Cold Wave Hits Oklahoma with Snow and Freezing Temps
Oklahoma braces for a wintry storm bringing rain snow sleet and sub freezing temperatures tonight and Friday. Forecast calls for colder conditions with snow in the Panhandle and light sleet or rain elsewhere. Highs range from the 30s in the northwest to 50s in the southeast with lows from the teens northwest to the 30s southeast. Nearby Kansas Missouri and Texas also face winter weather with snow likely.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Ardmore
Gage
East Central Stays on Top in State College Enrollments
East Central State College again led the six state colleges in enrollment with 464 freshmen as of October 15 1952 up from 373 in 1951. Southeastern rose to 357, Southwestern up 123 from 1951, Northwestern up 31, and Northeastern up 159 from 1951 with 235. Ben L Morrison credits Ada business and alumni for the growth.
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East Central State College
Ben. L. Morrison
Ada
East Central
Southeastern State College
Southeastern
Southwestern State College
Northwestern State College
Northeastern
Morrison
British minister objects to Soviet policies at Vienna congress
Canon C F Harman vicar of Swindon denounces Soviet and certain wartime actions at the World Peace Congress in Vienna. He cites Vishinsky’s Korea stance, German WWII prisoners’ still held, and harsh penalties for political offenders as obstacles to peace and reconciliation.
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Vienna
World Peace Congress
Soviet Union
C. F. Harman
Swindon
Wiltshire
Congress
West
Vishinsky
Korea
Germany
Russia
Dials Can’t Locate Husband Bake Cake In Grove Oklahoma
Grove Oklahoma prepares for a dial telephone system replacing Anna Machesney and four younger operators. The town grows from 67 to about 700 phones since the war as Southwestern Bell installs wires relays and glowing tubes. Mrs Machesney who began in 1924 plans retirement while the operator group is transferred leaving Grove women to seek help locating husbands in town.
Secretary Sawyer blasts U.S. aid agencies in Europe
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer reports a U.S. aid and agency overbuild in Western Europe. He says too many people and too many agencies cause waste and confusion, urging sharp personnel cuts and a shift to long term private investment and increased trade. He cautions continued aid is essential but reform is needed.
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Washington
Sawyer
United States
Europe
U. S. Aid Administration
Truman
U. S
Treasury and Commerce Department
U.S
Italy
Greece
Britain
R. A. B. Butler
Science Writers Win $1000 AA Westinghouse Awards
Alton Blakeslee of the Associated Press and Morton Hunt, a free lance writer, receive $1000 AA Westinghouse Science Awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Prizes announced for year and will be presented in St Louis on December 29.
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Washington (P
Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Morton M. Hunt
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George Westinghouse
St. Louis
Blakeslee
Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Bar Harbor
Hunt
Esquire Magazine
Howard
Liddell
Cornell University
Oklahoma Weather: Snow Northwest Freezing Rain South and East
Cloudy period Thursday night into Friday with occasional snow in the northwest and light freezing rain or sleet in the south and east portions. Colder conditions develop across the east and south. Lows Thursday night range 15 to 20 northwest to near 32 southeast. highs Friday in the 20s northwest to near 32 southeast.
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Oklahoma
Civic Clubs Mobilize to Aid Salvation Army Christmas Fund
Ada civic groups led by the Lions Rotarians Kiwanis and others plan bell ringing and a benefit show at the McSwain Theater on December 24 to collect canned foods for Salvation Army baskets aiding hundreds of local families. Foster McSwain chairs the Lions event and Rotarians John Hazlitt and John Webb direct kettles with C C Buxton headed Kiwanis.
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Lion's Club
Salvation Army
Ada
Sfort
Foster McSwain
Rotarians
John Hazlitt
John Webb
Kiwanis Club
C. C. Buxton
Kiwanians
McSwain
Theater
J. Cenney Company
Sabre Jet Ace Notches Ninth MIG Victory Over Korea
Lt. James F. Low of Sausalito California claimed his ninth MIG downing with a four burst fusillade in a rugged dog fight over North Korea. Maj. Richard L Ayersman of Sacramento credited with the downed MIG and three more damaged. Ground actions were light as B29s hit a troop center at Yongsan.
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George A. McArthur
Seoul
America
North Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Korea
Richard L
Pyongyang
Low
Far East Air Forces
Yongsan
Chinese Nationalist Cabinet Sets Land Reform Limit
The Nationalist Cabinet of Formosa approves a land reform plan limiting private ownership to three hectares. Owners with excess land will be compensated with land bonds and shares in public corporations.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Oklahoma Governor Calls Public Hearing on Auto Insurance Increases
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray urged a thorough study of rising auto liability insurance premiums statewide and called for a public hearing. The State Insurance Board schedules a Dec 30 hearing to examine rate boosts and territorial reclassification that raised brackets. Rep. Robert Cunningham pushes for preapproval by the Insurance Board before increases take effect.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Monay
State Insurance Board
Muskogee
Insurance Board
Robert O. Cunningham
Court Rules Cops Couldn t See Whisky In Car
Oklahoma City court reversed a $100 fine and 30 day sentence for Robert G. Bates Tulsa contending arresting officers could not have seen whisky bottles in Bates car parked in his driveway. The court said it would have been impossible to see or identify the bottles from the officers positions and distances. It concluded the arrest was based on suspicion, not an offense observed.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Robert G. Bates
Tulsa
Bates
Maritime NHL Player Gamble Tops Maritime Births
Dick Gamble, sophomore winger for the Montreal Canadiens, is the only NHL player born in Canada’s Maritime provinces. He hails from Moncton New Brunswick, with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island producing very few players.
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Montreal
Dick Gamble
Montreal Canadians
National Hockey League
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Gamble
Moncton
New Brunswick
Maritime
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Wilson Case Advances in Third Day Trial
The district court jury trial of Charles Wilson on manslaughter charges enters its third day as arguments proceed. The case may not reach the jury before Thursday. It stems from a knife stabbing at a tavern that killed James Myers on January 1 195?. Wilson had earlier been convicted of first degree manslaughter and sentenced to seven years, with the case remanded for re trial by the criminal court of appeals.
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Charles ©. Wilson
Criminal Court of Appeals
Wilson
McAlester
James Myers
Yers
Couple Accused Of Armed Robbery In Oklahoma
Franklin Rutherford wens and Marilyn Jo Ann Owens, an 18 year old Bells Texas couple, face armed robbery charges in Poteau Oklahoma. They allegedly robbed a Talihina woman of 20 dollars at gunpoint yesterday and were arrested near Idabel after stopping to fix a flat tire. A revolver was found in their car front seat. They were questioned about a Perrin Air Force Base airman robbery near Denison Texas, with no warrant issued in that case. The airman's car remains unrecovered in Oklahoma.
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Poteau
Okla
Franklin Rutherford Wens
Marilyn Jo Ann Owens
Bells
Tex
Talihina
Floyd Pollard
Idabel
Perrin Air Force Base
Denison
Oklahoma
State Highway Patrol
Speed patrol nets 16 tickets on Northwest Highway
Oklahoma City trooper Art Hamilton clocked about 100 mph to catch 16 motorists between Oklahoma City and Okarche. He said most drivers on the four lane were speed crazy and more tickets could have been issued if more patrol cars were available.
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Oklahoma City
Art Hamilton
Highway Patrol
Silent On Meeting With MacArthur Shapes Korea Peace View
President-elect Eisenhower, cloaked in secrecy, studied ideas from Gen. Douglas MacArthur after their historic conference. Aides said no detailed public account will be released, as Eisenhower prepared to meet Republican House leaders, following the Dulles home consultation on winning peace in Korea and beyond.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
MacArthur
House of Representatives
Manhattan
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Reds Use Broadcasts As Christmas Seoul Threats
Chinese Reds threaten to spend Christmas in Seoul and broadcast carols and surrender appeals in English French and Korean. High flying planes circle for two days dropping pamphlets urging U N troops to go home. No bombing observed and no Red offensive reported despite intensified campaign in past four days.
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Seoul
U. N
Bing Crosby
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette McDonald
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Snow Across Europe as Gales Subside
Heavy snows amid gales blanket central and northern Europe with Italy Switzerland Belgium Germany and the Scandinavian region also reporting snow. TransAtlantic liners United States and Liberte sailed late while Sweden’s Orskar minesweeper was freed from peril after wind damage. Flood threats in Bordeaux followed melting snows and Italian floods caused about one billion lire in damage.
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London
Europe
New York
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
Scandinavian
France
Bordeaux
Man Survives 28 Hours Stranded in Frigid Florida Waters
Navy veteran Fred Tyzzer Jr. fell from the tug Logan 11 a.m. Tuesday and clung to mangrove bushes in Angel Fish Creek 20 miles south of Miami for over 28 hours in 35 to 40 degree cold. Rescued by Capt. Cleveland Knowles aboard his fishing vessel after Coast Guard efforts were abandoned, Tyzzer credited survival to training and stripping to keep warm as he swam to shore and hid among mangroves all night.
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Miami
Fla
Angel Fish Creek
Florida
Veterans Hospital
Fred Tyzzer Jr
Coast Guard
Red Cross
George Baron
Tyzzer
Pond Creek Girl Declared Mentally Ill in Church Fires
A 13 year old Pond Creek girl, found delinquent for burning five churches in northern Oklahoma last Thanksgiving, is declared mentally ill by psychiatrics. She has been under observation at the Oklahoma Research Foundation in Oklahoma City for nine days and will be committed to a suitable mental hospital when located.
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Ord
Okla
Pond Creek
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Research Foundation
Oklahoma City
Grant County
John Pollard
Pollard
Pond Creek Christian Church
Tonkawa
President Wilson Crew Hosts Christmas for 50 Japanese Orphans
At sea near Yokohama the liner President Wilson holds its annual Christmas party for 50 Japanese orphans. The crew donated 2000 yen about $227 to United Seamen’s Service to handle the event. Orphans will receive warm clothing toys and refreshments aboard.
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Yokohama
Japan
Wilson
United Seaman's Service
Death of Former OC Woman Puzzle
Police investigate the death of 34 year old Mary Taylor of Oklahoma City who was found moaning on a highway near Deming New Mexico before being struck and killed by a truck. Her brother said she had hitchhiked to meet her husband in Eloy Arizona and witnesses reported two trucks passing as she lay in the roadway.
NATO to spend 239 million for air ports defenses in 1953
NATO nations approve a 239.6 million dollar 1953 budget to fund air ports and long term defenses against Soviet aggression, about half of Gen Ridgway's proposed minimum. Rene Pleven says decision follows four day debate and tests coordination with Mediterranean forces under a new commander.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
Britain
Washington
Viscount Alexander
Lord Mountbatten
NATO
Alexander
United States
Mediterranean
Bill Cook Buried By Lantern Light
Bill Cook, the Missouri outlaw who hunted the Southwest, was buried near Joplin in lantern light after a stormy fight over his funeral. His execution for a sixth murder followed the prior killings of a family in a mine shaft. About 15,000 people viewed the body as the epitaph Bad Luck tattooed on his knuckles.
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Joplin
Bill Cook
Cook
San Quentin Prison
Calif
Don A. Booe
First Gospel Workers Church
Carrot Ring Lost Found Through Traced Grower
A Philadelphia shopper found a gold wedding ring in a carrot bought at a market. Store owner Gottliob Speer passed the item to wholesaler Charles Taxin who traced the carrot back to Harden Farms Inc of Salinas California.
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Philadelphia
Gottliob Speer
Charles Taxin
Taxin
Harden Farms, Inc
Salinas
Calif
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