Texas oilman Hunt named richest person in world
United Press reports Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, Texas oilman, tops estimates of wealth with about 2 billion dollars in value and income around 50 million a year. The piece compares him to Hyderabad’s Nizam and Aga Khan, noting rivals in Texas and abroad.
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Robert Simmerman
United Press
Mount Vernon
Texas
Nizam
Hyderabad
Aga Khan
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Astor
Mellon
Morgan
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt
Hunt
Sid Richardson
Clint Murchison
Hugh Roy Cullen
Houston
Howard Hughes
America
Nizam of
Rita Hayworth
H. L. Hunt
C. S. Gulbenkian
Iraq
Gulbenkian
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefellers
Rockefeller
House Panel Approves Pawnee Mission Park Land Bill
The House Interior Committee approved a bill to grant Pawnee Oklahoma unrestricted title to 88 acres known as Mission Park. The measure would allow the city to build fair buildings and a football stadium in the park.
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Washington
Pawnee, Okla
Mission Park
House Interior Committee
Hall Wins Key Kansas Gubernatorial Primary
Unofficial returns show Lt. Gov Fred Hall leading George Templar by about 14 000 votes in the Republican race for Kansas governor Hall 38 year old Dodge City lawyer pledges change against a long established party leadership. In Democratic results George Docking defeats Wichita mayor William Salome to claim the nomination and vows an honest clean government campaign toward November.
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Hall
George Templar
U. S
Dodge City
Templar
George Docking
Lawrence
William C. Salome
Wichita
Docking
Salome
Democratic Party
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Schoeppel
Abraham Joseph H. Lincoln
Colony
Walter H
Peery
Hutchinson
Myron V. George
Ed H. Rees
Wint Smith
George
Jack W. Shaw
Galena
Rees
Harold A. Sigle
Herington
Smith
Ernest W. Strahan
Salina
William H. Avery
Wakefield
Turtle Creek
Avery
Doral H. Hawks
Topeka
Elmer Curtis
David Karnowski
F. A. Holton
Huron
Howard S. Miller
Kansas
Errett P. Scrivner
Clifford R. Hope
George McGill
U. S. Senate
Ewell Stewart
Newell A. George
Kansas City
Lloyd A. Stafford
Ottawa
Robert L. Bock
Macksville
Richard B. Collins
Wellington
Harold R. Fatzer
John C. Frank
Clair E. Robb
Supreme Court
John O. McCuish
Newton
Ford Voiland Jr
George J. Hart
Robb
Spencer A. Gard
Iola
Earl H. Hatcher
McCuish
C. Cogswell
J. William Townsend
Blake A. Williamson
John O. Stewart
Veiland
John Carr
Hart
Dan O. Cain
Chandler Approves Bond for Water Improvements
Chandler Oklahoma voters authorize a 255000 bond issue by 536 to 218 for water improvements. Funds cover construction of a city water reservoir storage tank filtering plant and connecting pipelines.
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Chandler
Okla
Irish Stained Glass Demand Expands to American Churches
In Dublin a small workshop led by William Dowling crafts stained glass for hundreds of churches worldwide. Over three years exports to U S churches average about 100000 annually, as American demand grows under church hierarchy’s push for quality and artistry.
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Dublin
Ireland
United States
William Dowling
England
America
Dowling
Dublin Center
Sea of Galilee dimensions and depth reported
The Sea of Galilee in Palestine is described as 14 miles long and 8 miles wide with a level 680 feet below the Mediterranean.
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Sea of Galilee
Palestine
Mediterranean
US vows war if Formosa attacked
Washington reports that top U S officials agree a major attack on Formosa would trigger war. The policy debate centers on whether the United States will go to war or pursue a cautious, alliance driven approach while balancing Rhee Nehru and Chiang Kai-shek positions.
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Formosa
Washington
China
United States
Generalis
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Asia
Korea
Rhee
Eisenhower
India
Nehru
Chiang -Kai-shek
State Department
Chiang
Red China
Old Timers Get Rides To Rodeo
Pioneer Women and Old Settler clubs arrange transport for tonight's rodeo attendance. Members meet at the city bus station at 7 p.m. Mrs Roy Evans co chairs over activities and announces transportation to the LO ranch and rodeo grounds. Women receive pioneer badge frontier dress tickets and are guests of the Lawton Rangers.
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Pioneer Women’s
Old Settler
Roy Evans
Over
LO Ranch
Lawton Rangers
Trucks haul over eleven billion tons of freight yearly
The United States moves more than 11 billion tons of freight by trucks each year, highlighting the trucking industry's central role in domestic commerce and supply chains across the nation.
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United States
Autopsy Finds Shock Killed School Employee Not Bullet
Oklahoma County Attorney Joe Martin Jr. said an official autopsy shows Carl S. Miller a board of education employee died from shock and transfusion reaction rather than a bullet wound. His son faces an assault with intent to kill charge from a June 1 shooting after a family argument.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Joe Martin Jr
Carl S. Miller
Board of Education
Martin
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