Houston Western Electric Workers Walk Out In Sympathy
Lone 170 West era Electric Co installers in Houston join a sympathy walkout led by Local 6290, Communications Workers of America. About 100 union members contested temporary job transfers to Waxahachie Midlothian Guthrie and Oklahoma, with hundreds idle across Texas and Oklahoma. The action may foreshadow a broader protest by up to 20,000 installation workers.
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Houston
Tex
Wes'ere Electric Co
Tex+ as andl Oklahoma
Communications Workers of America
Southestern Bell Telephone Co
Waxehuchie
Dellas
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Trier
Borger
Grand Prairie
Waxahachie
Terre
Midlothian
Odessa
Midland
Stewart
Canteell
CWA
Cantrell
Guthrie
Kansas Delays Enforcing New Auto Speed Limits
Kansas officials postpone enforcement of new speed limits to May 1 for passenger cars. Patrol warns drivers from now until then. the limits, 70 mph by day and 60 mph at night, replace the old standards. Special reduced zones in dangerous areas remain.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Highway Petrol
Harvey Schmedemann
Ins
Funeral rites for Mrs Etter Jene Pruitt held in Frederick
Last rites for 82 year old Mrs Etter Jene Pruitt were conducted in the Oklahoma chapel with Rev John B Shelton of Frederick Baptist Church officiating. A Tillman county resident since 1924 she died Tuesday night after a three month illness. Surviving are three sons Gene Pruitt Frederick B V Pruitt Lawson and A B Pruitt Oklahoma City. two daughters Mrs Del Na Pounds Frederick and Mrs Clarence Ek Adams Enid. 10 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Marvin Neal Seatsville Ky.
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Frederick
Etter Jene Pruitt
Oklahoma Chapel
John B.shelton
Frederick Baptist Church
Pruitt
Tillman County
J. W
Elizabeth Moore Divine
Allen County
Charles Younger Prue ‘Gli
Scottsville
Frederick Bapn- Gs Church
Geneses Pruitt
B. V Pruitt
Lawson
A. B. Pruitt
Oklahoma City
del Na Pounds
Glarence Ek
Adams
Enid
Marvin Neal
Seattsville
Mrs. Ruthie Norton dies in Walters area burial planned
Ruthie Alice Norton sr. died Monday at a local hospital after brief illness. Born Oct 16, 1873 in Tennessee she married B. E. Norton Jan 20, 1894. Survivors include five daughters and several grandchildren. Services and burial set for Decatur, Texas. Lawson Funeral Home in charge.
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Ruthie Alice Norton
Gerronimio
Norton
Tennessee
B. E. Norton
Justin
Tex
Walters
Okla
Cassie Midson
Geronimo
Kidson
Mauile Lee le Sagara
Te Bnesan
N. E. Norton
Fort Worth
Decatty
Lawson Funeral Home
Bartlesville Girl Crowned Miss 90 in OU Pageant
Bartlesville junior Bartlesville girl was named Miss 90 to represent the University of Oklahoma in the summer queen contest. She will compete in Miss Oklahoma Miss Football and Maid of Cotton events as the Sooners seek a third straight national Miss Football title. Ann Campbell won last year and Donna Sue Cason two years ago.
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Bartlesville
University of Oklahoma
Leopard Cub Attacks Boy at Audubon Park Zoo
A leopard cub mauled a 4 year old boy at Audubon Park, injuring arms, back and head. Police officer Raymond Cuccia and bystander JW Fabre restrained the animal. the cub was kept in a convalescent cage for rabies checks while the boy received treatment at Charity Hospital.
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New Orleans
Audubon Park
Earl Bowen, Jr
Charity Hospital
George Donatass
Raymond Cuccia
JW. Fabre
Fabre
Cuccio
Miskovsky Dooms Annexation Bill
Oklahoma City amid protests as state Sen. George Miskovsky opposes a House bill enabling annexation of smaller county cities by Oklahoma City. A public hearing drew over 1,000 participants from affected cities. Miskovsky said further action is unwise due to vehement opposition, though he left room for a compromise measure.
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Mslahoma City
George Miskovsky
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Miskovsky
House Action Expected On GRDA Bond Bill In Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma House is expected to act on the GRDA bonding bill after the Senate approved it 334 to move it forward. Gov. Raymond Gary plans to push for House passage, with a conference committee to consider financing and the Markham Ferry Dam project. The bill raises GRDA bonded debt from 50 million to about 130 million dollars and faces debate over a plant expansion provision and a potential power swap with Public Service Co.
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Oklahoma City
House
Grand River Dam
Senate
Raymond Gary
GRDA
Markham Ferry
Grand River
Gary
Public Service Co
GEDA
Public
Markham
Texas Boy Kills Grandma Self in El Paso
James Reid Pavey an 11-year-old honor student in El Paso reportedly killed his grandmother Mary Taylor, 67, then died by a self-inflicted gunshot. Neighbors say the boy and grandmother had a close relationship. Police found a .22 rifle beside him in his bedroom after the double tragedy.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mary Tayer
James Reid Pavey
Andrew Pavey
Hair-growth check to allow boys back in class
Milwaukee report says two high school students Charles Woletsche sixteen and Richard Weidman fifteen who shaved their heads to honor actor Yul Brynner will undergo a hair-growth measurement Friday to decide if they may return to school.
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Milwaukee
Charles Woletsche
Richard Weidman
Yul Brynner
Tuberculosis May Kill Mad Bomber In Weeks
New York doctor warned that George Metesky known as the Mad Bomber may die from tuberculosis within weeks or months. During a Brooklyn sanity hearing Dr. Albert LaVerne said the 53 year old homme could die soon if treatments continue. Metesky, indicted for attempted murder and bombs, was at the hearing, coughing, strapped to a stretcher. Leibowitz delayed ruling on his sanity.
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New York
Albert LaVerne
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
George Metesky
Waterbury
Copn
LaVerne
Samuel Leibowitz
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan
Metesky
Leibowitz
Oklahoma Welfare Rolls Show Drop
Oklahoma City report shows April welfare rolls declined overall while relief client transfers boosted agency grants. Total checks reached 8.13 million dollars with 93,912 aged recipients and 15,622 aid to dependent children, including 42,800 caretakers and 40,244 children, amid shifts from relief to welfare programs.
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Oklahoma City
Lloyd BE. Rajer
Kangaroo Picked as Symbol in Drive Against Highway Litter
Sacramento report says the State Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved a bill naming a kangaroo as the littering campaign symbol. Assemblyman Edward M. Gaffney of San Francisco stated no animal but the kangaroo has a place to put the litter.
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Sacramento
Calif. Wa
State Assembly
Ways and Means
Edward M. Gaffney
San Francisco
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Kennedy Diabaig
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