New Recreation Projects Planned for Oklahoma Parks
Oklahoma City officials outline a water recreation project for state parks for children. Ernest Allen of the Planning and Resources Board says one unit may be built this year at Roman Nose State Park Blaine County costing about 3000 dollars. The design features a circular shallow water spray area with a 20 foot sand play ring and adjoining grass zone near safe swim areas.
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Oklahoma City
Ernest Allen
Planning and Resources Board
Roman Nose
Blaine County
Allen
Tulsa Won't Buy Into Bus Business
Tulsa Mayor L C Clark rejected a proposal by Tulsa City Lines to sell its bus firm to the city amid a plea for a 20 percent fare increase. National City Lines offered $2.3 million for the property while the city considers fare hikes and conditions on replacing aging buses.
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Tulsa
L. C. Clark
Tulsa City Lines
Clark
TCL
National City Lines
Air Base orders extra precautions after polio death
Military officials at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi ordered heightened medical safety measures following the polio death of Captain Harold Lee Duncan a 36 year old Enid Oklahoma officer. Four other polio patients were being treated at the base hospital and base facilities including pools were closed.
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Biloxi
Miss
Keesler Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Harold Lee Duncan
Lawton Schools Plans Open and Local News Moments
Yesteryear highlights include B C Swinney announcing opening plans for Lawton schools and Mrs Raymond Ramon and infant son leaving hospital. Other items recall 80 years ago incidents such as a law enforcement chase and a drowning at Lost Lake, plus notable deaths and social notes.
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B. C. Swinney
Lawton Schools
Raymond Ramon
Wolverines
Marilyn Gilbert
Lee J. Woods
Replacement Eyed For Ousted Official
Ottawa county commissioners planned to choose a replacement for County Clerk William S. McNatt who faces forgery and embezzlement charges in a $31 000 shortage. McNatt is suspended pending action and a prior meeting was delayed by illness.
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Miami
Okla
Ottawa County
William S. McNatt
McNatt
Board of Commissioners
Committee chairmen outline program at BPW meeting
Lawton AGEN and Professional Women's club held a Wednesday meeting where committee chairmen presented plans for the year. Miss Frances King, president, led a brief business session.
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B&pw
Lawton A Gen & Professional Women’s Club
Frances King
REA Grants Loan To Phone Company For Dial System
The Cross Tele Co. received a $226,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan to install dial systems at Warner, Webbers Falls and Gore. The Muskogee based firm serves Muskogee, McIntosh and Sequoyah counties and will use funds to repair and install new lines.
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REA
Muskogee
Okla
Cross Tele Co
Rural Electrification Administration
Warner, Webbers Falls
Gore
McIntosh
Sequoyah
Walters Highway Engineer Named
Five new resident engineers were appointed today by John J. Stobaugh Jr. of the Oklahoma state Highway Department. The promoted men are Charles V. Robertson Sapulpa Henry F. Eager Tulsa Bobby G. Green Marlow to Bartlesville Robert G. Cloud Oklahoma City to Walters and Hal L. Richards Buffalo.
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Oklahoma City
John J. Stobaugh Jr
State Highway Department
Charles V. Robertson
Sapulpa
Henry F. Eager
Tulsa
Bobby G. Green
Marlow
Bartlesville
Robert G. Cloud
Walters
Hal L. Richards
Buffalo
Bandits Escape With 1720 In Neal State Bank Robbery
Three men broke into Neal State Bank in Neal Kansas early this morning and fled with 1720 dollars in cash. Eureka police said two suspects waited outside while a third entered, drilling vault door and prying a window. Road blocks were set as officers chased them north out of Greenwood County.
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Eureka
Funeral Rites Set for Leon Allen Roser Walters
Funeral services for Leon Allen Shorty Roser 52 a Walters resident and local service station gro cer owner who died by accidental self inflicted shooting will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at First Methodist church. Rev Hugh H Harrison will officiate with burial in Walters cemetery. Survivors include wife Drucilla Rosa mother Mrs L R Roser three sisters and three brothers. Pearson Funeral home Walters in charge.
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Walters
Leon Allen
Shorty
Roser
First Methodist
Hugh H. Harrison
Call
Tex
Houston
Ser
Drucilla Rosa
L. R. Roser
Louise
Silsby
Lucille Gramier
Daisy McKinley
R. C. Roser
Pronghorn Sprints Mile a Minute Then 40 MPH
The pronghorn antelope can sprint a mile per minute for a short stretch and reach about 40 miles per hour over roughly two miles. Charles Curtis, former vice president, traced lineages to Osage and Kaw chiefs.
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Charles Curtis
United States
Fire Destroys Six McKinney Homes
A windless evening helped crews save part of McKinney as a blaze destroyed six homes. Burks estimated damage at 80000 dollars. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
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McKinney Homes
Burks
IWC imposes limits on whale hunting activities
The International Whaling Commission enacts or tightens restrictions on whaling, setting quotas and protections to regulate hunting. The move involves member nations agreeing on species safeguards and season limits aimed at conserving whale populations and ecosystems.
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Port Said
Suez Canal Zone
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Britain
Cairo
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Lost Lake
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Alcatraz
John Keathley
Medicine Park
Lawton
Merv Wright
Ira Cargill
Henry Thomas Rainey
House of Representatives
B. M. Owens
Fred Thompson
Perry Bunyan
Charles Ozmand
Oklahoma
Ida Mae Posey
Charles West
Ee Azelist
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E Pho
Everest & Jennings
W. F
Bill
Kansas
Leon Allen Roser
McCord
Lawtons
Raulston
Sears, Roebuck
Donald Mountain
World Council of Churches
Evanston, Ill
Benita Biswas
Pakistan
George Khadr
Lebanon
G. N. Luxton
London
Ontario
DOD Donley Agency
International Whaling Commission
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