Opponents Stand Firm Against Echo Park Dam Plan
Colorado opponents of the Echo Park dam in Dinosaur National Monument persist in their opposition. Interior Secretary McKay renewed administration support for the project, while National Parks Association leaders insist no group backing the dam has softened. Conservation groups warn the plan encroaches on a national park.
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Washington
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado
Interior
Douglas McKay
Eisenhower
Echo Park
Conservation Prevns
McKay
Fred M. Packard
National Parks Association
NPA
Packard
Utah
Ira_N. Gabrielsen
Wildlife Management
Tute
Richard Westwood
American Nature Association
New York
National Federation of Women's Clubs
National Association of Garden Clubs
Quake Rocks San Francisco Area
A quake centered 12 to 15 miles south of Berkeley in San Leandro rattled the Bay Area at 11 09 p m. The University of California seismograph at Berkeley logged magnitude 3 8 on the Richter scale and the earlier Nevada quake measured about 7. The tremor cracked walls in San Leandro homes and was felt as far as Vallejo and Hamilton Air Force Base.
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San
Vallejo
Hamilton Air Force Base
Bay Area
Demonstration Promises Hair Growth By Rogers Experts
In Wichita a Rogers Inc expert proclaims baldness avoidable and offers a Sunday only hair and scalp demonstration in Lawton Oklahoma at the Midland Hotel by trichologist R F Tippie. The firm guarantees satisfaction or a 30 day money back promise with private noon to 9 pm sessions.
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Wichita
J. Wayne Green
Rogers, Inc
Green
Rogers
Lawton
Okla
Midland Hotel
R. F. Tippie
America
Midland
Oklo
Teachers elect chief in Ottawa County
Miami Oklahoma report states Joe Tom Hudspeth, Afton school superintendent, has been elected president of the Ottawa County Teachers Association. He succeeds L. O. Tennant, Miami High School faculty member, in the leadership change.
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Miami
Okla
Joe Tom Hudspeth
Afton
Ottawa County Teachers Association
L. O. Tennant
Miami Hig
Crane Cable Fatality Near Great Mills
John Chauncey Bennet a 30 year old crane operator was killed near Great Mills Maryland yesterday when his clothing became entangled in a moving cable and half his body was wrapped around the drum authorities reported.
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Great Mills
John Chauncey Bennet
Slayer Admits False Confession Tied to Tulsa Slaying
Charles O. Peterson of Eureka California admitted Thursday that his 1949 confession to killing 76 year old Tulsa policeman Jim Peters was false. Oklahoma authorities found he was in California at the time. Peterson, also known as James O Brock, faces a forging charge in Eureka as Tulsa authorities hold him for possible additional charges.
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United States
Canada
Green
Reno, Nev
Charles O. Peterson
Eureka
Calif
Tulsa
Oklahoma
California
Missouri
Jim Peters
Peterson
William W. Field
Reno
L. R. Greeson
Scotia
Peters
Field
James O. Brock
Douglas Announces Immediate Pay Hike
Douglas Aircraft Co in Tulsa said it provides immediate wage and salary increases for about 2000 unorganized employees. The plan would raise annual payroll by about 300000 dollars with possible further 150000 dollars if employment rises. The company is negotiating with CIO United Auto Workers for a new contract while the union represents 6300 production workers.
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Tulsa
Okla
Douglas Aircraft Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harry Woodhead
Douglas
James Hilton Remains Critical in Long Beach Hospital
English author James Hilton, hospitalized since November 21 with an infection and high fever, stayed in critical condition Friday at a seaside Long Beach hospital.
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Long Beach
Calif
James Hilton
Seaside Hospital
Four Guilty Of Operating Vice Ring In Muskogee Case
A federal jury in Muskogee found four people guilty of participating in a three state vice operation moving women across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. David Lee Best and Wesley L Carmack both 24 of Muskogee were found guilty of conspiracy and Mann Act violations along with Bobo Johnson a former Oklahoma City nightclub bouncer. The verdict followed testimony detailing trips to Fort Smith Arkansas Temple Texas and related activities. Sentencing set for December 30 by Judge Eugene Rice.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Eugene Rice
David Lee Best
Muskogee
Ace
Welsey L. Carmack
Oklahoma hotel call girl ring linked to profits with men
Ardmore and McAlester in Oklahoma report women staying at hotels as call girls and sharing the profits with male associates.
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Ardmore and
McAlester
Okla
Postman Delivers Letter Mailed Before He Was Born
In Dallas a postman delivered a letter dated June 1 1924 that had been mailed long before he was born. The letter addressed to lawyer M M Parks was found wedged behind equipment for 30 years and delivered to Parks' nephew Rutherford Parks. Authorities call it a department store bill.
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Dallas
Victor A. Te
M. M. Parks
Larsen
Rutherford Parks
Parks
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