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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1964
Page
2
Oklahoma’s recent rainfall and warmer days boost early pasture growth and soil readiness for tillage. Wheat remains fair to good as jointing nears. insects are minimal. Cattle movements rise. range feed remains short, with light stock feeding continuing. Newborn calves appear as spring nears and seeds show germination progress.
Comanche County reassesses real personal and intangible property for 1964 and extends the homestead exemption filing to March 15 one day. County Assessor Lester C. Paden warns exemptions apply to the owner’s primary residence and that no exemption is allowed after Monday. He notes most owners already rendered property but expects late filers and urges return by mail with completed forms.
In Washington Assistant Secretary of State William Tyler delivered a strong oral protest to Georgi Kornienko over the Soviet destruction of a U S RB66 B twin jet over Communist territory. The United States expressed regret that the aircraft crossed the demarcation line and vanished with three crew members.
Three people died in separate traffic accidents in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The state’s 1964 road toll rose to 147 from 128 last year. Victims were Jack Summers Burkett 51 Tulsa pedestrian struck by 19 year old Jack Ray Weaver Sand Springs with brake problems. Jessie James Black 66 Enid fatally injured in a two car collision with Everett A. Riley 16 Enid. Dallas Robinson 59 Konawa as his auto ran off a snow covered Seminole County road, hit a culvert and overturned into a creek bed.
Rockefeller and Goldwater condemn Lodge after New Hampshire vote shows a strong sweepstakes education stance. Lodge remains diplomatically uncertain about running, while his son George signals a possible return, as ambassadors and governors plot ahead to California and Oregon primaries.
Local police ask residents to aid in locating Mrs Frankie McMichael 40 and her three daughters Carolyn Anna 16 Francis 13 and Nancy Lee 3 who have not returned home since Saturday. Raymond McMichael husband and father filed the alert from 312 N Fifth. Police also report thefts including an electric guitar and transistor radio from Trade Mart 4400 Cache Road a coat from a 1951 Oldsmobile and a 1964 Oklahoma license plate CC 8752 from a garage. A four wheel trailer was stolen from Lawton Transit Mix 2208 F and a door window was broken at Dr O L Parsons office 511 E but entry appears not to have been made.
Oklahoma officials say the state's World’s Fair display will dispel thedust bowl misconception and boost tourism. Jeff Griffin notes out of state visitors fear tornadoes and water shortages, urging scenic lakes and industrial potential be highlighted to attract travelers and future economic gains.
The 62 bed facility with 88 bed capacity is to be replaced by a new hospital on the current site. Dr Carruth J Wagner of the USPHS testified the present Indian hospital is extremely inadequate and hazardous. Construction aimed for a 1964 contract date with completion by 1966 to 1967 and an appropriation of 1 965 700.
River veterans call the Logan Ohio and Cincinnati Coney Island flood the worst since World War II. High water cut at least 75 Ohio highways and nine federal roads, with roads blocked from Illinois to Pennsylvania. A sweeping snowstorm from the Ozarks to New England added misery, especially in New England where Newport Vermont saw 11 inches in six hours. Red Cross reports rising water affecting 23 counties in Kentucky, 16 in Ohio, 15 in Pennsylvania and six in Indiana as nurses and other workers are dispatched to flood areas.
Charges filed by the county attorney against five motorists arrested by patrol. Phyllis Ann Ronk, 23, Medicine Park, charged with driving without a license and failure to register a motor vehicle. Bonnie G. Barnett, 21, 1814 Smith, accused of reckless driving. Charlie E. Durbin, 18, Fort Sill, charged with improper use of another person's license. Ardena Danalee McGoslin, 25, 1309 S Fifth, charged with driving without a license. Kay Lynn Bates, 27, Grandfield, charged with speeding at night.
An excavated suburban site in Rome is said to be the birth villa of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, identified during digs for a new hospital project, with authorities confirming the landmark discovery.
New York became the first state to require automobile license plates in April 1901, establishing a pioneering state mandate for vehicle registration and identification.
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