Baptist Sanctuary Dedication Opens Week-Long Observance
Bill Cook reports the Lavington First Baptist Church in Lawton opens a two week dedication observance with a 10 40 p m ceremony for the new 400 000 sanctuary. Dr H Tom Wiles leads the morning dedication with a series of events through the week including receptions, tours, youth and family nights, and an Oklahoma Baptist University scholarship exam. The 1 670 seat facility features cushioned pews and a new pastor usher communication system.
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Bill Cook
Lavngton
First Baptist Church
H. Tom Wiles
Wiles
Ting Union
H. H. Hobbs
Oklahoma City
J. Howard Williams
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma Baptist University
John W. Raley
OBU
W. B. White
Baylor University
Lawton First Baptist Church
Gamblers Freed In Burke Holdup Training At Fort Sill
Three Texas gamblers were freed on a charge after a preliminary hearing in Lawton. The case arose from a March 6 incident where Burke and his wife alleged hijacking during a poker game. The defense claimed the loot was won in poker, not stolen. Justice of the Peace Cameron dismissed the charges after Nail testified about the game. Additional coverage notes Fort Sill Army Reserve training at Fort Sill June 16-30 involving units from Dallas Baton Rouge Oklahoma City Muskogee Ponca City Texarkana Camden and other locations.
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Texas
Chester Burke
Eest
Lawton
Justice of Peace
Marvin
Cameron
Burke
Cadillac
Robert Carmel Johnson
Perry Francis Nail
Fort Worth
Bei Travis Horton
Dallas
Lewis Derke
Nail
Ordnance Training Center
Little Rock
Ark
Fort Sill
Hace Boyd
Sill
1St Ordnance Group
Ordnance
Tex
Baton Rouge
Lay
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tulsa
Muskogee
Ponca City
Texarkana
Tea
Camden
New Orleans
Austin
Okda
Shreveport
890Th Ordnance
Alexandria
Bulletin City: North Carolina Wins National Championship in 3 OTs
North Carolina defeated Kansas 54 to 53 after three overtimes as Joe Quigg blocked a last second pass to stop Wilt Chamberlain on the post. Kansas led late but UNC rallied to claim the NCAA title in a dramatic final.
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Orth Carolina
Kansas
Joe Quigg
Big Wilt Chamberlain
Southwest Wheat Condition Indicates Record Crop
Southwest Oklahoma wheat growers report one of the best harvests on record if favorable weather holds. Experts say moisture is good across counties, with some fields already bending from lush growth. A late freeze remains the main risk, while rapid growth could hurt stalks if heat arrives early.
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Oklahoma
Jackson County
Leonard Soloman
Iris
Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
Probers Say Beck Loans Were Not Loans or Gifts
Senate rackets investigators said 270000 in loans to Teamster Union President Dave Beck from West Coast union funds were neither loans nor gifts. They plan public hearings to illuminate the transactions as Walter Reuther denounced Beck's fund use as immoral and a plan to police union funds with a citizen panel. Kennedy said records may be turned over for scrutiny. McClellan ordered study of new union funds safeguarding legislation.
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Luington
Senate
Dave Beck
McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Beck
Reuther
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
Reuber
Brewster
Becky
Nasser Prepares Suez Plan After Talks with Hammarskjold
Cairo March 23 Diplomatic sources expect President Nasser to present a take it or leave it Suez plan after talks with U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold. No details released as secret sessions continue amid Middle East crisis.
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Nasser
Suez Canal
Dag Hammarskjald
U.N
Suez
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Phantom Burglar Caught In Texas
Amarillo Texas reports a 22 year old known as the phantom burglar says he committed over 400 burglaries in six months from New England to Amarillo. James Leslie Hurd from Ravenna Ohio says he did it for fun and credited his success to good reading habits that helped him avoid leaving fingerprints.
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Amarillo
Tex
New England
James Leslie Hurd
Ravenna
Ohio
Amarillo Globe Times
Charles Maple
Hurd
Gary Victory Predicted On School Bill Monday
Capitol sources privately forecast Gov. Raymond Gary will command enough votes in the Oklahoma House to quash a mutiny over the school bill. He aims to preserve his budget plan and no new taxes, pressing to send the measure back to conference for adjustments to fit the administration budget. About 72 members were reported solid or probable supporters as the session loomed toward a likely showdown.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol
Raymond Gary
Gary
Aftershocks Hit Frisco After Quake Suspected Toll
Frisco and surrounding counties trembled after yesterday's big quake with 61 aftershocks by 10:30 a.m. Thirty-one injured, none critical, as officials warn damage could run into millions. Surveys map wide-area impact from 75 miles northeast to Sacramento and 80 miles south to Hollister. City leaders say 70,000 dwellings may be affected. Public buildings undergo safety checks. fear drives evacuations as windows break and goods topple.
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San Francisco
Maynor George Christopher
Sacramento
Hollister
Adm
A. G. Cook
Civil Defense
Christopher
Cook
Plane Still Missing Officials Puzzled
The search for a missing U S military transport plane and 67 Americans it carried entered its third day as U S officers grew more puzzled by evidence of the plane's fate. Two U S Navy ships and many planes were to converge at daybreak 360 miles southeast of Tokyo where "yellow objects" were sighted yesterday. Debris was reported about 80 miles east of Japan as search craft investigated.
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Tokyo
U. S
Here
Japan
Eisenhower Macmillan Endorse Satisfactory Middle East Talks
Tucker's Town Bermuda March 23 President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan called their discussions generally satisfactory and planned a joint communique for tomorrow detailing decisions on Middle East and other world issues. They will control what is disclosed and emphasized timing to avoid Sunday publication in British papers.
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Macmillan Jotay
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Egypt
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Peter Hope
John Foster Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Macmillan
Mid- Ocean Club
London
National Guard Called Out In Two States To Aid Search For 500 Stranded Motorists
Hundreds of motorists were marooned by a blizzard across the plains with up to 12 inches of snow. National Guardsmen aided rescue in western Kansas and Texas, while Nebraska deployed equipment for 200 to 300 autos stuck near Ogallala. Roads closed across several states, and a Garden City mayor declared a state of emergency as winds up to 83 miles per hour reduced visibility to zero.
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Kansas City
West Central Plains
Southwest
Texas
Kansas
Urrane
Nebraska
Victory Anderson
Ogallala
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
New Mexico
Winslow
Ariz
Tra Merrick
State Highway Commission
Garden City
Kan
Colorado
Oklahoma Panhandle
Dodge City
Gay Powers
Joplin
Denver
Syracuse
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St. Louis
Oakley
J. Frank Coul‘der
Santa Fe
el Capitan
U. S
Lawton Area Forecast Warns Of Clouds And Cold
Nippy temperatures and partly cloudy skies mark Lawton Oklahoma weather for today. The city is not expected to share the heavier snow and precipitation seen in northwest Oklahoma. Drizzle and light rain were reported overnight with highs around the mid thirties and overnight lows near freezing.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Boy Blinded Twice as Playmate Strikes Eye Again
Kenneth LeBlanc, 14, says his neighbor Maruice Gihesult hit him in the eye during horseplay in a Montreal grocery. The May incident left his left eye replaced by a glass one after cornea damage. Parents sue for 25,000 dollars. case pending.
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Kenneth LeBlanc
Maruice Gihesult
Kenneth
Gibeault
le Blancs
Gibeaults
Leo le Blanc
Oklahoma Blizzard Paralyses State With Deep Snow Drifts
A powerful spring blizzard battered Oklahoma on Saturday night, with six foot drifts in the Panhandle and near zero visibility. The storm forced highway closures, stranded motorists and postponed a wedding, as temperatures plunged and forecasters warned of record cold into Monday.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Weather Bureau and
Highway Patrol
Guymon
McAlester
Weather Bureau
Mare Ried
Denver
Northwest
Kansas
Boise
Klansmen Beat Up TV Newsman in Birmingham Rally
In Birmingham on March 23 Hooded Ku Klux Klan members slugged WBRC-TV news director Leo Willette 27 and knocked him to the ground as he tried to photograph a public Alabama Klan rally in East Lake Park. His movie camera was seized during the assault by several blows. About 500 robed Klansmen attended the gathering where a speaker denounced the press as communist and said it would withhold coverage unless favorable.
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Birmingham
Ala
Willette
East Lake Park
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