Sooner Solons To Seek Soldier Home Payments
Oklahoma senators and delegation plan to press Congress and the comptroller general to restore federal payments for veterans in state homes. Monroney says cutoffs affect Sulphur and Norman facilities while Ardmore remains untouched, and a joint effort with West Virginia and Georgia seeks a hearing and a clarifying 1888 law.
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Washington
Con Ss
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Oklahoma
Comptroller General
Monroney
State Veterans Home
Sulphur
Central State Hospital
Norman
Veterans Administration
State War Veterans Home
Ardmore
Congressional Group
Comptroller General's Office
West Virginia
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Georgia
Will Rogers School Christmas Operetta Draws Big Crowd
Five hundred patrons attended Will Rogers elementary school operetta Little Blue Angel on Friday night. Principal Mrs Laura Sherry announced, with directed by Josephine Sessions and Inez Regan. Cast included Billy Miller Sharon Pursley Janie Bardsher and Tommy Nichols. Musicians and numerous student groups assisted. Troy Gill sang I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Storey and Barton studio aided with dance routines.
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Will Rogers
Little Blue Angel
Laura Sherry
Josephine Sessions
Inez Regan
Garland Anderson
John Parrish
Lara Johnson
Eugenia Costilow
Ruth Hunter
Mary Ethel French
Mary Dell Lima
Mary Virginia Seiring
Amelia Heintz
Mamie Giles
Mary Thomas
Pauline Riley
Birdie Bowman
Clara Connelly
Billy Miller
Billie Margaret Pursley
Tommy Nichols
Sharon Pursley
Donna Kay Vaughan
Cherie Ellis
Amy Harvey
Chuck Doss
Alan McCune
Jimmy Shrim
Cheryl Hughes
Janie Bardsher
Michael Whitewolf
Harold Ray Cothren
Eddie Hurst
Gary Zanovec
Jerry Don Dixon
Gary Wayne Brazzel
Hugh Dan- Smart
Cecil Dale Cummings
Michael Jones
Michael Sample
Scottie Hughes
Service Buying Methods Blasted Shake Defense Contracting
Washington lawmakers fault the defense procurement system for abandoning advertised bidding. Vinson says only 2 billion of 36.2 billion dollars in contracts from 1953 to 1955 were by competitive bidding, with Navy and Army showing high use of direct negotiation. He argues this erodes budget balance and urges return to competitive processes.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Hebert
D-La
Air Force
Navy
Army
Rioting Arabs Burn Turkish Consulate In Old Jerusalem
Observers report rioting Arabs burned the Turkish consulate in the Old City of Jerusalem, with the charred shell visible across the demarcation line between the Israeli and Jordan sectors.
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Old Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Old City
Jordan
65 Percent of Oklahoma Farms Have Cars
Oklahoma's 1954 Census shows 77,971 farms owned 89,578 automobiles, 6.9 percent more of farms with cars than 1950. Nationwide 71 percent of farms report autos, with Iowa highest by share at 92.4 percent and Mississippi lowest at 39.1 percent, up 12.2 percent.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Bureau of the Census
United States
U.S
Towa
Iowa
Mississippi
Kefauver seeks grand jury probe of Dixon-Yates contract
Senator Estes Kefauver proposes that the Dixon-Yates power contract be presented to a grand jury to determine possible criminal law violations. He is a 1956 Democratic presidential candidate and announced plans to enter New Hampshire and consider Minnesota primaries, with a California meeting set with Adlai Stevenson.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Adlai E. Stevenson
California
Chinese Nationalist Planes Attack Red Gunboats Again
For the second time in two days Chinese Nationalist planes attacked Communist gunboats off Tanshan Island, destroying two and heavily damaging another. The Nationalists did not specify aircraft type or numbers but said all planes returned safely.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tanshan Island
Drunken Driving Charged To Four In Weekend Arrests
Four drunken driving charges plus two counts of reckless driving were filed this morning against motorists arrested over the weekend by city police, highway patrol troopers and a deputy sheriff. Names include Edgar Ingle, Stephen Simmons, Louis Langston, and Early Allen, with details of a personal injury accident involving Gossett and Ingle.
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Monroe
Stephen Smit Simmons
Fort Sill
Louis H. Langston
S. Fifth
Early Allen
Lee
Ingle
Norman Carroll
Ralph Cline
Carroll
U.S
Lawton
Grady Douglas Gossett
Walter Vorhardt
Gossett
Cecil Hill
Cache
Marvin E. Cameron
Gayle Lavern Cable
Cameron
James Nance Yarmuk
Dearborn
Willis Mathis
Andrews
Odell K., Smith
Woodrow Giles
Giles’ Court
Public Records Divorces and Marriages in Superior Court
Superior Court records show several divorces petitions granted or dismissed and numerous marriage licenses. Names include Engle, Miller, Puig, Lindsay, and others with ages and hometowns such as Fort Sill, Dallas, Wichita, Duncan, and Cyril.
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Farmer Engle
Evelyn J. Engle
Romayne Miller
Gerald Miller
Joyce R. Puig
Raymond H. Puig
Nordstrom
Mary Elizabeth Lindsay
Pat J. Lindsay
George W. McDaniel
Charlotteville
Virgin
Thelma Smith
Chickas Tom
Burcham
Elgin
Delois Gibson
Cyril
Norvel
Gene Harrison
Wichita Og
Martha Kay Wood
Wichita
Braddie Hutto
Duncan
Aline Suttle
Howeth B. Baker
Fort Sill
Clevia M. Roberson
Rayville
Ernest H. Jackson
Monroe
Melba J. Barham
Summit
David H. Williams
Dallas
Doritha Byrd Lakes
Immaldo Quintero
Alice Berrios
David Ray Hathorn
Romina Kay Bone
Euclid
Stephen Joseph Janco
Mary Ann Wilson
Bob Belknap
Sill
Shelva Butcher
Melvin Long
Alice and
Francis Grinkle
Snyder
Americans Travel More In 1955 Domestic Trips Rise
Washington reports the National Association of Travel Organizations says U S travel within the country rose about 4 1 2 percent in 1955 and that Americans may travel even more in 1956.
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Washington
National Association of Travel Organizations
United States
Ban On Tiny Teachers Stirs Row In Tokyo
Tokyo officials ban women teachers under five feet height citing safety and classroom management as big schools grow taller. Diet member Haneko Takada, 4 feet 10 inches, opposes the measure which faces opposition from Asahi and other critics. The rule takes effect next school year amid protests.
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Tokyo
Metropolitan Board of Education
Diet (Parliament
Diet
Haneko Takada
Asahi
Japan
Two Dallas Men Face Dope Charges in Oklahoma City
Robert Leon Buziere, 24, and Don Alden Stacks, 28, are arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Phillip Douglas after a narcotics raid in an eastern Oklahoma City suburb. Police seized 14 tobacco tins of cut marijuana, two pounds of rough marijuana, and 15 heroin capsules.
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Oklahoma City
Dallas
U.S
Phillip Douglas
Robert Leon Buziere
Don Alden Stacks
Aussies Battle Hopper Plague
TOCUMWAL New South Wales Australia Monday saw a grasshopper plague attack fields and gardens. Airplanes chemicals and workers battle the worst invasion in years with dawn to dusk spraying and poison dispersed along the Victoria New South Wales border. Roads blocked by clouds of insects and visibility limited as efforts continue.
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Tocumwal
N.S.W
Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
Sudan Proclaims Independence From Britain and Egypt
Sudanese Parliament declared independence from Britain and Egypt and established a republican government in Khartoum. Premier Ismail El Azhari had indicated a plebiscite was intended, despite prior Britain Egypt accords. The nations have controlled Sudan since 1899 with a three year self determination window.
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Cairo
Sudan
Britain
Egypt
Khartoum
Ismail el- Azhari
Funeral rites for Boyd M. Loyd 81. hardware store owner
Loyd died Saturday after a heart attack. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Hunter Funeral Home in Oklahoma City with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens west of the city. Survived by two sons James and Joe, a daughter Mae, seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. formerly operated a hardware and implement store in Lawton 1908-10 and later engaged in oil and real estate ventures in Texas and Missouri.
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Hunter Funeral Home
Oklahoma City
Loyd
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton
Texas
James M. Loyd
N. 16Th
Joe R. Loyd
Sidney
Neb
Mae Harrison
Justin City
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