Paroles Eyed For 14 Convicts
Four teen convicts including three serving life terms for murder will be considered for paroles by the Pardon and Parole Board on August 22 at the state penitentiary in McAlester. The docket lists Arthur, Tucker, Jackson and others across counties with terms from two to 20 years for crimes including burglary, robbery and manslaughter.
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Oklahoma City
Pardon and Parole Board
McAlester
Buber Arthur
Greer County
Arthur
Charlie Tucker
Coal County
Jessie Jackson
Pawnee
Tulsa
Laverne Tehee
McCurtain
Jerry Coulter
Stephens
Nelson Ralls
Pontotoc
Arthur J. Calvin
Oklahoma
Tommy A. Stone
Jewell L. Blassingame
Osage
John T. Watkins
Cotton
Fred Lambert
Cherokee
Floyd Norris
Idabel Man Signs For Industrial Trip
An Idabel civic leader is the first to sign for the 1955 Oklahoma Eastern industrial tour. Kiwanis secretary T. L. Kimbro is Idabel’s first representative on the annual trip. Tour officials expect over 100 businessmen to participate, with departure set for Oct. 14 to 29. They will visit 40 cities including Philadelphia New York Boston and Cleveland.
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Oklahoma City
Idabel
Okla
Ioar
T. L. Kimbro
Idabel Kiwanis Club
H. L. Schall
Ponca City
Tulsa
J. E. Daley
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Oklahoma Banks in Relatively Healthy Condition
Oklahoma reports 186 state banks in satisfactory and healthy condition under Bank Commissioner O B Mothersead. Loans rose by 5 393 876 between April 11 and June 30 while resources increased by 1 378 675. total assets stood at 409 596 144 as of June 30 amid drought pressures and rural banking served communities.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
O. B. Mothersead
Mothersead
Soviet Satellite Could Be First In Space Race
In Copenhagen top Soviet scientist Leonid Sedov predicted the USSR will build an artificial earth satellite within two years and may launch it in 1957. He noted the device could be larger than the U.S. project, as Eisenhower announced last Friday.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
Leonid I. Sedov
U.S.S.R
United States
Eisenhower
Sedov
Kraft A. Ehricke
Convair Guided Missile Group
San Diego
Calif
Congress
Blustering Gulf Storm Subsides in Alabama
A gulf gale known as Brenda caused two deaths and heavy rain across Alabama coast. Winds up to 45 mph, more than four inches of rain, and high tides closed Mobile Causeway. Two fatalities occurred in traffic accidents, including Sgt. Alf M. Brantley who drowned after his car left a bridge railing.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Dauphin Island
U.S. 31
Montgomery
Alf M. Brantley
Brookley Air Force Base
Cedar Point Road
Ruby Sims
Lipscomb
D. R. Sims
U.S. 43
Sims
Brenda
Pearl River
New Orleans
Former Cityan Named Extension Home Economist for Missouri
Miss Ramona Choate formerly of Lawton and now in University City Missouri is appointed extension home economist in marketing for the University of Missouri. She will serve the St Louis area. Daughter of Mr and Mrs George R Choate 706 Park she is a Cameron College and Oklahoma A&M graduate. Previously she was a home economist for a St Louis area electrical appliance distributor and earlier with a public utilities company in Topeka Kansas.
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Ramona Choate
Lawton
University City
University of Missouri
St. Louis
George R. Choate
Park
Choate
Cameron College
Oklahoma A&m
Stillwater
Public
Topeka
Kan
City Council to Accept WPA Funds for Civic Center
From The Constitution Files Ten years ago City Councilmen voted to accept 21 980 from the Federal Works Administration for Lawton s postwar civic center. Also reported a semi trailer truck demolished a bridge on West Cache Creek Highway 62 and eight typhoid cases in the county.
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Federal Works Administration
Lawton
Civic Center
West Cache Creek
W. B. Hendrick
WPA
Oklahoma City
Bobby Jones Solo Big Four Golf Wins Highlighted
Bobby Jones remains the only golfer to claim all four major championships of the era by winning the U S Open, U S Amateur, British Open, and British Amateur, marking a unique grand achievement in golf history.
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Bobby Jones
Tulsa Garbage Workers Strike Over Pay and Hours
Tulsa's 135 garbage workers refused to work seeking higher pay and shorter hours plus better conditions. Water department staff joined briefly while awaiting payroll checks. A city department blamed delays on forms, while workers demanded $360 for drivers and $340 for helpers, with relief crews and revised routes. The action involved some AFL members but was not a union matter.
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Tulsa
Okla
Water Department
AFL Municipal Employes League
Tot Survives Fall Under Train Wheels
A 20 month old girl wandered from bed in early hours and crawled onto a railroad track behind her Mason City home. A 24 car freight train passed over her before engineer Ross Hensley stopped, pulling her from beneath the wheels. She survived with cuts bruises and possible injuries to shoulder and brain.
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Mason City
Iowa
Ross Hensley
Marshalltown
Seminole County gets new state game ranger
P Hester of Seminole named state game ranger for Seminole county by the Game and Fish Commission. He replaces Gov er Ellison of Seminole who died recently, appointment made Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Leemen P. Hester
Seminole
Seminole County
The
Game and Fish Commission
Gover Ellison
Oklahoma Summer School Graduates to Receive Degrees
Norman Oklahoma University of Oklahoma will award more than 550 summer school degrees at commencement exercises at Owen Field Sunday at 7:45 p.m. Among them 350 will receive advanced degrees in a ceremony highlighting the university's summer cohort.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Owen Field
Retarded Children May Get Special Education Here
Comanche County Council for Retarded Children will discuss plans for special classes for mentally retarded children in Lawton and Comanche county at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Civic room of the Security Bank building. Parents are invited to attend. John Shoemaker, superintendent, and Miss Thelma Talla, elementary coordinator, are expected to attend.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Comanche County Council For
Security Bank
H. B. Collins
John Shoemaker
Thelma Talla
Vacation Mishap Injures City and Family Near Clayton NM
A one car crash Sunday afternoon near Clayton New Mexico injured Jarrell Wade the driver and his son Blake Wade 12 and Mrs. Jimmy Matheny 1913 Oak and endangered the trip home from Eagles Nest New Mexico. Blake suffered a broken collarbone and cuts while Mrs Matheny had a cracked vertebra along with cuts and shock. Pam Matheny 13 was uninjured. The car rolled after a tire blew and left the road. No other vehicles were involved. The 1955 Oldsmobile sustained unspecified damage.
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Jimmy Matheny
Oak
Blake Wade
Jarrell Wade
Clayton
N.M
Charles Wade
Wade
Pam
Matheny
Young Wade
Here
Eagles Nest
New Mexico
Perry council bids sought for new fire truck
Perry Oklahoma city council will receive bids on August 17 for a $14,500 fire truck to supplement the lone unit. Local firefighters aided by four other towns last week in battling a lumber yard fire that caused about $200,000 in damage.
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Perry
Okla
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