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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1963
Page
1
The Baltimore Sun reports in a Rome dispatch that Pope John XXIII is believed to have cancer, with malignancy said to involve the stomach. Facts note he has nighttime pains, needed sedatives, a recent crisis, and an 81-year-old frailty complicated by a prostate tumor.
James W Whitaker 32 of Redmond Wash became the American to reach the summit of Everest on May 1 accompanied by Tensing Norgay Whitaker an expedition officer and climber. The spokesman listed team members including Darry Bishop Luther Jerstad Richard Pownall and Sherpa Girmi rja for the south route ascent.
The Senate subcommittee led by Sen. John C. Stennis warns of a Cuban backed expansion of communism in Latin America. It calls for the closest surveillance and vigilance to detect any hidden missiles and prevent further subversive activity, though it offers no concrete actions beyond intensified monitoring.
AMT Florida AP reports reduced U S reconnaissance since Cuba tensions, with low level flights suspended and high level U2 missions limited. Washington officials cite Kennedy policy curbs and fear of destabilizing actions as the cause while Cuban exile reports of Russian missiles and camps surface in high level photos.
Lt Gen Sir William Pike of the Imperial General Staff will arrive at Fort Sill Friday for a four day visit. He will be greeted at Post Field and given a 15 gun salute then briefed at McNair Hall on Artillery and Missile Center activities. He plans to view the 175mm gun and receive an honorary driver’s license, speak to students, judge the Artillery Hunt Spring Horse Show and tour Snow Hall Summerall Hall before departure.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a House passed bill to curb surplus feed grain production. Chairman Allen J. Ellender said he would move the measure to the Senate, extending the program into 1964 and 1965 with revisions, allowing corn and other feed grain producers to qualify for government payments by voluntarily curbing production.
In Oklahoma City the Senate saved SB 299, a sweeping school election reform, by moving it from the common education committee to the Senate calendar. The measure would require secret ballots, ballot boxes, watchers, and recounts for school elections, and bars relatives from election roles. It now must pass both chambers before a governor's signature.
The U S Weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm forecast for southwest Oklahoma with midafternoon development along the Red River. Some storms may become severe with hail between 3 and 9 p m within 60 miles of a line from Wichita Falls Texas to Sherman Texas.
YMCA campaign progress shows 57 percent of a $400000 goal pledged, with $229200 reported at the USC building meeting. Don Billingslea led the big gifts totaling $189455, while top individual sections and quota-buster crews are named along with associate YMCA executive Harold Gyton as guest.
Apache officials investigate the disappearance and death of Nathaniel Kadayso 22 son of Lincoln and Ruth Kadayso after his body was found in Box Elder creek at the Apache city park. Sheriff Elmo Patterson ordered a massive search. game ranger Bud Reedy located the body. An autopsy will determine cause of death.
Mrs. Nina Kay Gore 85 widow of Sen Thomas Pryor Gore dies after lengthy illness in Washington D C Funeral services pending at Street and Draper in Oklahoma City Gore long allied with her husband serving as his eyes for reading He survived by daughter Nina Olds East Hampton and son Gore Vidal noted playwright producer and grandson of the late senator.
Pierre Salinger, President Kennedy's press secretary, toured the Berlin Wall to prepare for the president's June visit, underscoring tensions during the Cold War period.
About 80 members of the Southwest district Oklahoma Water and Pollution Control Association gathered for an all day session at the new city hall. The meeting covered water and sewage problems with an 8 15 a m registration, lunch, and a tour of local sites. Leaders included W Jesse McMillan Quintin B Graves and sanitary engineers from the state health department. The event is sponsored by the health department OSU engineering school the SW section of the American Waterworks Association the Oklahoma Municipal League and the water pollution control federation.
The House approved a $1.2 billion military pay raise by 293 to 10, with pensions raised for about 108,000 retirees and a $55 monthly benefit for cold war duty. An amendment for pre June 1 1958 retiree pensions faced resistance from Carli Vinson, warning of rising retirement costs. The bill increases officer and enlisted pay, adds family separation allowances, boosts subsistence, and covers 900,000 drill-pay reservists, with Senate now likely to debate retirement provisions.
Rioting fears ease as the Justice Department negotiates to drop charges against more than 2,200 Negro demonstrators in Birmingham. A bi racial committee seeks desegregation of downtown dining, equal employment, and school integration while state troopers remain deployed around the park near the Negro Baptist Church. Leaders including Martin Luther King Jr and Ralph Abernathy participate in talks as President Kennedy cautions public on the fragile truce.
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace dismisses a telegram from Connecticut Governor John N. Dempsey criticizing Birmingham race tensions. Wallace says Dempsey should mind his own affairs, noting Connecticut has problems of its own. The exchange highlights national tensions over civil rights in the early 1960s.
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