Oklahoma Governor Delays Action On Reapportionment Bills
Governor Henry Bellmon said he will not rush a decision on two state reapportionment bills before Friday's federal court deadline. He has not read the measures and did not say whether he will sign veto or let them become law without his signature. He will be away Friday for speeches as both houses pass the first statewide reapportionment in 56 years, though neither bill complies with the three-judge court guidelines.
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UPI
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Senate
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers
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Federal
House
Senators OK Money Bills amid clash with Gov Bellmon
Oklahoma City UPI The senate appropriations committee approved 74 million dollars in money bills including a free textbook program Gov Bellmon wants abolished. The package includes 67 million for colleges a 7 million rise while critics say it pressures welfare funding. The move tests Bellmon as he weighs veto or signing actions while court reapportionment stakes loom.
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Henry Bellmon
Ray Fine
Gore
Joe Bailey Cobb
Tishomingo
Bellmon
Coll
Floods Easing in Ohio Valley Amid Ongoing Flood Threat
Floodwaters from Ohio to Pennsylvania show signs of subsiding after days of widespread closures and evacuations. About 1,000 in Tennessee faced flood impacts while Ohio University evacuated 900 students as the Hocking River rose. Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana counties faced rising crests and isolated towns amid continued recovery efforts.
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Oklahoma Mental Health Chief Defends System Reform Rejects New Law
Dr. T Glyne Williams Oklahoma state mental health director defended the current administration of the mental health program saying a new reorganization law would not meet real needs He warned a lay administrator would lack professional status and could drive away psychiatrists and essential staff while calling for a manager professional balance and continued physician leadership
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Kennedy rejects oil blockade as act of war in Cuba
President Kennedy ruled out using a blockade to cut Cuba’s oil supply calling it an act of war and saying such a move would not be in the national interest. He dodged a direct answer on whether Bay of Pigs veterans were CIA or US government employees while confirming slow Soviet troop withdrawals from Cuba. He also forecast a tax bill and tax reform aimed at a net $10 billion cut over three years and urged Congress to act on youth opportunities and medical workforce bills.
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American Bankers Association
Four Bay of Pigs Fliers Died Serving Country
President Kennedy paid tribute to four American pilots killed in the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation describing them as serving their country voluntarily. NBC later reported the fliers were CIA employees, with $225 biweekly payments to their widows from CIA funds. The CIA declined to comment.
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New York
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Kennedy
General To Get West Point Job
Brig. Gen. Michael S. Davidson chief of staff of the Sth U. S. Army Corps will return to the United States to become commandant of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy West Point New York. He was honored here in formal ceremonies Tuesday.
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West Point
N.Y
Fort Worth Man Builds Easter Pageant Year Round
R. R. Roe Rouse of Fort Worth promotes the annual Easter pageant as a year long mission. He and his wife Mary and daughter Mary Jane organize groups from Fort Worth area cities including Cleburne Joshua and Grandview to rehearse at the Holy City in Lawton ahead of Easter April 14. He works for General Dynamics and views the effort as the Lord's work to revive faith and hopes to save at least one person each year.
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Joshua
Grandview
Lawton
Holy City
Three Grand Ole Opry Stars Die in Plane Crash
UPI reports country music stars Hawkshaw Hawkins Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline died in a small plane crash near Camden Tennessee amid bad weather. Also killed was Miss Cline's manager Andy Hughes. The group had been returning from a Kansas City benefit en route to Nashville.
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Andy Hughes
Nashville
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Tennessee
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Nash
Major Crimes Rise In Lawton In 1962 Report Shows
Lawton records show 2,239 major crimes in 1962, up 4.5 percent from 2,142 in 1961. The seven year trend remains steep with a 142 percent rise since 1956, while certain categories like murders and forcible rape declined, and burglary and robberies rose. Net total includes 2,475 reported cases with 236 unfounded.
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Alford T. Hennessee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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New Cool Front Expected In Thursday For Oklahoma
A warming trend in southwest Oklahoma pushes highs toward 60 as a new cool front is forecast to reach western Oklahoma Thursday night and spread statewide over 24 hours. forecasters expect modest rain with a brief temperature dip late in the week.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Altus
Ponca City
Tulsa
Gage
Fort Sill
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
Bonds Approved In Friendship And Gould Votes
Voters in the Friendship school district Jackson County approved a 59000 bond to replace a burned school building by 158 to 16. Gould Harmon County residents approved an 68000 sewer bond by 84 to 14 with a 3 per month sewer fee.
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Friendship
Jackson County
Gould
Harmon County
Firefighter Dies Fighting Henryetta Grass Fire
Henryetta resident Jack Tucci died today while battling a grass fire. Paramedics arrived at Henryetta hospital with news he died of natural causes after his body was found in a burned area but not burned himself.
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Henryetta
UPI
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OCW Enrollment Sparks Oklahoma Senate Critique
In Oklahoma City the Oklahoma College for Women faced Senate Higher Education Committee scrutiny as enrollment lagged. Sen. Cleeta John Rogers praised OCW President Dr. Charles Grady but questioned the cost per student and sex segregation given tight state funding. Grady cited 617 full time students last year with capacity for 1,350 and argued higher costs stem from a more advanced program.
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UPI
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Senate Higher Education Committee
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Charles Grady
OCW
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Grady
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