Lawton City Hall Moves Continue as Offices Relocate
Mayor Wayne Gilley announced the water collections office will stay at the present city hall through May 12 while other offices move to the new city hall in the former Emerson School building at Fourth and A. Moving furniture continues this weekend. council terms begin Monday in the new chambers with dedication May 11 and open house May 12.
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Wayne Gilley
City Hall
Emerson School
Fourth and A
City Hall Council
Council
Gilley
Tomatoes, eggs splatter envoys at museum reception
U S ambassador Fulton Freeman and Venezuela's Santiago Ochoa Briceno left a photography show when ultra leftist youths hurled tomatoes and eggs at them. The demonstrators shouted Down with Yankee Imperialism as the men exited.
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Bogota
Colombia
U.S
Fulton Freeman
Santiago Ochoa Briceno
Venezuela
Negro Pupils To Remain In Jail, Judge Asserts
In Birmingham Alabama Juvenile Court Judge Talbot Ellis announced he will keep an undetermined number of arrested Negro school children in jail as part of a mass antisegregation drive. He noted most offenders face no bond for second court commitments while first offenders may have bonds set at 500 dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Talbot Ellis
Ellis
Eeeth
Senate Restores Part of Postal Budget Cuts
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to restore 50 million of the 69.8 million cut from the Post Office Department operations budget for the next fiscal year. Postmaster General J. Edward Day warned that without funds, Saturday deliveries and new-home service could be cut after July 1. The chamber aims to hold the line in conference with the House.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Post Office Department
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Senate
J. Edward Day
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Second German Unit To Train At Fort Sill
The Artillerie Battalion 350 will become the second West German unit to train at Fort Sill since October. It begins more than two months of unit training on the Sergeant missile system with the 9th Field Artillery Missile Group. After completing courses, officers and NCOs will graduate this weekend, enlisted men finish seven weeks of instruction, and the unit will test at White Sands Missile Range with a final firing.
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Artillerie Battalion 350
Fort Sill
9Th Field Artillery Missile Group
Artillerie Battalion
Germany
Artillery and Missile School
Field Artillery Missile Training Command
FAM A
White Sands Missile Range
Artillerie Battalion 150
New Mexico
Lawton Hosts 12th Annual Beginner Speech Tournament
Oklahoma speech students arrive in Lawton for the 12th annual beginner contest at Lawton High. Over 500 participants. debate began at 3 p.m. with events continuing Saturday. Schools from Oklahoma City and across the region sent teams. Opal Ford, Jim Maddox, and Darrell Woolwine lead the events. Ribbons mark ratings. sweepstakes trophy goes to the school with most participation points. trophies awarded for ninth and tenth grade runners-up.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Lawton High School
Northwest Classen
Northeast
Southeast
Harding
Oklahoma City
el Reno
Shawnee
Sand Springs
Midwest City High
Norman
Marlow
Eisenhower
Central
Tomlinson
St. Mary's
LHS
Seminole
Duncan
Monroney
Carl Albert
Midwest City
Opal Ford
Jim Maddox
Darrell Woolwine
Island evacuations near ice-choked flood waters
More than 1,300 people have been evacuated by air from two island communities in Hay River Northwest Territories as flood waters threaten their homes. The AP reports crews moved residents to safety amid rising ice and rising water levels.
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Hay River
North West Territories
McClellan Attacks Pentagon In Warplane Contract Probe
Oklahoma City dispatch notes tension over senate conference committee selections led by Roy Beecher. Discontent centers on representation of the school bloc and potential party splits as lawmakers weigh budget allocations and leadership bids. Senators cited include Gene Stipe Clem McSpadden Hal Muldrow and others from Anadarko Miami and Bartlesville.
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United Press International Oklahoma City
UPI
Senate
House
J. D. McCarty
Roy Beecher
Kingfisher
Beecher
Commerees
General Fund
Appropriations Committee
Eldridge Colston
Marietta
Ray Fine
Gore
Clem Hamilton
Heavener
Leroy McClendon
Idabel
Tom Payne
Okmulgee
Gene Stipe
McAlester
Tom Tipps
Ardmore
Bob Trent
Caney
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Byron Dacus
Hobart
Denzil Garrison
Bartlesville
Roy Grantham
Ponca City
Robert Lollar
Miami
Clem McSpadden
Nowata
Hal Muldrow
Norman
Hamilton
Trent
McClendon
Cameron Choral Festival Draws Southwest High Schools
Several hundred vocalists from southwest Oklahoma high schools will gather at Cameron College on Saturday for a spring choral festival. Registration opens at 9 a.m. with rehearsals in the morning and afternoon, leading to a mass choral concert at 7 p.m. in the college auditorium. The event, free to the public, features guest conductor Raymond Rhea of Corpus Christi, Texas, and a program including Say It With Music and American Anthem among others.
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Oklahoma
Cameron College
College Auditorium
Gene Brooks
Cameron Music Department
Said
Raymond Rhea
Corpus Christi
Tex
Berlin
Sibelius
Will
Eight Americans Named in Everest First Ascent Team
An expedition spokesman said one American and a Sherpa guide reached Mount Everest from the South Col with flags planted at the peak. The eight names listed include Barry Bishop and Norman Dyhrenfurth among others. full team details to follow after all attempts are completed.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Everest
Mao Tse-tung
Everest Wednes
Barry C. Bishop
National Geographic Society
Washington
D.C
David L. Dingman
Baltimore
Norman Dyhrenfurth
Santa Monica
Calif
Luther G. Jerstad
Eugene
Ore
Richard Pownall
Denver
Colo
Barry W. Prather
Ellensburg
Wash
Gilbert Roberts
Berkeley
James W. Whitaker
Redmond
Warm Weather Returns to Southwest Oklahoma
Mercury readings rose today in southwest Oklahoma with a forecast high of 34 degrees this afternoon. Thursday’s high reached 71, with 11 am levels up to 78. tonight’s low 62, Saturday’s high expected at 86. last night’s low 59. Clouds may bring brief thundershowers in the Panhandles before clearing, with temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal over the next five days.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Membership Up CHICAGO AP The PTA March 31 gains vs last year
In Chicago on March 31 the National Congress of Parents and Teachers reports higher membership than a year ago. The update notes improved engagement and growth metrics across chapters.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Plea for Evidence Renewed in TFX Bid Dispute
Senator McClellan accused the Pentagon of withholding documents in the TFX contract probe. Boeing and General Dynamics proposed a four-prototype competitive test to show the best weapons at least cost. Allen of Boeing argued for equal testing, while McNamara’s testimony is noted. The story also reports VTOL/STOL program inquiries and cost overruns on a VTOL transport prototype.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Pentagon Today
Senate
McClellan
Roswell L. Gilpatric
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Kuveit
McIvaiata
Boeing
William M. Allen
General Dynamics
Allen
Air Force
Eugene Zuckert
Pentagon
McNamara
TFX
Navy
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Stennis
Bell Aerospace Corp
Douglas Aircraft Co
Justice Halls 3 Executions In California
Washington AP Justice Douglas of the Supreme Court granted stays of execution to three men scheduled to die today in California at San Quentin. The stays halt executions for Joseph Rosato John Frank Vlahovich and Donald G Franklin pending decisions on two high court cases involving evidence and warrants. Golston who faced death had his sentence commuted to life without parole by Gov Edmund G Brown.
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Washington
Douglas
Supreme Court
California
San Quentin
Joseph Rosato
John Frank Vlahovich
Donald G. Franklin
Charles J. Golston
Edmund G. Brown
Golston
Anaheim
Calif
High Tribunal
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
High Court
George D. Ker
Rosato
Algeria France Nuclear Test Dispute Eases With Troop Withdrawal
Algeria and France show easing tensions over Sahara nuclear tests as France agrees to withdraw all troops from former colony by late 1964, shifting away from a July 1 1965 date. No pledge to halt testing discussed. plan to establish a testing base in the Pacific remains.
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Algiers
Algeria
France
Sahara
Pacific
Graham Ministers As Daughter Weds Stephan Tchividjian
Evangelist Billy Graham officiated as his daughter Virginia wed Stephan Tchividjian 23 in Montreux Switzerland in a 500 year old church overlooking Lake Geneva. The ceremony drew 300 guests including Americans and Europeans and followed a Swiss financier family background.
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Montreaux
Switzerland
Billy Graham
Virginia
Stephan Tchividjian
Lake Geneva
Graham
United States
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