Family mourns as Bryan Waldby drowned in Cherokee Lake
Bryan Waldby 54, a Bebee native and Grandyke Transportation employee, drowned fishing alone in Cherokee Lake near Enid on Oct 16. His body was recovered two days later and burial was in Stillwater on Sep 20. Survived by brother J R Waldby and three sisters in Kansas, California, and Ada.
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Bryan Waldby
Bebee
Cherokee Lake
Enid
Stillwater
G. N. Waldby
J. R. Waldby
Hillsboro
Kansas
G. D. Stice
Avery
Nell Waldby
Alameda
Calif
N. L. Garrett
Route 2
Ada
Grandyke Transportation Company
Coalgate Leaders Urge Growth From Survey Findings
Dr. Randall Klemme of Oklahoma A and M college urged Coal County residents to plan and work for a brighter future at the Coal County Chamber of Commerce banquet. He cited a recent survey showing Coalgate population of 1590 in 1951 and 1043 families in the trade area, with a sizable senior segment.
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Coalgate
Coal County
E. E. Emerson
Oklahoma
Randall Klemme
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Coal County Chamber of Commerce
Kilemme
Coastgate Trade
Kiemme
Reds Deporting State Missionary From China
Francis Olin Stockwell a 51 year old Perry Oklahoma native and American missionary held in Chungking since November 26 1950 is being deported by Chinese Reds Stockwell the first American missionary jailed in Red China waited in Hong Kong for word after a September 14 announcement The note mentions his wife and son Foster Stockwell in Chicago Also referenced is Lawrence R Boul a pilot for Gen Chennault's Civil Air Transport arrested January 16 1950 with no word since Stockwell and Boul are named as detained Americans in Red China
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Hong Kong
Francis Olin Stockwell
Stockwell
Perry
Okla
Chungking
China
U. S
Foster Stockwell
Chicago
Red China
Oklahoma Forecast Quiet with Warm Friday
Fair conditions prevail with little temperature change. Tonight will dip into the 50s with a rise to the 80s by Friday. Winds light and pleasant, no rain expected in the near term.
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Oklahoma
Ada Industrial Development plan advances utilities
The Ada Industrial Development Corporation directors authorized engineer George G. Toler to draft plans for leveling part of the recently purchased tract south of the railroad and for laying a sewer line to the city sewer. They also consider a six or eight inch water main from the Country Club corner to the site for future industry use. A local businessman eyed a lot and preferred private announcement once utilities are ready.
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Ada Industrial Development Corporation
George G. Toler
Country Club Corner
Country Club
Coalgate FFA Dairy Team Takes Second in Oklahoma
Coalgate FFA dairy judging team finished second in Oklahoma behind Sasakwa, with Latta third. Team members were Jimmy Lawson, Jimmy Blue, and Phillip Wood. Eighteen boys enrolled in FFA here. Miss Adama Bailey, the Oklahoma FFA Sweetheart, and others plan to attend the Tulsa Fair.
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Coalgate
FFA
Oklahoma
Gus Martain
Sasakwa
J. C. Pruitt
Latta
Jimmy Lawson
Jimmy Blue
Phillip Wood
Adama Bailey
May Store Propane and Butane in Caverns
The petroleum industry seeks underground caverns in Oklahoma and nearby states for storing propane and butane as demand peaks in a few months. West Texas success with salt formations offers an economical, above ground alternative. Fresh water dissolves salt to form storage pits suitable for gas.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
West Texas
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Neal van Fossan
Slick-Urschel Oil Co
Midland
Tex
van Fossan
Ada motorist pays fine for improper start incident
Bobby Curtis Brice of Ada paid a total of $18 in fines and costs after appearing before Peace Justice C. W. Floyd to answer charges of improper start from a stopped position on a traffic infraction. Brice was stopped Monday half a mile south of Ada on SH 3 by Highway Patrolman Aubrey A. Mitchell.
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Bobby Curtis Brice
Ada
Peace Justice
C. W. Floyd
Brice
SH 3
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Stevenson Life Story Booklet Hits 20 Page Color Edition
Washington the Democratic National Committee released a 20 page full color booklet detailing Adlai Stevenson's life from his ancestry to his governorship and World War II service. Millions of copies were distributed through state Democratic organizations. The pictures span his family lineage to Jesse Fell and Adlai Stevenson his grandfather, and his father Lewis G Stevenson.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
Stevenson
Jesse W. Fell
Adlai E. Stevenson
Grover Cleveland
Lewis Green Stevenson
Illinois
Princeton
Harvard
Northwestern University
United Nations
Veep Candidates In Oklahoma Friday
The Ada Community Chest advance gifts committee reports 11 217 pledged toward a 35 000 goal with 32 percent raised in a week. Large contributors have boosted gifts with increases up to 50 percent and some doubled gifts while Ada employees lag in support. Agencies aided include Boy Scouts Salvation Army Negro Pre School Nursery Child Welfare Service Camp Fire Girls Ada Youth Center and Ada Summer Playground.
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Advance Gifts Committee
Ada Community Chest
S. C. Boswell
Lrge
Ada
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Negro Pre-School
Child Welfare Service
Camp Fire Girls
Ada Youth Center
Ada Summer Playground
Sparkman and Nixon Speak Across Oklahoma in Campaign Tour
Oklahoma hosts both vice presidential candidates with Sparkman arriving by plane from Des Moines for an Oklahoma Press Association luncheon and farm speech. He also plans a Washita Valley water project flight and stops in Ponca City. Nixon lands in Muskogee for a football game speech, then Oklahoma City breakfast and Tulsa Skelly Stadium address.
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Oklahoma City
Washita Valley
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
Johnston Murray
Sparkman
Ponca City
Kay County
Democratic Women’s Organization
Nixon
Muskogee
Municipal Auditorium
Tulsa
Skelly Stadium
San Francisco Welcomes USS Gen. W. M. Black Docking
The Transport USS Gen. W. M. Black arrived in San Francisco yesterday with 2,922 Army rotation soldiers aboard. Among them are 48 Oklahomans.
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San Francisco
Gen. W. M. Black
Draper Named President of Commerce Executives Group
Stanley C. Draper of Oklahoma City was elected president of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives at the 14th annual meeting. He succeeds F. R. Henerkin of Kankakee Illinois after the concluding session yesterday.
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ST. Louis
Stanley C. Draper
Oklahoma City
American Chamber of Commerce
F. R. Henerkin
Kankakee
III
Nixon Breaks Into Tears During Eisenhower Meeting
In Wheeling West Virginia Nixon, a California senator and Republican vice presidential hopeful, sobbed as Eisenhower urged him to stay in the race. The emotional moment occurred aboard a four engine plane after a day of campaign events.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
Missoula
Mont
Fisen
County Democrats Plan Campaign Meeting October 3
Pontotoc County Democrats confer in a strategy session led by Claude V. Thompson to prepare an intensive four week campaign for the November 4 election. County Co-Chair Ann Busby and Secretary Rowe F. Bisbee assist as invitations go to precinct chairmen. The gathering begins at 1 30 p m in the district courtroom.
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Pontotoc County
Claude V. Thompson
County Central Committee
Ann Busby
Rowe F. Bisbee
Judge Thompson
District Court Room
Eighteen Second-String Red Leaders Indicted in U.S. Case
Federal grand juries indicted eighteen Communist party leaders for conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the U S government under the Smith Act. Indictments were returned in Seattle Detroit and St Louis for multiple overt conspiracy actions amid a government crackdown begun in 1948.
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Washington
Communist Party
FBI
United States
Seattle
Wash
St. Louis
Detroit
Justice Department
Midwest
West Coast
Cheap Killer Says A Bomb
British mathematician Fred Hoyle argues in a technical journal that atomic bombs are a cheap means of extermination. He estimates costs per victim and projects annual production of fissile material to fuel thousands of bombs, noting the figure may not be precise due to material limits.
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London
Fred Hoyle
Dentists’ News
Hoyle
Cancer Society grants $25,000 to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
The American Cancer Society pledges $25,000 for the current fiscal year to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The grant extends a prior award and increases total support to $85,000 for the cancer research program.
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Oklahoma City
American Cancer Society
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Chest Aids Negro Pre-School Nursery
The Pre-School Nursery for colored children began with Community Chest help and was envisioned by the United Council of Church Women to assist working mothers. It occupies an added Napier grade school building with a 25 cent daily charge for lunch and $1,520 Chest funding last year.
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Community Chest
United Council of Church Women
Council of Church Women
Board of Education
Napier
East Sixth Street
Marcel Dallas
East Sixth
Ada Community Chest
Red Experiments Cost MIG Pilots in Combat Spins
In Seoul a U S jet ace Col Harrison Thyng said Chinese MIG-15s show spin tendency during violent maneuvers in dogfights with Sabres. He noted pilots fire all guns when spinning to expend ammunition and lighten the nose, implying altered center of gravity.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Harrison Thyng
Thyng
Accident Fatal to Oklahoma Woman in Two Car Crash
Mrs. Mildred Fox, 52, of Panoma LeFlore County, died from injuries after a two car collision on State Highway 71 near Panama. The crash occurred as Fox's car tried to pass and rejoin, causing both vehicles to overturn. Also reported was the death of William B. Nelson, 27, of Phillips Texas, from injuries in a separate Aug. 4 crash.
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Associated Press
Mildred Fox
Panama
LeFlore
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Buster Lynn
Geraldine Vincent
Bokchito
William B. Nelson
Phillips
Texas
Cushing
Wilmington man dies during speech in San Francisco
Frank H Thomas, 52, of Wilmington Delaware and president of the Fire Association of Philadelphia, collapsed and died last night while addressing executives of the firm. Associates said he had a history of heart trouble.
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San Francisco
Frank H Thomas
Wilmington
Del
The
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Thomas
British Ships and Reds Fire in Hong Kong Channel
Two British warships the destroyer Consort and the frigate Mounts Bay exchanged fire with Communist shore batteries after a Chinese raid on the passenger vessel Takshing. The vessel was ordered to Lapsapmei Island where two Chinese passengers were removed, with no major damage to the Takshing or ships.
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Hong Kong
Harold G. Dickinson
Consort
Mounts Bay
Macau
Dickinson
Lapsapmei Island
Takshing
Lapsapmei
Sooner Governors Share Tricks To Hold State Jobs
Oklahoma City report reveals three former chiefs of state government discuss recruiting qualified men under low pay. Gov. Murray endorses dollar a year officials while Roy J. Turner recalls funding an official himself. Sen. Kerr says he pressured businessmen to commit to four years of service.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Murray
Roy J. Turner
Robert S. Kerr
Lawton Police Eye Upgraded Scout Cars for Speeding Teens
Lawton Oklahoma plans to outfit scout cars to curb teenage speeders in hot rods. Police Chief Joe Cable said the city must find a way to slow down the youth who race through streets, and upgrading vehicles appears likely.
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Lawton
Okla
Joe Cable
Cable
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