Right Toys for Family Fun Guide Urges Sharing Play
The article cites Emma Dickson Sheehy of Columbia University who says toys shared by parents and children boost understanding of the child’s mind and body. The Toy Guidance Council urges 1,200 retailers to feature family friendly toys and lists over 59 types from music to board games and sports equipment to foster joint play and learning.
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AP News
New York
Emma Dickson Sheehy
Columbia University
Melvin Freud
Freud
Allies to Double Sabre Jet Forces In Korean Air War
Allied air power expands as Sabre jets rush to Korea to replace aging fighters. U S F-84s score a MiG kill and damage others in a low level dogfight near Yangdok. Ground action cools with freezing weather and minor clashes across the front.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Yangdok
Fifth Air Force
Yonchon
20Th Battalion
Medal of Honor for Kyle in Korea Bayonet Charge
Second Lieut. Darwin K. Kyle 32 of South Charleston West Virginia led a bayonet attack in a wintry gale near Kamil Ni Korea on February 16 1951 and was killed in action earning the Medal of Honor the Army Department announced. Eyewitness Sgt. James D. Yeomans praised his leadership and bravery as an inspiration to the platoon.
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Washington
Darwin K. Kyle
South Charleston
W. Va
Army Department
Kyle
Kamil-Ni
Korea
James D. Yeomans
Chandler Hotel Fire Causes Damage and Death in Chandler
An early morning blaze at the Chandler Hotel caused about 10000 in damage. Fire Chief Bill Reynolds said clothes drying near an open stove started the fire. A hotel guest, Otis Hollis, 42, of Sallisaw, was found dead in his room. the cause of death was not given.
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Chandler. Okla
Chandler
Bill Reynolds
Otis Hollis
Sallisaw
C. W. Robertson
Former East Central Student Named to Archaeological Trip
Ralf Andrews a 1947 Pauls Valley High School graduate and East Central alumnus has joined an archaeological expedition to Mareb in Yemen under the American Foundation for Man. He will sail from New York soon to help excavate the ancient queenly site, with plans for a year absence and possible leadership of Arab workers.
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Ralf Andrews
East Central
Arabia
American Foundation of Man
Pauls Valley
New York
Yemen
Mareb
Queen of Sheba
Pauls Valley High School
Nena Bee Bentley
Mae Bentley
East 8Th
Willard School
W. L. Stafford
South Broadway Boulevard
Patsy Jo Andrews
Andrews
University of Okla
Egypt
Mareb Temple
Measuring Snow Too Much for Him
Lansing snow measurement tale centers on Phed Vosniacos a Greek student and copyboy who climbs to the roof with a government form to measure snowfall using a pint of warm water and a complex formula but finds the water frozen and abandons the method insisting a ruler would suffice. The humorous piece contrasts red tape in America with a simple Greek approach.
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Lansing
Mich
Lansing State Journal
Phed Vosniacos
Michigan State College
Phed
America
Greece
Women Learn Army Order in Frankfurt Flight Mixup
Two American women Mrs Mildred McCabe from Oklahoma City and Mrs Mary L Motes from San Antonio were flown to join husbands in U S military service. Fog forced landing at Bordeaux after orders listed Frankfurt. They returned by train to Bordeaux.
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Frankfrt
Germany
Army
Mildred McCabe
Oklahoma City
Mary L. Motes
San Antonio
Tex
United States
U. S
Bordeaux
France
Frankfurt
Oklahoma completes 185 miles of highway work in November
Oklahoma City, Dec. 15. The State Highway Department finished 185.817 miles of road improvements in November, including 99.711 miles of paving. Highway Director C. A. Stoldt reported the total November cost at $5,513,393, the second five million dollar month this year. August saw the year’s peak with 203.21 miles costing $5,697,080.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Oklahoma
C. A. Stoldt
Four Teens Nabbed in Frigid Street Hose Beer Theft
In Klamath Falls Oregon on December 15 police found four 19 year old boys sitting on a curb in 10 degree weather passing a garden hose between mouths. The other end fed a stolen bag of beer leading to their arrest.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
Hard-Up Britain To Make Payment
Britain plans to pay 176 million dollars in installments by December 31 on postwar loans from the United States and Canada. The Bank of England allows limited foreign exchange trades as part of moves to restore confidence and secure more U.S. aid. UK seeks 600 million dollars in six months from the U.S. mutual security agency. the U.S. and Canada will receive principal and interest shares.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Britain
United States
Canada
Churchill
Bank of England
U. S. Mutual Security Agency
Gruenther Could Succeed Ike As SHAPE Commander
Paris dispatch notes Gen Albert M Gruenther, Ike’s chief of staff, would likely take command of SHAPE if Eisenhower runs for president. A famed young four star general, Gruenther will be 52 on March 3 and has led in North Africa and Italy, using quick directives on white cards to prevent battlefield delays.
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Preston Grover Paris
Dwight D Eisenhower
Albert M. Gruenther
Gruenther
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers In
Europe
Chief of Staff
Pro tests sent to Peiping over extortion of overseas Chinese
Reports from Hong Kong say protests have been sent to Communist authorities in Peiping regarding extortion of money from Chinese abroad. Observers doubt Peiping can curb the practice, which is blamed mainly on lower level Communist officials in South and Coastal China where most overseas Chinese originate, via arrests of relatives at home.
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Hong Kong
Peiping
China
Fewer Than Four Thousand U S POWs Expected If Korea War Ends
From Panmunjom Korea a Dec 15 report says fewer than 4,000 of more than 11,000 American missing in Korea may return if war ends. Allied officials note the enemy refuses to list prisoners, hindering armistice talks. estimates also suggest up to 8,000 UN soldiers died from wounds or atrocities.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
U. N
United Nations
Bixby Lad Watches From Hospital Bed
Eight or nine year old Charlie Clay of Bixby Oklahoma lies in a Tulsa hospital as his parents decorate a Christmas tree beside his bed Doctors say a rheumatic heart condition could claim the boy before Christmas Day The family speaks of faith and family strength amid hope for medical science
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Tulsa
Okla
Charlie Clay
Charlie
Alvin Clay
U S Doubles Arms Output During Year
Washington reports that since the state of national emergency began a year ago, U S arms production has more than doubled and uniformed forces have trebled. About 3 5 million under arms reached midsummer, while warplane output lags. A production czar may be proposed to oversee all services.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Indian Artists Displaying Work in Oklahoma City Exhibit
Oklahoma’s top Indian artists will display their work in the Indian Art exhibit at the State Historical Building tomorrow. Artists include Carl Sweezy Woodrow Big Bow Spencer Asah Stephens Mop ope Fred Beaver Silver Moon Martin Tennyson Eckinandah Charles Rowell H E Wilkes Evans Anguoe. Twelve Fort Sill Indian School teenage dancers will perform at 3 30 p m.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Historical
Carl Sweezy
Woodrow Big Bow
Spencer Asah
Stephens Mopope
Fred Beaver
Silver Moon Martin
Tennyson Eckinandah
Charles Rowell
H. E. Wilkes
Evans Anguoe
Fort Sill
Freshman Jerry Barger Leads Duke Yardage Gain
Durham Duke football statistics show freshman quarterback Jerry Barger of Salisbury with 613 total yards 336 passing to top the squad. Sophomore halfback Red Smith is next with 500 yards 442 rushing.
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Frosh
Blue Devils
Durham
N. C
Jerry Barger
Salisbury
N.C
Duke University
Red Smith
Radioactive cobalt used as radium substitute in medicine
Historical report notes cobalt radioactivity employed as an alternative to radium in medical treatments. It discusses early therapeutic use and regulatory or safety considerations surrounding radioactive materials in health care.
Ramblin Wrecks band formed by paralyzed veterans in Denver
Denver mortician Ken Raynie forms a six member wheelchair band including Sharon Savage a 14 year old girl from Sioux Falls and veterans Bob Storovich and Leon Kraft. Penny Grathouse a former Army nurse major and Bataan survivor also joins along with ambulant Dick Soroka and Barbara Neece. The group named The Ramblin Wrecks aims for hospital engagements highlighting resilience and music.
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Denver
Ken Raynie
Raynie
Sharon Savage
Sioux Falls
S. D
Bob Storovich
Leon Kraft
Storovich
Auron
Austria
Kraft
Russell
Kas
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Penny Greathouse
Army Nurse Corps
Bataan and Corregidor
Penny
Dick Soroka
Chicago
Lowry Air Force Base
Barbara Neece
Military Up and Civilian Items Drop Under 1952 Plans
Washington mobilization chiefs warned civilian production will fall sharply in 1952 as military output expands. Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said the nation will have more guns and less butter with civilian metals cut to about half their normal first quarter supply.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Manly Fleischmann
Wilson
Fleischmann
DPA
Detroit
New England
Congress
Korea
Air Force
United Nations
Capitol Hill
Defense Mobili
Tax witness linked to Oliphant on the stand
Richard C. Schwartz an assistant head of the IRS Penal Division testified to the House tax probe in Washington. He said Henry W. Grunewald a private investigator intervened in a tax fraud case with Charles Oliphant who resigned as Revenue Bureau Chief Counsel. Grunewald was found at Georgetown University Hospital in the capital.
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Washington
Richard C. Schwartz
Internal Revenue Bureau
Charles Oliphant
Revenue Bureau
Schwartz
Henry W. Grunewald
Oliphant
Grunewald
Prothers
Georgetown University Hospital
Capital
International Soundphoto
Santa’s shock at department store interview in Huntington
W V nickname Santa Claus interview in a Huntington department store reveals a Marshall College student Jay Gould, 21, posing as Santa. He reports typical toy requests when a young petitioner unexpectedly asks for something surprising.
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Huntington, W. W
Santa Claus
Jay Gould
Marshall College
Santa
Dawson Yukon Frost Free Days Count
Dawson in Yukon Territory records about 75 frost free days per year. The figure reflects the town climate and growing season length based on local observations.
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Dawson
Yukon Territory
Canada
Former Pontotoc Countian Killed in Korea in September
Charles Edward Forehand, a former Pontotoc County man born near Byars, was killed in action in Korea on September 16 while serving with the 25th Division. Survived by parents in El Paso, sister in Tulsa, brother Allen, and niece Beverly. Funeral pending in Ada with Oak Avenue Baptist Church to host.
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Charles Edward Forehand
Korea
Pontotoc County
Ada
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Jack Carroll
Memorial Park
Forehand
Robert Forehand
el Paso
Tex
Byars
McCalls Chapel
Allen
U. S. Marine Corps
Mineral Wells
Safeway
Food Mart Grocery
Ft. Riley
Kas
Beverly
Lillian Masters
Tulsa
Cpl
Allen Forehand
C. W. Malone
Stratford
Cities Service Oil Company
Longshoreman Convicted in Knife Slaying of Bus Driver
In Houston a 25 year old Negro longshoreman Johnny Lee Morris was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the knife killing of white bus driver Florian A. Nowak on October 4. Morris testified he acted in self defense after being kicked to the floor.
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Houston
Johnny Lee Morris
Florian ‘A. Nowak
New Mexico GOP Warned on 1952 Election Effort
In Albuquerque 1951 GOP leaders learned from Senator Everett M Dirksen that hard work is needed to elect a president in 1952. Dirksen warned under the Truman era the U S faces dissolution of economic freedom little by little and urged Republicans to not take the election for granted.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U. S
Dirksen
Ready For Anything 45th Division In Top Condition
Rep. John Jarman says Oklahoma’s 45th Division is ready for anything with high morale after a five week Orient trip. He cites excellent training and provisioning, notes officer promotion issues, and reports 25 percent of the unit attends church services.
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Oklahoma City
John Jarman
Oklahoma
Orient
Hokkaido
Hong Kong
Philippines
Hawaii
Korea
Jarman
45Th
Vernie Smith to lose remaining eye to halt cancer
Vernie Smith, a two year old from Woodward, Oklahoma, will have the last eye removed on Sunday to prevent cancer spread. His left eye was removed last February. The boy’s Christmas celebration was held early so he could see presents as hundreds of Woodward residents visited him.
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Woodward
Okla
Vernie Smith
Vernie
Prowler Still Free After Christmas Tree Theft Bid
Miami grocer R. L. Lawrence offered a 10 dollar reward for a 2.50 Christmas tree after a theft last Wednesday. He placed another tree outside his store as bait but is now two trees short and the prowler remains at large.
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Miami
Okla
R. L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Town Marshal Nabbed in Prostitution Raid Near Newport
Newport Kentucky December 15 state police swept the Hi Dee Ho Club in Wilder arresting 43 people including Town Marshal James E Harris charged with unlawful assembly. Eleven women faced prostitution counts eight men gambling 10 others setting up games of chance Harris surrendered his pistol amid the raid. All 43 released on bond to await trial Monday in Campbell County Court.
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Newport
Wilder
James E. Harris
Harris
Campbell County
Entertainer Held On Murder Charge In Boston
Edwin M. Sowder, a 43 year old unemployed entertainer and former baseball player, is held without bail on a murder charge for the shooting of his wife Dorothy 26 mother of two. She was found shot in bed and had filed for divorce days earlier. Sowder claimed she took her own life.
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Boston
Washington
Edwin M. Sowder
Dorothy
Sowder
Bodies of Seven Sooners Returned From Korea
The Department of Defense announced the Loma Victory will dock in San Francisco with 510 Americans who died in Korea. Oklahoma names include Army Pvt James Allbritton Spiro Pvt Verlan Bradshaw Oklahoma City Pvt Raymond Cunningham Tulsa Pvt Thomas Dorrell Broken Arrow Lt Harold Douglas Oklahoma City Pfc Billy Patterson Sand Springs Marine Pfc Don Corley Chickasha.
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Washington
Korea
San Francisco
Department of Defense
Oklahoma
Army
James Allbritton
Price Albritton
Spiro
Verlan R. Bradshaw
Hugh A. Bradshaw
Oklahoma City
Pfe
Raymond L. Cunningham
Charles R. Cunningham
Tulsa
Thomas A. Dorrell
Ruby C. J. Dorrell
Rt. 1
Broken Arrow
Harold F. Douglas
Lenora B. Douglas
Billy J. Patterson
Robert Patterson
Sand Springs
Don L. Corley
Carl W. Corley
Chickasha
Man Seeks Legal Death Ruling in California Case
Convicted murderer Tom Talle, once a wealthy rancher, asks a jury to decide if he is legally dead. County counsel argues he cannot sue due to loss of civil rights under California law. Talle, imprisoned for life at San Quentin, sued the county for 3600 dollars for rental value of his impounded Los Gatos home.
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San Jose
Calif
Tom Talle
Howard W. Campen
Talle
California
Los Gatos
San Quentin
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