Wild Gas Blow Ends Oil Well Schedule Near Francis
An oil well near Francis, Sunray No. 3 Phillips, shifted from a two barrell per day oil producer to a violent gas blowout five miles east of Francis Friday afternoon. Workers fought to shut in the well as gas roared through the derrick, sending rocks and mud into the air and waking nearby residents. No injuries were reported.
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Francis
Sunray No
Phillips
Woody Harris
Harris
Wewoka
Tom Jacobs
Sunray
Jacobs
Bedbound boy to join class via phone hookup
Eight year old Bruce Davis, confined to bed with a leg condition, will participate in Hoover School third grade activities through an intercommunications system set up by Southwestern Bell. He can recite or ask questions by pushing a lever while Miss Ethel Enlow and his family support his schooling. Bruce's father is a public information officer at Vance Air Force Base.
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Enid
Okla
Bruce Davis
Clyde Davis
Bruce
R. J. Davis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hoover School
Ethel Enlow
Miss Enlow
Vance Air Force Base
Central State College
Edmond
Baltimore strike shuts down hundreds of schools
In Baltimore, a five day strike by 3,300 city workers halted garbage collection and left two thirds of the 160 public schools without heat. Teachers assigned work as classes moved to television lessons. union demand is a 10 percent raise, which the city rejects.
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Baltimore
AFL International Teamsters Union
John W. Lewis
Board of Education
Bill Crawfords Visit In Ada On Monday
Mr and Mrs Bill Crawford of Muskogee were in Ada Monday visiting and on business Crawford plans to return to Ada to make his home here He was born here grew up and attended Ada schools and later served five terms as mayor
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Bill Crawford
Muskogee
Ada
Crawford
U. S. District Attorney’s Office
Road Costs Study Sought By Group
Oklahoma legislative subcommittee on long range highway needs met with state highway commissioners and set January 27 for the next meeting. They seek cost comparisons with neighboring states noting Oklahoma pays less in excavation concrete paving reinforcing steel structural steel and structural concrete.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
C. A. Stoldt
Highway Department
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Texhoma Pioneer Found Shot Dead
Texhoma Oklahoma January 3 pioneer real estate dealer P E Benson aged 68 was found shot to death in his office a discharged .22 caliber rifle lay on the floor beside him Coroner Byrd Rogers of Guymon returned a verdict of death by accidental gunshot Leland Daniels a grocery operator in the same building found Benson slumped over his desk while investigating his ringing telephone.
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Texhoma
Okla
P . E. Benson
Byrd Rogers
Guymon
Leland Daniels
John Pugh
Benson
Daniels
Silk Worm Escape Sparks Western Silk Industry Origin
The text notes that silk came to the Western world around 550 A D after Emperor Justinian employed two monks to smuggle silk worm eggs from China. This established the early origin of silk production outside Asia.
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Justinian
China
Frost Hits Miami Area Early Today
Temperatures fell to the low 30s in suburbs and rural areas around Miami with Homestead at 29. The cold, called a radiation freeze, had farmers burning smudge fires and smoke drifting onto highways. No material crop damage was expected, officials said, as the brief cold period ended before dawn.
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Miami
Fla.Bh
Tony
Biscayne Bay
Homestead
Weather Bureau
J. O. Wolfenbarger
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada NEWS Want Ads reports increased value for invested amounts. Readers are advised to compare rates and benefits offered by local listings to maximize returns on vested funds.
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Ada News
Stratford News Update On Local Family Struggles
S A Lambert suffered a Christmas time stroke and remains not much improved. His wife is ill at home. Daughter Marie Haynes, a Boeing plant worker in Wichita Kansas, has taken a 30 day leave to care for her parents. Bill Irwin and wife were in Stratford Friday en route to Homer Louisiana where he transfers. They had lived in Guymon the past year. Irwin works for an oil company and had been on the job by Monday January.
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S. A. Lambert
Lambert
Marie Haynes
Boeing Airplane
Wichita
Kan
Bill Irwin
Stratford
Homer
Irwin
Irwins
Guymon
Mrs Dora Rodgers Visits Pampa Guests Return Home
Mrs Dora Rodgers returned home Friday night from Pampa Texas where she spent the Christmas holidays with her children there. Visited were Mr and Mrs Harry Hoyler Mr and Mrs Jud Jones and Mr and Mrs Carl Hoskins. Mr and Mrs Hoskins brought Mrs Rodgers to Stratford and remained for the weekend.
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Dora Rodgers
Pampa
Texas
Harry Hoyler
Jud Jones
Carl Hoskins
Lee Hurd Heads to California for Two Week Vacation
Lee Hurd departed Saturday morning for a two week vacation in California. He will stay with Bickford Hammond at El Cajon for most of the trip and visit friends in San Diego during his absence.
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Lee Hurd
California
Bickford Hammond
el Cajon
San Diego
Nadine Rigney Visits Tulsa Siblings During Week
Miss Nadine Rigney traveled to Tulsa on Saturday to spend the week with her brother Ray Rigney and his wife Mrs. Rigney.
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Nadine Rigney
Tulsa
Mrs
Ray Rigney
Army Took Wife Left Him at Home
Russ Emery, an Army reservist in Los Angeles, urged his wife Alice to join the nurse corps. She went on active duty in Korea while Emery remained at home awaiting possible recall. He worries about being called to active duty as his wife returns home, and faces an uncertain reunion timing.
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Los Angeles
Russ Emery
Alice
Emery
Korea
Honey
Chief Pushmataha Aims for Washington Canoe Appointment
Batesville Arkansas reports Chief Pushmataha also known as Jack Casey plans a six month paddle from eastern Oklahoma to Washington hoping President elect Eisenhower will appoint him Choctaw chief. He will travel via White Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans then inland routes to Tampa Miami Savannah and Wilmington before reaching Norfolk the Potomac and Washington.
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Batesville
Ark
Pushmataha
Washington
Eisenhower
Jack Casey
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Casey
New Orleans
Mississippi
Tampa
Miami
Savannah
Wilmington
N. C
Agen
Atlantic
Norfolk
Potomac
Death in Montreal Room Reveals Communist Material
Police found 60 year old Constantine Stathopolos dead in a cluttered Montreal room. Officers uncovered stacks of Communist code sheets subversive literature and a fully loaded sub machine gun with a long handled hatchet. He belonged to the Labor Pro P and was an agent for a New York magazine the American Greek Tribune.
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Montreal
Constantine Stathopolos
Labor Pro
New York
American Greek Tribune
Ontario Liberal premier F Hepburn dies at 56
Thomas Ont. ag aes F Hepburn a stormy petrel of Ontario politics of a decade ago died today. He was Liberal Party premier of Ontario from 1934 to 1942.
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A Thomas
Aes
F. Hepburn
Stormy Petrel
Ontario
Liberal Party
Sapulpa man jailed 15 years for bank robbery
Sapulpa businessman Glenn C. Whitt received a 15 year federal prison sentence from U S District Judge Edgar S. Vaught for the Lu thor First National Bank robbery last July. Whitt was arrested within four hours after the theft of more than $2 000 and confessed saying he needed money after business reverses.
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Oklahoma City
Glenn C. Whitt
Sapulpa
U. S
Edgar S. Vaught
First National Bank of Luthor
Whitt
Gomer Smith Jr
Vaught
Oklahoma County
Skirvin
Joe T. Martin Jr
Queen Mary Crew Cleared For Leave
New York January 5 The liner Queen Marys 1253 crew members were cleared for shore leave by immigration officials on arrival. Inspector Russell H. Danielson questioned the crew under the Carran Walter Act and District Director Edward J. Shaughnessy announced none were detained. The crew’s cooperation and friendly attitude were praised. Last week the Ascania cleared for shore leave while the Liberte denied leave for 299 of 974.
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New York
Queen Mary
Russell H. Danielson
Europe
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Ascania
Liberte
Three New County Officials Take Oath Monday in Pontotoc
Pontotoc County will inaugurate three new officials Monday as W. Barney Ward becomes county attorney Ray Goodwin takes the sheriff post and J D Thompson becomes county clerk succeeding longtime officeholders. Tal Crawford will continue as county judge. other veterans Abe Holloway Charley Rushing George Toler Bob Austell David Gray Rae Thompson also begin new terms. Norman Mitchell and Virgil Hunt start new fiscal year terms as county superintendent and county treasurer respectively.
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Pontotoc County
W. Barney Ward
Coy Mowdy
Ray Goodwin
J. D. Gaar
J. D. Thompson
Claud Bobbitt
Tal Crawford
Tom D. McKeown
Abe Holloway
Charley Rushing
George Toler
Bob Austell
David Gray
Rae Thompson
Norman C. Mitchell
Virgil Hunt
Pvt Sharver Joins 526th AAA Battalion at Fort Totten
Pvt. Quennion F. Sharver has joined the 526th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion at Fort Totten New York. He serves as a clerk in headquarters battery. formerly a vocalist in Snyder. His wife Rena Ruth Dam lives east of Konawa and attends East Central State College.
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Konawa
Quennion F. Sharver
Rena Ruth
Clarence Adams
Army
526Th
Fort Totten
New York City
Snyder
Sharver
W. C. Sharver
Route 1
Rena Ruthdams
East Central State College
Three Pontotoc Countians Seek Beer Licenses
Three Countians filed in county court for beer licenses Ayden G Haynes seeks package beer for 703 South Mississippi hearing January 12 at 10 am before Judge Tal Crawford W H Grinstead requests beer at Lot 10 Block 33 Main Street Stonewall hearing January 8 at 10 am Buel L Buchanan applies for beer at Lot 1 Block 14 Sunset Addition Allen hearing January 7 at 10 am
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Pontotoc
Ayden G. Haynes
South Mississippi
Ta) Crawford
W. H. Grinstead
Main Street
Stonewall
Buel L. Buchanan
Sunset
Allen
Everest May Have Grown Two Hundred Feet in Century
Scientists debate Everest growth by as much as 200 feet over the last century due to tectonic uplift. Measurements show variability by method and region, with researchers urging long term monitoring and refined seismic data to confirm the trend.
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Mt. Everest
Oath Administered for County Officers and Deputies
District Judge John Boyce McKeel administered the oath of office to county officers and deputies on Monday. Barney Ward and Hugh Fitzsimons were sworn as county attorney and assistant county attorney respectively, with several others taking oaths and continuing service. Ward, 27, and Fitzsimons, recent OU Law graduates, will operate in local offices with Norma Shaffer remaining as secretary.
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John Boyce McKeel
Barney Ward
Hugh Fitzsimons
Abe Holloway
Willadean Abbott
Faye Jones
Billie Cozad
Ray Goodwin
Oren Phillips
L. C. Cozad
Tince Crisp
George Latta
Herbert Griffith
Choc” Clifford
Don Thompson
Wilda Siner
Johnie Glen
Charlie Drummond
Rachel Coffey
Judge McKeel
Coy Mowdy
Senators from Big States Urged to Boost Expense Allowances
Senator John Williams of Delaware proposed raising official expense allowances for senators from heavily populated states. He cited Nixon's private expense funds during the campaign as a cautionary example and urged a leadership drive to address higher funding beyond the basic scales that vary by state population.
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Washington
John J. Williams
Del
Williams
Richard M. Nixon
Injured Airman Reports Crash In Bad Weather
An Air Force sergeant staggered into a Raleigh hospital with news of a transport plane crash in rain and fog. A 100 man search found the wreckage six hours later, with three officers dead and Staff Sgt Edward Matus hospitalized as the lone survivor.
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Raleigh
N. C
Anir
Raleigh-Durham
Edward Matus
Cleveland
Duke Hospital
Durham
Air Force
Louis R. Gossman
Norman W. Joyce
Donaldson Air Force E
Greenville
S. C
Robert W. Shaw
Jeese Air Force Base
Fayetteville
Isman
Canton
Fewer Jews Move Into Palestine Declines in 1952 Immigration
The Jewish agency reports an 85 percent drop in emigration to Israel in 1952 with 23,370 arrivals versus 173,901 in 1951. Most newcomers came from nine European countries, a third from North Africa, and a fifth from Iran. Early 1952 saw 3,712 Jews leave Romania, and later immigration from Communist states nearly stopped.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Israel
North Africa
Iran
Romania
Pluto Size Compared to Earth
The text notes that Pluto likely has about half the Earth's diameter and roughly one tenth of its mass, indicating Pluto is far smaller and less massive than our planet.
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Pluto
Gas Well Blowout Near Francis Prompts Plugging Effort
Workers continued efforts to seal a wild gas well nicknamed Little Booger located five miles east of Francis. After pulling 1500 feet of a 3000-foot hole, gas forced mud and cement were used in rounds to control the well over 24 hours. Cementing operations totaling 350 sacks aim to set the plug, with no reopening expected for a day or so. The gas is wet and not usable despite large volumes.
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Francis
Sunray
Tom Jacobs
Jacobs
Funeral for Hank Williams Draws 20000 in Montgomery
Montomery crowds packed the Municipal Auditorium for Hank Williams funeral with scraping fiddles and hillbilly hymns. Roy Acuff Ernest Tubb Red Foley and the Statemen's Quartet joined in singing Williams favorites as his wife and ex wife attended front row. Williams died en route to Canton Ohio after suffering a spinal ailment and sedative use.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hank Williams
Alabama
R. L. Lampley
Municipal Auditorium
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Williams
Roy Acuff
Ernest Tubb
Red Foley
Statemen
Billie Jones Williams
Audrey Williams
Beulah Kemp forfeits bond on possession charge
Beulah Mae Kemp of 409 North Constant forfeited a $20 bond in city police court after being charged with possession of intoxicating liquor following seizing of half a gallon of chock beer and a pint of wild cat whiskey from her address Saturday. Six other violators were arrested over the weekend, including three for drunkenness, and fines totaled $98.
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Beulah Mae Kemp
North Constant
Constant
Kaufman Returns to CBS Show Under New Sponsor
George S. Kaufman will rejoin the CBS program This Is Show Business on January 24 with a new sponsor after being dropped over a remark about Silent Night. CBS and Kaufman cite widespread misinterpretation and say the statement aimed at overuse of the carol in advertising, not anti religious sentiment.
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New York
George S. Kaufman
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Kaufman
Livestock Marketing Clinic Planned in Tahlequah
Tahlequah Oklahoma hosts a live stock marketing clinic Thursday under County Agent Billy S Parham. Wayne Miller Extension livestock specialist at Oklahoma College will conduct the clinic with practical guidance for farmers and ranchers.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Billy S. Parham
Wayne Miller
Oklahoma Atte: College
Air Force trims basic training to nine weeks
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Harper announces the Air Training Command will shorten basic training from 12 to nine weeks. The change starts at Lackland for new airmen enlisting next Monday, with Parks California and Sampson New York implementing in February and March respectively. Administrative processing and counseling are included in the nine week course.
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Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
WAF
Lackland
Harper
Air Force
Gainor Thomas of Coalgate Dies in Wreck
Gainor Thomas a Coalgate resident for years died Sunday at an Ada hospital from injuries suffered when his car overturned on a straight highway near the American Legion Hut as he hurried to Lehigh to pick up a friend. He had his left arm mangled, later amputated, and was born November 28 1914. Services were Monday at 2 30 p m at the Church of Christ with burial in Coalgate cemetery. Survivors include his father Daniel J Thomas of Ashland two sisters Mrs Rethea Fairless and Mrs Ethel Fairless of Ashland and Mrs Huey Barnes of Coalgate two brothers Morris and Seaborn Thomas of Long Beach California.
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Coalgate
Gainor Thomas
Ada
American Legion
Lehigh
Thomas
Church of Christ
Coalgate Funeral Home
Daniel J. Thomas
Ashland
Rethea Fairless
Ethel Fairless
Huey Barnes
Morris and
Seaborn Thomas
Long Beach
Calif
Son Born to Sgt Queroz in Japan
Sgt Thomas Queroz serving in Japan has a son born at Mary Hurley hospital. The five pound fourteen ounce boy, Thomas Edward Queroz, joins an older daughter Marsha Jean, as Mrs Ruby Queroz stays with her parents in Tupelo awaiting her husband’s return overseas.
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Coalgate
Thomas Queroz
Japan
Queroz
Mary Hurley Hospital
Ruby Queroz
Thomas Edward Queroz
Red Cross
Sgt
U.S. Denies Soviet U.N. Advance Korea Military Access
The State Department told Rep. Rogers that the United States runs military operations in Korea without prior clearance by any U.N. secretariat member. The department dismissed claims that Constantin Zinchenko or any other U.N. secretary receives confidential Korean military plans in advance.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
State Department
U. N. Secretariat
Rep. Rogers
D-Tex
Department
Igsgl
Dee Dodson
American Mercury Magazine
Constantine Zinchenko
U.N
U. N
Zinchenko
U. N. Ee
Nevada Congressman Reports Car Theft in Washington
Rep. Clifton Young of Reno says his car was stolen while he and his wife searched for an apartment near the Capitol. The vehicle, parked two blocks away, was recovered by police later that day and found ransacked but most belongings recovered.
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Washington
Nevada
Wash
Clifton Young
Capitol
Young
Reno
Ex Red Weyl claims Hiss was a 1933 Communist Party member
Nathaniel Weyl, a former Communist and government economist, testified in an interview that Alger Hiss was a member of a 1933 government unit within the Communist Party. Weyl said the unit comprised officials with promising careers and operated in secrecy, with Hiss attending 35 to 40 meetings.
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Washington
Nathaniel Weyl
Alger Hiss
Communist Party
Weyl
U. S
Wey
Hiss
Unit
State Department
Party
Steed and Kerr to push GRDA ferry hydro project bill
Rep. Tom Steed and Sen. Robert Kerr plan legislation to authorize GRDA to build and operate the Markham's Ferry hydro electric project near Pryor Oklahoma. The bill proposes 6.5 million dollars for flood control and GRDA bonds to cover the hydro electric phase while the state may operate the project.
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Washington
Grand River Dam Authority
GRDA
Pryor
Okla
Congress
Tom Steed
D-Okla
House
Robert S. Kerr
Senate
Kerr
Steed
Army Engineers
Markham
Grand River
Johnston Murray
House Public Works Committee
County Taxpayers Slow But Steady Growth Cited
Virgil Hunt county treasurer reports tax payments opened October 21 are arriving steadily. By Saturday $594,000, about 70 percent of the assessed amount, had been paid, with staff kept busy. He expresses satisfaction with the rate and confidence the county will meet the usual deadline before penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hunt
Unt
Army wrangling in Indonesia prompts emergency cabinet meeting
Jakarta reports government held an emergency cabinet session after unconfirmed claims Col. Bambang Sugent resigned as acting Army chief of staff. The crisis centers on the sultanate's clash with defense minister over recognizing Lt. Col. Warren as commander of the 7th Army Division.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Bambang Sugent
Hamengku Buwono IX
Sugong
Warren
7Th Army
Oklahoma City Taxes Rise By Over 135 Million
Oklahoma City saw federal income taxes total 678.991 million dollars last year, up 135.521 million from 1951. Earl R. Wiseman, director of the state Bureau of Internal Revenue, announced the increase today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
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