D W Swaffar Dies Monday Ada Leader in Church and Masonry
D W Uncle Dan Swaffar 81 of 1021 Highschool Ada died Monday evening at a local hospital. Funeral Wednesday at 4 at Oak Avenue Baptist with burial in Rosedale cemetery. A longtime Ada resident he led church work at First Baptist and Oak Avenue and served 25 years as secretary for local Masonic bodies. He held many high Masonic offices including Grand Bible Bearer and 32nd Degree Mason. Surviving: Emma wife. daughter Callie May Smith. foster daughters Emmett Alletag and Mary Miller. sisters, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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D. W
Dan’ Swaffar
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Rosedale
Mr. Swaffar
Ada
Emma T. Brundidge
Quitman
Ark
Texas
W. C. Rollow
First Baptist Church
Oak Avenue
Holland Lodge No. 158
Ada Lodge No. 119
Grand Lodge of
Oklahoma
McAlester
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar
Grand Chapter
Grand Council
Order of the Eastern Star
Emma Swaffer
Callie May (Lee) Smith
Oklahoma City
Emmett Alletag
Mary Miller
Morseville
Monroney Urges Disaster Ruling for Oklahoma Counties
Senator Mike Monroney urged the Farmers Home Administration in Washington to include Pontotoc Coal and Hughes Counties in drought disaster loan areas. He cited pastures drying grain losses and water shortages. A Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday night will review farm conditions in the county.
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Mike Monroney
FHA
Pontotoc
Coal
Hughes Counties
W. B. Johnson
Pontotoc County
Farmers Home Administration
Washington
Hughes
Lee Ozbirn
Oklahoma City
Chamber of Commerce
Tonkawa Man Is Traffic Fatality
Frederick Daniel Sites 70, an automobile supply store manager in Tonkawa, died in a traffic crash on U S Highway 17 three miles from his home while returning from a buying trip to Tulsa. He lost control, left the road, and died almost immediately. Oklahoma's 333rd traffic death this year.
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Associated Press
Frederick Daniel Sites
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
Sites
Tulsa
U. S. Highway 17
Start Probe of Wrong Shelling
A U S Navy minesweeper fired twice on the salvage tug Grapple off Hungnam Korea, killing two and injuring nine. The incident followed failed recognition signals between the minesweeper Chief and the Grapple, prompting a formal investigation in Japan.
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Tokyop
U. S
Japan
Korea
Navy
Hungnam
Heimer Returns to Stratford After Living on Route One
Matt Heimer moved back to Stratford Tuesday after living with son James and wife in Lightine Ridge community since the death of Mrs. Heimer several months ago.
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Matt Heimer
Roff
Stratford
James
Lightine Ridge
Niy
Billy Don Cole Visits Tulsa Friends Over Weekend
Billy Don Cole accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lovelace to Tulsa for a weekend visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Watts. He spent time with Harold Lee Watts during the stay.
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Billy Don Cole
Claude Lovelace
Tulsa
Herbert Watts
Billy Don
Harold Lee Watts
Weekend Guests At The Coles Home
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Cole over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spradlin of Oklahoma. Miss Carolyn June Shugart is spending two weeks as the guest of her cousin Betty Cole. Carolyn's home is Moore.
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Roland Cole
Fred Spradlin
Oklahoma
Carolyn June Shugart
Betty Cole
Carolyn
Moore
Mrs Butler's Sunday Guests From Pauls Valley
Mrs Kate Butler entertained with her sister Mrs George Jones and a niece Mrs A Brooks and three children along with Mrs Wilson of Pauls Valley as guests on Sunday.
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Kate Butler
George Jones
A Brooks
Wilson
Pauls Valiey
Ladue Nease Returns Home After Summer Stay
Ladue Nease who had been staying with relatives in Midland Texas most of the summer and working has returned home this week and can enter high school here.
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Ladue Nease
Midland
Texas
Reynolds Family Guests Visit from Texas
Guests of Mr and Mrs W W Reynolds for a few days this week were two of her sisters Mrs Luther Sunday and Mr Sunday of Cleveland Tex Mrs Elma Ea ves of Houston and Mrs Reynolds mother Mrs R B Parish of New Waverly Tex. The group spent Monday and Tuesday at Lake Texoma fishing.
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W. W. Reynolds
Luther Sunday
Reynolds family heads to Lubbock for son's job
Mr and Mrs Pat Reynolds take daughter Mrs James F Mc Nally and three children to Lubbock Texas on Sunday to join their son in the city where he is employed.
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Pat Reynolds
James F. McNally
Lubbock, Tex
Mr. McNally
Williamses Visit Durant Relatives This Week
Rev and Mrs Bill Williams visited relatives in Durant on Monday and Tuesday of this week as part of a family trip.
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Bill Williams
Durant
Jacksons Visit Relatives in Oklahoma and Washington
Mr and Mrs L E Jackson of Seattle visit Mrs Bowie and Doc Bowie south of town and plan to see Clarence Bowie and his wife in Pauls Valley. Lois Bowie, now Mrs Jackson, once lived nearby. Mrs Doc Bowie will return to Washington with the Jacksons to visit relatives in Bellingham and elsewhere in Washington.
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L. E. Jackson
Seattle
Washington
Doc Bowie
Bowie
Clarence Bowie
Pauls Valley
Jackson
Lois Bowie
Jacksons
Bellingham
Lairson Family Visiting Relatives in Ada and Phoenix
Mr and Mrs R O Lairson and two sons Bill and Bobby of Phoenix Ariz are spending a few days with his father F W Lairson and sister and family Mr and Mrs A M Benge Mrs Lairson will spend time with her mother Mrs Ross in Ada
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R. O. Lairson
Bill
Bobby
Phoenix, Ariz
F. W. Lairson
A. M. Benge
Oklahoma City and Bethany guests visit Reed and Chandler families
Mr and Mrs Arthur Chandler of Oklahoma City and Mr and Mrs Jeff Reed of Bethany joined Mr and Mrs Frank Reed and Marilyn Sunday. Monday guests included Mr and Mrs Thomas Reed and their children from Odessa Texas.
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Arthur Chandler
Oklahoma City
Jeff Reed
Bethany
R. R. Chandler
Frank Reed
Marilyn
Thomas Reed
Odessa
Texas
Harold Wayne Blackburn Plans Return to Okmulgee School
Harold Wayne Blackburn, who has worked in California since spring break, has returned to Stratford and intends to attend school at Okmulgee again this year.
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Harold Wayne Blackburn
California
Stratford
Okmulgee
McNinch Couple Returns From Visit In Oklahoma City
Mr and Mrs A L McNinch came back Sunday after spending a week with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs W O Massey in Oklahoma City.
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A. L. McNinch
W. O. Massey
Oklahoma City
OPS Grants Higher Ceiling Prices for Wide Range of Steel Goods
Washington OPS raised ceiling prices for carbon steel products and boosted high alloy and stainless steel by 4.7 percent. The increases average about 5.20 dollars per ton across carbon steel items as part of the steel wage price dispute settlement.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
OEA Selects Its Two Top Demands
STILLWATER Oklahoma The Oklahoma Education Association at a three day workshop at Oklahoma A and M named two priority demands for new legislation Raise minimum starting salaries and provide a more workable retirement system The group will seek a legislator to introduce the measures or present them to the legislature s committee on education Executive Secretary Ferman Phillips said
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma A. & M
Committee On Education
Ferman Phillips
Truman Plans World Tour After White House Era
President Truman hopes to tour distant lands as a private citizen after leaving office. Aides say discussions are ongoing about a global trip but he wants to visit countries and continents without protocol constraints.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Gasoline tax take to hit record two billion dollars
New York motorists face an all time high tax burden with state and federal gasoline taxes totaling about 2.0 billion dollars for the year. A semi annual tax survey by the American Petroleum Institute attributes the rise mainly to higher gasoline consumption.
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New York
U. S
American Petroleum Tries Committee
Murray Approved For Training Vets
Murray State School in Tishomingo designated an approved institution for Public Law 550 veteran training. C B Lewis confirms the accreditation, effective August 20 1952 for all courses after August 7 approval date. Korean veterans are applying ahead of fall term starting September 1.
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Tishomingo
Murray State School
C. B. Lewis
State Accrediting Agency
William Parrish
Murray
P. L
G. I. Bill
Stevenson Goes Into Hiding For Rest And Prep
Gov Adlai Stevenson leaves public life to rest and write speech at a timbered retreat near Minocqua Wisconsin. He plans to return Friday for more pre campaign work and a possible Sept 5 Denver speech before a Western tour kickoff. Reporters followed by train and plane as he isolates before the next campaign push.
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Minocqua
Wis.p
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Springfield
Denver
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kasson
Minn
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Ailing Woman Sought by Police Over Checks and Narcotics
A 58 year old woman identified as Grace Benincasa sought care in Riverhead New York as ailment worsened. Police report she forged Dr M Z Ploski s name on a narcotic prescription and passed worthless checks to pay for medical attention. Authorities say she has cancer and is aware of a limited life expectancy. The case spans 13 states with checks written to stores and a $500 Tampa bank draft.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Grace Benincasa
Suffolk County Dist
Atty
Lindsay Henry
M. Z. Ploski
Ploski
Henry
Suffolk County
Tampa, Fla
Pleads Guilty to Drunken Driving
Eugene Orson Brashears pled guilty to drunken driving before County Judge Tal Crawford. A $50 fine was assessed. Brashears had been picked up near Stonewall on SH 3 by highway patrolman Bill Laracy last Saturday after denying the charge earlier.
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Eugene Orson Brashears
Tal Crawford
Crawford
Stonewall
SH 3
Bill Laracy
Coalgate
Brashears
Tubman Purchases New Yacht Named After Edward J. Roye
In Monrovia Liberia President William V. S. Tubman buys a Holland built 463 ton yacht for 210000 dollars. After refitting the vessel is valued at over a million dollars and is named President Edward J. Roye to honor a former Liberian president.
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Monrovia
Liberia
William V. S. Tubman
Holland
Edward J. Roye
College Aids Business Education Jobs For Grads
The business education major reports strong job placement with all graduates employed. Upgrades to equipment include electric typewriters a dictaphone and transcribing gear plus a switchboard for inter-communication training. Evening courses in typewriting and accounting begin September 10 with 17 other evening offerings.
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Myrtle Sturdevant
Vernon Upchurch
Bertha Sturdevant
Alaska Defenses Prove Safe Under Heartland Concept
Anchorage hear Gen Nathan S Twining says Alaska is invulnerable to surprise attack under the heartland plan. He notes the core near Anchorage and Fairbanks enables rapid extension to remote areas while Omar Bradley says progress in defense program alleviates earlier worries.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
Nathan S. Twining
Fairbanks
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arab Nations Plan Regional Defense System Next Month
Cairo reports seven Arab League states will activate a regional defense system at a mid September military commanders meeting. The pact among Egypt Syria Lebanon Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia and Yemen dates from 1950 and promises collective response to armed aggression. Egypt’s reform government has not rejected Western defense schemes and seeks arms from foreign powers.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
League
Abdel Rahman Azzam
Seven Nations
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yece
U. S
Britain
France
Turkey
Arab League Defense Alliance
L East
West
Azzat
Israel
U. N
Holy Land
NEA Official Says It Costs More for Schools
Dr. Willard E. Givens, retiring executive secretary of the National Education Association, says current 54.5 billion annual education spending falls short. He urges doubling to about 10 billion more per year to improve salaries, hire more teachers, and maintain more schools as the new term opens nationally.
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Washington
Willard E. Givens
Givens
National Education Association
Eisenhower Urges Middle Course in Broad Campaign Speech
In Denver and Boise Eisenhower calls for a middle-ground approach rejecting both extreme left and right. He outlines key goals and pledges to challenge leftist groups while criticizing Brannan Farm Plan social programs and centralized government. He plans Western-state discussions on reclamation soil, water power, and economy.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Boise
Idaho
Eisenhower
West
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Vandenberg
Trade Union Congress Warns on Wage Hikes Risk to Exports
Britain s Trades Union Congress General Council warned that broad wage increases could make exports too expensive for world markets and threaten economic stability. The report urged productivity gains and suggested maintaining or reintroducing controls on scarce materials along with inter-industry manpower and material transfers.
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London
Britain
Trades Union “Congress
TUC
General Council
Congress
Winston Chu
Labor
Two GOP Solons Lose In New York
In New York state primaries Republican incumbents faced defeats as Edwin Arthur Hall of Binghamton and W Sterling Cole of Bath lost renomination bids. John C Butler of Buffalo defeated Hall in the 37th District, while John C Pillion of Lackawanna beat Butler in the 42nd District amid scattered voter discontent and reapportionment changes.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Edwin Arthur Hall
Binghamton
John C. Butler
Buffalo
GOP
W. Sterling Cole
Bath
Hall
New York
Cole
Butler
John C. Pillion
Lackawanna
Ada Chamber Group Opens Talks To Boost Local Industries
The Ada Chamber of Commerce industries committee met at the chamber office to discuss helping Ada industries. Chairman J A Richardson leads the effort as the group eyes ideas such as back printing envelopes with brand names and trademarks of local firms.
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Industries Committee
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada Industries
J A. Richardson
Ada
Funeral Tuesday For Mrs Drake
Services for Mrs. L. L. Drake were held Tuesday at 2 p m in the Free Will Baptist church with Rev. Ward Wood officiating. Burial followed in McGee cemetery. She died at her son Bill’s home in Oklahoma City Sunday morning. Surviving are her husband five sons Bill Leo Claude Gladyester Fate and one daughter Mrs. Mabel King of Oklahoma City.
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Stratford
L. L. Drake
Free Will Baptist Church
Ward Wood
Shawnee
McGee Cemetery
Criswell
Ada
Ada's Bike Rodeo Draws 106 Entrants In Ada
The Ada Safety Council bicycle committee sponsors Ada’s first Bike Rodeo with 106 entrants. Free inspections run at Servicenter and Crowell Repair until noon. Safety films at McSwain Theater on Thursday and Friday boost points. Riding events start August 26 at Norris Stadium followed by a downtown parade at 10 a.m. Winners choose from 20 prizes after the parade at Main and Broadway.
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Bicycle Committee
Ada Safety Council
Saturn
Servicenter
Crowell
Entr~es
McSwain Theater
Norris Stadium
Ada
Main Street
Main
Broadway
Ross Warmack
Ray Dobnick
Turnbow Committed for Mental Health Evaluation
Rufus Turnbow was ordered confined to a Little Rock mental hospital for examination and treatment by County Judge Hubert upon County Attorney Tom Smith's recommendation. He had been at Valley View hospital last week for knife wound treatment alleged to be caused by his wife. Turnbow, a Kanawa veteran, spent 33 months in a Japanese WWII prison camp.
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Konawa
Rufus Turnbow
Little Rock
Ark
Huberta
Tom Smith
Turnbow
Valley View Hospital
Kanawan
McDermott Fans 20 for Red Sox in 1949 AA Game
Maurice McDermott of the Red Sox struck out 20 batters while pitching for Louisville in the American Association in 1949.
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Maurice McDermott
Red Sox
Louisville
Rev Frank Norris Dies After Heart Attack at 74
Keystone Heights Florida report says Rev J Frank Norris Baptist pastor from Fort Worth Texas died of a heart attack at 74 after flying to attend a Fundamentalist Baptist youth camp. He led the world wide Fundamentalist Baptist churches with 3000 affiliations and served 44 years at Fort Worth First Baptist.
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Keystone Heights
Fila
J. Frank Norris
Ft. Worth
Tex
Norris
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Temple Baptist Church
Detroit
Mich
Bible’ Baptist Seminary
Muskogeean enters not guilty plea on drunk driving
Muskogeean Clark Clinton Harp pleaded not guilty in open court to drunk driving charges before County Judge Tal Crawford. Bond set at 500 dollars, case to be heard next county term. Harp involved in a two car crash east of Stonewall on SH 3. no injuries reported.
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Clark Clinton Harp
Muskogee
Tal Crawford
Harp
Stonewall
SH 3
H. D. van Arsdell
Jesse Roscoe Smith
Caney
Route 1
Smith
Ahloson
Okmulgee Voters OK Urban Road Bond Issues
Okmulgee Oklahoma voters approved five bond issues totaling 703012 for a US 75 four lane road through the city. About 2610 voters supported the project and 60 vetoed it, with financing largely from federal and state sources and an estimated one million dollar route cost.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Here
Tulsa
Many of State's School Buildings Called Inadequate
Five hundred delegates heard a State Department of Education survey of 3,173 schools show that about a third of Oklahoma's school buildings are inadequate or unusable. Otto Shaw reported that 1,163 were fair or need remodeling while 426 would be unsatisfactory even with repairs. The state still uses 100 buildings erected before statehood and runs 700 one room, 964 two and three room, and 348 four or five room schools.
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Stillwater
Oklah
Oklahoma Education Association
State Department of Education
Otto Shaw
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Pays Fine in Driving Case at Peace Justice Court
Norman Factor of Konawa paid 18 dollars in fines and court costs for driving to the left of the center while meeting on-coming traffic in C. W. Floyd's Peace Justice court. He was stopped north of Ada on SH 99 by trooper H. D. Van Arsdell. Kenneth Ray Hurley, charged similarly, paid 18 dollars after being stopped at Gaar Corner August 11 by Aubrey A. Mitchell.
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Norman Factor
Konawa
C. W. Floyd
Factor
Ada
SH 99
H. D. van Arsdell
Kenneth Ray Hurley
Hurley
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Gaar Corner
Nixon to Speak at Hampton Beach After Logan Arrival
Senator Richard M. Nixon Republican vice presidential nominee is set to arrive at Logan Airport tonight and travel to Hampton Beach New Hampshire tomorrow afternoon for a speaking engagement.
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Boston
Richard M. Nixon
Logan Airport
Hampton Beach
N. H
Living conch shells harbor tiny reef fish
Small fish inhabit living Caribbean conch shells, using them as shelter. The note highlights how these shells provide microhabitats for juvenile species in coral reef ecosystems.
Soldier repels teen attackers on Oklahoma City street
Pfc. Gene Raymond Bass 18 of Reno Nevada defended himself when two teens attacked him during a furlough visit to his grandmother's home. One thief carrying a knife demanded money. Bass used judo to subdue both, injuring the two youths and driving them to flee in a car. The incident follows a week of nocturnal attacks by teen gangs in the city. Bass planned to return to Army duties in Monterrey California.
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Oklahoma City
Gene Raymond Bass
Reno
Nev
Bass
Monterrey
Calif
Shortages Grow In Dierks Accounting
Bank of Dierks discrepancies total 132000 as audit continues. Bank president says books may take a week or two to straighten. Opal Simmington, assistant cashier for 32 years, arraigned on federal charge of making false entries. released on 7500 bond. Early discrepancies began when the State Bank Commission FBI and private auditors intensified the probe.
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Dierks, Ark
Bank of Dierks
Ed S. McKinley
McKinley
George Westbrook
Opal Simmington
Little Bank
Hot Springs
Ark
U. S
Elmer Tackett
Col Rice Praises Record of 45th Division in Korea
Col Howard P. Rice, commander of the 171st Field Artillery, lauds the 45th Division at an Ada Lions Club luncheon. He notes the Army rated the division the best trained in combat, credits National Guardsmen and midwestern draftees, and cites a strong, entrenched line in Korea while rejecting bluffing as a tactic. He stresses these are personal views, not official Korea policy.
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Howard P. Rice
171St Field Artillery
Korea
Ada Lions Club
Department of the Army
Rice
Ridgway
Thunderbird
NKorean Radio Returns To Air From Pyongyang
North Korea's Communist radio in Pyongyang resumed broadcasting tonight after missing its usual morning program. Kyodo News Agency notes no explanation was given for the outage.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
Kyodo
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D. W. Swaffar
Man Long
Monroney
Pontotoc, Coal
Stratford News
OEA
Tishomingo School
Public Eye
By Don Whitehead
East Central Commercial Majors
NEA
Trades Council
C of C Industries Group
Mrs. Drake
Mental Hospital
Frank Norris
Muskogeean
Dierks
Arkansas Bank
Col. Rice
Adlan
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