Dual Authority Plan for Mental Health Faces Criticism
Oklahoma officials debated a Senate bill creating dual control of the $21 million mental health program. Critics warn it would invite political patronage, slow progress, and disrupt treatment continuity while supporters say it would improve efficiency.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
House
George Guthrey
Oklahoma Association For Mental Health
Mental Health Committee
Barbour Cox
Chandler
Cox
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Ritzhaupt
T. Glyne Williams
Hits Mental Health Board
State Mental Health Board
Guthrey
Mental Health Board
New Jersey
A. G. Clifton
United Church Women
Haiti unrest rises as Duvalier imposes martial law
Ex Haitian army officer Louis Moise said Duvalier has gone berserk and a torture chamber exists in the palace. Refugees are fleeing to Jamaica and embassies host asylum seekers as martial law and a night curfew clamp down on Port au Prince.
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Haiti
Duvalier
Louis Moise
Port Au Prince
Kingston
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Clement Barbot
Nathan Miller
Baltimore Sun
United States
Ministry of Interior
Paul Good
American Broadcasting Co
al Burt
Miami Herald
Buddy Poppy Sale Considered Successful by VFW Post 1193
Deward Stringer, post commander, called the Buddy Poppy sale held Saturday by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1193 and the Auxiliary successful. A total of 1,794 single Buddy Poppies were sold and officials expect continuing sales this week.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Deward Stringer
Stringer
City council set to begin term with Gilley leading
Mayor Gilley and council members Parks Ward 1 Brandon Ward 2 Howell Ward 3 Zorger Ward 5, Police Chief Pete Fuller, City Clerk R M Dodson, Street Commissioner Earl Christmas, and Treasurer Nettie Pippin take office. He urged hires in police and fire and warned funds may limit raises, citing a $260000 revenue increase. He highlighted plans for a new police station, jail, courts, a 53rd and Gore fire substation, and a health facility, while noting water pressure and street maintenance challenges remain.
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Gilley
Parks
Brandon
Howell
Zorger
Pete Fuller
R. M. Dodson
Earl Christmas
Nettie Pippin
53Rd and
Gore
Indiana university honors students at Founders Day
Sidney Milan of Lawton was among Indiana University students honored at Founders Day ceremonies marking the Hoosier state university's 1820 founding. Recognitions include Dean's Honor Rolls and membership in scholarly societies from all divisions for the past two semesters.
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Sidney Milan
Lawton
Indiana University
Hoosier State University
Funeral Rites for Edgar Stovall Held in Waurika
Edgar Stovall 76 long time Waurika resident died Sunday after a long illness. Services set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at the First Christian church with Rev W W Powell officiating. Burial in Waurika cemetery under Worley Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Anna Mae and siblings Oscar Albert John Lela Fannie Verdie.
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Waurika
Edgar Stovall
First Christian Church
Stovall
Hunt County
Tex
Indian Territory
Fleetwood
Irving
American Legion
Anna Mae Smyers
Oscar
Ryan
Albert
John
Lela Collie
Fannie Conway
Verdie Thompson
Margarette Howell services set for Mrs. Margarette E. Howell
Funeral services are planned for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Baptist Church for Mrs. Margarette E. Howell 50 of 1311 S Ninth. She died Sunday morning in a local hospital. Rev Don Chaffin will officiate with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her husband Floyd Howell son Rowland two brothers and three sisters. She was a charter member of Immanuel Baptist and taught Sunday school 18 years.
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Margarette E. Howell
S. Ninth
Immanuel Baptist Church
Comanche County
Lawton
Floyd Howell
Montgomery Ward
Comanche - Cotton Baptist Association
Rowland
Woodrow
Willard Wilson
Tulsa
Jess Ozment
Sapulpa
B. V. Thomas
Apache
Claude Thomas
Medicine Park
Probers Examine Thresher Design In Navy Inquiry
A Navy court of inquiry in Portsmouth meets in closed session to review the top secret design of the nuclear submarine Thresher which sank in the Atlantic on April 10 with 129 lives lost. Cmdr. Clarence R. Bryan testified, and Capt. John B. Guerry will hold a news conference with Edmund T. Scarponi to discuss shipyard work on the Thresher.
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Portsmouth
N. H
UPI
Navy
Atlantic
Cmdr
Clarence R. Bryan
Bureau of Ships
John B. Guerry
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Guerry
Edmund T. Scarponi
Slayings and Robbery Tied to Gunfire at Night
The suspects told officers they abducted Maj. McKinney at gunpoint, robbed him, and fired when scuffling for a pistol. One suspect was wounded in the hand during the struggle. Maj. McKinney, born 1919, Army veteran, to receive military honors at Fort Sill with services Tuesday. He served in World War II, Korea, and the Pacific, and was chief of maintenance at the Altus missile complex at his death. Survivors include his wife Inez and daughter Peggy Lee, among extended family.
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Green
Bruner
McKinney
South Lawton
Maj. McKinney
Fort Sill
New Post Chapel
Post Cemetery
Winton Mizell
Becker Funeral Home
Park Springs
Tex
Army
Bowie
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Washington, D. C
Baptist Church
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Clarksville
Inez Peeler
Fort Worth
Peggy Lee
Bob Reilly
Wichita Falls
Harry L. McKinney Sr
Joyce Baker
Houston
Bobby
Kennedy McKinney
LeMay Named To One Year As Air Force Chief Of Staff
President Kennedy nominates Gen Curtis LeMay for another one year term as Air Force chief of staff and selects Adm David L McDonald to replace Adm George W Anderson as chief of naval operations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. McDonald holds current command of U S naval forces in Europe the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Anderson’s two year term ends August 1.
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Washington
Kennedy
Gen
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Adm
David L. McDonald
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McDonald
U.S Naval
Europe
Eastern Atlantic
Mediterranean
Anderson
LeMay
Communist rocket base claim questioned by Nationalists
In Taipei the Chinese Nationalist military dismissed a Hong Kong report claiming the Communist forces operate a Soviet staffed rocket base near Nanking. Official sources expressed doubt about the sensational claim and provided no confirmation.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hong Kong
Nanking
Lawton Senior Wins Omicron Delta Kappa OU Scholarship
Lawton High School senior George Meisel was named winner of the Omicron Delta Kappa $600 scholarship to the University of Oklahoma after 700 applicants from four states were screened. Meisel edits the Wolverine Lore yearbook and assists on the Tatler, serves as vice president of the L club, and sits on the National Honor Society board. He plans to major in chemistry or journalism at OU.
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Lawton
University of Oklahoma
George Meisel
George Edward Meisel Sr
Meisel
LHS
Wolverine Lore
Tatler
L” Club
National Honor Society
Senate eyes merit-linked retirement amid budget fights
Bellman argues retirement must include a merit system to protect state workers from layoffs. The senate has repeatedly gutted merit protections in department appropriation bills, with a final decision due in conference committee. Aimed at crime bureau agents and liquor board enforcement, the move could end merit protections.
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Bellman
Senate
Crime Bureau
Liquor Board
Cameron College Chapter Elects New Oklahoma Education Association Officers
Officer Al Cameron Harold Taylor economics instructor was elected president of the Cameron college chapter of the Oklahoma Education Association. Also chosen were Janie Jones business instructor as vice president Velma Seals chemistry teacher as secretary Dr. Richard Burch legislative delegate and K A McClure alternate legislative delegate.
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Harold Taylor
Cameron College
Oklahoma Education Association
Janie Jones
Velma Seals
Cemistry
Richard Burch
K. A. McClure
Bishop Bans Speaking In Tongues In California Diocese
Bishop James A. Pike of California forbids glossolalia in his diocese and orders exorcisms to be done only with explicit authorization and psychiatric collaboration. He warns the phenomenon risks church peace and sound doctrine and notes its psychological ties and historical references.
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San Francisco
James A. Pike
Episcopalian Diocese of
California
Pike
Missouri Education Funds Face $66.5 Million Rise
Gov. Dalton defends state duty to educate children as protests swell over a bill to extend school bus rights to private and parochial schools. House votes to kill the measure amid heated hearings and growing demonstrations in Missouri capitals. Capitol sources suggest reconsideration possible as Catholic parents enroll children in public schools to curb private tuition. Protestant churches oppose delaying action.
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Missouri
John M. Dalton
Dalton
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri House
House
Judiciary Committee
James Cox
Jefferson City
St. Martin
Here
Capitol
House of Representatives
Stanley I. Stuber
Missouri Council of (Protestant) Churches
Series Of Lectures Slated For Church
A lectureship on Developing Spirituality begins at 7 30 p m today at Sixth and Arlington Church of Christ. Paul Johnston of Oklahoma City opens with Worship and Spirituality, with sessions through Friday. Other speakers include Johnny Thompson Graham Tex James Baird Oklahoma Christian College president, Billy Walker and Willard May of Wichita Falls Tex.
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Arlington Church of Christ
Paul Johnston
Oklahoma City
Johnny Thompson
Graham
Tex
James Baird
Oklahoma Christian College
Billy Walker
Willard May
Wichita Falls
Outstanding Student Elmore Bard at University of Oklahoma
Elmore Ray Bard son of Mr and Mrs William Bard Rt 3 is named an outstanding independent student at the University of Oklahoma He is a senior in the College of Business Administration majoring in marketing
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Elmore Ray Bard
William Bard
Rt. 3
University of Oklahoma
Bard
College of Business Administration
Dr Richard B. Burch Named Deputy Grand Commander
Dr Richard B. Burch president of Cameron College was named deputy grand commander of the Oklahoma Grand Commandry of the Masonic Lodge at a recent meeting.
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Richard B. Burch
Cameron College
Oklahoma
Masonic Lodge
Colonalp Introduced To Relieve Constipation Overnight
A new Cologne intestinal tablet uses a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to restore bowel motion. Doctors recommend Colonalp for gentle relief with an overnight effect. Introductory size 43 cents.
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