1500th soil sample highlights county testing lab
R I Bennett of Roff delivered the 1500th soil sample to Pontotoc county soil testing laboratory. Farmers rely on the service to guide mineral needs with a $1 input yielding about $6 in crop returns. Each test details organic matter, available phosphorus, potassium, and calcium. Over 300 farmers have already used the program for fall seeding recommendations, with vetch and rye leading planned crops.
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C. H. Hailey
Lester F. Smith
R. I. Bennett
Roff
Pontotoc County
U S Citizenship Bargain At 11 Dollars Draws Few
Washington notes the U S citizenship price at 11 dollars remains unchanged since 1944. Despite about 2.25 million resident aliens, only 88,393 were naturalized in the year ending June 30. War brides can naturalize after two years, others after five. Immigration officials worry about low naturalization uptake while visa demand surges.
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Washington
U. S
Court For Naturalization
United States
Latvia
Estonia
America
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Polio Strikes Milwaukee Family Vast Toll Kills Teen
Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Linnemanstons died last week from polio. Barbara, 13, awoke with a headache and neck ache and spinal tests at South View Hospital showed she was the fourth family member stricken. Doctors ruled out whether she had non paralytic or bulbar polio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Leo B. Linnemanstons
Barbara
South View Instation Hospital
Landing Plane Kills Four In Car Collision
An Air Force C47 transport, during a landing near Truax Field in Madison, struck a car on a highway, killing four occupants: Clark Dickie 58, Elizabeth 52, Fay 30, and Catherine Blank 70, all of Milwaukee. Lt. Col. S. J. Wicker piloted the plane which landed safely after clipping the auto.
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Madison
Wis
Truax Field
S. J. Wicker
Clark Dickie
Elizabeth
Fay
Dickie
Catherine Blank
Milwa
4-H Club Exhibits at State Fair Oklahoma City
4 H clubs entries from Cedar Grove Lula Roff Fitzhugh and others included garden seed white bulk honey and cowpeas. Winners include Delane Stewart Fitzhugh first on coffee table Curtis Canada Cedar Grove first peanuts Cecil Rannal Lula second white corn Arvis Griffith Roff fourth rye Thomas Daniel Lula fourth yellow hybrid corn Darrel Bryant Cedar Grove fifth bulk honey John Clifford Lula fifth cowpeas.
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Oklahoma City
Hey
Carren Bryant
Cedar Grove Club
Cecil Rannal
Thomas Daniel
John Clifford
J. A. Holman
Lula
Ronnie Rowe
Mack Summers
Donald McNinch
Alvis Griffith
Curtis Canada
Cedar Grove
Louis Delano Stewart
Charles Morrow
Michael Lucas
Fitzhugh Club
Delane Stewart
Arvis Griffith
East Central Homecoming Set for October 18 Parade
East Central State students plan an October 18 homecoming with nursery rhymes theme. Alumni will attend visits luncheon and parade before a football game against Northeastern East Central. Parade planning met with Dean T. K. Treadwell September 18.
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East Central State
Grads
T. K. Treadwell
Ada
Chess Players Move Indoors in Central Park
In New York Central Park, 7 Central Park chess and checker players will relocate from benches to a heated brick shelter this fall. An anonymous donation of 38000 dollars funds an octagonal 35 foot diameter building with 14 game tables for 28 games and spectator space for kibitzers. The indoor venue replaces the old wooden shelter that burned years ago and serves park enthusiasts of all ages.
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New York
Central Park
Park
Nutmeg Shines On Dishes And Kitchen Graters Sold
Nutmeg graters arrive for kitchen and dining use offering a cheap, attractive option. Nutmeg enhances custards eggnog and whipped cream and also freshens spinach and cauliflower dishes.
Winding Stair Mountains Highlight Quachita Forest Region
Inside Oklahoma review describes the Quachita Wa-she-taw National Forest near Poteau and Talihina. It notes recreational facilities fishing and hunting in streams and creeks, abundant wildlife, camp sites, timber resources, and lookout towers offering panoramic forest views.
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Quachita National Forest
Potea
Poteau
Talihina
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
State Capitol
Oklahoma City
Pois Can't Figure Any Nixon Hook Up
Springfield Illinois state finance director Joseph Pois says he still earns a salary from Signode Steel Strapping Co. and that his government pay equals about ten thousand dollars yearly. He notes there was no secret about the arrangement and claims he simply loans his service to government while remaining a company officer.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Joseph Pois
Chicago
Pois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Signode Steel Strapping Co
Bulgarian Priests Face Treason Trial
40 Bulgarian Catholics including 28 priests will be tried in Sofia on treason and spying charges. The indictment alleges they sought to destabilize Bulgaria through a coup, terrorist acts, and foreign intervention, with ties to French intelligence and the Vatican. They face charges of arming groups, gathering state secrets, and using churches as hideouts.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
Sofia
France
Vatican
Atholics
Bulgaria
People’s Court
Top Revenue Jobs Without Test
Investigators urge the Internal Revenue Service to justify filling most top positions without competitive civil service exams. Only 26 of 175 new posts are open tests. over 80 percent are filled from within the service by direct appointment by Treasury Secretary Snyder and Revenue Commissioner Dunlap after a Congress approved shakeup following scandals.
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Washington
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Revenue
John B. Dunlap
Calgary Stampeders Lose Bright to Appendicitis
Calgary Stampeders star import halfback Johnny Bright was hospitalized with an acute appendicitis attack and will miss about three weeks. Hospital officials described his condition as satisfactory. Bright collapsed during a practice session and was transported to the hospital.
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Calgary
Calgary Stampeders
Western Canada Interprovincial Football Union
Johnny Bright
Drake University
Bright
Stampeders
Major Crimes to Hit Two Million In Year Says FBI
The FBI reports over two million major crimes projected for the year. For the first half of 1952, 1,022,200 major crimes were recorded, a 6.4 percent rise from six months earlier. The report notes crimes include murder, rape, larceny, auto theft, and aggravated assault with rape slightly down. arrests skew younger, with 18 year olds more often in custody.
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FBI
Ashington
Triple Event Day For Young Fellow
Allentown reports 21 year old Richard Crouthamel married Joy Atiyeh after an appendicitis attack during the friday rehearsal. He left hospital in ether, rode a stretcher and wheelchair five blocks to the First Presbyterian Church for the ceremony. The couple plans a postponed honeymoon next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Richard Crouthamel
Joy Atiyeh
Middletown
Sacred Heart Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Richard
State Fair judging under way for 4 H exhibits
Home demonstration and 4 H club exhibits selected at the county fair were taken to the state fair. Judging had not been completed Friday afternoon. Exhibits include canning budgets clothing and sewing items, insect and leaf collections, plus various 4 H project entries from multiple clubs and towns.
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Dale Tinsley
Pickett
Get
Marcine Clifford
Lula
Patricia Tifin
Vanoss
Helen
Helen Clifford
Joyce Ones
Oklahoma City
Phyllis Sullivan
Fitzhugh
Mary Ann Griffith
Vaness
Barbara
Arctic Weather Crew to Spend Winter on Ice Island
An Air Force weather party will remain on a small Arctic ice island near the North Pole through winter. The six by nine mile floe houses the weather station rotated by airmen since last March. The current team, largely from the South, has a camp cook after grumbling at K P duty. Weather reports come every six hours as storms brew in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
North Pole
Air Force
Fletcher
Tulsa Coliseum Fire Devastates City Venue
The Tulsa Coliseum owned by Sam Avey burned Saturday night in a blaze that drew coverage from KRMG KOME and KOTV. Reporters broadcast live as equipment was lost. 12 000 watched as 35 minutes of film aired on television. Insurance valued at 300000 could not replace the million dollar structure built in 1924.
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Tulsa
Okla
KRMG
KOME
KAKC
Coliseum
21St
Yale
KOTV
Harry Lear
Sam Avey
Convention Hall
Fairgrounds
Eddie Quigley
Avey
OU Library Gains Donation After Parking Ticket Delay
OU executive vice president Carl M. Franklin says an irate alumnus still donated valuable library books after a 30 minute wait for a 25 cent parking fine. The incident followed a missing courtesy parking card and the campus having meters introduced this semester to curb congestion.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma Library
Carl M. Franklin
Today
Oklahoma Daily
Franklin
Sinker Claims Toddler in Cape Cod Sandpit Accident
In Cotuit Massachusetts David Orr Jr., 29, fishing alone near his home, flicked a two ounce sinker as his 3 year old son Stephen ran into view. The sinker struck the boy in the head and he died before reaching Cape Cod Hospital.
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Cotuit
Mass
David Orr Jr
Stephen
Orr
Cape Cod Hospital
Lebanon Advances US UK and France to Embassies
Beirut Lebanon Foreign Minister Philippe Tacla announced Lebanon has approved raising the United States United Kingdom and France missions from legations to embassies. There are currently no embassies in Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Philippe Tacla
United States
France
Top GOP Leaders Poll Nixon Status in Indiana
The Indianapolis Star reports that national and state Republican leaders were polled on Richard Nixon's status as vice presidential nominee. telegrams were sent by National Chairman Arthur Summerfield to gather views. Eisenhower campaign events in Indiana and St Louis produced denial from aides.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Star
Richard M. Nixon
the Star
Arthur E. Summerfield
Evansville
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Louis
Summerfield
James Hagerty
Eisenhower
Arctic Ice Flows Clockwise Around Pole Driven by Winds
Ice in the Arctic Ocean gradually travels in a clockwise pattern around the North Pole as prevailing winds and ocean currents shaped by Earth's rotation push the floes.
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Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Eisenhower Dashes to Phone During Missouri Whistle Stop
General Dwight D. Eisenhower hurried from his campaign train in Jefferson City to take a long distance call amid questions on Nixon's Senate aid. He spoke at the Missouri Pacific station while aides and photographers tracked his movements. Then he returned to the train with jokes about sending Missourians back from Washington.
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Jefferson City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Ike
Eisenhower
Missouri Pacific
Tom Stephens
Stephens
Lucius Clay
Germany
Cach
New York
Truman
Washington
Missouri
Ancient Autos Headed to Washington for A A A Anniversary
Stroudsburg, Pa. hosts thirty antique cars led by a 1904 Oldsmobile as they travel to Washington for the 50th anniversary of the American Automobile Association. The convoy, youngest car at Will Stevens Claire, combines with about 200 others from New York and New England towns en route to Harrisburg and the capital.
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Stroudsburg
Washington
American Automobile Association
Wills Ste. Claire
Pocono Mountain
New York
Harrisburg
Boston
Mass
Hartford
Connittsburgh
Cleveland
New England
Porpoises Kill Sharks With Snout Bursts Says Society
National Geographic Society reports porpoises may fatally butt sharks with their tough snouts targeting gill slits. The finding underscores surprising defense behaviors in marine mammals.
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The
National Geographic Society
Children Swarm Oklahoma State Fair Grounds
Oklahoma City crowds attend the state fair as livestock judging begins with junior barrows first in line. Gov Johnston Murray presents a major title to a fair winner. Eugene F. Nicholson of Major County wins wheat champion with Comanche wheat. His son Richard Gene named state 4H king at Enid fair earlier. Grand champion cotton exhibit goes to Greer County 4H club members.
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Carrel
Jack
Oklahoma City
Ray
White Plymouth Rock
Charles
Aberdeen
Johnston Murray
Eugene F. Nicholson
Major County
Nicholson
Richard Gene
Enid
Greer County +H Club
Bill Sale
Jackson County
Redskins Release Trio of NFL Players From Oklahoma City
The Washington Redskins announce the release of halfback George Thomas lineman Piggy Barnes and Jacker Dwyer all from Oklahoma City. Barnes previously played at Louisiana State and Dwyer at Loyola of Los Angeles.
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Oklahoma City i
Washington Redskins
National Football League
George Thomas
Piggy Barnes
Jacker
Mas
University of Oklahoma
Barnes
Louisiana State
Dwyer
Loyola of Los Angeles
Konawans Completing Air Force Basic Training
Konawa residents John Ray Damron Gerald D Lowry and Frank Lee Nunley are completing Air Force basic training near San Antonio Texas. Damron is the son of Mr and Mrs W K Damron Lowrys parents are Mr and Mrs C B Lowry and Nunley is the son of Mr and Mrs G L Nunley.
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Konawa
John Ray Damron
Gerald D. Lowry
Frank Lee Nunley
Onawa
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Damron
W. K. Damron
Lowry
C. B. Lowry
Nunley
G. L. Nunley
Autumn Entrance Generally Chilly Across Regions
The first day of autumn brought chill conditions east of the Rockies with below normal readings in most areas. Light rain showers were reported in the Great Lakes upper Mississippi Valley Southern Rockies Southern Plains and the South Atlantic states while the West remained mild.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
East
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Southern Rockies
Southern Plains
South Atlantic States
Rockies
Hero Lauded Vietnam Soldier Dies Protecting Post
A Vietnamese sergeant Le Sung of the Vo anh regiment died defending a Central Vietnam post on July 22 during an attack by a Communist led Viet Minh force. Outnumbered, he directed a withdrawal to save his men, then was killed as they retreated.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
le Sung
Vo Anh
Vietnam
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