Citizens' Group Plans Bonds Push For Sewer Upgrade
A district courtroom gathering of nearly 150 formed a citizens group to back a $920000 sewer bond issue. Russell Smith was named chairman with Dr A B R Sugg as vice chairman and Bernard Howard as secretary. The campaign will spread ahead of the April 4 vote, citing aging facilities, two watershed plants, and health risks from missing manholes.
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Russell Smith
Smith
A. BR. Sugg
Bernard Howard
Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Richardson
Chamber
Keith Marshall
Marshall
Owners Hold Hotel Open Despite Demolition Order
Los Angeles February 25 owners of a $2,000,000 hotel vowed to keep the 240-room country club villa open 24 hours a day after a municipal judge ordered its closure. Maurice Miller and brother Zimmel, co-owners, and the hotel corporation were fined $5,500 for building without a permit and for maintaining a public nuisance amid zoning and building violations.
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Los Angeles
Ugge
Maurice Miller
U. S. Supreme Court
Vernon Hant
Miller
Zimmel
Mac’ Nest
Brothers and Hotel Corporation
Hunt
Millers
Pilot Killed in Fall Near Lawton
lawton Oklahoma February. A plane piloted by Robert Dee McCain, age 21, from Dallas, was reported to have buzzed an oil well before attempting to fly beneath a wire. The craft struck the line, losing its top and crashing half a mile from the well. Witnesses said McCain was killed, his body scattered and parts found near the well. The plane did not burn. The note identifies the aircraft, propeller impact, and fragments scattered over a large area. The story mentions the well and a local oil field.
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Lawton
Okla
Diviian
Robert Dee McCain
Dallas
McCain
Metrin
Germany's Dilemma How West Germany trades and prospers
West Germany rebuilds rapidly with modern factories and luxury goods. Despite gains from Marshall Plan aid and dismantling pauses, workers struggle to buy luxuries as output outpaces markets. Economists warn of an unemployment risk and a looming choice between selling to the West or turning to the Soviet bloc for buyers.
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Eric] Noelting
Ruhr
Munich
Frankfurt Stuttgart
Duesseldart
Germany
Soviet Union
China
Iron Curtain
West
Cooperation Administration
West Germany
Parable of Talents Works in West German Parish Fund Drive
In Earley England Vicar Stanley Robinson tested Saint Matthew s Parable of the Talents on 16 parishioners. Each received a shilling to raise church funds and profits varied. One servant turned five talents into gain while others doubled or failed to. A bank manager spent his shilling on gasoline, a tailor made a pouch from a fastener, and many produced profits or goods. the tale was used as a local fundraising experiment.
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Earley
England
Stanley Robinson
Robin“pood
Bitter Arctic Blast Hits Midwest and New England
An AP report details a blast of Arctic air turning eight midwestern states frigid with subzero lows and heading toward New England. Fresh snow blankets eastern Iowa while Bemidji Minnesota records 49 below, winds and ice tighten travel as temperatures plummet across a wide region.
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Associated Press
Midwest
New England
Dakotas
Towa
Central Lines
Indiana
Cald
Bemidji
Minn
Chicago
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Canada
Indiana Highway Commission
Iowa
Middle Atlantic States
Gulf
Air Force Plans Combat Strength Increase
Washington reports top defense officials outline a plan to boost U S air power without new funds. President Truman and Secretary Johnson must approve, with details on strategic bomber groups and ground support cuts withheld.
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Washington
Truman
Johnson
Joint Chiefs
Stategic Air Force
BeIs
Seine
Nen Br
Charles Wilburn Cattleman Dies After Long Illness
Charles Wilburn a longtime Pontotoc county cattleman died Friday morning at Coalgate from a heart attack after about a year of ill health He had lived near Latta with his wife Belle for about 30 years They recalled his Choctaw beginnings and a World War II connection with his son Charles C Wilburn who was captured at Corregidor and later freed from a Japanese prison He leaves the widow three sons and several siblings and grandchildren in Wynnewood Ada and Tulsa.
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Wilburn
Pontotoc County
Coalgate
Tiree
Latta
Ash
Chick Nation
Coalgate Hut
Soto
Joe A. Wilburn
Wynnewood
Charles C. Wilburn
Corregidor
Attlee to Govern Britain With Bare Postwar Majority
London February 23 Prime Minister Attlee vows to govern with a razor thin Labour majority after an emergency cabinet meeting. Labour 315 seats, Conservatives 294, Liberals 8, Independents 1, Irish Nationalists 2. With 313 needed for a majority, Attlee has a two vote cushion amid final district results pending.
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London
Attlee
Britain
George VI
House of Commons
Eddie Loman Hurt In Drilling Rig Accident
Eddie Loman a 31 year old Kingery Drilling employee from 22 South i Johnston suffered severe facial and lip lacerations a fractured skull and other injuries when a 30 foot pipe struck him on a drill rig near Oil Center. He remained under observation with further exams planned into the weekend.
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Eddie Loman
South i Johnston
Oil Center
Loman
Kingery Drilling Company
Ada Lutherans Plan Dedication of New Church Home
Ada Lutheran congregation plans dedication March 26 for their new church at Thirteenth and Townsend. E J Sedory, serving as missionary at Jargé, has been called as pastor with installation set for April 2. First sermon on March 26 morning, evening service to invite sister churches and neighboring Ada churches.
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Ada
Thirteenth and
Townsend
E. J. Sedory
Jargé
Rev. Sedory
Report on Burglary Attempts in City and Park
Police Chief Cecil Smith reported two attempted burglaries at business sites in residential areas, with no entry gained. He also noted a home in Park outside the city limits was burglarized, though not investigated by police.
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Cecil Smith
Carey Lille And Rex Why Two Celebrities Stay Close
Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer celebrate ten years of marriage in a warm New York home shared with their son Carey. They read scripts, paint, fish, and travel together, preferring mutual interests and minimizing separations though fame intrudes on privacy. Their only major dispute concerns music styles.
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New York
NEA
Rex Harrison
Lilli Palmer
Lilli
Rex
Harrisons
Carey
Picasso
Grandma Moses
Hollywood
Mills
Stearty
Choice of Spring Coat Shapes by Silhouette
Mrs Genevieve Smitie notes a wide spring coat variety in fabrics and colors as fashions depart in many silhouettes. She discusses full length straight coats, great coats, fitted coats, and short gay coats, advising buyers to pick by figure and wardrobe needs while noting costs and style shifts for the season.
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Genevieve Smitie
Remainsy
Bill Lucas Wins 100 Bond For 4-H Stock Work
The Fitzhugh 4-H club awarded Bill Lucas a $100 Savings Bond for Livestock Achievement in 1949. He has a strong track record with fat barrows, Hereford steers, and Duroc breeding stock, plus a Pig Farm to Market project. Bill began with gilts and a boar in 1943 and now operates Holstein heifers, calving February 15 1950.
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Fitzhugh
Bill Lucas
Bill
Pontetaccounts
Brown-Duncan
Oklangma City
Tulsa
Owshoma
Pontotoc County
Ada
Wamble
Floyd Wilourn
Meeker
Oklahoma
Pomitec County
Murray Fat Stock Show Plans Drawn
Sulphur officials outline plans for the Murray County Fat Stock Show to be held Monday and Tuesday March 13 and 14 at the county fair grounds pavilion. Exhibits include fat steers and swine by Murray County 4 H and FFA youth, with premium funds and swine sale contributing to a special fund for premiums and Ardmore show costs. Representatives from Davis attended. about 800 dollars more is sought for premiums. Better exhibits advance to the Southern Oklahoma Fat Stock Show in Ardmore.
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Agriculture Committee
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Murray County
Davis
Charles Phelps
Sulphur and Davis
Joi
Ardmore
County Fair Grounds
FFA Club
Oklahoma
Hereford Heaven Platt Boosted at Sulphur luncheon
Members of the Advertising committee of the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce met with Chairman Bill Aflen at the Artesian Hotel to discuss plans for promoting Platt National Park and Hereford Heaven. John Payne will oversee photo distribution and Paul John will lead a statewide picture publicity release for Oklahoma newspapers in late March.
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Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Bill Aflen
Artesian Hotel
Platt National Park
Hereford Heaven
Ailen
Wky-Tv
Oklahorma City
New York
John Payne
Paul John Head
Oklahoma
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Gil Rig
Pribitof Islands
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Promium
Allied Commission For Germany
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Charles Wilburn
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Rex Harrisons
Carey, Lille
By Richard Kleiner
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