Congress Leaders Losing Hope of Aug 4 Session
Washington June 12 Congress leaders have almost given up on finishing the first congress by August 1 due to a heavy docket. Speaker Rayburn says adjournment by that date is optimistic while the Senate faces delays from filibusters. Four House bills on FEPC, fiscal year funding, social security expansion, and the draft linger in the Senate awaiting action.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Cain
House
FEPC
Pancho Camacho, 128, Dies Not Yet Described
Pancho Camacho, claiming to be 128, lives on a Big Champion ranch hut near the Rio Grande. A census taker records his tale of crossing from Mexico with an older brother, early orphanhood, and a life of chores, marriage, loss, and aging in Brownsville, Texas, in 1344.
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Brownsville
Tex
Pancho" Camacho
Pancho
Champion Ranch
Rio Grande River
Senor
Francisco Cormicho
Rio Grande
United States
Valentin Gavito
Gavitoz
Halley
Red Youths Break Up German Rally
In Düsseldorf a clash at a Free Democratic rally ahead of North Rhine Westphalia provincial elections ended with communist youths attacking the platform with chairs. Former tank general Hasso E. von Manteuffel was prevented from speaking as one officer was injured and police kept order.
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Duesseldory
Germany
Free Democratic Party
Hasso-Eccard von Manteuffel
West Germany
Europe
Ruhr
North Rhine-Westphalia
von Manteuffel
Six Injured In Two Car Collision Near Tecumseh
Shawnee Oklahoma June 12 Six persons were seriously injured in a two car crash on State Highway 9 east of Tecumseh. Jerky Ennis Simpson 27 Los Angeles drove a slower moving car into the rear. Passengers injured include Osta Lee Cole 27 Shawnee Charles Adiderbrand 15 Seminole Billy Cleck 20 Shawnee Swice Davis 43 Tecumseh and Marie Cook 27 Tecumseh who were riding with Cole.
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Shawnee
Okls
Tecumseh
State Highway Patrol
Ennis Simpson
Los Angeles
Osta Lee Cole
Charles Adiderbrand
Billy Cleck
Simpson
Swice Davis
Marie Cook
Cale
Oklahoma dairy outputs from 1949 milk sales
Oklahoma farmers received 54,299,000 dollars from milk sales and herds of 590,000 cows produced 92,214,000 dollars in value and 7,002,000,000 quarts of milk in 1949. Cheese, butter, and ice cream production reached 39,000 pounds, 22,220,000 pounds, and 6,360,000 pounds respectively.
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New York
Oklahoma
Milk Industry Foundation
Two-year-old Einais Boy Sparks NYC Commute Conversation
A two-year-old Einais child with a vocabulary of 1038 words becomes the unlikely focal point as local memories note his remark about a boy. Helicopters are noted as a contributing factor to the makeup of New York City's commuting system and transport culture.
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Einais
New York City
Sulphur School reports 35 with perfect year attendance
Washington grade school in Sulphur lists 35 students who were never absent or tardy for the entire year, per principal Harold John. For the final six weeks, 183 students made perfect attendance. names span grades from first to sixth, with multiple classes led by Mrs. King, Mrs. Pennington, Miss McCleary, and others.
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Washington Grade
Harold John
King
Dewayne Elmore
Bobby Mann
Pennington
Richard Hillings
Jerry Edwards
Shirley Kesler
Laverda Fultz
Elizabeth McCleary
D. W. Williams
Tanna Rae Stone
Anneta Wilkins
Alene Vanderford
Leon Caldwell
Jimmy Thompson
McChere Bell
Martell Fields
Jackie Don Griffin
Earl Osborne
James Goldsberty
Lois Eppler
Larry Estill
LaQuita Foraker
Claudine Davia
Pany Lawrence
Alone Vanderford
Benny Boyles
Px Cady
Bobby Doty
Eugene Edwards
James Goldsberry
Jackie Griffin
Earl Osberna
Blc
Chere Bolt
Diana Braden
Mattie Cane
Sylvia C
Aan Denton
Martell F
Golfer Lloyd Mannum Adjusts to New Club Shaft Degree
Before his shoulder injury Mannum was known for an upright swing. He blamed clubs for faults, then found shafts two degrees stiffer than the old model. A gardening note suggests using narrow chicken wire as a pea trellis.
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Lloyd Mannum
Lloyd
Houston Television Followers Hear Shot as Man Kills Self
A 50-year-old laundryman, Twante, killed himself during a Texas league baseball game as TV cameras, announcers, and a live telecast captured the moment. The inquest verdict was death by own action, with witnesses noting the premonition he shared with a waitress and the broadcast crew’s attempt to intervene.
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Houston
Tex
Miouston
Stanford B. Twante
Dick Gotlieb
Buffin
Throughont
Peddy
Justice of the Pecce Tombes
Telewison
Bliss
Mats
George Chapman
Twente
Don Stephens
Emte
Gottleb
TV Eer
Les Bennett
Four Saved Four Die in Desperate Riverboat Struggle
Pittsburgh dispatch reports four men survived a fatal river spillway incident on the Allegheny. Hull Wright, a 6-year veteran, died heroically after aiding others aboard a 2-foot cabin cruiser that capsized near a lock 75 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. James Wolfenden, a veteran lockmaster, died earlier as he and Wright attempted rescue. The crew endured seven hours of frantic attempts as planes towboats and a river towboat crew tried to reach the capsized craft and save the remaining passengers.
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Gib Staley
Pittsburgh
Hull Wright
Pyttiaburgh
Wright
James Wolfenden
Woffenden
Wedding vows reform pastor reunion amid 782 marriages
Rev H B Wheaton, who has officiated 762 marriages over 22 years, held a reunion at his First Christian church with about 250 couples among roughly 800 attendees. He says eight divorces occurred and shared a revised vow to emphasize mutual loyalty and daily shared life.
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Clinton
H B. Wheaton
New First Christian Church
Ratings Given to Rural Schools in Pontotec County
All 28 Pontotec county rural schools have received accredited ratings from the state Department of Education. County Superintendent Norman Mitchell announced Monday. Jake Smart, DOE director of rural and elementary schools, classified the schools, listing Oakmen Homer Pickett Colbert Ahloso Jesse and Lawrence B Meats Chapel Bebee Perrish Chapel Center Union Valley Lavelay Lightning Ridge Union Hill Ow Cedar Grove Worstell Cal t ino ma Red Oak Yeager Summers Chapel Jones Chapel Leader Sevracwell Gailey Egypt and Happyland.
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Pontotec County
Mira
State Department of Education
Norman Mitchell
Jake Smart
Oakmen
Homer Pickett
Colbert
Ahloso
Jesse
Lawrence
Meats
Chapel
Bebee
Perrish Chapel
Center
Union Valley
Lavelay
Lightning Ridge
Union Hill
Cedar Grove
Worstell
Musser named temporary chief in Sulphur CC post
Mrs Corinne Musser was named temporary secretary of the Sulphur Community Committee and has begun work succeeding Mira Lois MrMurtry who left to join Lone Star Gas Co in its district office. Musser previously worked for John Townsley at the Garry County central office.
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Corrine Musser
Gomeneree
Musser
Mira Lois MrMurtry
Lone Star Gas Company
John Townsley
Array County
Cen
Oklahoma rural exodus driven by erosion and large scale farming
Fifth district census director R W Stinson and U S agriculture statistician KD Blood report Oklahoma is losing farms due to severe erosion and poor rural roads. Many small holdings are sold to larger operators, reducing ten farms to one in some counties, while abandoned farm buildings are repurposed for storage.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
R.W. Stinson
U.S. Agriculture
Stinson
Blood
Homeso
E. Lee O2zbirn
Farmers Home Administration
Ozbirn
FRA
No Negroes Apply At Teachers' Colleges
Oklahoma City June 10 The five Oklahoma State Teachers colleges report no Negro students applied for summer school. Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha also reports no Negro admissions. Eighty two Negroes attend summer classes at University of Oklahoma Norman and an undisclosed number at Oklahoma A and M Stillwater. Enrollment closed at Central State Edmond East Central Ada Southeastern Tahlequah Northwestern Alva and Southwestern Weatherford with no Negro applicant. The G W McLaurin ruling allows University of Oklahoma to admit without discrimination. A and M dean says they do not track race and enroll eligible students.
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Oklahoma State Teachers Colleges
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
Central State College
Edmond
East Central State
Ade
Southeastern State
Tahlequah
Northwestern State
Alva
Southwestern State
Weatherford
U. S. Supreme
G. W. McLaurin
Oklahoma’ University
D. C. McIntosh
A. and M
Stratford Society Shower Honors Carolyn Burnett Bride Elect
A Stratford church event honored Carolyn Burnett, bride elect to George Eyeler of Pawnee, with SPRING flowers and a lace covered table arrangement of sweet peas. Guests signed the guest book, and a refreshment committee served cookies and punch with many attendees listed by name.
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George Eyeler
Pawnee
Claudene Lovelace
A Shi, Jr
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Watts
Willie Watts
R. C. Adams
Mary Stafford Weds Waterman in Stratford Union
Miss Mary Frances Stafford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Stafford, wed Jack L. Waterman of Oklahoma City, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waterman of Baltimore. She is a Stratford high school graduate and East Central State College alumna now with Garvin county health department. he is a technician from Richmond, Virginia, now with the Oklahoma State Department. The couple recently returned from a Baltimore trip. Family reunion attendees included Beatrice Patterson and others from Shawnee and Ada.
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Stratford
Mary Frances Stafford
Cyril Stafford
Jack L. Waterman
Oklahoma City
Afr
Ed of
Waterman
Baltimore
Stratford High School
East Central State College
Garvin County Health Department
He Waterman
Richmond
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State T Department
Beatrice Patterson
Long Beath
Cait
Henry Eamcre
Autos Not Doing All of Killing
Forty people were killed in Oklahoma in May in non automobile accidents. Tornadoes were the leading cause with seven deaths, followed by drownings four, burns four, and airplane crashes four. Other causes included trains three, falls three, and various single deaths from crushing, electrocution, lightning, and other hazards.
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Osla
Okahama
DeWitt Hunt
Oklahoma
A&m College
Hunt
Eac
Local Guardsman To Service School
Ist. Lt. Joseph A. Love announced Brig. Gen. Roy W. Kenny approved for Buddy E. Wiser of Ada to attend the Automotive Mechanic Course at Fort The student will report June 14 and complete August 11. Wiser enlisted April 5, 1949, and has drilled regularly, training as a driver in the motor section. American women spent $30 million yearly on perfume before Pearl Harbor and about $40 million today.
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Joseph A. Love
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National Guard
Roy W. Kenny
State Adjutant General
Fie
Buddy E. Wiser
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Ada
Ond Artillery School
Fort Nt
Wiser
Artery School
Pearl Harbor
Questions On Home Buying Are Answered
A reader asks for a small weekend cottage refrigerator and is advised to use a compact portable model about the size of an overnight bag with 1.5 cubic feet of space, shock absorbers, and 23 by 19 inches dimensions.
Mechanical portrait painter convicted man in LA
Charles Hubler, 29, was sentenced to nine years for kidnapping, assault with intent to murder, and robbery. Marilyn Danson, 23, helped police by forming a composite portrait from flashed images, later identifying Hubler as the assailant. The case notes include mention of an iconoscope and kinescope in television tech.
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Los Angeles
Charles Hubler
Aif
Marilyn Danson
Hubler
Eester
Senate panel targets crime syndicates with unified federal power
The Kefauver committee in Washington will wield cross agency authority to combat multi state gambling and vice rings. It can borrow FBI Secret Service post inspectors and IRS agents, using subpoenas to compel testimony. The panel will pursue 180 named underworld figures and may hold hearings in multiple cities.
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Sen Estes Kefauver
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Kefauver
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Keffauver
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