Roff High Plans Friday Night Senior Graduation Amid Floods
The report details flood chaos across Western Oklahoma with four missing persons and rescues along Washita and North Canadian rivers. Clinton residents evacuate as floods threaten homes. a school bus rescue occurs near Clinton while other students are missing. Roff High School announces Friday night graduation ceremonies with speakers, diplomas, and awards.
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Oklahoma
Washita
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Roman Nese
Clinton
Gale Simpkins
Elk City
Southwestern State College of
Weatherford
Ara Jpaho
Arapaho
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Lac Tues
Simpkins
Guy Jackson
Kelly Chadwick
Duke
Oka
Roman Nose
Santa Fe
Kansas
Waynoka
Shattuck
Police Tighten Code Enforcement Across City
Ada police unveil stricter code enforcement focused on traffic violations and parking rules. Overtime parking will be aggressively pursued with warrants, and all violators will be treated equally. Enhanced patrols target reckless driving in residential areas while new 15 minute parking meters at the post office will start at 7:30 am to ease early rush hour. Generals Bradley visits Los Angeles for speaking engagements amid senate questioning.
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J. D. Cheek
Ada
Cecil Smith
Oklahoma Weather Outlook with Scattered Showers
Oklahoma faces scattered showers this afternoon tonight and Friday with a cloudy Panhandle exception. Temperatures vary by region with lows 50 to 55 northwest and 63 to 69 east and south, while highs reach 75 to 80.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
County Jail Gets Good Going Over
A county jail cleanup funded by the sheriff and county prisoners is under way with 10 inmates whitewashing walls and ceilings and painting steel bars and bunks with aluminum paint. Prisoners earn time by work under two jailers, Joe Auten and Carl Soloman, and officials say the effort should finish by week’s end.
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Sheriffs Office
Joe Auten
Carl Soloman
VFW Post Will Not Meet Tonight
Ada VFW post cancels Thursday meeting as delegates attend the state convention. Commander Riley Bailey announces the session is called off this week.
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VFW
Ada
Riley Bailey
Denies Unlawful Sale of Liquor in County Court
Ray Garrith pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful sale of liquor in county court before Judge Tom D McKeown. He was arrested Tuesday night by Constable Joe Miers and sheriff's men for selling a pint to two individuals. Bond set at $1,000. Ohio legislature passed a bill permitting husbands to sue wives for alimony.
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Ray Garrith
Tom D. McKeown
Joe Miers
Mmbers
Sheriff's Force
Bak Maio
Russia Fails On Embargo Debated At U N Security Council
New York May 17 The Soviet bloc refused to join a debate on an embargo against Peiping and arms to China. Ambassador Ernest Gross introduced the proposal as Jacob Malik and the three Soviet delegates sat silent, clearing the way for a swift vote. The General Assembly and its political committee, noting the security council’s role, moved ahead with the discussion despite Soviet nonparticipation.
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New York
Russia
China
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
So Nation
Security Council
Jacob Malik
Roberto Arbelaez-Lidaneta
Colombia
U. 8
Ernest Grosso
U. S
Peiping
Malik
Flushing Meanew
ODS Price Clinic Held Here Today With Fred Carter
Fred Carter, commodity specialist from Oklahoma City, met with about 30 Ada merchants Friday morning to discuss issues from Regulation No. 7. The OPS representative came to aid stabilization, not fix prices, and many merchants learned they are not affected by the regulation. Individual problems were discussed freely as Carter provided personal assistance.
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Fred Carter
Oklahoma City
Ada
OPS
Legislators Vote for Stamps in Off Session Plan
Oklahoma House members approve a motion by Rep. Ed Langley to buy two rolls of three cent stamps for each member to use before returning to the capitol in 1953. The 118 members would receive 1,009 stamps each, at a total state cost of 3,540 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Mary
Ed Langley
Muskogee
Prom
Truman Denounces All Out War Talk by MacArthur and Taft
President Truman attacked Gen Douglas MacArthur and Senator Taft for pushing an all-out war plan in China. He warned a full conflict would cost 10 to 20 times rearmament and Korea efforts, urging Congress to extend price and rent controls and raise taxes. He mocked the Taft proposal to cut armed forces, calling it foolish while defending an $80 billion defense budget.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Taft Toda
China
National Conference On Citizenship
Korea
Douglas McArthur
Far Eastern
Congress
Statler
Taft
Truman Fong
Court Rules Two Must Die In Electric Chair
Oklahoma Court of Appeals orders two defendants to die in the electric chair. Milburn J. Mott, 34, condemned for the March 8, 1949 murder of his daughter Mary Frances in Sand Springs. Bud Hathcox denied hearing after earlier ruling for his June 26 execution for the February 1, 1950 Shaffer slaying at an East Side disposal plant. The court notes insanity defenses rejected. appeals on the two cases denied.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Oklahoma
Milburn J. Mott
Send Springs
Aasener
Jearell
Bud) Hathcox
Hathcoe
M. L. Shavfer
Shaffer
Sand Springs
Tulsa
Mary Frances
Chhild
Madge
John C. Powell
Coa
Ant
Legislators Press Toward Adjournment as Bradley Testimony Sings
Senate investigators upheld Gen Omar Bradley's right to remain silent on Truman talks about firing Gen Douglas MacArthur. The 18 to 8 vote sustained Sen Russell's ruling while President Truman voiced opposition to MacArthur's Korea war strategy amid a heated, acrimonious debate.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
McMahon
D-Conn
Russell
D-Ga
Joint Armed Servicies and Foreign Relations Committee
Bradley
Wiley JR Wis
House
MacArthur
Pacific
Congress
Turing
Senate Moves Toward Adjournment as House Wavers
Oklahoma City May 17 Both chambers push toward sine die adjournment today but House Speaker Jim Bullard doubts a same day finish. The 39 million common school bill heads for final passage in the House then Senate, with death benefits and tax equalization measures under bid. The securities exchange bill, long debated, remains before both chambers as lobbyists target key changes.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Bullard
Duncan
Bullard
Senate
Industrial Commission
Securities Exchange
House
Securities Division
Banking Department
Metcalf Returns From Korea with Candid Remarks
Richard Dean Metcalf, Air Force, came home from Korea after six months of duty. He shared views on Korean soldiers, the war, and daily life, noting educated Koreans stand out and describing frontline experiences near Inchon and Pyongyang. His account includes encounters with a frontline Marine foxhole and a cautious look at civilian life during conflict.
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Richard Dean Metcalf
Korea
Far East
United States
Air Force
Pic
Metcalf
San Antonio
Tex
States
Pacific
Japan
Inchon
Kempo Air Base
Pyongyang
Adz
Keres
Pfr
Metcalfs
Martine
Fic
K Rty
Two Held Third Defendant Freed In Preliminary Hearing
In a Wednesday preliminary hearing Oscar Pittegrew Ralph Walker and Gene Brown faced larceny of an automobile charges. The vehicle owned by J F Lantz valued at about 300 dollars. Gene Brown was freed after insufficient evidence. Pittegrew and Walker were bound over for district court trial with bonds set at 1000 dollars each and jailed for lack of bail.
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Oscar Pittegrew
Ralph Walker
Gene Brown
J. F. Lantz
Pittegrew
Walker
District Court
Heavy Action Along Center Sees Chinese Assault On Seoul
Tokyo May 18 Chinese Reds smashed allied defenses ring Seoul in a new spring offensive. About 96,000 Red attackers struck a 25 mile east central front with 25,000 more pressing from the Pukhan valley. U N reports heavy casualties on both sides with thousands killed or wounded as front line units counterattacked.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
Seoul
United Nations
John Randolph
East Central
Pukhan Valley
West Central
Han
Pukhan
U.N
U. N
U.S. Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Chunchon
Inje
Traffic crash injures 8 year old in St Petersburg
Start Early Nowadays reports in St Petersburg Florida on May 17 that two young drivers learned about traffic congestion the hard way. Deborah Hissong aged 8 required hospital treatment for two skinned knees while another driver departed apparently unhurt.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
Deborah Hissong
PESSIMIST Ain't it funny bias in us all
A terse an old time remark notes how an unbiased person often mirrors one’s own bias. It wryly contrasts hope with reality, suggesting optimistic views linger while outcomes lean predictable, like tides.
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