Markets Oklahoma City and Chicago Prices Report
Oklahoma City markets list grains and livestock values with regional quotes from Alva, Enid, El Reno, Lawton, Oklahoma City and others. Cattle calves hogs sheep futures and cash prices shown. drops include no major changes in butter in Chicago.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Alva
Frederick
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Blackwell
Enid
el Reno
Medford
Vici
Yukon
Clinton Hobart
Lawton
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Hobart
McAlester
Clinton
Pauls Valley
Elk City
Watonga
Laverne
Chickasha
Durant
Watonga i
Shawnee
AVC Elects Mauldin at Eighth Annual Convention
The American Veterans Committee re elected World War I cartoonist Bill Mauldin as national chairman at its three day eighth annual convention in Boston. The group adopted a resolution praising the Senate for condensing Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy.
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AVC
Mauldin
Boston
American Veterans Committee
Bill Mauldin
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority bond sale eyed this week
A hopeful annoncement suggests the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will issue bonds to fund extending the turnpike to Lawton. Investment bankers are expected to buy the bonds, moving the project toward realization.
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Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Lawton
Funeral Rites for Patty Hancock Held in Lawton
Funeral services were conducted in the Lawton Funeral Home chapel for Patty Jo Hancock 27 of 206 Columbia. Rev. Weldon Ritner officiated with burial in Highland Cemetery. Hancock was born July 4 1927 at Walters and died Saturday after a lingering illness. Survivors include her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clel Hancock and two brothers Harris and Gene.
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Patty Jo Hancock
Columbia
Lawton Funeral Home
Weldon Rightner
Highland Cemetery
Miss Hancock
Clel Hancock
Walters
Harris
Dearborn
Gene
K. Markham
Claude Hennessee
Buck Kinsey
Henry Weddle
Glenn Dosser
Pete Howenstine
Elsie Tahpay
Cache
Tahpay
Quanah Parker
Indian Territory
Comanche County
Indian Nazarene Mission
Post Oak Cemetery
Indiahoma
Becker Funeral Home
Cleveland
Annie Cable
Ollie Tahpay
Hershal
Clarence
Bobby
Truman Advisor Blasts GOP Monetary Policy
John D. Clark former Truman council member told Congress that an unhappy experiment with restrictive monetary policy has done great damage to the economy. He urged lowering banks reserve requirements to unlock more than a billion dollars in reserves, enabling banks to lend up to five times that amount if inflation risk can be controlled with later reserve increases.
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Washington
John D. Clark
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Senate House
Flanders
Joint Committee On
Clark
Eisenhower
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
First Baptist Training Union Meeting Slated Despite Fire
The Associational Training Union meeting will be held at 7 30 p m in the First Baptist church auditorium despite a morning fire in the educational building. Carpet removal has taken place and the auditorium sustained smoke and water damage.
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First Baptist Training Union
Associational Training Union
First Baptist Church
Spies' China Language Split on U N Resolution
The 15 nation Assembly Steering Committee planned to add the prisoner question to the agenda with a vote expected this week. Allies faced Russia demands to invite Red China for debates while seeking a strong condemnation and effective U N machinery action. The United States urged prompt action on 11 missing personnel and the 2,840 missing Allied soldiers accounting at Panmunjom, including 526 Americans.
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China
Assembly
United States
Eeleco N. van Kleffens
Russia
Red China
U. N
Geneva
State Department
John Downey
New Britain
Conn
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Air Force Group
Panmunjom
Nail Manufacturers Produce Wide Range of Nails
America’s iron and steel nail industry offers over 100 distinct nail types. The market features varied heads, shanks, and coatings to meet construction, carpentry, and industrial needs across the country.
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America
Death toll rises in Oklahoma traffic crashes across state
The Oklahoma highway patrol reports weekend deaths, including Earl Victorer 60 Elk City and Robert Leon Askew 23 Denison, with others such as Elbert McFarland 48 Mt. Niew and Bernice N. Simmons 28 Lindsay among the victims. Turners in Shattuck and Browning in Stillwater set new local fatality records.
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Earl Victorer
Elk City
Robert Leon Askew
Denison
Tex
Boyer
Okla
Highway Department
Strone City
Elbert McFarland
Mt. Niew
Askew
Pedro Romerez
Detroit
Romerez
Kenneth Edward Turner
Shattuck
Turner
McAlester
Stillwater
Highway Patrol
Joe V. Hill
Pittsburg
Orin N. Browning
Thomas K. Pursley
Perry
Bernice N. Simmons
Lindsay
Hill
Charles D. Hicks
Browning
Payne County
Charles Max Singleton
Pursley
Marvin Dwayne Jirous
Tonkawa Junior College
Simmons
Hospital Births and Admits Highlight Busy Memorial News
Memorial births list several newborns with parental addresses and exact birth times. Notable entries include a 7 lb 12 oz daughter for Mr and Mrs William F McKenna and a 9 lb 2 oz son for Mr and Mrs Marvin E Decker, among others. The section also records numerous admissions and dismissals of patients across multiple physicians and towns, noting surgeries, medical conditions, and patient ages from infants to adults.
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DeLoy Lucas
Ferris
Marvin E. Decker
Prowler Fear Drives Three Month Citywide Search
A youth who admitted peeping at windows described training in Ohio by a professional window peeper. He claimed to have seen about 30 women disrobe since July and to have looked into at least 100 windows. Police expect charges after further questioning by civilian and military authorities.
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Bartels
Ohio
Hennessee
Robbery suspects watched store before daytime heist
Murphy said a sedan parked near the store just before a Sunday morning robbery. A butcher at Kelly Hillis grocery reported three men in a car watching the store as he arrived, then fled. Calvin McCracken locked himself inside and called police. One robber wore an Army uniform and another blue jeans. They headed south on U S 277 toward Lawton. Victims described the attackers as 20 to 25 years old.
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Murphy
Kelly Hillis Grocery
Calvin McCracken
McCracken
Lamb
Roberson
Lawton
U. S. 277
Miami man elected vice president of American Aberdeen Angus Assn
Named to Angus Association Miami Oklahoma December 6, Fullerton Dr. in Miami has been elected vice president of the American Aberdeen Angus Association at a Chicago meeting tied to the International Livestock Exposition.
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Angus Association
Miami
Okla
Fullerton Dr
American Aberdeen Angus Association
Chicago
Refuge fire chars vast Oklahoma wildlife area and Fort Sill aid
A large wildfire roared through the Refuge area with crews fighting it Saturday night into Sunday. Fort Sill units aided with heavy equipment and 300 soldiers helped curb the blaze as winds shifted and conditions cooled. Five hundred sightseers visited the refuge while a separate Hoyle's Hill fire burned about 400 acres before containment.
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Greenwalt
Fort Sill
Sill
Lawton
Hoyle’s Hill
136Th Ordnance Co
36Th FA
Fire damages church and school suites heavily
Debris filled the church after a daylight blaze caused by suspected faulty wiring. Insurance recently raised to cover property. South ceiling suffered extreme damage as firemen halted the flames on the roof with help from a water Spraying truck nicknamed Bessie. Cleanup to follow. services postponed while restoration proceeds.
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H. Tom Wiles
Church Insurance Board
Harris Hancock
Hancock
Kyle Moorehead
Bessie
Lawton Debating Team Misses Finals by Two Points
Lawton high school debaters at the Oklahoma City Invitational Speech Tournament won five of six rounds but missed the finals by two points. Finals pitted the top boys team against the top girls team, with Lawton’s Phil Clark and Joe Crosby competing as a beginners pair and Judy Henry earning second in dramatic interpretation.
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Lawton High School
Oklahoma City
Donald Kourt
David Whitwell
Lawton
Phil Clark
Joe Crosby
Judy Henry
Norma Curry
Tank
Donald Bowles
Edmond Stoddard
Joan Woodward
John Waller
Tornadoes batter Alabama and Georgia across border
Tornadoes swept eastern Alabama and western Georgia killing one person and injuring 48 as scores of homes were wrecked. Alabama reported 57 homes destroyed and 100 damaged, Georgia 220 badly battered with some demolished. National Guard guarded shattered homes while Red Cross and Salvation Army aided residents amid emergency pole and wire repairs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Alabama National Guard
Wellington
Red Cross
Salvation
Frantzen Family Perishes in Twin Iowa House Fires
The Frantzen family Charles and wife with daughter Carol two and infant Richard four months died in two separate fires blamed on a defective heating system. Sioux City blaze engulfed four Morningside businesses in the Masonic building with losses estimated at 250000 to 500000, burning for four hours before firefighters contained it after nine hours. In Rockwell City a lumber yard and office were destroyed, with a nearby home damaged and flames threatening a second lumberyard. The blaze melted televisions and shattered plate glass as investigators noted the extreme heat and extensive damage.
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Charles Frantzen
Carol
Richard
Sioux City
Morningside Masonic
Rockwell City
Iowa
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Elmer J. Artherholt
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Letitia Baptist Church
Guy Swanson
Antioch Baptist Church
Egypt
Letitia Cemetery
Ritter Funeral Home
M. F. Wood
John Herell
Henry Brown
Pat Crawford
Warner Garlington
Frank Gephart
Bill Dixon
Nic Cord
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William F. McKenna
Deborah Darlene Gilmore
William Gilmore
Philippa Monsey
P. R. Monsey
Pollard
Wanda Marie Hathorn
Sid Hathorn
Monroe
Irene Virginia Wiard
Dehart Wiard
M. Wolf
Star
Rte
Ralph M. Wolf
Star Rte
Lewis R. Howell
Ralph J. Miller
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Cherry
Robert Hagemann
Summit
Arnold Winhan
Daniela
Homer Specht
Ash
D. E. Oswalt
Harold White
Wichita Falls
Thomas Coley
Rte. 3
Carl McFarland
Edgar Elkins
Geronimo
Hary Trantor
Park
Bobby Manning
Kenneth Manning
Tipton
Jerry Don Lawrance
Donnell Rine
S. 24Th
Rebecca Prettyman
A. J. Prettyman
C. Medical
Bill Williams
Liowa
John Vasquez
Anadarko
Howard Niyah
Frank Armstrong
Mountain View
A Mannkee
Rudolph Topaum
Henry W. Rush Springs
Debor Seymour
Delores Anquoe
LaCreda Weller
Binger
Grace Ataddlery
Rossebeie
Gore
V. McCain
Snyder
Billie Jones
C. Christopher
Louise Bohanan
R. M. Ramey
Bell
Carl Reno
Leon Coleman
Fletcher
Betty Jo Sanders
Joe Pruden
Altus
H. H. Hagle
Provine
B. Cogan
W. Hall
Odell Wright
Rush Springs
B. F. Kennedy
John Hatton
Kendrick
Rebecca White
Carol Jean White
Trio
Bob Hudson
Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company
City National Bank
Eugene’ L. Bowman
S. Third
MR. Brubaker
the Motor Equipment CO
Bate
Stephan
Western Beauty & Barber Supply Company
Exclusive
Oklahoma Distributors
Dway
Amy
Motor Trend Magazine
Continental
EL Paso
Kansas City
Continents
ATR Lines Airport Ticket Office
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama-Georgia Line
Richland
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
G. Andrews
Feys
Oe Cycles
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Babbitt-Peller
D Avenue
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