Mansfield Sees Showdown Soon On Civil Rights
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield forecast a vote by Wednesday on taking up the civil rights bill for full Senate debate. Southern Democrats and critics in the South debate the fair employment provisions while a private survey lists 18 uncommitted senators as key to cloture.
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Mansfield
Washington
Nonpartisan
National Committee For
Congress
Johnson
Senate
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Sen. Goldwater
Dirksen
Major Trade Conference Targets Aid Shift in Global Economy
Geneva hosts 122 nations at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development led by U Thant. Raul Prebisch urges preferential access for underdeveloped economies, price stability, tariff cuts, and a financing scheme funded by rich nations. Africa debates South Africa seating, while China, East Germany, North Korea, and North Vietnam seek seats, highlighting Western rifts.
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Geneva
United Nations
Conference On Trade and Development
U.N
U Thant
Abdel Monem al Kaissouni
United Arab Republic
Raul Prebisch
Argentina
South Africa
China
East Germany
North Korea
North Viet Nam
France
Charles de Gaulle
Peking
Court Delays Death Hearing In Fort Sill Officer Case
Preliminary hearings for 2nd Lt. Gerald Cameron charged with murder and assault with intent to kill were postponed for one week at Fort Sill. The delay, granted by Judge Jack Brock on defense request, affects the case tied to the fatal stabbing of James Anthony Gibbs, 4, and an alleged attack on his mother at the Gibbs home. Cameron and Gibbs were former classmates in officers candidate training.
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Fort Sill
Special
Gerald Cameron
Githen K. Rhoads
Jack Brock
Cameron
James Anthony Gibbs
James M. Gibbs
Taft
Gibbs
Increase in Federal Employees Reported by McClellan
Washington UPI data shows federal employees reached 2,465,805 last year, marking an increase of 3,543 from 1962. Sen. John L McClellan cites the rise in federal staffing as evidence of expanding government operations.
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Washington
UPI
John L. McClellan
Father of City Reporter Dies
Rev. C Spurgeon McClung, 72 year old retired Baptist minister and father of Paul McClung, staff writer for the Law ton Constitution Press, died at 3 a m in Wichita Falls General hospital after a brief illness. He had served as pastor in Oklahoma Texas and Colorado and retired in 1954 from Lake Avenue Baptist church Wichita Falls. Born Ferris Texas January 20 1892 he was educated at Decatur Baptist college Howard Payne college Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and held an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from American Bible College. Surviving are his wife of the home Harold of Corpus Christi three sisters and four grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Wichita Falls with burial at Riverside cemetery Byers Texas.
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C. Spurgeon McClung
Paul McClung
Lawton Constitution Press
Wichita Falls General Hospital
Wichita Falls
McClung
Oklahoma
Texas
Ringling
Clinton
Atoka
Walters
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
Colo
Mexico
Paving advances on Southwestern Turnpike and Pioneer Expressway
Paving in the southern section of the Southwestern Turnpike enters a curing phase awaiting tests to meet specs before opening to traffic. The southern leg is planned to open April 23. Bridge work on the Pioneer Expressway proceeds with decks installed at the U.S. 277-281 overpass and steel work at Lee Blvd and Gore Blvd. The slip form paving method, pioneered in Oklahoma, will speed installation for about five miles of expressway.
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Roberts-Western Construction Co
Lee Blvd
Gore Blvd
Oklahoma
U N Forces Face Delays In Cyprus
In Nicosia Greek and Turkish Cypriots reinforce positions along Kyrenia Road. The Cyprus government clashes with the United Nations over the peace force role. Turkey warns of intervention if Turkish Cypriots face violence, risking wider conflict with Greece.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
United Nations
Kyrenia Road
St. Hilarion Castle
Kyrenia
Mediterranean
Turkey
Greece
Inmates Escape From Wagoner State Jail
Three prisoners escaped from Wagoner County jail after sawing through cell bars. Identified as Paul G. Hines 31 Tulsa Herman Potter 27 Wagoner and Robert Hamil 21 Muskogee all held on burglary or armed robbery charges awaiting trial. They lowered to ground from the third floor using a rope made from mattress covers.
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Wagoner
Wagoner County
Sheriff's Office
Paul G. Hines
Tulsa
Herman Potter
Robert Hamil
Muskogee
Lawton Board Seeks Bids on Six 60-Passenger Buses
The Board of Education of Lawton Oklahoma requests bids for furnishing six complete 60 passenger school bus units and for furnishing electric lamp requirements.
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Board of Education of
Lawton
Oklahoma
Burglars Take Bonds and Items From Multiple Homes
Police reports list six burglaries over the weekend. Jim Crow loses $1700 in oil company bonds plus oil, tools, cases, and fishing gear. Lilly Stingily reports a vacuum. Others report golf gear, a diamond ring, electric razors, a spare tire, and more. Two assault cases cited. one victim found unconscious near 12th and Kingsbury. two suspects arrested.
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Jim Crow
Irwin
Lilly A
Tommy Tedder
Columbia
Joseph Curtis Durbin
Francis Azlin
Atlanta
Charles Mardis
Andres Morales
S. 19Th
Joe Roberts
Indiahoma
Dortha Carroll
Garfield
L. E. Carmichael
McKinley
James L. Gant
Oklahoma
Charlie D. Goodwin
Latham
Jack Smith
Marion
Clinton Bell
Lawton
John P. Markley
S. Seventh
Kenneth Mitchell
Basil E. Smith Jr
Fort Sill
Mitchell
Oliver
12Th
Kingsbury Smith
Fort Sill Hospital
Kennedy Accepts UAW Award as Delegates Debate Johnson Aid
The Democratic convention delegates discuss their business while Walter Reuther rules McCarrell out of order. John F Kennedy posthumously receives the UAW social justice award and urges a cooperative push to aid Johnson’s domestic and foreign agenda without mentioning the vice presidency.
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Johnson
Reuther
McCarrell
Kennedy
UAW
John F. Kennedy
Lawton Woman Meets Long-Lost Cousin During Visit
Lawton resident Mrs. Eula Farley met her 72-year-old cousin Miss Nina Jackson in a Cedar Crest Manor visit. Jackson was traveling from Los Angeles to Cowan Tennessee and stopped in Lawton en route. Farley has lived in Lawton 25 years. their mothers were sisters. Jackson continued to Tennessee after the visit.
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Lawton
Eula Farley
Nina Jackson
Los Angeles
Calif
Cowan, Tenn
Cedar Crest Manor
Lawtonian
Tennessee
Farley
Miss Jackson
Two Asphyxiate In Motel Room
A Belvue Kansas grade school principal James W Owens 60 and his teenage son Newton B Owens 16 were found asphyxiated in a Norman Oklahoma motel room. Authorities ruled deaths accidental and noted a gas heater burning with windows closed. Newton a junior at Manhattan High School weighed 318 pounds and played football tackle and wrestling.
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Norman
Okla
Belvue
Kan
James W. Owens
Newton B. Owens
R. T. Rhodes
Rhodes
Owens
Young Owens
Manhattan
Oklahoma Military Academy president to resign
Col Homer M Ledbetter will step down as president of the Oklahoma Military Academy Claremore effective June 30. Appointed May 1 1948 he led the school through growth from 75 to about 750 students. Ledbetter 50 said he expects to enter private business and has served as a National Guard colonel and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel.
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Claremore
Homer M. Ledbetter
Oklahoma Military Academy
Ledbetter
Board of Regents
Tulsa Central High School
Oklahoma National Guard
Army Reserve
GOP Precinct Officials Named
Comanche County Republican Executive Committee announces precinct officials including Allan S. Willis Elmer E. Lytle Lyle Ball C Paul Benton Mary Lee Nugent Dianne Keefe Dorothy Willett Dean Michael Peter C King Mary L Crawford Fred Kluck Early Shaw Effie Shaw Pauline Cahn plus Joe Taylor Margaret Taylor Eula M Dupler Mike Crosslin and Mrs Frank Kolker. Dan Lowman campaign manager says Bud Wilkinson will visit Lawton on April 7.
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Comanche County
Republican Executive Committee
Irvin D. Lowman
C. Paul Benton
Mary Lee Nugent
Dianne Keefe
Dorothy Willett
Dean Michael
Peter C. King
Mary L. Crawford
Fred Kluck
Early Shaw
Effie Shaw
Pauline Cahn
Dev
Mangum C C Gets Secretary Mangum C C Gets Secretary
Preston Ban Hanken, 55, assumed duties as secretary manager of the Mangum chamber of commerce. He succeeds William Gill Sr., who will join his son at Gill Construction Co. in Oklahoma City. Gill will leave after leading the chamber. Ban Hanken formerly led the Magic Empire in Tulsa and headed Anadar ko chamber before moving to Mangum. The selection was announced by chamber president Dr. E. K. Hulsey.
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Mangum
UPI
Preston Ban Hanken
Mangum Chamber of Commerce
Ban Hanken
Anadarko Chamber
William Gill Sr
Gill
Gill Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Magic Empire Organization
Tulsa
Anadarko
E. K. Hulsey
Chamber
Primatene Tablets Offer Doctor-Preferred Asthma Relief
A New York report notes Primatene in tiny tablets becomes available without prescription. The three medicines in Primatene open bronchial tubes loosen congestion and relieve nervous tension, providing hours of relief from asthma attacks.
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New York
N. Y
Amphlett’s Civic Service Noted In Obituary
The obituary notes Amphlett of Lawton died June 15 1921. He belonged to St Andrew's church and held various official posts. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lawton Masonic Lodge No 183 and York Rite. Survivors include his wife a brother Theodore Amphlett of Los Angeles and daughter Mrs Robert Stafford whose husband is Army colonel assigned to Carlisle Barracks. The St Andrew's memorial fund is requested. A B Drug will close 1 30 to 3 30 p m Tuesday for services attendance.
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St. Andrew's Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lawton Masonic Lodge No. 183
York Rite
Theodore Amphlett
Los Angeles
Robert Stafford
Carlisle Barracks
Penn
St. Andrew's
St. Andrew's Memorial Fund
Lawton Funeral Home
Realtors Delegates to 45th Oklahoma Convention
Three representatives of the local board of realtors are among about 400 delegates at the 45th annual Oklahoma Association of Realtors convention in Oklahoma City, slated for April 5 to 7. Delegates include Jack S. Botkin president, John Guy Erwin secretary, and Clare Morford state director.
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Board of Realtors
Oklahoma Association of Realtors
Oklahoma City
Jack S. Botkin
John Guy Erwin
Clare Morford
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J. T. Neal Agency
Quality Optical Service
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Creditife
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Excelsior Medical Clinic
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