Trial Begins In Lunsford Bribery Case In Oklahoma
Federal Judge Eugene Rice hears the case against Gail Lunsford of Wynnewood for allegedly offering a $100 bribe to IRS agent B. F. Holmes of the Ada office. Holmes, checking Garvin County records, set up meetings in Pauls Valley with the Wynnewood businessman. The first offer was $100, then $50 to smooth tax returns, with a wire recorder used at the August 7 meeting. testimony continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Rice
Gail Lunsford
Wynnewood Business Tan
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Funsford
Dena
B. FR. Holmes
Bureau
Ada
Holmes
Oklahoma City
Garvin County
Lunsford
Pauls Valley
Folmes
Tulsa Grand Jury Indicts 19 in Federal Case Mix
A Tulsa federal grand jury returned 19 indictments including Sand Springs youth Robert Matthews 21 on uranium possession after a November arrest fueled by an FBI seizure. Matthews claims the ore was a reject with no value. Carl H. Marler a Mayes County rancher faces a liquor tax stamp charge and Cleo Epps known as Creek County's Queen of the Bootleggers is also indicted. both were arrested after undercover Alcohol Tax Unit work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Sand Springs
Robert Sheldon
Matthews
FBI
Hanford Atomic Works
Hanford
Wash
Carl H. Marler
Mayes County
Cleo Epps
Creek County
Mar Jer
Alcohol Tax Unit
State-Tax Income Up for Half Year Oklahoma
Oklahoma state tax receipts rose 7.6 percent in the first half of the 1952-52 fiscal year compared with the previous year. The Tax Commission reported total collections of 79,263,455.57 with gains across major revenue sources except cigarette, motor vehicle, and commercial vehicle license taxes.
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Oklahoma City
State Tax Commission
GI Winter Suit Tested by U S Army in Korea Front
Five American soldiers on the Eastern Front test a two piece foam rubber like suit costing about 25 dollars, lighter than standard gear. They report warmth near zero, with the vapor barrier design by Dr Pat Siple and Dr Henry Bazzett. Siple, an environment expert, heads a five man team testing the outfit across the 145 mile front.
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Korea
Florida
Pat Siple
Arlington
Henry C. Bazzet
University of Pennsylvania
Siple
Army
Doctor
Antarctic
Richard B. Byrd
North Pole
Final tribute for Dr Henry Bennett in Stillwater
Great and humble gather for funeral rites in Gallagher Hall Oklahoma A and M College for Dr Henry G Bennett Point Four administrator and his wife killed in Iranian plane crash President Truman designated Brannan as representative at the 2 pm service with leaders from government education and religion present Sen Kerr Webb Kuhn Avery and others will attend Burial planned at Highland Park Cemetery Durant at 2 pm tomorrow Flags at half mast across state buildings per Rev Johnston Murray supreme court.
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Stillwater
Okla Ln
Henry G. Bennett
Point Four
Truman
Agriculture Brannan
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Bennett
J. W. Storer
Tulsa’ First Baptist Church
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
James Webb
Washington
Delia Kuhn
Johnston Avery
John Raley
Oklahoma Baptist University
Gallagher Hall
Johnston Murray
Highland Park Cemetery
Durant
Planes and ships scour Pacific for 45 shipwrecked men
A combined air and sea search targets 45 crew from the Pennsylvania after a 14 foot crack flooded the 7,800 ton freighter. Capt George P Plover of Portland reported trouble at dawn and SOS messages detailed worsening hull and steering failures before radio silence. The effort continues as seas run high and temperatures hover near 35 degrees. relief hinges on weather moderating.
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Seattle
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
Vancouver Island
Canada
George P. Plover
Portland
Ore
Enterprise Loses to Sea
The American freighter Enterprise sank after a two week battle with the Atlantic. Capt. Kurt Carlsen and first mate Kenneth Dancy from the tow Tug Turmoil were rescued about four minutes after leaping into the sea. The ship, struck December 28, listed severely and disappeared after 40 minutes of final agony with 40 crew and 10 passengers aboard.
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London
Atlantic
Kurt Carlsen
Kenneth Dancy
Carlsen
Danty
Larsson
Dancy
Turmoil
Carlson
Falmouth
Mothers Will Have Polio Funds Part
Ada PTA groups led by Mrs Leonard Zoeller organize a citywide polio fundraiser on January 31 from 630 to 730 PM. Norman Mitchell serves as general drive chairman for the March of Dimes. A chain coffee sponsored by the VFW Auxiliary aims to help reach an $8000 county quota. funds can be turned in by calling 1028.
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Ada Pta
Leonard Zoeller
Norman
Mitchell
March of Dimes
VFW
Chuckle on a man who started with four million into a shoestring era
A humorous note recalls a figure who began life with four million dollars and, through mishap or misfortune, ended with scant resources. The piece reflects on fortune and decline in a brisk, period-voiced tone.
Ardmore Heiress Sued Over Narcotics Fraud
In Los Angeles court an Ardmore Oklahoma heiress, Mrs. Mattie Knight, faces claims she was duped into paying ten thousand dollars for narcotics she did not receive. Her daughter, Lou Ann Zellers, seeks a guardian to shield her from alcohol and drug use amid ongoing probate disputes. Knight, said to be under a trustee due to a previous suit, denies guardianship while in a sanitarium for alcoholism.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Mattie Alice Knight
Zellers
Knight
S. H. Mount Ill At Oklahoma City
S H Mount father of H B Mount and others suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at a daughter's home in Oklahoma City Wednesday afternoon. He is at Polyclinic Hospital 209 Northwest Thirteenth Street, visiting daughter Velma Lee Crowell. Relatives, including H B Mount, travel to be with him.
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S. H. Mount
H. B., Mount
Jack Barklow
Harrison Menders
Oklahoma City
Polyclinic Hospital
Northwest
Thirteenth Street
Velma Lee Crowell
H. B. Mount
Reds Scared To Give POWs Free Choice
In Panmunjom talks, U N Allied negotiators accuse Communists of planning forced repatriation to strengthen manpower in Korea. Rear Adm Libby says Reds opposed to freedom of choice show they deny individual liberty and favor slavery. The stalemate continues as subcommittees meet, with Libby urging that each prisoner decide for himself without duress.
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Clen Clements Munsan
Korea
Adm
R. E. Lidby
U.N
Panmuniom
Libby
Reds
Cho Ice
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
United Nations Command
Precinct Meetings Set This Week in Oklahoma Parties
Oklahoma Republicans plan precinct meetings tonight with chairs and officers to be elected. Democrats meet Friday at 7 30 p m to choose officers and four precinct committee members. On Saturday January 19 the county central committee convenes in the district courtroom to organize the year's campaign efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Congress Stays With No Tax Increase Stand
Washington reports the question of underwriting Southeast Asia looms over U S policy amid Trum an Churchill talks Secretary Acheson and Eden discuss countering Communist forces in the Far East and U S Brit ain French chiefs plan three power talks at the Pentagon to consider measures to strengthen security in the region The two leaders cite harmony on grave global problems including Korea and the broader struggle in Indochina and Malaya with China and Russia in focus.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
State Acheson
Eden
Britain
France
Churchill
New York
Ottawa
Far East
China
Formosa
Korea
Indochina
Malaya
Russia
Treasury and Justice clash on tax fraud prosecutions
Washington reports a dispute between Treasury and Justice over speeding tax fraud cases. Treasury seeks to bypass high level reviews by directing files to the attorney general, while Justice insists cases remain reviewed in Washington. Secretary Snyder notes red tape cutting. McGrath aide Caudle was fired amid congressional criticism.
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Snyder
Justice
Washington
Treasury
Justice Departments
Justice Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Truman
McGrath
T. Lamar Caudle
Man Left Wounded And Bleeding at Ponca City Hospital
Oklahoma City resident Raymond Henry Gestes is in critical condition after two men left him wounded at Ponca City Hospital. Sheriff Alya Gill from El Dorado Kansas arrives to probe a possible link to a Douglas filling station shooting where a nightwatchman says he fired on three would be burglars. Evidence includes buttons and clothing fragments found at Douglas matching Gestes. Gestes, with buckshot in his stomach, has not spoken since initial questioning and claimed the shooting was an accidental highway incident between Pawnee and Ponca City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Raymond Henry Gestes
Oklahoma City
Alya Gill
el Dorado
Kas
Gestes
Douglas
Gill
Pawnee
Deaf Mute Victim Of Road Accident In Oklahoma
A 40 year old deaf mute, Tyree Stenser of Vian, became Oklahoma's 15th traffic fatality of 1952 after falling from a State Highway Department truck on U S 64 and being crushed beneath its wheels. Bill Fine, another deaf mute and department employee, said he rode in the rear of the truck unaware the driver had a passenger. The 1951 fatalities at this date were nine.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
State Highway Patrol
Tyree Stenser
State Highway Department
Bill Fine
Fine
Blizzard suffers stroke after dean’s dinner banquet
W L Blizzard 64 dean of the School of Agriculture at Oklahoma A and M College was stricken with a paralytic stroke after the annual Dean's Dinner for Agriculture judging teams. His condition today was reported as serious but showing signs of improving in Stillwater Oklahoma.
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Stillwater
Okla
W. L. Blizzard
School of Agriculture
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Tos Blizzard
Appliance Makers Keep On Planning
In Chicago at the 1952 winter home furnishings market manufacturers and dealers pushed ahead with plans despite Washington’s announcement of a further 10 percent production cut for major household appliances starting in April. The industry expects demand to dip by 5 to 10 percent from last year’s spring surge, and firms are accounting for material cutbacks while maintaining production and inventory strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Night club owner sues two patrolmen in Wagoner OK
Bert Turney operator of the Skyline Club on U S Highway 69 near Okay filed a $5,000 district court suit against Patrolmen H H Hellen and H W Rounds for allegedly calling his club a public nuisance and linking it to fights and drunk driving incidents.
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Wagoner
Okla
Oklahoma
Bert Turney
Skyline Club
U. S. Highway 69
Okay
H. H. Hellen
H. W. Rounds
Truman's State of the Union Push Seeks Aid and Military Boost
In an election year address President Truman urged Congress to speed up foreign aid and domestic spending to bolster U S military power and welfare programs. Republicans and Southern Democrats signaled they will cut foreign aid and Social Security, while some allies backed economy and no new taxes. Churchill listened as Truman pressed expanded armed forces, Point Four aid, inflation controls, and defense housing and labor reforms.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Britain
Winston Churchill
Europe
Asia i
U. S
Youth Trapped on Old Traffic Case
A youth who gave an erroneous name during a September traffic infraction case fled to Texas. He was arrested Wednesday by Highway Patrolman H D Van Arsdell and admitted his real name is Ralph Walker, Lodge in county jail. The charges were filed September 13 before Justice C W Floyd for operating a motor vehicle without a license after being apprehended September 12 near Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
H.D. van Arsdell
James Wilson
Ralph Walker
C. W. Flyod
Peace Justice
Walker
Wilson
Ada
Floyd
van Arsdell
Drive On Organized Crime Discussed in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City report on a Western district push against organized crime. U S District Attorney Robert Shelton met with FBI Secret Service Alcohol Tax Unit Intelligence Internal Revenue Bureau and Federal Narcotics Bureau officials. He will ask federal judges to convene a grand jury per the attorney general’s orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S
Robert Shelton
FBI
Secret Service
Alcohol Tax Unit
Internal Revenue Bureau
Federal Narcoties Bureau
Shelton
Radio announcers and mothers spark a logistic quarrel
A fragment notes tensions over broadcasts and daily duties as fathers cope with routine chores while mothers take a rare break. It hints at domestic strain and newsroom rhythm, suggesting a comic critique of sentry rules in radio work and home life.
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Third Congressional District
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Joe Willie Riley
Toca
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Draft Board
Mra
Riley
Sgt
William Riley
International Soundphoto
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The
Keith
Todey
Ardmore
S. H. Mount Ill
Demos Meat
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