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Leads Zany 4-Day Chase A sophisticated young lady from Houston flew to Lawton last Monday night, skipped out of her welcome i party and led Lawlonians a i merry chase for four nights and four days. The chase disrupted routine in a hair stylist salon, a vel- erinary hospital, a newspaper and other establishments as citizens tried lo find her and caich her. She is only 12 inches tall. Her name is Koko and she is a year-old silver miniature French poodle. Mr.

and Mrs. Sherry Verne May of Houslon had given her to Lawton hair stylists Bill Hopkins and Jlowdy. May is the son of Mrs. Helen May of Lawton. and a nephew of Dr.

L. J. Kimray. veteri- narian. It happened like this: KOKO'S welcoming party, including Hopkins and Mowdy.

met her at the airport 10 p.m. Monday. Koko had lived wilh her mother ai ihe May home in Houslon in the sole year of her life. For her, Lawton was a THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION MORNING PRESS Temperature Charf W-Hour 12:00 nlghl o. m.

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71 Public Service Co.) VOLUME 15--NO. 46 (AP) (UPI) (AP) WIREPHOTO THIRD AND A LAWTON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1964 44 PAGES SINGLE COPY PRICE ISe By Paul McCluug strange port. "Vie undid Hie carrying case and we hugged her." said. "We thought she'd like I to touch ground, so we sci her down on the grass. As soon as shr hi; the ground, she took off at a high run.

I nev- cv saw a dog run so fas' in my life" Her now owners whistled and called and wandered in the semi-darkness of ihe air- port for almost an hour, but Koko was pone. $4,800 Sfarfing Pay Soughf OEA Board Raises Salary Increase Demands By $400 THEY PHONED Dr. Kimray. "Lost dogs lend to go in 'circles. She will probably i come back to the same place rOOtbOll tomorrow," he said, Hopkins and Mowry wen I home and slept uneasily.

i On Tuesday, as Dr. Kimray predicted. Koko returned to Ihe airport terminal, but only i briefly. Airlines people saw her, bin could not catch he: 1 Her silver blended wilh iiigh i tall grass. When she crouched in the grass, it was almosl impossible to see her.

Royce Crosby, who 1 i 5 south of the airport, searched on horseback, but Koko was not lo be found. OU Coach Corner Jones appears i as his Soon- also wem alon ers were tied by Missouri, 14-14, Saturday at Norman, recommendations' Mizzou Fights OU To 14-14 Standoff State Given Target Date For Action OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)-- The Oklahoma Education Associa- Lion Board of Directors recommended Saturday that public teachers' starling pay be in: creased 51,000 per year 10 .300. The starting pay proposed $400 above iha't suggested; to them by the organization's legislative committee earlier this week. In olher action the board i called for a special session ilhe slate Legislature (o consid-i urgent stale school with earlier! Tor smaller! and legislative action: i permitting school districts to in-j I crease maximum local support: levies. i The resolution calling on Gov.

Henry Bellmon 10 summon leg- jislalors in special session was I one of three recommendations i to the board by the OEA execu-j live committee. Wanted approved a rejjnJu- lion asking the National Educn-; 0 NOTRE BAM E.Alabama- and bid after running over Tcxasj football's Christian 28-13 reigning triumvirate, crushed! Fourth-ranked i a a a opponents Saturday and the Ra- sparked by liny Frank Solich'sj zorbacks joined fifth-ranked 189-yard kickoff return, kept as the first major teams! pace wilh the leaders and closed iusl sle the XEA is the seekin 1 eAdSt 1 CtuIllO p3Ul; I I I i A 4.1U3LU fr' THE SEARCH extended in- lo na il post-season bowl bids. i in on the Big Conference which! fe to the night. They put an ad i 'crown whiooinc Oklahoma coulci I authority for: in the paper. They were afraid la A or 1 TML a TM Slate 27-14.

-teachers lo refuse to sign con-i paper. she'd starve, or be run over, or stay lost, or be stolen. Dogs of her breeding are priced as pups at several hundred dollars. out 1-1-1 in games Saturday as 'Missouri scored a mild upset by forcing Oklahoma Univer- I sity's Sooners to settle for a i 14-14 tie in a Big Eight con- tracts for the next school vear, Michigan, No. 6, outscored Th nT Iowa 34-20 and stayed on Ihe TM? OEA a so adopted U.

S. Sen. and Mrs. Fred R. Harris and children, Kathryn, 14; Byron, 7, and Laura, 3, conduct a Mrs.

Z. B. Higdon, Constitution Press Society Editor Set LADY KOKO, Foot 2A, Col. 1 EIGHTH RANKED Oregon Searchers set up a head- krence game- quarters at the home of Dawn Oklahoma Stale went down at Brown, who raises dogs. She, the hands of heavily favored and Buckoes each Nebraska 27-14.

Tulsa provided, Ihe only victory-, coasting lo a 47-0 win over North a State on the gifted passing arm of quarterback Jerry Rhome. Khome set national season records for completions, touchdown passes, passing yards and total offense and his top receiver. Howard Twilley, set a sea- Cool, wet weather is expected son mark of 74 catches as the in Lawton and southwest Okla-j Hurricanes performed while heels ef Big Ten leader "Ohio Packed For Big Move To Washington as possible after it convenes, i "dry run' 1 in packing in preparation for their move to a new home in Washington. D. C.

(Staff Photo) No 7 Cold Front Stirs Storm homa today as a result of a new cold front that triggered severe weather warnings late a night. The forecast called for showers or thundershowers through tonight, a 'high today of Sugar Bowl scouts looked on. The lop-ranked Irish smothered arch-nemesis Michigan 3 If favorable action is not tak-i i by the legislature and the; on the legislative rec-; 1 1 Cl if i i 1UL- State upended by Stanford 16yi ominendaLions by next March 1 and Georgia lech were the on rcsolulion said members of the Top Ten to! board win ca i OEA; WUUJ.UL into special- stumDlc i session in Ihe i week of Texas accepted the Orange: March to decide on further ac- Bowl bid after beating TCTJ be-1 tion to pass Ihe legislative pro- hind the running and passing of gram jSyrians Seek Life's Becoming Fast, Furious Meeting For Fred Harris And Family Man-in Kristynik, The Longhorns can tie for the SWC tide Election Suggested The priority legislative pro-i by beating Texas Ai-M nextiposals include a demand for an week Arkansas loses to Texas increase in minimum teachers' Tech. By BILL CRAWFORD lone, white telephone rang incessantly, and ten times simultaneously, with salaries from 8,1,800 to $4,400 a i the door chimes at 1120 Cher- Arkansas paraded 65 50 a i a Tne legislative commitlee, ry. 50 yards for first-half touch-' which drew Uie recommend-1 Telephone messages were LjiaLt.

vi i Lit a i. o.i-i.n--\-i«i.iiJt. j. a offense spearheaded by half- downs, rolling up a 215-55 bulge llons also a sked that the leg-, everywhere. A large suitcase back Nick Eddy and quarter-'in yardage before intermission, il, I resubmlt to stale ters was in the center of the liv- A Otate One 01 i incr rnrsm T'Vio nf back John Huarte.

Alabama, No. 2, struck for two touch- 6S, and a low tonight of 43. High Saturday was 75. downs late in the first half and The cold front promised to went on to trim tenth-ranked trigger a few severe thunder-j Georgia Tech 24-7. It was Notre storms in western and eighth straight victory central Oklahoma late Saturday and Alabama's ninth in a row.

night and widespread showers and colder weather Sunday. ARKANSAS, No. 3, clinched! The weather bureau host spot in the Cotton Bowlj night issued a severe at least a share of the! storm forecast for the west and Southwest Conference title by; north-central portions, warning walloping Southern Methodist solutions Johnson, Aides Study Problems JOHNSON CITY. Tex. (UPI) one 01 OEA-sponsored school petitions defeated in last week's general election.

Question 421 would have allowed school districts to vote up to 15 mills per $1,000 in property valuation for local schools. The present limit is 5 mills per $1,000. Another legislative committee of large a i locally dam- 44-0 for victory No. 9 and Texas, aging winds from 7:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m.

beaten only by Arkansas in nine starts, accepted an Orange Bowl Aggies face Long Wail for Bid Jo Rose Bowl By iD.ON LUKE If Cameron's Aggies pleased with the glowing words of praise they received from Cisco, Junior College Saturday night it was not evident. Cameron had just overpowered the never-say-die Wranglers, 51-27, at Eon: Stephens Stadium for its -ninth victory of the but the Aggies were not pleased. We just gave them too majjy defensive Lavender, the'-higWy-charged Lawton high ichool graduate: And rest of the Aggie club, is now facing the toughest part season-Ions bid for; an Invitation to the Juh-' ior Rose Lavender's comments. left the explosive Aggies now is wait' points," mourned monster-man Keith ing-- til ir week-' from- to the Eastern 'selection mittec for the JRB in Pasadena to make its choice oti to cradle-to- grave problems ranging from health care for the aged to jobs ''and schooling for next year's bumper crop of IE-year olds. state sources' as necessary to finance the program of public education in Oklahoma." The 195 OEA directors, meeting at the state Capitol, rejected Ferman Phillips, as executive secretary of the organiza- I (- i 1 1 LCtl, 1 WJ.

Lid Welfare Secretary Anthony J. ion. Phillips was named to Celcbrezze predicted after meeting with Johnson that Congress new three-term as head of the organization. will give.speedy approval next state teachers have held meet- year to 'some sort of hospital inus over the state durini? the hospital insurance patterned after the administration bill." This program, tied to Social Security financing, was narrowly defeated in: the last Congress. Labor Secretary Willard opponents for the California wirtz.

who also met with Johnson and later talked to report- host team. JRB official Bill Leishman, made two trips to Lawton in 1961, when the Aggies received an invitation to' Pasadena, is scheduled to Tuesday to view Cameron seas He will take his report of the Aggies back to Pasadena, where they will be considered along with seven teams which are under consideration for the Dec. 12. contest. The.

Aggies are now the only, one of a- perfect record; which had -a 26-7 decision 'night. Cameron defeated the Norsemen, two weeks ago, 61-7. to realiy make It ers, said there is an opportuni- ty'in the next, two months to prepare "for really a magnificent breakthrough" in handling a population explosion of 3.5 million youths who-will turn 18 in 1965. "Wirtz described this as an "Operation Birthright" cope' wilji "Operation which produced those Twys and girls after -World -He said next-year's S.SIniillion total is "one will-become 18 years'' age' this year," ings over the state during the past week, protesting the defeat of the OEA petitions. One of the petitions called for raising teachers', salaries to 75 per of the national average; another would have eliminated non-high school district's; and another proposed change's in the duties of county superintendents.

ing room. The hub-bub of the Christmas holidays reigned' early, In fact, several gaily: wrapped Christmas packages were scattered about room, 40 days ahead of time. For Fred and LaDonna Harris, as the home folks still know them, the excitement, responsibility and rigid, schedules of a U. S. Senator are beginning to sink in i lives following the A 7 ov.

3 election. "Things are coming so fast and furious, it's a rush to up," dark-eyed LaDonna smiled as she urged the Harris children, Laura, Byron, 7, and Kathryn, change clothes for a--trip to their grandparents' home in Stephens County Friday afternoon. Confusion broke, lose when Sen. Harris entered the house after a busy day of cleaning out his law office desk and' a conference with Lawton's former U. S.

Sen. Elmer Thomas. Kathryn, his pretty blonde teen-age daughter, delivered long distance telephone messages. Laura and Byron also wanted their father's attention, which they received. Friday the 13th was the busiest a happiest birthday- Fred R.

(Roy) Harris, a Cot- ion County farm boy who set his political goals early in life, ever celebrated. At 34, the former Lawton attorney is the' second youngest member of the U. S. Senate, his youth second only to Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, who turns 32 next February.

"Let's get going," the new Senator announced, to his family. And soon thereafter, they were on their way to farm home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred B.

Harris, near Hastings, for a quiet family reunion and birthday celebration. "We're, taking a cobbler, since Fred doesn't- really like birthday cake," LaDonna informed. The elder Harris wasn't for.his'son's celebration Friday, evening since he was.off on the'maize harvest. However, and two'of the'Senator's three sis- ters, Mrs. Kathryn Useton and Mrs, Sue Stauffer.

both of Falls; were present- for the birthday party. Another sister, Mrs. Irene Wor- UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Syria called Saturday for an urgent meeting of the United 'Nations Security Council to dis- 'cuss Israeli "aggression 1 in the Sea of Galilee area.

Syrian Ambassador Rasik Asha said he had instructions from Damascus to ask for a council meeting this weekend. A letter was sent to U.S, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, this month's president of tha soe, lives in California with her artist husband. It'll be a busy pace from here on for Oklahoma's junior Senator and his political- partner wife. They were in Oklahoma City last night for a party. were going lo the OU-Missouri game, but we're just too tired." inform- council, asking for the immedi- ed LaDonna).

They'll be in diate convening of Iho body. Tulsa today for a reception in their honor I Stevenson i was in tneir nonor. over the weekend A whirlwind thank you for consultations on the U.N.'s lour of Odahomas coun- stormy financial crisis. Ameri- ties begins Monday. can spokesmen said they doubt The Harrises, who still seem ed the council could be con- full of boundless energy, plan ivened before Monday because to fly to Washington, D.

the difficulty of rounding up Dec. 1 lo begin hunting for a the members, house or an apartment and check on schools for the diil- Lrgency Cited di-en, who'll. make the big A Syrian spokesman said, move following the end of the however, his delegation would first semester. prefer a Sunday meeting. "We really hate to leave Lawton, our friends and this i ls ls a matter, house," LaDonna said.

wh 'ch we would like to see be- senator echoed his wife's sen- fo the'council at once," he timents. when he arrived later i for a picture taking session. "We'll keep our home here, however, and plan to rent a furnished house, probably in nearby Maryland." Going to Washington with The. Syrian request followed a fresh outbreak of. fighting Saturday along the disputed bor-, der between the two nations.

Syria claimed it had shot down'- as Israeli jet fighter but. the, Harrises as a member of spokesman for the Israeli mis- their household staff will Mary-Evelyn Jackmon, 2001 McKinley, who for several worked in the Har- SM LIFE'S BECOMING, Poet Col. I Teacher Issue May Rip Bellmon's Political Pants sion here said there was "ab-! solutely no truth" to this, claim. It was the second-consecutive day of fighting along, the. healyi- Seven Svr- By HARRY CULVER OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)-Has-Henry-Bellmon ripped his the teacher pay issue? is certainly, yes, -and.

they may not be' easy' to. mend. por almost years Bell-. Celehrezze said the state's "first Repiibli- medicare' proposal governor; has survived- aV tration would be part of. a Social Security- package that- also would 47 age and survivors benefits.

most every: imaginable pitfall. He' got with the Democratic Somehow, he the bud-' get balanced in 1963 a. tax increase. seemed he. was leading, charmed life politically.

raise would cost million -for the bie'nni: um.iT.his does not include other, requests such as an. increase in He was. ready to -enter -the lTMintehance funds ians', were reported killed "fa Friday's Invasion Claimed, Syrian officials; said: the fighting an Israeli.ar-' Obviously it has to be taken i niored: 1965 session, a--predicted increase of .132. million, ennium. Then; teachers hit him with "demands for a $1,000 pay -of what would'-amount, 7 strike.

state board oF tion'i- dlyisloniigtl- sizes. from else, such" as 1 health, new money. has Capitol sources -reported he the not btjbej'able to. convince-; the pie" 'lie, was'' rightv. but teachers.

Ifjhejprbmises requested bond; for This iwpuld permit, iunds territory Friday, hitting at.de- fense posts, with tank and artillery Israeli, jets followed- with according to the Syrians. air. force launched- on Syrian positions''after'-'the -to hiEhways' to he settlements- border. It ar at- spent- on teacher, j.lBut! tact It. said killed.