House Approves No Let-Down Defense Fund
The House approved a 17.2 billion defense bill by a 335 to 3 vote. The compromise measure, 1.7 billion below Kennedy’s request, funds a 2.7 million man military force and moves to the Senate for concurrence and the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Hous
America
Senate
White House
House
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Alvin E. O’konski
R-Wis
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Kennedy
Will
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Russia
Mahon
U.S
Five Policemen Hired to Boost City Force to 74
City councilmen approved five new officers raising total sworn personnel to 74 and announced three additional hires soon under the new budget. The four probationary officers named were Benny R. Johnson Silas R. Hall Robert A. McCune Jerry C. Butler and Ralph S. Howard. The meeting also covered highway plans for SH 7 widening and library air conditioning bids.
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Wayne Gilley
Benny R. Johnson
Lee
Silas R. Hall
Summit
Robert A. McCune
A. Jerry C. Butler
Euclid
Ralph S. Howard
Pike Bonds Fail To Get Protests
Oklahoma City AP report says the eastern turnpike bond indenture was taken under advisement by the state Supreme Court after a quiet 20 minute hearing. No protests were lodged and officials seek a rapid decision to permit the sale of 31 million dollars in bonds for a 40 mile toll road from Henryetta to McAlester.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Capitol
Douglas McKeever
Enid
Turnpike Authority
Supreme Court
N. B. Johnson
Henryetta
McAlester
McKeever
Johnson
State Highway Commission
Construction Worker Injured in Run Over Incident at Fort Sill Runway
Venaciano E. Villarial, 44, a PL&S Construction employee from 211 Bell, was hit by a water truck on the Fort Sill runway project around 7:30 a.m. He suffered injuries to his right arm and leg and head lacerations and was taken to Southwestern hospital in fair condition.
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Fort Sill
Venaciano E. Villarial
Bell
Pl&s Construction Co
Southwestern Hospital
Weather Stays Warm And Dry In Lawton Oklahoma
The U S weather bureau reports a weak cold front in northeastern Oklahoma but it won t affect the warm spell. Highs near 95 in Lawton and mild nights around 36 with a 97 degree day Monday. Temperatures swung 10 degrees in the early evening and rose 20 degrees by late morning.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rape Slayer Jailed Here After Escape
A 20-year-old Negro man, Marion Fuller of 1821 S. 14th, was arrested at his Lawton View home by Sheriff Forest D. McClung Deputy Odell Incks and Officer Johnnie Rhodes after an anonymous tip. Fuller, who escaped from Taft state mental institution Sunday morning, had been transferred from Granite reformatory and said he hitchhiked to Oklahoma City before riding a bus to Lawton. Local officers planned to return him to prison that afternoon.
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Marion Fuller
S. 14Th
Lawton View Addition
Forest D. McClung
Odell Incks
Johnnie Rhodes
Fuller
McAlester
Graniteenformatory
McClung
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Joe Harp
Granite Reformatory
Harp
Vinita
Granite
Forest McClung
Flora Hammers Cuba and Baho mas as Haiti Suffers
Hurricane Flora crossed Cuba on its third landfall and heads toward the Bahamas. Cuba's regime orders tight food rations while casualties rise and coffee distribution halts. Haiti reports vast destruction with up to 4 000 dead and 1 million affected as救援 aircraft prepare to survey the damage.
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UPI
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Weather Bureau
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Miami Weather Bureau
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Haiti
Negro Republic
U. S
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Anse A Veau
Tiburon Peninsula
Red Cross
Puerto Rico
Russia Readies Wheat Sale Bid From U.S. Senate Briefing
Senate leaders report the Soviets and allies signaled interest in buying up to five million tons of U.S. wheat worth 150 to 200 million dollars. President Kennedy weighs congressional views as officials expect a decision within days.
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UPI
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
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Soviet Union
Minnesota
Capitol
Kennedy
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Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
Mike Mansfield
Mont
U.S
Edmondson to Address Lawton High Students on Friday
Sen J Howard Edmondson will address Lawton High School students in two assemblies at 10 25 and 11 05 led by principal Gene Hancock and student council president Mike Berkowick. He will also speak at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Hotel Lawtonian at noon and visit Fort Sill Friday morning in Maj Gen L S Grifing's office.
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Lawton
U.S
Robert S. Kerr
Gene Hancock
Edmondson
Mike Berkowick
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
Chamber
Fort Sill
L. S. Griffing
16000 To Move In Three Days Exercise Big Lift To Start Oct 22
The Defense Department announced 16000 soldiers and airmen will begin moving to Germany on October 22 in the largest trans Atlantic air movement to date. About 14500 troops from the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood will board MATS planes from four Texas bases and bases in Virginia and North Carolina, with initial landings at Rhein Main Air Base. An accompanying 1500 strong air strike force will fly from Dow and Loring AFBs to support the operation as training maneuvers in Germany start.
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Fort Sill
Germany
Washington
D. C
2Nd Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Texas
Virginia
North Carolina
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
Dow
Loring Air Force
Maine
Army
31St Artillery
Valachi details five New York mob families in Senate hearing
Mobster Valachi testifies on the Cosa Nostra hierarchy in New York before senators aided by police. He lists the five families and names leaders while authorities flag bomb threats and boost security around the hearing room.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra
New York City
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Valachi
New York
John F. Shanley
Senate
FBI
U.S
James McShane
U.S. Trims Aid to South Viet Nam
The United States has suspended nearly 12 million dollars in commercial aid payments to South Viet Nam since August crackdown on Buddhists. Washington weighs further cuts to force political reforms from President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government, with the program covering imports and supporting Vietnam’s currency.
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Saigon
UPS
United States
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
Mme Nhu Passport Row Sparks Subcommittee Probe
Rep Wayne Hays said the foreign affairs subcommittee will investigate why Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu was issued a U.S. passport. He called her an evil woman and argued she was neither a diplomat nor official, yet obtained passport privileges. Mrs Nhu arrived at Idlewild for a three week U S speaking tour with her daughter Le Thuy.
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Washington
UPI
Wayne Hays
D-Ohio
Mme
Ngo Dinh Nhu
United States
Hays
Mme. Nhu
Viet Nam
Nhu
le Thuy
Idlewild
Army Air Force wage board orders five cent raise at Fort Sill
Washington Bureau reports a five cent per hour wage increase for 1,123 blue collar civilian workers at Fort Sill. The raise, effective after the Oct 23 pay period, follows a board survey to align base skilled civilian pay with private industry.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
Army- Air Force
Fort Sill
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