Sill Units Honored for 624,553 Safe Man-Hours Record
Brig. Gen. John F. Bird presented safety awards at Fort Sill to Post Signal and Post Finance and Accounting for a combined 624,553 man-hours without a lost-time injury. Post Finance and Accounting earned 418,000 hours from July 7, 1953 to June 30, 1955, while Post Signal logged 206,552 hours from July 21, 1954 to June 30, 1955. Ray Johnson and Roy Alston assisted in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Bird
Richard O. Burkholder
W. H. Cook Jr
Burkholder
Col. Cook
U. S. Army
Sill
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Fort Sill
Walter H. Cook
Post Signal
Ray Johnson
Rail strike threatened as TWU and PRR meet in last-ditch talks
Philadelphia reports the Transport Workers Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad meet to avert a midnight strike by 22,560 nonoperating ma ployes. The 30 day window since the fact finding board's Oct 28 report could trigger the action. The union seeks broader welfare coverage and seven paid holidays, while the board recommended cost sharing. Current wage demands were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transport Workers Union
Maployes
Eisenhower
Michael J. Quill
TWU
PRR
Quill
Senators Seek New U S Buildings For State Cities
Oklahoma Senators Kerr and Monroney press renewed efforts to win approval for new federal buildings in Oklahoma City Tulsa Shawnee and other state municipalities. A conference with General Services Administration officials encouraged them and Shawnee’s post office and federal building appears nearer approval under a lease purchase plan with private firms erecting the structures and government rent paying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Shawnee
General Services Administration
Christmas Program Planned by St. John's Lutheran Saturday
St John s Lutheran Church schedules a Christmas Eve program at 7 p m featuring the Sunday school children with Mary Joseph and We Three Kings sung by the trio Marburger Beckmann and Rudolph. Solo by Geneva Dolan and group recitations. Rev Hafemann to lead liturgy and Boy Scouts to pass out treats afterward. Regular services and classes follow Christmas day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Lutheran
Joyce Behrens
Fred
Rudolph
Larry Huseman
Elmer Venzke
Elizabeth Marburger
Mary
Stanley Albury
Joseph
Eugeen Marburger
Loren Beckmann
Gary Rudolph
Three Wise Men
Geneva Dolan
D. V. Hafemann
St. John’s Lutheran Boy Scouts
Hafemann
Wickersham Seeks More Copters For Fort Sill
Rep. Victor Wickersham urged the Army to triple Fort Sill helicopter operations amid reports of a threefold force increase over two to three years. He pressed Army officials to allot Fort Sill a heavy share of extra defense funds in the pending budget request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor Wickersham
Army
Fort Sill
Wickersham
Wilber M. Brucker
Maxwell Taylor
Marine Corps
Stage Actor's Son Debuts on Broadway in Teahouse
New York dispatch reports 12 year old Dan Forsythe, son of stage actor John Forsythe, made his Broadway debut in Teahouse of the August Moon. He filled a juvenile walk on role after a fellow actor fell ill and is slated to perform about a week. His father is currently in Paris filming a movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Forsythe
Dan Forsythe
Library To Close Friday for Holiday Break
Lawton's Carnegie Library will close from 9 p.m. Friday through January 2. Librarian Mamie Small announced the shutdown and the library will reopen at 1 p.m. January 3. Story hour sessions are cancelled until January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Carnegie
Mamie Small
West U S 66 Association Gift to Gov Gary
The West U S 66 Association presented Governor Raymond Gary a desk set with pens and a calendar clock as a Christmas gift for his work to widen U S 66 in western Oklahoma to a four lane highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
West U
Ragpicker's Killer Sought In Past Life
Wichita police probe the past of 79 year old ragpicker James Ross found murdered in his unheated garage room. He reportedly refused to reveal where a $17 613.19 hoard was hidden and may have had more buried in trunks amid rags and junk. Ross had told others of daughters or no children and police note conflicting reports about his past. He likely came from Oklahoma, possibly Muskogee or Poteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
James Ross
Ross
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Poteau
Oil tanker capacity in barrels and coal tons
An oil tanker can carry 145000 barrels of residual fuel oil or the equivalent of 36250 tons of coal, underscoring the vessel’s large cargo potential and fuel storage versatility.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gen. Bird
Capt. Burkholder
Robert A. Ivey
Tor
Roy Alston
U.S
Lutheran Church
Constitution “Washington Bureau
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
Serv
Mgr
Forsythe
Paris
Clarence Alexander
Bell
Lawton Boot & Western
Glenn Fuqua
SEARS
California
Drower
Roy Rogers Western
Roy Rogers
Poplin Jackets
Allstate Car Compasses
Allstate
West U.S. 66 Association
Gary
Wolverton Electric Co
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Rayon
Kenmore Cocker
Doedo
Samson
DS Oaid
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Ietislenetsie
Llard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Pho
Rabbitt-Peller
Tkae
Lela
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