Bill Cook Escape Tops State News 1951 Oklahoma
The year’s top Oklahoma story recounts Billy Cook's bloody escape and kidnap spree across the Southwest ending in California and Mexico, with trials in Oklahoma City and California, and a push for the death penalty. Also noted are the 45th Division’s deployment to the Far East, destructive floods, legislative actions, a rising highway toll, and a dramatic McAlester kidnapping ending near Blue Mountain.
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Saul Feldman
Associated Press
Billy Cook
Oklahoma
Cook
Joan Dillinger
Japan
Korea
Jackie Parris
Diseases decline in Oklahoma in 1951 report
Oklahoma health officials released a 1951 report showing lower incidence of 12 communicable diseases compared with the previous year. Only four diseases measles meningitis poliomyelitis and whooping cough rose in numbers while others fell.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma to issue full size 1943 license tags if steel available
Oklahoma will issue full sized auto and truck license tags in 1943 unless steel is unavailable. The Oklahoma Tax Commission, Board of Affairs, and penitentiary officials agreed the Board of Affairs will produce the large tags, with Wardens promising steel supplies and a cost around 203000 dollars. If stock runs short, year only tags used as in World War II.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Iice
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Board of Affairs and Penitentiary Effigists
Board of Affairs
Tax Commission
Jerome E. Waters
State Safety Commission
Raymond Cox Leaves East Central State for Auto Insurance
Raymond Cox known as Guvoce resigns from East Central State College history department effective December 31 to sell automobile insurance with Farmers Insurance Exchange. A longtime Ada educator and coach, he joined Ada High School and later East Central faculty, coaching basketball football tennis and teaching history. The Cox family resides at 1030 East Central Boulevard with daughter Grace Marie Armstrong living in Monterrey, California.
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Raymond Cox
Guvoce
East Central State College
Cox
Farmer's Insurance Exchange
Aca
Central State College
Ada High School
East Central
Polly Wallace
Mickey McBride
Horace Mann
East Central Boulevard
Coxes
Grace Marie Armstrong
Monterrey
California
Widespread Rainy Areas Across U.S. Saturday
The eastern two thirds enjoyed milder weather as temperatures rose up to 30 degrees. A wide rain band pushed from the coast into Northern Utah, Southern Idaho and Northwestern Montana. Frigid Maine cooled to 21 below zero at night. Light snow fell in parts of Minnesota, New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, while Chicago’s deep snow melted into mush affecting traffic.
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Midwest
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Chicago
Trafic
butane shortage may close 15 Oklahoma rural schools
Oklahoma City December 29. Fifteen rural Oklahoma county schools may be forced to close within two weeks if a butane propane fuel shortage continues. County Superintendent C. E. Grady said the State Legislative Council will investigate reports of the shortage at a meeting Thursday.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
C. E. Grady
State Legislative Council
Douglas Crawford Divide Over Ike Truman As Winners
Washington December 2 7 A Democratic Senator said General Eisenhower is the overwhelming favorite for president while a Republican Congressman warned President Truman could win another term if the election were held now. Senator Douglas of Illinois noted many voters would cross party lines for Eisenhower if he became the GOP nominee. Rep Crawford of Michigan said Truman could carry Michigan against any GOP candidate and cited income tax scandals as damaging but not decisive. Neither Truman nor Eisenhower has publically declared intent to run in 1952. Douglas said he would not accept a Democratic nomination if it came his way.
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General Eisenhower
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Eisenhower
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Michigan
Dougas
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Karen
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Jerusalem
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A Weiter
Pearl Harbor
Check Complaints Of Rackets On Fees For Overseas Jobs
Senate investigators examine complaints of a racket in fees charged to workers hired for overseas defense jobs. Private agencies allegedly take five percent of pay plus allowances, as thousands of American workers are shipped abroad to build bases and installations. A public hearing may be held after Congress reconvenes in January.
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Senate
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Watchdog Group
Congress
No Parking Signs Erected in Ada Alleys
Ada authorities install no parking signs in all downtown alleys to keep them clear for emergencies. Police Chief Cecil Smith appeals to business people and the public for cooperation. Violations will lead to tar removal and impounding. Alleys may be used for loading but must remain unblocked by trucks and carriers.
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Ada
Cecil Smith
Bellamy Named As Chief At Sulphur
Clyde Bellamy has been appointed chief of police of Sulphur to succeed Marvin Stephens whose resignation takes effect January 1. Appointed by Mayor E D Vernon, council confirmation is awaited this week. Bellamy, with about 34 months on the force, has worked since resigning last September 1 for Makins Sand and Gravel Co. He says no changes are planned and wishes all remaining with him while Stephens travels for a local business man.
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Marvin Stephens
Bellamy
E. D. Vernon
Makins Sand and Gravel Co
Stephens
Joe Mac Floyd Wounded in Korea at December 20
Corporal Joe Mac Floyd, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Furman Floyd of Ada, was wounded in action in Korea on December 20. He served with Company C, 180th Infantry, 45th Division after graduating Ada High School in 1950 and training at Camp Polk then in Hokkaido. News notes units of the Thunderbirds Division were in Korea with letters already reporting mortar fire.
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Far East
Oklahoma
Camp Polk
Hokkaido
Japan
Thunderbirds
Korea
45Th
State
Kansas
Missouri
Miami
Gkahoma
Muaide
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma A. and M
University of Okahoma
State Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Joe Mac Floyd
Furman Floyd
West Ninth
Ada
Cpl. Floyd
Ca. C
180Th Infantry
Ada High School
Thunderbirds Division
A Great New Year Call to Equal Shared Duty
Dr Ralph W Lockman urges readers to embrace great living in hard times. He calls for extended concern and sympathy for world issues, urges service over self, and cites wartime sacrifices and a miner’s shutdown in McAlester Oklahoma as context for civic duty.
Grass Fire Roars Through 300 Acres Near Hereford Heaven
A grass fire began in W. T. Holloman’s yard near Hickory School at 3 p.m. Saturday and swept about 300 acres of prime grass along Hereford Heaven's northern border before firefighters from Sulphur, Rott, Roy Turner’s ranch, Chapman Ranch, and nearby farms, totaling around 15 units, halted the blaze by 5:30 p.m. No livestock injuries reported. The fire crossed Highway No. 12 and threatened homes and grazing land, with the cause undetermined and wind aiding the rapid spread.
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Hickory
Hereford Heaven
Manta rEire
Roy Turner
W. T. Holloman
Holloman
Turner Ranch
House Committee Urges Death Penalty for Espionage
The House Un-American Activities Committee urged drastic steps against Soviet spying in the United States. It proposed making foreign espionage punishable by death even in peace time and cited a 30 year review showing a lack of prosecutions. It noted potential espionage within the Department of Justice and referenced Judith Coplon and Alger Hiss.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
United States
Department of Justice
Department
Judith Caplon
Alger Hiss
Past Rock Sewer Work Gains Pace Citywide Expansion
City reports faster progress on rock removal and sewer trenching along the road south of Wintersmith Park as part of the citywide sewer system expansion begun earlier this year. Don Pray of Monett is advancing the new larger disposal plant northeast of town with a projected June completion, weather permitting.
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John Hamman
Wintersmith Park
Hamman
Don Pray
Monett
Missing Cattle Located After Daylong Search Near Stone Wall
Ten head of cattle reported missing from Mrs. John McKay's pasture southeast of Stone Wall Christmas Eve were found in the owner's pasture after Deputy Ernest Miers spent Friday patrolling Boggy creek and Buck creek areas. The herd included three cows four heifer calves and two steer calves. Nearby pasture holds about 90 head one mile south and one mile east of Stone Way.
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John McKay
Stonewall
Ernest Miers
Buck Creek
Stoneway
Canadian to Lead Finnish Mormon Mission from Lethbridge
Mal colm Asplund of Lethbridge will serve as a Mormon missionary in Finland. He becomes the first Canadian assigned to the church's Finnish mission based in Helsinki.
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Finns
Lethbringe
Alta
Malcolm Asplund
Lethbridge
Finland
Helsinki
Christmas Visits and Local News From Stratford Area
Stratford residents and relatives gathered for Christmas with families across Cromwell Dallas Ada Fittstown Seminole and Oklahoma City. A Baptist church program featured Santa. Norman Graper of Evansville Illinois injured on ice. Northern Italy floods claim over 100 lives and cost about half a billion dollars in damage.
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Walter Graper
Norman Graper
Evansville, IL
Norman
Italy
Inventing a forecasting stick by Dr Irving P Krick
Denver weather pioneer Dr Irving P Krick announced a new forecasting stick for weather prediction. The device resembles a slide rule with cloud pictures guiding forecasts by matching observed clouds and wind direction on adjustable panels for geography and season.
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Denver
Irving. P. Krick
West
Water Resources Development Corporaton
Taxpayer group urges Congress to balance budget
The Nations Conference of State Taxpayer Associations urged Congress to balance the federal budget in the next fiscal year without tax increases. Steve Stahl of Oklahoma City announced the plan, calling for regained control of annual appropriations and sharp cuts in non-essential spending. He warned of a looming showdown in federal fiscal affairs.
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Oklahoma City
the Nations Conference of State Taxpayer Associations
Congrest
Steve Stahl
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council
Congress
Stahl
Used car prices drop in Singapore as new imports rise
A 30 percent fall in used car prices in the colony is reported by dealers. Prices peaked last July and August, but the growing supply of new cars has driven the decline. A dealer spokesman expects further drops as more European imports arrive.
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Singapore
Europe
Critical metals to be short now for civilian needs
New York December 29 1951 defense production chief Manly Fleischmann warns civilian consumer goods output may be reduced in Q2 1952 and the military’s material needs won’t peak until end of 1952. National Production Authority allocates about 40 000 to 42 000 tons of lead for January. zinc relies on ore concentrates and may ease for smelters by late 1952 or 1953. Major metals prices unchanged from last week with lead around 18 1/2 to 19 cents per pound and zinc near 19 to 20 cents.
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New York
Metals l
Defense
Manly Fleischmann
Zinc Institute
U.S
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Joe Scott Dies in California Auto Wreck
Friends report the death of Joe Scott, a 1939 East Central College graduate and former Fittstown shop teacher, killed instantly in a California automobile accident. He served in World War I, spent four years as a prisoner of war, and remained in the Army after return before his death.
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East Central College
Fittstown
Scott
California
East Central
Duncan
Far East
Not Official Yetis Super Secret Radar Gunsight in Korea
Wiesbaden Germany reports U S radar gun sight for jet fighters, allegedly used by F 86 Sabres in Korea, possibly in Russian hands. Officers are cautious about confirming details while noting the sight could be compromised by detonating devices.
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Korea
Wiesbaden
Germany
America
U. S
West Germany
Kall
Air Force
Cushing Man Is Traffic Victim
Oklahoma traffic death toll rose to 566 68 this Saturday with the latest fatality Thomas M Lumly 74 of Cushing in a two car crash 44 miles east of Bartlesville on US 60 His wife Bess Lumly 50 was hospitalized the other driver and passenger escaped serious injury
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Associated Proag
Oklahoma
Thomas M. Lumiy
Cushing
Bartlesville
Bess Lumly
Moviegoers Searched At Entrances For Security
Attendants scan moviegoers entering theaters for suspicious or non European individuals amid fears of terrorist attacks. The measure follows reports of grenade use and explosions in crowds and inside venues, reflecting heightened security concerns.
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