UAW Cheers Johnson Non-Inflationary Auto Pact
President Johnson urged the United Auto Workers to back a strike-free, responsible auto settlement this year to stabilize prices and costs. He pressed for pay gains not raising car prices, citing public interest and UAW guidance. Reuther pledged support while signaling Kennedy run concerns and regional party loyalties.
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William J. Paton
Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Johnson
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Kennedy Johnson
Reuther
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson Reuther
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bobby Kennedy
John McCarrell
Pittsburgh
Auto Workers
Pove
Court Rules Cuban Sugar Seizure Valid
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that U S courts must recognize Fidel Castro’s nationalization of American property in Cuba as valid. Cuba can collect 175000 from the sale of seized sugar, though Congress froze Cuban funds in the United States. The decision upholds the act of state doctrine and affects numerous similar cases.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Congress
New York
Justice Department
Department
Castro
Jucaro Harbor
Pioneer Merchant Owen M Amphlett Dies at 66
Owen M. Amphlett 66 of 1122 Cherry, Lawton businessman and civic leader, died Sunday morning after years of illness. Services set 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with Maj. John C. Ruback officiating. graveside 2:30 p.m. Highland Cemetery. He owned A B Drug Co. in Lawton, born in Chicago December 9, 1897, moved from Apache in 1919, served in World War I, and later joined his father in the drug business. He married Alice Short Lee.
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Owen M. Amphlett
Cherry
Lawton
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
John C. Ruback
Highland Cemetery
Amphlett
B Drug Co
Chicago, All
Alice Short Lee Amphlett
Windy weather to herald rain in Lawton Oklahoma
Warm windy conditions expected today with a high near 72 in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma. A cold front will lower Tuesday’s high to about 50 with occasional light showers. Strong southerly winds persist, gusting up to 45 mph in some central areas.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Panhandle
Fort Sill Gate 3 to Close for Retirement Ceremonies
Fort Sill Gate 3 on Fort Sill Blvd from Gate 3 to Sheridan Road will close Tuesday from 12 noon to 4 p.m. for troops rehearsing retirement ceremonies for Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing. Northbound traffic will use Gate 2 via Rogers Lane and southbound traffic via Gates 1 and 4.
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Fort Sill Blvd
Sheridan Road
Post
L. S. Griffing
Rogers Lane
Big Bombers To Start Flying April First
The Air Force will open a supersonic test corridor from Frederick to Jefferson Texas on April 1. B-38 bombers will fly at 35 000 plus feet in a 40 mile wide band reaching 1300 mph. Sonic booms should be weak and rarely noticed in Oklahoma towns listed including Lawton Frederick and Duncan.
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Outhwest
Oklahoma
Air Force
Offutt Air Force Base
Nebraska
Frederick
Jefferson
Tex
United States
Lawton
Fort Sill
Foreman Quits Ruby Case Over Press Relations Dispute
Houston attorney Percy Foreman pulled out of defending Jack Ruby, citing disagreements with Ruby’s family and a desire to control press interactions. He said Eva Grant urged silence, complained the defendant was tried in the press, and noted he prefers solitary work and would not represent Mrs. Grant.
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Dallas
Houston
Percy Foreman
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Foreman
Melvin Belli
Lee Harvey Oswald
Eva Grant
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Mrs. Grant
Joe Tonnhill
Jasper
Tex
Phil Burleson
Belli
Grant
Tonnhill
Burleson
Russians to Release Two U N S Fliers in East Germany
Soviet Union expected to free two U S Air Force officers Capt. David L. Holland and Capt. Melvin J. Kessler today, after their RB66 surveillance plane was shot down 13 days earlier. They were to be brought to West Berlin by Soviet captors, following the release of Lt. Harold W. Welch in Magdeburg.
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Moscow
United States
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Welch
Magdeburg
East Germany
Air Force
Wiediaden
West Germany
Court Denies Pate Hearing in Oklahoma Death Case
The Supreme Court denied a hearing for Gerald Pate who was sentenced to death for the strangling of 14 year old Mary Jane Haygood. Haygood was killed September 16, 1959 and her body found on Pate’s mother’s farm near Seminole. Pate argued due process violations claiming coercion and extended questioning without a preliminary hearing. Courts below rejected his claims before the appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gerald Pate
Oklahoma
Mary Jane Haygood
Pate
Seminole
Oklo
School Election On Top Tuesday
Lawton voters will choose a board of education member and decide a five mill building levy. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm at Eisenhower Tomlinson and Central junior high schools. Candidates for Office No 4 are Heidi Neuteboom and Glen Dutcher. Board will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday to canvass results.
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Lawton
Board of Education
Eisenhower
Tomlinson
Central
Heidi Neuteboom
Country Club
Glen Dutcher
Priest Dies In Fiery Oklahoma Car Crash
The Rev. Lewis Hugo, 77, died after his car collided with a second vehicle near Wakita Oklahoma. Den nis Misak, 23, Wakita, escaped with slight injuries. A second fatality, Danny Watson, 20, of Okmulgee, died after losing control near Okmulgee.
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Lewis Hugo
Wakita
George Baker
Father Hugo
Dennis Leroy Misak
Misak
Oklahoma
Watson
Okmulgee Hospital
Billie
Buddy Cox
Okmulgee
Skydiver In Perth Survives Parachute Failure
Jennifer Oliver, 21, a school teacher in Perth, Australia, jumped from 5700 feet when her main canopy failed to deploy. She deployed a reserve at 2000 feet, received hospital treatment for cuts bruises and shock, and was released later.
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Perth
Australia
Jennifer Oliver
Body of Cuban Pilot Returned
The United States returned the body of a Cuban helicopter pilot who was slain, along with a crewman who refused asylum after being forced to fly to Key West by two armed defectors last week. A DC3 carried the bodies to Havana after a delay awaiting landing clearance. two other crewmen who commandeered the helicopter sought asylum and are detained.
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Key West
Fla
UPI
United States
Cuba
Sergio Roque
U.S
Havana
Jerry Baugh
State Department
Miami
Tulsa Man Found Stabbed to Death in Yard
(AP) Woodson Chan dier, 38, was found stabbed to death Sunday in the yard of his home in Tulsa. James Melvin Wright, 53, of Tul ing, was picked up for question.
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TULSA
Woodson Chandier
James Melvin Wright
Tuling
SH 7 Paving Advances East Of City
SH 7 paving from the Pioneer Expressway south to Southwestern Turnpike is nearly done with the contractor Park Ward Co starting westbound lane work east of the expressway. A new elevated north-side lane spans East Cache creek and Squaw creek crossing at Railroad, to carry both directions after acceptance. The firm completed a 2 1 2 mile segment to SH 36 last week.
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East Cache Creek
Park Ward Co
Squaw Creek
Pose
We Hate Your Crabgrass Note Warns Woman in Lawton Yard
A typed note reading We hate you we hate your crabgrass and threatening to burn you out was found in the yard of Mrs. Jose Nededog in northwest Lawton. The note, signed The Gang, was handed to officers for investigation and left unclear whether intentional or accidental.
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Lawton
Jose Nededog
Denver
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2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
John M. Harlan
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Oklahoma City
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Grandfield
Temple
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United Press International
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