Senate Begins Work On Foreign Aid Bill In 1974
Washington April 10 74 The Senate moves to consider a foreign aid bill totaling 3 1 billion 372 million four hundred fifty thousand dollars The measure would extend Marshall Plan spending of 3 1 million 900 thousand plus 200 million for the China area 190 million for Korea 27 45 million for Arab refugees and 45 000 for Trumans Point Four program The House had approved two 85 billion for Europe recovery and 25 million for Point Four The major opposition centers on an amendment to trim 800 million from Marshall Plan funds
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Washington
Senate
Truman Tozs
Philadelphia
Lucas
Illinois
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China Area
Republic of Korea
Truman
Hickenlooper
F-Lown
FITISTOWN NEWS Grad panel rally and visits noted
Local items report the grad panel boys losing to Allen boys and 4 H groups meeting for an ACA rally. Numerous visits and movements include Julius Conley moving to Frank Montgomery home, Hollimans visiting parents in Borger, and Dorth Holtiman staying with Dorth Dooley.
Court Upholds Ada Grocers Damages Ruling
Oklahoma City April 15 The state supreme court upheld $300 in damages awarded to W. C. and Maud Faulkenberry Ada grocery operators against Steffens Dairy Products County. They sued for $1,009 in Pontotoc district court alleging a customer found a foreign substance in Steffens milk. Steffens denied selling such a bottle. a jury verdict reduced to $200. Chickasha Oklahoma April 14 Grady county agent Bob Lamar notes weekend rain harms a food stand while the outlook for small grain crops remains poor needing two inches more moisture for normal alfalfa cutting.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
W. C
Maud Faulkenberry
Ada
Steffens Dairy Products County
Faulkenberrys
Pontotoc County
Steffens
Carey
Chickasha
Okio
Grady County
Bob Lamar
Desert Dick emerges as Charles Stewart Mott in Flint musings
Cal Tinney sketches Flint native Charles Stewart Mott, once dubbed Desert Dick for Arizona days. The piece recalls Mott as a billionaire GM stock owner, sugar company and race track holder, with a colorful past and a blunt, public image recalled by Arizonans and Michigan residents alike.
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CAL Tinney
Flint
Michigan
Desert Dick
el Paso
Arizona
Desert
Wire Wheels
General Motors
American Sugar Company
Hialeah
Flamingoes
Midas
Frandsome
Charles Stewart Mott
Imperial Guard
Hollywood
C. Aubrey Smith
Mott
Upper Rim Road
Eruth
Desert Dirk
Matt
Mat
Love Tangled Up in Near Plane Disaster
Los Angeles police say motive for a attempted airline bombing was love for Betty Suomela of Hermosa Beach. John Henry Grant, 32, placed a gasoline bomb on a United DC-3 at LAX moments before takeoff. The bomber fled. a baggage handler thwarted the device.
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Los Angeles
Ream
Betty Suomela
Hermosa Beach
John Henry Grant
United Air Lines
United
Grant
United Airlines
Los Angeles International
San Diego
Harold Mayer
Three Youths Held Up Motel in Afton Affair
Three Claremore youths face armed robbery charges for a holdup at an Afton tourist court operator. Lloyd J. Carter and Steward C. Russell, both 17, and Herbert Slayden, 24, are jailed in Miami County. County Attorney Jim Reed filed the complaint based on statements by S. W. Dokncz, 60, the operator, who reported $50 taken at gunpoint after a tab request. Officers recovered $51 from the arrested men as of the report.
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Miami
Ohio
Claremore
Afton
Jim Reed
Lloyd J. Carter
Teward C. Russell
Herbert Slayden
S. W. Doknscz
Toun
Operster
City Ada Seals Bond Bid For New Sewer Project
Ada bids a $920 600 sewer bond issue at 2.859 percent average rate with Fi tional Bank and Trust Co Istoma City as low bidder acting for a bond buyers group including Harria Trust Tulsa Evan L. Davis and others. Construction to start after AG approval and protest period. about 60 to 90 days.
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Ada
Fitional Bank and Trust Co
Istoma City
James N. Kong
City Cleck
Cats
Harria Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Evan L. Davis
Tulsa
Edgar Hennold
Oklahoma City
Small Moburn Co
Oklahome City
Wichita
Calvert and Cranfield
Adan Coaches Boy To National Title In Legion Oratory
Pauline Higginbotham, longtime East Central speech teacher, has guided 17 year old James Robinson of Blackwell to top honors in the national American Legion oratorical contest in Phoenix Arizona earning a $4000 scholarship. Robinson also holds the state title in extemporaneous speaking and will compete nationally after Phoenix. Higginbotham’s coaching and teaching career spans Ada Hengs Purcell Kiowa Kan Guthrie and Blackwell with work on a master’s degree at the University of Oklahoma.
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Pauline Higginbotham
East Central
Blackwell
James Robinson
Young Robinson
American Legional
Union Rouge
Phoenix
Ariz
Higginbotham
Robinson
Hengs, Purcell
Kiowa
Kan
Guthrie and
University of Tlinis
Joe Higginbotham
West Sevent
Princess Fatemeh Gives Up Royal Title
Persian Princess Fatemeh loses her title and royal prerogatives after marrying Vincent Hillyer in a civil ceremony at Civitavecchia. Hillyer, a California man, insists the couple will wed again in a Paris mosque and live in Europe, while planning a future as a moslem and a writer.
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Rome
Fatemeh
Vincent Hillyer
Shah of
Iren
Civitavecchi
Iran
Hilyer
Hillyer
Los Banos
Calif
Augusts
Tehran
Hillyers
Excelsior
Paris
Mosler
Man with broken leg rescued from water tower fall
In Toledo Ohio on April 1 a 80 year old repairman working on a water tower fell from a height of about 10 feet after his leg became caught in a ladder brace. Firemen reached him after 19 minutes and carried him down on a stretcher to a hospital where his condition was reported as read.
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Toledo
Fred McCulley
New U. S. Housing Bill Expands GI Loan Benefits
The new housing act liberalizes GI Bill home loan terms for World War I veterans and widows of World War II vets. It raises government guarantees to 3 percent up to 7500, extends loan terms to 30 years, and allows direct 4 percent loans up to 10000 for eligible veterans in areas with scarce private credit. The act also ends the FHA-VA combo loan by Dec 31 1950 and enables up to 95 percent insurance for cooperative housing if 65 percent occupant by veterans.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Washington
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
Joan
GAAR CORNER NEWS VISITORS AND LOCAL NOTES
Tuesday visitors included Adela Jones and Susie Doses with baby Joe of Vanesa Fay Brown Jack Jones LE Maddox Norvell Pennington Clyde Moore attended the ball at Fitzhugh. Della James spent Tuesday with sister Pat Clare. Lee Richardson and children Joe and Percy. Margaret Sue traveled to California with her other children. Sarah Dethridge of Light-Wong Ridge visited Mrs. Alms.
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Tis
Adela Jones
Susie Doses
Baby Joe
Vanesa
Fay Brown
Jack Jones
LE Maddox
Norvell Pennington
Clyde Moore
Fitzhugh
Della James
Pat
Clare
Lee Richardiam
Childen
Joe
Percy
Margaret Sue
California
Sarah Dethridge
Light- Wong Ridge
Mra
Noel Field Star Witness in Czech Purge
Noel Field, a missing American and former U S State Department employee, is a star witness in a Prague purge prepared under Soviet MVD guidance. The piece traces Field’s alleged espionage roles, his family disappearances, and the broader Soviet tactic to discredit satellite officials and target Titoist influence across Eastern Europe.
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Noel Field
Star Witness
Czech
Paris
NEA
U. S. Atate Department
Prague
MVD
Field
Unitarian Service Committee
Tron Curtain
Herthe
Hermann
Algor Hiss
New York
Red
Laszlo Rajk
Sulphur Roundup Club Plans Trip to 89er Celebration
Sulphur parade marshal Bill Allen said plans for the Sulphur Round-Up Club trip to Oklahoma City on April 29 are nearly complete to take part in the 89er celebration. The parade opens Capitol Hill rodeo events Thursday through Saturday and will be telecast for one hour Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. with a mobile television studio on Main Street and a camera crew in view. Televised rodeo coverage from Capitol Hill Stadium starts at 8 p.m. Saturday with plans to broadcast next week.
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Bill Allen
Oklahoma City
Capitol Mill
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill Stadium
Main Street
Japanese court weighs name change request in postwar Japan
In Nagoya on April 12 P sama Kords sought to change his first name to Yamo. He argued Isama resembled a bandit chief and was unsuitable in a democracy under the new constitution. The judge said he would think it over.
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Nagoya
Japan
P—sama Kords
Yamo
Kondo
Isama
Ise
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