Three Die In Oklahoma Highway Accidents
AP reports three deaths on Oklahoma highways bringing 1952 toll to 247, including M. H. Barrett president of the People's Bank and Trust Co. of Ryan, killed when his car hit a bridge and overturned on U S Highway 81 near Terral. J J Pettigrew, 91, of Sulphur, fatally injured after being struck by a car driven by Ira Eppler, who did not see him. Billy Jo Hison, 23, of Muskogee, a bride, thrown from a car after it hit a Muskogee curb and struck the concrete sidewalk.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
M. H. Barrett
Ryan
J.J. Pettigrew
Billy Jo Hison
Muskogee
Barrett
People’s Bank and Trust Co
Terral
Jefferson County
Pettigrew
Ira Eppler
Eppler
Ada News honors East Central scholastic award winners
Richard Johnston of Ada wins the Ada News award for highest scholastic average among juniors and seniors at East Central State college. Norman Wilson of McAlester earns the O Neal award for top grades among freshmen and sophomores. Dean Treadwell notes awards will be conferred at summer commencement July 3.
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Richard Johnston
Ada
Ada News
East Central State College
T. K. Treadwell
Norman Wilson
McAlester
O’neal
Weather Outlook Oklahoma Friday Thunderstorms East
Considerable cloudiness through Friday with scattered thunderstorms south and extreme east this afternoon and evening and over the Panhandle Friday afternoon. Cooler this afternoon and east portion Friday. Low to nights mid 60s north to upper 60s east. High Friday generally near 70s.
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Oklahoma
Pandle
Ada Holds Water Supply Above December Levels
Ada city officials report 50 percent more overflow at springs and pump station than in December. City Manager John Hamman notes winter water supply is tighter, but rain reduced consumption and a pump motor breakdown did not cause shortages. The damaged motor will be put back into use Friday.
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John Hamman
Hamman
Amman
Hopes His Uppers Last Through Fall
A. W. Sims filed a statement of campaign expenses with the State Election Board in Tulsa. He joked that postage, notary, and shoe repair costs rose since two years ago, expressing hope his shoe uppers will last through the fall election if he wins the runoff on July 22.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
A. W. Sims
State Eelection Board
Cross summer swimming program schedules holiday closure
Billie Jean Fabree program director says no classes on July 4 for the Cross summer program. Lifesaving classes will meet at the usual Saturday morning time and regular classes resume Monday.
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Iss
Billie Jean Fabree
Saturda
Ruffner Defends Allied Hill Attacks in Korea
Maj. Gen. David L. Ruffner of the 45th Division says five western Korea hills were vital to Allied defense and delaying Red attacks. He notes Reds suffered about 3,000 casualties in the hill offensive begun June 22 while Allied losses for the week ending June 27 were 799 nationwide.
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Western Front
Korea
David L. Ruffner
Ruffner
Thunderbird
Defense Department
Washington
U. S. Army
Seoul
Panmunjom
Kumhwa
Eighth
Baldy
T-Bone
Yonchon
U. N
Eighth Army
Truman May Be On Missouri Ballot For Senate Spot
Kansas City Missouri reports that President Truman may appear on the November ballot as a U S Senate candidate rather than for re election as President. If needed he could replace Missouri Attorney General J E Taylor on the ticket, pending nomination outcomes and the Chicago Democratic convention. Truman favors Adlai Stevenson for the presidential nomination but could accept a draft movement for the post.
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Kansas City
Truman
United States Senate
Missouri
J. E. Taylor
Senate
Taylor
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Rains Break Heat Across Oklahoma State
Heavy overnight rainfall brings drought relief across Oklahoma with Newkirk at 2 percent inches, Bartlesville 1.80 inches, and Tulsa .80 as temperatures cool from a 110 degree high in Alva. Forecast calls for clouds and scattered thunderstorms.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Newkirk
Weather Bureau
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Beaver
Guymon
Alva
Nationalist Forces in Yunan Pressed by Communist Regiments
Reports say Nationalist troops in China's Yunan Province are hemmed in and yielding ground to regiments of the Chinese Communist government amid ongoing guerrilla fighting.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Yunan
Ada Prepares for Fourth Holiday Busy Ada
Stores, banks, post office and offices in Ada will close for Independence Day with a long weekend. Firecracker noise declines at night as residents travel to lakes and resorts. East Central college ends summer session today and closes until next Monday.
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Ada
ADA News
East Central College
Murder Charged in Kiowa Lad's Death
Kiowa City Marshal James N. Smyth faced murder charges after witnesses said he fired at three youths fleeing Kiowa. 17 year old Johnny Donald Smith died as the marshal recounts tripping and the revolver discharging accidentally while pursuing the trio who had been shooting firecrackers.
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Mcalester
Okla
O. H. Whitt
Pittsburg
Kiowa
James N
Buck) Smyth
Johnny Donald Smith
Justice of the Pele
Smyth
Smith
C of C Plans End For Member Drive
The Chamber of Commerce directors plan to complete the member drive at once. Chairman Martin Clark reports 386 member firms and individuals have pledged about 20000, with ~6000 more sought. Harv Lambert summarized agricultural work and Ron Bailey discussed industrial prospects. a committee will assist 43 city wholesale firms.
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Chamber of Commerce
Martin Clark
Harvey Lambert
Ron Bailey
Bailey
Bitter Fight For Louisiana's Delegates Breaks Early Today
Congress resumes its rush toward adjournment with hundreds of bills left. The Senate opened at 8:30 am to work through over 300 measures as the House plans an all-night session to finish before the holiday. Major bills include a 46 billion military measure and a 10 billion foreign aid package.
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Louisiana
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago
Sen
Ate
McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate AE
Funeral for Lt Jennings Held in Allen
Funeral services for Lt Harold L Jennings, killed in Korea, were set for Sunday at the Allen High School auditorium with Rev George Wassom and Rev Justus officiating. Burial in Allen cemetery. Allen Post of the American Legion to provide military honors. Bourland funeral home in charge. He would have been 24. Surviving wife June, mother Beulah, father Fred, three brothers and four sisters.
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Allen Pacie
Korea
Wil E
Allen’ High School
Eorge Wassom
Ada
Justus
Allen
Allen Post
American Legion
Allen Cemetery
Bourland Funeral Home
Calvin
Jennings
Oklahoma National Guard
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Japan
45Th
180Th Infantry Regiment
Allen High School
East Central State College
June Jennings
Clare
Beulah Johnson
Fred Jennings
California
Freeman
Tony Jennings
New Braunfels
Tex
Ramsey Johnson
Patsy Vinson
Francis Jennings
Lois
Doris Johnson
Allies Drive Reds Off Hill
A East German officer inspector Ernst Bollow and nine other Volkspolizei members defected to the West in the past 24 hours. Bollow, in charge of Soviet sector border measures, cited plans to turn police into a civil war instrument and brought family with him. Western police interrogate him as they assess the larger border escape movement that has reached 30 defectors in the first days of July.
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Berlin
Bollow
West Berlin
East Zone
Volkspolizie
Aew
People’s Police
Bellow
New York Baseball Bureau Chief Lester Good man Dies at 54
Lester R. Goodman longtime manager of the Munro Elias Baseball Bureau died about midnight while playing canasta with his wife. He was 54 and had been a member of the Baseball Writers' Association since 1919. His widow survives him.
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New York
Lester R. Goodman
Munro Elias Baseball Bureau
Baseball Writers’ Association
Expect 430 to Die In Holiday Traffic
CHICAGO The National Safety Council estimates 90 million Americans will travel over the Fourth of July weekend and at least 430 will die in accidents. The council projects about 40 million passenger vehicles will clog roads, traveling five billion miles, enough to circle the world 200000 times. More cars and miles raise crash risk unless motorists exercise extra caution.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Eden Recovers at Home After Jaundice Illness
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, afflicted with jaundice, is reported recovering and returning to his home. The brief bulletin notes he remains under medical care and is convalescing at his residence.
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London
Anthony Eden
Quadruple Amputee Drives Own Auto Homeward
Cpl. Robert L. Smith the first quadruple amputee of the Korean War drove from Walter Reed in a specially equipped green sedan on a 183 mile trip to his home in Middleburg Pennsylvania. The 21 year old soldier left after 18 months and nine operations since his hospital entry. He sustained wounds frostbite and mistreatment during a brief capture near Chungjin Reservoir in November 1950. He was flown from Korea to the United States and then to Walter Reed for additional surgery to fit artificial limbs.
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Robert L. Smith
Walter Reed Hospital
Middleburg
Chungjin Reservoir
Ja Smith
Korea
Pan
United States
Walter Reed
East German Teens Sentenced for Uranium Theft
Four teen age East German youths were sentenced to 25 years each in labor camps for stealing uranium, as reported by the U S High Commission newspaper Neue Zeitung.
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Berlin
U. S
High Commission
Neue Zeitung
Taft Forces Hold Control As Louisiana Delegates Scrapped
In Chicago, Taft supporters secured 13 of 15 Louisiana GOP votes while Eisenhower forces fought the seating of Taft delegates. The national committee clash centered on disputed delegates as Taft met Pennsylvania Governor John S. Fine to discuss the field, with no concrete outcome reported.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Louisiana
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Texas
Georgia
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Fine
Congress Hotel
Former Adan Dies In California Home
E. Fountain formerly of Ada died at his San Jose home on Tuesday at 10 15. A body will arrive in Ada Monday morning and funeral services are set for 4 p m at Smith Funeral Chapel with burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Surviving are his widow and sons Otis Dawsey and Hubert of Ada and a daughter Mrs Myrtle Thomas of Ada.
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E. Fountain
Ada
California
San Jose
Smith Funeral
Rosedale
Fountain
Fleet Oil Courviving
Otis, Dawsey
Hubert
Myrtle Thomas
B 47 Crashes Near Bradenton Fla Bursts Into Flame
A B 47 medium jet bomber crashed and burst into flames about 25 miles southeast of Bradenton Florida. Sgt F G Burghart of the Florida Highway Patrol reported no signs of life at the scene. Wreckage scattered with parts of several bodies, unable to determine crew size. The aircraft normally carries three crew.
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Bradenton
Fla.p
F. G. Burghart
Florida Highway Patrols
Mistletoe Appeal From Lem Wheeler
Lem Wheeler proposes year round mistletoe hanging as a cheerful tradition. He argues daily festive spirit boosts morale and community cheer across the town.
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Lem Wheeler
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