Hospital births and admissions across towns and counties
Hospital notices list births and admissions in Southwestern region including Cochranes at Rt 3 and a son born Dec 2 at 7 28 am weighing seven pounds. Patients admitted for surgery or medical treatment include Riley, Blubaugh, Nix, Hickman, Hastings, Boyd, Kosco, Jones, and others with dismissals for various conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Cochrane
Riley
P. J. Blubaugh
L. T. Nix
Medicine Park
Arthur Hickman
Bell
Leslie Hastings
John Boyd
Altus
Medical
Martha Goodman
M. W. Goodman
Jon Goodman
James Beaty
Jefferson
Joe Kosco
Baldwin
de Landers
Anadarko
Glen Jones
S. 26Th Place
Oklahoma Sees Cold Spell With Warmup Ahead
Frigid weather clings to Oklahoma with freezing readings overnight. A slight warmup is forecast Friday with highs near the 60s and a low around 35 tonight. Lawton stays partly cloudy. statewide temps rise from 28 today toward the 58 later today. Forecasters note coolest spots fell to 26 at Gage and Hobart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lawton
Gage
Hobart
Christmas Trees Light Up Downtown Streets
Christmas trees were set in flag pole holes along Fourth Street as city fire crews prepare decorations in the downtown business district. Lights go on December 10 with daily illumination from 7 to 10 p.m. through the season. Trees bought from the Optimist club lot with funds raised by Law ton merchants and led by the Business Professional Women's club. Local businesses stay open evenings December 17 to 23, closing early on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
Optimist Club
Lawton
Business Professional Women's Club
Arge
Hawaiian Islands Span 1540 Miles Across Ocean
National Geographic Society states the Hawaiian Islands stretch about 1 540 miles across the Pacific Ocean, highlighting their vast geographic span and isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
National Geographic Society
Narcotics Ring Smashed by U S Agents Across Three Regions
U S narcotics agents with four nations raided 27 traffickers in Turkey Syria and Lebanon. They seized 888 pounds opium 44 pounds morphine base 9 pounds hashish. Charles Siragusa directed four months undercover work culminating in a week of raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U.S
United States
Italy
France
Turkey
Syria
Lebanon
Edemond Azzizeh
Beirut
Charles Siragusa
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
Europe
Middle East
Air Force
Siragusa
America
Aleppo
Marseille
Naples
Genoa
Palermo
Adana
Ahmet Ozsavar
Gerasimos Liarommatis
Athens
Ozsavar
State Traffic Toll Boosted To 519
A 54-year-old State Highway Department worker Elbert McFarland was killed and co worker E V Boyer was critically injured when a dump truck carrying rip rap collided with a Santa Fe train four miles west of Strong City in Roger Mills county at about 9 am The crash raised the 1954 Oklahoma fatality toll to 519 from 491 a year earlier Witnesses said the truck driver and passenger did not see the oncoming train and the truck was descending a hill headed toward the crossing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
State Highway Department
Santa Fe
Strong City
Roger Mills
Elbert McFarland
Mountain View
Oklahoma
E. V. Boyer
Elk City
Cheyenne
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Christmas Seal Drive Totals Lag in County Mail
Comanche County residents have mailed in $1 088 10 for Christmas seals as of today. Jack Russell, seal sale chairman for the county tuberculosis association, urged residents to use seals on cards and packages this season. The organization needs several times this amount to fund health education and participate in the national TB research program. The drive is conducted only by mail and is the association’s sole fundraising method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Russell
Comanche County Tuberculosis Association
Russell
TB Association
National TB Association
Oklahoma City Livestock and State Poultry Prices
Oklahoma City livestock report shows cattle calves at 1,200 and hogs 400 with varied demand. Beef cows slow, slaughter calves 16.00-18.00, hogs mostly 17.00-18.00 with late packer decline, lambs 16.50-18.50. State Poultry Eggs prices list No 1 hard wheat and various regional quotes for broilers hens butterfat and pecans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Alva
Frederick
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Blackwell
Enid
Medford
Vici
Clinton
el Reno
Hobart
Lawton
Yukon
Guymon
Hooker
Broilers
B. Farm
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Hens
Durant
Chickasha
Laverne
Elk City
Watonga
Women in the U S workforce then and now
The article compares female participation in 1890 to the modern era, noting about 17 percent of workers were women in 1890 versus roughly 30 percent in contemporary times. It highlights the rise of women in the labor market and shifts in gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Midwest City officials tour Lawton high to study new building
Midwest City school chiefs praised Lawton High School after a two hour tour on Wednesday. Supt John Shoemaker and LHS principal Hugh Bish led the group through the building and lunch in the cafeteria. Attendees included district administrators and principals from Del City and Midwest City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest City
Lawton High School
John Shoemaker
Hugh Bish
LHS
R. H. McLean
J. E. Sutton Jr
Ray L. Polk
Willard Roberts
del City
Hugh S. Emerson
Bellatti suspends Murray bodyguard for 60 days
Oklahoma City P State Safety Commissioner Lawrence Bellatti announced a 60 day suspension of Lt. Jim Garibaldi a Highway Patrol driver and bodyguard for Gov. Johnston Murray He previously served as a driver for former Gov Roy J Turner Garibaldi a Patrol member since 1937 was reported hospitalized after an accidental sleeping pill overdose Ray Rich a Patrol trooper was assigned to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lawrence Bellatti
Jim Garibaldi
Highway Patrol
Garibaldi
Johnston Murray
Roy J. Turner
Ray Rich
Supreme Court Justice W H Blackbird Marries Clerk Daisy Iles
Oklahoma City reports that Supreme Court Justice W H Blackbird of Okmulgee wed court clerk Daisy Iles in Chandler yesterday. The couple, both widowed, began their courtship after he was sworn in January 1952 and honeymoon in New Orleans follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
W. H. Blackbird
Okmulgee
Daisy Iles
Chandler
New Orleans
Funeral Rites Held for Bill Baker at Becker Memorial
Funeral services for Bill Baker 54 were conducted at Becker Memorial chapel with Rev. J. H. Wall of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery as a coroner’s jury ruled his death from natural causes after he had resided at the hotel for two weeks. Bearers included G. L. Brown J. L. Copeland Ray Brown A. R. Barsee Joe Cox and Charley Bax ey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Baker
Becker Memorial Chapel
J. H. Wall
Calvary Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
G. L. Brown
J. L. Copeland
Ray Brown
A. R. Barsee
Joe Cox
Charley Baxey
Baker
Helicopter Crashes In Gulf Killing Four Crew Members
In Grand Isle Louisiana a helicopter ferrying an oil drilling crew to shore crashed into the Gulf of Mexico after missing a landing strip. Four men were killed identified as John D Scurlock Joseph C Dure Paul Dupre and Clyde A Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Isle
UPA
Gulf of Mexico
J. M. Gardner
Delta Gulf Drilling Co
Dallas
Tex
John D. Scurlock
Joseph C. Dure
Paul Dupre
Clyde Aurray
Higgins Won’t Talk To Book Probers
Oklahoma City December 2 UP Eddie Higgins press secretary for Gov John Murray declined to appear before a legislative committee investigating textbook irregularities saying he knows nothing of the situation. Higgins a former head examiner for the education department said he would share any known wrongdoing with the county attorney where the violation occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Eddie Higgins
Johnston Murray
Higgins
Department of Education
Robert O. Cunningham
Murray
Anh
Honors Continuation of Page One Names Local Winners
A list of honorees for home beautification clothing dairy and food related achievements across Faxon Sterling Fairview and surrounding areas includes Geary Woodall Kathleen Woesner Delbert Cantro and Frank Kuntz among others. Winners span categories such as Entomology Farm and Home Electric Field Crops Foods Demonstration Garden and Health with multiple participants named from Faxon Sterling Cache and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geary Woodall
Faxon
Kathleen Woesner
Mary Alice Skrolle
Beaver Bend
Delbert Cantero
Frank Kuntz
Carlene Benke
Hillside
Pearl Thornton
Kay Tomlinson
Sterling
Patricia Peters
Fairview
Beatrice Marshall
Felda Becenti
Fort Sill
Eurah Richards
Cache
Roger van Dervort
Dean Cantero
Elinor Hammond
June Slaughter
Shirley Jones
Flower Mound
Juanita Clower
Karen Elling
Janeris Hagar
Don Pittman
Geronimo
Larry Watson
Larry Brantley
Wilma Buchwald
Fax
Local Winners Named in Rural Skills Contest
Rae Nell Stoll from Indiahoma J W Hammond from Roseland Jimmie Gaia and Laura Carter with Donnie Buchwald of Faxon compete alongside Kenneth Masters of Fletcher in a rural skills event. Marvin Livingston and Jerry Rogers from Faxon lead Soil and Water Conservation. Jim Clower and Livingston run Tractor Maintenance. Helen Bunch from Hillside and Clower deliver Public Speaking. Frank Skrolle Beaver Bend Charles Benke Hillside and Larry Buchwald also compete in Grain Marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Nell Stoll
Indiahoma
J. W. Hammond
Roseland
Jimmie Gaia
Be Flowerson
Mound
Laura Carter
Donnie Buchwald
Faxon
Kenneth Masters
Fletcher
Marvin Livingston
Jerry Rogers
Sterling
Jim Clower
Helen Bunch
Hillside and
Clower
Frank Skrolle
Beaver Bend
Charles Benke
Hillside
Larry Buchwald
Rizley resigns from Agriculture post and board seat
The White House announced President Eisenhower accepted Ross Rizley of Guymon Oklahoma resignations as assistant secretary of agriculture and as a Commodi Credit Corp board member, effective December 16. Rizley, a Republican ex congressman, is reportedly in line for another federal job. Eisenhower praised his work toward a stronger agricultural economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Ross Rizley
Guymon
Okla
Commodi Credit Corp
Rizley
Congress
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
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Smiley Stevenson
Blanchard
Inman Gooday
Elgin
Tselee
Fort Cobb
Robert F. Pages
Summit
Lindy E. Terry
Charles Hogwood
Duncan
Nancy A. Staley
Charles Staley
Darel F. Spencer
Hershal Burk
Dexter Eugene Luckey
James Luckey
Lee
Mable Carpenter
Baltimore Circle
James Wolfe
David Harold Roberts
David Roberts
Wilfred David Tate
O. C. Tate
John Paul Neuteboom
Grant Neuteboom
LaDaw
U. S
Ncawan Cae
Cncc
Qas
Oklahoma City Livestock
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E Pho
Flemings Paint & Body Shop
S. 11Th
Lewis
Mercury
New
Oscar Rose
Bellatti
State Supreme Court
Eugene L Bowman
South
Wright
Mgr
Bob Hudson
Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company
City National Bank
C Avenue
Gulf
Eth
As. Benson
Everest & Jennings
Glasgow
Sterling Hayden
Gloria Grahame
Gene Barry
Marcia Henderson
Dekane
Vaska
Lion’s Club Paper Drive
Bianco
Donald O'Connor
Debbie Reynolds
June Allyson
Hankin's
Ft. Sill Blvd
Airport
Randolph
Eching
Claire Trivor
Ceee
comBar Ariiap
Wichita Falls
Ada
Acey Company
THE
Finney Company
St. Clare Aveows
Cleveland
Fred Harris
Cache Road
Mitnout
20Th Century-Fox Press
Technicolor
Terry Gilbert Wagner
Moore - Roland
Carrol Naish
Kirk Douglas
United Artists
Alnans
Paris
Sens
Elizabeth Taylor
Walter Pidgeon
Donna
wiItTor
Irving Berlins
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