Eisenhower to travel to Korea with military escort
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts a military escort for his Korea trip, declining the White House Plane. Defense officials anticipate a senior officer will accompany him, while Eisenhower remains a private citizen upon arrival. The trip aims to address the war’s stalled front and strategy versus Communist forces.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korean War
Truman
White House
Eisenhower
Korea
Defense Department
Defense
Robert Lovett
Omar Bradley
Pentagon
Bradley
Russia
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Far East Supreme Command
State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Truman to receive $95.66 monthly pension on leaving office
President Truman will become pension eligible at $95.66 per month after leaving office January 20. The White House says he qualifies due to World War I service and later Army Reserve time, with no further compensation as former president.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Army Reserve
Oklahoma Weather Outlook Turns Cooler Tonight
Generally fair conditions persist tonight and tomorrow across Oklahoma. Colder temperatures apply in the east and south tomorrow while the panhandle warms. Northerly winds ease this afternoon and tonight, then become variable tomorrow. Humidity falls to around 20 percent tomorrow with lows near 30 to 35 and highs near 60.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Eisenhower Accepts Truman Invitation To Plan Peace Talk
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower has accepted President Truman’s invitation for a White House conference on peace. He proposed the meeting take place the week of November 17 and replied to Truman’s invitation with readiness to discuss the issue.
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White House
Relman Morin
Augusta
Dwight Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Five Killed In Car Crash Near Sallisaw
Five people die when a six passenger Arkansan car leaves US 64, plunging 75 feet from a railroad overpass onto Missouri Pacific tracks eight miles NW of Sallisaw. Lucette Chronister, 10, survivor, is hospitalized in Oklahoma.
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Associated Pres
Arkansans
Missouri Pacific
Lucette Chronister
Sallisaw
Okio
State Highway Patrol
William Chronister
Rogers
Ark
William N. Holt
Lincoln
Inez Trunderburg
Lonnie Trunderburg
James Shipman
Jack Larmour
U.S. Highway 64
Chronister
Paper Drive Here Saturday Morning
Ada Jaycees organize a paper drive to fund uniforms for 14 Senior Scout Air Squadron members. Trucks start at 10 a m Saturday and collect from curbside frontages along east west streets. north south residents should place paper at the nearest corner for pickup.
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Jaycees
Ada Jaycees
Scout Air
Eastwest
OKMULGEE PREPARES FOR NEW GLASS FACTORY
OKMULGEE Oklahoma November 6 a glass manufacturing facility employing 75 workers will be established here soon. Tom J Dean manager of the Chamber of Commerce said a branch of H Perilstein Inc Philadelphia will be put into operation.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Tom J. Dean
Chamber of Commerce
H. Perilstein, Inc
Philadelphia
Eight Sewanee professors resign over no Negroes ruling
Eight members of the University of the South resign over the trustees decision to admit no Negroes to the Theology School. The resignations take effect at year end and were accepted by vice chancellor Edward McCrady. Signatories include Dean F Craighill Brown and professors Claude Guthrie Robert Hicks James Reddick Howard Johnson and Richard Wilmer.
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Robert Lansing Hicks
Robert Malcolm McNair
Howard A. Johnson
James A. Reddick
Frederick Quentin Shafter
Richard Hooker Wilmer
R. Bland Mitchell
Little Rock
Tennessee
Sewanee
Huber Wounded, Back with Unit
Friends report Sgt. Bob Huber former Ada resident wounded in Korea has recovered and returned to duty. A World War II veteran he re entered the army after civilian work. His parents Md Mrs and Au die Huber and his wife and two children now live in Seminole.
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Bob Huber
Ada
Korea
Huber
Audie Huber
Seminole
Air Fights Resume Over Korea Amid Heavy Losses
In Northwest Korea American Sabre jets and Communist MIG-15s fought in four battles. The Fifth Air Force said one Red jet was destroyed and four damaged, with seven more damage claims pending. Ground fighting near Kumhwa and Sniper Ridge eased after a 24 day period of heavy combat.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Triangle Hill
Kumhwa
Hurtgen Forest
Germany
U.N
Jaycees Plan Christmas Setup and Outreach
Ada Jaycees outline Christmas plans with a Sunday work party to repair Stringer wires on Main Street and prep lights for 100 blocks on North and South Broadway. Brackets must be installed to support new wires, aiming to light by December 1 as they discuss the Orphans Home party and bus trips plus a Saturday paper drive for the Air Squadron.
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Ada Jaycees
Main Street
Broadway
Byng
Jaycees
Monk Monkeys Captured After Downtown Escapade in Bartlesville
Two female monkeys named Lee and Walter were captured in Bartlesville after escaping from winter quarters behind a car theater last Tuesday. The animals, part of the Bartlesville Theater Co. fleet used for drive in theater entertainment, had been wandering downtown and even entered Cliff's Sporting Goods during a display of footballs before their nets were secured.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Lee
Walter
Cliff
Bartlesville Theater Co
U S Rejects Soviet Protest on Korean Sea Defense Zone
Washington said the United States rejected Moscow s protest against Gen Mark Clark s order establishing a sea defense zone in South Korean waters. State Department spokesman Michael McDermott called the Soviet note a deception and said a formal reply would follow.
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Washington
United States
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Michael McDermott
Mark Clark
United Nations
Korea
Clark
McDermott
Republicans Win Narrow House and Senate Shifts After Vote
Washington reports a slim Republican gain in both chambers as Eisenhower is poised to lead a divided Congress. Republicans tally 220 House seats to 206 for Democrats with several outcomes still under challenge. Senate moves to 48 Republicans and 47 Democrats amid defections and resignations as top leaders prepare for foreign aid, military spending, taxes and wage controls battles. Four incumbents lose in joint races, including Lodge, Kem, Cain and Ecton.
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Washington
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Senate
Sen
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Republican Party
Gov. Stevenson
American Labor Party
GOP
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
James P.kem
Missouri
Harry Cain
Zales Ecton
Montana
Moscow accuses U S of new blockade in Korean waters
Moscow accuses Washington of an illegal new blockade in Korean waters and warns the United States to bear responsibility for consequences. The 350 word note delivered by the Russian Embassy in Washington prompted a State Department acknowledgment and no immediate comment from diplomats or naval officials.
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Moscow
Washington
United States
State Department
Soviet Union
U. N
Mark Clark
Koje
Korean
Clark
North Korea
Ussr
Far East
U. S
Korea
U.S
Tulsa Group Dinners Honors Governor Murray
Tulsa leaders hosted about 500 business and civic figures at a dinner honoring Gov. Johnston Murray. They praised his work promoting Tulsa's international petroleum exposition set for next May and presented gifts including 40 law books and an electric typewriter. He recalled past electoral defeats and emphasized efforts to bridge the gap between people and the governor's office.
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Tulsa
Okla
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Tulsa County
Enid State School to Host AAAMD Regional Conference
ENID Okla The South Central Region of the American Association of Mental Deficiency will honor the Enid State School by holding its annual conference here Sunday and Monday.
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Enid
Okla
South Central
American Association of Mental Deficiency
Enid State
State Department Faces Likely Shakeup After Eisenhower Victory
Washington expects a broad purge at the State Department as the Eisenhower win triggers reshuffles. Secretary Dean Acheson is deemed certain to depart, with estimates ranging from 40 to over 100 officials affected, including ambassadors and career diplomats tied to China policy.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
White House
Dwight Eisenhower
Dean Acheson
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Acheson
Philip Jessup
Paul Nitze
Wall Street
U. S
Department
Europe Sees Eisenhower Victory as Personal Win
European commentators reinterpreted the U S election results as a personal triumph for Gen Eisenhower rather than a GOP landslide. They noted narrow GOP control of Congress and weighed his international stance and NATO leadership against calls for less U S aid to Britain and plans for German rearmament.
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London
U. S
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Liberal News Chronicle
Britain
NATO
Lord Beaverbrook
Independent
Daily Express
France
Paris Aurore
Parisien
White House
L’humanite
Europe
Germany
Eisenhower Begins Ten Days of Golf and Rest at Augusta
President Eisenhower arrives in Augusta to start a 10 day vacation with an afternoon golf round at the National Golf Club. He plans fishing and extensive rest, after flying from New York and receiving Truman messages.
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Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
White House
Washington
New York
Truman
Relman Morin
Augusta
Dwight Eisenhower
National Golf Club
Webb Pleads Guilty in Traffic Case Near Ada
Jack Allen Webb of 504 Fourteenth paid $10 and costs after appearing before Justice C W Floyd to answer charges of driving to the left of center in meeting oncoming traffic. Webb was stopped Tuesday about 1½ miles north of Ada on SH 99 driving a 1948 Pontiac over the center line, according to Highway Patrolman H D Van Arsdell.
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Jack Allen Webb
C. W. Floyd
Peace Justice
Webb
Ada
SH 99
H. D. van Arsdell
New Glass Factory Planned for Okmulgee
Okmulgee Oklahoma will welcome a new glass manufacturing plant employing 75 workers. The facility is a branch factory of H. Perilstein and will be established here soon.
Sabath, Dean of House, Dies at 86 in Bethesda
Representative Adolph J. Sabath, long a power in Congress and dean of the House, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after major surgery. The Chicago Democrat, first elected in 1907 and elected to a 24th term Tuesday, championed social security, workmen compensation, and the eight hour day. He leaves a legacy as a friend of the poor and a champion of the underdog. He married Mae Fuerst in 1917. they had no children. A special election will be held to name his successor.
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GOP
Senate
Rep
Sabath
D-Ill
House
Washington
Adolph J. Sabath
Congress
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
America
Mae i Fuerst
Allen Youth Hurt In Car Accident
Billy Tygart, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Henchie, suffered a broken back when a car rolled off a jack on Watt Bell hill east of Allen. He was beneath the vehicle when the jack failed and was taken to St Francis hospital Holdenville for treatment with a fracture likely to require a year in a cast.
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Allen
Billy Tygart
Robert Henchie
Tygart
Charles Williams
Watt Bell Hill
St. Francis Hospital
Holdenville
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