Oklahoma Delegation Objects to VA Office Cut
Four members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation press VA official to block consolidation that would merge Oklahoma City staff with Muskogee. They argue no savings and loss of services for western veterans, noting 58 Oklahoma City jobs cut and $279,495 annual saving. Patterson will consider but no commitment. Muskogee gains 167 jobs.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Veterans Administration
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
John Jarman
Page Belcher
Enid
John S. Patterson
Belcher
Patterson
Muskogee
Colonel Seeks Transfer Of Two Slander Suits
Oklahoma City A Tinker Air Force Base lieutenant colonel seeks federal jurisdiction to remove two $10,000 slander suits filed by John F. Crozman of West Lynn Massachusetts and Miles Miller of Wormleysburg Pennsylvania. Both airmen allege the officer slandered them on July 6 and seek damages.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
Federal District Court
John F. Crozman
West Lynn
Mass
Miles Miller
Wormleysburg
Tinker
Red Paper Urges Dulles To Board Satellite
The Communist Daily Worker, in a London report, urges U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to join the first American space satellite mission. A cartoon shows Dulles, Syngman Rhee, and Chiang Kai Shek being pushed into a rocket by the common man.
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London
Communist Daily Worker
Moscow
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-Shek
Farm prices dip in grains and livestock report
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service announced farm prices for grains and livestock slipped slightly from June levels but remained near July 1954 figures.
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Oklahoma City
Federal State Crop Reporting Service Today
95th Commander Promoted to Major General in Oklahoma City
Maj. Gen. Ralph H. McKee, commander of the 95th Infantry Division, was promoted to major general. Brig. Gen. Paul B. Bell, artillery officer, was advanced to brigadier general. McKee has led the division since 1952. Bell is vice president of Central State Bank in Oklahoma City with 30 years in service.
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Oklahoma City
95Th
Ralph H. McKee
Paul B. Bell
Central State Bank
Noted Author Faulkner Collapses in Tokyo Heat
William Faulkner, renowned American author, collapsed from heat exhaustion after attending multiple welcoming parties in Tokyo. He did not attend a scheduled address at the Foreign Correspondents Club. The American embassy, hosting his Japan visit under a cultural exchange program, said his condition is not serious.
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Tokyo
William Faulkner
Foreign Correspondents Club
Faulkner
Japan
Religious Dispute Splits Wichita Church Congregation
A religious dispute has separated pastor E L Mullineaux and his wife in Wichita Kansas and divided the Gospel Assembly Church. About half the congregation backs Mullineaux and the other half supports his wife. Mrs Mullineaux group seeks partition of church properties or permission to buy out the opposing faction.
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Wichita
Kan
Gospel Assembly Church
E. L. Mullineaux
Pat Warnick
Warnick
Erwin Trial Begins at Fort Lewis in Disloyalty Case
First Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin of Blanchard Oklahoma faces a military court at Fort Lewis Washington on charges of disloyal statements and aiding the enemy while a prisoner in North Korea. The trial is set to hear up to 80 witnesses over about two weeks with Lt. Ray M. Dunlap defending. Erwin, 37, was captured in late 1950 and released September 4 1953 in Operation Big Switch. He enlisted in 1936 and is married with four children.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Blanchard
Okla
North Korea
United States
Korea
Erwin
Loretta Young Rests After Long Hospital Siege
Loretta Young, wife of Tom Lewis, is resting at home in Ojai after a 34 month stay at Oxnard Hospital where she underwent surgery for peritonitis and abdominal adhesions. The couple plans a long rest in Honolulu when she is strong enough to travel and she will not resume her television career until after the first of the year.
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Ojai
Calif.p
Loretta Young
Oxnard Hospital
Tom Lewis
Honolulu
Shawnee Rebuffs Plan to Add Fluorine to Water
Shawnee Oklahoma city commissioners vote five to two against adding fluorine to the water supply after a public discussion. The decision was reached last night amid a controversial debate over water treatment.
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Shawnee, Okla
Shawnee
Hunt Started For Missing Blind Singer
A nationwide search begins for Joy Cole a blind concert singer who vanished from Manhattan in August 1951. Born in the mid thirties she debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1947 and worked with New York lighthouse for the blind. her parents seek help via Tracers Company of America hoping she is drawn to music and church singing.
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New York
Joy Cole
Carnegie Hall
New York Lighthouse
Manhattan
B. Earle Cole
Altus
Okla
Tracers Company of America
Tracers
Prisoner Escapes As Parole Granted
In Salem Oregon Donald Neal Ware 21 formerly on parole since May 2 escaped from a work detail at the State Penitentiary farm annex just as a parole release was arranged. He had a one year forgery term and a California job was found but he left before learning of the final freeing formalities.
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Salem
Ore
State Penitentiary Farm Annex
Donald Neal Ware
Clarence Gladden
Ware
California
Fruit sweetened last to cut sugar on cooking
A cooking tip notes that adding sweetener at the end of fruit cooking reduces overall sugar content while preserving sweetness.
FASTEETH holds dentures firmly on plates
FASTEETH is an improved alkaline powder sprinkled on denture plates to prevent slipping or rocking. It keeps false teeth securely in place, avoids sour taste and plate odor, and leaves no gummy feel. Available at drug counters.
Oldest European Monarch To Spend Birthday In Bed
King Haakon VII, Europe's oldest reigning monarch, will spend his 83rd birthday in a hospital bed recovering from a broken thigh after a fall. Since Queen Maud's death in 1938 he has lived alone in the Oslo palace, with summers at his estate or on the royal yacht Norge.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon VII
Europe
Maud
Norge
Barbara Hutton
U. S
Fx-State Draft Chief Is Honored
Oklahoma City note reports Col. Clive Murray, former state Selective Service director, received a special merit citation from Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. Maj. Douglass Pritchard presented it, with Col. Herbert Hope attending. Murray now presidents Murray State Agricultural College in Tishomingo, a former post.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Clive Murray
State Selective Service
Douglass Pritchard
Dallas
Herbert Hope
Murray
Murray State Agricultural College
Tishomingo
Man Admits Rifling Vending Machines In Ohio
Douglas E. Rushing, 25, a former service attendant for soft drink machines, admitted using his keys to rifle at least 75 vending machines in Columbus and Marion since quitting two years ago. He allegedly stole from $2 to $65 from each cash box and even rifled the machine inside police headquarters, with charges of entering a safe depository filed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Douglas E. Rushing
Here
Marion
Red Radio Speeds News By Messenger
Tokyo radio described how it reaches hundreds of millions without radios using 28 000 monitoring posts in Communist China. An operator records commentaries talks and news at dictation speed, circulating locally through bulletins. The article notes these are temporary and will be replaced by home receivers.
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Tokyo
P—Peiping Radio
China
Science Reveals Non Surgical Piles Cure Agent
Bio Dyne used to heal injured tissue now marketed as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form. Doctors deny actual shrinking but claim pain relief and itching stop. Sufferers report piles no longer a problem with new healing substance. Money back guarantee.
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U.S
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