Oklahoma Gov Bellman Sees Wheat Program Discontent
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellman says the defeat signals a national trend toward less government interference with private enterprise. He urges an orderly withdrawal from wheat controls while noting other farm price supports cannot be removed now. Farm Bureau leader Lewis Munn agrees farmers want less government control and are willing to sacrifice high price guarantees.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellman
Bellman
Lewis Munn
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Wheat vote blocks Kennedy program in referendum
Wheat growers rejected President Kennedy's price support and production controls in a national referendum, 47.8 percent of 1.14 million votes. The result pushes 1964 wheat policy toward voluntary cutbacks and market-determined prices, with no new legislation likely this year. Administration officials, including Kennedy and Freeman, signaled farmers must live with the choice.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Chicago
Charles B. Hoeven
Iowa
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Again Rescues State's Civil Service
Oklahoma City report: the conference appropriations committee cut anti merit amendments from money bills and approved 2.24 million in minor appropriations as lawmakers plan a fourth budget balancing meeting. Gov. Bellman offered no definite plan to attend yet.
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Oklahoma City
UPS
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Aate
Henry Bellman
Ray Fine
Gore
Leroy McClendon
Idabel
House Friends
State Insurance Board and Commissioner
State Tax Commission
Governor defers fate of slayers amid capital punishment talks
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellman said abolishment of capital punishment is not in his program and would not reveal his stance on condemned slayers Gerald Pate and Richard Dare. The pardon and parole board recommended commuting Pate’s death sentence to life and Dare’s to life, with board members split. Bellman wants a full report before deciding, stressing careful, dignified treatment of applicants and prison morale.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
Gerald Pate
Richard Henry Dare
Pardon and Parole Board
Pate
Dave
Oklahoma
Bellman
Dare and
McAlester
Dare
New York Welcomes Gordon Cooper With Ticker Tape Parade
Millions line Lower Broadway for a two million strong crowd in New York City as Gordon Cooper of Shawnee Oklahoma is hailed after orbiting Earth 22 times. The celebration ends at City Hall with a medal of honor and luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria. Cooper speaks of success and thanks officials including President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson.
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Broadway
Gordon Cooper
New York City
New York
Shawnee
Okla
Lower Broadway
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Air Force
Earth
Canyon of Heroes
Bowling Green
City Hall
Coop
Gordon
Super Cooper
Robert F. Wagner
Manhattan
Waldorff- Astoria
la Guardia
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hattie Cooper
Shawnee, Okla
Trudy
Camala
Janita
Kennedy
Congress
Flare Pictures From Fort Sill Tests Revealed
Army photographers from Fort Huachuca captured a night photograph of Fort Sill ranges during four nights of tests. Mohawk aircraft dropped 1.5 million candlepower flares to study camouflage on Pershing missile equipment, with results praised as fantastic. Lawton residents saw bright flashes and heard loud reports.
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Fort Sill
Army Today
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Lawton
U. S. Army Artillery Board
Francis Dull
Electronic Proving Grounds
Mohawk
Infant Boy Found Dead In Bassinet At Fort Sill
An infant son of Fort Sill residents Carmen Stinson and Donald Stinson was found dead in a bassinet late morning. Investigators said the death likely resulted from suffocation. the baby was pronounced dead on arrival at U S Army Hospital Fort Sill.
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U. S. Army Hospital
Carmen Stinson
Spt
Donald Stinson
S. Third
Paul Elkins
C. M. Hawkins
J. B. Langford
Police Department
Pope John XXIII Faces Severe Setback in Illness
Vatican says Pope John XXIII, 81, suffered a new severe setback in his illness, canceling a weekly audience but blessing 15,000 from his apartment window. Officials report no relapse despite illness rumors as he plans a nine day spiritual retreat starting Ascension Day.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter's Square
Pope
Vatican
Ships Offer Distilled Water to Hong Kong Drought Affected
In Hong Kong harbor, crews from the U S 7th Fleet and the British Navy will provide surplus distilled water to the city’s 32 million drought stricken residents as announced by naval commanders.
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Hong Kong
U.S. 7Th Fleet
County Wheat Farmers Reject 1964 Program in Narrow Vote
In Manc h e y county wheat growers vote 346 to 183 against the administration’s 1964 wheat program. Only 34.6 percent of eligible growers participated with 1,200 eligible and 571 ballots cast. Northwest small farms opposed 18 to 51, Faxon large farms favored 39 to 37, and 42 ballots were challenged. Districts and eligible groups are listed with varying results.
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Manche County
Floyd Hawk
ASCS
Northwest
Faxon
Aé& Wit
Porter Hill
Elgin
Sterling
P’pkin Center
Lawton Ascs
Geronimo
S&s
iIndiahoma
Just Build Road Citizens Plead
A Davis Oklahoma delegation urged Governor Bellman to accelerate Interstate 35 construction south of Oklahoma City. They support a federally approved route bypassing towns between Purcell and the Texas border but seek a western alignment closer to Davis, arguing it serves their area and the state best. The petition, signed by 300 residents, emphasizes build asap wherever economical and feasible.
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Oklahoma City
Davis
Henry Bellman
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Purcell
Texas
Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Roads
More Showers Due For Area
Traces of light rain were seen in the Lawton vicinity early today as the U S Weather Bureau issued a forecast for widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Thursday. A cold surge caused a temperature drop but a warming trend is expected this afternoon with a high around 72 tomorrow.
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Lawton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
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