Oklahoma Editors See Stevenson Narrow Win in Oklahoma
Oklahoma editors predict Stevenson will carry the state with about 53 percent to Eisenhower's 47 percent in a presidential vote of roughly 750 to 800 thousand. The survey spans 77 counties, notes varying county margins, and cites Democratic strength in urban areas alongside steady Republican pockets in northern and some southern counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Tulsa
B. L. Abernathy
The
Duncan Banner
McClain County
Maxwell Mc
McCurdy
Wheeler Mayo
Sallisaw
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
California
Brooks Bicknell
Alva Courier
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Woods County
Noble County
Fred Beers
Perry Daily Journal
Nobles
Ihe
Otis Sullivant
Daily Oklahoman
Bill Henthorne
Tulsa Daily World
Ei Ower
Dallas May Tap Texoma For Water
Dallas may seek water from Lake Texoma with Oklahoma willing to arrange temporary access if drought worsens. Ira C Husky of the Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board indicated support, and Governor Johnston Murray backed helping Dallas as its supply runs low. Engineers identified a pumping site near Gainesville to move Texoma water to the Trinity River for Dallas.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dallas
Tex
Lake Texoma
Ira C. Husky
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
Texas
Texoma
Johnston Murray
Texas City
Gainesville
Trinity River
OCU restricts campus political activity after speaker ban
Oklahoma City University officials halted a planned Eisenhower speaking event amid a student effort to form an OCU Citizens for Eisenhower chapter. President Dr. C O Smith said political clubs for parties exist but not candidate specific groups. Lt Gen Raymond McLain said the policy raises questions about student rights to hear balanced discussions of governance.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University
Whn
Raymond McLain
McLain
Eisenhower
OCU
Citizens For Eisenhower
C. O. Smith
Kenya rounds up 86 natives in anti terror move
In a state of emergency, Kenyan authorities arrested 86 natives including Jomo Kenyatta amid a Mau Mau crackdown. The Lancashire Fusiliers were airlifted in as Royal Navy ships and naval forces reinforce security while Kenyatta is held pending governor decisions.
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Kenya
Nairobi
Kenyya
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya African Union
London
Colonial Office
Lancashire Fusiliers
Kenyatta
Britain
Frontier
Mau Mau
Mombasa
East Africa
Malaya
Murray County Eligible For Emergency Hay
Murray County is designated under the Drought Emergency Program to receive government hay. Farmers file requests at the PMA office in Sulphur and pay $5 per ton upfront with the balance due on hay arrival. The county mobilization committee will approve requests for legume hay alfalfa or clover, mixed hay, and straight grass hay.
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O. C. Vernon
Keckey County
PMA
PMA County Committee
County Mobilization Committee
Commodity Credit Cooperation
County Committee
Murray County
Moilization
Vernon
Funeral Held For Mrs Schwake In Sulphur
Kathryn Margaret Schwake 70 died Saturday born January 25 1882 in Neddenaverbergen Germany came to America at 22 resided Nevada Oklahoma Sulphur since 1924 survived by three sons Bill Otto and Melvin all in Sulphur a brother Wilhelm Hellwinkl in Germany five grandchildren services Monday 2:00 pm Presbyterian church Ardmore officiating Oaklawn Cemetery Sulphur Dunn Funeral home in charge
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Katharine Margaret Schwake
Neddenaverbergen
Germany
America
Nevada
Oklahoma
Bristow
Pawnee
Sulphur
Schwake
Wilhelm Hellwinkel
Trices
Presbyterian Church
Harold Brackhoff
Ardmore
Oaklawn Cemetery
Dunn
Tom Sanders Loses High Court Bid
Tom Sanders a Pottawatomie County herb doctor lost a bid for Supreme Court review and must appear in U S District Court to show cause why he should not be held in criminal contempt. District Judge W R Wallace had earlier barred him from selling misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. The circuit court reversed, finding Sanders circumvented the injunction by continuing sales.
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Washington
Tom Sanders
Pottawatomie County
S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
W. R. Wallace
Sanders
Wallace
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Hobart Man Dies In Auto Truck Crash Near State Line
P Forrest O Stockton 45 of Hobart Oklahoma was killed in an auto truck collision at a road junction near the Oklahoma Texas line. His car collided with a truck driven by Woodrow Davis of Lubbock. The truck toppled a brick wall and pumps, striking an automobile agency building. the driver survived uninjured.
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Hobart
Wichita Falls
Tex
Pforrest O. Stockton
Okla
Oklainion
Stockton’s
Woodrow Davis
Lubbock
Winter Blows Icy Breath Across Northeastern States
The Associated Press reports frigid air sweeping the region with record lows in Boston and New York City, 31 and 32.9 respectively, as snow flurries fall briefly. Sub freezing temperatures spread from the central plains to the Atlantic coast, with readings- as low as 16 in Lone Rock Wisconsin and 39 in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Boston
New York City
Massachusetts City
New York
New England
New Jersey
Central Plains
Atlantic Coast
Lone Rock
Wis
Chicago
Buffalo
Condensate Production Soars In Week Ended Oct 18
Tulsa report shows crude oil and condensate output rising to a new daily high of 6,525,800 barrels, a 13,025 barrel gain. Cumulative yearly production reaches 1,800,906,650 barrels while Kansas adds 14,300 barrels to 346,000. Oklahoma falls 3,300 to 525,400. Colorado and North Dakota rise by 1,300 each to 88,800 and 5,000 respectively.
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Tulsa
Okla
Co and Gas Journal
Tony
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
North Dakota
Oklahoma Supreme Court opinions issued across counties
The Oklahoma Supreme Court released opinions affirming or reversing several cases. Decisions involve City of Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Hartshorne, Henryetta, Nichols Hills, and other parties, with outcomes ranging from affirmations to reversals and remands.
Runway Planned at Altus Air Base to Stretch 200 Feet Wide
U S District Engineers announced a new 1000 foot heavy duty runway at Altus Air Force Base near Tulsa. The 2 mile strip will be bituminous with blast pads and warm-up aprons and include about 9000 feet of taxiway for the Southwestern Oklahoma project. Bids are due at 2 p.m. November 13.
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Tulsa
Ohli A
Altus Air Force Base
U.S
Col
E. G. Herb
Herb
Oklahoma
Political Donations May Have Had Part In Easing of Suits
A House judiciary subcommittee report notes an inference that liquor company contributions aided the tapering off of a 1949 antitrust probe. It says donations were by individuals, not firms, and supported both parties, with totals around 155,550 to 165,550 over 1948 to 1951. The Big Four distillers are named and the committee criticizes the Antitrust Division for limiting inquiry and warns that distributor dependence on major distillers could suppress competition.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Big Four
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc
Schenley Industries, Inc
National Distillers Products Corp
Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts, Ltd
Antitrust Division
McLish Home Demonstration Club Plans Community Center
The McLish Home Demonstration club met Thursday in the club building to discuss renting the space as a community center. Three new members Mrs Hisan Mrs Foresee and Mrs Mitchusson joined. refreshments were provided by Mrs Lillie Barrick and Mrs Flossie Snyder.
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McLish Home Demonstration Club
Hisan
Foresee
Mitchusson
Lillie Barrick
Flossie Snyder
John Brents
Janette Townsend
Bess Cherry
Polly Harden
Nora Harden
Norene Harden
Rita Lewis
Ruby Eaton
Ruby Hodgins
Clyde Hobgood
Lucille Howell
Glenn
Local family visits and health updates in Ada area
Mr and Mrs Rufus Davis and daughters of Ada and Mrs Calvin town spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Ad Davis. The small daughter of Mr and Mrs Harland Jackson was ill Saturday. Mrs Tennessee Tackett is home from the hospital and is improving slowly.
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Rufus Davis
Ada
Mrs. Calvintown
Ad Davis
Harland Jackson
Tennessee Tackett
Weekend Visits Highlight Oklahoma Family Ties
Maurice Howell of Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater spent the weekend here with his parents Mr and Mrs Freeland Howell. Hoyt Sloan of Ada spent Sunday with Donnie Skieth. Mr and Mrs Jasper Prince and Mr and Mrs Arthur Prince of Wewoka visited Mr and Mrs Tennessee Tackett. Charley Holden and Vernon Burns went to Oklahoma City on business Monday.
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Maurice Howell
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Mrs
Freeland Howell
Hoyt Sloan
Ada
Donnie Skieth
Jasper Prince
Arthur Prince
Wewoka
Tennessee Tackett
Charley Holden
Vernon Burns
Oklahoma City
Adventurer returns from New Bedford with fish and Stevenson plug
The fishing dragger Adventurer came to port with a catch and a political plug for Adlai Stevenson. Skipper Jerry Moriarty said a sea turtle aboard bore the painted message Vote for Stevenson and keep food on the table. He noted a prior Democrat may have landed the first advertising turtle.
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New Bedford
Mass
Adlai Stevenson
Jerry Moriarty
Stevenson
Moriarty
Embezzlement Charge Bound Over Oklahoma City Man
Justice of the Peace Ben LaFon bound over Earl D. Sinclair, 58, former superintendent of the Oklahoma County Poor Farm, for district court trial on a charge of embezzlement.
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Oklahoma City
Justice of the Peace
Ben LaFon
Earl D. Sinclair
Oklahoma County Poor Farm
Holiness Group To Meet Friday on ECSC Campus
The United Holiness Fellowship at East Central State College will gather Friday October 24 at 12 15 p m in the Memorial Student Union club room. Evangelist Paul Glover of Tulsa is guest speaker while the campus group includes Assembly of God Church of God of Prophecy Pentecostal Holiness Church of the Nazarene and Church of God. Special instrumental and vocal music will be part of the program.
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United Holiness Fellowship
Memorial Student Union
East Central State College
Paul Glover
Tulsa
Ada
First Assembly of God Church
ECSC
Assembly of God
Church of God of Prophecy
Pentecostal Holiness
Church of the Nazarene
Church of God Churches
Protestant and Catholic Population Estimates in the U S
The provisional figures estimate about 52 million Protestants and 29 million Roman Catholics in the United States highlighting the religious composition of the nation.
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United States
Mrs Loss Hart Recovering After Major Surgery
Stratford reports Mrs Loss Hart aged 85 who had major surgery in Oklahoma City this week is recovering and hopes to return home soon. The town notes a well attended Negro Minstrel at Stratford High School on Thursday with $66 raised for the church building fund. Fronia Gooch of Oklahoma City visited her mother Mrs J S Gardner and Mr Gardner, selling her east Stratford home to Mr and Mrs J W Brown as the Browns plan to move.
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Loss Hart
Oklahoma City
Methodist Church
Fronia Gooch
J. S. Gardner
Gardner
Baptist Church
J. W. Brown
Joe Tom Blackburn
Blackburns
Stratford band at homecoming parade leads East Central event
The Stratford band marched in the East Central homecoming parade on Saturday accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Otto. Earlier they performed in Pauls Valley on Thursday marching in the Oil Exposition parade.
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Stratford
East Central
Charles Otto
Pauls Valley
Youth Revival Held by Baptist Pastor in Tishomingo
Rev. N N Antonsen and Mrs. Antonsen conduct a Youth Revival in Tishomingo this week. Services began October 12 and run for one week at the Baptist church.
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N.N. Antonsen
The
Baptist Church
Local Families Visit Over Weekend In Oklahoma Towns
Dr Staff Mrs Staff and children Freddy and Connie vacationed in Stonewall with Mrs Staffs parents Mr and Mrs J P Willingham also visiting were Mr and Mrs Haskell Williams and daughter from Oklahoma City Johnnie Brown travelled to Oklahoma City to visit his daughter Paul Wren of Santa Rosa California spent a week with sister Mrs J R Davis Pfe Jake Chandler on 16 day furlough from Ft Leonard Wood Missouri will be sent overseas to Germany Mrs Tom Sales and her mother Mrs Laura Phillips made a business trip to Ada Durwood Gray and daughter Vicki Kay visited his wifes parents Mr and Mrs H M Brewer at Sulphur Ledrue Eoff and children of Shawnee visited his wifes parents Everett Warren Elmer Williams and children and Earl Williams from Lindsay called on Mr and Mrs Lester Elmore Tuesday
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Dr. Staff
Haskell Williams
Oklahoma City
Johnnie Brown
Jewel Williams
Pfe
Jake Chandler
Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri
Charles Chandler
W. F. Wood
Germany
Durwood Gray
Vicki Kay
H. M. Brewer
Mrs. F. A. Bailey Hosts Ada Guests
Mrs. F. A. Bailey entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Farnham and their family from Ada. The visitors were returning from Mississippi after visiting her ill brother.
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F. A. Bailey
J. B. Farnham
Ada
Mis-sissippi
Sgt Nolen Keith Discharged Returns Home
Sgt Nolen Keith was discharged from the army this past weekend and is now at home. He was stationed in Chicago Illinois and is married to Mrs. Jo Ann Maupin Keith.
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Nolen Keith
Sgt
Keith
Chicago, Ill
Jo Ann (Maupin) Keith
Homecoming at Murray State College Draws Local Moms
Mrs. Jack Blackburn, Mrs. Ott Jones and Mrs. Luther Ashley traveled to Tishomingo on Friday for Murray State College's homecoming. Each woman has a son attending the school.
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Jack Blackburn
Ott Jones
Luther Ashley
Tishomingo
Murray State College
Mrs Stella Golden Visits Riverside Couple
Mrs Stella Golden of Riverside California recently visited the home of Mr and Mrs W H Bullock.
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Stella Golden
Riverside, Calif
W. H. Bullock
Oklahoma City Family Visits Lewelling and Primrose
Mr and Mrs Joel Graham and daughter Jolene from Oklahoma City were weekend guests of Jolene s grandmother Mrs J T Lewelling and sister Mrs Edna Primrose in a family visit reported from local society circles.
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Joel Graham
Jolene
Oklahoma City
J. T. Lewelling
Edna Primrose
Weekend visits highlight local social rounds
Mrs. Clarence Douglas stopped by Sayre to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Coffey over the weekend. Mrs. L B Milligan and Mrs G N Cordell shopped in Pauls Valley Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Bill Cubley and daughter Wilma from Sulphur visited her parents Mr and Mrs W B Taylor Sunday evening.
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Clarence Douglas
Mrs. Coffey
Sayre
L. B. Milligan
G. N. Cordell
Pauls Valley
Bill Cubley
Wilma
W. B. Taylor
Test Near Tupelo Drilling Advances After Positive Bromide Sand Find
In Coal county northwest of Tupelo Beach and Talbot drill deeper after a second Bromide sand test at No 1 Guth 22-2N-8E showing oil and oil-cut mud in 115 minutes. Fleet Drilling tools the well as they pursue an Oil Creek test with no water accompanying the oil.
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Guth
Tupelo
Coal County
Beach
Talbot
Wildcat
Fitts
Fleet Drilling Company Tools
Ardmore Voters To Decide On $195000 School Bond
Ardmore Oklahoma voters will decide tomorrow on a $195000 bond issue to fund a new elementary school in northwest Ardmore.
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Ardmore
Okla
Northwest
City Council approves water main project and delays sewer line
With two members absent, the council votes to construct a night inch water main from the Country Club addition to AIDC property and to supply materials. A sewer line to AIDC property is deferred for study. Residents seek truck traffic ban on Fourteenth Street. Water rates extended for garden clubs. Street light at Ninth and Center approved. About $3,000 in sewer material claims approved.
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AIDC
Country Club
Representa’‘Ves
Ninth and
Center
Drug Store Burglary Reported After Saturday Night Break In
Corner drug store at 100 East Main robbed by unknown thieves who left by the back door. About 65 dollars, including 60 in silver and five ones, taken after the 10 15 p m closing. Co owner Joe Bryan discovered the loss Sunday morning and police investigate.
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East Main
Joe Bryan
Bryan
Professor explains radioactivity and atomic energy basics
East Central State College physics professor James Landis outlines how radioactive metals are unstable, fly apart, and emit particles. He notes radioactivity's medical uses and potential future power from atomic piles, while stressing safety and applications in science and agriculture.
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James Landis
East Central State College
Atomic Energy
Ada Lions
Landis
Death of Rev. Joseph C. Husslein S J at age 79
The Rev. Joseph C. Husslein S J, 79, retired sociology professor at St. Louis University, died last night of a heart attack. He was noted for articles and lectures against socialism and Communism over the past four decades.
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ST. Louis
Joseph C. Husslein
S. J
St. Louis University
Greater returns for amount in v Ada
Ada voters see higher yields on investments as city officials review budget aims. The report notes increased guidance on value of public funds, with residents urged to consider efficiency, better services, and long term saving strategies.
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