Five State Flood Toll and Cleanup Under Way
Floods across Kentucky West Virginia Virginia Tennessee and Alabama push 30 000 homeless as rescue and relief teams drain silt from towns. Authorities report at least 12 dead with several missing after rivers Cumberland Guy andotte and others surge through the region.
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Weather Bureau
Soviet Troop Withdrawals From Cuba Step Up Slow Pace
Pravda reports four ships carrying troops left Havana with a fifth loading as Khrushchev’s pledge to Kennedy to remove thousands by mid March faces delays. Estimates on total Soviet personnel in Cuba vary, with U.S. officials noting challenges in counting aboard ships.
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Dean Rusk
United States
Navy probes Moscow charge of Atlantic firing
The United States opened a Navy inquiry into Moscow's claim that American warships fired on a Soviet fishing vessel off Norfolk Virginia last Friday. State Department officials said the probe seeks to determine what occurred. Moscow says shells were dummies, prompting questions about a firing drill.
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Controversial Bishop Oxnam Dies at 71 in White Plains
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam aged 71 died Tuesday night in White Plains N Y Retired from active ministry he helped lead ecumenical unity as a World Council of Churches pioneer and faced HUAC criticism a decade ago over alleged pro-Communist leanings.
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Record of Cold Weather and Bishop Oxnam Death Notices
A new cold front moved into southwest Oklahoma reducing temperatures by over 30 degrees in 12 hours. The U S Weather Bureau predicted continued cold in Oklahoma with a high not exceeding 30 today and 57 Thursday, amid statewide 45 to 4 degree expectations. Separately, Bishop Oxnam died in Scarsdale N Y after surgery complications. memorial services were planned with cremation and burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Surviving relatives include Ruth Fisher Oxnam and several children and grandchildren.
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McNamara Defends Defense Policy Against Dictator Charge
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara defended tough defense decisions against critics who labeled him a dictator. He noted he trimmed $14 billion from a $67 billion budget and warned Republicans to cut their $1.1 billion addition, arguing responsible action requires decisive leadership.
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Soviet protest over US warship shelling near Norfolk
Pravda cites Tass reporting three US ships fired four dummy shells near the Soviet trawler SATR 9 000 7 about 70 miles east of Norfolk at 12 15 pm local time. Moscow says the act endangers crew and violates navigation rights. US Navy denies using dummy rounds and confirms live ammunition in practice.
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Kennedy Warns Congress Could Sink Economy With Policy Slump
President Kennedy warned that the economy would face downturn and disaster if Congress rejects tax cuts, tightens the budget, and raises the debt ceiling. He argued a broader policy approach is needed and cited historical debt limits and monetary restraint as root causes of slow growth and deficits.
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Cameron To Host Annual Contests
Cameron hosts a week of inter scholastic events on its campus with 30 area schools taking part. Thursday opens district music contests featuring choruses and glee clubs, while Friday and Saturday showcase a science fair with a record number of exhibits. Cecil W. Dugger says 26 projects advance to the state science fair at Oklahoma University.
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University of Oklahoma
Train Gunned Seven Injured on Express to Paris
An express train speeding toward Paris was fired upon with a machine gun, shattering windows and injuring seven passengers, two seriously. Police attributed the attack to the anti De Gaulle Secret Army Organization, with no prominent politicians aboard.
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Bank decision on tap today in Cache charter hearing
The Oklahoma state banking board meets this afternoon to hear arguments on opening the Bank of the Wichitas in Cache Comanche County. T C Huckabay of Snyder heads the charter bid with local opposition from American National Bank Sheridan Bank of Lawton and First State Bank of Indiahoma.
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Ben Moore
Indiahoma
Defense asks 2.5 million for Oklahoma bases not Fort Sill
The Defense Department sought Congress authorization for 2.5 million in construction at four Oklahoma Air Force bases Clinton Sherman Altus Vance Enid and Tinker with on base housing for Altus and a separate 891000 housing project at Fort Sill previously authorized but removed. Fort Sill not requested in current bill.
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Tex
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Mangum
Arrest Quota Probe Aims at Wildlife Dept
Oklahoma City AP The Senate Game and Fish Committee will probe the Wildlife Conservation Department next Tuesday with Roy Stafford, the department director, as first witness. Chairman Leon Field said rangers are judged by arrests per month, calling the practice wrong. The panel also favored a bill cutting quail season by 15 days from January 15.
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Senate
Leon Field
Texhoma
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China invites Khrushchev to summit in Peking
Moscow dispatch says Communist China invited Premier Khrushchev to a summit in Peking to discuss ideological differences. Tass reports the letter to the Soviet Communist party central committee also proposed a stop in Peking en route to Cambodia. Khrushchev is expected to visit Cambodia this spring.
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