Oil Industry Girds For '56 Labor Battle
Washington reports the oil sector readies for a 1956 labor clash led by fears of AFL CIO merger affecting oil unions. CIO Oil Workers target 1955 and 1956 wage hikes, with OCAW plan rules to standardize contracts and boost bargaining unity across about 50 contracts open by January.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
New York
CIO Oil and Atomic Workers International Union
Afl-Cio
OCAW
O. A. Knight
United States
Canada
U S Backs Philippines for Security Council Seat
The United States reaffirmed support for the Philippines to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council despite a deadlock over Turkey’s successor. The State Department expressed hope the Philippines will be elected when voting resumes next week. Providence College is the only North American college operated by Dominican Fathers.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
United Nations Security Council
Turkey
State Department
Department
Security Council
Providence
R.I.) College
Dominican Fathers
Tender Trap at Lawton spot sparks big laughs
The Billboard review lauds the celluloid version of The Tender Trap as one of the year’s top laugh riots with Frank Sinatra, David Wayne and a host of alluring walk-ons. It notes strong performances, snappy dialogue, and MGM production value though predicts a likely holdover beyond the Tuesday Lawton close.
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Max Shulman
Robert Paul Smith
Frank Sinatra
Buddy
David Wayne
Lawton
Navy appoints Captain Bennett as chief of naval research
President Eisenhower named Capt. Rawson Bennett II to head the Naval Research with the rank and pay of rear admiral. He succeeds Rear Adm. Frederick R. Furth, who retires. The appointment was announced from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on December 3.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Rawson Bennett II
Bennett
Frederick R. Furth
Want New Look For Christmas Fix The Chairs
Homemakers can refresh dining room chairs for the holidays with new fabric covers. Mrs. Clara J. Kelley explains removing the old fabric, using a pattern, and reupholstering with tack nails. Any firmly woven fabric such as den im gingham broadcloth works. align grain and center fronts before tacking.
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Clara J. Kelley
Students Escape Fire at Virginia Fraternity House
Seventeen University of Virginia students were trapped in a burning fraternity house in Charlottesville on Saturday and narrowly escaped death. Several were injured, at least one seriously.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Area Physician Joins Lawton Clinic as Partner
Dr Henry C Smith, a Walters native and Lawton High School graduate, has joined Dr William Cole as a partner in the Lawton Clinic building. A 1945 OU Medical School alum, he served in the Army medical corps in World War II and returned to practice in Lawton after a stint in Walters. He is active in Rotary and Centenary Methodist Church, with a family of four children and a residence at 1903 Dearborn.
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Walters
Lawton
William Cole
Lawton Clinic
Henry C. Smith
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Main Street fox hunt fizzles in Bedford TV shy dogs
In Bedford Virginia on December 3, a Main Street fox hunt organized by the Bedford County Hunt Club fizzled as the foxhounds balked at the audience. Eight hounds began the chase with red coats and spectators. after a half block they turned back to their owners, leaving riders stranded at the starting line.
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Main Street
Bedford
Bedford County Hunt Club
Drugstore Robbed As Owner Watches Christmas Parade
CONCORD North Carolina December 3 UP Druggist W S Rhodes closed his store to watch a Christmas parade but found the weather too cold He returned to the store and called police when he faced a broken door panel Officers arrested George Gwyn 51 on a charge of storebreaking.
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Concord
N.C
W. S. Rhodes
George Gwyn
Teenagers Attend Mangum Presbytery Rally in Lawton
About 100 teen-agers attended a two day fellowship rally for the Mangum Presbytery ending Saturday at Lawton Westminster Presbyterian church. Rev. James McCrary of St. Andrew's Oklahoma City delivered the closing Communion sermon. Local ministers and several area pastors led the service as youth from Lawton Oklahoma City Mangum Duncan Shawnee and Minco churches participated.
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Mangum Presbytery
Lawton Westminster Presbyterian Church
17Th
Euclid
James McCrary
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Oklahoma City
M. L. Baker
William H. Foster
Central Presbyterian Church
McCrary
Paul Hanna
Beal Heights
W. W. Travis
S. P. Riccobene
Lawton
Mangum
Duncan
Shawnee
Minco
Conference On Children Youth To Open In Washington
A joint conference on children and youth will begin Monday in Washington under sponsor Marion B. Folsom secretary of health education and welfare. The event gathers the Council of National Organizations with 460 national groups plus the National Advisory Council for State and Local Action and the Committee on Children and Youth.
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Washington
Marion B. Folsom
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