World Petroleum Congress Set for Moscow Next Year
Registration for the 8th World Petroleum Congress in Moscow opens late due to brochure delays. The event June 13–19 will host about 5,000 oilmen from 70 nations with 150 papers and 25 panel discussions.
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World Petroleum Congress
Moscow
Houston, Tex
U.S
National Committee
International
London
Kremlin Palace of Congresses
Petroleum Science and Technology
Santa Fe Adopts One Class Passenger Tariff
Santa Fe Railway will inaugurate a one class passenger tariff on September 1 under President John S. Reed. Sleeping car travelers pay the same base fare as chair car riders with extra charges for sleeping accommodations. no separate class fares remain. The move lowers sleeping car rates by about 10 percent, with Oklahoma City to Chicago at 31.25 dollars one way and 62.50 dollars round trip plus sleeping room charges.
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Santa Fe
John S. Reed
Reed
Western Railroad
Midwest
Southwest
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Arkla Proposes Large Public Bond Offering
ArkLa Louisiana Gas Company filed a registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 40 million dollars of 20 year first mortgage bonds. Underwriters led by Eastman Dillon Union Securities will handle the sale. Proceeds will retire notes to banks and other loans due within a year tied to plant construction. The firm operates an integrated natural gas utility across parts of five states and sells gas in southwest Missouri. Subsidiaries produce cement, chemicals, fertilizers, plywood, gas appliances, grils, and other hydrocarbon products. 1970 construction is about 36 million financed internally or via short term borrowings.
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Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D. C
Eastman Dillon
Union Securities and Co
Arkansas Louisana Gas
Louisiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Officials Block Permit For Rock Festival In Nebraska Farm
Beatrice Nebraska farmer Fred Beekman failed to obtain a permit for a Labor Day weekend rock festival near Odell. Gage County commissioners rejected the request and a temporary restraining order barred advertising the event. A hearing on a permanent injunction was not set. Beekman considered next steps with an attorney.
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Beatrice
Neb
Nebraska
Fred Beekman
Odell
Gage County
William Colwell
Beekman
Road Graders Clear Northern Norway Lemming Plague
Road-sweeping machines were used to clear thousands of lemmings from roads in Finnmark Norway. Residents report the biggest lemming year in decades as the burrowing mammals migrate in vast numbers killing many and flooding waterways. Landing nets scoop lemmings from reservoirs while vehicles skid on crushed bodies.
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Oslo
Norway
Finnmark
Lapps
Sweden
Finland
State Buys Mobile School For Fall Term
Oklahoma state units acquire two 40 foot air conditioned tractor trailers to serve rural campuses. One unit becomes a mock supermarket with three checkout stations. the other features 12 key punch machines for unit record work. Units will serve several vocational districts across the state with up to 20 students per session.
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State Department of Vocational and Technical Education
State Department
M. J. DeBenning
Victor van Hook
Caddo-Kiowa Area
Fort Cobb
Southern Oklahoma Area
Ardmore
Gordon Coomer Area
Drumright
Oklahoma conference to study juvenile delinquency issues
A statewide planning conference on juvenile delinquency will be held at the University of Oklahoma campus Monday and Tuesday with about 300 invited participants. It is sponsored by the Oklahoma State Council on Juvenile Delinquency and will address drug abuse runaways truancy and prevention strategies.
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Oklahoma Center For Continuing Education
University of Oklahoma
Ted. S. Baumberger
Oklahoma State Council On
Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services
Hayden H. Donahue
State Department of Mental Health
State Council
PTA
Donahue
Oklahoma
Patrol Cadets Begin Eight Week Training in September
Oklahoma City AP reports forty candidates for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol will begin eight weeks of cadet training on September 13. Upon completion, the men will receive commissions as troopers and be assigned where needed in the state. This raises the patrol's strength to 486, a record high.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Public Safety
Bob Lester
Brockway Declares 15 Cent Dividend for Common Stock
The Brockway Glass Company board at its August 18 meeting declares a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share on common stock payable September 30 to shareholders of record September 10. It also approves a 62.5 cent per share quarterly dividend on 5 percent cumulative preferred stock payable September 30 to holders of record September 10.
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Brockway Glass Company
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Mack” Welch
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