Negroes May Play On OU Team In 1951
Norman Oklahoma—University of Oklahoma athletic director Bud Wilkinson says Negroes may play on OU teams next year if the board of regents admits them on the same basis as other students and allows participation in campus activities. The Big Seven requires a year of residence, delaying until 1952-53, pending regents meeting June 14.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Board of Regents
Bud Wilkinson
Supreme Court
University
Basket Vet Starts Biggest Adventure
Jacksonville report on Jimmy Wilson a 25 year old World War II veteran who lost all four limbs marrying Dorothy Mortensen 23 in a wedding described as his greatest adventure. He wore a summer tuxedo and entered the ceremony with artificial legs and mechanical arms moving to the wedding march. The couple, living symbol of resilience, marry after his long recovery from war injuries.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jimmy Wilson
Basket Case
Dorothy Mortensen
British businessman killed by terrorists in Indo-China attacks
A British executive, Arthur Jack Evens of the British American Tobacco Company, was shot to death when terrorists disguised as policemen halted his car. A French factory director and an automobile driver were wounded, and a Vietnamese policeman who tried to stop the assailants was killed.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Arthur Jack Evens
Brans
Vietnam
Shepherd To Sub For Shivers At Exercises
John Ben Shep perd the Texas secretary of state will speak at UH commencement exercises tonight substituting for Governor Allan Shivers. Shivers flew to Nevada for his father’s funeral. Outdoor ceremonies may move to Sam Houston Coliseum if rain resumes.
Proximity fuse and 1000-year-old clay artifact shared notes
Lewis L Strauss recounts two relics he studied near Ur a proximity fuse for shells and bombs from wartime naval research and a sun-baked clay artifact with a cuneiform inscription praising Marduk. He quotes Ecclesiastes there is no new thing under the sun linking modern tech and ancient lore.
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Washington
Taleta
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Marduk
Goads
Souvenir Money Grows Into Huge Collection
Joe Simon kept a box of souvenir money from WWII in his Maxwell Air Force Base crowding grill. English pounds and shillings, Dutch guilder, Japanese invasion money, Philippine pesos and a Chinese yuan joined by foreign coins decorate the counter. A rare 59,000,000 marks bill from 1993 Germany and other oddities attract travelers and airmen alike.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joe Simon
Australia
Hollandic
New Guinea
Simon
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell
US & Treasury
Marco Polo
Germany
Rare Metal Beveloped but What's it For
A 31300-a-pound rare metal developed by Aluminum Ore Company has not found a use yet. Gallium melting at 6 degrees Fahrenheit is produced as a white solid bar or crystals. The project cost about $200,000, and the company opened its $1,006,000 research laboratories. The metal, one of 50 Brodugs, remains under study to find practical applications in the chemical trade.
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East ST. Louvis
Flying Bishop Finds It Helps His Work
The Right Rev. Francis Eric Bloy, Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles, flies an airplane to manage church duties and reach distant appointments. He overcame fear after World War I, flying two or three times monthly for business and rest. A past scare came when another bishop became excited, causing a knifeedge spiral before Bloy regained control.
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Los Angeles
Francis Eric Bloy
Heaven
Bioy
Bloy
Sailer Who Murdered Officer Ruled insane
Fort Worth reports that Dennis S. Dwyer, a New York Coast Guardsman, accused in the Bekati Island stabbing of Lt. Roger Deven, is found mentally incompetent and ordered confined to a government hospital as a mental patient. Psychiatrists cited a persecution complex. First cast iron girder bridge on the Erie Canal near Frankfort, New York, dated 1840, at 77 feet long.
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Fort Worth
New York
Coast
Bekati Island
Public Health Service Hospital
Dwyer
United States
Frankfort
Accused Perjurer To Get Fast Trial
The federal government seeks the fastest possible trial for William Bemington on perjury charges. The 32 year old Commerce Department economist swore he never was a Communist when answering a grand jury. Indicted as the government weighs a prompt arraignment next Tuesday.
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NEW York
William Bemington
Remington
Commerce Department
Communist Party
United States
Ving HE
Saypol
Monkey Is First TV Casualty
New York report that Casper Milquetoast, a two year old spider monkey, died of heart failure due to overexertion while rehearsing for NBC program Break the Bank. Glyde Gordon of the Staten Island Zoo confirmed the incident, marking the first known television casualty.
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New York
Yip
Mike Fright
Casper Milquetoast
Glyde Gordon
Staten Island Zoo
Caspar
NBC
East West Heat Gap as Snow Falls Across West
United Press reports extreme conditions with scorching heat in the East and freezing snow in the West. New York City nears a 90 degree high while Great Falls Montana streets remain snow covered from a recent four inch fall. Thermometers show many mountain areas below freezing and Long Island experiences pavement buckling under heat.
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United Press
Mercury
New York
Great Falla
Montana
Long Island
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