Senators sidestep kiss and tell during Baker inquiry
Washington reports reveal Senate investigators opened a probe into former Secretary to the Senate Robert G. Baker’s outside interests while sidestepping questions about Ellen Rometsch, a German woman linked to sensitive matters. Committee chairman B Everett Jordan said he knew nothing of Rometsch and noted the inquiry would avoid criminal disclosures. Rep. H. R. Gross pressed the issue in a separate House speech.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
B. Everett Jordan
D-N. C
Ellen Rometsch
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
John J. Williams
R-Del
Baker
Lyndon
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Democrats
Senate Rules Committee
FBI
General Accounting Office
Sen. Jordan
Justice Department
Jordan
Rep
H. R. Gross
House
Congress
Lawton Fort Sill United Fund reaches $90 367 in receipts
Lawton United Fund workers report total receipts of 90 367.54 or 65.6 percent of the 1963 goal. Bill Johnson, drive chairman, announced the figure after a USO coffee session and said another report meeting will be held Thursday at the USO. Fort Sill is expected to add 58 600, bringing the Lawton Fort Sill goal to 196 400. Twenty two groups, including 13 local Saane organizations, benefit from the drive with Elmer Bauman’s Public Employer division leading at 90.5 percent.
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Lawton United Fund
Bill Johnson
USO
Johnson
Elmer Bauman
Advance
Lawton
Fort Sill
Post
High-Place Hijinks Denied By Divorcee
Ellen Rometsch, 27, denies intimate relations with men other than her husband while in Washington. Now living in Germany after an Augist divorce, she claims suspicion arose from her friendship with a Capitol Hill secretary. She references connections to Carole Tyler and Bobby Baker amid rumors of visits to the Quorum Club.
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Bonn
United States
Washington
Ellen Rometsch
Rometsch
Germany
Wuppertal
Ruhr
Capitol Hill
Carole Tyler
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Sgt
Quorum Club
Baker
Congress
Quorum A
Paving Nears Finish on H. E. Bailey Turnpike
The H. E. Bailey Southwestern Turnpike is 86.7 percent finished with 185.1 miles of two lane road and 160.4 miles completed. The project will consolidate two lane sections into 84.6 miles of four lane pavement and interchanges. Target completion is November 30.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
H. E. Bailey
Ex Envoy Baron Silvercrays Struck Near Home
Baron Robert Silvercrays 70 former Belgian ambassador to the United States was injured when hit by a car near his Washington home Monday night authorities said no word on his condition.
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Washington
Robert Silvercrays
United States
Pike Bonds Sold and Pike Turnpike Financing Advances
Oklahoma City UPI The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority sold the 31 million bond issue for the Henryetta McAlester toll road. Consulting engineer H E Bailey voiced optimism for financing section B to Hugo in 1964 and completing the road to Hugo by spring 1967. He predicted a March 1 1964 opening for the eastern toll road and noted the sale aids future bonds. Bellmon praised the financing and its eastern Oklahoma benefits.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Henryetta
McAlester
H. E. Bailey
Hugo
Bailey
Texas Line
Allen & Co
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Jim Abrams
Oklahoma
Turner
Texas
Bellmon
Henry Bellmon
Bellman
Millionaire Sportsman's Wife Slain in Midland Mansion
Mrs. Juliette Turner, wife of a wealthy horseman whose Derby winner raced in 1959, was beaten to death at her $500000 Midland home. A suspect was arrested on murder charges after a jammed pistol and a pistol blow were found at the scene. Police hunted the shooter across Midland as a large manhunt closed in.
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Midland
Tex
UPI
Fred Turner Jr
Juliette Turner
Justice of the Peace
David M. Ellis
Turner
Las Vegas
N.M
Wayne Gideon
Texas Rangers
Nev
Tomy Lee
Winchel Barber 86 Pioneer Banker Dies in Lawton
Winchel F. Barber of Lawton 86 longtime banker and civic leader died about 10:20 a.m. at Cedar Crest Manor after years of poor health. He served nearly 60 years at American National Bank as president 1911 to 1957 and as chairman of the board at his death. He born July 30 1877 in Wisconsin came to Oklahoma in 1903 married Augusta E. Noelke in 1904. He was honored by the Oklahoma Bankers Association in 1957 and active with the McMahon Foundation Rotary and St. Barbara Church. Survivors include son George and daughter Mrs William F. Wulf and five grandchildren.
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Winchel F. Barber
Lawton
Cedar Crest Manor
Becker Funeral Home
Barber
American National Bank
Financial Institution
F. H. Barr
Citizens State Bank
Winchel Barber
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Phi Beta Kappa
Augusta E. Noelke
LaCross
Wisc
Oklahoma Bankers Association
McMahon Foundation
City Orders Dec 17 Franchise Ballot For Public Service Co
City council orders a December 17 election on a 25 year Public Service Co. franchise increasing franchise tax based on a new formula. The firm forecasts a 10 percent rise in yearly tax receipts and expansion work to upgrade transmission and substation facilities to serve Lawton.
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Public Service Co
Floyd Zook
Ments
Lawton
Zook
Comanche County
Council
Playgirl Keeler Faces Perjury Trial At Old Bailey
Christine Keeler and four co-defendants were held for trial on charges of perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice in London. Bail set for Keeler at 3000 pounds and for co-defendants, with a tentative trial start possible on November 12.
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Ondon
Christine Keeler
Old Bailey Court
Christine
Marylebone
Miss Hamilton-Marshall
Brooker
Fenton
Old Bailey
Autry Buys KTLA TV Station for 12 Million
Gene Autry the cowboy singer and financier acquired Los Angeles television station KTLA from Paramount Television Productions Co. for a reported 12 million dollars. The purchase adds a major broadcast outlet to Autry’s media holdings.
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Los Angeles
Gene Autry
Monday
KTLA
Paramount Television Productions Co
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Charles Halleck
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Lucky) Gordon
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