Labor and Industry Spokesmen Seek New Peace Plan
Washington reports two prominent figures, George Meany and Charles Sligh Jr., meeting over a potential labor management peace plan. They seek mutual accord despite deep seated boss worker tensions, noting past failed efforts and recalling wartime secret discussions that smoothed production while World War II raged.
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Washington
Organized Labor
George Meany
Bronx
Afl-Cio
Charles R. Sligh Jr
National Assn. of
Meany
AFL
CIO
Sligh
Truman
Funeral Rites for H Winston Parker 51
Funeral rites for H Winston Parker 51 of 606 Bell will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ritter chapel with Rev J J Stowe Jr officiating. A second service is at 3 p.m. at Lockstone Funeral home chapel in Thomas Okla and burial in Custer City Okla. Ritter Funeral home Lawton in charge. Parker came here in 1940 and died Wednesday morning at a local hospital.
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H. Winston
Parker
Bell
Lawton
Ritter
J. J. Stowe Jr
First Methodist Church
Lockstone Funeral Home
Thomas
Okla
Custer City
Ritter Funeral Home
Stalin Portrait Missing From Moscow Theater Honor Spot
Stalin's portrait was absent from its usual place beside Lenin behind the speaker's platform during Moscow's Central Army Theater 38th anniversary Red Army celebrations. A Communist broadcast cited by Moscow Radio reported Lenin alone remained on display.
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London
Stalin
Moscow
Central Army
Red Army
Lenin
Third Year In Row Bankers Pick Lawton For 1957 Convention
The 1957 Oklahoma Bankers Association convention will be held at the Hotel Lawtonian marking the third straight year in Lawton. Officers elected include James Waid of Waurika as chairman and Henry Weddle of Lawton as vice chairman, with R. J. Woesner of Cordell as secretary. J. W. Glass of Hydro will join the executive council and W. D. Lakey of Sayre will represent national banks. Over 450 bankers attended the event, which opened Tuesday, setting an attendance record. A resolution urged sponsoring legislation to prohibit branch banking in Oklahoma, reflecting a stance aligned with an attorney general opinion from 1955. OBA President Thomas D. Tarpley praised Lawton banks for a fine convention.
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James Waid
Waurika
Henry Weddle
Lawton
R. J. Woesner
Cordell
J. W. Glass
Hydro
Oklahoma Bankers Association
W. D. Lakey
Sayre
OBA
Oklahoma
Group One
Executive Council of
Oklahoma State Bank Commisssioner
Association For the Commissioner
Thomas D. Tarpley
Muskogee
Lawton Banks
Association
Banks
LaVerne Shop
Post Museum Seeks Exhibits for Fort Sill Expansion
The Artillery and Guided Missile Center Museum at Fort Sill seeks historical items to fill a ten fold rise in space from 3,200 to about 37,200 square feet. Curator Gillett Griswold requests uniforms sabres flags insignia photographs and paintings tied to U S artillery Fort Sill cavalry and frontier Indians.
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Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Old Guardhouse
McLain Hall
Hamilton Hall
Old Corral
General Sherman
Fort Sill
Artillery and Guided Missile Center Museum
School Food Service Group To Meet Friday in Lawton
Members of the Lawton School Food Service association will meet at 7 30 p m Friday at Roosevelt school, Mrs Nona Fincher president announced today. Post Children's School will be co hostess for the meeting.
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Lawton School Food Service Association
Roosevelt School
Nona Fincher
Post Children’s School
Frederick Seeks Secretary For Chamber Of Commerce
Mrs. Paul Hershey resigns as chamber of commerce secretary effective March 1 to join the county treasurer’s office as deputy. She will be replaced by Mrs. Raymond Waits Jr., who leaves George Burkhardt abstract. applications are now being received for a chamber secretary.
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Frederick
Paul Hershey
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Waits Jr
George Burkhardt Abstract Company
Chamber
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