Highway bids pared as 12 of 20 rejected in Oklahoma letting
Oklahoma City bid letting cut 12 of 20 projects as too high, with total approved low bids at 31,152 over estimates for a 2,433,343 dollar construction program. Projects included works on US routes 66 62 and 75 across multiple counties with several disapprovals and a few approvals, involving Standard Paving, Steinberg-Boyd, Mark Holloway, and R. R. Tway among others.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Pittsburg
U. S. 270
Naval Ammunition Depot
Haywood
Anderson Construction Co
McAlester
Tulsa
U. S. 64
Leonard
Wagoner
Standard Paving Co
Okmulgee County
Okmulgee North
Hunter Construction Co
Ada
Okiakee County
U. S. 75
Henryetta Construction Co
Henryetta
Canadian County
Caddo County
Steinberg - Boyd Construction Co
Oklahoma County
U. S
North Canadian River
Choctaw
Mark Holloway Construction Co
Brewer & McMichael
Holdenville
Kingfisher County
Okardie
McConnell Construction Co
Hennessey
Skeleton Creek
Noland Smith Construction Co
el Reno
R. R. Tway Inc
McCurtain County
Pushmataha
Little River
Gray* Construction Co
Wagoner County
Porter
U. S. 69
Boman Construction Co
Choctaw County
Hugo
S. E. Evans Construction Co
Fort Smith
Ark
LeFlore County
LeFlore
U. S. 271
Summerfield
J. A. Raines
Muskogee
Osage County
Shidler
Burbank Rock Co
Ponca City
Jackson - Kiowa
North Fork of the Red River
Blair
R. R. Tway
U. S. 66
U. S. 81
Dahlgren Construction Co
Boecking Construction Co
Expert predicts photographers will replace portrait painters
At the Photographers' Association of America convention in Chicago James Israel of Mount Vernon Ohio said direct color portraiture will replace painter work. He predicted photographers will sell only two or three portraits and price them accordingly.
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Chicago
Photographers’ Associaton of America
James Israel
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Miss New Jersey Mother Hollywood Birth Hearts 1952
A boy weighing 7 pounds 94 grams was born yesterday to actor Byron Palmer and his wife Ruth Hampton Miss New Jersey at the 1952 Miss Universe contest.
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Hollywood
Byron Palmer
Ruth Hampton
New Jersey
Graham Pest Control Promotes Home Termite Inspections
Local pest control ad offers year round termite inspections and yard care services. Graham Pest Control advertises free inspections, shrub trimming, fogging, and spraying for roaches, silverfish, and scorpions with contact phone 4085.
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Graham Pest Control
City reports July traffic injuries in Lawton
A July Lawton police summary shows 15 bodily injury crashes and 79 property damage accidents, totaling 94. The report, given to the city council, notes 362 arrests averaging over 10 per day, with 72 released without charges and 193 bonds forfeited totaling 3123 dollars. Of 123 fines totaling 2003 dollars, 69 were paid. others served time in city jail. Property value data are also referenced.
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Lawton
Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
Spendthrift Robs Bank of $46,000
SELMER Tenn FBI agent Dual King a 43 year old contractor was jailed on charges of robbing Ackerman Mississippi bank of 46000 soon after his sheriff race loss in Choctaw county Mississippi. King was arrested while vacationing with family. Some money recovered but details withheld. His wife defends him and townspeople express surprise. Police recovered stolen property valued at 2632.
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Selmer, Tenn
FBI
Dual King
Ackerman
Miss
C. E. Piper
King
Memphis
Ackerman Bank
Choctaw County
Giles Faces New Prison Sentence in Texas Case
Giles, former Texas Land Commissioner Bas com Giles, pleaded guilty to consenting to take a bribe in a Bexar County veterans land deal. District Judge M D Jones sentenced him to six years to run concurrently with a prior three-year term for aiding theft. His appeal and bond delay start of sentence.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bascom Giles
Bexar County
M. D
Buck) Jones
Giles
Austin
Kinney County
Pence Speaks at Elgin Baptist Service in Pastor's Absence
Glenn Pence of Fletcher spoke at Sunday night services at Elgin Baptist Church while the local pastor attended the Turner Falls Baptist assembly grounds.
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Elgin
Glenn Pence
Fletcher
Elgin Baptist Church
Turner Falls Baptist Assembly Grounds
Saddle Mountain Revival Set With Roy Cosgrove Evening Services
Roy Cosgrove minister of the Northwest Church of Christ Law ton will conduct a Saddle Mountain Church of Christ revival from August 17 to 28. Services start at 8 p.m. each evening in the 101 school building.
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Saddle Mountain
Roy Cosgrove
Northwest Church of Christ
Lawton
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Highway Commission
Johnston County
Coleman
Wapanucka
John Erts
Cache, Oklahoma
Jones
Rogan Giles
Pittsburgh Paints
E. J. Leverett
Koehler
Raulston
Ord Ieee
Potoh
Raulston Furniture Store
Maytag
Wright
Vornado
Kelvinator
C Avenue
Mid-West Maytag CO
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