First Refugee Ship Lands In U S
The first ship carrying Hungarian refugees reached the United States amid Operation Sale Maven. At Camp Kilmer the resettlement center population rose to 6,291 as a Gen. Roy Ellinge transport brought 1,747 refugees. A baby born aboard the ship was named Leroy Eltings Mutusek with Rear Adm. Hubert Van Peenan delivering him at sea.
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Camp Kilmer
N. Jim
America
Res
McGuire Air Force Base
United States
Leroy Eltings Mutusek
Hubert van Peenan
Peenan
West Point
Bremersiven
Germany
Lookabaugh urges safer highways in 1957 plea
Oklahoma safety commissioner Jim Lookabaugh calls for a safer 1957 after 1956 saw 679 traffic fatalities, the state’s second highest total. He notes deaths per 100 million miles will drop from 14.2 in 1937 to an estimated 6.8 in 1957, despite rising miles driven.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Lookabaugh
Lookabaugh
Lockabaugh
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Hobart
el Reno
Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Canadian
U. 7
U.S. 62
Emergency Feed Deadline Set for Help to Cattle and Goat Herds
County Supervisor Leon C. Wiley announced an emergency aid deadline for grain hay and roughage purchases for foundation cattle and goats. Applications through March 1 cover the period to March 31, with 1,342 approved for 131,530 pounds of grain and 374 approvals for 7,344 tons of hay or roughage since the program began last September.
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Leonard C. Wiley
Farmers Home Administration
Wiley
Oklahoma Firm Enters New York Stock Exchange
The Champlin Oil and Refining Co. of Oklahoma, founded in 1918, was added to the NYSE. Trades had passed through the Chicago Corp. since 1953, as Champlin expanded its Enid plant by five million dollars and modernized several service stations.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
1Oth
Oklahoma Company
Champlin Oil and Refining Co
Chicago Corp
Champlin Interests
Enid
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Neels
Kenmore
Sears
Kenmore Gas Ranges
Dairy-Mart
Homart
Homart Gas Wen
Gore
Lawton, Oklahoma
Dial
U.S
Southwest Chemical Co
B Ave
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