House approves 1.2 billion military pay hike bill
The House passed a 1.2 billion dollar military pay raise by 332 to 5 sending the measure to the White House for the President's signature. Officers gain 60 to 110 monthly, enlisted 5 to 120 with most funds for middle ranks. Retirees retain current levels and special pay for doctors increases.
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Constitution
Washington Bureau
Washington
House
White House
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Alvin O'Konski
R-Wis
John R. Pillion
R-N. Y
W. R. Poage
Army
Maxwell C. Taylor
Senate
Congress
Acion
Kennedy Loses Round In Efforts To Speed Tax Cut
AP report covers Kennedy administration setback on pushing an $11 billion tax cut. Senate Finance Committee upheld Chairman Byrd’s control over timing delaying action. Humphrey says no tax bill this year may yield a 1964 start. McCormack and Mansfield urge simultaneous advances on civil rights and tax cuts. The piece also notes a deadly domestic tragedy in Chicago involving Air Force family.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Paul H. Douglas
Byrd
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Congress
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Mike Mansfield
Montana
McCormack
Mansfield
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Decision Due In 72 Hours On Wheat Sale To Reds
Democratic congressional leaders assured President Kennedy they would back wheat sales to Russia and satellites but oppose Red China. Mansfield said the matter is under serious consideration with a White House decision likely within 72 hours. Ten Republican wheat-state congressmen had urged clarification, and cabinet officials supported a sale at a closed Senate session while outlining arguments for and against it.
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Washington
UPD
Kennedy
Russia
China
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
White House
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Askel
Senate Foreign Relations and Agriculture Committees
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
George W. Ball
U. S
United States
Cuba
Red
Viet Nam
Valachi links Genovese to legalized Las Vegas gambling
Joseph Valachi testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that Vito Genovese has extensive ties to Las Vegas gambling and to Meyer Lansky’s operations there. He said Genovese still runs New York rackets from Leavenworth while acknowledging Genovese’s Las Vegas connections. Valachi cited a rumor about Abe Rel es’ death and described outsiders who allegedly aided mob killings.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Vito Genovese
Las Vegas
Nev
Genovese
Meyer Lansky
Leavenworth
Valachi
New York
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N
Javits
Reles
County Voting Board Shuffle Turned Down
The Oklahoma state Election Board rejected a Comanche County board change urged by the county GOP. Mather Eakes backed Gladys Watson to replace G A Kluck, while Democrat Haskell Pugh opposed removal. Other approvals included Love County secretary replacement Pauline Tucker and Seminole County Republican member M P Loftis.
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Oklahoma City
State Election Board
Comanche County
Mather Eakes
GOP
Gladys Watson
G. A. Kluck
Haskell Pugh
Anadarko
Klack
Zumwalt
Eakes
Pugh
Election Board
Frank Reneau
Pauline Tucker
Doris Quisenberry
Love County Election Board
Quisenberry
M. P. Loftis
Keith Cooper
Seminole County
Cooper
State Industrial Court
Chase Ends With Death Of Soldier
A 20 year old Fort Sill soldier Pfc. Thomas L Cyrus of Milwaukee Wisconsin died when the car he rode in overturned on a military reservation road following a high speed chase by local officers. Officials said it was uncertain if the fatality would be counted in the states 1963 traffic toll which rose to 539 Monday with another death. The chase began after police were called to a knife fight in east Lawton and patrolmen Chadwick and Turner observed a car linked to the combatants.
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Fort Sillman
Wisconsin
Pfc
Thomas L. Cyrus
38Th Arty
Cyrus
Milwaukee
Wisc
Atoka
Oran Carl Bonham
SH 3
East Lawton
Keith Walker
Gerald Chadwick
al Turner
Chadwick
Turner
Sill Troops Turn Blanding Into Little Oklahoma
The 400 soldiers of Headquarters Battery and two firing batteries of the 2nd Missile Battalion tested Pershing missiles on Black Mesa Utah and will move to Fort Wingate New Mexico for a second series. They built a makeshift community with a barber tent, TV, ram horns, and a shower from a barrel, while coping with mail and ice shortages.
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41Th Artillery
Harold R. Williams Blanding
Utah
Army
Fred Reed
Lawton
Oklo
New Mexico
Mesa
White Sands
Black Mesa
Ft. Wingate
Gallup
Blanding
Reed
John Caughron
Oklahoma
Caughron
Lee Blanding
Water Sewer District for Brockland Planned
City council studies a proposal to create a combined water distribution and sanitary sewer district for the Brockland addition. The plan, under a 1963 act, would require notices to landowners and potential protests before a hearing, with development tied to federal loan programs. The council also approved widening Gore Boulevard and considered a traffic signal study and a new Lake Ellsworth park opening while bids were opened for fleet liability insurance.
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Brockland Addition
Gore Blvd
Rogers Lane
U. S. 277
Lake Ellsworth
Brookland Addition
Hendrick
U. S. 62
Glendale
Brookland
Cache Road
Water and
Federal Housing Authority
Veterans Administration
Wayne Gilley
Park de
Fair Skies and Warm Readings Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma forecasters predicted mostly fair skies and warm temperatures. Lawton and southwest areas should reach around 85, seven degrees above Monday, with a 57-degree overnight low and a 45-degree Monday low. A cold front was expected to reach the Panhandle Wednesday. no rain was forecast statewide.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
McAlester
Gage
Tinker
Clinton-Sherman Air Force
Ponca City
Fort Sill
Guymon
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Senate Armed Services Committees
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Ing
Secretary of Defense
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Lawrence E. Tunnell
Ann Scott Tunnell
Scott
Twin Towers
Lawrence
Rodman Routledge
Tunnell
San Angelo
Tex
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
University of Chicago Graduate School
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright- Paterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
John McShane
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Lavern Duffy
Subcommittee
Reds
Robert J. Dole
Garner E. Shriver
Joe Shubitz
Robert F. Ellsworth
Kansas
Albert H. Quie
Odlin Langen
Minnesota
Don L. Short
North Dakota
Benjamin Reifel
South Dakota
Donald G. Brotzman
Colorado
Catherine May
Freeman
Hodges
Ball
Stoolie
Mum
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Abe Reles
Underworld
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Sill
Little Oklahoma
Brockland
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