Eight Yugoslav Olympic rowers seek asylum in Europe
Slavko Janković and seven crew members say they will not return to Yugoslavia despite Tito's regime. They seek asylum in Germany with hopes to move to Canada, citing political reasons and difficult living conditions at home. They aim to stay in Europe only to earn money and gain permission to emigrate.
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Ruesselsheim
Germany
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Stalin
Slavko Janković
Canada
Helsinki
Bochum
Jankovic
Switzerland
Europe
Film Actress Phyllis Thaxter Stricken By Polio
Portland reports actress Phyllis Thaxter in fair condition with infantile paralysis after being stricken yesterday. Doctors say diagnosis will take at least until tomorrow. Husband James Aubrey Jr. expected to join at the family summer home on Cushing Island.
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Portland
Phyllis Thaxter
Maine General Hospital
William C. Burrage
Miss Thaxter
James T. Aubrey, Jr
van Nuys
Calif
Audio Visual Aids Ready at East Central State College
East Central State College announces fall semester readiness with 600 films for distribution to district schools and organizations. John W. Zimmerman notes department cooperation with county libraries and other colleges to ensure complete teaching coverage. Teachers plan film use early to secure availability for instruction. Films span government to psychology fields, mirroring widespread classroom access.
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East Central State College
John W. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
East Central
Will Ring Towns With DDT Spray
California authorities plan to blanket 300 towns in the central valleys with DDT and other chemicals to kill mosquitoes linked to an encephalitis outbreak. Airplanes dusters and ground equipment will peak next week to create mosquito free zones around communities, as 465 people show possible encephalitis symptoms and 28 deaths are tentatively attributed to the disease.
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Fresno
Calif
California
San Joaquin Valley
American Indian Exposition Opens Monday in Anadarko
The 21st annual American Indian Exposition opens Monday in Anadarko Oklahoma with 13 000 participating Indians and an estimated 60 000 spectators over six days The event features a grand parade village tent town housing 12 000 people and the pageant The Thunderbird and tribal dances are planned with war dancing contests and tributes to outstanding American Indian Eliza beth Roe Cloud of Portland Ore receives the 1952 plaque as Outstanding American Indian Other tribes from across the United States attend including Navajo Jemez Pueblo and Ojibway groups Chief Red Bird arrives by automobile due to travel strain.
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Anadarko
Okla
Indian Service
Red Bird
United States
New York
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Elizabeth Roe Cloud
Portland
Ore
National Congress of American Indians
Roe Cloud
America
Allie Reynolds
New York Yankees
Jim Thorpe
Kaynes Cashier Flees With Cash
A masked bandit knocked Cornell University treasurer Harold J. Barnard unconscious and stole $5,159 from the treasurer's office. Barnard, 40, was hospitalized with a head injury after the robber pressed a hard object into his back. condition listed as apparently good. The bandit wore a woman's stocking over his face.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Harold J. Barnard
Barnard
Sulphur Teen to Represent Oklahoma at Madison Square Garden Rodeo
Sulphur's Joan Coyle, 17 year old high school senior and Round-Up queen, will represent Oklahoma at the Madison Square Garden rodeo next month. She will appear in the arena with Roy Rogers, audition on a radio show, and be entertained at New York theaters and night clubs.
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Okla
Joan Coyle
Oklahoma
Roy Rogers
New York
Oklahoma Flag Campaign Aims to Boost State Pride
Enid Morning News reports a campaign to raise awareness of Oklahoma’s state flag as it flies rarely. Milton Garber notes strong early support. Hackney erects poles with flag and Old Glory. Officials plan to display the flag at schools, courthouses, and state parks while Waldo Clegg urges flag production in state institutions.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Court House
Enid State School
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Champlin Park
Waldo Clegg
the News
Tecumseh
State Penitentiary
Murray College delays opening to September first
Murray College announced by President William Parrish that fall sessions begin September 1 instead of September 2. The extra day funds football drills, ROTC expansion, and freshman orientation, with dorms and cafeteria opening August 31 and classwork starting September 1.
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Murray State School
William Parrish
Parrish
Air Force
45Th Division
Korea
Air Force Rotc
A. W. “Bois D’arc” Beames
Oklahoma College
Clell W. Henson
OBU
Kimball
Bud” Davis
Aggie Exchange
Edward J. Coyle
Harold T. Winburn
Ralph T. Campbell
McAlester
Gerald R. Alloway
Cushing
Four Teachers Return to Ada School Posts
Ada schools welcome four educators for the next year. Craig McBroom returns to Glenwood after election to the post in 1950 but served with the 45th Division en route to Camp Polk. Lewis Colbert comes back as Ada High math instructor after two years with the 45th Division in Korea. Warner Hook Eales rejoins Ada High in the commercial department to assist football coach Elvan George after serving with the 45th Division. Pearl McCoy returns to Ada Junior High with a master’s in library science after a year at Oklahoma A&M. Doyle McCoy, formerly Ada High science teacher, now at East Central with his doctoral degree.
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Ada
Craig McBroom
Glenwood School
Camp Polk
Lewis Colbert
Ada High
Korea
Warner ‘Hook
Ada High Commercial Department
Elvan George
Pearl McCoy
Oklahoma A&m
Ada Junior High
Doyle McCoy
East Central
Zatopek Rejects U.S. Trip Bids After Oslo Remarks
Emil Zatopek, the Czech distance star and Helsinki double champion, spurned American bid offers to race in the United States calling them ridiculous and unsportsmanlike. He cited harsh hockey play by U S and Canadian teams at Oslo for his strongest performances and made no comment on a U S tour suggestion.
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Vienna
Emil Zatopek
Zechoslovakia
United States
Prague
Helsinki
America
Zatopek
Oslo
U. S
Charles Sawyer
Nebraska Woman Isolated Twin Birth At Hospital
Mrs. Martin Shultz of Tekemah Nebraska gave birth to twins a boy and a girl yesterday in Lincoln Nebraska. Both babies weigh about four pounds and were reported doing well. The mother is hospitalized with polio.
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Lincoln
Neb
Martin Shultz
Tekemah
FBI captures one of Ten Most Wanted in Hamtramck
Detroit FBI chief James A. Robey led agents to a dawn arrest in a locked rooming house. John Thomas Still admitted being part of the gang that killed a Maryland storekeeper with an axe in 1950. Hill, alias James Smith, faced multiple violent charges and escape from law enforcement.
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Detroit
FBI
Hamtramck
John Thomas Still
James A. Robey
Robey
Hill
James Smith
Winchester Smith
Willoughby
Marriage license refusals raise Benton County case
Bentonville Arkansas Ruth Wharton Benton County clerk says 16 couples were refused marriage licenses in one day. Fifteen minors without parental consent and two intoxicated individuals were denied licenses.
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Bentonville
Ark
Ruth Wharton
Benton County
Eisenhower Faces California Battle Ahead of Key Speeches
Denver Aug 16 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower faces a tough race in California as Gov Earl Warren notes the state as doubtful and urges a strong campaign. Warren expects Eisenhower to win western states but California requires a vigorous effort amid Stevenson plans a Pacific Northwest tour.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Republican nominee to speak at Convention Hall and Kasson
The Republican presidential nominee will address world peace at Philadelphia's Convention Hall on Sept. 4 and then speak on farm policy at the national plowing contest in Kasson Minnesota on Sept. 6.
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Kasson
Minn
Scout and Explorer Swimmers Divide Honors at Friday Meet
About 50 Scouts and Explorers swam at Glenwood Pool Friday morning with Troops 4 7 13 24 88 and Explor er Post 7004 earning pennants. Winners included Bill Pickering Paul Riggs Kent Kidwell Harry Lundgaard Tommy Wilson and Jim Bullock among others.
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Glenwood Pool
Dixie Pike
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Explorer
Luke Dodds
Eugene Merrill
John Hazlitt
Newell Horn
Bill Pickering
Arthur Morris
David Calvert
Paul Riggs
Bill Peak
George Wilcox
Norman Perry
Tommy Wilson
Harry Lundgaard
Arthur Tribbey
Kent Kidwell
Leonard Luton
Jerry Bullock
Paul
Jim Bullock
Ted Sneed
Joe Lee Braly
Ronnie Riggs
Mitchell Jones
Billy Joe McNeil
Bob Perry
Robert Lowe
Jerry Lemonds
Carl Sawyer
Eddie Dicus
James Martin
Glen Nickoll
Joe Braly
Joe
Jet interceptor crashes after takeoff at Blomenford AFB
An F 94 jet interceptor crashed shortly after takeoff from Blomenford Air Force Base yesterday killing two airmen. Names were withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Blemenford Air Force Base
ADA shifts to endorse Democratic ticket in 1956 campaign
Americans for Democratic Action now opposes Eisenhower and backs Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. The group praises Stevenson and Sparkman’s records while criticizing Eisenhower and Nixon for domestic naiveté and McCarthy era associations.
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ADA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alabama
John Sparkman
Truman
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Egyptians Accept British Ambassador Credentials After Sudans Dispute
Cairo reports say Egypt accepted new credentials from British Ambassador Sir Ralph Stevenson. The letters, signed by Queen Elizabeth II and addressed to King Ahmed Fahd II, avoid Egypts claim to the Sudan. The Regency Council will present them. Farouk is proclaimed king by Parliament but Britain does not recognize that title.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ralph Stevenson
Sudan
Elizabeth II
Ahmed Faud II
Farouk
Britain
Upper Nile
George VI
Southeastern Oklahoma Expo Combines Fair and Industrial Show
The Southeastern Oklahoma Exposition planned for September 11 12 13 merges the Jaycee Industrial Show with Pontotoc County Free Fair to unite agriculture and industry. Gov Johnston Murray will speak and tour the grounds Thursday night. The Jaycees report rapid booth reservations and expect broad civic club entertainment throughout the event.
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Jaycees
Murray
Pontotoc County
Dallas
Joe Gifford
Jaycee Industrial Show Committee
Gifford
Lions
Main Street
Hallowe’en
Gov. Murray
Merit Feed
Serenaders
Shindig Gang
Grandstand
Fairgrourfis
Baptists Return From Falls Creek
The Young People of the First Baptist Church in Stratford spent August 8 13 at Falls Creek then returned home midweek. Stratford attendees included Billy Joe Blackburn Tom my Forrest Weast Lloyd Freeman Charlie Elmore Jackie and Beverly Corley Jackie Low Ashley Deloris Hanks Joenell Blackwell Wandell White Marilyn Reed. Weekend participants were Betty Hanks Bob Carolyn Read Mr and Mrs Frank Reed Mr and Mrs Jack Corley Mr and Mrs E W Millsap and daughter Evelyn. Sponsors were Rev and Mrs N N Antonson and Mr and Mrs Jack Blackburn.
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Stratford
The
First Baptist Church
Falls Creek
Billy Joe Blackburn
Tommy
Forrest Weast
Lloyd Freeman
Charlie Elmore
Jackie
Beverly Corley
Jackie Low Ashley
Deloris Hanks
Joenell Blackwell
Wandell White
Marilyn Reed
Betty Hanks
Bob
Carolyn Read
Frank Reed
Jack Corley
E. W. Millsap
Evelyn
N. N. Antonson
Jack Blackburn
Following Too Closely Leads to Fine in Ada Area
Garvin Henry Neufeld paid $18 in fine and costs after appearing before Peace Justice C W Floyd on Saturday to answer charges of following too closely. He was stopped one mile north of Ada on SH 99 by Aubrey A Mitchell on August 12.
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Garvin Henry Neufeld
C. W. Floyd
Neufeld
Ada
SH 99
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Peters Marries Johnson in Edmond Ada Nuptials
Oren Lee Peters aged 31 of Edmond wed Lucile Johnson 36 of Ada in a quiet ceremony. The couple announced their marriage and plan to reside in Edmond.
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Oren Lee Peters
Edmond
Lucile Johnson
Ada
Stevenson argues cleaning up Washington by example from Illinois record
Adlai Stevenson, Democratic nominee, cites his Illinois governorship record as proof he can clean up Washington if elected. In a letter to Oregon Journal editor Tom Humphrey, he pledges ruthless objectivity and notes his campaign HQ is in Springfield with his own choice of staff, distancing from Washington.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Washington
Tom Humphrey
Oregon Journal
Portland
Ore
Stevenson
Truman
Ilinois
Humphrey
Soil Agreements Signed by Dozen in Konawa
Konawa Okla August session of the Board of Supervisors of the Konawa Soil Conservation district approved 12 cooperative agreements covering 2148 acres. Named participants include Clyde Clayton E H Phillips Fred W Freeman Lee Hughes C C Bruton John G Greenleaf Arnie Sullins Lou E Bostick Vera O H Hodges E C Hardwick and W I Smith. After the meeting films Save the Soil and In Common Cause were shown by Rev. Orville Parham and Voyt Gladden.
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Konawa
Board of Supervisors
Charges Follow Two Car Accident
Clark Clinton Harp faces drunk driving charges after a Sunday two car crash one half mile east of Stonewall on SH 3. H D Van Arsdell reports Harp sideswiped Jesse Roscoe Smith and failed to stop. Harp was later picked up about a mile east of the Ahleson. Charges filed Monday in county court.
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Clark Clinton Harp
Stratford Church Group Adopts Boy for Summer Vacation
The Stratford Church of Christ adopted a six year old boy from Tipton Orphans Home. He may spend two weeks each summer with the Stratford group. A delegation brought him from Tipton to Stratford. Kate Buttler, Mrs. N. F. Mc Alister, Mrs. S. H. Freeman, and Lessie Mae Phillips accompanied the boy and 17 cakes were taken to the home.
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Stratford
Stratford Church of Christ
Tipton
Tiptonsday
Kate Buttler
N. F. McAlister
S. H. Freeman
Lessie Mae Phillips
Beer License Issued for Marie Platt Establishment
A beer license for an establishment at 109 South Stockton was issued Friday to Marie Platt. The one year permit became effective on the date of issue following a hearing before County Judge Tal Crawford.
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South
Stockton
Marie Platt
Tal Crawford
Drug makers cut cortisone prices further
New York August 16 two more cortisone manufacturers announced price cuts. The Schering Corp lowered wholesale price per gram 40 percent from 16 to 9.60, enough to treat an arthritis patient for 20 days. Upjohn Co cut its price 20 percent.
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New York
Schering Corp
Upjohn Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Gibraltar cricket fields cleared for modern airfield
During World War II British forces removed the racecourse cricket fields at Gibraltar to clear space for a modern airfield and related military facilities, reflecting wartime priorities and strategic defense needs.
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Brit
Gibralt
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