Public Relations (continued)
F 1: Public Relations: Press Releases (1959).
--February 8, 1959. "Land, Wood, and Water" program.
--February 28, 1959. New lighting system at the Tulsa Municipal Airport.
--February 28, 1959. Oil imports.
--March 4, 1959. Colonel Penny appointment district engineer for Corps of Engineers in Tulsa.
--May 2, 1959. Water resources in Oklahoma to California.
--May 20, 1959. The Select Committee on Natural Water Resources.
--May 28, 1959. RSK introduces bill regarding payment of Indians.
--June 2, 1959. RSK introduces bill to terminate excise taxes on communications.
--June 23, 1959. Communications Excise Tax.
--July 8, 1959. Appropriations to Oklahoma for soil and water development.
--July 15, 1959. Increased veterans pensions.
--July 20, 1959. Boy's Nation.
--August 7, 1959. Zinc and lead industry.
--August 13, 1959. RSK amendment of veterans pension-H.R. 7650.
--September 30, 1959. Underground shelter at Nathan Hale High School in Tulsa.
--September, 1959. Labor legislation.
F 2: Public Relations: Press Releases (1960)
--1960. Conservation
--January 7, 1960. Lead and zinc imports: statement by RSK to Tariff Commission.
--January 13, 1960. Conservation of the Arkansas-White and Red River basins.
--January 21, 1960. RSK statement for National Education Association.
--January 27, 1960. Possible acquisition of site of Oklahoma Ordinance Works.
--February 19, 1960. New York State Waterways Association.
--April 20, 1960. Sale of Indian land.
--May 10, 1960. Purchase of Oklahoma lands for reservoir sites.
--May 11, 1960. General.
--May 14, 1960. H.R. bill 9660 passed relating to medical expenses for elderly dependents.
--May 17, 1960. Concerns H.R. 9660 which permits full deduction of medical expenses incurred by the taxpayer for the care
of his/her dependent mother of father if they are over 65 years of age.
--May 23, 1960. Senatorial portraits by Louis Lupas.
--May 25, 1960. Federal grant to cities of Dewey, Lindsay and Okmulgee for urban renewal.
--May 31, 1960. Omnibus Bill of 1960.
--June 1, 1960. Losses to land-owners because of reservoir projects.
--June 14, 1960. Appropriations Bill for Department of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning schools.
--June 15, 1960. RSK campaign for renomination; land acquisition in reservoir areas.
--June 20, 1960. Federal Reserve Board lowers discount rates.
--June 22, 1960. Oklahoma's soil and water program.
--June 24, 1960. Federal grant to Tulsa for urban renewal.
--June 27, 1960. New highway across Ouachita National Forest.
--June 28, 1960. Omnibus flood control bill.
--June 30, 1960. State highway program.
--July 1, 1960. Military Construction Bill for Fiscal Year 1961.
--July 6, 1960. Miami, Muskogee, Stillwater, and Yale receive federal grants for urban renewal.
--August 31, 1960. Medical care for the elderly; Social Security Bill (H. R. 12580).
--September 9, 1960. Oklahoma tornado damage funds.
--September 21, 1960. Land, Wood, and Water, a book by Senator Robert S. Kerr.
--December 13, 1960. Anti-pollution legislation.
--December 13, 1960. Water pollution.
F 3: Public Relations: Press Releases (January 1961).
--1961 (not used). JFK's inaugural.
--January, 1961. Thirty-four members of Angel Flight to inaugural; Oklahoma Watershed project approved.
--January 5, 1961. RSK's third term as U. S. Senator; RSK introduces group of bills.
--January 5, 1961. Mangum school receives federal assistance.
--January 6, 1961. El Reno receives federal grant for urban renewal.
--January 10, 1961. Boswell receives federal grant for sewer system.
--January 10, 1961. Apache school receives federal assistance.
--January 16, 1961. New press secretary.
-- John Martin Meek.
--January 17, 1961. U.S. Department of the Interior approves Waurika Dam project.
--January 18, 1961. Various state schools receive federal assistance.
--January 19, 1961. Space Age.
--January 23, 1961. Various Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance
.--January 24, 1961. Gotebo school receives federal assistance.
--January 25, 1961. Airport surveillance radar at Tulsa.
--January 25, 1961. Dale, Medicine Park, Putnam City, Norman, Walters, Cookson and Hobart schools receive federal assistance.
--January 30, 1961. Conservation of natural resources.
--January 30, 1961. Select Senate Committee on Natural Water Resources final report.
--January 30, 1961. Page aircraft maintenance contracted for repair work.
--January 31, 1961. Modification of forty-five KC97 aircraft at Tulsa.
F 4: Public Relations: Press Releases (February 1961).
--February, 1961. The blizzard which threatened the inaugural program; Niagara Falls power project; New State Telephone
Company receives an REA loan.
--February 2, 1961. Oklahoma industry.
--February 2, 1961. Geary and Blanco schools receive federal assistance.
--February 2, 1961. Jay, Altus, and Maud schools receive federal assistance.
--February 6, 1961. Earlsboro school applies for federal assistance.
--February 7, 1961. Air Force and Merchant Marine academy nominations.
--February 7, 1961. Bethany school receives federal assistance.
--February 8, 1961. "Land, Wood, and Water."
--February 9, 1961. Stilwell and Dill City schools receive federal assistance.
--February 10, 1961. Tryon school receives federal assistance.
--February 10, 1961. Sanitary sewer, outfall, and oxidation pond for Boswell, Oklahoma.
--February 11, 1961. Eufaula and Blanchard schools receive federal assistance.
--February 13, 1961. Arkansas River Navigation Project.
--February 14, 1961. Thirteen Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance.
--February 16, 1961. New Fort Sill hospital; James E. Webb named new space administrator.
--February 16, 1961. Army Reserve center at Shawnee; public works policy.
--February 16, 1961. South Rock Creek, Bishop and Jones schools receive federal assistance.
--February 17, 1961. Grant for interceptor sewer.
--February 17, 1961. Red Rock and New Lima schools receive federal assistance.
--February 20, 1961. College housing loan to Oklahoma Christian College.
--February 20, 1961. Davis and Sasakwa schools receive federal assistance.
--February 21, 1961. Cherokee Tribe and Kickapoo Tribe each receive grant for water wells.
--February 22, 1961. Emergency operating center for state government.
--February 22, 1961. Fanshawe school receives federal assistance.
--February 24, 1961. Program for community improvement in Eufaula.
--February 26, 1961. Carter W. Bradley joins U. S. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
--February 27, 1961. Federal judgeship bill; Arkansas River Navigation Project.
--February 28, 1961. Tulsa's old Federal Building for possible use as City Hall.
--February 28, 1961. Sand Springs, Noble, Faxon, and Sapulpa schools receive federal assistance.
F 5: Public Relations: Press Releases (March-April 1961).
--[March] 1961. Miscellaneous; topics include Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, sewer at Hugo, and the Tri-County
Turkey Creek Watershed.
--March 1, 1961. Loan to Harmon Electric Association.
--March 1, 1961. $30,000 federal grant for Arbuckle Memorial Hospital.
--March 2, 1961. Peace Corps to assist under-developed peoples.
--March 2, 1961. Canute school receives federal assistance.
--March 6, 1961. Blackgum school receives federal assistance.
--March 8, 1961. Hanna school receives federal assistance.
--March 9, 1961. Meeker and Bowlegs schools receive federal assistance.
--March 9, 1961. Grant to drill approximately forty wells in Cherokee County for Indians.
--March 9, 1961. Bureau of Indian Affairs requests federal funds for work in Oklahoma.
--March 9, 1961. Committee on National Water Resources.
--March 9, 1961. (not used) JFK and the development of river basins.
--March 10, 1961. McLoud and Calumet schools receive federal assistance.
--March 13, 1961. Quinton and Colcord schools receive federal assistance.
--March 14, 1961. Colony school receives federal assistance.
--March 15, 1961. Shawnee and Crowder schools receive federal assistance.
--March 15, 1961. Upper Little River Watershed application for improvement; Waterfall-Griford Creek Watershed and
construction at Fort Sill.
--March 17, 1961. Sewer construction project for Poteau and bids on Altus Post Office.
--March 17, 1961. Protest against imports; meeting with administrator for General Services Administration on the value of
Oklahoma Ordinance Works.
--March 20, 1961. Vian and Hartshorne post offices.
--March 20, 1961. Waukomis school receives federal assistance.
--March 21, 1961. Turfing of state Highway 51.
--March 22, 1961. Housing loan to Phillips University approved.
--March 22, 1961. Maud school receives federal assistance.
--March 24, 1961. Arkansas River Development Program.
--March 24, 1961. Calvin and Temple schools receive federal assistance.
--March 25, 1961. Locust Grove and Maud schools receive federal assistance.
--March 28, 1961. $3 million for Oklahoma agricultural services.
--March 30, 1961. Choctaw and Keyes schools receive federal assistance.
--April 1961. "Hydronauts."
--April 4, 1961. Bell, Ft. Gibson, Morris, Geronimo and Harrah schools receive federal assistance.
--April 4, 1961. Long range strategic missile.
--April 6, 1961. Altus and Battiest schools receive federal assistance.
--April 7, 1961. Konowa, Edmond, and Wellston schools receive federal assistance.
--April 11, 1961. New hospital at Fort Sill.
--April 11, 1961. Lone Star school receives federal assistance.
--April 12, 1961. Various Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance.
--April 13, 1961. Senate Finance Committee increasing public welfare payments; Memorial Hospital project at Collinsville.
--April 14, 1961. Savanna, Muskogee, Wellston, and Stuart schools receive federal assistance.
--April 18, 1961. Pryor and Pittsburg schools receive federal assistance.
--April 18, 1961. REA loan to Wickes Telephone Company.
--April 20, 1961. Stigler school receives federal assistance.
--April 20, 1961. Urban renewal funds for community improvement in Oklahoma City.
--April 21, 1961. Inola school receives federal assistance.
--April 21, 1961. Bethany receives funds for sewer.
--April 21, 1961. Military construction program at Oklahoma City Air Force station.
--April 25, 1961. Tahlequah school receives federal assistance.
--April 25, 1961. National Aeronautics and Space Council.
--April 26, 1961. Federal grant for Lawton metropolitan area growth.
--April 27, 1961. Improvement to Quinton's water system.
--April 28, 1961. Federal assistance for Hugo Hospital addition.
--[April 28, 1961]. Contract to Crain Carrier Corporation.
F 6: Public Relations: Press Releases (May 1961).
--May, 1961. New post office at Thomas; "Arbuckle Project."
--May 2, 1961. Memorandum from Congressman Wickersham re national wildlife refuge on Foss Reservoir.
--May 2, 1961. Boley, Hominy, Custer City and Dibble schools receive federal assistance.
--May 3, 1961. Hydro school receives federal assistance.
--May 4, 1961. Space program.
--May 4, 1961. Sterling and Collinsville schools receive federal assistance.
--May 5, 1961. Space program; conservation of natural resources.
--May 8, 1961. Increased spending for space program.
--May 8, 1961. LeFlore County declared disaster area; reception for astronaut Alan Shepard.
--May 9, 1961. RSK presents savings bond scroll to Douglas Dillon.
--May 9, 1961. Kansas, Elgin, and Washington schools receive federal assistance.
--May 9, 1961. Grant to Tulsa County for sewers.
--May 11, 1961. New water system for Ochelata, Oklahoma.
--May 11, 1961. Cromwell school receives federal assistance.
--May 12, 1961. Lexington and Martha schools receive federal assistance.
--May 15, 1961. Relocation of Osage County roads (memorandum).
--May 15, 1961. Fletcher and Maud schools receive federal assistance.
--May 16, 1961. New nursing home in Guymon.
--May 16, 1961. Stilwell and Marlow schools receive federal assistance.
--May 16, 1961. Tecumseh and Claremore schools receive federal assistance.
--May 17, 1961. New post office building at Chelsea, Oklahoma.
--May 17, 1961. Wewoka, East Central in Tulsa, and Apache schools receive federal assistance.
--May 19, 1961. Haikey Creek flood protection project.
--May 19, 1961. Oklahoma City, Weleetka, Jet, and Keystone schools receive federal assistance.
--May 23, 1961. Kingfisher School receives federal assistance.
--May 24, 1961. Yukon, Kiefer, Broken Arrow, and Anadarko schools receive federal assistance.
--May 25, 1961. Development of natural resources in Oklahoma.
--May 25, 1961. Stony Point School in Elgin school receives federal assistance.
--May 26, 1961. New maintenance dock for Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base.
--May 29, 1961. Seminole, Weatherford, Porum and Shawnee schools apply for federal assistance.
--May 30, 1961. "Land, Wood, and Water."
--May 31, 1961. Blair school applies for federal assistance.
F 7: Public Relations: Press Releases (June 1961).
--June, 1961. Oklahoma rural population decreases; post office at Goltry; highway construction funds; loans to Caddo
County for floods; Bethel school receives federal assistance.
--June 1, 1961. Tulsa school receives federal assistance.
--June 2, 1961. Emergency loans to five Oklahoma counties due to floods.
--June 5, 1961. Petition to name Polaris Submarine after Nathan Hale; new post offices at Hartshorne, Hominy, Comanche
and Panama.
--June 5, 1961. Henryetta and Cement schools receive federal assistance.
--June 8, 1961. Surplus army installation at Pryor; new post office and courthouse at Oklahoma City.
--June 8, 1961. Pawnee school receives federal assistance.
--June 12, 1961. Will Rogers Field included in Federal Aid-to-Airport Program.
--June 12, 1961. Briartown school receives federal assistance.
--June 13, 1961. Oklahoma City community renewal program.
--June 14, 1961. Construction grant for North Enid.
--June 15, 1961. Castle school at Okemah receives federal assistance.
--June 16, 1961. Oklahoma welfare increases; Kanokla Telephone receives loan.
--June 19, 1961. Department of Agriculture gives loans to farmers in Wagoner County.
--June 20, 1961. Housing loan for OSU; Whitesboro school receives federal assistance.
--June 21, 1961. Bill introduced to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
--June 22, 1961. College housing loan to Central State College; funds approved for Oklahoma State Wildlife Conservation.
--June 22, 1961. Tishomingo and Shawnee schools receive federal assistance.
--June 26, 1961. Loans for sewerage system at Savana, Oklahoma.
--June 26, 1961. Hodgen school receives federal assistance.
--June 27, 1961. Statement regard the space program.
--June 27, 1961. Soil Conservation Service assists Oklahoma's watershed program; research center at Children's Memorial Hospital.
--June 28, 1961. New post office at Altus; addition to post office at Stillwater.
--June 29, 1961. Poteau River Watershed plans.
--June 30, 1961. New post office at El Dorado; loan to Pioneer Telephone Cooperative; sewerage system at Valliant.
F 8: Public Relations: Press Releases (July 1961).
--July 3, 1961. Sallisaw school receives federal assistance.
--July 6, 1961. Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Pryor.
--July 6, 1961. Madill school receives federal assistance.
--July 13, 1961. Red Rock Creek project.
--July 13, 1961. Checotah school receives federal assistance.
--July 15, 1961. Remodeling of Okmulgee post office.
--July 20, 1961. Consolidation of Indian Bureau area offices considered.
--July 21, 1961. RSK statement re space program.
--July 26, 1961. RSK statement re President's speech.
--July 27, 1961. Conservation: "Norman Project."
--July 27, 1961. New post office at Konawa, Erick, Caddo, Antlers, Beaver, Grandfield, Tuttle and Atoka.
--July 27, 1961. Additional air service sought for Oklahoma; Kennedy's plans to increase nation's military strength.
--July 28, 1961. Air Force agrees to modify fighting planes.
--July 31, 1961. Eagle City project in Blaine County.
F 9: Public Relations: Press Releases (July-October 1961).
Spiral bound news release record.
F 10: Public Relations: Press Releases (August 1961).
--August 4, 1961. $150,000 grant to Enid for nursing home.
--August 6, 1961. Community development clinic in Oklahoma City.
--August 7, 1961. Statement re orbital flight of the Russian Titov.
--August 7, 1961. Joint release by RSK, Mike Monroney, and Ed Edmondson re transfer of surplus Oklahoma Ordnance
Works plant; sewage treatment plant at Salina.
--August 7, 1961. College housing loan to Baptist Memorial Hospital; community improvement for Stillwater; Leflore
County to be redeveloped; sewer in Mayes County.
--August 9, 1961. Statement re hijacking aboard airplanes.
--August 9, 1961. Application for sewage treatment plant at Salina.
--August 10, 1961. Comanche County nursing home in Lawton.
--August 10, 1961. Statement re agenda for Oklahoma Community Development Clinic.
--August 10, 1961. Statement re resolution proposing forty-eight hour ultimatum against Cuba for hijacking our planes;
passage of new farm program.
--August 11, 1961. New hospital at Vinita.
--August 11, 1961. Foreign Aid.
--August 15, 1961. Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.
--August 15, 1961. Senate approves Upper Red Rock Creek project.
--August 17, 1961. Luther Bohanan to become U. S. District Judge in Oklahoma.
--August 18, 1961. New post office in Ft. Gibson; Salt Camp Creek Watershed; addition to Hillcrest Osteopathic Hospital.
--August 19, 1961. Cherokee claim case involving $14,789,000.
--August 21, 1961. Proposed Reservoir Fisheries Research Unit; Ardmore Municipal Airpark Industrial Development along
the Washita River.
--August 22, 1961. Ben Stanley as assistant administrator of Southwestern Power Administration.
--August 23, 1961. Southwestern State College receives loan; increase in civilian positions at Bureau of Naval Weapons
field activities.
--August 25, 1961. New post office at Ft. Gibson.
--August 28, 1961. Norman and Bunch schools receive federal assistance.
--August 29, 1961. Oklahoma Medical Research Institutes.
--August 31, 1961. John Imel recommended for U. S. Attorney for Northern District of Oklahoma.
--August 31, 1961. Community improvement for McAlester; road work on Pawnee Indian Reservation; W. Hendrix Wolf
named assistant regional attorney for the USDA.
F 11: Public Relations: Press Releases (September 1961).
--September 3, 1961. Announcement of hearings on National Space Program.
--September 5, 1961. Miami community improvement.
--September 6, 1961. Thirteen Oklahoma counties receive federal assistance; Cane Creek and Sallisaw Creek.
--September 6, 1961. Sasakwa and St. Louis schools receive federal assistance.
--September 7, 1961. Sewage treatment plant for Calera, Oklahoma; flood control program for eastern Oklahoma;
McAlester school receives federal assistance; civil defense in Tulsa.
--September 8, 1961. Sewage treatment plants for Blanchard and Choctaw.
--September 11, 1961. Council Hill school receives federal assistance.
--September 11, 1961. Pauls Valley receives grant for renovation of sewage treatment plant.
--September 12, 1961. Expansion of federal crop insurance; new twenty-five bed hospital in Drumright; new water
facilities at Wilburton.
--September 14, 1961. Money awarded to Cherokee Indian Nation; new post offices at Sallisaw and Checotah.
--September 15, 1961. Testing of boron fuel.
--September 16, 1961. RSK statement re death of Representative Overton Brooks.
--September 18, 1961. New sewage treatment plant for Waukomis; interceptor sewer for The Village; water system at Clayton.
--September 19, 1961. Funds for Oklahoma military facilities; reactivation of Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; loan to Pine
Telephone Company.
--September 20, 1961. Wagon Creek Watershed; Oklahoma water projects; Willis and Powell schools receive federal
assistance; hearing of Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
--September 21, 1961. New post office at Pryor; Kingfisher declared disaster area.
--September 22, 1961. Arbuckle Project; recreational centers on Canadian River.
--September 24, 1961. Twenty-seven states receive federal funds.
--September 25, 1961. New post office at Eldorado.
--September 26, 1961. New water system at Red Oak; Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College expansion project; Lear, Inc.
--September 27, 1961. Serv-Air, Inc., awarded contract concerning Vance Air Force Base.
F 12: Public Relations: Press Releases (October 1961).
--October 2, 1961. Aline, Oklahoma, receives federal grant for sewage equipment; Tuttle receives federal grant for sewage equipment.
--October 7, 1961. "Land, Wood, and Water" projects in Oklahoma.
--October 8, 1961. RSK column as guest writer for Dr. Levitt's weekly column "Wonders of the Universe." The column
concerns the Space Program.
--October 9, 1961. Community improvement for Tahlequah approved.
--October 10, 1961. New post office at Chickasha; extension to Moore's sewage plant.
--October 17, 1961. Water pollution control lab in Ada.
--October 19, 1961. New sewage treatment plant at Ripley.
--October 23, 1961. Federal "demonstration grant" announced for testing of electronic data processing equipment.
--October 25, 1961. Press Release from Dedication of Highway 103; New Highways Lead to Beautiful Eastern Oklahoma.
--October 26, 1961. New twenty-eight bed chronic disease hospital at Newman Memorial Hospital; new thirty-bed general
hospital for Southwestern Memorial Hospital; Murray, Okfuskee, and McCurtain counties to be redeveloped.
--October 30, 1961. Armament and electronic shop at Clinton/Sherman Air Force Base.
--October 31, 1961. $100,000 loan to Canadian Valley Electric Co-operative.
F 13 Public Relations: Press Releases (October 29, 1961).
--October 29, 1961. RSK remarks at dedication of Highway 103.
--October 29, 1961. Biographies of RSK and Mrs. Kerr.
--October 29, 1961. Information for the press about the Kiamichi area.
--October 29, 1961. Information about the Kermac Ranch, a brief history of Poteau, and RSK's remarks, all from the
dedication of Highway 103.
--October 29, 1961. Press packet from the dedication of Highway 103. Contains maps, brochures, magazines, and booklets
about Oklahoma.
F 14: Public Relations: Press Releases (November-December 1961).
--November 3, 1961. Lark School receives federal assistance.
--November 6, 1961. Airfield pavement for Davis Field.
--November 14, 1961. Broken Bow community improvement approved.
--November 16, 1961. Tryon school receives federal assistance.
--November 16, 1961. RSK's remarks in memory of Sam Rayburn.
--November 17, 1961. Fame and Chelsea schools receive federal assistance.
--November 20, 1961. New post offices at McLoud and Sallisaw.
--November 21, 1961. Drummond school receives federal assistance.
--November 24, 1961. Atlas silo squadrons activation contract; two interceptor sewers for Oklahoma City.
--November 27, 1961. Peavine school receives federal assistance.
--November 28, 1961. Bill authorizing private ownership of U.S. Communications Satellite System; Indian hospital at Shawnee.
--November 30, 1961. Air Force contract with Callery Chemical Company; Tri-County Electric Cooperative; Dustin school
receives federal assistance.
--December 4, 1961. Reydon school receives federal assistance; Tri-County Electric Cooperative and McLoud Telephone
receive loans.
--December 6, 1961. Petroleum industry; new sewer facilities for Roff; Burns Flat school receives federal assistance.
--December 8, 1961. New parks and lodges on the Eufaula Reservoir; Navy-owned chemical plant transferred to Air Force.
--December 12, 1961. Greasy school receives federal assistance.
--December 18, 1961. Eleven Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance.
--December 19, 1961. Okmulgee Creek watershed.
--December 24, 1961. Water projects in Oklahoma.
--December 27, 1961. Fourteen-bed addition to King's Daughters and Sons nursing home.
--December 29, 1961. Chickasaw Telephone Company receives loan.
F 15: Public Relations: Press Releases (January 1962).
List of press releases from January 1 to January 31.
--January 2, 1962. Federal grant approved for sewers in Jackson County; Fort Cobb school receives federal assistance.
--January 3, 1962. "Downtown" renewal plan for Tulsa; new sewage facilities for Altus.
--January 3, 1962. Conservation re Verdigris River; new sewage facilities for Altus; Lawton school receives federal assistance.
--January 8, 1962. New post office at Beaver.
--January 9, 1962. Merchant Marine Academy wants to fill quota for applicants; Geary and Mangum schools receives
federal assistance; fence at Salt Plains at Jett, Oklahoma.
--January 11, 1962. Growth and development of Tulsa metropolitan area; Crooked Oak school receives federal assistance.
--January 12, 1962. College housing loan for Panhandle A & M; Blanchard, Elk City, Kellyville, Marietta and Tannehill
school receive federal assistance.
--January 14, 1962. Thirty-one Oklahomans nominated for U.S. service academies.
--January 15, 1962. Visual Glide Slope Indicator at Will Rogers Field; DuPont stock divestiture.
--January 16, 1962. Western Farmers Electric Cooperative; protest against foreign glass imports.
--January 17, 1962. Bell, Allen, and Hobart schools receive federal assistance.
--January 17, 1962. Telegram re 1963 budget; Atoka, Marshall, Johnston and Delaware counties able to participate in Area
Redevelopment Program.
--January 18, 1962. Oklahoma Christian College receive college housing loan; funds for proposed post office and federal
office building at Tulsa.
--January 18, 1962. 1963 budget and Oklahoma.
--January 19, 1962. Ten Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance; improvement of Oklahoma Forest Highway 5.
--January 22, 1962. Newalla school receives federal assistance; bill providing for reimbursement to the states for toll roads
which are now part of the interstate system.
--January 23, 1962. Arcadia, Battiest, and Grove schools receive federal assistance.
--January 24, 1962. Suggested statement on communism's greatest threat for The Beam magazine, published by the
Southern Baptist Convention.
--January 25, 1962. Moore and Midwest City schools plan new school building projects; Dr. Herschel Hobbs visits the President.
--January 26, 1962. Chandler school receives federal assistance.
--January 29-30 1962. Chandler and Altus schools receive federal assistance; Wetumka Hospital; Lawton Armed Forces
Day.
F 16: Public Relations: Press Releases (February 1962).
List of press releases from February 1-28.
--February, 1962. Miscellaneous.
--February 1, 1962. Eight Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance.
--February 2, 1962. Urban planning grant for Woodward growth and development.
--February 2, 1962. Space Committee hearings on private ownership of communications satellite system.
--February 5, 1962. Nine Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance; loan to Oklahoma Automatic Telephone Company approved.
--February 5, 1962. Five county area redevelopment programs.
--February 6, 1962. Moore, Oklahoma City, and Gracemont schools receive federal assistance.
--February 7, 1962. Sixteen schools receive federal assistance.
--February 8, 1962. National Science Foundation Summer Training programs for high school students.
--February 7-9, 1962. Peace Corps approval for University of Oklahoma to train seventy health workers for Bolivia.
--February 9, 1962. RSK receives Disabled American Veterans Citation for Distinguished National Service.
--February 9, 1962. Area Redevelopment Program; loan to Elmore City Telephone Company; Workable Program for
Community Improvement in Mannford; sewers in Skiatook.
--February 12, 1962. CFA makes loan to Red Bird for water facilities; military construction at Vance Air Force Base.
--February 13, 1962. Earlsboro and Oney schools receive federal assistance; military construction bill includes
Clinton/Sherman, Altus, Fort Sill, Vance, and Tinker.
--February 14, 1962. Twenty-six Oklahoma schools receive federal assistance.
--February 15, 1962. New aviation facility in Tulsa.
--February 16, 1962. Tecumseh and Bethel schools receive federal assistance.
--February 19, 1962. "College" urban renewal for Tahlequah; Community Improvement.
--February 19, 1962. Arbuckle Dam and Reservoir on Rock Creek (H.R. 23).
--February 20, 1962. Land for Federal Aviation Agency; flight of John Glenn.
--February 21, 1962. RSK statement re space exploration.
--February 21, 1962. (not used) Urban Renewal in Washington, D.C.
--February 25, 1962. Resurfacing U.S. Highway 64.
--February 26, 1962. Look magazine: "Tax Loopholes: Fact or Myth?"
--February 27, 1962. Kaw Reservoir Project on Arkansas River; rehabilitation center at Hissom Memorial Center for
Retarded Children; new twenty-five-bed hospital in Cleveland area.
--February 28, 1962. Photograph caption for RSK, Mike Monroney, and astronauts.
F 17: Public Relations: Press Releases (March 1962).
List of press releases from March 1 to 30.
--March, 1962. Miscellaneous.
--March 1, 1962. New post office at Pryor.
--March 2, 1962. Seven schools receives federal assistance.
--March 5, 1962. Retraining program for eighty-five persons in McAlester for office work; Binger and Poteau receive
grants from Urban Renewal Administration.
--March 6, 1962) (not used) Russian agriculture.
--March 7, 1962. New sewer facilities for Inola and Watonga.
--March 9, 1962. McAlester school receives federal assistance.
--March 12, 1962. Eufaula Reservoir road relocations; remodeling of Mercy Hospital; watershed work plan.
--March 13, 1962. Squirrel and Lost Creek upstream conservation project.
--March 14, 1962. Plan to consolidate accounting and finance functions of air force bases.
--March 15, 1962. Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee executive session.
--March 16, 1962. Statement by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife re bill concerning operation and maintenance of
Waurika Reclamation Project.
--March 19, 1962. Copy of release from John F. Kennedy re increase in duty on imports of cylinder, crown, and sheet glass;
remarks from RSK, Mike Monroney, and Ed Edmondson.
--March 20, 1962. Contract awarded to Bell Oil and Gas Company; federal grant for thirty-six bed addition to nursing
home at Jane Phillips Hospital.
--March 21, 1962. New elementary school at Yukon and Burns Flat.
--March 23 and 27, 1962. Enid and Pawnee schools receive federal assistance.
--March 27, 1962. Grant to Shidler for new sewer facilities.
--March 28, 1962. RSK views on various issues; community renewal for Stillwater.
--March 28, 1962. RSK comments re reciprocal trade agreements program.
--March 29, 1962. Water pollution control laboratory at Ada.
--March 30, 1962. Department of Defense approves application for funds for Oklahoma; funds approved for construction
and repair of rural homes and farm buildings.
--March 31, 1962. College housing loan for Connors State Agricultural College.
F 18: Public Relations: Press Releases (April-May 1962).
List of press releases from April 3 to 29.
--April, 1962. Miscellaneous
--April 3, 1962. Walters and Carnegie schools receive federal assistance; new sewage plant for McLoud.
--April 4, 1962. Oklahoma Electric Cooperative; Guthrie and Bearden schools receive federal assistance.
--April 9, 1962. Shawnee, Claremore, and Porum schools receive federal assistance.
--April 11, 1962. 746th Squadron to retain present status.
--April 12, 1962. JFK's national physical fitness program.
--April 13, 1962. New sewage facilities for Burns Flat.
--April 16, 1962. Growth and development grants for five Oklahoma towns.
--April 17, 1962. Owasso and Anadarko schools receive federal assistance; Anadarko- Stecker Road; Regional Export
Expansion Council.
--April 18, 1962. Elementary school at Oktaha.
--April 20, 1962. Muskogee school receives federal assistance.
--April 26, 1962. Nowata training for general office work.
--April 27, 1962. Forty- four bed addition to St. Mary's Hospital.
--April 30, 1962. Malfunction detection and recording system for B-52.
List of press releases from May 3 to 31.
--May 1, 1962. Cimarron Telephone Company receives loan; seismological observatory to be built near Vernal, Utah.
--May 3, 1962. Bill providing per capita distribution of $14 million awarded to the Cherokee Indians.
--May 14, 1962. Message by RSK for Washington Star Magazine re communications satellites.
--May 15, 1962. Oklahoma City school receives federal assistance.
--May 16, 1962. Choctaw Electric Cooperative to receive loan.
--May 18, 1962. Tulsa school receives federal assistance.
--May 23, 1962. Keystone Reservoir project.
--May 24, 1962. RSK statement re Project Mercury space flight.
--May 28, 1962. New power house at Hillcrest Medical Center.
--May 29-31, 1962. Oklahoma Residence Corporation: apartments for senior citizens; Washita County declared disaster
area; remodeling Holdenville post office.
F 19: Public Relations: Press Releases (June 1962).
List of press releases from June 1 to 28.
--June, 1962. Miscellaneous.
--June 1, 1962. New sewage facility in Shidler; cancer research center.
--June 4, 1962. Anniversary of Don McBride being RSK aide.
--June 5, 1962. Joint release from RSK and Mike Monroney re Waurika Reclamation Project.
--June 6, 1962. Modification of B-47; relocation of Highway 9; Wagon Creek Soil Conservation Project; two resort lodges
on Lake Eufaula.
--June 7, 1962. Community improvement for Poteau; new sewage facilities for Mooreland.
--June 8, 1962. RSK receives honorary degree of doctor of humanities from Salem College.
--June 12, 1962. Oklahoma State Department of Health receives grant.
--June 12, 1962. Housing and Home Finance to establish demonstration project in Tulsa.
--June 13, 1962. Kiamichi Electric Cooperative to receive loan.
--June 14, 1962. Joint release from RSK and Mike Monroney re highway construction on Eufaula Reservoir.
--June 15, 1962. RSK statement re National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
--June 19, 1962. Oklahoma City receives government-owned land; McAlester receives loan for parking facilities; loan to
Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative.
--June 20, 1962. Advantages of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
--June 20, 1962. Urban renewal grant for Duncan; loan to Wilburton for water facilities; general.
--June 26, 1962. Urban planning grant for Lawton; loan to Ramona Gas Authority; Red River Valley REA; Highway 9.
--June 28, 1962. Contract awarded to Ross Aviation; general.
--June 29, 1962. Construction contracts; urban renewal for Antlers; water facilities for Crowder and Canadian.
--June 30, 1962. Federal Aviation Administration plans for various airports.
F 20: Public Relations: Press Releases (July 1962).
List of press releases from July 2 to 31.
--July 2, 1962. Loan to KAMO Electric.
--July 3, 1962. Sewage facilities for Haskell, Yukon and Vian; B-66 aircraft; improve Sequoyah Indian schools.
--July 5, 1962. Maintenance work on B-47.
--July 6, 1962. Improvement of Fort Sill campus streets; equipment to make standard quadrangle maps.
--July 8, 1962. Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. and dedication of Armed Forces Reserve Center.
--July 9, 1962. Upper Blue River Watershed project.
--July 10, 1962. New post office at Jay; general.
--July 11, 1962. Approval of various grants including veterinary medical and nutrition research building at Oklahoma State University.
--July 13, 1962. Area redevelopment for Love County; general.
--July 17, 1962. Subsidy to wheat farmers; emergency loans to Beckham and Greer counties.
--July 18, 1962. Soil conservation in Oklahoma.
--July 19, 1962. Road work for Love and Marshall counties.
--July 20, 1962. Release of stockpiled lead and zinc. Contract with Lear, Inc.; general.
--July 24, 1962. Transcript of press conference; general.
--July 25, 1962. Calvin School receives federal assistance.
--July 26, 1962. Cherokee Tribe judgment award.
--July 30, 1962. Redevelopment in Oklahoma re Latimer Co.
--July 31, 1962. Various contracts and grants.
F 21: Public Relations: Press Releases (August 1962).
List of press releases from August 1-31.
--August 1, 1962. Broken Bow Reservoir work.
--August 3, 1962. New sewage facilities for Gore and Tipton.
--August 8, 1962. Contract with Serv-Air, Inc., Enid; redevelopment for Lincoln County; field office at Miami.
--August 10, 1962. General.
--August 13, 1962. Russian cosmonauts flight.
--August 13, 1962. Guests at the Capitol.
--August 14, 1962. Statement by RSK re unidentified issue.
--August 16, 1962. Norman and Gore schools receives federal assistance.
--August 17, 1962. Communications Satellite Bill; Kennedy presented with "Declaration of Indian Purpose."
--August 18, 1962. Press conference in Oklahoma City with RSK and Margaret Chase Smith.
--August 20, 1962. Area redevelopment in McCurtain County.
--August 22, 1962. Proposed Tulsa post office.
--August 23, 1962. Air Force undergraduate pilot training program; flood control for South Deer Creek; various school additions.
--August 24, 1962. Arbuckle Reservoir reclamation project; sixteen-bed hospital replacement for Mary Hurley Hospital at Coalgate.
--August 25, 1962. Cameron State Agricultural College to receive CFS loan.
--August 29, 1962. Flood control; Rivers and Harbors Omnibus bill.
--August 30, 1962. Loan to Cimarron Electric; Miss Oklahoma honored; Oklahoma contracts total $7.6 million for AID services.
--August 31, 1962. Cross Telephone Company.
F 22: Public Relations: Press Releases (September 1962).
List of press releases from September 4 to 28.
--September 4, 1962. New sewage facilities for Canute and Apache.
--September 6, 1962. Improvements for Inola post office; "special interest tax bill."
--September 9, 1962. Melpar to open space-oriented facility in Oklahoma City.
--September 12, 1962. Apartments at Oklahoma State University for married students.
--September 13, 1962. Addition to Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Center; Kaw Reservoir Project; five other reservoir projects.
--September 14, 1962. Hugo Reservoir; Kiamichi River Project; Broken Bow Reservoir Project.
--September 17, 1962. Ground-breaking for Port of Muskgoee.
--September 20, 1962. Ground-breaking for the Port of Muskogee. Post office improvements at Picher.
--September 21, 1962. Ten-bed addition to Johnston County Memorial Hospital; Pawnee Indians.
--September 22, 1962. Port of Muskogee ground-breaking.
--September 25, 1962. Cherokee Nation judgment funds.
--September 27, 1962. Omnibus Rivers and Harbors bill.
--September 28, 1962. Oklahoma- related water projects.
F 23: Public Relations: Press Releases (October 1962).
List of press releases from October 1-26.
--October 1, 1962. Cherokee Nation judgment funds; addition to Tulsa post office.
--October 2, 1962. Delaware and Cottonwood Creek Watershed projects. Enclosed statistics on the projects.
--October 2, 1962. Air filed lighting at Altus Air Force Base.
--October 3, 1962. Military Construction Appropriations Act family housing units at Clinton-Sherman.
--October 3-4, 1962. Mercury Flight by Walter Schirra; space program.
--October 4, 1962. Change in Oklahoma-Arkansas navigation construction funds; rivers and harbors authorization bill.
--October 5, 1962. Construction of natural gas facilities for Tuttle; jet engine test stand addition at Vance Air Force Base.
--October 9, 1962. New sewage facilities for Paoli.
--October 10, 1962. Fifty-one new employees for Naval Ammunition Depot; Cherokee Nation judgment award; community
renewal programs.
--October 10-11, 1962. RSK supports Democratic colleagues in Oklahoma campaign.
--October 12, 1962. Lions of Oklahoma's Candy Day drive.
--October 18, 1962. Loan to Panhandle Telephone Cooperative.
--October 22, 1962. RSK supports President Kennedy.
--October 29, 1962. Peace Corps training program at Norman; development of forest resources at Ouachita National Forest.
F 24: Public Relations: Press Releases (November 1962 - January 1963).
List of press releases from November 1 to 9.
--November 1, 1962. Loan to Muskogee for sewer facilities; classified government activity at Air Force Plant in Tulsa;
street improvements in McAlester.
--November 3, 1962. Loan for Stillwater Local Development Corporation; Seminole to receive employment assistance.
--November 4, 1962. Message to voters at statewide Democratic Party campaign rally.
--November 5, 1962. Overhaul and repair of Air Force and Navy R-2000 aircraft engines; grants for garment industry training.
--November 8, 1962. New nursing home for Methodist Home, Inc.
--November 9, 1962. Neighborhood renewal for Sapulpa; army water trailers for Doco Manufacturing Company.
--November 22, 1962. Release from active duty of Air Force Reserve organizations which had been called up in the Cuban Crisis.
--November 29, 1962. Foreign aid.
List of press releases from December 3 to 19.
--December 3, 1962. Air field pavement at Tinker Air Force Base; nationwide youth education program in the science of rocketry.
--December 4, 1962. New school building at Seneca Indian School.
--December 5, 1962. Loans to Red River Valley Products, Inc., and Munger-Emmonds Construction Company.
--December 7, 1962. Loan to Chickasha, Oklahoma, Development Corporation; federal advance to Lawton for Civic Center.
--December 10, 1962. Federal funds for Squaw Creek Watershed Project.
--December 12, 1962. New sewage facilities at Vian and Elgin.
--December 13, 1962. General.
--December 19, 1962. University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University receive funds from NASA for space study programs.
--January 2, 1963. RSK's death and funeral.
F 25: Public Relations: Publicity and Publications by or about RSK (n.d., 1946, 1949-1959).
Correspondents include Paul McBride and George Howard Wilson. Also includes press release entitled "A Texan in Washington"; "America and the World" by RSK; clippings and magazine articles re Kerr. Most of the correspondence is from people congratulating Kerr on the articles being published about him.
F 26: Public Relations: Publicity and Publications by or about RSK (1960-1962).
Correspondents include Bob Jeffrey, Sargent Shriver, C. B. Akers, Bernard J. Boyle and William J. Holloway. Most of the correspondence is from people congratulating Kerr on the articles being published about him.
F 27: Public Relations: Publications, Thank You's for (1949, 1956-1957, 1959).
RSK thanks people for clippings, magazine articles, reports and copies of speeches.
F 28: Public Relations: Publications, Thank You's for (1960).
Correspondents include Keith Kahle, and Robert G. Baker. RSK thanks people for
clippings, magazine articles, reports and copies of speeches.
F 29: Public Relations: Publications, Thank You's for (1961-1962).
Correspondents include Jed Johnson, Clinton P. Anderson, John A. Carroll, Stanley Draper, Strom Thurmond, Gordon Allott, Orville Freeman and James R. Scales. RSK thanks people for clippings, magazine articles, reports and copies of speeches.
F 30: Public Relations: Radio Correspondence (n.d., 1947-1957, 1960).
Correspondents include Herbert Gibson. Also includes lists of radio stations that Kerr often broadcasted on; several letters refer to RSK's appearance on the "Town Hall" program in 1953. Correspondence between Kerr and stations re broadcasts.
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