Oklahoma highway system shows long term underfunding and needs
Oklahoma has invested over a billion dollars in its highway system since 1918, yet aging and underserved roads persist. Maintenance demands rise as the interstate expands, with annual upkeep underfunded and county foremen directing local routine and special maintenance under eight divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Oklahoma Department of Highways
Statehood
Department of Highways
Burses
Duncan
L. S. Hill
38 Citizens Naturalized in Temple District Ceremony
District Judge Luther B. Eu banks granted United States citizenship to 38 applicants from nine countries in a naturalization ceremony at Temple. Rev. Leon Kidd spoke on duties of citizens. Delegations from Northside Baptist church and local auxiliary groups attended. Eleven German children and one Portuguese child received citizenship. Adults from Germany and other nations were listed with addresses, including Fort Sill residents.
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Luther B. Eubanks
United States
Germany
Portugal
Leon Kidd
First Christian Church
Temple
Northside Baptist Church
Ladies Auxiliary
Lawton
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Lily Stafford
O. A. Smith
VFW
Raymond Rust
Racial Fence Of Democratic Party To Fall Says Johnson
Georgia's first Negro state senator Leroy Johnson believes the Democratic Party will open to Black voters as Negro Democrats gain influence. He cites cordial receptions, meetings with U.S. Senator Talmadge, discussions with Governor Sanders, and talks with President Kennedy as signs of a changing South. Johnson serves on major Senate committees and emphasizes the ballot as the key to desegregation progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McKee
Atlanta
Georgia
Leroy R. Johnson
Johnson
Senate
South Georgia
Talmadge
Lovejoy
Sen
Carl E. Sanders
Washington
Kennedy
Sanders
Appropriations
Education
Health and Welfare
Judiciary
Preston Cobb Jr
House
Ban on sale of Menadione vitamin to pregnant women
Sen. Humphrey says FDA intends to ban sales of Menadione vitamin K3 used in prenatal supplements. He cites Dr. Nestor testimony on risks to newborns and notes Mylicon for infant colic remains sold. He demands full subcommittee review and rescission of last year’s temporary petition extension.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Food and Drug Administration
Minnesota Democrat
FDA
Humphrey
Senate
John O. Nestor
Nestor
Talmadge Pushes Plan to End Cotton Controls
Sen Herman E Talmadge D Ga unveiled a cotton program seeking to abolish acreage rules and two price supports in favor of domestic allotments tied to growing history and world price parity. The plan aims to raise producer income, lower textile prices, and cut red tape with an estimated first year cost near 600 million dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Congress
Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Georgia
Funeral Rites For William R. Carley Saturday
Services for William R. Carley 74 of Medicine Park will be at 10 30 a m Saturday in Becker Memorial chapel He died about 10 15 a m Wednesday in a local hospital after a brief illness.
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William R. Carley
Medicine Park
Becker Memorial Chapel
Carley
Russians Jazz It Up Despite Party Edict
In 1963 Soviet musicians juggle jazz influence as party leaders condemn Western jazz as decadent. Nightly bands from Moscow to Tomsk play American standards while musicians seek cool jazz, fearing repercussions yet insisting audiences demand danceable tempos. A Moscow youth cafe band and others push compromise tunes. The era features diverse acts from Georgia to Moscow, including an all female group at the Grand Hotel.
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Eddy Gilmore
Oscow
Communist Party
Moscow
Tiflis
Osmk
Tomsk
Louis Armstrong
Kurt Weill
Dave Brubeck
Miles Davis
Benny Goodman
U.S.S.R
Glinka
Shostakovich
Prokofiev
Chaikovsky
Leningrad
Solovie Sedov
Kenny Ball
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Intourist
Republic of Georgia
Stuff Smith
Hadji Mikhim
Isfahan
Grand
Sasha Efremov
Pilot lands in fog and enters strange building
Porterville, Calif. AP Harry R. Dellicker, 32, on a routine test flight becomes disoriented in dense fog and walks into an unfamiliar building. Psychiatric technician Loretta Grossman notes the surreal moment as Dellicker reveals a plane is outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porterville
Calif
Harry R. Dellicker
Loretta Grossman
Porterville State (Mental) Hospital
Migratory spiders drift web strands over Henderson area
Residents in Henderson Kentucky observed 20 foot long wispy strands drifting from the sky. Authorities explained the strands are spun by migratory spiders carried by wind currents then descend by releasing web strips to snag on trees and objects.
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Henderson, Ky
Henderson Area
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Lise Golden
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U.S
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