Naples Port of Grief and Joy as Ships Meet
In Naples a U S luxury liner meets the Salta, carrying 344 Italians bound for Buenos Aires to join relatives abroad, part of a mass migration funded by the Inter Government Committee for European Migration and backed by the United States. Many emigrants, like Concetta Canastra, trade tears for hope as older residents recall home while new arrivals seek better opportunities.
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Andrew Nahas
Naples
Italy
U. S
Salta
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Inter-Government Committee For European Migration
United States
Concetta Canastra
Signora Canastra
Army worms invade Oklahoma crops despite rains
State entomologist Claude Bowers said July rains brought early fall army worm swarms across Oklahoma, with areas like Durant and Shawnee reporting heavy activity. Crickets also flourished in cidades, while experts warned farmers to treat fields with DDT as worms mature in 10 to 14 days and threaten wide crop damage.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Claude Bowers
Bowers
Panhandle
Johnson
Durant
Shawnee
Okahoma City
Traffic Sign Theft Blamed For Baby’s Death
Oklahoma traffic officials seek vandals after a missing stop sign at SH 39 and SH 76 intersection south of Blanchard contributed to a two car crash that killed 14 month old Sharon Miller and injured five others. The incident adds to the state toll of traffic deaths for the year, with other fatalities reported in Delaware and Noble counties.
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United Press
Sharon Miller
James C. Miller
Oklahoma City
SH 39
SH 76
Blanchard
Don C. McAndrews
McAlester
Miller
Chickasha Hospital
Betty
Anna Stone
McAndrews
Mary Elizabeth
Tulsa
Lula Parrish
Fred Foch Parrish
Kenwood
Delaware County
Parrish
St. Anthony Hospital
Cancer Risk to Congressmen Stated by Federal Doctors
Washington authorities say there is no evidence that cancer or heart disease targets Congressmen more than others. Dr John R Heller of the National Cancer Institute notes four Senate cancer deaths in two years is unusual yet not proof of stress effects. Future research may link nervous tension to cancer progression but not causation.
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Washington
John R. Heller
National Cancer Instate
Senate
Japs Open To Possible Japan Russia Peace Pact
Tokyo Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki told the Diet Japan may favor a peace treaty with Russia if the terms resemble the existing alliance with free nations. He noted difficulty if Moscow keeps its current stance despite Malenkov’s speech suggesting a receptive response to reopened relations.
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Tokyo
Katsuo Okazaki
Diet
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Segertees
Okazaki
Malenkov
Oilton Bans Sunday Beer Sales
The Oilton city commissioners voted to ban beer sales from midnight Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday as allowed by the Legislature. An additional ordinance requires taverns selling beer for on premises consumption to obtain a $20 city license.
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Oilton
Okla
Board of City Commissioners
Kerr to Speak at Wilburton Dedication Event
U S Senator Robert Kerr will deliver the main address when 2,000 members of the Kiamichi Electric Co operative dedicate their new 82 200 headquarters building in Wilburton Oklahoma on August 22 a state news brief notes the event with civic and political interest.
Haymes Drops Capital Trip
Hollywood August 10 UP Crooner Dick Haymes facing deportation to Argentina due to a Honolulu trip to visit Rita Hayworth postponed a Washington plea. Attorney Robert Eaton said Sen Pat McCarran and Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr were away, with a possible meeting in Nevada to discuss the wetback problem.
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Hollywood
Dick Haymes
Argentina
Honolulu
Rita Hayworth
Washington
Robert Eaton
Pat McCarran
Herbert Brownell Jr
Haymes
McCarran
Nevada
Eaton
Brownell
Probem
Choc taw-Chickasaw Confederation Meets in Durant
Durant Oklahoma August 10 local unit of the Chtow Chickasaw confederation holds first session of a series in eastern Oklahoma counties to elect councilmen who will then choose state officers at Tuskahoma on September 7.
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Durant
Okla
Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation
Oklahoma
Tuskahoma
Natural gas output trails petroleum in heat energy supply
United States natural gas production provides about half as much available heat energy as petroleum production, highlighting a lower output relative to oil in meeting energy demand.
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United States
AFL Executives Debating Future Of Dock Union
The AFL Executive Council faced a purge push against the East Coast ILA amid corruption accusations. Joseph P. Ryan defends the 65,000 member ILA as New York and New Jersey enact a racketeer crackdown. The council weighs the ILA’s fate before the St. Louis convention.
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AFL Executive Council
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
AFL Council
AFL
Ryan
George Meany
William Green
Meany
New York
New Jersey
Congress
Congressional
New York State Crime Commission
New York and
Anthony
Tony) Anastasia
Brooklyn
Anastasia
St. Louis
Family Nights and Deals At Local Recreation Center
Family Nights run Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 10 pm with Mom and Dad. Family swims priced at 1.00. Kid Days on Monday and Wednesday for children under 12. Miniature golf 18 holes 25 cents. Thursday night offers free for ladies.
Farm Official Sees Optimism Yet Warns Of Immediate Problems
Hobart Oklahoma a Farm Bureau official told Kiowa County farmers that optimism about long term agricultural prospects should not hide present troubles. Roger Fleming cited drought cattle price declines and overall cost price squeeze as urgent issues. He compared cattle and hog markets noting hog producers cut pig crops last year to avert loss and cited price recovery from 76 to 114 percent of parity by June 1953.
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Hobart
Okla
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ae Sones National Agricultural Book
Kiowa
Roger Fleming
Federation
Fleming
Americans Lead Climb Of Ararat In Turkey
The Turkish press reports an American expedition led by Col. Edson D. Raff of New York City has begun a ascent of Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey, famed as the supposed resting place of Noahs Ark.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Edson D. Raff
New York City
Mt. Ararat
Reds Set Stage To Try Beria Charge Treason
The Soviet parliament approved purging Lavrenty Beria and sent his case to the Supreme Court. Beria, a former top deputy to Malenkov and head of Stalin's secret police, is charged with criminal and antistate activities. The move follows his ouster and a purge of his supporters.
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London
Lavrenty P. Beria
Kremlin
Supreme Court
Supreme Council
Parliament
Moscow Radio
Georgi M. Malenkov
Stalin
Beria
U.S.S.R. Supreme Court
Malenkov
Council
United States
Russia
High Command
Soviet
Police System Plans to Take Over Soviet Government
Report notes alleged schemes by police to seize control of the Soviet government with plots involving foreign imperialists. Authorities claim a coordinated effort aimed at destabilizing the regime and inviting external influence. The article outlines suspected groups and possible timelines.
Sooner Escapee Recaptured After Prison Break
A 19 year old Oklahoma City youth who escaped with four others from Tucker Prison Farm last Friday was recaptured yesterday by a farmer near Pastoria Arkansas. He said another escapee Billy Allison 24 of Monette Arkansas drowned while attempting to swim the Arkansas River. The men were serving short terms for robbery grand larceny and other offenses as part of a wood cutting detail.
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Tucker
Ark
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
John Logan
Pastoria
Billy Allison
Monette
Custer Demos to Meet Clinton Oklahoma
Custer county Democrats meet Monday night at 8 in the Calmer hotel. The gathering is part of a series that has covered 27 counties this week, announced by Mrs. Elizabeth Whetzel of McAlester, co-chairman of the state Central committee.
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Clinton
Okla
Custer County
Calmer
Elizabeth Whetzel
McAlester
State Central Committee
Hobart Police Conduct Parking Fine Drive
Hobart police are conducting a drive to collect parking meter fines. City marshal Roy Elkins said meter collections fell from about 250 dollars weekly to 190. Fines may be paid until Saturday at 25 cents each. unpaid fines face police court action and a maximum one dollar fine.
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Hobart
Okla
Roy Elkins
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