Official Traffic Toll Reaches 302 in Oklahoma
Oklahoma's 1953 traffic toll surpassed 300 with three new deaths. Mrs. W. B. Gearhart, 69, was killed by a rolling car at Sparks. Arthur Gordon King, 70, a retired Cleveland county farmer, died from injuries after a crash near Norman. Henry Buck, 300th victim, was struck by a truck in Pryor. driver James Hagler, of Dallas, was not blamed.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Delaware County
W. B. Gearhart
Sparks
Lincoln County
Wesley Hospital
Arthur Gordon King
Cleveland County
Norman Municipal Hospital
U. S. 77
Norman
Richard Swanson
Swanson
Noble
Henry Buck
Kenwood
U. S. 69
Pryor
James Hagler
Dallas
Actor Elliot Mixes Mayhem With Cooking
Washington reports actor Biff Elliot, known as a tough film detective, hobbies in cooking. He favors bean hole beans, describes a two and a half foot hole, heated rocks, garlic and molasses, six hours cooking. Elliot says he mixed classes from Maine and University of Maine, enjoying home economics most.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Biff Elliot
Lynn
Mass
Toughie
Biff
Jury
University of Maine
Maine
College of Agriculture
One for Good Measure in Mississippi bet proves hardy eater
In Columbus Mississippi on August 17 J C Chains bet Joe Stratton he could not eat six dozen raw eggs. Stratton ate 72 raw eggs and then swallowed a 73rd for good measure. The bet terms were not disclosed. Stratton suffered no ill effects.
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Columbus
Miss
J. C. Chains
Joe Stratton
Chains
Stratton
Earth-Mover Brings Bibles and Bulldozers to Jungles
VICKSBURG Miss UP industrialist R G LeTourneau plans a second mission into Peru combining Christianity with mechanization after a successful African expedition. The ark sailed with machinery missionaries and engineers. locals learn to farm and operate equipment, while LeTourneau proposes a highway project in exchange for jungle land.
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Vicksburg
Miss
R. G. LeTourneau
Liberia
LeTourneau
Peru
Billy Graham
Africa
Gus
Louise Dick
United States
Amazon
Lima
Andes
Welcome Home Drive For Korean War Hero Hale
Springfield plans a 3000 dollar welcome home for Cpl. Eugene I. Hale, a North Korea prisoner repatriated after 31 months in a Communist camp. City officials and churches rally funds, with church collection and Ozark Empire Fair participation to plan a broad civic celebration.
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Springfield
Ralph Thieme
Cpl
Eugene I. Hale
Elmer L. Hale
Korea
Thieme
Harold Greenwood
Hale’s
Hale
W. L. English
List of PW Camp deaths includes two Oklahoma soldiers
Washington August 17 UP Defense Department released 209 American servicemen reported by the Communists to have died in Korean prison camps. The list names Army personnel from Arkansas Missouri Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas with home addresses and family names. the reports originate from Communist sources and are unverified.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Army
Arkansas
Oscar S. Bradley
Lester W. Bradley
Fairoaks
Curtis C. Kelly
Bessie Kelly
Texarkana
Missouri
Raymond J. Adams
Percy Adams
Easton Ave
St. Louis
Roy G. Breedlove
Luther A. Breedlove
Stoutland
Ralph E. Hawkins
Rebecca Hawkins
North Seventh St
Clinton
James L. Moore
Juanita Smittie
Franklin St
Robert L. Wright
Hazel L. Wright
Platte City
Air Force Opens Probe of Crash at Sheppard Field
An Air Force accident board began an inquiry into a T-6 trainer crash on open ground near Wichita Falls Texas in excellent weather. Killed were reserve Captain Elbert R D Denham 33 and Master Sergeant Burl L Farris 35 both residents of Wichita Falls.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Sheppard Air Force Base
Elbert R. D. Denham
Burl L. Farris
Farris
Denham
Sheppard Field
Jesse E. Farris
Lovington
Plane crash ends training flight at Sheppard AFB
N M Donham who had commuted from November 1952 to Hensley Field Dallas for flight training was aboard a plane that crashed Saturday night after leaving Sheppard AFB with Farris.
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N.M. Donham
Hensley Field
Dallas
Donham
Farris
Sheppard Afb
Driver cautioned against relying on brakes on mountain grade
It warns that letting a vehicle run out of gear and depending solely on brakes while descending a mountain grade is foolish and dangerous for motorists.
Aid Team Travels Honolulu on Korea Relief Mission
General James A. Van Fleet, former U S 8th Army commander in Korea, stopped overnight in Honolulu en route to Korea with the American Korean Foundation for emergency aid to Korea.
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Honolulu
James A. ‘van Fleet
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
American- Korean Foundation For Emergency
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