Space Age Fuels Big Boom Area
Cape Canaveral and Brevard County surge with space program growth as 1963 brings thousands more workers and new housing demands. The article paints a boomtown panorama from Cocoa to Titusville, noting rising rents, scarce water, and stretched roads, yet a strong frontier spirit attracting residents and entrepreneurs alike.
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Melbourne
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Space Agency
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Kingsport Press strikes 1650 workers at major plant
About 1,650 production and maintenance workers at Kingsport Press Inc. went on strike in Kingsport Tennessee with a mass picket line. Five unions demanded wage gains vacations shorter week for day shift seniority and equipment staffing while negotiations on a renewed contract failed after management rejected the union rock bottom offer. Limited production continued inside the plant as union leaders said talks broke down.
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Kingsport, Tenn
UPI
Kingsport Press Inc
Rock Bottom
Seamen Hurt In Ship Explosion Off Grand Banks
Thirteen seamen were injured Sunday when a tank used in refining cod liver oil exploded aboard the Portuguese dragger Vasco D Orey on the Grand Banks. The 3013 ton vessel carrying about 70 crew members was en route to port.
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Funeral Services for John D. Kennard Jr. 72
John D. Kennard Jr. 72 of 1305 Oklahoma died about 7 a.m. Sunday in a Sulphur hospital after a three year illness. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Whit Ozier and Rev. Clayton Forthman officiating. Burial in Highland cemetery. Born November 21, 1890 in Johnson County Texas, he moved to Lawton in 1902. He belonged to American Legion post 29 and World War I Veterans of USA. Survived by five sisters Mrs. Percy Gibson Mrs. D. Moncrief Mrs. Hank Walters Mrs. Robert Boland Mrs. Mary Cone and a brother Malcolm of Lakeview Texas.
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Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Kennard
Johnson County
Tex
Lawton
American Legion Post 29
Pitts and Barnes Obituaries Lead Local Notices
Luther G. Pitts 67 of 1208 Bell died Sunday night after a year of illness. Services Wednesday at St Andrew's Episcopal Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. memorials to Cancer fund. Survived by wife Levina Dickson Pitts and a stepson, plus multiple siblings. F. B. Barnes 44 of 1303 Maple Lawton died Saturday. services Tuesday at Centenary Methodist Church with burial at Highland Cemetery.
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George W Roberts Walters 78 dies in Lawton Oklahoma
George Washington Roberts Walters aged 78 of 1601 H Lawton died Sunday at a Lawton hospital. Funeral held at Ritter Dalton Chapel with Dr H Tom Wiles officiating and burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Pearson Funeral Home. Survived by wife Chartie Peel Roberts two daughters Vivian LeBlanc W J Spencer and Wallace Maloney Jr Curtis A Roberts two sisters Annie Hall Ada Owens seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Services set for Miss Effie Seay in Sterling
Miss Effie Seay, born April 11, 1892 in Pottawatomie County, died Saturday at a Duncan hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sterling Baptist Church with Rev. George Gairadoff officiating. Burial in Sterling cemetery. Survivors include three brothers James R. Seay Oklahoma City Oscar Seay Chickasha and George Seay Santa Monica Calif and three sisters Mrs Ellen Bradley Konawa Mrs Ethel Elliot Duncan and Mrs Alice Kennedy Lawton. Ritter-Dalton funeral home in charge.
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Rockefeller follows unannounced bid path for 1964 nomination
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller maneuvers to project unity while avoiding overt 1964 presidential talk. He attends a Milwaukee GOP rally and plans speeches in Illinois, Kansas, and Nebraska. He promotes tax cuts, capped federal spending, and debt reduction, touting unity among conservatives.
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Monroney Praises Fort Sill Education Efforts For Troops
Senator Monroney commends Fort Sill personnel for notable education gains in 1962 at the Artillery and Missile Center. He notes 3,400 in Army Education participated, with 123 officers earning baccalaureate degrees, 1,800 civilian college courses completed, and 580 high school diplomas among military members.
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Services set for Mrs Shannon Cox of Lawton
Mrs. Shannon Cox 66 wife of Pure Ice Co. owner dies Sunday in a Lawton hospital after illness since Saturday. Services at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Donald Potts officiating. Burial Ardmore cemetery with graveside rites by Rev. Richard Hopper. Survivors include her husband two sons in Texas two sisters two brothers and three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Born October 14 1896 in Arkansas.
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Oklahoma City
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Man Dies In McAlester Fire Killing Gershman
George Gershman about 70 was killed when a fire destroyed his one room home in McAlester early Sunday.
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UPI
George Gershman
Stillwater Church Damaged By Fire
Fire damaged the First Baptist Church of Stillwater late Sunday. no injuries. Several people were inside but all escaped. The blaze started in a small room by the baptistry and some choir robes were destroyed.
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UPS
First Baptist
Horrified housewife witnesses fatal tunnel crossing crash
Mrs Allan Lind describes the moment a car drove onto a rail crossing and was struck by the Dakota 400 train near Tunnel City Wisconsin. Six people including Helena Sherwood and her five relatives died when the car was dragged for nearly a mile by the locomotive.
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UPD
Allan Lind
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Edith Paddock
Wisconsin Rapids
Tomah
Mrs. Sherwood
Sparta
Disease outbreak quarantines 5 000 San Diego recruits
The San Diego Naval Training Center placed 12 000 recruits under quarantine due to a spinal meningitis outbreak that has claimed one life. Recruit James S. Hale of Osborne Kansas died after entering a naval hospital. Four others were in serious condition. sulfa pills were given to the remaining recruits.
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San Diego Naval Training Center
James S. Hale
Osborne
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Naval Hospital
Auto Sideswipes Mountbatten Car In Chile
A car runaway in Santiago downhill sideswiped a car carrying Earl Mountbatten chief of Britain's National Defense Council. The vehicle then struck a police patrol car overturning it. Mountbatten was unhurt. The runaway driver and two policemen in the guarded car were injured.
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Chile
Earl Mountbatten
Britain
National Defense Council
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