State Campaign Ramps Up as Voting Day Nears
As the November 7 general election approaches Oklahoma parties mount aggressive campaigns for governor U S senate and congressional races. Mike Monroney arrives in Ada for an evening address while Bill Alexander Jo Ferguson and Johnston Murray lead vigorous tours. Registration ends Friday Oct 27 with mail-in absentee ballots available until three days before election and special ballots for the sick or disabled up to election day.
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Mike Monroney
U.S. Senate
Bill Alexander
Johnston Murray
Jo Ferguson
Senate
Tom Steed
Shawnee
Glenn C. Young
Sapulpa
Cotton Rugs In Wide Range Of New Hues
Sue Gardber introduces a 1950 collection of needletuft washable cotton rugs with velvety clipped pile textures and non skid backs. Rugs range from throw to wall to wall sizes in five reds four greens and ten other shades including wine acorn brown cherry and terra cotta. Designs feature floral patterns and a Scotch plaid with oblong oval and round shapes plus fringe options.
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Earline Brice
General Features Corp
Murray on Radio Tuesday Night Farmers Speech Set
Johnston Murray Democratic gubernatorial nominee will deliver a 15 minute radio speech to Oklahoma farmers Tuesday night. The address originates from Bartlesville at 7 p.m. and will be carried on a statewide network.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Bartlesville
Carrie
Engineers Meet At Oklahoma City
Delegates plan six inspection trips to ten principal industrial sites in Oklahoma City including Tinker Air Force Base. Officials say the air base uses more electricity than Muskogee or Enid. Governor Roy J. Turner will welcome visitors at 2 general sessions Tuesday morning with Dr. H. G. Bennett and Titus G. LeClair among the speakers.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
Air Force Base
Muskogee
Enid
Roy J. Turner
H. G. Bennett
Oklahoma
A. and M. College
Titus G. LeClair
Chicago
The
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Tulsa Driller Virgil Fisher Dies at 42
Virgil Tex Fisher, a drilling contractor from Oklahoma City, died at a Tulsa hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage in Beiston on August 7. He was 42.
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Tulsa
Okla
Virgil
Tex) Fisher
Oklahoma City
Tulsa Hospital
Claw-hooked bat wings enable wall clinging and flight
A bat’s wing has a claw-like hook that allows it to cling to walls and rocks before taking flight. Without this hook, it would be one of the most helpless animals.
Flexible Modern Furniture By Harvey Probber Designs
Modern furniture offers great flexibility for rooms and interchangeable units. Harvey Probber develops a 20 design collection built on geometric shapes with adjustable heights, cantilever legs, and modular layouts to fit any space. New fabrics, leather and laminated plywood frames expand the lineup for homemakers and lighting fixtures by Thurston and Wormley add versatile options.
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Harvey Probber
Probber
Seectin
Gerald Thurston
Edward Wormley
Rubber Planting School to Open in Hampshire
Singapore dispatch says a rubber planting school, the first in the United Kingdom, will open soon in Hampshire. A veteran Malayan planter returning home on retirement will run a six to eight week course.
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Singapore
United Kingdom
Hampshire
Roff News Bits Highlight Moves and Visits
Local residents feature family relocations and travel. Bunyard family plans Seminole home. Bunyard to serve as rural carrier. Fort Riley and Oklahoma City visits involve Hudson, Stewarts, and other relatives. Hospital updates and social events populate the week in Roff.
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William H. Poole
Roff
W. G. Bunyard
Mr. Poole
United States Postal Service
Drake Oil Museum Expansion Planned in Titusville Area
Pennsylvan ia plans to raise millions to enlarge the Drake well museum and Memorial park at Titusville. Dr P H Giddens curator outlined the plan to the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association board. Expansion aims for the 100th anniversary of the oil industry in Titusville in 1959.
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Park Oil City
Pennsylvania
Memorial Park
Titusville
Hisory
P. H. Giddens
Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association
Fitistown Notes Assem bly of God preacher to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Timmons of Seminole visited Mr. and Mrs. Charley Timmons. Jiggs Jackson injured his hand in an ice crusher. George Penich and Calvin Brown caught a 17 pound catfish. Nile A Munn of Denison, Texas, visiting the Delaplain family this week. Mr. and Mrs. Oren Cherry and Debra visited relatives in Yale.
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Amarillo, Texas
J. D. Hudson
Ada
Jack Hudson
Ft Riley
Kansas
Ennis Hudson
Hemstid
Hutchinson
Paul Miller
New Orleans
Sity
New
Mr. Miller
Mr. Hempstid
Richard Gilstrap
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Gilstrap
Charley H Aker
Elmore City
East Rofs
Aker
Shell Pipe Line Corp
H. W. Blair
Dwayne and
Don
Pauls, Valley
Leonard
Huff
Everett Fultz
el Paso
Texas
Whitmire
Midland
S Stonewell
Bu St
Leonard Huff
Willie Timmons
Seminole
Mrs
Charley Timmons
Jiggs Jackson
Tueeda
George Penich
Calvin Brown
Nile A.“Munn
Denison, Texas
J. L. Dela Plain
Mrs. Oren Cherry
Debra
Yale
Winter Months Oyster Stew Recipe Tips and History
The piece recalls oyster stew enjoyed in colder months when markets favor shellfish. It notes oysters ship from coasts to inland cities, methods for opening shells, and a home recipe for Curried Creamed Oysters with butter, milk, flour, curry powder, and parsley. Cooking guidance emphasizes not overcooking and serving hot on toast or pastry shells.
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Pennsylvania
General Features. Corp
Girl Scouts Plan Sulphur Campaign
The Sulphur Girl Scout Association met Tuesday to plan National Girl Scout Week from October 29 to November 4 and the annual finance drive led by Fred Williams with a $1,000 goal. A November 9 drive event was set, with a November 2 meeting at First Methodist Church to finalize plans. Leaders and volunteers discussed recruiting more readers and boosting adult leadership. Mrs. Forrest McMurtry was tasked to order consent slips and supplies.
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Gar Scout Association
Bill, Kinney
Buel Green
Eugene Braden
Leo Horsmann
Fred Williams
Girl Scout Association
First Methodist Church
Forrest McMurtry
Ada Auto Dealers Protest New Payment Rule
Ada auto dealers threaten to write congressman as new time payment limits hurt working people. The Ada Automobile Dealers Association says 15 month limits plus one third down hit working class buyers and may cause deflation and a rise in black market activity. About 20 percent of Ada’s population and roughly 1,060 dealer employees are affected directly or indirectly.
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Ada , Automobile Dealers Association
Federal Reserve
Ada Automobile
Nephew of Adan Killed in Korea Pie Flanagan dies
Jimmy Gene Flanagan served in a medical unit and was killed in Korea on September 22. He would have turned 18 on October 8. He was the nephew of Jewell Flanagan of Ada and the son of Gene Flanagan, a wire chief for Southwest Bell Telephone Co. No further details were given. The passage also notes a factual line about female sea horses depositing eggs in the male pouch.
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Pie
Jimmy Gene Flanagan
Korea
Gene Flanagan
Seminole
Flanagan
Jewell Flanagan
Ada
Southwest Bell Telephone Co
Edmond
October Birthdays Prompt Driver License Renewals
Oklahoma City reports October birthday drivers have nine days to renew under a new policy. Licenses expiring Jan 1 are automatically renewed through the owner's birth month, with 50,000 renewals issued monthly. Patrol records show 629 arrests for improper licenses. A Newcomer's party is set for October 23 at Fleets cabin.
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Uwih
State Highway Patrol
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