Army Makes Gun To Shoot Death Rays
A Frankford Arsenal spokesman said the ray gun reported for testing has not been received. Master Optics Inc described a laser weapon lighter than an M1 rifle, powered by a 25 pound battery pack, capable of firing pulses up to a mile, with a claimed 10,000 pulses lifetime and uses to ignite fuses or set fires.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
Master Optics, Inc
Boston
Master
Maser
McNamara Opposes Expanding Vietnam War Plan
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara travels to South Vietnam with a cautious stance against broader war aims. He favors letting South Vietnamese forces decide their fate, doubts their capability for a full scale southern campaign and opposes American cross border operations into North Vietnam.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
McNamara
North
Khanh
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Primary Winners Face New Election April 7
Lawton Democrat James Black won the Democratic nomination for County Commissioner District No 3 and Claud Martin of Chattanooga won the Republican nod in a special primary. Official returns confirm Black with 1,389 votes and Martin with 108, setting up a special general election April 7 to fill the late James M. Ash’s unexpired term.
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Lawton
Chattanooga
James M. Ash
James A. Black
Cache Road
Claud Martin
County Election Board
Constitution Press
Ottis E. Zumwalt
Guess
Brigham
Hewes
Pierson
Gove Henry Bellman
Ash
Woodrow Long
Black
Hill
Ebisch
Morris Pierson
Hugh Brigham
Janow
Cache
Medicine Park
Rt. Stee
Col
U N Security Council Approves Cyprus Peace Force Plan
The U N Security Council unanimously approves a Cyprus peace force and mediator to pursue a settlement. The Soviet Union backs the plan despite reservations about force composition, while Greece protests U S and British policy with large demonstrations.
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U.N. Council
Cyprus
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Soviet Union
France
Roger Seydoux
Russia
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Security Council
Nikolai Fedorenko
United Alions Security Council
Johnson
U.N
Mediteranean
Ruby Bows Pleads Innocent To Murder Trial
Jack Ruby bowing from the waist pleaded not guilty to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald as a Dallas court opened the trial. State witnesses testified about Ruby’s behavior and actions during the days surrounding President Kennedy's assassination.
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Ruby
Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas Morning News
Newman
Asst. Dist
William F Alexander
Don Campbell
Joe B. Brown
Melvin Belli
Henry Wade
Jack Rubenstein
Wade
Belli
Eva L. Grant
Eileen Kamisky
Chicago
Oswald
Brown
J. Frank Wilson
Brown Bells
Stern
Wilson
Dallas County Criminal Courts
Jury Ponders Hoffa Fate in Nashville Conspiracy Trial
Jurors in Chattanooga weigh six weeks of testimony on government charges that James R. Hoffa head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters aided others to fix a 1962 Nashville jury for a conspiracy trial. Foreman Hal W. Bullen led the mix of four women and eight men as deliberations continue with no verdict yet.
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Henry Wade
Wilson
Texas
Brown
Ruby
Chattanooga. Tenn
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
U.S
Randlett Man's Trial Under Way
In Livingston Alabama the trial of Harold Leon Edwards of Randlett, a 20 year old Oklahoma man, begins for the December slaying of Leonard Culpepper, 57, of Cuba. Four ex carnival workers face charges. two more condemned in separate trials earlier.
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Livingston
Ala
Cuba
Harold Leon Edwards
Randlett
Leonard Culpepper
Cecil Coon
College City
Calif
Coon
John Lokos
Racine
Wis
Gerald Eaton
Buckholts
Tex
Carnival
Culpepper
Swine Winners Named At Show In Comanche County
A Chattonooga FFA brother team won top honors at the Comanche County Junior Livestock and Dairy show opening. David Livingston claimed the first blue ribbon with a Chester White medium boar named champion. his brother Mark took reserve with another Chester White. The Livingston family resides in Faxon. Sheep judging was set for 1 30 p.m.
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Chattanooga Ffa
Comanche County
David Livingston
Barrow
Mark
Oscar Livingston
Faxon
Clay Flanks Army Test Reports Questioned
The Defense Department declined comment on reports Cassius Clay failed a mental examination for military service. The Courier-Journal, citing Washington sources, says Clay 22, of Louisville, just missed passing the psychological tests after a pre-induction exam on January 24 in Coral Gables Florida. A second mental test was anticipated.
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Louisville
Defense Department
Cassius Clay
Courier-Journal
Washington
Clay
Coral Gables
Fla
Quarterly Firepower Demonstration at Fort Sill
Fort Sill hosts a Saturday artillery firepower demonstration featuring the Little John rocket and 175mm gun. Units from the 32nd Artillery 3rd Missile Battalion execute mass firings for students and the public starting at 10:30 am. Traffic limited by Military Police and Gate 4 West access routes described.
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Little John
Fort Sill
West Range
32Nd Artillery
Artillery and Missile School
South Boundary Road
14Th Artillery
34Th Artillery Brigade
Front Brings Snow and Muddy Rain to Oklahoma Area
A cold front ends premature spring in southwest Oklahoma bringing light rain and snow today. Snow began after 11 a.m. and lasted about 45 minutes but melted on contact. milder temps expected with clearing by Thursday.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Weather Bureau
Highway Patrol
Cheyenne
Guymon
McAlester
Mrs Elmer Thomas Dies in Lawton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Elmer Thomas wife of the former U S Senator from Lawton died shortly after noon today in Memorial Hospital. Services for the pioneer city resident will be announced by Lawton Funeral Home.
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Elmer Thomas
U.S
Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Pioneer City
Lawton Funeral Home
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Pentagon
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Union of
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Hoffa
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