Defenders End Case as Ruby Trial Nears Jury
Jack Ruby’s defense abruptly rested without calling Ruby to testify. Judge Brown refused acquittal and said the jury would hear the case this weekend. Melvin Belli promised further rebuttal witnesses and ambush testimony from Dr. Walter Bromberg to dispute the state murder case.
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H. D. Quigg
Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Walter Bromberg
New York
Melvin Belli
Brown
Ruby
Belli
Manfred Guttmacher
Baltimore
Lawton Indian hospital to be all new plan under review
A $2 million Lawton Indian hospital project may discard the current west wing built in 1937 and use new construction for an 80 bed facility. Plans call for possible new entrance off US 277 and a Washington meeting next month to decide wing use.
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Lawton
US. 277
Branch of
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Albuquerque
Ralph W. Mize
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma City
PHS
U S. 277
Gore Blvd
Benham, Blair and Associates
Howard Nelson
Washington
Public Health Service
Bureau of the Budget
U S Air Force Identifies Downed Recon Crew
The U S Air Force named three airmen identified as the crew of a U S reconnaissance bomber shot down yesterday over East Germany. The announcement clarified national casualties in a high altitude incident amid Cold War tensions.
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U. S. Air Force
U.S
East Germany
Lodge wins NH primary write-in lands 35 percent
Henry Cabot Lodge the U S ambassador to Vietnam won the New Hampshire Republican primary as a write-in with 35 percent of the vote. He says he will not resign his post and will remain in Saigon while he contends for the nomination.
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Walter R. Mears
Concord
N. H
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
Lodge
Barry Goldwater
Saigon
U.S
Viet Nam
Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold E. Stassen
R Feler
United States
Nixon
Sen. Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Gov. Stassen
Johnson
White House
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
John W. King
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Pope
Col
Aigon
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Hue
Here
A. U. S. Army
Robert McNamara
Man Found Inside Fort Sillman Tavern Claims Escape Attempt
A 21 year old man was found inside the Tomahawk Bar at 2305 South after hours. He claimed he was locked in and broke rear doors to escape, but police found the doors opened to hallways and a second tavern. His car outside contained a rifle and shotgun belonging to Fort Sillman. Two companions stood nearby. Police doubt the escape claim.
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Tomahawk
Sotith
Fort Sillman
Red Trickery Possible In Luring Jet To Doom
A U S Air Force RB66 reconnaissance bomber may have been tricked into East Germany where it was shot down by Communist fighters. Col. Mark Gilman said radio jamming and false signals could have lured the plane off course during a training flight over West Germany Tuesday. Parachute sightings varied. crewmen named Capt. David J. Holland, Capt. Melvin J. Kessler, and 1st Lt. Harold W. Welch were listed with bases in France and Detroit. BEA pilots near the scene observed a flame and smoke as the craft disappeared, fueling questions about deliberate luring and the broader risk of such tactics.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
UPI
Air Force
East Germany
U.S
Mark Gilman
U.S. Air Force European Headquarters
West Germany
U.S. Air Force
Gilman
Washington
David J. Holland
Ambrose Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Abraham Kessler
Philadelphia
Harold W. Welch
Gerald W. Welch
Detroit
Holland
Toul. Rosieres Air Force’ Base
France
Kessler
Toulaire
Welch
Berlin
Kenneth McQueen
British European Airways
BEA
West Berlin
Hannover
McQueen
Prowlers Warned To Stay Out Of Bank Building
Detective Captain Cleo Stout issued a warning as the downtown American National Bank annex under construction was patrolled at night after a prowler entered the site. Fifteen rounds of live ammunition were found scattered inside the north annex with no entry into the bank observed. Stout warned intruders could be mistaken for burglars or robbers and face serious injury or death.
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Cleo Stout
American National Bank
Stout
Cambodians Burn U.S. and British Embassies in Phnom Penh
Rioters sacked the U.S. and British embassies in Phnom Penh along with the Information Service library. They burned the American flag, toppled embassy cars, and shouted anti imperialist slogans as police barriers fell. U.S. officials reported no American injuries but injuries from shattered glass occurred among demonstrators. relations with Cambodia worsened as Prince Norodom Sihanouk distances from the United States.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S. Information Service
U.S
United States
Norodom Sihanouk
Washington
Warm Thursday Forecast For Lawton And Southwest Oklahoma
The eamel outlook predicts cooler temperatures today with strong northerly winds and a high around 58. Tomorrow brings a warm sunny 70 with low tonight near 30 as a Pacific cold front moves through the state. Across Oklahoma highs range 45 to 65 today and 55 to 70 Thursday with minimal precipitation expected.
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Eamel
Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Tomorow
Altus
Tulsa
Guymon
McAlester
Area Weather Forecast Clears, Cooler This Afternoon
Clearing and cooler this afternoon with fair and colder tonight. Tomorrow remains fair and windy with a high near 70. Overnight low around 41. Tuesday’s high near 69 and morning reading around 51.
Cameron Night Enrollment Set
Enrollment for night classes at Cameron College runs 7 to 8 30 p m on March 18 and 19. The term opens March 23 and continues through May 21 with twelve week courses ending June 11. Offerings include business administration English social sciences language science math electronics and welding.
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Cameron College
Floods Leave Ghost Towns Along River
Floods ravage the Ohio River Valley leaving towns underwater and forcing tens of thousands from homes. The Red Cross estimates homeless totals could reach 20 000 in 48 hours across seven states as rivers begin to recede upstream.
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United Press International
Ohio River
American Red Cross
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Sihanouk
Thailand
Prince
Cameron
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Red Cross
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Valley
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Spencer County
Ind
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