Sill Big Lift Troops Prepare for Major Operation
Fort Sill artillery units received final briefings from Gen. Paul DeWitt Adams, commander of U S Strike Command, as they approach participation in Operation Big Lift. The general warned that the eyes of the world are on the forces and stressed the global political impact of the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Paul DeWitt Adams
U.S. Strike Command
NATO
Adams
31St Artillery
John Landbridge
36Th Artillery
Douglas Harper
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Tex
Germany
Gen
Howard L. Harris
United States
Europe
Army
Blaze destroys Hillside Club. owner and family escape
A fire at the Hillside Athletic Club, started in the northwest dining area, wrecked most of the 45 by 115 foot structure and its contents. Club owner Jack Smith and his wife Eileen, plus their 14 year old daughter Dannell, escaped unharmed after being awoken by Ben Gill, the club's Japanese born employee. Firefighters fought the blaze for four hours, estimating total losses around 50 000 dollars with 25 000 for the building and 15 000 for contents. The living quarters escaped major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Athletic Club
Jack Smith
Eileen
Danell
Marion
Ben Gill
Reds Oppose NATO Nuclear Arms For Germany
Moscow via Tass protests NATO moves toward a multilateral nuclear force, calling the plan a violation of the Moscow treaty ban on nuclear tests. Soviet officials warn the step threatens safety of the Soviet Union and allies and undermines mutual understandings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
German
Soviet Union
NATO
Missing Vessel Found In Storm
A Navy destroyer escort adrift with 10 men aboard was spotted about 150 miles east of Cape Fear as Hurricane Ginny neared the U S coast. The USS Fogg had broken tow and drifted 40 miles southeast from its last sighting, with a Coast Guard tug en route to assist and reconnect efforts planned as the storm moves slowly northeast.
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Portsmouth
UPI
Cape Fear
N. C
Fogg
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Navy
New York
United States
Weather Bureau
Ginny
Big Lift: 16000 Troops Move Toward Germany From Fort Hood
The United States launches Operation Big Lift to move 16,000 Army and Air Force personnel plus aircraft from Fort Hood and other bases to Germany within 72 hours. Troops from the 2nd Armored Division lead the transfer with transport planes from Bergstrom Dow Loring and James Connally air bases. An advance party has arrived in Germany to establish communications and headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Hood, Tex
UPL
United States
Texas
Maine
Germany
Hell On Wheels’ Armored Division
Fort Hood
Fort Sill
Okla
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Europe
Dow and Loring Air Force Base
Jench Afb
S.C
West Germany
U.S
Bergstrom Afb
James Connally Afb
Waco, Tex
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Gray Army Air Base
Ft. Hood
Oklahoma Governor Demands Halt to Foreign Cattle Imports
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon, criticized for slow drought relief, urged Congress to stop foreign cattle and meat imports. He asked for more federal funds to build farm ponds and said imports depress Oklahoma cattle prices. He blamed imports for market woes and urged action to protect local producers.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
Congress
Oklahoma
Con
United States
Actio
Rain Relief Fails to Boost County Dreuth Aid Hopes
Scattered showers across Oklahoma bring .25 to .40 inch in many areas with a .27 inch total in Comanche County since Saturday. Farmers welcome moisture but relief aid faces delays. officials say rain helps grains but not cotton or hay. Forecasters expect more showers and milder temperatures in the coming days.
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Lawton
Floyd Hawk
County Agriculture and Stabilization Service
Comanche County Breuth
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Court Orders Genovese Conviction Reconsidered
The Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of Vito Genovese’s narcotics conviction in a 6 3 decision. Genovese, 66, is described as kingpin of a nationwide crime syndicate and is serving a 15 year term at Leavenworth. The case was sent back to the New York circuit for review in light of a May Campbell decision involving FBI notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Vito Genovese
Genovese
Italy
Senate
Costa Nostra
Leavenworth
Kan
U.S. Circuit Court
New York
Clark
Harlan
White
Alvin R. Campbell
Campbell
FBI
Justice Clark
Harlan and White
Supreme See Court
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council slams county culvert pipe spending
The Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council accuses Choctaw County and other Oklahoma counties of wasteful pipe purchases. It cites 6 inch grader blades at 1.35 per foot vs 1.00 by a competing county and notes statewide pipe spending of 1.56 million dollars on 420 689 feet. Local vendors received discounts while outsiders inflated prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
UPD
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council
OPEC
Choctaw County
Lincoln County
Choctaw
State Highway Department
Oklahoma
Hugo
Red China Loses Bid For U N Seat At U N
The General Assembly rejected a bid to seat Red China in the United Nations. Albanian Cambodian proposal passed 41 to 57 with 12 abstentions. Ethiopia was absent. The earlier vote was 42 to 56 with 12 abstentions.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
China
United Nations
Ethiopia
Viet Cong Win Bloody Battle in Southwest Saigon Area
Viet Cong forces killed 42 Vietnamese soldiers and wounded 13 U S personnel in a major clash about 150 miles southwest of Saigon. Communists lost 30 dead. Vietnamese wounded numbered 83. U S casualties included eight officers and five enlisted men, the highest in a single battle since 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
U.S
Edmondson calls Arkansas River project top Oklahoma goal
U S Rep Ed Edmondson told 1500 boosters in Muskogee that finishing the Arkansas River project on schedule is the number one legislative goal of Oklahoma's delegation. He spoke at a Sunday rally addressing critics of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
U. S
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
Oklahoma
Congress
Long Winter Forecast From The Old Farmer's Almanac
The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts a notably colder winter with average temperatures around 32.06 degrees and heavy snowfall, about 30 inches above last year’s. The article notes regional adjustments for locations like Lawton and Comanche County farmers and cites Abe Weatherwise as the chief scientist behind the forecast.
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Old Farmer's Almanac
Robert B. Thomas
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By Bill Chaze
Stott
Paul Adams
Hillside Club
Wiley Cox
Sheppard
Reds
Gressional
Muskogee Democrat
Edmondson
Bellmon
Bellman
Dent
Hawk
Pacific
Honest John
Red China
U.N
Viet Cong
Arkansas
Virgil Gaither
Blue Hill Summit
Boston
Abe Weatherwise
Abe
Blue Hill
Comanche County
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