Bids Open on 26 Oklahoma Highway Projects Worth 2.73 Million
Oklahoma City reports the state highway commission will receive bids by December 31 for 26 contracted projects across 16 counties totaling 2,726,274 dollars. The list includes federal aid works in Carter Noble Lincoln Payne counties and state aid in Garvin Grady McClain Kiowa counties with miles of grade drainage gravel base and paving, plus several bridges and surface improvements.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Kerr
Carter County
U. S. 77
Noble County
Lincoln
Stroud
U. S. 66
Payne County
Lincoln County
Cushing
Garvin County
Stratford
McClain County
Grady County
Minco
Garvin
Kiowa County
Lone Wolf
North Fork
Red River
Gas stove fumes linked to death of Penn in Hinton
A. E. Penn of Louisville Kentucky died Sunday from gas stove fumes in a Hinton cabin. Joel Goodloe and his wife, also of Louisville, were rendered unconscious. The three were found by the cabin owner en route from Kentucky to Hollywood. Goodloe reported the stove burned when they retired.
Archery Hobby Pays Off in Porch Window Break-In
Chicago report says Bruno Sherwin a printer used a home archery hobby to deter a prowler who smashed a porch window. He fired an arrow from his upstairs window and the intruder fled into the backyard. only an arrow end was found.
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Chicago
Bruno Sherwin
Sherwin
Crook of the Year captures a wide crime spree across 1946
A regional rogues gallery lists a three room house theft in the San Fernando Valley, a country schoolhouse in Quesnel, a road grader near Vancouver Washington and a 7 ton bulldozer in Chicopee Massachusetts. The recap notes a piano theft in Boston, a quarter ton safe stolen via labor hoist in San Bernardino and other bold capers including an umbrella demand after rain and a teething ring theft in Richmond Virginia.
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NEA
San Fernando Valley
Quesnel
British Columbia
School Board
Vancouver
Wash
Chicopee
Mass
Boston
San Bernardino
California
Washington, D. C
Newark
N. J
Chicago
Atlantic City
Richmond
Nashville
Chattanooga
Pottsville
Christmas Party Delights Kiwanians
Ada Kiwanis held its annual Christmas party at the Aldridge hotel with 225 Kiwanians and guests dining and enjoying singing led by Harold Graham and Dr. A. R. Sugg. Laverne Jones presided and Hugh Norris received a traveling bag for district service. Frank Streetman added humor as guest speaker. Camp Fire girls decorated.
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Ada Kiwanians
Aldridge Hotel
Harold Graham
A. R. Sugg
Laverne Jones
Hugh Norris
Kiwanis
Frank Streetman
Sasakwa
Regents Recommend $6 Million Building Program for State Colleges
Oklahoma regents proposed a $6,000,000 building program for state colleges and universities for the next biennium funded from a projected $14,000,000 general fund surplus. Items cover University of Oklahoma projects, Oklahoma A. and M. College, Cameron State Agricultural, East Central State, Northeastern Oklahoma, Panhandle A. and M., Langston, Central State, and others, detailing classroom, library, medical, and facility expansions.
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Murray State
Murray State School of Agriculture
Tishomingo
Northern Oklahoma Junior College
Tonkawa
Central Hall
Wilkin Hall
Oklahoma _ Military Academy
Claremore
East Central
Oklahoma City
Roger Phelps
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Geological Survey and Mineral Industries
School of Medicine
University Hospitals
School of Nursing
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Stillwater
Veterinary Medicine
Cameron State Agricultural College
Lawton
Tion
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
East Central State College
Ada
Northeastern
Miami
Panhandle A. & M. College
Goodwe
Hesper Hall
Langston University
Langston
Page Hall
Central State Central State College
Edmond
Northeastern State College
Tahlequah
Ada High School Honors and Failing Grades Six Weeks Summary
Norma Jean English and Darlene Ryburn top the six weeks honor roll with five A's while 126 students earned one or more A's, down from 157 in the first period. Seventeen students plus many listed earned four or three A's, and 90 earned one or more F's versus 77 in the first period.
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Norma Jean English
Darlene Ryburn
Margaret Standridge
Betty Fletcher
Wanda Faye Gay
Drew Lynn Lance
Ann Wilson
Jim Eggleston
Kenneth Watson
Warren Mayfield
Betty Owens
Bobbie Sharpe
Dudley Pyles
Marcy Trippe
Bobbie Patterson
Wanda Mayfield
Maxine Maxey
Edrita Pokorney
Martin Leonard
Jane Grubaugh
Beverly Byrne
Mary Crawford
Carol Ostermann
Ina Lou Mackin
Rita Copeland
Martha Evans
Bob Scott
Neva Allen
Joy Rogers
Mary Nell Turley
Richard Haynes
Charles Fidler
Elsa Grubaugh
Donna Rowton
Yvonne Brake
Joan Reynolds
Lou Ella Robinson
Imogene Gannon
Zela Mae Derrick
Vinita Shirley
Bud Moore
Janie Cates
Bob Meaders
Joe Carter
Merilyn Cramer
Wynona Pence
Betty Stegall
Donna Lollar
Jim Wilkinson
Charlotte Copeland
Rita Whitsett
Douglas Herrin
Richard Bell
Naomi O’brien
Jim Sturdevant
Clement Sledge
David Jacoby
Carol Jones
June Baker
Ovella Jones
Patti Jo Johnson
Mary Jean Rhynes
Alta Chan
Odell Jones
Wayne Vancil
Peggy Alletag
Elizabeth Lasarsky
Bryna Katz
Norma Jean
Shirley Margaret Bevel
Bettie Minton
Alic Smith
Helen Church
Lois Gay Hussey
Charles Jones
Jimmy Mitchell
Anna Mae Morse
Billy Ray Smith
Phnaughn Matthews
Eva Lou Toler
Jeri Malone
Ellie Koontz
Willa Jean Norman
Emma Lou Smith
Lavada Dickey
Frances Wilkinson
Kenneth Arrington
Leo Dittemore
Bob Jacoby
John Mackin
Jo Ann Childress
Ed Haley
Pat van Horn
Monna Verne McBroom
Pauline Medley
George Carman
Naomi Reynolds
Betty Lee
Alice Lillard
Joan Barton
Helen Richardson
Eva Jo Miller
Jackye Richards
Rosa Lee Estes
Jo Ann Rea
James Ryan
Phyllis Evans
Wiley Jeter
Heber O’brien
Pete Cantrell
J. W. Hester
John Thompson
Jackie Yeagle
Pat Davidson
Billie Jean Fabree
Gerald Philpot
Don Summers
John Briggs
Bill Ballard
Dale Hoipkemier
Dale Dawson
Gene Evans
Devilfish Monster Turned Out To Be Walking Angler Frog
Brooklyn tale ends in science as the so called devilfish monster is revealed to be an angler fish, goosefish or fishing frog. Capt. Bill Atkins and crew hauled the four horns and walking feature from Ambrose Lightship to Brooklyn streets where museums confirmed the rare creature that can walk on the ocean bottom and lure prey with its antenna.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ambrose
Bill Atkins
Bill
Atkins
Ahs
Museum of Natural History
Museum
Ambrose Lightship
N. Y
Denver Youth Gang In Custody Today
A Denver police report states about 20 youths including four 14-year-old girls were taken into custody as the city’s most organized gang. Officers say the gang divided the city into districts for thefts, with loot over $5,000 including typewriters cars and clothing since last August. Thirteen members are 16 or younger. the youngest is 12.
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Denver
Phil Thompson
Denver —— Bureau
Thompson
Airlines to use jet power on cargo planes
American Airlines announced it will install jet assist for takeoff on all its contract planes, becoming the first to commercially use the war developed rocket boost for aircraft. The report notes a separate line about gift purchases given to husbands, which is unrelated and appears as stray text.
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Washington
American Airlines
Mexican school children's art exhibit at Ada High School
An exhibit of Mexican school children art is on display in room 50 and includes works by artists as young as six. The show was organized by the Ada Branch of the American Association of University Women and is the second Ada High School exhibit this year following Maria Nunez statues at the public library.
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United States
American Association of University Women
Ada
Ada High School
Maria Nunez
Public
Calf Ingests Druggist’s $700 Meal In Texas
A big Springs Texas calf swallowed the purse of O D Smith a Forsan druggist. Smith recovered 335 in checks from the calf s mouth but over two hours the animal digested all but 140 in currency and checks before it was killed.
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Big Springs
Tex
O. D. Smith
Forsan
Smith
Fisherman Finds Body of Missing Man in Red River
A fisherman discovered the body of Jim Williams 40 of Millerton Oklahoma floating in the Red River seven miles from his fishing camp near Valliant. Williams disappeared November 30 and it is believed he drowned when his boat overturned.
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Red River
Idabel
Okla
Jim Williams
Millerton
Valliant
Williams
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News Want Ads reports a note on greater returns for amount vested. Details are limited in the readable text. The item suggests a financial incentive or adjustment affecting investors or savers, but lacks explicit figures or entities.
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Ada News
Mystery Deepens In Mrs Rodamer Rail Death Case
Newark Ohio December 17 A bloody battered car and an anonymous telephone tip add to the mystery in the death of Mrs. Frank Rodamer 35 found severed on Pennsylvania railroad tracks near the city Police Chief Gail Christman notes the car overturned 100 feet from the tracks and Coroner G W Sapp will withhold verdict until all aspects are cleared up The caller said two women were seen near the embankment where the body was found by officers Ralph Wollard and George Myers
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Newark
Frank Rodamer
Here
Gail Christman
G. W. Sapp
Licking County
Nation's Output of Crude Oil Gains
Oil & Gas Journal reports weekly U S crude oil production averaged 4 725 015 barrels daily for the week ended c 14 up 21 540 from the prior week Kansas rose 30 400 to 279 950 Michigan up 4 075 to 48 605 California to 876 000 Mississippi to 81 850 Illinois to 202 200 Texas fell 14 385 to 1 996 065 eastern area down 3 000 to 61 500.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil & Gas Journal
Kansas
Michigan
California
Mississippi
Illinois
Texas
Seminole Postwar Turkey Shoot Set By Walton League
Seminole officials announce the first postwar turkey shoot next Monday sponsored by the local Izaak Walton League chapter. Shooting teams will field 10 marksmen.
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Izaak Walton League
West Virginians face new worry over divorce decrees
Huntington dispatch reports Circuit Judge John W. Hereford voided Vivian L. Holliday's divorce from Arthur Holliday due to a failure to wait the one month after filing. The ruling could unsettle many remarriage cases as courts decide how to handle previously decreed divorces when validity is challenged. Mrs Holliday had sought relief after a WV Supreme Court decision limiting courts' hearing powers in unsettled divorce suits.
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Huntington
W. Va
West
Holliday
West Virginia Supreme Court
Sooner Hereford Futurity Sale Drives High Bids in Oklahoma City
Fifty four head of Oklahoma Herefords sold at the Sooner Hereford Futurity show and sale in Oklahoma City. Bulls and yearlings fetched notable sums with a Turner ranch senior call delivering $2,625 and other top bids from E. B. Shanter, Bill Likins Flying L ranch, and Oklahoma A and M bred stock. The 40 females grossed $18,445 while 14 bulls brought $5,935.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Turner Ranch
E. B. Shanter
Wichita
Bill Likin
Flying L
Davis
Oklahoma A
M. Jack Smith
W. A. Delaney
Ada
Moss Patterson
Turners, Likins
Delaney
Married men purchase gifts for wives at high rate
The report notes that married men buy 44 percent of their gifts for their wives, reflecting spending patterns in gift shopping behavior among married consumers.
Bilbo Likely To Take Stand
Senator Theodore G. Bilbo faced a likely chance to relate his side of a probe into war contractors who loaned him money bought him a car built him a lake and contributed over 30000 for his 1942 senate bid. The witness chair may be Bilbo today as Ed ward P. Terry remains sidelined by health issues.
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Francis J. Kelly
Theodore G. Bilbo
Dmiss
Wall Doxey
United States Senate
Mead
D-Ny
Senate
Bilbo
Ferguson
R-Mich
Edward P. Terry
Terry
Miss
Jackson
Mississippi
Poplar Ville
Juniper Grove Baptist Church
Red Cross Board Plans Funds Drive
Pontotoc county American Red Cross directors met Monday to review November reports and outline the 1947 funds campaign with Oscar L. Parker to head the drive. Chairman J. A. Richardson completed executive committee appointments and Ada fire chief Ed Haley was named Disaster Preparedness and Relief chairman. The national budget drops to 60 million for 1947, with local plans to reduce its chapter budget accordingly. Junior Red Cross enrollment proceeds in county schools at 50 cents per class.
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Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
J. A. Richardson
Go Parker
J. H. Biles
Joyce Miller
Howard Rice
J.L Jones
Allen
Fritz John Ston
W. Gregory
Roff
L. E. Fairchilds
Ed Haley
Ada
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Committee
Oscar L. Parker
Fires in 1945 United States toll and damage
More than 650000 fires occurred nationwide in 1945 resulting in about 11000 deaths and daily property loss estimated at one million dollars.
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United States
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