Wildlife Refuge Is Top Attraction in 1953 Visitor Figures
The Wichita Mountains wildlife refuge in Oklahoma led Fish and Wildlife Service areas with 742,047 visitors in 1953. Across 272 refuges, total visitors reached 4,686,909 with 1,433,445 fishing enthusiasts. Other popular refuges included Crab Orchard Illinois and Tule Lake California with tens of thousands visiting each.
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Washington
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
Fish and Wildlife Service
Interior
Oklahoma Scenic Area
Wildlife Service
Ilinois
Upper
Mississippi
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Wheeler
Alabama
Tennessee
Tule Lake
California
Havasu
Colorado River
Arizona
Horicon
Guatemala Shaken By New Violence
Seething crowds and a student general strike shook Guatemala City as protests surged. President Carlos Castillo Armas faced tension after a preemptive air force operation quelled an anti government uprising at Aurora Air Base, but threats of ongoing strife remained.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Air Force
Aurora
Civil Defense Course Set at Oklahoma A&M College
A two week Civil Defense course opens August 9 at Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater offering two semester hours credit. Targeted at teachers officials and community leaders the program runs 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with a $20 fee and 20 to 50 enrollment.
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Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Division of College Extension
Gaines East
Civil Defense School
Tom Brett
L. A. Chatham
Charles W. Dutreau
Civil Defense
Fort Sill
Mattie E. Treadwell
FCDA
Maj. Dutreau
Jack Webb
Lawton
Fur length standards across historical jurisdictions
The text notes that fur length varied by jurisdiction but commonly ran to an eighth of a mile or the length of a 10 acre square plot. It highlights lack of uniform rules and shows how measurement practices differed regionally.
U S Demands China Pay for Plane Attack Victims
The United States again demands that Communist China pay compensation for six Americans killed or wounded in a July airliner attack by Chinese fighters near Hainan Island. Washington seeks punishment for those responsible and measures to prevent further strikes, in a note delivered to China’s Foreign Office via the British envoy.
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Washington
United States
China
Hainan Island
Peiping
Foreign Office
State Department
Former Lawton Resident Dies
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grove of 1113 Columbia attend funeral services for Mrs. H. F. Bradford in Las Cruces New Mexico. Bradford long lived in Lawton before moving to New Mexico years ago. Mr. Bradford died about three years earlier. Grove, executive secretary of Fort Sill civil service board, flew to Las Cruces after her mother suffered a stroke.
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Harold Grove
Columbia
Las Cruces
Grove
H. F. Bradford
New Mexico
Bradford
Lawton
Civil Service Board
Fort Sill
Pendergast Machine Beaten In All Kansas City Races
The Kansas City area faction of the Democratic party led by James M. was defeated in nomination races for all eight major county offices yesterday. The loss ends their control in the region’s county contests.
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Pendergast
Kansas City
Water composition and fish respiration
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen but fish breathe only dissolved oxygen from the water. The dissolved oxygen is used for respiration while the bound oxygen in H2O is not. gill uptake extracts O2 from the surrounding liquid.
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RCA Victor Portable Radio
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Your Complete Music Shopping Center
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