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Janos Kadar
Gherghi G
Ulbricht
U.S
Moscow
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Lawton Groups Endorse Bond Issue For Police Fire Needs
Twenty Lawton organizations endorse a police and fire department bond plan as voters prepare to decide on 600000 for a new police facility and 125000 for a fire sub station and equipment. The endorsements come from groups including Kiwanis Downtown Lawton Inc Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Regular Army Sergeants. The citizen committee notes long study of jail and station needs and cites expanding Lawton. Voting will occur Tuesday with proposals aimed at land purchase and building a modern police complex plus fire department upgrades.
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Lawton
Police and Fire Department
Citizens Committee
Charley Snyder
Downtown
Kiwanis Club
Lawton Board of Realtors
Jack L. Rhodes
Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton Inc
Altrusa Club
Breakfast Optimist Club
Lawton Safety Council
Woman's Forum
Business and Professional Women
American Businesswomen’s Association
American Businessmen’s Association
the Rotary Club
Association of Regular Army Sergeants
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Evening Lions Club
Froggs Club
Cache Road Square Merchants’ Association
53Rd and
Gore
North Korea Admits Holding Two U.S. Captains
North Korea confirms it is detaining two U.S. Army captains after a helicopter made a forced landing in its territory on May 17. The admission comes from Seoul and reports the captains as being held in the north.
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Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
It’ll Be Hot Again In Southwest Oklahoma
Southwest Oklahoma’s weather pattern remains unchanged with a forecast for hot conditions into mid next week. Temperatures today near 9 degrees above Thursday’s 98 high, with a low near 70 tonight. Skies were sunny statewide Thursday with southeastern showers including McAlester’s half inch.
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Oklahoma
McAlester
Airman's Daughter Dies From Burns in Oklahoma City Explosion
Rhonda Taylor, two, of Wichita Falls Texas died from burns after a gas explosion at her grandfather’s Oklahoma City home. She suffered extensive burns and was flown to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio where she succumbed. She was the daughter of Airman 2 C Clarence Taylor.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Rhonda Taylor
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Brooke Army Medical Center
C. Clarence Taylor
R. D. Wade
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Harry Culver
Brevard Crihfield
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Ralph Saenz
Tuttle and Fuller
Bill Baker
Policeman and Association
Secey
Lawtonianotel
Eastern
Germany
Europe
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