Cost of National Defense May Rise, Say Pentagon
The Defense Department forecasts suggest defense costs may increase as the Korean War proceeds. George C Marshall warned the program could be adjusted upward to meet changing circumstances. The report notes high costs but hopes Universal Military Training could reduce active duty forces and overall expenses. It covers 48.2 billion dollars in Defense Department appropriations and 5.2 billion for mutual defense assistance.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
George C. Marshall
East Central Alumni Group Plans Spring Events
The East Central Alumni Association senior board met in the Memorial Student Union to discuss upcoming events. Ross Badgett was elected president and plans include spring senior day honors for visiting graduates and an after game coffee gathering.
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East Central Alumni Association
East Central Memorial
Ross Badgett
East Central
Youngster Flees in Stolen Plane Lands Safely in Field
A 16 year old piloted a stolen light plane over St Paul and Minneapolis for an hour in darkness and bad weather to prove he would not chicken out. A 16 year old companion helped as they landed in a plowed field after narrowly missing a locomotive. No injuries and the aircraft valued over 15000 was undamaged. They are held for juvenile authorities with names withheld.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
Drunkenness Charged After Ada SH 13 Crash
Charges of public drunkenness were filed against Lloyd Phillips Friday in the justice of peace court of Percy Armstrong. The incident followed a one car accident one mile west of Ada on SH 13 involving Vernon Faulkenbery and Lloyd Phillips. Aubrey A. Mitchell, a highway patrolman who investigated the crash, reported both occupants were spill from the vehicle as it overturned several times.
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Lloyd Phillips
Justice of Peace
Percy Armstrong
Phillips
Vernon Faulkenberry
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Ada
SH 13
Osage Cattleman James L. Hamilton Dies at 69
James L. Hamilton prominent Osage County cattleman died yesterday at 69 from a heart attack. He owned a ranch 12 miles west of Pawhuska and had 40 years in the live stock business. Survived by widow a son two sisters and three granddaughters. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow.
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Pawhuska
Okla
James L. Hamilton
Osage County
Here
Hamilton
U S Stays With Its MI Rifle
The United States rejected a British proposal for a smaller caliber and reaffirmed a multi million dollar contract to renew M1 semiautomatic rifle production. The M1, hailed by General Patton as a great battle implement, remains the standard for NATO and U S forces.
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Washington
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
George S. Patton
Silk Threads Stop Planes in World War II Braking Trick
AP News describes a parachute based braking device perfected to slow Boeing Stratojets on landing. A 32 foot parachute under the tail of the 185000 pound bomber was developed after war flyers improvised using personal chutes when braking systems failed.
Walking Blood Bank Spreads In Area
The Ada Walking Blood Bank, a Valley View hospital auxiliary project, expands to Konawa to provide blood for emergencies. One hundred typed donors, about 600 pints available, aim to recruit 2,000 usable members through Ada and Konawa to shorten donor response times.
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Walking Blood Bank
Konawa
Valley View Hospital
National Secretaries Association of
Ada
Valley View
Ruth Schingeck
W. Austerman
Interstate Oil Group Summer Meeting In Arkansas
The Interstate Oil Compact Commission gathers in Little Rock with two main topics. Under ground storage of gas issues and Venezuelan government representatives to attend. Annual winter meeting set for Tuesday and Wednesday. IOCC is member-state controlled and funded by state contributions, not oil companies.
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Little Rock
Ark
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
IOCC
Conflicts within a nation between stagnation and imagination
A concise aphorism noting the central clash in national development as competing forces of inertia and creative progress. The line frames political and social struggle as a struggle between staying the same and envisioning new possibilities.
Plan to Return Many Non-Consent Reservists Soon
Washington reports the armed services will release many reservists recalled to active duty without consent in the coming months. Congress set a limit of 17 months for officers and 16 months for enlisted men, with many released earlier. A veteran is defined as service of a year or more through Pearl Harbor to Sept 2, 1945.
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Washington
Armed Services
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Penalty to Send Cash to Red China
Treasury officials announced fines up to 10000 dollars and up to 10 years in prison for sending money to Red China to free relatives of imprisoned Chinese Americans. Attorney E. E. Minskoff said the trading with the enemy act targets a extortion scheme by the Reds. He estimated nearly 1 million dollars yearly milled from Chinese Americans in New York. Hong Kong Reds called the ransom demands a well justified tax rather than extortion.
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New York
Treasury Department
Red
China
E. E. Minskoff
Treasury
General Counsel Office
Hong Kong
Allies Stand Firm on Atomic Control Before Ban
In Paris on December 8 the United States Britain and France told Luis Padilla Nervo they stand for effective control of atomic energy prior to a ban on the atomic bomb. The Western reply in the Big Four Disarmament session signals no change from prior stance and delays Padilla’s proposed report.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Deat Luis
Padilla
Willard Pack 2 Den Three Meets Mrs Scott At Home
Cub Scouts of Willard Pack 2 Den Three gathered at Mrs D C Scott's home for a meeting. They opened with a den yell and roll call by Noel Parsons keeper of the buck skin. Cubs drew names for a Pack tree and shared achievements while making Yule gifts for fathers.Refreshments were served.
Den Five meets with den mother for Christmas gift work
Den Five gathered with Mrs. Pickering to make Christmas gifts for their parents. Absent were Jimmy Fullingim Cecil Don Hutchens and den chief Melvin Dorroughs. Present were Rigby Saunders Bill Pickering Charles McCulley and Larry Mac Jones.
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Den
Mrs. Pickering
Jimmy Fullingim
Cecil Don Hutchens
Melvin Dorroughs
Rigby Saunders
Bill Pickering
Charles McCulley
Larry Mac Jones
Cub Scouts Hold December Meeting and Flag Pole Craft
Mrs. R. W. Cason presided over Den Four on Saturday December 1. The group built a flag pole and crafted charts for My Home Helps. Each cub chose a home task to do. All members attended except Roy Flanagan. Refreshments were served.
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R. W. Cason
Den
Roy Flannagan
Dens One and Six Do Not Meet This Week
Dens One and Six did not hold a meeting this week according to brief notices. No agenda or outcomes were reported.
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Dens
R V Student to Dig in Arabia
Norman Oklahoma December 8. Ralf Andrews a Pauls Valley student at the University of Oklahoma has been named to the staff of an archaeological expedition to excavate Mareh the Queen of Sheba s capital in Arabia Andrews will sail from New York through the Mediterranean the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the voyage that awaits him
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Norman
Okla
Ralf Andrews
Pauls Valley
University of Oklahoma
Queen of Sheba
Mareh
Arabia
Andrews
New York City
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Fancy Pistol Packers Keep Saddle Men Busy
Denver saddlery firm Herman H. Heiser reports a surge in pistol holster orders since the war. Plant superintendent Claude Parr says casts cover over 600 models and custom work handles odd requests from the Egyptian embassy to Panama Canal Zone, Peru, and Indonesia.
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Denver
Claude Parr
Holsteer
Parr
Herman H. Heiser Saddlery
Washington
Egypt
Karouk
Heiser
Niels A. Hansen
Hansen’s
Hansen
Panama Canal Zone
FBI
Peru
Indonesia
Rough Times Now Inside Red China
Hong Kong reports from inside Red China describe anti Communist guerrillas ambushing a party of 50 tax collectors and armed guards southeast of Canton. Authorities say 18 000 people were purged in Kwangtung province in the last three months as land reforms face resistance. Pill boxes and trench lines appear along the Macao border.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Canton
South China
Kwangtung
Macao
Key figure in big shakedown questioned by House panel
Washington December 8 P Bert K Naster a key figure in a sensational 500000 tax shakedown story was questioned today by House investigators behind closed doors. Subcommittee counsel indicated Naster will testify publicly next week. Abraham Teitelbaum a Chicago lawyer once linked to Al Capone named Naster and Frank Nathan as men who tried to extort 500000 to settle tax difficulties. Nathan and Naster deny Teitelbaum story and Nathan called it a dirty e.
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Washington
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
Fla
Adrian W. Dewind
Naster
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
al Capone
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Miami
Teitelbaum
Nathan
Florida
Oklahoma awards $25,000 for teaching and student counseling
University of Oklahoma initiates Foundation Teaching Awards with $25,000 in cash prizes for faculty rated highest in teaching effectiveness and student counseling over five years. Donors include Ward Merrick, T. H. McCasland, Charles McGaha, and Lloyd Noble Groups.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
George L. Cross
University of Oklahoma Foundation
Cross
Ward S. Merrick
Ardmore
Konawa Ministers Plan Food Baskets Distribution
Konawa Ministerial Alliance to distribute baskets of food to needy families. Offering at Union Thanksgiving services totaled 55 dollars with 5 from Pioneer Study Club 25 from Lions Club 5 from Progressive Study Club. About 50 dollars still needed, Rev. L. J. Gray reports.
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Konawa
Konawa Ministerial Alliance
Union
Rev. L. J. Gray
Pioneer Study Club
Lions Club
Progressive Study Club
Boron from Death Valley Could Ease Steel Shortages
A vast Borax deposit in Death Valley may supply the steel industry, providing boron to harden and strengthen steel. Boron substitutes for many alloying metals and could enable 20 million tons of boron treated steel in 1952, ten times 1951 output and fifty times 1937 1950 totals.
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Pittsburgh
California
Death Valley
Flames Destroy J. P. Kenmore Home
The home of J R Kenmore farm manager for the Byng Baptist Orphans home was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning starting from a bathroom heater. Most furnishings were saved. large furniture burned. Kenmore family escaped unharmed as Ada Fire Department saved surrounding buildings. The house belonged to Ed Little and insurance status was unclear.
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BYNG
J. R. Kenmore
Byng Baptist Orphans Home
Ada Fire Department
Baptist Home
Kenmore
Ed Little
California
Huge Copper Plan Begins to Operate
New York reports Magma Copper Company's San Manuel orebody project in Arizona moving forward. Expected to produce about 70,000 tons of refined copper annually within four years, with ore estimates between 463 and 500 million tons. Government loan talks reportedly could reach 80 million dollars.
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New York
Magma Copper Company
San Manuel
Arizona
American Zinc Institute
Men Trapped by Blizzards Found in Colorado Rescue
Four men rescued after long blizzard exposure on Colorado's western slope. Three Cortez residents were snowbound 26 miles above Dolores near Groundhog Reservoir and walked seven miles on snowshoes to a county road where relatives met them. Another man traveling from Glade Park to Grand Junction endured 32 hours before friends found him.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Cortez
Utah
Army tests plastic underwear to beat cold and wet
Army technicians demonstrated a two piece plastic garment that acts as a vapor barrier to keep wearers warm after getting wet. The suit, worn under field uniforms, helps the wearer float and stay dry during cold conditions.
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Washington
Army
Potomac River
Heart Operation TV Case Improves Patient Says Feet Warmer
The patient Richard C. Russell, 20, of Pacoima, Calif., recovering from a heart operation televised for doctors nationwide, was reported "doing fine'' at Los Angeles County General Hospital. Attendants said he was in shape to receive visitors and noted his feet felt warmer.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Richard C. Russell
Pacoima
Calif
Russell
Young Kansas GOP Sidetracks Eisenhower Endorsement
The Kansas Young Republicans at McPherson sidetracked a motion to endorse Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the GOP presidential nomination. The two day meeting closed without taking a position. A Taft endorsement resolution was also withdrawn from the resolutions committee.
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Mcpherson
Kas
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Cleveland Cop Killed by Own Gun
Cleveland traffic officer Forney L. Haas, 43, was shot and killed with his own pistol during a routine questioning after a traffic accident. Police, led by top officers, hunted for Haas’s slayer as the first Cleveland officer killed in action since 1939.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Forney L. Haas
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