Fort Sill TV Debut Hits Airwaves During Armed Forces Week
Fort Sill’s Armed Forces Week segment on Wide Wide World faced early technical glitches including a camera blank and a navigation setback. A Fort Worth plane and Wichita Falls station helped patch coverage as smoke from artillery briefly affected visuals. The show highlighted the 101st Airborne’s air drop, Fort Campbell, and Mountain and Cold Weather Training Command troops at Medicine Bluff, with Fort Sill’s rugged terrain providing a realistic backdrop.
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Oklahoma
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New Troops Head For Sill In Advance Movement
An advance party from Fort Bliss leaves for Fort Sill to establish the Artillery and Guided Missile Training Command. The full unit of 277 officers and men will arrive June 10 to 24 to begin training enlisted personnel for Corporal guided missile battalions, with 14 officers, 10 warrant officers and 235 enlisted in the major transfer.
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Bliss
Toby Marvis
Washington, D.C
Taylor Says Army Accepts Missile Curb
Washington reports say General Maxwell Taylor, Army chief of staff, accepted a Defense Department order limiting Army missiles. The clash with Air Force over strategic weapons continues, with Wilson and Symington commenting on timelines and development.
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Army
Pred & Hoffman
Washington
Air Force
Maxwell Taylor
Ian Armwe
Wilson
Tmy
Mosself
Air Force to Retry Billy Mitchell Insubordination Case
Washington reports Billy Mitchell, the former Army general who died 21 years ago, will get a retrial this week on insubordination charges. The Air Force Board for Review will hear the closed case, with a recommendation sent to Secretary James Douglas who could overturn the 1925 military court conviction. Mitchell had argued for a separate air force and criticized Army and Navy aviation.
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Navy
Newis
City workers to receive pay boost under budget plan
Mayor Ellsworth said most city employees will get raises at the start of the Texas year beginning July 7. The plan, after four months of study and a reorganized council review, confirms raises for police and fire staff and for hourly workers, though not a blanket increase.
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Ellsworth
Talore
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Aville
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Hove
Texan To Speak At Sill Saturday Luncheon
Former Assistant Secretary of the Army Fred Borth will address an Armed Forces Day luncheon at Fort Sill. The event, at the Fort Sill Officers Club Ballroom, will include Lawton Chamber, Armed Forces, and Lawton-Fort Army Advisory Committee members, plus U.S. Army Artillery Center officers. Four Oklahoma legislators including Sen. Fred Harris and Reps. Charles Ozman Jim Taliaferro Karl Simmons will attend.
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Fort Sil
Fort Sill
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Armed Force Committee
Lawton - Fort
U.S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Charles Ozman
Jim Taliaferro
Karl Simmons
Worth
Fort Worth
Panker
William Beueker
T. i. Do Shazu
U S Protest Over Moscow Travel Restrictions
The United States protested to the Soviet Union over road blocks and police actions restricting American travel inside Russia. A formal note handed to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow highlighted Moscow’s public rules versus U.S. assurances of free travel for Soviet personnel in the United States. It cites instances where Americans faced blocks and limits moving within and around open areas.
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United States
Russia
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Moscow
America
Membors
Kee
Markham Ferry Measure Advances Power Plant Plan
Oklahoma City A four member joint legislative committee approved a bill opening the Markham Ferry construction program to new negotiations. Sen Roy C Beecher Kingfisher chair said signing a proposed contract would be blocked by the amendment banning contracts violating Oklahoma public policy. Gov Gary urged exploring power selling avenues and extending bids to Public Service, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, KAMO, Empire District Electric and others to build the plant.
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Joint Legislative Conference
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Kingfisher
Oklahoma
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James A. Rinehart
el Reno
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GRD
Raymond Gary
Markham Ferry
Public Service
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Kamo Electric Cooperative
Empire District Electric Co
Weather Outlook for Lawton Area Sees Scattered Showers
The daily forecast predicts possible scattered showers or thunderstorms in the Lawton area this afternoon into tonight with a one hour lull. A five day outlook calls for more showers midweek and again on Saturday. Tornado alerts were issued in western and southeastern Oklahoma early today and cancelled. a hail storm near Altus produced marble sized hail. Flood threats exist in southeast Oklahoma with heavy rains. Lawton area rainfall ranged around one tenth of an inch, while Lake Lawtonka rose and remains below flood gates.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
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Altus
Bill Bowers
Trvin Heidebrecht
Lawtonka
Feek
Roy Higdon
Medicine Creel
Elmer Thomas
Solons Study Fund Division For Agencies
Oklahoma lawmakers study a $28 389 division for 23 state institutions under Gov Raymond Gary. The plan, part of a $3 448 367 overall increase, prioritizes mental hospitals while the Appropriations Subcommittee and Gary work out institutional totals. Salaries drop Thursday from 15 to 3 33 a day as the session aims to adjourn next week and key bills including the turnpike project and liquor stamp controls move toward third reading.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Joint Committee On Appropriations
House
Narcotics Stolen From Doctor's Car Overnight
Dr. Howard Angus of 2127 Dearborn reported narcotics taken from his car while parked at his home. The missing items include 24 quarter grain morphine tablets a bottle of Demerol and 12 Nembutal capsules. Police reported no arrests in connection with the theft this morning.
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Dearborn
Poker Today
Flood Ravages Lampasas as 300 Lose Homes
Emergency crews push into Lampasas Texas to clear broken roads while a 10 foot flood wall wrecks the business district and 90 blocks of homes. At least 3 were killed and eight injured. 300 people were homeless amid ongoing relief efforts.
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TexaSas
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Dallas
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Army To Change Fort Sill Name Again
Washington May 13 Senator Mike Monreary announced the Army will rename Fort Sill to the U S Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center citing general name policy. The official title for the Antiaircraft and Guided Missile School at Fort Bliss will also change to the U S Army Air Defense School. No effective date was given.
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Runior
Mike Menreney
Okla
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U.S. Army
U.S Army Air Deense School
Monroncey
Right Of Way Need Along U S 277 Drives Fort Sill Link
Mayor Ed Ellsworth announced that property owners from the city limits to Fort Sill must cooperate to provide right of way for a four lane improvement on U S 277. Funding limits prevent purchasing the land but compensation for physical damages may be offered. The Chamber of Commerce's roads committee and E A Gin outlined plans and provided information to owners.
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