President pushes plan to restore wage controls amid opposition
President Truman vows to replace seven industry members on the Wage Stabilization Board and extend economic controls beyond April 30. He plans a CIO and Chamber of Commerce clash over wage rules while labor groups push to end curbs and Eisenhower prepares to assume office.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Roger Putnam
Putnam
Michael V. DiSalle
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
National Association of Manufacturers
R. A. McDonald
National Production Authority
Walter Reuther
CIO
AFL
Eisenhower
Roger S. Putnam
Archibald Cox
Temperatures Drop In Parts Of U S
The article notes a shift to cold in the central United States with readings from the 20s to 30s, while the East and South stay milder. A storm near New York State brings heavy rain to the Middle Atlantic, and snow falls across the mountains from Utah to western Montana.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New York State
Middle Atlantic States
Utah
Montana
Governor Murray to speak at Honobia swing bridge dedication
Talihina Oklahoma residents will dedicate a new swinging foot bridge over Little River at Honobia twenty five miles south of Talihina. Governor John stop Murray will be the principal speaker at the Sunday ceremony hosted by the Talihina Lions Club with a barbecue dinner planned before the event.
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Talihina
Okla
Johnstop Murray
Little River
Honobia
Oklahoma Weather Mostly Fair Then Cooler Friday
Mostly fair Thursday night and Friday with cooler readings in the east and south. Low temperatures range from 20 to 25 northwest to 30 to 35 southeast. Friday highs reach 50 to 55.
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Oklahoma
Billy Cook On Death Row In Final San Quentin Hour
Billy Cook, the lifelong criminal described as a bicycle thief and killer, faced execution at noon in the San Quentin gas chamber after a spree that began December 30, 1950 with the kidnapping of an Illinois family. He was sentenced to death for murdering Robert H. Dewey of Seattle, and received 300 years for the Carl Mosser murders in Atwood Illinois. He showed no remorse, reading mystery stories in his death row cell as he awaited his fate.
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San Francisco
William E. Cook Jr
Joplin
Illinois
Oklahoma City
San Quentin
Robert H. Dewey
Seattle
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Ill
Alcatraz
Desperado
San Francisco Bay
FBI
Messers
Dewey
Imperial Valley
California
Mossers
Radar blips linked to air sheets may mislead observers
The CAA said dense sheets of air high in the sky can bend radar beams downward causing false readings on radar, explaining last summer’s flying saucer reports. An Air Force study notes temperature inversions and secondary reflections account for many sightings, though some remain unexplained.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Air Force
Murray on Speech Tour Two Days
Gov. Johnston Murray departed the Oklahoma City office for a two day series of three speeches. He will address the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce at noon and speak to the Nomad Club of Tulsa tonight, showing films from his Central America trip. Tomorrow he attends Holdenville to dedicate a hosiery factory.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Weekly Forum
Nomad Club of
Tulsa
Oid
Central America
Holdenville
Two Injured In Three Car Pileup At Tenth And Broadway
Two people, Crystal Bleigh and Herbert Bleigh, suffered fractured ribs in a three car collision at the Tenth and Broadway corner. Both were hospitalized at Valley View for treatment. injuries reported Thursday.
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Tenth and
Broadway
Crystal Bleigh
Herbert Bleigh
Valley View Hospital
Air Force seeks plans for new supersonic bombers
The Air Force has asked aircraft manufacturers to develop detailed designs for a new supersonic bomber. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp of San Diego was named as a participant in the program, with no other firms disclosed.
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Washington P
Air Force
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
San Diego
Calif
U.N. Votes on Arab-Jew Peace Plan and Mediation
The U N Special Political Committee approved an eight nation plan urging Israel and Arab states to start direct talks for a final Palestine peace. The 32 to 13 vote with 13 abstentions backed by the United States and Britain. Israel supported it while Arab states called it unacceptable.
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United Nations
N. Y Y.P
Special Political Committee Today
Israel
Palestine
U.N. Palestine Conciliation Commission
Canada
Cuba
Denmark
Ecuador
Netherlands
Norway
Panama
Uruguay
United States
Britain
Pakistan
Indonesia
Iran
Afghanistan
U. N. Palestine Mediation Commission
Jerusalem
U. S
Turkey
France
U. N
Assembly
No. 1
Jewelry Taken At OC Home In Silent Break-in
A soft spoken burglar entered the bedroom of Oklahoma City woman Hattie Mullaly and bound her before stealing about 30 000 dollars in jewelry. Items included two diamond watches 10 000 dollars ring 7 000 bracelet 12 000 and an engagement ring 1 000. The thief broke a sun porch window, knew the home, and spoke softly to conceal his voice. Police investigate with Mrs Mullaly uninjured.
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Oklahoma City
Hattie Bell Mullaly
H. D. Newsom
B. L. Haggard
S“ullaly
Carter Mullaly
Mr. Mullaly
Chinese Reds Capture Hill On Western Front
Allied lines on the Western Front faced a major Communist assault as Chinese forces renewed a large scale attack on Little Nori Hill and nearby Big Nori. The offensive included 3 000 troops and heavy artillery, with 270 casualties reported among South Korean defenders.
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Seoul
Little Nori Hill
Associated Press
Milo Farnell
Farnell
Little
Nori
Big Nori Hill
Imjin
Kelly Hill
Eisenhower Arrives in Honolulu for Far East Talks
President elect Dwight Eisenhower arrives aboard the USS Helena in Honolulu for conferences shaping American policy in the Far East. He is rested and relaxed and continues his Hawaii visit en route to further meetings with key advisers and officials.
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Don Whitehead
Uss
Helena
Hawaii
Dwight Eisenhower
Honolulu
America
Far East
Wapanucka Narrowly Stops Roof Fire at Brown Home
Quick action by L D Ray of Tishomingo averted a major blaze at the Omer Brown residence. Ray grabbed the office fire extinguisher at the central A call from the yard warned of the fire as wind whipped through the town. Firefighters arrived to extinguish the flames keeping the house and nearby buildings from destruction.
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Wapanucka
L. D. Ray
Tishomingo
Omer Brown
Omer Jr
Ray
Southwest Bell
Brown House
Truman Clashes Over MacArthur War Plans
President Truman blasted generals and challenged MacArthur to share any ideas for ending the Korean War. Eisenhower urged peaceful steps, while MacArthur’s Wake Island claims and plans were questioned amid a presidential campaign backdrop.
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Truman
Eisenhower
MacArthur
MacArth
York
Paign
Korea
Rom MacAr- Asso
New
Trumas
Wake Island
Germany
New York
Escapers Caught After Running Gun Battle in Missouri
Two Arkansas jail escapees led the six man break and were captured near Lebanon Missouri after a night gun battle with police. Richard Lee Buchanan 23 Boise Idaho Edward Lee Miller 23 St Louis Missouri were named by the Missouri State Highway Patrol as the captured pair. They face robbery charges and left 50 year old Jack Randall at large from White County jail.
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Lebanon
Arkansas
Here
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Richard Lee Buchanan
Boise
Idaho
Edward Lee Miller
St. Louis
Buchanan
White County
Searcy
Ark
Jack Randall
Springfield
Muskogee
Oklo
Patrol Receives Applications For Oklahoma Trooper School
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol will run its thirteenth recruit school from March 9 to April 11, 1953, with instruction at the University of Oklahoma North Campus in Norman. Applications, obtainable from local patrolmen or central Oklahoma City, must be filed by February 1, 1953. Sixty applicants will be admitted. requirements include ages 25 to 35, high school education, height at least 5 feet 10 inches, and weight not less than 165 pounds.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
University of Oklahoma At
North
Norman
Oklahoma City
N. C. Holt
U.S. adult population roughly balanced male female ratio in 1940
In 1940 the ratio of males to females in the adult population of the United States was about even.
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United States
Muskogee Concedes Dates for State Fair Conflict
Muskogee and Tulsa resolved a scheduling dispute by moving the Oklahoma Free State Fair from Oct. 4 11 to Sept. 20 27. Secretary Manager M. E. Twedell announced the change after weeks of charged exchanges. The decision ends a heated dispute over date conflicts between the two fairs in the same trading area.
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Muskogee
Okla
Chicago
Jensen rider may cost GOP jobs after Eisenhower win
The Jensen rider aims to trim federal payrolls by forbidding more than one fill per four vacancies, cutting about 10 percent yearly. Rep. Ben Jensen says the plan is equitable, though it could hinder GOP replacements of Democratic officeholders as Eisenhower assumes office.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington 2
GOP
Eisenhower
Ben Jensen
R-Ia
Jensen
Southern Reaction Point of Dispute in Segregation Case
Washington hears major dispute over a possible Supreme Court order ending racial segregation in public schools. Virginia attorney general and NAACP counsel clash as arguments wrap for cases from South Carolina to Delaware with potential nationwide impact.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
Kansas
J. Lindsay Almond
John W. Davis
Civil Suit Tried in County Court Damages Set
Clark Clinton Harp faced a renewed arraignment on a drunken driving charge and pleaded not guilty, kept on his bond with the case continued to the next term. The State of Oklahoma vs Billy Joe Adams was stricken for unlicensed driving. William N. Mosier sued Mrs Jesse W Sullivan and a jury awarded $250 in damages to Mosier.
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Clark Clinton Harp
Tal Crawford
State of Oklahoma
Billy Joe Adams
William N. Mosier
Jesse W. Sullivan
Howell Leaving Kerr Staff After 1951 Washington Term
Joseph E. Howell former Tulsa newspaper man resigns from U S Senator Robert Kerr Washington staff effective Jan 1 He will return to Catoosa to devote most time to farming Howell joined Kerrs staff in June 1951 after teaching journalism at the University of Michigan where he earned a degree He left the Tulsa Tribune after 24 years with 13 as State Capital correspondent
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Tulsa
Okla
Joseph E. Howell
Oklahoma
U. S
Robert S. Kerr
Howell
Catoosa
Kerr
Washington
University of Michigan
Tulsa Tribune
State Capitol
Train to Inaugural Reservations Open in Oklahoma
Tulsa Oklahoma December 20 deadline set for reservations on a special train to the presidential inauguration in Washington. The train departs January 17 from Oklahoma and returns January 23 with stops at Oklahoma City Stroud Tulsa and Vinita.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Washington
Republican National
Bailie W. Vinson
Oklahoma City
Stroud
Vinita
Bennett Memorial Chapel Dedicated at Oklahoma A M College
The Bennett Memorial chapel on the Oklahoma A M College campus will be dedicated Sunday during Founders Day. Named for Dr Henry G Bennett who died in an Iran plane crash last December, the event includes a statewide radio hookup, chapel dedication, student religious center consecration, a Christmas concert by the college symphonic choir, and a hospitality hour in the Student Union.
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Stillwater
Okla
Bennett
Oklahoma A
Olson Cleared of Killing Employer
Oklahoma City district court jurors acquitted Fritz Olson a 53 year old oil field driller of the shotgun killing of his employer on May 28. The jury ruled Irving’s death a tragic accident after Olson testified he was considering suicide when Irving grabbed the shotgun barrel.
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Oklahoma City
Fritz Oly
Olson
F. E. Irving
Weather agency censured for typhoon mischart in Formosa
The Control Yuan censured Cheng Tze Chung for failing to chart a typhoon’s course, allowing a disaster to strike Formosa on November 14 without warning. The deadly storm left 161 dead or missing, 392 injured, 9,720 houses destroyed and 14,020 damaged.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Control Yuan
Cheng Tze-Chung
Ada Firm to Build Dorm At Durant
B. H. Todd and Sons of Ada received a 252000 dollar contract for a new Southeastern State College dormitory at Durant to house 115 students. The State Board awarded a 7489 dollar heating system project at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah to O'Connor-Oklahoma Co. of Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
B. H. Todd and Sons
Ada
Southeastern State College
Durant
State Board of Regents For Higher Education
Northeastern State College
Tahlequah
O’connor-Oklahoma Co
Tulsa
Method of Spurring Tree Growth Reported
A Kazakh Agricultural Institute staffer developed a method to speed growth in young trees using extracts from the trees’ own young tissues as stimulators. Oak willow and maple have shown faster growth with fruit bushes next in line according to a radio report from Central Asia.
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London
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
Kazakh Agricultural Institute
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James Hagerty
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