Wife says Gent did not shoot himself in Oklahoma incident
The wife of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Gent, former commander of the 32nd Air Defense region, said from Arlington that he denies shooting himself and fears for his life. He was wounded in the head at his Mount Alto Veterans Hospital room after a June 23 incident following a traffic stop.
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36Th Air Defense Region
Yen
Oklahoma City Police
Pentagon
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Gent
32Nd Air Defense Region
Tinker Air Force Base
Soviet Union
Mexico
Cuba
NSA
Dunlap
Ft. George G. Meade
U. S
Arthur Sylvester
Defense
Edmondson Urges Space Drive as Lawton Speaks on Politics
U.S. Senator J Howard Edmondson visited Lawton High School addressing over 2,000 students about the space program and the moon landing goal. He noted a $20 billion cost, outlined Apollo phases, and emphasized a two man spaceflight in one capsule before a three man mission into lunar orbit. He avoided comment on Bud Wilkinson's political plans.
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U.S
J. Howard Edmondson
Lawton
Dallas
Bud Wilkinson
U.S. Senate
Bud
Texas
Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Edmondson
Sen
Lawton High School
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
LHS
Bob Bedenhamer
Wolverine
Wichita Falls
Tex
Jeannette
Senate Aeronautical and Space Committee
U. S
Space Commission
Apollo
Mike Berkowick
Big Saturday Parade Aims to Boost United Fund Drive
More than 2 000 Lawtonians expected to march or ride in Saturday parade to back the United Fund drive. The 1963 drive begins Monday with five kick off luncheons led by Bill Johnson and co chair Jerry Mustain. Col Alfred Farrell chairs the Sill drive as part of the city goal of 137 800 with Fort Sill contributing 58 600 toward the 85 000 community total.
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Col
Alfred Farrell
Johnson
C Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Seventh
Second Street
Cameron College Rotc
Fort Sill
Lawton High School
Central Junior High School
Shrine Oriental
United Fund
Funds Cut Off For Army Plane
Congress has halted funding for an advanced Army transport plane model linked to battlefield needs. The $5 million cut, ahead of possible broader costs for a Canadian built Caribou program, sparked talks with Defense Secretary McNamara and Canadian defense chief Hellyer.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Paul Hellyer
Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force
Detroit Mafia not linked to top bosses in testify remarks
Detroit Police Commissioner George C. Edwards said six or seven layers of insulation separate bookmaking from the Don in Detroit. Inspector John J. O’Neill testified before the Senate investigations subcommittee on Cosa Nostra, noting bookmakers use smokeable flash paper and radios across the border for race results. Edwards called the Mafia the largest continuing criminal conspiracy in the region.
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Washington
Detroit
George C. Edwards
John J. O. O'Neill
Vice Bureau
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Cosa Nostra
O'Neill
Canada
Edwards
Wall Collapse Damages Former Unemployment Office Building
A 50 foot section of the south wall and 25 feet of the front of the former unemployment office at 316 S Sixth collapsed during nearby construction for a new American National Bank building. No injuries reported as workers escaped. damage valued in thousands. A soil fault under the old foundation caused the cave in, with underpinning and shoring protecting part of the wall. The bank plans to use the damaged building temporarily for officers during construction.
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S. Sixth
Dick Ford
Walter D. Ford and Son
Ford
American National Bank
Tory leadership race tightens as Home urged as successor
In Blackpool senior Conservative lawmakers push to draft Foreign Secretary Home to replace Prime Minister Macmillan. Home resists. Maudling trails amid conference applause. Butler and Hailsham remain contenders as Macmillan nears resignation after surgery.
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Blackpool
England
Conservative Party
Lord Home
Harold Macmillan
Reginald Maudling
Home
Soviet Union
Europe
United States
Britain
Maulding
Richard A. Butler
Lord Hailsham
Butler
Hailsham
Macmillan
Rescuers Start Digging In Mud For 4000 Dead
Rescuers searched through 25 miles of mud for thousands believed buried after a landslide plunged the Vaient Dam reservoir, sending a 300-foot wall of water down the Piave Valley. Longarone and nearby villages were decimated, with thousands killed. cyanide contamination posed further danger as crews recovered bodies and sought survivors.
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Belluno
Italy
UPI
Vaient
Piave
Longarone
Pirago
Fae
Castellavazzo
Soviet blocked autobahn to Berlin amid Berlin crisis
U.S. and Allied convoys faced Soviet blocking measures at Babelsberg as armored personnel carriers occupied the Berlin corridor. Maj. Gen. James H. Polk sought unity with British and French commanders while Dean Rusk summoned the Soviet ambassador to protest unilateral action. The blockade pressed the only highway link between East Germany and West Berlin.
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Berlin
UPI
West Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Babelsberg
West Berlin
East Germany
U.S. Berlin
James H. Polk
Washington
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Russia
U.S
Sergeant's Treason Spurs Security Probe
Washington reports that Sgt J C Dunlap a 35 year old NSA employee sold secrets to Red agents for more than two years and killed himself when his lavish spending exposed him. The case prompts a nationwide review of security procedures.
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Washington
UPS
U. S
Defense Department
Comanche County Opens 1964 Tag Reservations
Comanche County residents may reserve current car tag numbers for 1964 starting Tuesday. Ralph Tennessee, tag agent, said reservations run through December 1 and special tags will be mailed after December 11 when 1964 tags go on sale across the counter. To redeem, bring vehicle title to the tag office at 217 E and pay in advance. the existing CH CM and CC designations will be used in 1964.
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Comanche County
Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
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