Solons Close Out Seventh Week of 1957 Session
Oklahoma Legislature ends seventh week with focus on appropriations and wage stabilization bills. House and Senate debate school funding, state employee pay, and beer and absentee ballot measures. Fire Marshal office bill sinks. water policy report heads to conference.
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Howard Wilson
United Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Santion
House
Raymor
Gary
Senate
Walter
Senate Business and Industry Committee
Beer Central
Jeff Davis
Rush Springs
Secretaries Name Committees for NSAI Week Events
National Secretaries Association International chapter appoints committee chairs for NSAI Week to be observed next month. Local president Mrs. Martha Safrit announces reservations by Mrs. Letty Dom and programs and entertainment by Miss Bethel Bell and Miss Lillie the Frazier, with decorations by a group led by Miss Oweta Mitchell. NSA Week chair Mrs. Garnet Hampton is aided by Mildred Hunter and Miss Bell. At the chapter meeting plans for the division al conference on March 16-17 are reviewed, with Robert Hodge speaking on federal income tax terms. Truex, Starnes and Bigny elected to the nominating committee for upcoming elections.
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National Secretaries Association International
NSAI
Martha Safrit
Letty Dom
Bethel Bell
Lillie the Frazier
Coann Truex
Oweta Mitchell
Naomi Bigby
Betty Rush
Ruby Harris
Ova Lambdin
Imogene Pope
Garnet Hampton
NSA
Mildred Hunter
Miss Bell
Gerri Hair
Robert Hodge
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Truex
Helen Starnes
Bigny
Chaplain Attends Fort Sam Conference
Chaplain Sheffield from Lexington spoke on logistics funds and station level beautification to Fort Sam Houston attendees. The two day meeting gathered chaplains from a five state region Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas led by Maj. Gen Earle Standice who welcomed participants. About 300 chaplains serve in Army Reserve units across the Fourth Army Area.
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Lexington
Sheffield
U.S. Army
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Earle Standice
Fourth Army
Magic Show Ducats To Be Given To Area Children
More than 3000 tickets to the Fraternal Order of Police magic show on March 1 and 2 will be given to area youths including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Salvation Army youngsters and Tipton Orphans Home children. Lt. Walter Asbery said merchants bought the tickets and returned them to the police for distribution. Police Chief Ron Wheatley thanked supporters and noted 1000 tickets were given to a Baptist church for Sunday School students with perfect attendance. Two buses will transport Tipton Orphans Home children to the matinee and evening performances at McMahon auditorium.
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Ron Wheatley
John Evans
Baptist Church Superintendent of Missions
Fraternal Order of Police
McMahon
Chief Wheatley
Tipston
Bowman cast in A Midsummer Night's Dream Dragon Fly role
Rose Marie Bowman a Lawton junior is cast in Shake speare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to be staged April 25 at Central State College Edmond She will play the Dragon Fly in the production highlighting the campus theater event and student talent.
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Rose Marie Bowman
Lawton Junior
Central State College
Edmond
Dragon Fly
A&M Frats Start Polio Shot Drive
Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Interfraternity Council began a campaign to inoculate all Aggie students with Salk polio vaccine. Headquarters set in the Student Union ballroom with volunteers directing students to receive the first shot if they had not started the three shot series. Through yesterday over 1,200 Aggie students had received the vaccine. Second and third rounds planned in the following month.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m Interfraternity Council
Aggie
IFC
Industrial Survey Meet At OCU Tulsa
The third in a series of area meetings to discuss the $50,000 Fantas industrial survey of Oklahoma will be held by the state Department of Commerce tomorrow at Oklahoma City University. Jack Bullington said the survey is a tool that must have force applied to be useful in locating new industry in the state. The survey was compiled in a 477 page report by Fantas Area Research Inc New York.
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Tulsa
Fantas
Alcoholics May Get Treatment In State Hospitals
Oklahoma legislators approve a bill allowing a limited number of alcoholics to be treated in state mental hospitals without insanity declarations. The measure, 32 to 8, sets 90 beds across Central Norman Eastern Vinita Western Fort Supply and Taft hospitals, amid debate over jail versus hospital care and concerns about bed space and costs.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Howard Young
Stipler
Oklahoma
Young
Charles M. Wilson
Sayre
Wilson
J. R. Hall
Miami
Five Economic Development Commissioners Reappointed
Five members of the governor's Economic Development Commission were reappointed by Gov. Raymond Gary yesterday to new six year terms. They are Tom P. McDermott and R. K. Lane, both of Tulsa, Don Kennedy of Oklahoma City, Howard McCasland of Duncan, and Wallace Kidd of Anadarko.
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Oklahoma City
Governor's Economic Development Commission
Raymond Gary
Tom P. McDermott
R. K. Lane
Tulsa
Don Kennedy
Howard McCasland
Duncan
Wallace Kidd
Anadarko
Atomic Ack Ack New Guards U S Air Defense
Washington reports new atomic air defense weapons protecting cities and industries from H-bombers. First weapon, an air to air rocket launched by interceptors, is available now. Nuclear warheads for Nike Hercules and Talos to follow, with full deployment possibly a year away. Defense officials call this a first step to strengthen air defense.
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Washington
Air Defense Command
Continental United States
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilton
United States
Army
Navy
Defense Department
Escaped Murderer Skinner Captured in Texas
James Edward Skinner a 22 year old who escaped from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester last Wednesday was captured in DeSoto Texas ten miles south of Dallas. He surrendered after breaking out of prison and was treated for a sprained foot. Skinner had been sought for robbing a cafeteria and was serving a life sentence for murdering an Oklahoma City detective. He was arrested by three deputy sheriffs and five FBI agents at the home of Carl Smith, who faces harboring a fugitive charges. Skinner commented that he preferred capture by federal and county officers over city police and cited life sentences as his motive.
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Desoto
Tex
James Edward Skinner
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Sheriff's
FSI
Oklahoma
McAlester
Carl Smith
Dallas
Skinner
Oklahoma City
FBI
Smith
Bill Decker
Texas
Boy Shoots Himself During Target Practice
Cherokee Oklahoma young teen Jim Greenwood, 15, is in serious condition after a .22 pistol discharge at his uncle’s house while practicing target shooting. He was twirling the gun on his finger when it fired. Greenwood attends Byron- Driftwood High School.
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Okla
Jim Greenwood
Greenwood
Byron- Driftwood High School
Red River Flow Pollution Study Eyed By Texans
The Red River Compact Commission approves data gathering on river flow and pollution as a preliminary step to reduce salinity. U.S. Geological Survey engineer Henry C. Beckman suggests small dams on tributaries to evaporate salt, noting costs may hinder feasibility. The meeting also discusses goals of equitable water distribution among Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana and possible pollution controls. Attendees include Ira C. Husky of Oklahoma planning and resources board.
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Dallas
Red River Compact Commission
Red River
Henry C. Beckman
Rulla
U. S. Geological Survey
Beckman
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ira C. Husky
Water Resources
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
Oklahoma City
Mexico drought ended rain brings hopeful crops in north
Agriculture minister Gilberto Flores Munoz reports recent rains have ended the long drought in north Mexico and predicts strong yields of cotton corn and wheat. The official statement promises improved farming prospects across the region based on the weather revival.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Gilberto Flores Munoz
Capital Turncoat Quits China Feb 27 Without His Wife
Samuel David Hawkins, a 23 year old Korean War turncoat from Oklahoma City, will leave Red China for the United States without his wife on February 27. Hawkins married 24 year old Yanya in China and was among 20 Americans captured by the Chinese who chose to stay in the Communist country after the armistice. He studied at Peiping University and worked as a driver and mechanic in Beijing.
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Hong Kong
Samuel David Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Red China
Hawking
United States
Yanya
China
Hawkins
Peiping University
Home Plumbing Delivers Whisky in Dallas
Dallas police raided the home of plumber Nelson Eidson finding a covert whisky operation. Officers traced copper tubing from the kitchen sink to a 42 gallon tank in the backyard and arrested Eidson on liquor law violations after a prior fireplace whisky concealment. He was released on $500 bond.
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Dallas
N.C
Nelson Eidson
Kidson
Eidsan
Costello Loses Appeal On Tax Conviction Bail
New York gambler Frans Costello has been denied bail by a U.S. Court of Appeals panel while he appeals an income tax conviction to the Supreme Court.
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Costello
New York
Phi
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