Yule Nole- School's Cut For Holidays
Holiday atmosphere tightens as Ada students finish schedules and head home. Christmas parties and cantata programs fill the week with gatherings at First and Oak Avenue Baptist churches. Families plan festive meals, decorations brightens the city as students return for joyous reunions.
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Ada
Cargis Anc
Frops School
Aca
East Central College
Conurch
Atteanion
First Baptist Church
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
St. Joseph Cie Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Winter Officially In Early Friday
Winter arrives officially Friday at 4 14 am with a forecast for temperatures to rise toward spring in much of the state. Rain possible in the southeast and eastern Oklahoma. Overnight lows ranged from 10 toward ngnoka with varied city readings. McAlester 38 Ardmore 41 Fort Sill 43 Hobart 33 Oklahoma City 40 Tulsa 36.
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Associated Press
Wisner
Oklahoma
Gage
City
Gumon
Mercury
McAlester
Ardmore
Fort Sill
Hobart
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Guy
Toy Privé Start Dec 26 Plans Mentioned
Motion to drive theater funds records a 3,060,000 allocation last year for a program named Eurotan ch ildren, while references to the Philippines and Korea hint at wartime relief for children amid ongoing conflict, with tentative start dates noted for December 25 and 26.
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Drive
Philippines
Korea
Blackwell Couple Found Dead in Asphyxiation Case
In Blackwell Oklahoma Warren Gabe twenty and his wife Pepsx nineteen were found dead in their home yesterday in what Kay County Attorney Lowell Dozzett termed an apparent asphyxiation. The couple had reportedly been missing since Monday and neighbors noted all lights and blinds were shut.
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Blackwell
Okla
Blackwell Smelter
Warren Gabe
Pepsx
Kay County
Lowell Dozzett
Weather Outlook for Okishorra Fair Skies Are Expected
Generally fair conditions prevail with considerable cloudiness in the southwest early tonight. Notably cooler north central and north areas with readings around 35 to 40. Friday will warm to 60 to 65, with the west showing higher temperatures.
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Okishorra
Oklahoma Tulsa Turnpike ground broken by Governor Turner
Ola, Dec. 21—Governor Roy J. Turner turned the first spadeful of dirt for the Tulsa-Oklahoma City toll road, with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority joining in. A contract was let for 4 1/2 miles from Sapulpa to the Tulsa line. Turner dismissed fears of toll road hardships on small cities and noted opposition in the legislature, which granted two years to begin construction. Also reported: Oklahoma highway safety shows fewer accidents at border areas, and Tokyo dispatches say American casualties in Korea totaled 11,964 killed, wounded or missing in the worst two weeks of retreat.
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Sapulpa. Ola
Roy J. Turner
Tulsa-Oklahoma City
Epulpa
Tulse
Turner
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Okahoma
Maine
New Jersey
York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tulsa
Jer
Senate
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Public
Coble Garmbill
Acc
Tokyo
B MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Totel
Mde
Republic
Manders
Washington
Cated
S. Annsco
Three Injured in Auto Crash Near Ada
Auto wreck near Ada at Able so Curve at about 11 15 p m sent three persons to Wales ley View hospital for treatment. Robert Leonard, Yurn Allgood of Ada Rt 5 and Hazel Harrell were injured. Leonard and Harrell listed in fair condition. Allgood released after treatment. Car demolished after overturning three times and hitting an embankment. victims thrown about 75 feet. Trooper Killian rushed them to hospital within minutes.
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Ableso
Walesley View Hospital
Robert Leonard
Ada
Firom Ca Dence
Stonewall
Anloso
Yurn Allgood
Rt 5
Hazel Harrell
Norta Bluti
Leonard
Harrell
Allgood
Cy Killian
Lesnach
All
Road Hog Ruins Car On Highway Collision
A 450 pound hog struck a car on a highway. The vehicle suffered extensive damage and the hog was killed.
Advice Good But Hubby Died at 55
Mrs. day N. Place recently marked her 02nd birthday and spoke on life lessons. She has two children and described caring for her son while recalling the death of Charles Flore in 1992 at age 55.
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Hubby
Day N. Place
Beachhead Quiet After Big Barrage in Korea
Tokyo dispatches describe a heavy Chinese and North Korean assault on the central front near Hungnam with survivors retreating and allied forces holding the line. General MacArthur headquarters cites heavy losses for the Chinese in a 10 to 1 ratio during the late November to early December period, as UN casualties rise to over twelve thousand with Americans making up most killed.
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Tokyo
Tande
Korea
Huignam
Sea of Japan
MacArthur
North Korea
United Nations Sameter
U. N
ROK
Defense Department
Washington
Navy. 24
Inc
Lions Collect Funds for Salvation Army Drive
Ada Lions club members collected donations on the bell during a Salvation Army drive, totaling 68.01 dollars. Captain Short reported the effort fed 100 families and noted growing community cooperation, with plans to extend aid as funds allow. The group aimed to distribute meals and essentials to the needy daily.
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Salvation Army
Ada Lions Club
Salvation 4
Christon Army
Short
Capt Short
Robbersteer Xcle Spirit New York
Joseph Cosgrove told police that two holdup men early today took his wallet valued at 385 dollars and then handed back 25 dollars with the comment This is your Christmas.
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New York
Joseph Cosgrove
Senate Passes Defense Bill in Lopsided Votes
Senate action speeds through a $20.0 billion defense appropriation and a $1.699 billion social security construction authorization. Both measures passed by voice vote as President Truman awaits final actions. House action matched, with ongoing negotiations to resolve funding differences and defense programs amid wartime Korea concerns.
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Senate
Truman
House
Korea
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Servicers Committee
Capitol
Jeaders
President Truman
Mystery Bullets Strike Two More in Philadelphia
Philadelphia dispatch reports two more residents felled by unknown gunfire amid ongoing sniper attacks. Sixteen year old George Halle Jr. and 54 year old Richard C. Sayers were wounded in separate incidents, while police contemplate whether the same unseen shooter linked to the earlier Cohen case is at large.
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Philadelphia
Richard C. Sayers
Lhce
Cohen Jane
Pakistan to form nationwide civil defense organization
A civil defense organization for all of western and eastern Pakistan will be established soon. The interior ministry will oversee the plan with S. NS in charge. Bakar has been trained as a civil defender, and security will be included in the new organization.
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Karachi
Pakistan
S. Nskar
Ministry of Interio
Bakar
Entertainment Planned for Thunderbirds at Camp Polk Christmas
Camp Polk Louisiana prepares holiday fun for troops of the 45th Division. Three day trips to Beaumont Texas are planned, plus in camp events including a post field house dance with two bands, boxing, and service club activities. A Christmas program and full day of holiday entertainment are set, while a Camp Polk team plays a Texas air base in a boxing-like event.
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Camp Polk
45Th Division
Beaumont
Texas
Thunderbirds
Secrer
James R. Frazier
Tor J
Ters
Lickland
Air Force Base
50-50 Chance Of Red Blow In 1991
Former secretary of war Robert P Patterson warned of at least a 50 percent risk that Russia may launch an all out strike against the West in 1991. He rejected withdrawal of U S forces to the United States as defeatist and urged strengthening Allied forces in Europe under Eisenhower and in the Far East under MacArthur. Patterson warned that a unilateral pullout could cost freedom for 250 million people in western Europe.
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
Russia
West
Patterson
U. S
Herbert Hoover
Britain
Japan
Europe
Eisenhower
Far East
MacArthur
Interfath In Action Committee
Soviet Russia
Western
Three Year Peace Pact Between Railroads And Rail Unions
Washington December 21 1979 the White House announced a three year peace pact between major railroads and four operating rail unions outlining wage increases for about 120000 yardmen and 180000 road service workers with retroactive pay from October 1 plus cost of living adjustments quarterly starting next April the deal aims to halt a looming rail strike and restore operations while balancing union demands with railroad offers.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Oklahoma School Bus Drivers Association meeting review
The Oklahoma School Bus Drivers Association met Wednesday at Ada Junior High auditorium with broad county participation including Hughes Coal and Murray counties. Westes L. Camp of the state Education Department spoke on a forward look for transportation while Supt J E Teague outlined a legislative plan. State Senator Virgil Medlock endorsed transportation funding and pay raises, pledging legislative action. Rep-elect George Collins promised support as membership grows nationwide.
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Oklahoma School Bus Drivers Association
Ada
Norman C. Mitchell
Hughes
Coal
Murray
Westes L. Camp
State Department of Education
J_E_ Teague
Bynog
Oklahomi
Virgil Med
Names Aides For Big Post In Defense Mobilization
Washington report on Charles Wilson taking office as director of defense mobilization and naming General Lucius Clay and Sidney Weinberg as aides. Clay relinquishes Continental Can chair duties, Weinberg remains Goldman Sachs partner and former War Production Board vice chairman. Wilson vows to study needed powers and to shuffle agencies if required.
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Washington
Charles
Wilson
Goldman, Sachs and Company
New York
War Production Board
Vinson
Senate
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Truman
Death by Own Action Dismisses Manslaughter Charge
In Newrihk Oklahoma Kay County Judge Ralph Haynes dismissed manslaughter charges against Ben O Lambert 21 Blackwell for the slaying of Walton T Harris 24 two weeks earlier Harris reportedly was drunk and forced his way into Lambert's apartment The judge ruled Harris caused his own death by entering the home and Lambert acted within the law as his own action.
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Newrihk
Okla
Ben O. Lambert
Blackwell
Walton T. Harris
Kay County
Ralph Haynes
Harris
Lambert
Haynes
Mbert
Pessimistic view of civic pride in a Irish card remark
Fragment from a humorous column contrasts a glass of water with a Christmas card line about greetings. The speaker muses on a sour fellow's idea of civic pride, noting the occasional trimming and haircut as a comic, everyday reflection.
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Sore Feller
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