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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1963
Page
6
President Kennedy faced a throng of about 60 000 in Cork as he arrived for a civic reception. He smiled and said these are my people while security was overwhelmed by the crowd. He later joked about hurrying and was pulled into a car as fans surged around his security detail.
Richard Nixon met Pope Paul VI in a private 15 minute session in the Vatican Library. He praised the Pope as vigorous and younger looking at 65 and was accompanied by Archbishop Martin J. O’Connor. The Nixon family joined later for a separate greeting. They arrived from Athens and will stay through July 3 before visiting Florence and Venice.
Tulsa AP report on Jesse A. Mitts, 4 years to life after death sentence, now jailed again on embezzlement charges for vacuum cleaner parts theft. Arraigned before Judge Cameron with $10,000 bond. preliminary hearing set July 5. Mitts earlier slayed girlfriend's father on Christmas Eve 1944 and faced insanity determinations and multiple commutations.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird, 19, became engaged to Bernard Rosenbach, 22, a naval ensign on leave from the destroyer Jonas Ingram at Mayport Florida. The couple displayed the engagement ring at a college party hosted by the Johnsons. Rosenbach hails from Comfort Texas and has known Lynda Bird for years. No wedding date has been set.
Hubert White, knocked down by a motorcycle six years ago, was ordered to pay the rider $9,762 after a judge ruled White stepped off the curb causing the collision. The motorcyclist Ronald Ball was also injured in the incident.
Belgrade reports on the June 28 anniversary of Yugoslavia’s expulsion from the Cominform and Tito’s stand against Soviet meddling. The piece links the 15 year time frame to de Stalinization and shifts in the Communist world, noting support from the United States, France, and Britain. It also recalls Kosovo Polje 1389 and Sarajevo 1914 events as contrasts.
West German Artillerie Battalion 350 returns to Fort Sill this afternoon from White Sands Missile Range after launching two Sergeant missiles. They will deploy to Germany in July as part of NATO defense forces in Europe. This was the battalion's final American training before departure. Battalion 150 was the first West German unit to fire the Sergeant and trained at Fort Sill before White Sands in February.
A Minuteman ICBM streaked over 4000 miles to a target in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday night in a test described by the Air Force as a complete success. The United States plans 900 such missiles in firing positions at underground launch sites nationwide.
Oklahoma City reports state Budget Officer Burton Logan says highway department appropriations will be reduced by 51000 as the 1963 Legislature spent more than available revenue. The Board of Equalization estimated 254.904 million dollars in funds. the legislature appropriated 51 thousand more. The cut results from the constitution's budget balancing rule and the final two days of signing. Despite the cut, highway expenditures over the next two years will total about 92 million dollars.
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