Lawton Tax Figures Show March Decline and State Gains
Lawton reports a 6.65 percent drop in February sales tax collections for March totals of 110 441.89, down from 118 308.96 last year. Oklahoma statewide March collections rise 2.21 percent to 4 468 023.95 with gains in Tulsa and Oklahoma counties and declines in several southwest counties.
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Lawton
Enid
Garfield County
Comanche County
Comanche
Garfield
Kay
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Jackson County
Okla City
Tulsa
Muskogee ST
Bartlesville SA
Norman
Ponca City
TIS
Shawnee
Duncan
Anadarko
Walters
Chickasha
Altus
STA. Waurika
Hobart
Marion
City Officials Start Terms and New City Hall Ceremony
Bowman selected mayor pro tempore as 1963 64 city administration begins after oath by Judge Luther B Eubanks. New council meets in Emerson school auditorium in remodeled city hall with focus on committee assignments and reappointed department supervisors. Dedication set for Saturday at 10 am and open house Sunday 2:30 to 5 pm.
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New City Hall
Luther B. Eubanks
Wayne Gilley
Eugene L. Bowman
Ber
Bowman
T. R. Stephens
Emerson School
Gilley
Texas Tornadoes and Severe Storms Sweep West Texas
Violent hail and rain storms with damaging winds and at least two tornadoes struck Texas on Sunday. Gusts reached 92 mph in several towns, with 7 inch rains around Abilene and dust storms in Colorado City. Property damage occurred in Oak Creek Lake Ballinger Lawn Odessa Buford and Big Spring areas. no injuries reported.
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Dallas
Texas
Oak Creek Lake
Sweetwater
Littlefield
Ballinger
Lawn
Odessa
Buford
Abilene
Colorado City
Big Spring
Monahans
Tuxedo Ban Has Governor Defining Dress Code
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellman reiterates his tuxedo ban at home and in Washington. He will attend a dinner honoring Senator Barry Goldwater as chairman of the Senate Republican campaign committee, noting he will wear business attire and not worry about others' choices.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
Showers Forecast in Southwest Oklahoma and Lawton Area
The U S Weather Bureau warns southwest Oklahoma and Lawton area may receive more rainfall this afternoon and Tuesday after weekend showers. Expect partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers and warmer Tuesday. Totals include .9 inch weekend rain raising 1963 total to 7.78 inches and 4.70 inches in the last 10 days.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Lawton
Dominican Troops Mass at Haiti Border Amid Tensions
Dominican authorities hide growing mobilization at Jimani as thousands of troops deploy toward the Haitian border. Tanks and assault vehicles move into position while Air Force patrols and U S warships coordinate offshore amid reports of possible invasion. Political maneuvering at OAS meetings adds to a highly tense crisis between the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Negro Republic
U.S
Caribbean
Haiti
Juan Bosch
Bosch
OAS Council
Alberto Zuleta Angel
Organization of American States
Washington
Tap
Zuleta
Hispaniola
Gonzalo Facio
Costa Rica
Jimani
Francois Duvalier
Portance
Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Frank Bebadilla
Raymond Thurston
Tonton Macoute
Tax Collections Rise In February For Oklahoma City
The Tax Commission reported February sales tax collections up 2.21 percent from a year earlier. Total February receipts were 4,468,023 dollars, a gain of 96,458 dollars over February 1982.
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Oklahoma City
The
Tax Commission
U S Army Lieutenant Executed by Viet Cong Guerrillas
A U S Army lieutenant was executed by Communist guerrillas 30 miles north of Saigon in broad daylight. Two Vietnamese soldiers in a jeep with him were also killed. The bodies were found by a military patrol. The lieutenant’s identity was not released. Route 13 has seen past ambushes and at least three other American advisers have died on that highway. The lieutenant was the 73rd American killed in Vietnam since 1961. An American helicopter pilot was wounded Sunday, and three other advisers were wounded Saturday in Can Tho.
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Aigon
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Route 13
Viet Nam
Mekong River
Can Tho
Schools Jammed By Bus Dispute
Jefferson City and St. Louis areas report protests over Missouri's refusal to provide public school bus transportation for parochial students. Catholic pupils flood public schools, with 447 in Jefferson City and 1 200 in Washington joining Combs Elementary in St. Louis suburb Florissant.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
Simonsen
Combs
Florissant
Washington
Hubert Wheller
The
Bee
Mass Rally as Birmingham Negroes Seek Truce in Strife
About 1,500 Negroes gathered at 16th Street Church in Birmingham to push for a truce as Justice Department officials work to quell racial disturbances that began April 3. Police imposed strict security around the church while crowds dispersed to greet Dick Gregory at the airport.
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Birmingham
Ala
Justice Department
16Th Street
Dick Gregory
Chicago
Retired Major McKinney Fatally Shot In Lawton Robbery
Maj. (Ret.) Harry L. McKinney 43 was found dead in his 1960 Taunus in Lawton after a Sunday 1:30 a.m. shooting. Two suspects, Edward F. Green 20 and Bonnie Ray Bruner 21, were held as robbery and murder charges were prepared. Police recovered rings and other items. Bruner received hospital treatment for a hand wound while relatives aided in the investigation.
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Harry L. McKinney
Dearborn
Memorial Hospital
Cleo Stout
Chester Silvers
Edward F. Green
Jefferson
Bonnie Ray Bruner
Washington
McKinney
Stout
Lawton View
Annaawad Ta Hae Erumna
Melvin Kelley
Earl Wheeler
Monroe
Lawton
Brauner
Frederick
Vernon
Tex
Bruner
Texas
Green
Lawton View Addition Street
Retirement OK'd by legislature and merit clash grows
Gov. Henry Bellman signed the State employe retirement system into law as SB 62, creating a first time pension trust with state and employee contributions. He linked retirement to a merit system, while a strong effort in the Senate aims to kill merit and push highway goals. The bill's first biennium appropriation ranges from 750000 to 1000000 in a separate measure, with a teacher pay raise pending action.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
State Senate
Highway Department
Oklahoma
Two Defect, Reds Claim Two Defect
East German news agency ADN reports two American servicemen sought asylum in East Germany. Capt Alfred Svenson deputy commander of the 2nd Tank Battalion 1st Cavalry Regiment 3rd Armored Division West Germany and Sgt Benjamin Cain of West Berlin’s 6th Infantry surrendered to East German border police in early May. Svenson crossed the border in uniform in a military vehicle.
Farm Sales Tax Relief Compromise In Works
Oklahoma lawmakers consider a compromise to grant limited sales tax relief for farmers after talks among farm groups and House Speaker J D McCarty. The plan would exempt agricultural machinery in 1965 and seed seedlings chemicals and live poultry after 1967 with reduced revenue impact and delayed effective dates to protect the next biennium.
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Oklahoma City
Farm Organization
House
J. D. McCarty
McCarty
Senate
Farm
House Agriculture Committee
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E. C. Parks
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Jerry M. Brandon
Henry Howell
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Tillman
Greer
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Cotton
Marlow
Waurika
Pawnee County
FE. C. Parks
Gale Sadler
Zorger
Parks
Jerry Brandon
Perry Weger
Brandon
Sadler
Brandon and Howell
Weger
Howell
McMahon
Great Plains
Sadler and
Council
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
Lookeba
Guymon
Panhandle
U.S. Army
Peter Arnett
Harry McKinney
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