Congress Today Senate opens broad Soviet activity inquiry
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee led by James Eastland opened a wide probe into Soviet influence in the United States and possible changes to the 1950 Communist Control Act. It seeks to determine how the Soviet power operates through the Communist party here and whether other groups assist Russia.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
United States
Subcommittee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Bomb scare clears Las Vegas and Rancho high schools
About 2600 students at Las Vegas High and Rancho High were dismissed at noon after a probable hoax report of bomb plans. Police and fire crews searched both campuses but found no device or threat. Principal Walter E. Long of Las Vegas High confirmed the alert and investigation.
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Las Vegas
Rancho High
Walter E. Long
Las Vegas High
Cattle Surplus Feed Program Eligibility To Be Studied
Oklahoma counties will be assessed for eligibility in the federal surplus cattle feed program. Agriculture Department inspectors will determine the counties, with the State Growth Committee indicating counties will be in the Panhandle or western Oklahoma. Chairman Forrest Beall of Nash noted the focus on western regions.
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Enid
Okla
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Grewth Committee
Forrest Beall
Nash
Panhandle
Cal Stoll top junior calf at Southwestern Exposition
Chattanooga Special reports Calvin Stoll of the Chattanooga Future Farmers of America chapter won first in the junior calf class and second best hereford in the open class at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth Texas. He also exhibited Southdown lambs placing fourth with a pen of three and eighth with a single lamb.
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Chattanooga
Calvin Stoll
Future Farmers of America
Fort Worth
Tex
Stoll
Area Man In Service Deploys With Gyroscope Unit
Sgt. Robert P. Baker 32, son of Mr and Mrs W T Baker, will leave the U S for Germany this month under Operation Gyroscope. His 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Ky replaces the Sth Infantry Division in Europe. Baker, a squad leader in Company I, 511th Regiment, joined the Army in 1943 and holds the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon, Army of Occupation Medal for Japan duty, and the Good Conduct Medal.
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W. T. Baker
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U.S
Germany
Army
Baker
11Th Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Sth
Europe
51Lth
Japan
Speech Students Ready For Meet
Twenty eight Lawton high school students will attend Cameron college s Wichita speech tournament on Friday at the junior college campus. Benne Daniel directs the state qualifying event. LHS entries span dramatic and humorous literature poetry and oration with many named students and a radio play titled The Lifted Veil. Contenders from El Reno Duncan Clinton Ardmore and Midwest City also compete.
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Cameron College
Wichita
Glenda Nowlin
Ann Lyon
Ellen Ewing
Virginia Rice
Norma Curry
Miss Nowlin
Marilyn van Eaton
Miss Curry
Rosemary Hoppert
Frankie Ingraham
Jim Maddox
Wayne Potter
Don Kouri
Brad Agnew
Don Hayes
Marilyn Salyer
Miss Salyer
Judy Huff
Joe Crosby
Miss Huff
Agnew
Kouri
Joan Godlove
Crosby
Juanita Jumper
Miss Hoopert
Pat Horton
Brent Parmenter
Fred Schaff
Donna Lacy
Diane Hart
Annette Carpenter
Pat Ohl
Barbara Waid
Eddie Johnson
Lanny Nelms
el Reno
Duncan, Clinton
Ardmore
Midwest City
Changes In Play Cast Announced At Lawton High
Lawton high school announces two cast changes for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Brad Agnew replaces ill Jerry Brammer and Jim Maddox replaces Dale Thompson Jr. The three act comedy runs March 12 13 in the new auditorium, with rehearsals underway.
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Lawton
Opal Ford
Brad Agnew
Jerry Brammer
Jim Maddox
Dale Thompson Jr
LHS
Tulsa Couple Die In Car-Truck Crash
Tulsa attorney Cleo Wilson age 47 and his wife Lula Mae Wilson were killed when their car collided with a truck driven by 38 year old Clifford James Myers of Springfield Missouri on U S 66 four miles south of Chelsea Oklahoma. The deaths pushed the state highway toll to 64 for the year, one above last year at this date. Police said the Wilson vehicle cut in front of the truck and both cars rolled over, killing the couple.
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Johnny Moody
Jacksonville, Fla
Tulsa
U.S
Oklahoma
Cleo Wilson
Lula Mae
Wilsons
Clifford James Myers
Springfield
Chelsea
U.S. 66
Joe Busby
Ty Cobb
Wilson Auto
Wilson
Chile Peak Named Tallest In Americas
A Chilean army expedition reports Ojos del Salado on the Argentine Chilean border rises 23,573 feet above sea level, making it the tallest peak in the Western hemisphere, surpassing the 23,035 foot Aconcagua previously considered the highest in the Americas.
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Santiago
Chile
Aconcagua
Americas
Bearded Vulture Described by Plume and Beard
The African lammergeier, also called the bearded vulture, is named for the tuft of bristly black feathers hanging from the base of its bill resembling a beard.
Senate approves permanent Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point
Washington action ends yearly status for Kings Point campus. The Merchant Marine Academy will become a permanent training center for officers to man American merchant ships, replacing its year to year operation since its 1938 establishment.
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Washington
Senate
Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
N.Y
Senate group opens probe of Soviet activities in U S
Senate Internal Security subcommittee chairman James Eastland said public hearings would begin Wednesday to determine the scope of Soviet activity in the United States. He noted the goal is to assess how much Soviet power operates through the Communist Party and how other organizations are used to further its aims.
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Washington
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Internal Security
Communist Party
Blood Stains Turned Brick in Oklahoma City Home
Mrs. Nora Smith telephoned police after returning home to find bloodlike stains on her wall and dripping from the attic. Det. B. G. Thurman investigated and found the so called blood was brick stains from melted ice and snow seeping through the chimney wall.
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Oklahoma City
Nora Smith
B. G. Thurman
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