Secrecy defended in Baker probe amid early hearings
United States Senate investigators press a secrecy wall as they probe Robert G. Baker’s business affairs. Senator B Everett Jordan notes closed sessions are needed to shield innocent people. The inquiry may extend to Ellen Rometsch amid rumors involving Washington figures.
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Washington
Robert G. Baker
Baker
Senate
B. Everett Jordan
Dn.c
Senate Rules Committee
Ellen Rometsch
Rolf
Rometsch
Federal Employee Pay Boost Approval Seen
The House committee ready to approve a 650 million pay raise for 1.8 million federal workers includes a 10000 salary boost for members of Congress. A 6 percent increase covers rank and file employees as well as postal workers and federal judges. The measure stems from a compromise between Udall Broyhill and Morrison backed bills with administration support.
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Washington
UPI
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Congress
Morris
K. Udall
D-Ariz
Joel T. Broyhill
R-Va
James H. Morrison
D-La
Udall-Broyhill
Allen J. Ellender
Senate
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Fred Korth
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Korth
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Waurika Death Trial Deadlocks
Ringling rancher Asa William Lucas 45 faces a first degree manslaughter trial for the March 18 slaying of Ringling Mayor Joe Fitzpatrick 75. The 12 jurors deadlocked 8-4 after 8 hours 50 minutes of deliberation, a mistrial declared by District Judge Arthur Marmaduke. A retrial may be held in January.
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Waurika
Ringling
Asa William Lucas
Arthur Marmaduke
Lucas
Joe Fitzpatrick
W. A. Fechtel
Marmaduke
Enemy In Command as Reds Rout South Viet Nam Force
Communist guerrillas crushed a 120 man South Vietnamese task force near Tan Phu, likely capturing three U S Army advisers. Missing Americans include two officers and a medic. one Air Force pilot was later wounded. Viet Cong losses totaled about 20 killed and 30 wounded with 12 missing.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Tan Phu
Engineers and spies linked in postwar era tension
In West Germany a 15 000-strong airlift tested rapid deployment by the 2nd Armored Division as a mock defense across 7500 square miles near the Iron Curtain. In Newark FBI arrested American electronics engineer John Butenko and Russian Igor Ivanov on espionage charges with two Soviet U N diplomats released due to immunity.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
2Nd Armored
Ft. Hood Tex
Newark
N.J
FBI
Englewood
United Nations
New York City
United States
John William Butenko
Orange
Igor A. Ivanov
Butenko
International Electric Corp
Paramus
Ivanov
Amtorg
Yuri A. Romashin
U.N
Gleb * Pavlk
Iron Curtain
East
West Germany
Europe
Pavlov
Romashin
International Electric Corporation
Artillery to mark 188th birthday with firing demo
The 188th birthday of the artillery will be commemorated at 10 a.m. November 16 at Fort Sill with a massed fire power demonstration and tactical air support on the west range. The artillery branch began in 1775 under Gen. George Washington with Col. Henry Knox as commander. The early force included mortars howitzers and guns with brass tubes and wooden carriages.
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Fort Sill
Army
George Washington
Henry Knox
Banks Close For Barber Rites In Lawton
Lawton banks will close Thursday morning in honor of Winchel F. Barber a pioneer banker who died Tuesday. Services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday with banks opening at noon and remaining open from 12 to 3 p.m. as the usual closing hour.
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Lawton
Winchel F. Barber
Pershing Troops Slated To Return Thursday Evening
The 2nd Missile Battalion of the 44th Artillery, about 600 Pershing troops, will return to Fort Sill from Fort Wingate New Mexico starting Thursday after 5 p.m. with convoys delivering 150 personnel per day. The unit fired the last test shot Monday, sending a 230 mile interservice missile from Fort Wingate near Gallup to White Sands in six minutes, marking the sixth and final shot in the Wingate series.
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44Th Artillery
Fort Sill
Fort Wingate
N. M
Gallup
White Sands
New Mexico
Warmer Weather Returns Across Southwestern Oklahoma
Forecasts show a warm spell across the Lawton area with clear to partly cloudy skies and no rain. Overnight lows around 54 and daytime highs near 79 set for Thursday, while Tulsa and Fort Sill saw a rise from 45 to 54 degrees.
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Lawton Area
Tulsa
Fort Sill
Lawton
City Faces Skunk Invasion and Rabies Fear
Mayor Wayne Gilley issued a plea for precautions as a citywide skunk invasion prompts rabies concerns. He urged immunizing pets and reporting stray animals to the animal warden while health officials seek safe removal methods.
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Wayne Gilley
Gilley
Charles Green
Governor wears screwball lapel pin after insult
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon attended a news conference wearing a red rubber screwball pin. He explained the ball, adorned with screws, was sent by a Sharon, Woodward County mechanic. Bellmon had been labeled a screwball by Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman last week.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Sharon
Woodward County
Orville Freeman
Feed Bank Plans To Aid Farmers In Drought
Gov. Bellmon announced plans to establish a state feed bank to assist farmers and ranchers during dry periods. Lew Meinebergen of the State Board of Agriculture is overseeing the project, which will supplement federal aid for drought conditions.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Lew Meibergen
State Board of Agriculture
Brooklyn janitor earns more than mayor at $53,000
D Paul Bishop, Bushwick High School custodian supervisor, earned $53,000 last year, topping Mayor Robert Wagner's $50,000. City officials say custodians are independent contractors paid a flat fee, with about 850 under contract and commissions probing high wages as the Board of Education plans talks to cap custodial salaries around $25,000.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Robert I. Wagner
Eugene E. Hult
New York City
D. Paul Bishop
Hult
Bishop
Wagner
Bushwick High School
Board of Education
Muddled apportionment clouds vacant Oklahoma Senate post
Gov. Henry Bellmon said a special election to fill the death of State Sen. Sterling S. McColgin is "somewhat in doubt" as legal adviser Dale Cook outlined the tangled reappointment and federal court orders. The 1963 act and court ruling have shifted districts including Roger Mills, Beckham, Ellis, Dewey, Greer, and others, raising uncertainty about which law would govern any election. Bellmon stressed the district should be represented while the reapportionment puzzle remains unresolved.
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Gaylord Shaw
Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Sterling S. McColgin
Bellman
Dale Cook
McColgin
Reydon
Roger Mills County
Senate Dist
Roger Mills
Ellis
Dewey Counties
Beckham
Senate
Harmon
Greer
Arthur McComas
Elk City
Beckham County
Custer
Dewey
Ed Berrong
Weatherford
Custer County
Washita
Alfalfa
Grant
U. S. Supreme Court
Cook
Oklahoma
Three Children Treated After Eating Poison Mushrooms
At least three Oklahoma City youngsters aged 16 months to four years were treated after consuming poisonous mushrooms found in backyards. A hospital spokesman said stomachs were pumped and no serious after effects occurred. Poison symptoms can appear up to 48 hours later with vomiting and diarrhea.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma
Health Department
Poison Information Service
Baptist Hospital
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