Oklahoma Hold Stiff Battle Over Naval Center Move
Oklahoma lawmakers press to keep the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman with White House appeal possible. Rep. Jarman plans to seek Eisenhower intervention while Rep. Wickersham questions Navy moves to Memphis. Norman leaders rally as Fogler mulls replies and a conference is sought with Secretary of the Navy.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
White House
John Jarman
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Victor Wickersham
Secretary of the Navy
Raymond H. Fogler
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Fogler
Wickersham
House Armed Services Committee
Mike Monroney
Thomas
Jarman
Ross Rizley
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rizley
Adlai Urges White House Racial Parley in Dullesville
Adlai E Stevenson proposed that President Eisenhower invite white and Negro leaders from the South to a Washington meeting to ease racial tensions. He urged using the presidency’s moral influence to call together leaders to explore ways to defuse unrest, arguing desegregation requires a measurable time. He said his Civil Rights views align with the Supreme Court’s call for a reasonable period to end segregation in public education.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
South
Washington
United States
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Fishing Boat Sinks Off Tokyopa Coast
A Japanese fishing boat sank in high Pacific waves off the east coast of Japan. Fifteen crew members were reported missing after the incident, with rescue efforts underway.
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Tokyopa
State Institution Inmates Increase Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports January totals across state institutions show 3433 inmates under the Board of Affairs, up from 3247 a year earlier and 3338 in January 1954. McAlester Prison up to 2165 from 1989 and 1962, Granite Reformatory down to 471 from 473 and 520, mental hospitals 9811, down two from last year and up 141 from 1954. Other state facilities total 1142, slight declines from 1955 and 1954 readings.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Board of Affairs
Burton Logan
McAlester
Granite Reformatory
Dow
Schools For the
School For the
Tuberculosis
Veterans Hospitals
Oklahoma
General Hospital
Clinton
Aerotrain Breezes Through First Trip
The Aerotrain made its first regular round trip between New York area and Pittsburgh on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The light weight nine car train reached 100 mph on the 878 mile run and finished ahead of schedule at both ends, despite minor hiccups including a sidetrack repair in Philadelphia for a loosened coupling. A railroad spokesman said most issues are now ironed out.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Italian President Plans Meeting With Eisenhower Today
Italian President Giovanni Gronchi arranged a meeting with President Eisenhower during a four day Washington visit. Gronchi and Mrs. Gronchi arrived yesterday. He is to address Congress tomorrow.
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Washington
Giovanni Gronchi
Eisenhower
United States
Power Rate Hike Faces Senate House Battle
Washington debates a 40 percent rise in Southwestern Power Administration rates charged to rural cooperatives and cities in Oklahoma Missouri and Arkansas. Interior official Ann Dahl defends the hike saying costs of federal water projects must be amortized. Critics call it unfair to farmers cooperatives and industry. Oklahoma Electric Co-Operative estimates an extra 880000 dollars yearly.
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Washington
Southwestern Power Administration
Senate
House
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Missouri
Arkansas
Interior
Dahl
Kerr
Congress
Floyd Gibson
Oklahoma Electric Co-Operative
Oklahoma City
Copter Cops Eyed in Los Angeles Traffic Plan
Deputy police chief Arthur C. Hohmann envisions airborne officers tagging offending motorists by photographing license numbers over Los Angeles. Citations would be delivered later as part of a new traffic enforcement concept.
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Los Angeles
Arthur C. Hohmann
Chili Supper Aids Texans In Pakistan
Five hundred pounds of chili tamales beans and tortillas head to Karachi Pakistan to celebrate Texas independence day March 2 A former Texan now trade advisor William H Brooks says the gathering includes natives and Texans by marriage or aspiration and highlights Texan ties abroad
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Pakistan
Dallas
Karachi
William H. Brooks
International Cooperative Administration
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Italy
Arlington National Cemetery
Armed Forces
Naval Training Center
Don Damron
Norman Chamber of Commerce
Norman Chamber
Damron
Adlai
Aerotrain
Tke
Penney’s
Penney
Madras
Gabardine
Elusive Penney Short Coats
Rogers
Ares
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Rep
Trimble
D-Ark
Kevin McDonough
Nathan John
Kevin
Thomas J. McDonough Jr
Atlantic City
N.J
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