Soap may be making a comeback in the U.S. market
Washington experts say major soap use now comes from bars in homes and commodious laundries. Synthetic detergents have captured much of the market since World War II, but growth slowed in the 1960s with detergent sales far outpacing soap.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Teens swap Oklahoma flag from capitol to governor mansion
Oklahoma City teen Rodd Moesel and Carmen teen Ted Weber swiped a ripped flag from the state capitol and replaced it with a better one from the governor's mansion. The plan aimed to take the flag to the 4-H convention in Chicago with Lt. Gov. George Nigh arranging security for the capitol flag removal.
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Chicago
Rodd Moesel
Ted Weber
Carmen
State Capitol
Oklahoma
Capitol
George Nigh
Moesel
Weber
New Telephone Directories Coming for Five Oklahoma Towns
New directories will be delivered Friday for Ada Coalgate Roff Stratford and Tupelo with separate white page sections for each town and a single combined yellow pages section. 27 000 new copies ordered delivery by private contractor in a few days. Ada gains 639 phones Roff 35 Coal Gate 78 Stratford 106 Tupelo 30.
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Ada
Coalgate
Roff, Stratford
Tupelo
Ron Crainshaw
Southwestern Bell
Crainshaw
Roff
Stratford
Bill Burpo Named New Co op Manager
E. V. Loomis longtime manager of the People's Electric Co op was honored at a retirement party in the Oklahoma Room of East Central Student Union. Bill Burpo, former assistant manager, succeeds Loomis as manager and has served with the co op for four years. About 90 attendees including employees and spouses attended the retirement event.
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E. V. Loomis
People’s Electric Co-op
Oklahoma
East Central Student Union
Loomis
Bill Burpo
Burpo
People’s Electric Here
Cost of feeding children ranges from infancy to adulthood
U S agriculture department estimates show a girl’s feeding cost from infancy to 18 at about 8300 dollars and a boy’s at about 8900 dollars with costs rising as children age. Two elementary children on a moderate plan may cost around 2100 dollars per year per family, with economies in larger families.
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ERS
Washington
Agriculture Department
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