Costa Ricans Cheer Arrival of President Costa Ricans Cheer Arrival of President
President Kennedy arrives in San Jose for a three day Central American summit with six nations to bolster a regional alliance for progress and counter Cuban influence. Ash from Trazu volcano drifts over the capital as crowds cheer and politicians back stronger anti Castro measures.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Kennedy
Middle-America
la Sabana
Trazu
Francisco J. Orlich
Castro
Alianza Para’ el Progreso
Alliance For Progress
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Cuba
el Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Latin America
Fl Coco
el Coco
U.S
Orlich
Central America
Two American Women Freed from Cuban Jails
Two of more than twenty expected prisoners were released after negotiations led by James Donovan. They said Soviet missiles were tested near Guanajay Prison, shaking bars and echoing through the underground quarry, as Cuba prepared to free nine divers too.
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Miami
Fla.api
James Donovan
New York
Donovan
America
Guanajay
Havana
Shamma
Martha O'Neal
Orlando
Fla
Homestead Air Force Base
Pope Unhurt After Slip on Throne Steps
Pope John XXIII fell while mounting his throne but was not injured. The 81-year-old pontiff tripped on the seventh step of eight but rose with the help of aides and continued the audience in Clementine Hall. Officials called it an accident and noted his health had improved after a prior illness.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Clementine Hall
Rites Set For Mrs Fields Democratic figure
Mrs Bertrude Fields former Democratic national committee woman died Sunday after a two week illness at Baptist Memorial hospital Oklahoma City She was 62 services are set for Wednesday at St Luke s Methodist Church Oklahoma City with graveside rites at Highland cemetery Friends may call at Ritter Dalton Funeral Home chapel prior to services Fields was active in Lawton and Oklahoma City civic work and served two terms as national committeewoman from 1952 to 1960. She was born February 24 1991 in Norman and married Raymond A Fields June 10 1927.
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Bertrude Fields
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
St. Luke's Methodist Church
W. McFerrin Stowe
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Fields
Lawton
National Council of Women of the United States
Dallas
State Department
Norman
Raymond A. Fields
Laura Fields
Gore
Mes. Fields
Supreme Court Ends County Weight in State Votes
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that all statewide votes must have equal weight, striking down county weight in election results. The decision, delivered by Justice Douglas with Justice Harlan dissenting, primarily affects Georgia but could apply to Mississippi and Maryland which use unit voting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Mississippi
Maryland
Douglas
Harlan
Goldberg
White
Clark
Stewart
Parents Push Tax Levy Boost in Oklahoma City District
Oklahoma City. A Putnam City Parents for Betterment of Schools leader asked lawmakers to allow a 5 mill emergency tax levy vote, citing $800000 lost revenue over six years. Gov. Bellman endorsed local taxation, while the district cited lack of kindergarten and poor facilities as rationale for more funds. The board refused to place the measure on the ballot.
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Oklahoma City
UPD
Oklahoma County
Henry Bellman
Cleeta John Rogers
Paul Crossland
Putnam City Parents For
Crossland
Putnam City
Bellman
Bellmon Considers Commerce and Industry Chair
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon said he has talked with several candidates for the Department of Commerce and Industry chair and expects a decision later today. He also noted a CFA regional office in Dallas sent its loan recommendation for the Eufaula state lodges to Washington, with an impression of a favorable outcome. Bellmon will visit Washington next week to discuss the Eufaula project and to back oil depletion allowances before the House Ways and Means Committee. He plans limited out of state appearances this week, including ENID and Medford events.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Department of Commerce and Industry
Bellmon
Community Facilities Administration
Dallas
Washington
CFA
Dale Cook
Bellman
Area Redevelopment Authority
Eufaula
House
Ways and Means Committee
Enid
Medford
Henry Beilman
Oklahoma
Henry
New York
City
Pacific
Union
Senator Kerr
United States
Republican Party
White House
Severe Storm Alert as Cold Front Advances Across Oklahoma
Weather bureau warns of scattered severe thunderstorms from Wichita Falls to Joplin with hail damaging winds and possible tornadoes. Thunderstorms move east this afternoon into tonight across Kiowa Caddo Grady and Jackson counties while a cold front ushers cooler air and clearing skies tomorrow morning.
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Weather Bureau
Wichita Falls
Tex
Joplin
Oklahoma
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Jackson
Til’resm
Comanent
Cotton, Stephen
Jefferson Counties
Childress
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Texas Panhandles
Lawton
Ten Thousand May Turn Out For Tuesday Primary
Voters in Lawton's Ward 3 Precinct 7 will cast ballots at Eisenhower Elementary in a city primary nominating a police chief street commissioner city clerk and two councilors. Ten thousand voters expected amid multiple five candidate races with all contests Democratic only. Republican ballots appear in April general election. Incumbents Fuller Christmas Dodson and others seek new terms. several races feature challengers while some officials ran unopposed.
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Ward
Lawton
J. N. Logan
Cameron College
Eisenshower
E. C. Parks
W. T. Miller
Pete Fuller
Charles High
Frank Murphy
W. R. Haile
Newt C. Adair
Jerry M. Brandon
Lester McKenzie
William A. Ritzweller
Percy E. Givens
W. Gerald Mason
Earl Christmas
Clarence P. Buzbee
Eugene Hill
Hugh L. Brigham
R. M. Dodson
Claude W. Patterson
Blunt Zorger
Willie J. Munn
Wayne Gilley
Weather Bureau appoints Pruett as Oklahoma City chief
Jeter A. Pruett was named today as chief of the U S Weather Bureau office at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma City. He succeeds John Hamilton who transferred recently to Great Falls Montana.
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Oklahoma City
Jeter A. Pruett
U. S. Weather Bureau
Will Rogers Field
Pruett
John Hamilton
Great Falls
Mont
Legislators Work to Assemble Oklahoma Budget Puzzle
Oklahoma lawmakers enter week 11 of the 29th session as House Speaker J. D. McCarty and Senate Leader Roy Beecher plan to accelerate money bills. They aim to form a joint conference committee on appropriations within two weeks, with an $11.5 million welfare transfer bill already approved by the House.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
House
J. D. McCarty
Senate
Roy Beecher
Joint Conference Committee On Appropriations
McCarty
Beecher
Worker Killed On Pike Bridge Near Cyril
A 24 year old Corpus Christi laborer, William Logan James Jr., died when a cable broke on a bridge worksite over the Little Washita river northeast of Fletcher. He fell 50 feet to a piling base and died at Cyril hospital. He worked for Cimarron Construction about eight months and is survived by his wife Marie and four children. Services are pending at Dalton Funeral Home.
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Fletcher
Corpus Christi
Little Washita River
Here
William Logan James Jr
Cyril Hospital
James
Dalton Funeral Home
Cimarron Construction Company
Marie
Inaugural Ball Draws 35000 Guests in Oklahoma
The London Evening Standard mocked Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellman’s inaugural ball with 35000 guests and soft fruit punch. Bellman, a rancher and former Marine captain, quips that he dislikes cocked tuxedos as he jokes about state politics and national ambitions.
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Gran City
UPI
London Evening Standard
Henry Bellman
Queen's Mail
Bellmon
Oklahoma
State Senate
Bellmans
Henry
Reapportion Ruling Looms in Oklahoma Case
U S District Judge Ross Rizley said a three judge federal court will rule on Oklahoma reapportionment soon. He noted a prompt decision was aimed for after the Supreme Court’s Georgia unit system ruling. Murrah will draft the opinion when available.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
U. S
Ross Riziey
Oklahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Rizley
Alfred P
Murrah
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Kingfisher
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Lake Texoma
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