Great Debate On Civil Defense In Washington
A House Armed Services Committee hearing considers federal public fallout shelters with survival supplies. Experts discuss giant nuclear weapons, deep digs, and a future where millions die or rebuild in a poisoned world. Public interest remains tepid despite Einstein’s 1939 warning to FDR.
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Washington
Raymond J. Crowley
Capitol Hill
House Armed Services Committee
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kelleher
Steuart L. Pittman
Pittman
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Congress
Chet Holifield
D - Calif
Bat
Charles E. Chamberlain
R-Mich
Holifield
Capitol Dome
Capitol
Minow leaves FCC for Britannica as Henry takes helm
The article notes Newton Minow resigns as FCC chairman to join Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. at $100,000 a year, with E. William Henry succeeding him. Henry, 34, is expected to continue tough regulation and ties public service to license renewals, while Minow’s era is remembered for aggressive enforcement and the wasteland remark.
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Louis G. Panos Washington
Newton Minow
Chicago
Federal Communications Commission
Encyclopaedia Britannic, Inc
Minows
Minow
FCC
Washington
E. William Henry
Memphis
Henry
Communications Satellite Corporation
National Association of Broadcasters
Long Hot Summer Looms in Mississippi Capital
In Jackson Mississippi civil rights clashes intensify as mayor vows arrests for lawbreakers while NAACP leaders warn against riots. Merchants back arrest policy and a Negro boycott of Capitol Street grows amid sit-in protests and a tense push for change. CORE organizers conduct nonviolent training at state NAACP headquarters as sit-ins loom.
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Ben Thomas Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Allen Thompson
American Municipal Association
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Birmingham
Medgar Evers
NAACP
Jackson
Thompson
Capitol Street
Purser Hewitt
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dave Dennis
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Dennis
Oklahoma Legislature Sees End in Sight by June 15
The Oklahoma Legislature nears final adjournment as lawmakers finish week 21 while tackling a $251 million two year budget. Key hurdles remain liquor price fixing, Sunday closing, reapportionment redraft and potential deferral of future appropriations. Senate action looms on the price fix bill and a conservative outlook on the reapportionment plan. Adjournment is foreshadowed within two weeks amid heated debates and looming summer heat.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Senate
Henry Bellman
House
Sen
Ray Fine
Gore
Fine
Girl, 18, commits suicide over stolen radio
In Birmingham England an inquest heard Yvonne Thomas killed herself by turning on a gas stove after a boy stole her transistor radio. The incident occurred as authorities investigated the motive and circumstances surrounding the death.
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RADIO
Birmingham
England
UPI
Yvonne Thomas
Subscriptions and Rates For Lawton Daily Press Service
Advertising lists monthly and annual rates for various delivery options in multiple Oklahoma counties. It details Morning Press and Sunday Constitution prices, per copy charges for different delivery plans, and addresses delivery to press subscribers and mail subscriptions across Comanche, Cotton, Tillman, Kiowa, Cad do, Grady, Stephens, Jefferson, and Jackson counties.
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Lawton
Constitution
Constitution Press
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Jackson Counties
Mo. Mo
Ius
Const Press & Sun
Oklahoma
Press & Sunday
Const. Press & Sun
Sunday
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United States
Kennedy
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Philip W. Kelleher
Soviet Union
Alexander Langsdorf Jr
Lawton Loan and Investment
Okla
C Ave
Sneed Acres
Sidney's Dairy Creams
2Nd
Bell
Cal
Mac’‘S Tree Service
Koehler Bldg
Compton
Rexall
N. Sheridan Road
Erwin Acres Shopping Center
Compton's
Gene Feichtner
Ron Compton
U.S
Freezer
Carl’s Food Martel
Sheridan Rd
Nelson’s
Nelson Furniture
E Avenue
Sill
Els
Prudential
LSU Eit
Waa
Av Landers-Zwaan Insurance
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