Convicts Earn Time Off For Donating Blood In Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole Board approves four days of good time for each pint of blood donated by convicts. The policy, urged by Lois Jones of the Muskogee Veterans Hospital blood bank, aims to ease blood shortages and may aid parole considerations. Maximum annual good time is sixteen days.
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Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Board
Veterans Administration Hospital
Muskogee
Tom Phillips
Holdenville
Phillips
Lois Jones
Veterans Hospital
Red Cross
Small Lad Found In Woods Unhurt
Three year old Tommy Kendrick was found this morning after wandering overnight in rugged woods twelve miles west of Little Rock. Jerry Reuter of KLRA radio said searchers found the missing boy after an all night hunt. He was taken to a hospital for a checkup.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tommy Kendrick
Here
Jerry Reuter
KLRA
Oklahoma Weather: Cloudy With Rain South Snow North
Clouds cover Oklahoma this afternoon tonight and Friday with rain in the southern half and rain or snow in the north. A mix of sleet or freezing rain may form from east central to the panhandle. Colder tonight and Friday with lows near 25 to 35 and highs 25 to 35.
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Oklahoma
East Central
Panhandle
Soldiers of Area Appearing in 45th Division TV Show
Soldiers from the 45th Division based in Japan were featured on Report From the 45th aired on WKY-TV Tuesday at 6 30 p m. The amphibious landing scene included Ada and Konawa members from Company B and C of the 180th Infantry. Ada participants were Max Morrison Joe Dunham Bobby Allison and Charles McGuire with Lee West of Allen also shown. Konawa soldiers included Ignatious Nona James Braden Leon Julian John Cloud Freddie Corbin Orval Tipton Jack Mackey Bobby West and John Phelps.
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45Th
Japan
Wky-Tv
180Th Infantry
Ada
Konawa
Max Morrison
Joe Dunham
Bobby Allison
Charles McGuire
Lee
Today’s Shopping Day For Orphans
Today Thursday is S day for the Baptist Orphanage boys and girls at Byng Ada Jaycees will bring the youngsters to Ada for a Christmas shopping tour at 4 o clock each child gets 2 40 to spend. Jaycees also met Wednesday night to finalize plans for the annual Christmas party at the orphanage. They will be there at 8 o clock Friday night and festivities will follow as the Yule season begins.
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The
Baptist
Byng
Ada Jaycees
Jaycee Jones
Ada
New Car Tags Move Slowly in Pon totoc County
Auto tag sales opened Tuesday and by Thursday only 400 tags had been sold. Agent Clyde Kaiser warns a crowding rush will follow, with waits in line as hundreds more tags must be purchased for 1952 licenses.
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Santa Claus
Pontotoc County
Clyde Kaiser
Kaiser
Stonewall Cowboy Crowned World Champion Steer Roper 1951
Everett Shaw of Stonewall, a veteran rodeo star, earned the World Champion Steer Roper title for 1951. A 20-year professional, he amassed 19 belt buckles and about 20 saddles in a standout season, living on a 290-acre ranch and enjoying strong community regard.
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Everett Shaw
Stonewall
United States
Shaw
Nell
Here
Farouk Orders Baby Clothes in Paris for Heir
Egypt's King Farouk reportedly ordered baby clothing from a Paris store. Delivery date not set, with reports claiming a 10 million franc order for a boy's wardrobe and a 1952 heir date. Store manager Marcel Bloch declined details citing royal sensitivity.
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Paris
Egypt
Farouk
Narriman Sadek
Marcel Bloch
Communists Build Second Railway in Southeast China
A Kwangsi province dispatch reports the Chinese communists are constructing a second railway in southeast China possibly to support an attack on Indochina.
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Hong Kong
China
Kwangsi
Indochina
Final Verdict Is That Vernie To Be Blind
Vernie Smith, a 2 year old from Woodward Oklahoma, will lose his remaining sight to cancer. Doctors told his parents in Oklahoma City that removal of his eye is necessary and doomed his other eye previously. A Christmas party and nationwide donations followed, with a running jeep among gifts and communal prayers filling the day.
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Woodward
Okla
Vernie Smith
America
Vernie
Oklahoma City
Cecil Smith
Smith
Wapanucka Man Killed in Albuquerque Accident
F. T. Stroud Jr. dies in a mid night vehicle crash in Albuquerque New Mexico while en route to Nevada. He was a World War II veteran and depot agent at the local railroad station. He leaves a wife child and sister.
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F. T. Stroud
Albuquerque
N. M
Stroud
Nevada
VFW Post to Hold Regular Meeting Tonight
The local VFW post will meet at 7 30 PM tonight at the VFW Hall to conduct its regular session and discuss post affairs.
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VFW
Sabre Jets Score Historic Victory Over Korea Bay 13 MiGs Down
Amid stalemate talks in Korea and no progress on a prisoner plan, United Nations officials press for immediate access to prisoner lists. Lt. Col. Howard S. Levie warns against a death march and calls for assurances of safety for allied servicemen.
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Sabre Jets
Korea Bay
Munsan
Korea
Howard S. Levie
Bataan
Reds
Seoul
North Korea
America
George A. Davis, Jr
Lubbock
Tex
Davis
Truman Vows Continued Drastic Action to Clean House
President Truman announced plans for ongoing measures against corruption, signaling a special agency to root out misconduct and insisting wrongdoers will be removed. He denied firing Attorney General McGrath or Democratic Chairman McKinney amid recent disclosures.
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Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Demoocratice National
Frank McKinney
McKinney
Ada Industrial Developments Buys Prime Site
Ada Industrial Development Corporation announces the purchase of an 114.11 acre industrial site a quarter mile north of Highway 12 near the Country Club entrance The land fronts Highway 12 and has a long frontage along the Frisco railroad to the north It is near Ada with available labor water electricity gas and a main sewer line planned to cross the land The purchase is described as having everything by AIDC officials
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B. G. Howard
AIDC
Highway 12
Country Club
Frisco
Ada
Oklahoma County and others win rural road funds
Oklahoma City report states $1,672,000 in federal rural road funds will be matched by counties to exceed $3 million for secondary road projects. Osage County leads with $42,185. grants listed for Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Comanche, Craig, Garfield, Grady, Kay, Muskogee,ages, Novata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Ottawa, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Tulsa and Washington counties.
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Oklahoma City
C. A. Stoldt
Osage County
State Highway Department
Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Art Bureau
Canadian
Carter
Cleveland
Comanche
Craig
Garfield
Grady
Kay
Muskogee
Ages
Novata
Okfuskee
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Ottawa
Payne
Pittsburg
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
Tulsa
Washington
Camp Fire Girls Sell TB Bangles in Ada Schools
Camp Fire Girls prepare TB Bangles kits after school and older girls will sell red cross pins Friday morning to Ada students. Proceeds support the TB Christmas Seal drive with a county goal of 3000 dollars. current receipts around 700 dollars. Mary Ann Vance supervises kits as Ada Junior High Blue Skirts and Ada High Contnahomas compete to raise the most.
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Sally Morey
Contnahoma
Ada High School
Camp Fire Girls
Mary Ann Landon
Ada Junior High
Camp Fire
Hugh Warren
Ada High
Ada Camp Fire Girls
Eaton Browning
Mary Ann Vance
Carrying Our Stumbling Block Hidden by a Hat
A light note on how people hide their personal hindrances behind appearance, suggesting everyone wears a hat to mask a fault or insecurity they carry daily. The line invites readers to reflect on self presentation and humility.
Caddo Night Marshal Haddock Slain In Oklahoma
Caddo Oklahoma night marshal Morgan Haddock, 55, was found shot to death in front of a filling station at about 4 a.m. He was last seen at 9 p.m. the previous night. Sheriff bills said a suspect signed a statement accusing a companion in the crime. The motive and clues were not disclosed and no suspect remained.
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Durant
Okla
Bryan County
Bill Barker
Caddo
Barker
Morgan Haddock
Haddock
Oklahoma
R. H. Mills
Mills
Bill Alexander
U. S. Highway 69
Harvey Hokett
Blood donors receive convenience cards for emergencies
One hundred fifty six volunteers gave blood on November 15 for armed forces use and now receive mail in the form of pocket cards. The cards show blood type and RH factor for quick identification in accidents. They aid medical staff and potential transfusion needs and list donor types for rapid reference. The Red Cross notes each type has been carefully tested in an Oklahoma City lab by trained technicians.
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Red Cross
Oklahoma City
Army trio flies home by cab from Boston to Vergennes
Three Army infantrymen returning from Korea after 13 months hired a Boston cab for the 220 mile trip to Vergennes Vermont. Corporals Willard Blair and Richard Hall and Private First Class Alfred Robarge paid a total of 100 dollars for the six hour ride.
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Vergennes
Vt. I
Korea
Boston
Cpls
Willard C. Blair
Richard Hall
Pfc
Alfred Robarge
Oklahoma alumni official resigns for Tennessee medical post
Norman Oklahoma George D Cummings assistant executive secretary of the University of Oklahoma Alumni Association has resigned to become field director for the Tennessee Medical Association.
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Norman
Okla
George D. Cummings
University of Oklahoma Alumni Association
Tennessee Medical Association
60 Present At 4 H Club Clothing School
About sixty people from eight clubs attended the 4 H club clothing school at Latta high school Wednesday morning. Miss Minie Lou McDaniel and Miss Jannelle Allison led demonstrations on material selection cutting hems sleeves interlacings and grooming with advice that cost is not the main factor and proper color harmony and posture complete a well presented outfit.
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Latta
Minie Lou McDaniel
Vaness
Roff
Allen
McLish
Galey
Union Hill
Jannelle Allison
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Indian Dancers to Perform at Oklahoma Indian Art Exhibit
Fort Sill Indian School dancers will perform at the State Historical Building in Oklahoma City on Sunday as part of the Oklahoma Indian Art exhibition. Included is 17 year old Caddo princess Miss Laure Martin, daughter of Silver Moon Martin of Anadarko. Ten artists plan to attend the show.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Larue Martin
Silver Moon Martin
Anadarko
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Charles Rhoades
Senate
Wapanucka
U. N. Command
Panmunjom
Levie
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Gramatic
Maj. Davis
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
Rural Road Funds
4-H Club Clothing
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