House Group Clears Four Year Draft Extension
The House Armed Services Committee approved President Kennedy's four year extension of the Selective Service Act by a unanimous 37 to 0 vote. The bill would push the act to July 1, 1967 while maintaining allowances for active duty strength and dependent benefits, with defense needs emphasized.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Curtis
Vinson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Russia Ten Years After Stalin A Soviet Change
Editor notes ten years since Stalin's death in Moscow. Eddy Gilmore observes Khrushchev era reforms easing police grip, rising living standards, and more available goods such as frilly nylon panties and refrigerators. He recalls housing shortages and changes in ordinary life seen in a two room flat.
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Eddy Gilmore
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Secret
Khrushchev
Red Cops
Kremlin
Russia
Low-Cost Housing Project Advances in Oklahoma
Oklahoma senate municipal government committee approves a bill authorizing low cost public housing projects aimed at reducing unsanitary and overcrowded living conditions. Funds would require approval by federal housing authorities, with Sen. Clem Hamilton promoting state tours to underscore need. Sen. Dewey Bartlett adds an amendment requiring voter approval and audits of local housing authorities.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Senate Municipal Government Committee
Senate
Oklahoma
Theederal Housing Authority
Pub- Housing Administration
Clem Hamilton
Heaven
Dewey Bartlett
City primary filings grow to eighteen as two more enter race
The March 19 city primary ballot slate expanded to 18 candidates this week. William A. Ritzweiler 34 of 3422 Atlanta filed for Ward 2 council joining others, while Blunt Zorger 38 of 7 Washington filed for Ward 5. Gervase R. Menz 37 of Elgin seeks Ward 4 trustee in Elgin primary per county election records.
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William A. Ritzweiler
Atlanta
Blunt Zorger
Washington
J. N. Logan
Gervase R. Menz
Elgin
Duncan Voters Approve Bond Plan For City Facilities
Duncan residents vote on a 1.293 million bond issue funding sewer work 780 thousand dollars water mains 161 thousand fire stations 182 thousand and airport expansion 170 thousand to improve city facilities.
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Duncan
UPI
Governor, lawmakers hold closed logjam meeting in Oklahoma City
Gov Henry Bellmon and legislative leaders met in a 90 minute closed session to break the logjam over the governor's program. No decisions were reached but a follow up meeting is planned. Discussions covered schools welfare and related topics with a view to deciding welfare funds tax allocations and local fiscal support.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
House
J. D. McCarty
McCarty
Senate
Governor's Office
Glen Ham
Pauls Valley
Ham
Bellmon
Robert L. Haught
Roy Beecher
Logiam
Legislation Moves Toward Reapportionment Passage
Oklahoma lawmakers near the federal court deadline as hew reapportionment bills advance. Leaders predict both the house and senate maps will pass though some oppose the senate bill and Gov. Bellman weighs signing or veto. The state faces a March 8 court deadline for equal population representation.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
J. D. McCarty
Henry Bellman
House
Senate
Glen Ham
Pauls Valley
Laurence Howze
Seminole
Howze
Tom Tate
Osage County
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Floods Sweep Four-State Ohio River Valley
Backwaters of the Ohio River receded after an overnight flood that forced hundreds to flee lowland homes in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Red Cross moved 50 disaster workers into flooded areas and 20 shelters opened to house flood refugees. The Monongahela rose rapidly while the Ohio crest was expected around 22 feet, three feet below flood stage in Pittsburgh. About 25 cadets at Linsly Military Institute in Wheeling were rescued after being stranded for hours.
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Wheeling
W.va
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Chartiers Creek
Orritsburga
Tower Hill
Cincinnati
Washington
Red Cross
Indiana
Truman Solverud
Monongahela River
Monongahela
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
Linsly Military Institute
Slow warming expected after cold front in Oklahoma
Cold windy conditions persisted across southwest Oklahoma with a slow warming trend forecast for Wednesday. The U S Weather Bureau predicted clearing skies and temperatures rising to a high near 55 Wednesday, with 25 tonight and 45 this afternoon.
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Oklahoma
U. S
Expressway Rites Planned For Pioneer Route Launch
Groundbreaking for the Pioneer Expressway will occur March 22 with Mayor Wayne Gilley authorized to organize the program. U S Sen J Howard Edmondson, here March 22 23, will be invited to attend. The 5 476 mile four lane highway links with the Southwestern Turnpike and is paid from state and federal funds with a 1.4 million city bond issue.
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Wayne Gilley
U. S
J. Howard Edmondson
Sen. Edmondson
State Highway Commission
Gilley
Pioneer
Highway Commission
Municipal Airport
Medicine Creek
Lawton
Victor Wickersham
Usc-Ywca
Arlington
General Services Administration
Northside Chamber of Commerce
Talks Scheduled In Rail Dispute Near Chicago
Five railroad unions representing 210000 on train workers press for job protection as they plan talks with carriers in Chicago on March 13 after the Supreme Court upheld railroads right to change work rules. The dispute targets eliminating about 40000 firemen from diesel freight and yard locomotives.
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Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court
Helicopter Rescues Two Boys From Flooded River in Ohio
EN SA Ohio AP helicopter from Wright Patterson Air Force Base plucks 15 year old Robert Page and 17 year old Carl Henderson from trees along a flood swollen river after their boat capsized. Crowds cheer as Capt Clyde Jacobs pilots the rescue with Capt Earl May as copilot. both youths suffer no evident injuries.
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ENSA
Ohio
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Robert Page
Carl Henderson
Clyde Jacobs
Earl May
Four Russians Sentenced to Death in Azerbaijani Trial
Pravda said four Russians were sentenced to death for profiting from illegal rags and old paper, with Seventeen others getting prison terms. All twenty one defendants were tried in Baku, Azerbaijan, as Soviet authorities step up action against economic abuses.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
Baku
Azerbaijan
Cache Residents Flock To Hearing For Bank Charter
About 300 Cache area residents attended a hearing before Oklahoma state banking board on a proposed Bank of the Wichita. T. C. Huckabay of Snyder leads the charter bid with $50,000 capital and $25,000 profits while others from Cache Meers Snyder area sign the application.
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Oklahoma City
Cache Area
State Banking Board
State Bank
Carl Sebring
Bank of the Wichitas
T. C. Huckabay
Snyder
Cache
Huckabay
First National Bank of
Kenneth Malfoy
Frank Rush
Gary Huckabay
Levi Portwood
Jim Ash
Tom Self
Cache-Meers-Snyder
Pershing Makes 200 Mile Flight Near Operational test
The Army Pershing artillery missile completed a 200 mile flight reaching its target in a near operational test at Cape Canaveral. The successful flight moves the weapon closer to deployment with troops.
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Pershing
Cape Canaveral
Fla
City Woman Dies In Auto Mishap
A 48 year old east Lawton woman, Mrs Jamie F Green, was killed when her car struck a parked auto and was crushed by a railroad freight car near Fifth and E around 7 pm Monday. Passenger Pfc Lloyd Gene Williams 20 was seriously injured. A second fatality, Cpl Donald P Bowers 23 McAlester, died in Le Flore county when his car overturned after a front tire blew out. Police identified the injured, and traffic official E L Scott investigated the crashes.
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Fifth and
East Lawton
McAlester
le Flore
Jamie F. Green
Arlington Drive
Donald P. Bowers
Bowers
SH 31
Bokoshe
Pfc
Lloyd Gene Williams
Naval Ammunition
E. L. Scott
Scott
Earl Giberson
1618 Wilce
Fifth
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Heirarchy
U.S
Charles Henderson
U.S. Weather Bureau
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Chillicothe
Ardmore
Guymon
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