Worst May Be Over In Ohio River Floods
The Ohio River crest moved westward as damage from the flood surged across several states. About 110000 people were affected and nine deaths were reported while many homes were evacuated and floodwalls reinforced. Casualties were concentrated in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with thousands displaced and millions in damages estimated along multiple river basins.
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Red Cross
Cincinnati
Owensboro
Paducah
Ohio
Mississippi River
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Aurora
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Wheeling
West Va
Pittsburgh
Hard push for Vietnam aid urged by McNamara and Taylor
Defense Secretary McNamara said after a five day Vietnam visit that every responsible official there believes the war can be won with proper effort. He outlined a two fold aim: assess South Viet Nam and determine actions to strengthen the war effort. He indicated American aid would continue and possibly rise to support Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh after his January coup and the pre existing government.
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UPI
Robert S. MacNamara
South
Viet Nam
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Saigon
Honolulu
U. S. Pacific
Adm
Harry D
South Viet Nam
Taylor
United States
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Doctor Says Ruby Suffers Rare Epilepsy
The final witness at Jack Ruby's murder trial testified that Ruby suffers a particular very rare non convulsive epilepsy. Dr Frederick A Gibbs said Ruby has a type that does not show convulsions and evidence on brain waves supported the defense claim of a spell rather than deliberate action.
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D. Quigg Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Frederick A. Gibbs
Chicago
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Gibbs
Melvin Belli
Eileen Kaminsky
University of Tinois Schools of Medicine
Joe H. Townhill
Townhill
Joe B. Brown
Lottery's Off To The Races In New Hampshire
In Salem New Hampshire tickets went on sale at Rockingham Park race track Thursday night for the state sponsored New Hampshire Sweepstakes. About 3 660 buyers including Gov. John W. King paid $3 for a shot at $100 000 in the nation's only state lottery of the era.
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Salem
N.H
New Hampshire
Rockingham Park
John W. King
Johnson to Fly Over Ohio River Flood Area
President Johnson will undertake a flying tour over the seven state Ohio River flood zone this afternoon. He will stop at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati to confer with state governors amid the worst flood in two decades, as announced by the White House shortly before departure.
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Washington
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Ohio
White House
Aviation Demonstration Slated At Fort Sill March 21
Fort Sill will host an Army Aviation demonstration on March 21 at Air Strip 15 open to the public. The event starts at 10 36 a.m with seating at 10 20 a.m. Visitors should use North Boundary Road route guided by military police. The program features CH 34 helicopter indirect fire with a 4 5 rocket, a full 105mm howitzer by H 37 Mojave, LOLEX delivery from Caribou, and UH 1 turbine helicopter. Experts from Picatinny Edgewood and Rock Island arsenals will attend.
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Fort Sill
Army
Air Strip 15
White Wolf Crossing
Apache Gate Rd
North Boundary Road
57Th Aviation Company
Cold Front Lowers Oklahoma Temperatures Across Regions
An approaching Pacific cold front is forecast to pass through southwest Oklahoma cooling temperatures by Saturday. Highs today reach 75 with 65 the Saturday forecast, while overnight lows dip to 44. Moisture from the Gulf fuels potential late day storms in central and eastern Oklahoma, with highs 68 to 78 today and 50s to 60s across the state for Saturday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Guymon
Gage
Altus
Tulsa
McAlester
Malcom X Urges Negro Rifle Clubs Shocks Civil Rights Leaders
National civil rights figures react with disbelief to Malcolm X calling for Negro rifle clubs as a form of self defense. He predicts more violence and argues blacks must be taught to defend themselves with rifles and shotguns, while leaders warn of danger to progress and peace.
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UPI
Malcolm X
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Malcolm
Kennedy
Brother Malcolm
Fliers To Be Freed If Spying Admitted
Berlin reports an informed source says the Soviet Union will release three captured Air Force officers if Washington admits it ordered their RB66 over East Germany. The officers parachuted from the downed reconnaissance plane after it was shot by a Soviet fighter Tuesday.
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United States
U.S
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Mishap Claims Second Victim Over Confederate Territory Espionage Rumors
A Caddo county traffic accident claimed a second Fort Sill man and an Okarche man died in separate 1964 highway crashes. Ronald Strong 21 Fort Sill and Billy Moeller 33 Okarche perished in the mishaps as the U.S. asks for the release of three airmen held by East Germany amid East West tensions.
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Caddo County
Fort Sillman
Okarche
Pfe
Ronald C. Strong
Fort Sill
Billy Gene Moeller
Strong
U. S. Army Hospital
U.S. 277
Cyril
Highway Patrol
Robert E. Walker Jr
Cecil Sisk
Walker
Artillery
Moeller
SH 74
Crescent
Guthrie
Rewards Grow in Duncan Assault Case
A total of 2000 dollars in rewards was offered for information to arrest and convict the attacker of Tamar Hallmark, a Duncan High School student. Sunray DX Oil Co posted 1000 dollars, and local residents matched with another 1000. Hallmark was beaten and stabbed on a country road and remains in semi conscious condition at her parents' home south of Duncan.
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Duncan
UPI
Tamar Hallmark
Sunray DX Oil Co
Miss Hallmark
Tulsa Baby Boy Chokes On Food
Edward Wooten a 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Wooten choked on food and died on arrival at Tulsa hospital Firemen attempted mouth to mouth resuscitation and the child had been ill with a fever per officials
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Tulsa
UPI
Edward Wooten
Robert Wooten
LHS Honored for Fifty Years of NCA Membership
Awton high school was cited for 50 years of continuous membership in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Gene Hancock accepted a certificate from Hugh Bish, with three other Oklahoma high schools noted for long-standing membership. Eisenhower Junior-Senior high plans to apply next term as one third of Oklahoma schools hold NCA accreditation.
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Hugh Bish
Gene Hancock
Lawton High
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Bish
NCA
AWTON
Lawton Schools
LHS
Cameron College
Douglass High
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
The
Association
Crowds Demand Nehru Resign in New Delhi Protest
Ten thousand demonstrators paraded through New Delhi shouting for Prime Minister Nehru to resign. Organized by the Indian Socialist Party to protest costs of living, the rally quickly turned anti Nehru as the 74 year old leader has been largely out of public life since a stroke.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Indian Socialist Party
Ito
Army cites public revulsion to guns hurting civilian marksmanship
The Army testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense that Kennedy’s assassination sparked American revulsion to guns, harming its civilian marksmanship program. No statistics were provided, and the testimony was given January 29 and released today.
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House Appropriations Sub Committee On
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