Survivors Reported Found In Texas City Plant Ruins
Rescue workers reached the Monsanto Chemical plant in Texas City and reported live people found in a damaged building. Coast Guard radio said survivors, number unknown, were located as officials feared more bodies would be found amid the still dangerous ruins.
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Monsanto Chemical Company
Monsanto
Mongsanto
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Ed Miller
Sporters
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Hadlew
Monsanta
Firat
Plunk
Copat Guard
McGnt
Go Sign Given On Road Work By Comanche County
Comanche county commissioners received the go signal today to start reconstruction of nearly 100 miles of roads at an estimated cost around $60 000. The projects follow damage from army training at Fort Sill during the recent war and will include grading and other improvements on 40 miles of roads beginning soon, with a second phase of about 44 miles to begin after. The county expects federal reimbursements and refinancing steps to simplify financing as work progresses. Pete Chiirman of the county commissioners announced via telegram from US Representative Toby Morris that obstacles had been cleared and road work could begin.
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Fort Sill
Ianco
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Pete
Chiinman
The
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Colombia Proposes Balkans Treaty at U.N. Council
Colombia presents seven proposals before the United Nations Security Council to form a Balkans treaty involving Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Jedo Lopez of Colombia urges U.S. involvement to aid Greece and to resolve current American Russian tensions surrounding Truman aid programs.
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Colombia
Unite Council
Balkans
Goslavia
Bulgaria
United States
Greece
Jedo Lopez
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1947 Wheat Crop Forecast Exceeds Last Year
Washington predicts a wheat crop of 1.24 billion bushels for 1947, topping last year’s 1.185 billion. Officials say the larger harvest could allow greater repayment to farmers and impact loan rates if parity remains unchanged.
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Agriculture Department
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United States
AFL seeks government takeover of Western Union
The American Federation of Labor asked the government to run Western Union Telegraph Co or merge it with AT&T as a national telegraph strike looms. AFL argued Western Union’s inefficiency endangers service while AT&T faces broader negotiations. unions warned of a May 7 strike if demands are not met.
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Accident Fatal for Durant Woman Sparks Monthly Toll
A Durant Oklahoma accident claimed the life of Mrs. McCurry and raised the month’s fatalities to one and the year’s to four. Mears, 21, died from injuries suffered in a Sunday collision near Lurant. The figures compare with last year’s April totals and year-to-date counts.
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Cap
Mears
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Phil Gafford Faces Loss of Standing in Cave Dwellers Unit
Oklahoma county agent Phil Gafford, serving as chief of the cave dwellers group, faces censure and possible removal from leadership as rival member Dr. Boyett threatens to drop his name from the society. The dispute centers on cave ownership and local authority within the unit.
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Oklahoma
Royett
Olea
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Boyett
Hospital Needs For Lawton Are Studied
Based on a statewide survey Comanche county hospital facilities are only 32 percent adequate. Roy A Snellson of the Oklahoma Dept of Public Health urged Chamber of Commerce members to qualify for local participation under the Federal hospital act and plan for at least a 100 bed hospital. The chamber also discussed industrial recruitment trips and community events, with actions to send representatives to Indianapolis and Tulsa, sponsor a dinner for wholesalers, and host a barbecue for PFPA members and families.
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Comanche County
Roy A.snellson
Oklahoma Department of Public Health
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Lawton
Snelison
Chamber
Oklahoma
W. F. Lewis
Snellson
Toundianapolis
Truk
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tulsa
Heror
PFPA
Lou Brawder
Lawton Giants
J. C. Kennedy
TD. L. Wigington
Chamber Industrial Committee
Arkangina
Texas
Wigington
Hope Dims For Austrian Pact At World Conference
In Moscow on April 18 the Soviet and Western officials clashed over German assets in Austria. Marshall accused Molotov of blocking a fix while Bevin and Bidault urged compromise. Molotov refuted the plan as Bevin and Marshall pressed for a firm agreement to define assets and any Austrian settlement.
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V. M. Molotov
Austria
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United States
Germany
Moalotav
France
Byitaly
Missouri Cable Lines Cut Seeks Culprit
Southwestern Bell officials report a trans continental cable cut two miles west of Blue Springs Missouri. General manager M J Sooker offers a $1000 reward for information leading to arrests. The outage affected 172 circuits including the National Brandening Company's network. Service was restored this morning.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Blue Springs
M. J. Sooker
Missouri-Kansas
Looker
National Brandenaling Company
General Motors Offers To Hike Pay Of Workers 1112 Cents An Hour
General Motors offered the CIO United Auto Workers a 14 1/2 cent hourly wage boost plus six annual holidays, calling it the equivalent of a 15 cent per hour raise. The proposal would cover about 220,000 production workers and was presented to avert a possible strike.
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United Auto Workers
Gotham Stock Exchange Workers Plan Strike
United Financial Employees announces a strike by 2700 workers at the New York Stock Exchange the New York Curb Exchange and several brokerages. John Cala vice president of the union says the action begins Monday with support from the Scafatars International Union and the Aurora Union of the Pacific.
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Westinghouse CIO United Electrical Workers Strike Pact
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the CIO United Electrical Workers announced a one year contract providing 15 cent hourly raises for more than 75 000 workers. Raises are retroactive to April 1 1948 and subject to ratification by the union conference board on or before April 28. The agreement affects salaried and wage workers in 265 cities across seven states.
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United Electrical Workers Today
Union Conference Board of Westinghouse
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Boy 12 Is Questioned in Near Fatal Choking Case
In Oklahoma City on April 18 a 12 year old boy was questioned by juvenile officers in the near fatal choking of Lou Ann King a five year old girl. He had nine prior arrests and his parents are divorced. The girl was found in an abandoned car by Bernard Winford and later reported healthy at Oklahoma City General Hospital.
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Mia
Lydia King
Bernard Winford
Oklahoma City General Hospital
Cameron College projects record enrollment next year
Vernon Howell, president of Cameron College in Lawton, predicts enrollment surpassing 800 for the coming year, a historic high. He plans to meet with the Cameron College committee of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce early next week to arrange housing for about 150 students within the city.
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Cameron College
Lawton
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
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Croneron
Chamber of Commerce
Cameron Committee
Ewell Lacy
School Bus Overturns Near Gage. Minor Injuries Reported
A school bus with 16 children overturned north of Gage, Oklahoma, after entering a mud hole. None were killed. The driver and 16 children sustained only minor injuries, according to H.B. Lowery, chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
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Okla
Gage
H.B. Lowery
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawton Comanche bill eyed to raise property assessments
Lawton and Comanche County may gain state aid and avoid penalties by a new bill allowing a blanket property assessment increase. State Sen Logan says the measure should pass, lifting the county's assessment ratio from 41.66 to about 50 percent and boosting school funding though taxes on homeowners rise. County assessor Ruby Moore explains the study method and shows how valuations are classified for tax purposes.
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Lawton
Conanche County
Bll Logan
Rev J. Turner
Mia
Ruby Moore
Comanche County
Rablic
Churchill Attacks Wallace As Crypto Communist In London Rally
Churchill denounced Henry Wallace as crypto Communist and accused the Labor government of wasting the US loan. He urged a policy of honorable friendship with the United States through strength and warned against any wedge between Britain and America. He defended his own foreign trips and criticized domestic critics while noting the 1947-48 budget.
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London
Winston Churchill
Henry A. Wallace
Churchill
Albert Hall
Willace
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Wallace
Yiyself
Toam
Europe
America
Blaze Damages Dome Theater Building
A fire started in the storage room of a confectionary, damaged the Dome theater building's armirway and caused smoke and water damage to the theater. The blaze, spotted around 1 a.m., led to $1,000 in damage and ignited two drums of cooking oil. Norvel Falls operates the confectionary. this is the third theater fire in recent months, with prior incidents at the Murray theater.
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Norvel Falls
Murray Theater
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