Bellmon Refuses Aid Hopes It Will Rain
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon stood firm against declaring a disaster area for drought. He cited county committees and state review while noting eastern counties are hardest hit but the northwest is less afflicted. He revealed no formal disaster requests and said relief actions would come only with clear language.
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Bellmon
Harry Culver
Oklahoma City
UPH
Henry Bellmon
Hensmen
Aster Committee
Wickersham
Stephens
Roy Beecher
Holden
Wayne Holden
Duncan
Stephens County
Bellman
Central Oklahoma Milk Producers Association
Tration
Baby Beats Odds Marks First Year Endurance
A 35-ounce 34 weeks premature infant named Diana Kalene Smith born at Memorial hospital in Elgin on October 17 survived after weeks in an isolette. Doctors warned of slim chances but she gained weight and learned to feed, reaching about two pounds at three weeks and celebrating a first birthday year later.
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Memorial Hospital
M. D. Smith
Elgin
Diana Kalene
Kalene
Caroline
Diane Kalene Smith
Memorial
Erhard Named Adenauer Successor as West German Chancellor
Ludwig Erhard, 66, was elected chancellor by the Bundestag 279 to 180 to succeed Konrad Adenauer. He will take the oath and present his cabinet. Erhard, economics minister, pledges to continue Western alliances, German reunification, and reconciliation with France, with a cabinet split of 16 Christian Democrats to 5 Free Democrats.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bundestag
Erhard
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Heinrich Luebke
Federal Republic
Western Alliance
France
U.S
Erich Mende
The
Rainer Barzel
Kurt Schmuecker
Boston Tremor Shakes New England in 100 Mile Arc
An earthquake rattled homes in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island with a near minute long tremor felt from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Providence Rhode Island. Weston College Observatory called it a slight tremor rolling in from the Atlantic likely off Cape Cod.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Weston College Observatory
Roy Drake
Observatory
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod
Cape
Drake
Wayland
Cohasset
Portsmouth
N.H
Providence
R.I
Showers Touch Oklahoma After Weeks Of Dryness
The first rain in nearly three weeks fell in northern and central Oklahoma and spread southeastward as light showers with some thunderstorms. Lawton recorded no measurable rain, while forecasts call for clear skies and above average temperatures with no rain expected for five days. Moisture remains scarce and soils are drying, hindering seeding of small grains across many areas.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Lawton
U. S
Ardmore
Gage
McAlester
Clinton
Tulsa
U. S. Department of Commerce and Weather Bureau
Explosion at Bogota area tunnel kills two workers
An explosion at a construction site tunnel near Bogota left two workers dead and 29 injured. Twenty others were trapped briefly but were rescued, as authorities investigated the blast and the site was cleared.
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Bogota
Colombia
English Spot Difficult Go at tribal regalia seen by officer
An English officer at a allied student picnic in the Wichita Mountains observed Comanche regalia and bells, remarking that the attire would complicate a potential sneak attack. The line reflects confusion over tribal dress during a mountain gathering on Page 1.
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Wichita Mountains
Strongman Wins Korean Vote Tussle
Gen. Chung Hee Park secured the presidency in a tight unofficial vote count, edging Yun Po-sun's Civil Rule party. Park led early and late, with 4,624,524 votes to Yun’s 4,489,550 and three minor anti-junta candidates totaling 694,372. Yun went into hiding after balloting. Park urged unity to build the Third Republic while Yun apologized to supporters for legal obstacles.
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Seoul
Korea
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Yun Po-sun
Civil Rule Party
Park
Yun
National Assembly
Pershing Fired and Delayed Shots at White Sands
Fort Sill troops fired a Pershing missile from Fort Wingate New Mexico to its impact at White Sands in southern New Mexico. The 2nd Battery 44th Artillery Fort Sill conducted today's test the second from Fort Wingate. The Army Artillery Board gave no reason for calling off two scheduled shots though extra firings could be added later if more data is needed.
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Fort Sill
U. S. Army Artillery Board
Fort Wingate
Gallup
N.M
White Sands
2Nd Bate 44Th Artillery
Black Mesa
Blanding
Utah
He Army
Artillery Board
General Harkins Escapes Injury In Viet Nam Plane Crash
Gen. Paul D. Harkins and five others survived a crash when a twin engine Caribou from Di Linh hit the dirt airstrip with its landing gear retracted. The plane suffered extensive damage but no injuries were reported among the four officers and two crewmen aboard.
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Aigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
Viet Nam
Harkins
Saigon
di Linh
Col. Wilburt Wilson
V Army Corps
B58 Dashes 8028 Miles In Record 8 Hours 35 Minutes
A U S Air Force B58 jet bomber flew nonstop from Okinawa to England to set a record time of 8 hours 35 minutes covering 8028 miles at 938 mph. Commander Maj Sidney J Kubesch Maj John O Barrett and Capt Gerard R Williamson led the crew as refuelings extended the mission past midway around the world. President Kennedy congratulated the fliers and support crews.
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Greenham Common
England
Japan
Berkshire
Sidney J. Kubesch
el Campo
Tex
John O. Barrett
Yucca Valley
Calif
Gerard R Williamson
New Orleans
Strategic Air Command
Los Angeles
New York
Okinawa
Tokyo
London
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Ind
Alaska
Canada
Greenland
Iceland
Washington
Kennedy
City Federal Officers Raid Numbers Game City
City and federal officers joined forces for over a month to smash an alleged policy numbers racket in a fashionable westside home. Three men were arrested as they prepared to draw winning numbers and handed to federal authorities for prosecution. Gene Moore 39 Jack O Hare 59 and Herbert Lewis 60 were arraigned in Oklahoma City before U S Commissioner William C Page with bonds set at low to mid thousands. The suspects waived preliminary hearings and await transcribing to U S District Court.
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Westside
Oklahoma City
U. S
William C. Page
Gene Moore
Jack O'Hare
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lawton
Herbert Lewis
Jefferson
Page
Moore
U. S. District Court
Oklahoma County
Nine Hour British Convoy Held Up on Berlin Autobahn
A British convoy of 28 troops in nine vehicles was detained for nearly nine hours at Babelsberg near West Berlin by Soviet control officers. The British refused to dismount when ordered and, after protests in London and Berlin, the convoy was allowed to proceed on Western terms. A second British convoy and a U.S. convoy faced similar tension as Cold War friction on the autobahn intensified.
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Berlin
UPI
Soviet Union
Babelsberg
West Berlin
London
David P. Yates
Ivan A. Jakubowski
U.S
West Germany
East Germany
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B. S
Chebie) Graham
Association
Beecher
Capitol Blue
Agri
Culture Board
Lew Meibergen
Meibergen
Wildlife Commission
Cameron College
ROTC
Sharon Hill
Comanche
Queen
Susan Brigham
Louella Ferguson
Grandfield
Paula Wynn
Walters
Judy Allen
Chattanooga
Paull McClung
Pershing
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