Lawton Constitution Adopts New Type Faces
The Lawton Constitution switches to Alpha style body type with 84 point Royal and 10 point Royal for ads and captions. New Futur a and Royal faces promise easier reading and standard national advertising widths, costing about 15000 dollars with six hours of Sunday work.
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Lawton Constitution
Lawton Morning Press
Lawton
Futura
Ned Shepler
Bill F. Bentley
Lawton Publishing Co
Bentley
W. D. Hargraves
Ideal
Lew Johnson
Hargraves
Elite German Unit Set To Train On Pershing System
A hand picked West German Luftwaffe unit, about the size of a battalion, arrives at Fort Sill today to begin training on the Pershing missile with the U S Army. The group will take officer, battery and specialist courses, with part of the unit also training at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
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Air Force
Fort Sill
U. S. Army
U. S
Federal Republic of Germany
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Missile Group 12
Flugkoopergruppe 12
9Th Artillery Group
White Sands Missile Range
N. M
U.S
Martin Company
Korth Quits. Nitze Named Navy Secretary
Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth resigns and will be replaced by Paul Nitze. The White House says President Kennedy accepted the resignation effective November 1. Korth cited private affairs and returns to business after pressuring McNamara to delay a decision on nuclear propulsion for future carriers.
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Washington
Navy
Fred Korth
Pentagon
Paul Nitze
White House
Kennedy
Korth
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Navy Secretary Korth resignation tied to no policy dispute
The text notes no link between Kennedy-Korth letters and Navy policy fights or the TFX contract. Korth, Navy secretary since 1961 and ex-Fort Worth bank president, faced conflict inquiries over General Dynamics TFX bid though DOJ cleared him. Nitze to be secretary. Bun dy to become assistant secretary. Fort Sill robbery case dismissed to military court.
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Kennedy
Korth
Navy
McNamara
White House
Washington
Fort Worth
Tex
Congress
General Dynamics Corp
General Dynamics
Justice Department
Nitze
Solon Assails Western Hills Lodge Deal
Oklahoma Senate Justice Committee hearings accuse the Western Hills lodge settlement of violating the state Constitution as critics say the state lost between 24 000 and 50 000. Board members accuse lodge operators of bad faith while noting possible fraud exposure and insufficient administrative procedures.
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Solon
Western Hills
Oklahoma City
Senate
Western Hills Lodge
Denzil Garrison
Bartlesville
Jack Griffith
Stillwater
Planning and Resources Board
Western Hills Corp
Charles Monroe
Garrison
Monroe
Griffith
Lodge
Hugh Jones
Ray Fine
Roy Beecher
Eastern
Oklahoma Lodge
Gene Stipe
McAlester
Reluctant Adenauer Bows Out After 14 Years In Office
Bonn Germany AP Konrad Adenauer 87 steps reluctantly down Tuesday after 14 years as West Germany's first and only chancellor His era lifted the nation from postwar ruin to strength and prosperity yet left 17 million East Germans under Communist rule Friends say he built ties to the West while critics accuse him of hindering reunification.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Soviet Union
Officials Fear Whole Town May Collapse
In Belluno Italy rescue crews aided by U S Army helicopters evacuated 200 residents of Casso amid fears the Vaiont dam overflow could collapse the village. Officials announced a government inquiry aims for a Dec 15 report as landslide threats from Mt Toc persisted and tolls ranged from 300 to 3000 dead.
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Belluno
Italy
Te Vaioni Dam
Casso
Rome
Fiorentino Sullo
Mt. Toc
Erto
Vaient
Giuseppe Torno
Antonio Segni
Mariano Rumor
Longarone
14 Year Old Boy Injured In Scooter Car Crash
A Lawton boy, Larry D. Adair, 14, suffered a broken right leg and facial cuts after a 1963 Ford driven by D. McCall, 18, collided with his 1962 Cushman scooter at 27th and E. The crash occurred at 7:50 a.m. and the scooter was knocked 66 feet from impact. He was taken to Memorial hospital for treatment.
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Larry D. Adair
Memorial Hospital
Young Adair
Verl D. McCall
Derrel Musgrove
Lawton
Musgrove
D. McCall
McCall
Point
Col
Troops May Leave On Overseas Jump From Texas Base
Information officers said Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls Texas is a possible debarkation point for Fort Sill artillery units in Operation Biglift. The 2nd Battalion 31st Artillery and 2nd Battalion 36th Artillery are scheduled to depart October 22 for Germany to take part in the world’s largest military mass.
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Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
Fort Sill
Sill
31St Artillery
36Th Artillery
Germany
City Sees 20th Dry Day as October Hopes Rise
The region faces a bone dry October if the trend continues. Forecasters warn of five more dry, warm days despite a Pacific front briefly lowering temperatures. Lawton marks 20th day without rain with last shower Sept. 25 totaling 14.75 inches for the year.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Brief Clear to partly cloudy through Tuesday
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with continuing warmth. Daytime highs reach 90 to 92 degrees and overnight lows around 58 to 60 degrees through Sunday into Tuesday.
Antenna Accident Claims Two Lives in Cyril
Ronald Quirk and Chester Mahorney were electrocuted Sunday afternoon when a dismantled television antenna fell onto a high voltage line at the Mahorney home seven miles northwest of Cyril. Kenneth Thomas and Jim Mahorney were injured. Quirk and the younger Mahorney died on arrival at Cyril hospital.
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Cyril
Cyril Funeral Home
Ronald Edward Quirk
Elgin
Chester Howard Mahorney
Kenneth Thomas
Cushing
Jimmy Mahorney
Mahorney
Finn
Here
Quirk
Thomas
Cyril Hospital
Funeral Home
Mahomney
Grand Forks
N. C
Apco
Antenna
Col
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Frank Shotz
Gomez
Shotz
Medicine Park
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