Dodgers Triumph in World Series Opener Behind Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 5-2 as Sandy Koufax set a World Series strikeout record with 15. Roseboro hit a two run homer and drove in two more, giving the Dodgers a 4-0 lead before the Yankees answered. No later runs were scored in the final innings.
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Johnny Roseboro
Los Angeles Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
New York Yankees
Elston Howard
Joe Paparella
NEW York
Sandy Koufax
Dodgers
T. Davis
Ford
Kubek
Pepitone
F. Howard
Scererfield
Skowron
Tracewski
Roseboro
Skowren
Yankees
Mantle
Maris
Koufax
Mort Cooper
Cardinals
FE. Howard
Gilliam
W. Davis
Richardson
E. Howard
Boyer
Sergeant Missile convoy heads to White Sands range
A Fort Sill unit transporting the Sergeant missile will pass through Texas and New Mexico en route to White Sands Missile Range. About 185 men and 34 vehicles divide into three two mile convoy segments for two tactical firings at Stallion Camp.
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Fort Sill
NATO
Texas
New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range
N.M
3Th
30Th Artillery
White Sands
White Sands Stallion Camp
Fort Sill Estate
Ee de el OL Ee
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Sth
50Th
Dear F. Jones
Cooper To Visit Jesters In Tulsa
Oklahoma astronaut Maj. L. Gordon Cooper will visit Tulsa Friday to attend a Royal Order of Jesters meeting and receive an astronaut jewel emblem. He recently joined the organization and will arrive for the brief visit.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Royal Order of Jesters
Warm Days Cool Nights Forecast For Oklahoma
Southwestern Oklahoma faces a fluctuating pattern with continued warmth through Thursday. Lawton expects fair skies and small temperature changes with highs near 88 and lows around 50. Overnight temperatures vary across towns from 4 to 55 with a five day outlook showing above normal in the panhandle and below normal in the southeast.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Guymon
Kiamichi Mountains
McAlester
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
Panhandle
Armed fugitives flee after jail escape in Oklahoma
Two men John Engberg of Denver and Oscar Floyd Wharton of Little Rock escaped Sedgwick County jail in Wichita and stole a police car in Glencoe Oklahoma. They were later found abandoned near Perkins Agra area as Kansas officers prepared to pick up the car. The pair were believed armed with two .38 revolvers and a sawed off shotgun and fled north toward Lam ar Colorado after abandoning the stolen vehicle. The fugitives were charged in Perry Oklahoma with kidnapping the two officers and robbing them of their car. Authorities said Wharton’s girlfriend Ruby Studar may be with them.
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Chandler
UPI
Kansas
Glencoe
Okla
Lincoln
L. P. Orr
Perkins
Agra
Ed Small
Orr
John Engberg
Denver
Oscar Floyd Wharton
Little Rock
Ark
Wharton
Ruby Studar
Engberg
Perry
Lamar
Colo
Syracuse
Colorado
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Kan
Jim Tapp
Max Christman
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
Tapp
Christman
Oklahoma
Kennedy Signs Military Pay Raise Boost
President Kennedy signed a bill granting an average 14.4 percent pay hike for about 2.7 million armed forces personnel, costing $1.2 billion annually. The measure, the largest military pay boost in history, aims to retain servicemen, support families, and aid retirees and reservists while adding a special $5 combat bonus for about 2,000 troops exposed to Viet Cong fire.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
U. S
South
Viet Nam
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services
Rivers
Ad Valorem Levy Drops 3.6 Mills In Lawton Fix
Lawton property owners will save 3.6 mills on ad valorem taxes this year, a total levy of 84.85 mills per thousand, down from 88.65. County Clerk Phil Gafford certified levies prepared by the county excise board for the county, cities, towns, and school districts, with Lawton city levy at 30.70 and the school district at 40.80 per thousand. The county levy falls to 13.35, with city and sinking fund allocations noted. Geronimo presents the county’s highest town levy at 40.20.
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Lawton
Phil Gafford
County Excise Board
Lawton City
Lawton School
Geronimo
Kennedy Receives Viet Nam Inspection Report
President Kennedy reviewed the military political situation in South Viet Nam after a weeklong inspection tour by Defense Secretary McNamara and General Taylor. He summoned the National Security Council to discuss the findings and potential Southeast Asia policy implications.
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Washington
Kennedy
South
Viet Nam
National Security Council
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Wafi
Southeast Asia
Full Security Council
McNamara
Taylor
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
Feasibility Report Eyed On Cache Creek Project
A feasibility study on widening and deepening East Cache Creek to correct floodplains will be submitted to the City Council at 9 30 a m Friday. Mayor Wayne Gilley warns downstream damage suits could derail support if heavier flooding may occur west of Lawton. The project’s legal and financial risks trace to past flood problems and the city’s responsibility for borrow pits and channel changes. The Corps of Engineers studied potential participation but liability remains a concern for local property owners and city officials.
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East Cache Creek
Lawton
Wayne Gilley
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Gilley
Cache
Squaw
Warren Chrisman
State Highway Department
Cache Creek
Hendrick
Paul Dunbar
Channel
Ben Bella Faces Civil War Threat as Algerian Mutiny Rises
Berber mutineers man cannons on Algerian mountain ridges vowing to defy President Ahmed Ben Bella. Ben Bella plans vigilante committees and armed troops to fight counterrevolution while government forces seal off Kabylie. Col. Mohand Ou El Hadj hopes to avoid clashes but will fire if attacked as mutinous troops mobilize. Nationalization of French farms stirs peasant support and signals ongoing power struggle with France’s aid still vital.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Hadj Ben Alla
Front of National Liberation
FLN
Ben Alla
Kabylie
Mohand Ou el Hadj
Algeria
France
Cosa Nostra Informer Claims Mobster Died Of Broken Heart
Cosa Nostra informer Joseph Valachi testified before Senate investigators that gangster Ciro Terranova died of a broken heart after his nervous disarray following Giuseppe Masseria’s killing. Valachi said Vito Genovese and others attended the slaying at a Coney Island restaurant as Terranova’s power faded.
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Washington
UPI
Cosa Nostra
Joseph Valachi
Senate
Giuseppe Masseria
Crime Combine
Ciro Terranova
Masseria
Coney Island
Ciro
Valachi
Vito Genovese
Terranova
John L. McClellan
Dark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Big D Spree All For Free
Downtown Lawton Inc offers a free weekend in Dallas with two OU Texas football tickets. Two winners receive round trip air travel, hotel Friday and Saturday, brunch for two at the Adolphus, and $25 expense money. Registration opens Thursday in Downtown Lawton stores. drawing at 10 30 p m October 7 on Channel 7.
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Dallas
Lawton
Southwest Oklahoma
Lawton Inc
Texas City
Adolphus Hotel
Lawton, Inc
Channel 7
Central Airlines
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