Bellmon Declines to Take Sides in Senate Primary
Oklahoma Gov. Henry Bellmon declares a hands off policy in the Republican U S Senate race amid charges he advised Bud Wilkinson to avoid public issue forums. Beall accuses Bellmon of steering Wilkinson. Bellmon remains actively neutral while Wilkins, Harris and Edmondson campaign in various Tulsa, Enid, and western towns.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellmon
U. S. Senate
Bud Wilkinson
Bellmon
Forest Beall
Beall
Wilkinson
Enid
Beaver
Laverne, Shattuck, Gage
Fargo
Arnett
Tulsa
Senate
Tom Harris
Howard Edmondson
Oklahoma Governor Won't Spare Gerald Pate Life
Gov Henry Bellmon said he will not commute the death sentence of Gerald Pate, condemned for the 1959 slaying of Mary Jane Haygood. Pate has pending clemency appeals as attorney Kenneth Kienzle plans new request and urges abolition of the Pardon and Parole Board.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Gerald Pate
Bellmon
U. S. Supreme Court
Pate
Kenneth Kienzle
Dale Cook
Charles Nesbitt
Bellman
Kien
Kienzle
Pardon and Parole Board
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Mary Jane Haygood
Seminole
McAlester
James French
French
Medal of Honor Origins and ceremonial traditions
The article outlines the Medal of Honor’s origins in 1862 for enlisted men, its 1863 expansion to officers, and retroactive Civil War application. It notes the Civil War Army Medal’s artillery motif, 1918 regulation changes, and Brig. Gen. William E. Birkhimer’s 1905 push for formal presidential presentations.
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Army
William E. Birkhimer
Mine Kick Kills Soldier in South Viet Nam
A US Army sergeant was killed and another soldier wounded in South Viet Nam when the sergeant accidentally kicked a mine during a replacement mission in Quang Duc Province. A Vietnamese spokesman said two operations ended with 137 Viet Cong guerrillas killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
United States
Quang Duc
Shuong Thien
Sixty Drivers Face Traffic Charges After Weekend
The county attorney filed 60 traffic complaints in Special Sessions court at the request of the highway patrol. Listed are defendants with charges including speeding, no driver's license, failure to stop at stop signs and lights, reckless driving, improper turns, and related offenses across multiple towns and ages.
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Special Sessions Court
Highway Patrol
Paul J. Russell
Euclid
Stuart A. Tonemah
Calvin Wells
Monroe
Jackie D. Taber
Enid
Ricky Kenningham
Mermeon Russell
Roosevelt
Robert Covington
Cameron College
Wiley Jesson
Temple
Jimmie Waugh
Victor Patrick
Fort Sill
James R. Stewart
Kingsbury
Georgia Warner
Anne Sutton
Konka Carter
Andrews
David West
Robert Robison
Wichita Falls
Lee Broughton
Donald Preast
Indiahoma
Donald Brewer
Norman W. Harrison
Dean Jones
Daniel Berger
T. L. Garrett
Comanche
Johnny Pennington
Geronimo
Levi Lewis
Jefferson
James Harper
Sallisaw
Janis Tegnos
Larry Sanders
Columbia
Morris Roberts
Hoover
Julius McMinn
No. 6
N. 35Th
Walter Turner
Odessa
Tex
Exchange Board Member Sworn In
Hugh F. Owens of Oklahoma City was sworn in Monday as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Owens, 54, replaces J. Allen Frear Jr. who resigned last fall and serves until June 5, 1965 after leading the Oklahoma securities commission since 1959.
Police Court Daily Docket Reports Multiple Fines
Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks disposes cases including speeding reckless driving and parking tickets. Foulks Oklahoma City fined 15 20. Nickell one percent of 1108 Monroe fined 10 suspended. Many defendants face fines bonds forfeited or suspended penalties for vagrancy failing to pay tickets and public drunkenness.
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J. Merle Oaks
Williams
Foulks
Oklahoma City
Lloyd Dean Nickell
Monroe
Ruby Hunt Plemmons
Burkburnett
Tex
Delbert Ferguson
Lincoln
Bill Bizzell
Sullivan
Sondra Jean Christian
Marijorie Eliwonger
Fort Sill Blvd
Wilford Sheets
Tennessee
Oscar Gene Thompsen
Amearillo
Vogroncy
Witttom
Edwin H. Wilson
Cameron College
Linge N. Radcliff
Aton
Hilde A. Hunt
Fort Sill
Eugene Robison
Doolittle
Riley Smith
N. Mth
Tell
Torwnne Noble
N. 20Th
Cieo Williams
John MecNoor
Dearborn
Fieyd Nichols
Carios Gonzales
Stelia A. Hubble
Johnny ©. Cook
Wolters
Jimmie Leroy Poe
Cecil Dale Cummings
Lowton
Hermon Douglat Faulkner
Maple
Bend
Robert S. Arth
Robert E
Court Voids Insurance Chief Pay Raise Over Term Rule
The state supreme court vetoed a 3000 dollar annual pay raise for Insurance Commissioner Joe B Hunt, ruling such increases are barred while in office. The 1963 legislature had raised his pay from 12000 to 15000 by adding duties as president of the state insurance board, a theory the court had used for others.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
State Supreme Court
Joe B. Hunt
Hunt
State Insurance Board
Traffic Injuries Kill Poteau Man
The Highway Patrol reports the death of Thomas England, 76, from injuries in a two car collision near Tecumseh. England died in a Poteau hospital, and Oklahoma’s 1964 traffic toll rises to 167, up from 143 at this time last year.
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Associated Press
Highway Patrol
Poteau
Thomas England
Oklahoma
England
Tecumseh
Shades of Wisdom Retirement Plan Invitation
An advertorial piece promotes a colorful life after 65 with a Retirement Income Plan from Woodmen Accident and Life Company. It invites readers to call EL 5-8094 for details, featuring 715 North 17th as contact location and presenting a no obligation proposal.
City Police Building Plan Seeks 450000 Site and Jail Complex
Marshall outlined a 450000 police facility project with a 120 by 990 foot footprint on Fourth Street East, replacing a prior site due to parking. The plan places jail on top floor with 28 cells, courtroom, infirmary, and booking access via basement, while main floor handles operations.
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Marshall
Gore
Police Department
City Hall
Police Committee
Lawton
Oklahoma
Blue Beaver Creek
Leroy
Darlene Botkin
U. S. 62
Charley Snyder
New Ward 3
Citizens Advisory Committee
Snyder
Lou Brox
Heinz 3Rd
Street Department
Fourth
Austin 2Nd
Rock Island Railway
Lake Ellsworth
U.S
Tulsa Indians End Land Fight
Tulsa and the Cherokee Nation have ended a 14 year land dispute over water storage land. The tribe will grant the city an easement to about 460 acres at the east end of Lake Eucha in return for 9000 dollars according to Water Commissioner R L Langenheim.
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Tulsa
UPI
R. L. Langenheim
Lake Eucha
Vietnamese Guerrilla Force Formed By U S
U S planners seek to reshape South Viet Nam Rangers into a mobile guerrilla force to probe Viet Cong areas ahead of regular troops. The plan aims to improve local paramilitary units to support clear and hold operations, with Rangers tracing and engaging guerrilla concentrations for helicopter strikes.
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Fred 8S
Hoffman
Washington
US S
South
Viet Nam
White House
United States
U.S
Nguyen Khanh
MacArthur Undergoes Emergency Surgery At Walter Reed
General MacArthur, already recovering from a March 6 gall bladder operation, underwent a six hour emergency procedure Monday at Walter Reed. Doctors reported serious but not life threatening condition after a burst of bleeding from esophageal veins linked to spleen removal. Chiefs Heaton and Whelan led the operation. prior cancer fears were dispelled as extensive abdominal exploration showed no disease.
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Leonard D. Heaton
Army
Thomas J. Whelan Jr
MacArthur
Jandice
Johnson assures Ikeda of U S friendship after attack
President Johnson told Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda that all Americans understand the attack on Ambassador Edwin Reischauer and that the assault does not affect the deep friendship between the United States and Japan. Ikeda called the act dastardly and said the nation is indignant.
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Washington
Johnson
Ikeda
Edwin ©. Reischauer
Johnson Pursues Jobs Drive Amid Poverty War Speech
President Johnson outlines a goal of full employment by 1970 with two million new jobs and added work for 1.5 million annual entrants. Labor Secretary Wirtz frames antipoverty measures as part of a broader job-creation strategy, stressing construction roles and youth training while cautioning against inflationary price-wage pressures. In Atlantic City he urged compassion at home and warned against stifling economic growth through wage-price spirals.
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Congress
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Building Trades
Library Campaign Reaches Half Way Mark for Kennedy Memorial
New York AP reports more than half the $10 million goal to build the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard University has been raised. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy announced the campaign. The library will house books and documents about the late president.
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New York
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harvard University
Robert F. Kennedy
Violence and arrests amid Jacksonville protests over segregated venues
A day of demonstrations in a Negro neighborhood along U S 1 led to shootings injuring two white men and a Negro, and more than 140 adults with about 80 juveniles were arrested for unlawful assembly. Police said crowds gathered in Hemming Park and at NAACP offices before dispersal.
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U.S. 1
John Santora
Haydon Burns
H. F. Branch
Hemming Park
Branch
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Throat Infections Climb Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma health officials report rising streptococcal throat infections with spread across the state. Dr. F R Hassler notes pending weekly totals may match or exceed the 92 cases reported for the weekend ending March 14, a threefold rise from a year ago, with concentrations in Ponca City and Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
F. R. Hassler
State Department of Health Laboratory
Hasseler
Hassler
Ponca City
Sooner Population Rises 5.1 Percent to 2.448 Million
Oklahoma’s population increased about 5.1 percent or 119,716 in the two years after the last census, reaching 2,448,000 as of July 1, 1962. The 1960 census listed 2,328,284 residents. The national gain was 3.6 percent. Growth concentrated in ages 5 to 17 and 18 to 44, with 11 percent under 5, 25 percent aged 5–17, 34 percent aged 18–44, 20 percent aged 45–64, and 10 percent over 65.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry C. Meyers
Department of Commerce
Dallas
Meyers
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