ROKs Rout Out Chinese On Finger Ridge In Dawn Battle
South Korean infantry drove Communist forces from Finger Ridge in a pre dawn assault recapturing Central Front Positions lost two weeks earlier. US and UN aircraft supported with bombs and rockets while artillery pounded Chinese dug in positions. The operation left the highest ground in the northeast portion of the ridge in ROK hands.
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Seoul
Korea
Finger Ridge
Republic 97F Korea
ROK
U. N
Tokyo
Navy
U. S
Bart
Sopo
Pyongyang
North Korea
U. S. Air Force
Northwest Korea
Eighth Army
Yon- Chon
U. S. Eighth Army
Murray Opposes Two Oklahoma Ballot Proposals
Governor Johnston Murray said he opposes a $125 million veterans bonus and a sales tax rise from two to three cents. He argued taxes should not be increased now and questioned consolidating funds into one pot, while remaining undecided on lowering the voting age to 18.
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Oklahoma City 7
Johnston Murray
Murray
Ora J. Fox
Navy reveals first robot plane attack in Korea age
War report details a catapult launched unmanned aircraft from a carrier off the Korean coast. The robot plane, guided by radio, targeted a heavily defended site while a cockpit camera recorded the historic flight. Lt Cmdr Kurtz directed the mission and described potential for a larger robot campaign.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
Korea
Navy
Cmdr
Lawrence A. Kurtz
Tokyo
Southern editors rate 1952 race 50-50 on solid or split
New York WP Dixie editors say sentiment in the South is 50 50 for the 1952 presidential race. They project Stevenson likely to win nine states totaling 88 electoral votes, while Eisenhower could capture three to five states including Texas Louisiana and Florida. Kentucky leans Democratic Virginia leans Stevenson margins tight. Overall, editors say it is too early to predict November outcomes.
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New York
Dixie
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Misssissippi
North Carolina
Tennesee
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Florida
South
Buffalo sale outlines 1952 refuge plan in four states
Government readies the annual sale of surplus buffalo at four national refuges to be sold for meat or kept by buyers for breeding or exhibition. About 8 700 bison exist nationwide with allocations at National Bison Range in Montana Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma Ft Niobrara in Nebraska and Sullys Hill in North Dakota.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Philip Dumont
National Bison Range
Molese
Mont
Wichita Mountains Refuge
Cache
Okla
Ft. Niobara
Valentine
Neb
Sullys Hill Preserve
Ft. Totten
N. D
Ada Weather Patch Douses Heat With Brief Rain
A small shower cooled Ada from 91 to 64 as 0.15 inch fell, ending a 22 day drought trace. Winds to 45 mph and a lightning strike at the Oklahoma City airport disrupted power and pavement. The storm spread across Oklahoma, easing drought but leaving parched land in need of more rain.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Girl in Idaho Alibino Iroquois name held in Texas ward
A 16 year old girl who fled Fitchburg Massachusetts and posed as Kim Rising Cloud or Yalamulankasitdanmutsa was held in the Tarrant County juvenile ward after being found near here. Her parents were en route to Texas. She claimed jail felt like home and said she would leave again if forced to return.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Yvonne Marie Hanks
Fitchburg
Mass
Wilds
Alaska
Canadian
St. Regis River
United States
Canada
Tarrant County
Richard T. Hanks
Kim
Rising Cloud
Yvonne Hanks
Claire
Yvonne
Polio Case Surge Sets New National High This Week
The Public Health Service reports 4,032 new infantile paralysis cases in 47 states for the week ended Sept 13, a fourth straight weekly record. Texas leads with 3,462 cases since Jan 1, followed by Iowa Michigan Illinois Ohio and California. The disease year totals 30,071 cases through Sept 13, well above 1949’s pace.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
United States
New Mexico
Minnesota
Illinois
Texas
Iowa
Michigan
Oil Well Pump Collapses on Car Near Okarchie
An oil field pump fell onto a car near Okarchie Oklahoma injuring four occupants but only minor injuries were reported. Mrs Ila Gene Creel suffered a cut arm while her husband and two children escaped unharmed as rescue crews freed the vehicle’s roof after the pump crushed the top.
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Okarche
Okla Io
Here
Ila Gene Creel
Beaver
Art
Ira Walkup
Oklahoma Forecast: Mostly Fair With Scattered Thunderstorms
Generally fair tonight and Friday with widely scattered thundershowers in the extreme southeast. Temperatures range from the 50s to 60s in the north and 60s to near 80 degrees elsewhere.
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Oklahoma
Woman Leader of Cattle Theft Ring
Officers say a cattle theft ring led by 21 year old Melba Doris Asham operated with help from her brother Virgil Basham 28 Jeannie Dixon 22 and Dan Dixson a Fort Worth soldier. They used trailer and cut fences to steal cattle and faced charges. W O Reeves 47 of Grand Prairie was charged with receiving and concealing stolen property.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Melba Doris Asham
Re Og Virgil Basham
Burleson
Jeannie Dixson
Dan J. Dixson
Earl Reed
Azle
Sept
W. O. Reeves
Grand Prairie
Charge driver under safety law in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Safety Commissioner Dixie Gilmer announced the first charge under the safety responsibility law against Woodrow Conley of Oklahoma City. He faced a $500 bond on a Dec 2 1951 crash failure to report when damage exceeded 50 dollars, with damage listed at 152 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Dixie Gilmer
Common Pleas
Woodrow Conley
Gilmer
Conley
Blood Needed For TOC Resident After Surgery
A request for rare A B type blood goes out for Bu Bray of TOC after major surgery at Valley View Hospital Friday morning. Eight pints were prepared for today but the surgeon says further transfusions will be needed for a time. Dotty Dotty helps coordinate hospital blood supplies.
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Bu Bray
Bray
Valley View Hospital
Dotty
Hespls Wines Hospital
Tulsa Garbage Strike Leaves City in Mess
About 150 Tulsa garbage workers failed to report for work in protest over alleged discrimination. Mayor Clancy Warren said trucks would be manned by citizen volunteers and police protection arranged. The walkout followed a recent pay raise after a brief August strike, with warnings of further action if reprisals occurred.
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Ada
Community Chest
Aldridge Hotel
Advance Gifts Committee
S. C. Boswell
Boswell
Boy Scouts
Ada Youth Center
Ada Summer
Salvation Army
Camp Fire Girls
Negro
Child Welfare Service
Tulsa
Okla
Clancy Warren
Warren
Gore to Speak at Oklahoma City Democratic Dinner
Rep Albert Gore of Tennessee will be principal speaker at an Oklahoma City dinner Tuesday night. The event, sponsored by county and legislative candidates and the Oklahoma County Democratic Central Committee, is expected to attract 3000 people.
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Oklahoma City
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Oklahoma Here
Oklahoma
King dragged to death by horse in Oklahoma cornfield
In Jenks Oklahoma on Tuesday Frank R King 68 a farmer was killed when a horse dragged him through a cornfield his wife Ali discovered the body senareен
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Jenks
Okla
Frank R. King
Ali
Rancher Confesses Killing Yaqui Woman Suspected of Witchcraft
Phoenix dispatch reports rancher Joe S. Chaves of Mesa confessed to killing Yaqui Indian woman Maria Estrella Miranda 41, who neighbors accused of witchcraft. Boies said Chaves, 42, told officers he killed her claiming she caused his wife’s 1942 blindness.
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Ariz
Boies
Joe S. Chaves
Mesa
Aziz
Chaves
Maria Estrella Miranda
Versatile Local Machine On Sale Here Drier-Heater-Cooler
The Russell Sun N Air Clothes Drier Heater Cooler, made by Braman Manufacturing, goes on sale locally. First shipments reached two appliance dealers with more plans to carry the unit at 109.95 dollars. Demonstrations at a Braman luncheon with industry leaders and chamber officials spurred interest as national distributors test market models.
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Russell
Braman Manufacturing Company
Russell Taman
Braman
Aldridge
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
E “Russell
West Twelfth
Oklahoma County Voters to Receive Cash in November Drawing
Oklahoma City announces an $8,000 get out the vote plan by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Oklahoma City Retailers Association. One voter will win $5,000 for casting a ballot and 25 others receive $100 each. ballots require numbered slips kept at polling places and dropped in designated boxes downtown.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Junior Chamber of
Cmmerce
Oklahoma City Retailers’ Association
Cotton Growers Complain About Rising Cotton Meal Prices
Senator John C. Stennis cites drought and shift to diversified farming as drivers of higher cotton meal costs. He notes cottonseed prices at 60 to 65 dollars per ton vs meal at 90 to 95 dollars, while officials deny government profits from the meal.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Mississippi
Stennis
Agriculture Department
Dozen Safe After Greenland Crash
Thule Greenland reports a British RAF four engine transport crash landed on an eight thousand foot ice cap during a supply drop to the Simpson Scientific Expedition. Rescue hindered by heavy fog and Arctic weather. The crew of twelve are aboard the damaged fuselage with Capt. Charles Stover of Portland Maine among the marooned.
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Thule
Greenland
U. S
Simpson Scientific Expedition
Queen Louise’s Land
Charles Stover
Portland
London
British Air
Pugmire to Head New Education Program
Norman Oklahoma Dr D Ross Pugmire a University of Oklahoma education professor has been named to head a new program in 8 school superintendents will study educational problems. He will be relieved of about three fourths of his teaching duties to develop the auspices of the Operative Project administration. Educational
Judge Sympathetic With Korean Vet
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught leniently reduced 21-year-old Ralph Tatum Jr.’s four month sentence for illegally wearing an Army fatigue uniform to the time already served 22 days and cancelled a $150 fine. Tatum, a discharged Korean War veteran, testified he was roughed up at arrest and coerced into signing waiver papers. He had been arrested at Ft Sill while seeking a new discharge copy.
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Oklahoma City
Ralph Tatum Jr
Edgar S. Vaught
Vaught
Tatum
Korea
Ft. Sill
Iran's Economic Plight Cited By New Ambassador
Iran's new ambassador Allahyar Saleh told Secretary Acheson that Iran faces a critical economy and warned the situation could get out of control without U S help. He urged American understanding of Iran's aims to nationalize British oil properties, signaling concern over Communist influence.
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Iran
Allahyar Saleh
Acheson
United States
Free World
Saleh
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