City Council Approves 1952 53 Budget With Equipment Grants
The Ada city council approved a 1952 53 budget totaling 319801 62 as prepared by city manager John Hamman. It raises funding for new police car fire truck garbage collection unit and street front end loader while maintaining debt and project estimates. The council also formally designated Main Street Mississippi Avenue and Arlington through streets with right of way rules and installed traffic signals at Arlington and Francis. Hamman reported sewage project costs run slightly above estimates but should come in on target, and paving programs show steady progress.
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John Hamman
Streets
Hamman
Main Street
Roadway
Mississippi Avenue
Arlington
Arlington and
Francis
Ada
Oklahoma
Farm-Home Safety Week Emphasizes Watchful Care
Martha Mote urges year round safety in homes and farms during National Farm and Home Safety Week. She notes 1950 Oklahoma home fatalities and nationwide injuries, emphasizing that dangers can be greatly reduced by removing causes and changing daily habits.
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Martha Mote
Oklahoma
United States
National Safety Council
Miss Mote
Four Road Cases Filed Here Monday
Four highway infraction cases were filed in peace justice courts Monday. Lucius Butler Caldwell of Oklahoma City faced speeding at night after a Sunday stop 13 miles north of Ada on SH 99 by Patrolman Aubrey A. Mitchell. Sal Alfred McKinney of Ada was charged with driving without a license after a 1:20 a.m. stop on SH 99. Floyd Colbert Hall Thurman was charged with driving to the left of the center after a stop north of Ada. Junior McCosar of Holdenville was charged with driving to the left of the road in meeting after a Sunday stop. Charges were filed in Armstrong and Floyd’s courts.
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Peace Justice Courts
Lucius Butler Caldwell
Oklahoma City
Ada
SH 99
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Peace Justice Court
Percy Armstrong
Sal Alfred McKinney
Route 3
Mitchell
Holdenville
Peace Justice Court of
Armstrong
Sulphur Plans Returnees Honor at Legion Event
Sulphur Oklahoma veterans from the 45th Division and Korean War eras will be honored by the American Legion post on Friday evening. James O. Smith will speak as principal speaker with Paul E. R Sr. serving as master of ceremonies. John Townsley J. will respond as commanding officer of the county National Guard company. Bonner Teeter will deliver the invocation.
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Oklahoma
American Legion
Col
Mah
James O. Smith
Okebe
Paul E. R Sr
John Townsley J
Arry County National Guard Company
Teo. Bonner Teeter
Jack Dwyer Defined as Redskin Halfback Star
Jack Dwyer a Loyola University of Los Angeles graduate plays as halfback for the Washington Redskins. His college training underlines his speed, agility, and run making ability as he advances in professional football.
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Jack Dwyer
Washington Redskins
Loyola U. of Ls Angeles
Soldier shot in Ada with multi-barrel rifle
Carlos Virutia, 23, a soldier stationed at San Antonio, was visiting friends in Ada when a .22 caliber bullet entered his left shoulder and exited. Investigators found a hull in the .22 barrel of a two-barrel weapon. officials considered accidental or self harm among possibilities. Virutia was in Valley View Hospital in good condition Tuesday morning.
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Carlos Virutia
San Antonio
Tex
Ada
Virutia
Uirutia
West Fifteenth
Valley View
Missing Teensie the White Terrier Spotted Near Home
Mrs. Floyd Underhill formerly Miss Jean Sampson asks for help finding Teensie a white terrier missing since Friday night. Needing information, she notes the dog is nearly blind and deaf and may have strayed a couple of blocks away. Call 343 or 144 with any tips.
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Floyd Underhill
Mrs. Cora Dotson longtime Konawa resident dies
KONAWA special obituary for 81 year old Mrs. Cora Lee Dotson who died at a daughter's home north of Konawa after long illness. Services at Watts chapel with R A Hartseil officiating, burial in Konawa cemetery. Surviving Jewell Strauss Faye Cox sister C. R. Anthony and three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Konawa
Cora Lee Dotson
Ed Strauss
Watts Chapel
R. A. Hartseil
Church of Christ
Kona
Lewis Todd Injured in Fall From Roof in Holdenville
Mrs. Ben Todd reported her son Lewis Todd suffered multiple fractures after falling from the roof of a building his father is erecting for a contractor in Holdenville. He fractured a left arm pelvis and pelvis and will be in Valley View hospital about six weeks.
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Lewis
Ben Todd
Holdenvil
Todd
The
Corp
Port
Holdenville
Valley View Hospital
What To Do If Involved In An Automobile Accident
Step by step guidance outlines actions after a crash, including stopping, aiding the injured, notifying police, exchanging information, and filing accident reports. It explains reporting deadlines, license and registration data, and options to meet financial responsibility under Oklahoma safety law.
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Highway Patrol
Durant
Durant Is the District Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Atoka
Bryan
Carter
Choctaw
Coal
Garvin
Johnston
Love
Marshall
Murray
McCurtain
Pushmataha
Pontotoc
Department of Public Safety
Ing
Commissioner of Public Safety
Two Women Fight Over Man at Valley View Hospital
In a Sunday incident at Valley View Hospital two women identified as Hazel Estes and Delma Estes entered Joe Estes room at the same time. Hazel pulled a pen knife and stabbed Delma eight times while Joe Estes and another patient watched. Hazel paid a $20 fine for fighting.
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Joe Estes
Valley Views
Estes
Valley View
Hazeltes
Delma Estes
Hazel Estes
Joe A
Tupelo Schools Opened This Week
Tupelo schools opened Monday with 285 students enrolled. One student was missed on opening day but a bus plan was made to pick up the child Wednesday. After one day, students had a vacation Tuesday for elections. Mary McFarlin replaced Chert Ann Jamison as teacher.
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Tupelo
Howard Asendorf
Asendorf
Mary McFarlin
Chert Ann Jamison
Hobbs
One Fined After Big Disturbance
Rosetta Frazier pleaded guilty to discharging firearms and disturbance in city police court. She paid a $30 fine after a beer tavern disturbance involving several tense witnesses. no injuries were reported.
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Egro Town
Fire Force
City Police
Theighway Patrol
Rosetta Frazier
Stratford News: Ardmore district superintendent to preach Sunday
Ardmore district superintendent will preach at the Methodist church Sunday night July 27. Quarterly conference will follow the regular services. Several local residents and visitors are listed with updates on travel, illness, and visits in Stratford.
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Ardmore
Methodist Church
Laura Phillips
Valley View Hospital
Charley Perry
V. E. Gordon
Hobbs
N. M
Dithula Clark
Gordon
Francis Alexander
Oklahoma City
Alexander
Cecil Smith
Brownfield
Tex
Smith
Dr. Shi
W. D. Jackson
J. F. Sheppard
Jane
James
J. M. Sheppard
Mr. Sheppard
Pat Finley
Norman
C. Williams
J. O. Robbins
W. N. Freeman
C. V
E. D. Williams
Pauls Valley
Robbery Charges Filed Against Williams and Danley
Bill Ray Williams and Wayne Danley face joint robbery charges in C. W. Floyd's peace justice court. They allegedly assaulted Ray L. Nickell at 109 South Thirty-sixth Tulsa threatening to kill him and stole 106 dollars. Nickell says a pocket knife was brandished. Sheriff J. D. Gaar and Deputy Walker Hisle arrested the suspects early Monday after Nickell reported meeting them at a tavern and agreeing to a ride outside Ada.
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Bill Ray Williams
Wayne Danley
Daniels
Peace Justice Court
C. W. Floyd
Ray L. Nickell
South Thirty-sixth
Tulsa
Nickell
J. D. Gaar
Walker Hisle
Ada
Barkley Rejected by Unions for Democratic Nomination
Chicago reports say ten union leaders met with Vice President Barkley at Blackstone Hotel and reaffirmed they cannot support him due to age. Despite AFL President Green praising Barkley as a friend of labor, younger union officials and CIO leaders maintain no labor endorsement will be forthcoming.
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Chicago
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Blackstone
Afl-Cio
AFL
William Green
Labor
CIO
Barkey
Allen Woman In Hospital Polio
Lucille Caldwell, 29, of Allen was admitted to Valley View hospital with possible polio. She is acutely ill but condition described as satisfactory. diagnosis still tentative. Jerry Collins Minter, eight, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Minter of Woodville, improved slightly after admission Friday night.
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Lucille Caldwell
Allen
Valley View Hospital
Jerry Collins Minter
Paul Minter
Woodville
Indians and Cubs to Play Hall of Fame Game Today
In Cooperstown New York the Cleveland Indians meet the Chicago Cubs in the 11th annual Hall of Fame game. The event includes the unveiling of plaques for Paul Waner and the late Harry Heilmann, Hall of Fame inductees chosen last winter.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Cleveland Indians
Chicago Cubs
Noring Pa Waner
Harry Heilmann
Two CD Training Schools to Close
The FCDA announces closure of two civil defense training schools in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania due to a 93 percent funding cut. The Oklahoma site with Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater and the Ogontz Division of Penn State in Philadelphia will shut down, affecting about 350 workers nationwide.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Oklahoma A. & M
Stillwater
Ogontz
Penn State
Philadelphia
Civil Defense Agency
Congress
Pioneer County Resident J. E. Sutherland Dies at 82
J. E. Sutherland longtime Center Ada and Pontotoc county resident died Sunday at a local hospital aged 82. Born 1870 in Heber Springs Arkansas he moved to Center in 1902 and farmed in the area. Surviving children include Mrs. Myrtle C Thomas Commodore of Edmond Arthur J Sutherland Cody Sutherland and Mrs. Jimmie Lee Overton.
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J. E. Sutherland
Pontotoc County
Tom A. Thomas
East Fifteenth
Memorial Park
Heber Springs
Cleburne Co
Ark
Sutherland
Center
Indian Territory
Nixon
Ada
Myrtle C
Tom A.) Thomas
Esther Peek
Healdton
Commodore
Edmond
Arthur J
Cody Sutherland
Oklahoma City
Tom A. Thomas Jr
Jim C. Thomas
Gloria Sue Thomas
Arthur
Bill Sutherland
Jimmie Lee Overton
Duncan
Jewell Davis
Stonewall
Bee
Sam
Eisenhower and Nixon Plan Weekend Campaign Talk
Eisenhower and Nixon will meet Sunday at Eisenhower’s Colorado Rockies vacation retreat to discuss fall campaign strategy. Nixon flies from Washington to Denver Saturday, then drives to Fraser for talks. he heads to Ohio for a July 31 Republican Convention address and to Los Angeles for a VFW event and award. Duff predicts a GOP win. Colorado Governor Thornton and Oregon and Pennsylvania supporters join the prep talks.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Colorado Rockies
Chicago
Fred A. Seaton
Eisenhower
Nixon
Washington
Fraser
Colo
Los Angeles
Columbus
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Julian Dickenson
VFW
Bernard Baruch
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Ralph Cake
GOP
Oregon
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Duff
Ike
Robert A. Taft
County to Send 25 to Farm Home Conference in Stillwater
About 25 Pontotoc county home demonstration club members will attend the 35th annual Farm Home Conference opening July 29 on the Oklahoma A and M college campus in Stillwater. The event draws 2,000 registrants with exhibits and top speakers led by Stanley Andrews.
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County
Pontotoc County
Henry B. Bennett
Iran
Andrews
Arkansas
James D. Wyker
Columbia
Mona Hogan
Washington, D. C
Lloyd M. White
Kansas City
Mote
John R. Abernathy
Oklahoma City
Farm Home
Ken Wright
WKY
State Home Demonstration Council
W. A.ryant
Carrie Powell
Allen
R. J. Bruhin
Byng
C. H. Hammond
Colbert
Dortha Sullivan
Fitzhugh
Doyle Parker
Francis
Dora Daniel
George Lance
Frisco
Mae Johnson
Hart
Slyvia
I. S. Elmore
County Council
Two Held in Hijack Case
Bill Ray Williams and Wayne Daniels are in county jail over an alleged hijacking of Roy Nichols Saturday night. Nichols said they rode him, dumped him in a ditch, and stole about $120, returning the purse later. Officers say Daniels had $15 on arrest.
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Bill Ray Williams
Wayne Daniels
Roy Nichols
Nichols
J. D. Gaar
Walker Hisle
Oakie, Beer Tavern
Ada
Sunray Station
Allen
Daniels
Hisle
Williams
Duncan
Tonkawan Resigns As Anchorage Boss
ANCHORAGE Alaska 7 Robert E Sharp of Tonkawa Oklahoma has submitted his resignation as city manager of this military boom town He says he plans to depart August 15 and take a month long vacation with his wife and two children He cites the heavy workload and desire to spend more time with his family.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Robert E. Sharp
Tonkawa
Okla
Sharp
Nine Arrested By Cops In Weekend
Police records show nine people were picked up over the weekend on charges including drunkenness fighting disturbance and assault. Eight faced two counts while one faced three. one man was charged with discharging firearms. A total of 186 dollars in fines was assessed.
Pat Tate Electrocuted While Working At Concrete Plant
Pat Tate a 20 year old employee at Botts Hulme and O'Dell Ready Mixed Concrete was electrocuted about 11 a m Tuesday while greasing a pump in a shaft. He died after hospital staff failed to revive him and was found by his brother who was working in the same shaft.
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Pat Tate
North Highland
Botts Hulme and
O’dell Ready Mixed Concrete Company
North Townsend
William H. Tate
Pat
Ate
Volga Don Canal Links Moscow to World Seas
Two Russian rivers merged to form the Volga Don Navigation Canal creating a Moscow port of five seas. The project spans 101 kilometers with 13 locks, multiple pump stations and dams, enabling ships from the Volga side to reach the Baltic and Atlantic via a continuous waterway.
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Moscow
Volga-Don
Europe
Russia
New Times
Pravda
Izvestia
Peter the Great
Baltic
Atlantic
Volga
Race for Speaker in Oklahoma City Sparks Feud
Oklahoma House speaker battle turns bitter as Democratic chiefs clash with independents. Rep. J. D. McCarty accuses Gov. Murray of constitutional violations for backing James Nance, while McCarty backs Rep. Frank Grayson. Nance expected to win caucus. Grayson demands secret ballots for Democrats.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House of Representatives
J. D. McCarty
Johnston Murray
James Nance
Purcell
McCarty
Frank Grayson
Holdenville
Nance
Iranian Parliament Hat for Mossadegh
Tehran July 22 Parliament renominated Mohammed Mossadegh after two days of nationalist rioting driven by Qavam’s oil settlement stance. Mob violence and clashes left casualties. Qavam resigned. Mossadegh, national hero who nationalized oil, had earlier quit the premiership after a clash with the Shah.
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Tehran
Iran
Ap Tran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Britain
Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
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Lewis Todd
Stratford News
Sam Boatright
Charles Burnett
Altus
Sam Henry
E. L. Biles
Hazelwood
Ala
Harlan Cook
W. W. Cook
Joel Watts
Travis Cook
Edinburg
L. D. Biles
R. M. Brown
M. L. Cole
Craig
Cloud Head
San Bernadino
James Maxey
Silas Collins
Katie Buttler
Claude Dockery
Shawnee
Tulsan
Jupiter
Tonkawan
Five Seas
State Party
Grayson
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