Griffings Bid Fort Sill Farewell After 42 Years of Service
Maj. Gen. L S Griffing ended 42 years in the armed forces with a 13 gun salute on Old Post Square at Fort Sill. He and Mrs. Griffing exited via Key Gate after greetings from friends and a tour past Sherman House, as crowds watched under spring skies.
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Fort Sill
L. S. Griffing
Robert Offer
Griffing
Army
C Battery
Bill Dixon
Old Post Square
Stone Sherman House
Key Gate
Lawton
Lew
Wissie
Bastogne
Bataan
Sherman House
2Nd Artillery
Herbert W. Krueger
26Th Artillery
1St Field Artillery Brigade
Post Field
Benjamin H. Grierson
Griffings
James W. Totten
Sill
Mrs
City Approves 830,000 Lake Lawtonka Filter Plant Upgrades
City councilors authorize 83,791.20 for filter plant modifications to reach peak summer capacity per the engineering study by C. H. Guernsey and Co. and seek bids for a Medicine Park utility operator. Major expense 34,993 for air pressure controls from Sherman Machine and Iron Co with H&E and Utility Equipment as other bids. Three chemical feeders at 8,000 also from Sherman with Wallace and Tiernan as alternate bidder.
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Lake Lawtonka
C. H. Guernsey and Co
Water Committee
Medicine Park
Sherman Machine and Iron Co
H&e Engineering Equipment Co
And
Utility Equipment Co
Wallace and Tiernan Co
Pope
Kodiak Deaths Drive Alaska Toll Higher
Alaskan Civil Defense tallies 178 dead or presumed dead after Friday quake and tidal waves. Kodiak Island leads with 22 confirmed dead, plus scattered losses in Anchorage Whittier Cordova Homer Valdez and other communities. New aftershocks and wrecked transport hinder rescue as airlifted supplies arrive and roads remain blocked by landslides.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Civil Defense
Kodiak
Gulf of Alaska
Chenega
Prince William Sound
Fairbanks
Little Town
Civil Defense
Cordova
Homer
Kodiak Island
Valdez
Chenga
Seward
Port Ashton
Alaskan
Aleutian Islands
Gulf
University of Washington
Seattle
Wash
Air Force Globemasters
Bob Hilliker
Department of Fish and Game
Seldovia
Adak
Aleutians
Coast Guard
An Lee
Johnson Orders Faster Alaska Relief Efforts
President Johnson issued new speed-up orders on Alaska relief and plans to fly back to Washington tonight to run operations from headquarters. He directed Edward A. McDermott, head of the Office of Emergency Planning, to speed action after reviewing aerial disaster photos.
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Johnston City
Tex
Johnson
Alaska
Washington
Edward A. McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Texas White House
McDermott
Dixie Freeze Wipes Out Peach Crops In Southeast
Sub freezing temperatures across the Southeast damaged crops from North Carolina to Florida. South Carolina reports more than 90 percent of its $20 million peach crop destroyed in Spartanburg County, while Georgia sees limited damage in Fort Valley and early losses in south Georgia watermelon crops.
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Atlanta
Florida
Gainesville
Ocala
Zellwood
Fla
Georgia
Fort Valley
Crowers
South Georgia
North Georgia
North
South Carolina
Spartanburg
North Carolina
South Florida
Dixie
Middle Georgia
Poe
Khrushchev Arrives for Hungarian Talks Amid China Clash
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in Budapest for talks with Hungarian leaders seen as potentially testing ties with Beijing. Hungarian officials foresee unity in the socialist bloc, while Peking denounces Khrushchev and signals a looming Sino Soviet split.
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Budapest
Hungary
Sovet
Khrushchev
Red China
Peking
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kadar
Istvan Dobi
Danube
Mother Tells Court How Son Was Slain
A sobbing mother testified in a preliminary hearing for 2nd Lt. Gerald Cameron telling how her son James Anthony Gibbs was stabbed to death on February 20. Mrs Gibbs described Cameron’s arrival at her home and the sequence of events leading to the murder while authorities questioned her about the incident.
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Randy Collier
Rfter
James M. Gibbs
Taft
Gerald Cameron
Jack Brock
Cameron
James Anthony Gibbs
Chester Silvers
Mrs. Gibbs
Githen Rhoads
Governor Offers Troops To Insure Fair Election
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon pledged to deploy National Guard troops if needed to ensure fair elections. He plans guardsmen at polls if local election officials’ ability to run fair ballots is questioned, while Attorney General Nesbitt's office reviews legality. May 5 vote on right to work.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellman
National Guard
Bellmon
Atty
Charles Nesbitt
Bellman
Old Warrior's Kidney Better
Washington AP General Douglas MacArthur remains critical as doctors report slight improvement in his kidney trouble. A Walter Reed bulletin notes intermittent esophageal bleeding controlled by a tube. heart function and vital signs stay stable. It is unclear if an ulcer in the stomach occurred, as Lt. Gen. Heaton suggested.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Hospital
MacArthur
Leonard D. Heaton
Army
Heaton
Mercury Climbs Under Warm Sun In Lawton
Sunny skies and warm temperatures returned to Lawton with forecasts of higher readings across the state. Lawton was to hit 80 on Wednesday while Guyman reached 75 and Stillwater 36 Monday, and Lawton’s high yesterday was 65.
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Lawton
Guyman
Stillwater
Woman Pilot Heads to Cairo on Solo World Flight
Geral dine Mock of Columbus Ohio began another leg of her round the world solo flight departing BONE Algeria for Cairo aboard a single engine Cessna after arriving Monday from Casablanca.
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Bone
Algeria
Geraldine Mock
Columbus
Ohio
Cairo
Mrs. Mock
Casablanca
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Carolinas
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Court
Roy Kenny
J. Howard Edmondson
Johnston Murray
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