One Vote Decides Fate Of Two Key Measures
Oklahoma Senate split on two key bills with one vote deciding fate. The property assessment equalization bill passed 23 to 17, while the school election bill failed 22 to . In the House public housing bill faced heavy opposition and was stricken. Equalization moves to the House. school election would have mandated secret ballots and watcher access.
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Jim Belcher
Oklahoma City
UPI
State Senate
Senate
G. O. Williams
Woodward
Basil Wilson
Mangum
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
Garfield County
Park W. Lamerton
Enid
Kay Engineering Co
House
Simple Bread Purchase Impossible At Market
Joy Stailey recounts a trip to the New York market where bread becomes a struggle amid shelves of tempting items. She and her husband chase bread, but end up with jars of jelly okra and gourmet snacks, while he forgets the bread he went to buy.
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Joy Stailey
Hal Boyle
New York
Life
Paradise
Byrd undecided on stance toward debt limit hike
Senator Harry F. Byrd said he has not decided whether to oppose President Kennedy's stop gap plan raising the national debt ceiling to 309 billion dollars. He will wait for Treasury Secretary Dillon to present his case to the Senate Finance Committee before deciding.
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Washington
UPI
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Finance Committee
Dillon
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
House Rules Committee
Battleship North Carolina to serve as fallout shelter
The 35,000 ton battleship North Carolina docked in Wilmington will be outfitted as a fallout shelter. The Battleship Commission authorized storing food medical supplies aboard the World War II vessel berthed on Cape Fear River. It can shelter 2,500 people now and more than 5,000 with ventilation upgrades.
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Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
Battleship Commission
Cape Fear River
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Virgil Tinker
Fairfax
Bill
Osage County
TFX
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon
al Blackburn
OLD Treasure Distillers CO
Phila
Sears
Lanint
Pyxn
Cryer
Craftsman
Gore
Lawton, Okla
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