President Takes A Hand In Civil Rights Bill Push
President Kennedy personally engaged in securing House passage of a civil rights bill. A White House meeting with House leaders postponed a crucial committee vote to next Tuesday, while Republicans offered limited support for a weaker compromise amid administration efforts to win middle-ground backing.
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Kennedy
White House
House
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Bill More
McCulloch
Celler
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Robert F. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Senate
Six Midshipmen Become Trident Scholars at Naval Academy
Six senior midshipmen from the Naval Academy join a new Trident scholars program freeing them from regular classes to pursue self chosen research. They include Clark Graham Bobby Joe Haynes Barry Platt Jeffrey Wilson Leon Brooks and Melville Lyman III under faculty guidance with theses due at year end.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy Midshipmen
Trident
Clark Graham
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Bobby Joe Haynes
Watauga
Melville H. Lyman III
Glen Ridge
N.J
Yale University
Charles C. Kirkpatrick
Academy Superin
Brigade of Midshipmen
Graham
Haynes
Platt
Rockefeller jokes about population race with California
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller told the California League of Cities audience that New York has been losing population to California. He quipped that the only gain is Dick Nixon and that he is glad to have him.
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Rocky
San Francisco
UPI
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
California
California League of Cities
Rockefeller
Dick Nixon
Galloway Named Humble Director
James H Galloway, vice president in charge of Humble Oil and Refining Company's 20 state central region, was named to the firm's board of directors. He will move to Houston to join the headquarters organization. Humble promoted Harry W Ferguson to executive vice president and Clifton C Garvin Jr to vice president in charge of the central region. Garvin will transfer to Tulsa.
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Houston
UPI
James H Galloway
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Galloway
Jon
Humble
Harry W. Ferguson
Clifton C. Garvin Jr
Midland
Tex
Garvin
Tulsa
Williams Named NASA Manned Flight Operations Director
Walter C. Williams, ex director of Project Mercury, was appointed operations director for all manned flight missions by NASA associate administrator George E. Mueller. Williams will oversee NASA, defense and other teams reporting to him.
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Washington
UPI
Walter C. Williams
George E. Mueller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Defense
Williams
Lawton Students Pledge Fraternities at Southwestern State College
Three Lawton students attending Southwestern State College Weatherford pledged social fraternities and sororities. Gale Bridges of 27th Street Sigma Kappa Jan Loomis and Lynn Mastracola from Fort Sill joined Delta Zeta. Larry Walker and James Nolen pledged Pi Rho Epsilon pre pharmacy fraternity.
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Lawton
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Gale Bridges
N. 27Th
Sigma Kappa
Jan Loomis
N. 35Th Place
Lynn Mastricola
Fort Sill
Delta Zeta
Larry Walker
Gore
James Nolen
Fletcher
Altus Club To View Film On Pershing Next Tuesday
The Altus Half Century club will screen The Persing Story, detailing Pershing missile development and training, Tuesday at 7 p.m. Capt Edward A Hausburg of Fort Sill Artillery and Missile School will introduce the program.
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Altus Club
Pershing
Altus Half Century Club
Edward A. Hausburg
Guided Missile Department
Fort Sill
Artillery and Missile School
Quotes From The News United Press International
Beaumont refugee describes Cuba shortages water scarce eggs rationed only for the young and elderly. A GOP official doubts any labor leader would back Goldwater for president next year. Harry S Truman tells Grinnell College students they know more now than he did after decades. AFL-CIO urges Kennedy tax plan saying funds would create needed jobs.
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United Press International
Beaumont
Tex
Cuba
Washington
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
GOP
Goldwater
Grinnell
Iowa
Harry S. Truman
Grinnell College
Sooner Nominated for National Safety Council Chair
Bartlesville business leader Stanley Learned, president of Phillips Petroleum Co. Bartlesville, is nominated for chair man of the National Safety Council board. The board chair will be named at the council s annual meeting in Chicago October 28.
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UPC
Stanley Learned
The
National Safety Council
Chicago
Learned
Phillips Petroleum Co
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D-Mass
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
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Indiana
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Illinois
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D-N.y
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Billie Rutherford
Los Angeles
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Tim
Doe
Andrew J. Biemiller
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Sooner
Trade-Mart
Westinghouse
Norge
Aviv
Admiral 12 Co. Ft
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Watic
Ottom Freezer
Admiral
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Admiral Consolette
Walnut
Maaden
Olympic
Tappan
Oman
Vesta Deluxe
O'Keefe
Merritt
BTU
Mathes
Republic
Discount Department Store
Cache Road
Quality Optical Service
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