Queen Elizabeth II Returns to Ascend Throne and Bury King
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in London at 4 15 p m from Nairobi to ascend the throne and honor King George VI s burial. Prime Minister Churchill leads the welcome delegation as police guard the emotional airport scene amid a five month world tour. She proceeds to Clarence House then Buckingham Palace for royal duties.
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London
Elizabeth II
George VI
United Kingdom
Dominions
Nairobi
Kenya
Princess Elizabeth
Winston Churchill
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Duke of Windsor
New York
Churchill
Elizabeth
Clarence House
Buckingham Palace
Sabre Pilot Damages Two Red MIGs in North Korea Battle
Lt. William C. Shofner of Wayne Oklahoma piloted a Sabre escort over North Korea in a three minute clash that damaged two Red MIG jets. The action involved 17 Sabres and 30 Red jets as UN forces struck rail lines and supply buildings while snow faded and ground fighting continued.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
William C. Shofner
Wayne
Okla
Shofner
Yalu
Manchuria
United Nations
U.N
Chorwon
Oklahoma GOP delegates face Ike Taft clash at state convention
Four delegates will decide the balance of power in Oklahoma as Eisenhower Taft split remains. Tulsa district meeting gave Taft strength with two delegates and an uncommitted seat. Bartlesville district backed Taft. Eisenhower four to five with one uncommitted and one for MacArthur. Taft endorsed by Bartlesville. no opposition to the slate.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Joe McGraw
Eisenhower
Tulsa
McGraw
Chicago
Ohio
Bartlesville
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Bardsville
Russian Embassy Delayed Flag Half Staff for King
Washington report says the Russian Embassy did not lower its flag to half staff for King George VI until late in the day, with no flag visible at 4 45 p m. After inquiries, officials announced at 6 p m that the flag would fly at half staff.
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Washington
George VI
Embassy Row
Arkansas Weather Quiet and Mild Through Friday
Fair and warm this afternoon and tonight in Arkansas. Friday remains fair and mild across the state.
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Arkansas
Prison Player in Real Fast Break Vanishes After Latta Game
An Oklahoma State Penitentiary inmate known as an Outlaw used a swift fast break after a basketball game at Latta on Wednesday night. Perry F. Blalock sparked the move, but the inmate then vanished, marking the Outlaws first trouble this season.
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Latta
OSP “Outlaws
Perry F. Blalock
Johnny Miller
Portland Park
Tulsa
Tulsa County
Blalock
Ada
Ada Amvets
Outlaws
McAlester
Cancer Group Organizes County Unit for Society Effort
Ada residents from business church and service groups met at the Aldridge Hotel to back formation of a county unit of the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Riley Bailey was named county unit commander and Homer W. Peay chaired as drive director. Menter G. Baker outlined the society program stressing education service and research with films on breast self examination and upcoming literature.
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Ada
Aldridge Hotel
American Cancer Society
Homer W. Peay
Riley Bailey
VFW
Menter G. Baker
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Baker
East Central College
Peay
Drive
Jack Ryan
Bailey
A. W. Oliver
Oliver
Asbury Methodist Church
The
Ministerial Alliance
Ivan J. Young
O. E. Parker
United Church
Susie McCormick
Mary H. West
Order of the Eastern Star
Buena Smith
Ada Credit Womens
Wilson
Della Bedford
National
Joe Roper
Ada Garden Clubs
Miss Laird
Maurine Lee
Ada Business and Professional Womens Club
Zelmodean Woods
Jaycee Jones
Kada
Joe L. Gifford
Junior Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Yagel
Sugg Clinic
R. R. Leonard
G. R. Burns
Rebekah Lodge No. 79
Man Admits Stabbing Two Women to Death in Bronx
John Kerringer 30, a defense plant worker from Manhattan, confessed to killing two women found slain in Mrs. Genevieve Mitchell and Mrs. Frances Castello in Mitchells Bronx apartment. The victims, ages 36 and 45, were friends.
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New York
Bronx
George B. de Luca
John Kerringer
Manhattan
Genevieve Mitchell
Frances Castello
Mitchell
Service Station Changes Hands
The Twelfth Street Service Station at Twelfth and Stockton is now under new management. G. E. Keeling, a longtime Ada resident, is operating the station after previously working from 416 West Twelfth at the Groover Generator and Starter Shop.
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Twelfth Street
Twelfth and
Stockton
G. E. Keeling
Keeling
West Twelfth
Groover
Race Ends in Kidnap Charge in Oklahoma Chase
John Burt French, 42, arraigned on federal kidnapping charges after a high speed pursuit north of Durant Oklahoma. Dr. Leroy Engles of Durant identified him as the man who abducted him and administered a narcotics injection after crossing the Red River to Denison Texas. Bond set at 10000. French from Denison was captured after a gun battle and foot chase. narcotics found in his car.
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Antlers
Okla
John Burt French
French
Leroy Engles
Durant
Engles
Red River
Denison
Tex
Oklo
Luzon Smith
Studies on Adult Level Will Begin At College Soon
East Central State college will launch an adult level study series starting February 19 in the Faculty Clubroom at 7 30 p m. David Matthis will discuss Southern Politics and lead a discussion. The program invites all in the college community. Subsequent talks cover Semantics, Modern Views of History, The Economics of J M Keynes, The Electronic Age, and The Atom with various presenters through April 19.
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East Central State College
David Matthis
O. C. Ramsay
Ramsay
R. W. Amsler
Vernon Upchurch
J. M. Keynes
Brown Mackin
Electronic Age
H. M. Landis
Drivers Unhurt in Headon Collision Southwest of Ada
Two 1951 Chevrolet pickups collided head on around 5 30 p m on a county road 16 miles southwest of Ada. Bennie Ownbey and Sally Nina McWhirter, both of Ada Route 5, were cited for unauthorized driving left of center and driving on the left side in meeting. McWhirter ordered to appear before Peace Justice Percy Armstrong.
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Here
Ada
Bennie Ownbey
Sally Nina McWhirter
H.uth Arsdell
Ownbey
Peace Justice Court
C. W. Floyd
McWhirter
Peace
Percy Armstrong
Anthem changes London to God Save the Queen
Britain’s national anthem reportedly changes to God Save the Queen as Elizabeth II is proclaimed sovereign by the Accession Council. The event marks a formal transition of the crown and the start of a new constitutional era.
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London
Britain
the Queen
Elizabeth
Accession Council
Nothing Entered or Exited Worlds Yet Lucky to Break Even
A wry line notes that a person brings nothing into life and leaves with nothing, and in today’s rough world the person is fortunate to merely break even, a blunt reflection attributed to Byjan News.
U.S. Newsman to Testify on Katyn Massacre Claims
Washington hears Henry Cassidy former AP Moscow chief now NBC news editor will testify before a House committee on Katyn Forest massacre claims. He joins witnesses who say Soviet authorities framed German crimes. the panel probes Polish officers missing since 1939 and mass graves near Smolensk.
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Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
National Broadcasting Co
House
Katyn Forest
Cassidy
Katyn
Smolensk
Tadeusz Romer
Iron Curtain
Russia
Kathleen Harriman
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
State Department
Stanley C. Mortimer Jr
New York City
John Mitchell
Mortimer
Arthur Bliss Lane
Warsaw
The
American Legion
Washington
Harriman
Mitchell
Lane
Narrow Gap on Troop Rotation in Korea Talks
MUNSAN Korea negotiations show Reds and Allies narrowing gaps on troop rotation and civilian displacement. Allies drop demands on civilian swap and civilian interviews, while airfield rehabilitation remains shelved. A high level political conference within 90 days is studied as a path to broader peace.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Pon totoc County Junior High Tourney Scores
Four games in the Junior High division yielded advancing teams for Friday’s 1 2 p m semifinals at East Central. Stonewall defeated Allen 21 16 while Francis edged McLish 34 33. Latta beat Vanoss 13 11 and Byng topped Roff 22 21.
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Pontotoc County
East Centra
Stonewall
Allen
Francis
McLish
Latta
Vanoss
Byng
Roff
Driver fined for driving without a license in Ada
Harper Crawford Jr. of Ada Route 4 paid 34 dollars in fines and costs after appearing before Percy Armstrong to answer charges of driving a motor vehicle without a driver s license. Crawford was stopped on SH 99 at the north edge of Ada by highway trooper Aubrey A. Mitchell.
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Harper Crawford, Jr
Ada
Route 4
Percy Armstrong
Crawford
SH 99
Aubrey A. Mitchell
U S Paid Hungary To Free Four American Airmen
Senator Hunt announced the United States paid Hungary 120000 dollars for the release of four American airmen. He cited the risk of harm to the crew and said there was no telling what might happen to them.
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Sen. Hunt
Washington
Hunt
D-Wyo
United States
Hungary
State Acheson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Acheson
Russell
D-Ga
U. S
Germany
Yugoslavia
Sgt
James Elam
Kingsland, Ark
Dave Henderson
Shawnee
Kla
Three Dead Two Critically Hurt In Road Accident
Three people died and two were critically injured in a one car crash near Oklahoma City. The vehicle hit a bridge abutment with great force, the motor thrown from the cowling, and the car demolished. Names include Rex N. Sharp from Girard Kansas and Carol Augusta Truelove of Oklahoma City.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
H. L. Lloyd
Rex N. Sharp
Tinker Air Force Base
Girard
Kan
Matthew Kraut
Carol Augusta Truelove
James Hannan McClean
Maxine Coburn
Oklahoma
CofC Forum Sees Slow Ticket Sales for Friday Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce community development meeting with Charles T. Evans as principal speaker faces slim attendance as advance sales lag. The event, in the East Central Student Union Ballroom, will feature progress reports on the Ada Industrial Development Corporation and future industry plans.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ron Bailey Chamet
Charles T. Evans
Little Rock
Ark
Student Union
East Central
Bailey
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
Adans
Rubber ban sparks Penang unemployment fears in Malaya
Rubber dealers in Penang fear mass unemployment as Indonesia bans export of certain rubber grades to Malaya. Factories across the Federation and Singapore rely on reprocessing crude rubber from Indonesia, threatening local jobs.
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Penang
Malaya
Indonesia
Federation
Singapore
Johnston County Jury Term Ends in Two Cases
Johnston County’s court term closed with two criminal trials. Albert Akins of Ravia was found not guilty of second degree rape, a case linked to a 14 year old girl from Tishomingo. Jack Williams of Ravia received a three year sentence for assault with intent to kill. For the first time women sat on the jury, Mrs. Ben McLaughlin and Mrs. Homer Buford from Tishomingo serving.
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Tishomingo
Johnston County
Albert Akins
Ravia
Akins
Wood
Denver Payne
Robert Ayres
Ayres
Ben McLaughlin
Homer Buford
Elizabeth Becomes Titular Head of Pair of Churches
London report states Queen Elizabeth II became titular head of two separate churches upon her father’s death. She remains head of the Church of England and Church of Scotland, attending sacraments in both, though the two denominations have no shared communion.
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Elizabeth
London
Elizabeth II
Church of England
Church of Scotland
England
Scotland
Measles Outbreak Tops 1938 U S Totals
Washington reports the most measles cases in the U S since 1938 with 76 725 cases in five weeks and 18 825 cases last week amid scattered flu like illnesses across New York Maryland Oregon California Nevada Arkansas and Virginia.
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Washington
Public Health Service
New York
Maryland
Oregon
California
Nevada
Arkansas
Virginia
The Pessimist’s Take on Marriage
A humorous note suggests a husband should avoid criticizing his wife lest he be named the biggest fool for saying yes to the marriage proposal.
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Communist Party
U. S. District Court
Los Angeles
Frank Spector
Dorothy Healey Connolly
Philip “Slim” Connelly
Ben Dobbs
Mary Bernadette Doyle
Ernest Fox
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
Carl Lambert
International Soundphoto
Trusty
Com
Race
Byjan News
U.S
Berlin
Matthew B. Ridgway
Formosa
Cofc Forum
Johnston
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