Byrds Mill Spring Holds Up Amid Drought News
Ada city officials asked USGS to gauge Byrds Mill Spring 14 miles south of Ada. Last week the intake received 5 112 gallons a minute with 229 gallons a minute continuing downstream. Daily flow totals 7 691 040 gallons, of which about 3 000 000 gallons feed Ada’s reservoir daily.
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Midwest
Ada City
United States Geological Surve
Byrds Mill Spring
USGS
Byrds Mill
Ada
Owever
Rescuers Battle Coal Mine Fire in Kentucky
Rescuers fought a coal mine blaze at Elkhorn No 3 mine near Salyersville Kentucky aiming to reach two trapped miners while two others were confirmed dead Burgess Nease of Clemons and Roland Grigsby of Bonnyman The fire started at 230 am CST from a trolley wire short circuit and trapped four miners who were last seen between the flames and the coal face.
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Salyersville
Burgess Nease
Clemons
Roland Grigsby
Bonnyman
Perry County
Monticello
Four Injured In Butane Tank Explosion In Illinois Town
CROSSVILLE Ill Dec 13 Four persons were injured in a butane gas storage tank explosion and fire at the Acme Butane Inc building in downtown Crossville two women were killed in a previous butane blast in January Injured were Sharon Bishop Freddie Ziegler Paul Crebs and Sam Hodges all taken to an Evansville Ind hospital Ziegler and Crebs suffered facial and hand burns and the girl Sharon Bishop fractured her right arm Hodges was trapped briefly under debris damage to the building estimated at 30000 cause not known.
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Crossville
Ill
Illinois
Acme Butane, Inc
Sharon Bishop
C. S. Bishop
Freddie Ziegler
Paul Crebs
Evansville
Ind
Sam Hodges
Carmi
Ziegler
Crebs
Hodges
Frank Ridenour
Atomic subs pierce polar ice barrier says Navy
Washington reports that thick polar sea ice may not block atomic submarines. Navy replies say Nautilus could stay submerged for extended periods, relying on atomic propulsion and oxygen-from-water tech under long polar patrols.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
Eurasia
U. S
Navy
Russia
Canada
Collier’s Magazine
Adm
Homer Wallin
Bureau of Ships
Arctic
North Pole
Wallin
Girl Dies After Accidental Wound in Tragic incident
Barbara Ruth Prince eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Scott Prince died from a bullet wound received accidentally at 11 58 p m Sunday after a 36 hour battle for life. The tragic incident left the family and community in sorrow.
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Barbara Ruth Prince
Scott Prince
Frisco Plans Lead Track for Ada Industrial Park
AIDC and Frisco officials outline construction of a 750 foot lead track to serve the Ada Industrial Development project. Hunter Construction to move dirt, Frisco engineers to finalize plans, to support a new chair plant and up to three additional sites. Nearby water and sewer lines progress as planning continues.
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James Thompson
B. G. Howard
Ron Bailey
St. Louis
Frisco Railroad
AIDC
Frisco
Hunter Construction Company
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
Highway 12
DDT Credited with Saving Many Lives
Philadelphia expert Dr. Edward Knipling asserts DDT saved five million lives and prevented at least 100 million illnesses. He defends new chemical insecticides against alarmist claims of poisoning risks.
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Philadelphia
Edward F. Knipling
Nevers
Knipling
Sip Tea Brewed From What Boston Tea Party Missed
A commemorative tea event marks 179th anniversary with descendants of Revolutionary War families and Mrs. Muriel Rolls the British vice consul toasting with teacups. Tea leaves traced to Jefferson Parker who died aged 99 years and 11 months, allegedly from a survivor of the original Boston Tea Party who died in 1846.
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Boston
Muriel Rolls
Edward Rowe Snow
Jefferson Haskell Parker
Parker
O Nt
World War II Fact Noted on Mozambique Colony
During World War II Lourenco Marques in Mozambique a Portuguese colony in Africa served as a key port and supply hub for Allied operations in the region.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Portugese
Africa
Sinatra flies to London for Christmas with Ava Gardner
Frank Sinatra arrived in London from New York en route to film location in Kenya where he will spend Christmas with his wife Ava Gardner.
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London
Frank Sinatra
New York
Ava Gardner
Kenya
Allen Boys Have Traffic Accident
Allen youths Jack Bryant Jimmy Ed and Dale Plunk escaped serious injury Saturday morning when their car went out of control between Calvin and Atwood after an oncoming vehicle forced them onto the shoulder. The car rolled three times and landed in a deep ditch, ending in a total wreck.
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Allen
Sial
Jack Bryant
Jimmy Ed
Dale Plunk
Calvin
Atwood
Bryant
Boyd
Plunk
Births Reach 3,833,000 in United States in 1951
The 1951 birth total stood at 3,833,000 nationwide reflecting population growth after World War II. Data show shifting demographics as the postwar baby boom continued across states and regions.
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United States
Berthold Christian Killed in Action as B-26 Pilot
Maud born Berthold Christian reported killed in Korea while piloting a B-26 bomber. A World War II flyer with Pacific theater service, he was recalled about a month ago while teaching in St. Louis Oklahoma schools. His mother Mrs. Albert Christian and siblings in Seminole, Shawnee, Maud, and Oakland survive him.
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Maud
East Central
Oklahoma A&m College
Korea
Albert Christian
Rock Springs
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Curtis Christian
Seminole County
Clyde
Shawnee
Ralph
Ruth Barrows
Pauline Chapman
Oakland
Calif
East Central Alumni Seek Yale Donation Through Fund Drive
The East Central Alumni Association loan fund aids students in distress, totaling 5295 dollars with 454 loans totaling 12099 last year and 348 loans totaling 9735 by December 5 this year. A contributions committee asks graduates to give one dollar or more as a permanent gift, sent to Miss Myrtle Sturdevant at East Central State College Ada Oklahoma. E E Emerson chairs the committee with A W Barrett and T K Treadwell as members.
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East Central Alumni Association
Alumni Association
East Central
Myrtle Sturdevant
East Central State College
Ada
Oklahoma
E. E. Emerson
Coalgate
Eden and Acheson To Discuss Iran
Paris reports say British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will lunch with U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson to review a new Truman administration move aimed at breaking the Anglo Iranian oil deadlock. The plan would compensate the A IOC and place Iran's oil under an international group for sale. Eden's reaction was cautious awaiting tomorrow's talks.
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Anthony Eden
U. S
Dean Acheson
Truman
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State Department
Paul Nitze
Iran
Tehran
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Acheson
Britain
Eisen
Billy Graham Busy In Korea Visit War Widows
Billy Graham toured Korea visiting orphans and war widows in Pusan. He addressed U S service personnel, attended a war briefing, and visited Tabitha House for widows and children, supported by Christians and local missions.
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Korea
Billy Graham
Korea Times
Charlotte
N. C
Billy Sunday
Graham
U. S
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Edward H. Lastago
Presbyian Mission
Gas Tank Explosion Blazes in Crossville Ill
A butane gas storage tank blew up around 1 p m in Crossville White County Illinois starting fires in several houses. Joseph Sanders an insurer from Crossville described smoke rising from the town center and said it looked very bad like a big fire.
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Crossville
Ill
White County
Joseph Sanders
Happily Wed At 13 Years In Bethany Oklahoma
A 13-year-old Bethany girl married an 18-year-old cement worker after a three week courtship. They obtained a license with ages 18 and 21. The bride said being out of grade school is wonderful and she hopes for four children by 20.
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Bethany
Okla
Adell Stover
Doyle Stover
Common Pleas
Carl Traub
Adell
Red China Rejects Indian Peace Plan Over POW Repatriation
Chinese Foreign Minister Chou En-lai dismissed the United Nations peace appeal based on India's prisoner exchange plan as illegal and unfair. He demanded unconditional, speedy repatriation and urged resumption of truce talks at Panmunjom with the Soviet-backed position, while the U N resolution faces rejection.
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Tokyo
Red
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Korea
United Nations
India
Peiping
Chou En-lai
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Red China
North Korea
Pearson
Chou
Oklahoma Legislator Protests Auto Insurance Rate Rise
Oklahoma City representative Robert O Cunningham protests a proposed auto casualty insurance rate increase. He seeks a hearing and warns of a Supreme Court injunction if denied. The State Insurance Board plans a meeting this afternoon to review the filed notice. The last increase occurred fifteen months ago.
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Oklahoma City
Robert O. Cunningham
State Insurance Board
Cunningham
Donald Dickey
State Supreme Court
Dickey
Tom Weaver
Oklahoma Association of Insurance Agents
Bennett Memorial Site Dedicated at Oklahoma A. & M.
Students teachers and guests dedicated a memorial for Dr. Henry G. Bennett former Oklahoma A. & M. president who died in a plane crash in Iran while working for the United States Point Four Program. The Bennett home became a student religious center and a $350000 chapel will be built nearby.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Henry G. Bennett
Bennett
Iran
Bennets
Christmas Midnight Mass At Vatican Chapel Invites Diplomats
Vatican announces a Christmas midnight Mass in the chapel of the Pope’s apartment. As before, invited guests are members of the diplomatic corps at the Vatican and their families.
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Vatican City
Bec
Vatican
Crossbreeding Airplane and Helicopter Promises New Flight
Philadelphia reports on a convertible aircraft congress where experts unveil the convertiplane, a hybrid that flies like an airplane and takes off like a helicopter. Bennet of Hiller Helicopter and Herrick of Convertoplane Corp push for cheaper, faster, safer travel and a civilian shift toward mass production.
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J. A. J. Bennett
Hiller Helicopter Corp
Palo Alto
Calif
Bennett
Gerard P. Herrick
Convertoplane Corp
New York City
Herrick
Air Force
Bell, Sikorsky
McDonnell Aircraft
Gridiron Club Skit Roasts Election Era at Statler Dinner
Washington 1952 election satire opens with Democratic refugees landing on a remote island as Rip Van GOP Winkle wakes after 20 years. The 67 year old Gridiron Club stage roasts both parties with musical skits at the Statler dinner attended by 500 guests including diplomats, cabinet members, justices, and leaders from government and media. Vice President elect Nixon and Governor Adlai Stevenson are noted among attendees.
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Washington
Catskill Mountains
Rip van Gop Winkle
Electoral College
Statler
Gridiron Club
White House Faces Trouble Filling Wage Stabilization Board Seats
Washington December 13 The White House struggles to line up new industry members for the Wage Stabilization Board after seven quit last Saturday amid criticism of Truman’s wage policy. Several volunteers withdraw as industry sources cite pressure from critics including the U S Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
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White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
John L. Lewis
WSB
Oklahoma Republicans Meet to Elect Presidential Electors
About 60 spectators and state leaders witnessed Oklahoma's eight Republican electors cast their votes for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in the Blue Room of the State Capitol. The ceremony included remarks by Gov. Johnston Murray and oath of loyalty by Justice Cecil T. O Neal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Maixon
Congress
Blanche K. Young
Jesse Berry
Chandler
Johnston Murray
Murray
Fred Hansen
Supreme Court
Cecil T. O’neal
J. William Cordell
State Election Board
John D. Conner
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Missing Radios Plague Eisenhower Staff
New York report says 52 portable radios are unreturned from 60 RCA sets sent to Eisenhower campaign train staff. James M. Lambie Jr. notes eight radios have been returned and urges staff to check possessions and surrender any obtained items. RCA warned an 89 percent loss seems high given expected attrition.
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New York
Eisenhower
Radio Corporation of America
James M. Lambie, Jr
RCA
Worker Injured In Oil Rig Fall
Joe Rosamond of 314 East Sixteenth was injured in an oil field accident near Wolf about 4 30 p m Friday. A back girl caused him to fall from a rig as Harold Choate tried to grab his leg. Rosamond’s condition was listed as good by Valley View Hospital Saturday night.
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Joe Rosamond
East Sixteenth
Wolf
Rosamond
Harold Choate
Valley View Hospital
Otasco Employees to Receive Christmas Bonus
Otasco will pay about 40000 in Christmas bonuses to more than 750 employees including several in military service. Bonus percentages range from 5 percent for under six months to 30 percent for three years or longer, based on December base pay. Checks distributed December 15 and 19 with annual profit sharing due at the February sales meeting.
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Oklahoma Tire
Otasco
Maurice Sanditen
Bloodmobile to Return January 6 for 150 Pint Quota
Red Cross plans for the January 6 Bloodmobile visit to collect 150 pints, the county’s regular quota. Letters go to city civic and social groups asking each to pledge a pint as a Christmas gift to the boys. Personal outreach to organizations will follow the main appeal.
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Red Cross
Peruvian Kidnapping Case: Ransom Recovered in Part
Two medical students and an accountant are held on kidnapping charges after Santiago Grana, a 3-year-old congressman's son, was taken from a park. Police say 294000 soles of a 300000-soles ransom were recovered as the child was returned unharmed. Suspects named as Mario Bueno Elias Narvaez and Ricardo Zapater.
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Peru
Santiago Grana
Mario Bueno
Elias Narvaez
Ricardo Zapater
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