Major Conferences Start Today Pact Signing Is Monday
The Western alliance moves into a four part conference in Washington led by British Foreign Secretary Bevin and US Secretary Acheson. They aim to forge unity against the Soviet threat with talks on the North Atlantic pact and the fate of Western Germany. Discussions include Middle East security and a potential Mediterranean defense treaty. Iceland and Portugal announce joining the alliance.
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Ernest Bevin
Dean Acheson
Washington
Bevin
United States
Russia
Tornado Devastation and Recovery Begin in Oklahoma
Canton and nearby towns faced deadly tornadoes causing three deaths and many injuries. Homes and a brick church were damaged or leveled as residents begin cleanup and relief efforts. Victims are hospitalized, and debris-filled scenes mark the dreary post storm landscape across multiple communities.
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Canton
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Lungdals
Homstead
Teabella
Enid
Medae
Raed Blackwell
Eagh
Charles Stowers
Hereford Names Bill Krueger as Ada Manager
Bill Krueger a veteran baseball figure aged 25 with managerial experience becomes manager of the Ada Wernford baseball club announced late Thursday morning. He arrived from Salinas California Wednesday to assume duties from owner Bob Cason and prepare for spring training at Pink Burst Arkansas.
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Ada Wernford
Bob Cason
Mitht
Salinas
Calin
California
Husbad
Keuever
Cason
Pink Burtt
Ars
Hellover
Krueger
Rome
Ada
Hospital Bill Advances For McAlester State Hospital Site
Oklahoma City March 31. The appropriations committee advanced an $85,000 bill to improve a state owned building at McAlester for use as a hospital. The committee recommended passage of the bill, already approved by the senate. The legislature voted $11,000 for the hospital two years ago but the money has not been spent due to construction cost delays preventing a contract.
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Oklahoma City
McAlester
Weather outlook Oklahoma partly cloudy with Friday showers
Partly cloudy this afternoon with cover east and south farther tonight. Friday will bring increasing cloudiness with showers across most of the state. Low temperatures 25 to 30 in the panhandle to 35 to 38 southeast with a hard freeze in the panhandle and frost in scattered northern areas. Friday warmer with highs 53 to 60.
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Covier
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Hearing Set on Salary Boost Bill in Oklahoma Legislature
In Oklahoma a hearing was scheduled by a House committee on a salary boost bill and related measures. Speaker Waller Billingsley sent a bill to the Professional Occupations and Regulations committee led by Rep. Charles Bavon. Former Governor Murray spoke on salary revisions nonessential during a current term. Tulsa coverage notes Betty vests as central high student won state contest bid. Enid in June. Eastern Oklahoma Lakes Association opens membership drive led by R. D. Dewson of Mizmi Jeweler, president of the 141-community group.
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Jeweler
Madill Chemist Killed in Blast at Oil Plant
An explosion at Warren Petroleum Corp near Madill Oklahoma killed chemist J. Green and badly burned plant foreman J. Mahar while injuring several others during a unit test. The blast, seen from miles away, caused severe facial and hand burns to Mahar and fatal injuries to Green. News notes Roland Mahan, longtime engineer, related to local church work.
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Butane
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Tne
Fla
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M. Mooney
Warren Petroleum Corp
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Roland Mahan
First Presbyterian Church
Alo
Crashes In Farm Pond During Storm in Missouri
Engar Springs Missouri reports a small cattle pond crash during a rainstorm as a plane from Patterson air base to Tinker air base crashed into the pond. Four believed missing. two rescued before pond drainage began to clear search path. Army and air force police moved in with a crowd of about 130 civilians watching.
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Eaman
Bates Fine Corn Wins Prize And Certificate
Charles T. Bates won a certificate from WRY and a $150 check from Shannon Feed for his corn raising last summer. He plans a bigger crop this year, planting six varieties in six-inch fans, with two plots up. Bates’s corn yielded 100 bushels per acre, the best in Pontotoc county and among about 24 in the state, earning top honors with the Shannon’s 1800 product. The corn was grown four miles south of Ada Oklahoma. In Canton, a house in the southeast Cantor section burned after fire crews lacked water to extinguish the blaze and water service was knocked out by a recent tornado. The structure owner Mrs. James Strain rented the dwelling to a family. no injuries were reported. Temporary water service was restored.
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WRY
Shannon Feed Company
Roy Turner
Satescorn
Pontotoc County
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Shannon
Ada
Canton
Okla
Mer
Ute
Cantor
Mra
James Strain
Highway Patrol
Churchill to Talk Tonight in Boston Audience
Winston Churchill plans a radio and televised address from Boston as part of a three day MIT mid century survey. He will discuss The 20th Century Its Promise and Its Realization to an audience of educators, scientists and philosophers, with about 13 200 in person and 7 000 more by radio and TV worldwide.
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Winston Churchill
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Fulton, Mo
Marely
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
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Tech
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Churchill
NBC
ABC
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U. S
Shurchill
Out of Prison to Face New Charges in Tennessee
Two men with prior five year sentences for robbery and murder were moved from Tennessee to Fort Smith Arkansas to face new charges of kidnapping Walter L. Shipp and transporting a stolen car. Richard H. Pawling, 25, and Clarence Morris, 36, were identified by U S Marshal Reed Sharp as the suspects. They were captured in Tupelo Mississippi after a Memphis robbery netted only 28 dollars.
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Tenn
Tennessee
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Ark
Trisan
U.S
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Richard H. Pawling
Sig Pine
Clarence Morris
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P. N. Padawer
Futty
Miss
Lby
Walter L. Shipp
Moffett, Cile
Burg
Prorok Delivers World Travel Film Memoir of archaeology
Prolific explorer Count Tivron de Provok presents a two hour film and talk on Africa and Sahara expeditions. He claims to have found more buried cultures than any living archaeologist and predicts a future ocean floor archaeology proving Atlantis links.
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Prorok
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Senate Education Bill Faces Long Hurdles in Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma City March 1 The Senate moves to tackle the school finance bill amid delays and potential five day weeks. Chairman Goledo says the measure should reach the Senate floor next week, with a possible Friday session unlikely. Rural districts fear consolidation under consolidation plans while funding for teacher raises and free textbooks faces tight budgets. Efforts will likely trim the $1,823,000 earmarked for free texts, and other provisions await rough edges being smoothed.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
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Goledo
Bail Trebled But Warren Makes It
Tulsa, March 31. Tommy Warres, former Texas league player, posted 7000 bond to stay free on two larceny by fraud charges, replacing prior embezzlement counts. Dealers allege he took money for cars not delivered. added charge of obtaining money by false pretenses from Sheriff Haine, an ex deputy, who says he was defrauded.
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George H. Haine
McElroy Sentenced for Bayless Drug Store Burglaries
Asis Argyle McElroy, linked to a burglary gang that hit the Bayless Drug Store, was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary by Judge Hoyt Driskill in Muskogee. McElroy, slender and sought by Oklahoma and Texas authorities, pled guilty to the burglary charge as part of the Bayless case. Also tied to the crime, Ernest Bland faces a Texas sentence. key investigation figures included former constable Len and new state crime bureau member Atchivey.
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Bayless
Deo. Li
MuAlester
Ay Hoyt Driskill
McElroy
Oklahoma
Texas
Ernest George Bland
Atchivey
Plis
Dese Len
State Crime Bureau
Johnson Elected Jaycee President
Emmett Tahason Jr. was elected Wednesday night as president of the Adams Junior Chamber of Commerce. Bowie Ballard named first vice president with R. G. Clinton as second vice president. New directors include Clint Daolen Goree Reynolds Stavtt Jones Differ Green Joe Gifford and Wendell Myers.
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Adts
Atoka
Tocal Jayseas
J.C
Adaaraveee
Aldridge Hotel
Life sentence given Bagwill in Texas case
STEPHENVILLE Texas March 42 Robert C Bagwill was condemned to life in the state penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of murdering Crockett C Boss a 38 year old service station operator. Officers recovered 12000 in loot when they arrested Bagwill and his uncle Daniel White in Vernon Texas on February 6 the goods said to have been taken in a series of Oklahoma and Texas burglaries.
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Texas
Mar
Robert C. Bagwill
Texas State Penitentiary
Crockett C. Boss
Bagwill
Daniel White
Vernon
Oklahoma
Ada Prepares for Court Test on Bond Issues
The city announces bids for two bond issues totaling 800000 to fund water system upgrades and urban highway development. Bids open Tuesday April 12 at 3 p m with the best bid likely accepted, then bonds submitted to the attorney general for approval. If disapproved, the city seeks a court ruling to allow work to proceed via a writ of mandamus and possible original jurisdiction by the state supreme court. A speedy decision is sought to begin urban highway work.
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Stele
State Supreme Court
Urbem
Centralized Buying Bill Reported Out in Senate
Oklahoma City March 31 The Senate Appropriations Committee reports the centralized purchasing bill favorably. It will be taken up today for Senate approval with higher education and highway departments excluded. The plan creates a purchasing directory under the Board of Affairs to standardize purchasing and allow nonbid buys up to one dollar for institutions, with some exemptions. Governor Turner supports the measure. The bill aims to save money by enabling immediate bargaining for certain items.
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Mer
Senate Appropriations
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James A. Kine
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el Reno
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Roy J. Turner
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Legislative Council
The Pessimist and the Car Versus Bug
Mrs Lem Wheeier asserts a quip about luck and partnership half the time. She and her husband share decisive bets on outcomes, she driving the car while he handles the “bug” in a figurative sense, reflecting a playful domestic dynamic.
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