Telephone Co. Seeks New Rate Increases Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for new rate increases totaling 10.1 million dollars, applicable to all Oklahoma exchanges and both local and long distance charges. If approved, an 83 million dollar improvement program will be launched, on top of nearly 6 million already granted. An appeal before the state supreme court seeks a further 2 million dollar boost to the commission’s award.
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Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Bell
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Tupelo
Korean Reds Change Fast in Kaesong After Smoke Clears
Reporter Barbara Brines describes Kaesong near parallel 38 hours after American troops entered. Tanks fire signaling, Koreans emerge on a hillside showing white figures. observers note locals adapting, an old man displays a 1919 discharge from service with the First Hawaiian Infantry.
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Barbara Brines
Kaesong
Korea
Red Korea
Hartsa
First Hawaiian Infantry
Barbs on living on air and school teaching ban
A satirical note from Pasadena mentions a scientist predicting future airborne living and lower food price worries. A Tennessee county bans married men from teaching in public schools, while other lines joke about domestic chores and watermelon season. The blip closes with news on Germany opening a New York consulate and a note on global silver production rankings.
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Tennessee
Zoning Commission Reports Tonight in Ada City Council
Ada council to consider two items tonight. Final reading on an ordinance seeking bids for sewer system materials including pipe for gathering and a new disposal plant. Also final report from a long running zoning commission detailing district regulations. Public invited.
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Ada City Council
Cotton Crop Far Short of Last Year
The agriculture department estimates the 9,889,000 bale cotton crop for the year, below last year and well under the 32,000,000 bale goal. Poor weather and insects help explain the shortfall, with acreage and marketing quotas suspended for the 1851 crop and a production target of at least 16,000,000 bales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brandan
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
German police quell march of communist youths in Dinslaken
Police used clubs to break up a marching column of about 500 communist youths at Dinslaken after an indoor meeting of 1,400 “young peace fighters.” Officers dispersed the crowd when ordered, with 125 youths detained briefly and 13 held for trial.
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Communist Youths
Duesseldorf
Germany
Dinslaken
Street name clash sparks crossworld debate
A reader derides a proposed renaming of a Prague street honoring British Marshal Montgomery and General Eisenhower. The letter argues the two leaders, credited with initiating a new war, are perceived as enemies by English and American nations.
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Prague
Lord Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Miada Fronta
Bond issues approved for LeFlore district No 67
Oct 9 Oklahoma City three bond issues totaling 12000 were approved by the state attorney general for school district No. 67 LeFlore county. They appropriate 4500 for transportation shipment 4000 for furniture and 3500 for a building.
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Oklahoma City
LeFlore County
State Attorney General's Office
Pioneer in X ray Studies Is Dead
Dr. Percy Brown, an x ray pioneer, died at 74 in Egypt Massachusetts after a long scientific career marked by radiation injuries and more than 50 operations on cancerous skin areas. He was described as a martyr to x ray by Massachusetts Medical Society officials.
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Egypt
Mass
Percy Brown
Harvard Medical School
Brown
Toenteen Cays
John F. Conlin
Massachusetts Medical Society
Harvard Gallene
Pawnee Student Dies In Auto Accident
A 20 year old Pawnee high student died after an auto crash Sunday becoming Oklahoma's 352nd highway fatality of 1950. Otis Neal Porter lay on the pavement nearly four hours before hunters found him at 6:12 a.m., 13 miles northwest of Pawnee on state highway 15. He died seven hours later in a Pawnee hospital. The patrol said Porter's car skidded and overturned.
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Associated Press
Pawnee
Oklahoma
Otis Neal Porter
Highway Patrol
Porter
Seoul Citizens Inoculated by UN Relief in Seoul
Seoul's 150000th citizen received vaccination today from a UN relief medical group led by Brig Gen Crawford Sams. The team, with volunteers from Denmark Britain Canada the Netherlands and the United States, operates under WHO and IRO with support from Thailand and the Philippines supplying 375 tons of rice daily.
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Tokyo
Wartorn
Seoul
United Nations
South Korea
Crawford Sams
U. N
Denmark
United States
Britain
Peru
Canada
Netherlands
World Health Organization
International Refugee Organization
Is Sams
General MacArthur
Thailand
Philippines
Oklahoma War Casualty Toll Mounts in Korean War
Washington reports the Korean conflict has claimed 80 Oklahoma lives, 96 missing, 37 injured, 304 wounded and three prisoners. Casualty list No. 119 names killed in action and wounded including Pvt Leonard A Fogle and Sgt James W Brought, with Marines John Verna Hyatt Jr and Charles James Jackson among the wounded. List No. 118 previously noted eight Army and Marine dead, numerous wounded, and several POWs.
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Washington
Associated Press
Defense Department
Russell Bryant
Miz
Minnie Bryant
Chickasha
Leonard 'A. Fogle
Clint O. Fogle
Tribhey
Henry C. Maxwell
Troy Sisco
Midwest City
Curtis R. Rice
Opal P. Roberson
Seminole
James W. Brought
Lois A. Brought
Lawton
Cpl
John Verna Hyatt, Jr
Oklahoma City
Uty
Charles James Jackson
Virginia Lee Ball
Robert Bigir
Christine Blair
Henryetta
Kenneth L. Chadwick
Naomi King
Oklahome Ity
Leonard Fi Clark
Hazel Marie’ Drew
Robert L. Covington
Harold Reeves
Muskogee
Army
Pic
Fritz F. Black
Fritz E. Black
Floyd Kinard
Cumba
Kinard
Wynnewood
Jess B. Willis
Lucy Ball Willis
Ponca City
Marine Corps
Howard D. Bellamy
Mmr
Clyde L. Bellmay
Carl L. Due
William L. Due
Pryor
James R. Leech
Land
Kenneth G. Leech
Tulsa
Ley Allan Philpot
Ate
Calvin Philpot
Boyington
Pfc
Lindell Skinner
Thomas H. Skinner
Ada
Joe Hooper
Mary Bolin
Tahlequah
Four Children Die In House Fire At St Albans
In St Albans Vermont a fire on the first floor of a two story home killed four children and injured their uncles. Judith Ann eight Donna Lee six and Darrell James one perished while Osman Bluto thirty attempted a rescue suffering serious burns. Parents Mr and Mrs Olson Bluto were away. Fire started in the kitchen and was put out in under ten minutes by firefighters.
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ST. Albans
Vty
Olson Bluto
Judith Ann
Donna Lee
Darrell James
Osman Bluto
General Church Receives Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Maj. Gen. John H. Church of the 24th Infantry Division is awarded the bronze oak leaf cluster for gallantry during the Naktong River crossing on September. The ceremony highlights his leadership in combat operations in Korea.
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Tokyo
John H. Church
24Th Infantry
Naktong River
Plane rescue saves 19 year old in Korea escape
E G Murr Jr of 823 East Twelfth narrowly escaped execution in Korea when North Koreans lined up him and others to shoot. A U S plane fired on the captors, allowing several Americans to break free. Murr had recently learned of his grandson’s fate after a long service path from Japan to Korea. He was wounded by injuries while in captivity, and is recovering back with U S lines.
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Japan
Korea
Young Murr
Ee Fong
Heavier Truck Loads Cause More Highway Damage
Engineers report preliminary findings from a three month test on a blocked off stretch of U S route 301 in southern Maryland. Eight heavily laden trucks operated in lanes to compare wear with lighter loads. Heavier tandem and single axle trucks produced more cracks and longer crack lengths after thousands of trips. Full damage estimates await borings and core samples before laboratory study.
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Laplata
Maryland
Washington
Highway Research Board
Azriel Taragin
Highway Research
Hicks Smith in 25-Year 'Club
Ada business figure Hicks Smith of Smith's Footwear marks more than 24 years as manager of the Ada shop. The column notes his long tenure since 1824 and suggests a future gathering of Ada managers with 25 years of continuous leadership.
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Hicks Smith
W. D. Little
Scott Baubluts
J. C. Penney
Ada
Smith's Footw
East Main
Hicks
Sooner rodeo stars shine at Chicago event
John ny Dunbar of Sapulpa Oklahoma won the bare back bronco riding by default at the International Championship rodeo in Chicago. Oklahoma riders dominated calf roping with Clark McEntire of Kiowa first in 13.5 seconds and Boots Robinson of Maud second Perry Franks of Oklahoma City third. Glen Christian of Oklahoma City set a calf roping record and other Oklahoma winners claimed night events as well.
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Chicago
Johnny Dunbar
Sapulpa
Okla
Clark McEntire
Kiowa
Boots Robinson
Omaha
Jess Goodspeed
Wetumka
Territorial Rise and Statehood of a Main Town
The town reached territorial status with 22,659 residents on July 4, 1838 and later became the 29th state of the Union on December 28, 1846 with a population of 102,388 confirmed as its growth progressed.
Oklahoma Voters to Decide on World Federalism Issue
Oklahoma voters face a November 7 ballot on world federalism shaped by a past legislative push. Key figures include Sen. Joe B. Thompson Ardmore and Rep. Bill Alexander, who rewrote positions on strengthening or subjugating the United States to a world government. Other items on the ballot include a constitutional convention call, highway tax diversions, a four man bipartisan highway commission, and a regent board for Oklahoma Military Academy.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma ‘City
Congress
Aly
Joe B. Thompson
Ardmore
United States
House of Representatives
United Nations
Suchers
China
Bill Alexander
U. S. Senate
Alexander
Absentee Ballots For Nov 7 Vote Now Open
Absentee ballots are available for voters away from their home precincts or ill at home or in hospitals for the November general election. Request must include precinct ward and county. ballots mailed to the county election board up to three days before election. Ballots may be picked up at Julius Hanson’s home, county election board clerk, 601 East Fifteenth, 8 to 5 on weekdays.
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Ada
Julius Hanson
County of Election Board
East Fifteenth
Clocis
County Election Board
Wreckage Found of Plane in Parkville Campus Wooded Area
Five Park College students unearthed the twin-engine plane wreckage and the skeletal remains of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford H. Hand, Kansas City, after a three month search across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. Miss Rosemary Hayes and four classmates reported the discovery near a hill east of campus. The Hands had disappeared August 13 after leaving Amarillo, Texas, while en route home from California.
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Parkville
Park College
Crawford H. Hand
Kansas City
Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Son
Lowry Field
Denver
Hand
California
Rosemary Hayes
Joplin
Miss Hayes
Irene
Gaenzle
Leavenworth
Flag Pole Sitter Champ Seeks Job
Akron based Ian Red Norman, holder of the world flag pole sitting record at Barkerton, announced he is seeking work after 122 days on the pole. He plans a medical checkup before returning to racing, has a potential Columbus nightclub appearance, and contemplates writing a book titled Flagpole Philosophies.
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Akron
Ian
Columbus, O
Romania’s Plan Aims to End Private Enterprise
Romania’s five year plan seeks to abolish private enterprise by 1955, expanding state and cooperative trade to 85 to 90 percent of exchanges. It promises eradication of illiteracy, an 80 percent rise in working-class living standards, and major steps toward total agricultural collectivization as of January 1. Rocket fuels behavior is noted for ignition risks at varying altitudes and temperatures.
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Romania
Vienna
Austria
Fortes * E Jomanian
Oklahoma welcomes crime probe team while raids continue
Oklahoma Safety Commissioner Gambill said he would welcome congressional crime probers to inspect conditions. He had no official notice but, if they come, they are welcome. Federal agents from the committee were reportedly in the state. The State Bureau of Investigation pressed raids on gambling joints, including the Oaks Club on the Oklahoma Pottawatomie line, where whisky was found but no arrests made. Gambill said raids would continue to keep vice under control.
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Oklahoma City
Coble Gambill
Congressional
Oklahoma
Gambill
Sen
KeFauger
D-Zenn
Newark
Chicago
Daily
Oklahoman
State Bureau of Investigation
Oaks Club
Oklahoma-Pottawatomie
Jake Sims
Bureau
Art Important In Wall Decor For Your Home
Sue Gardner argues against hurried wall art buys and endless reprints. She recommends investing in original American artists, framing wisely, and displaying pieces as focal, valued investments.
Youths Register For FFA Meeting Opens In Kansas City
More than 2000 youths filed past the registration desk for the Future Farmers of America convention opening in Kansas City. Delegates will total about 6000 after Tuesday registration, representing all states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The national public speaking contest is tonight with Charles R. Ocker of Cameron, Missouri among contestants. Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan speaks Tuesday morning, and Rep. Clifford R. Hope addresses the Tuesday afternoon session.
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Kansas City
Registraon
Future Farmers of American
Union
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Charles R. Ocker
Cameron
Chartes F. Brannan
Clifford R. Hope
R-Kaz
German police arrest anti communists in east zone
Berlin Oct 9 F Commissar reports sweeping anti communist arrests and raids in Germany's Soviet zone to suppress counter propaganda before the East German republic's first election next Sunday. More than 40 suspected anti communists were seized in Thuringian and other states. Hundreds of pounds of leaflets urging a boycott were seized in private homes. The station was nine miles away.
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Berlin
Germany
East German
Thuringian
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