One In Three Couples Marry On Shoestring
A National Office of Vital Statistics study cited by the Institute of Life Insurance finds 39 percent of newly married couples earned under $3,000 annually, with some managing under $60 weekly. The piece notes urban concentration, small farm incomes, about one in three brides not working, and rising family formation trends.
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The
Institute of Life Insurance
National Office of Vital Statistics
Institute
Office of Vital Statistics
United States
Program at Class Meeting Highlights Christmas Offering
Sterling notes describe a Baptist church program led by Reapers Sunday School class under Mrs Bill Lawin. Harmony Four quartet sang carols with Lloyd Hill John McIver Walt Holden and Clyde Walker providing the vocals.
Funeral Rites For Felder And Rudi In Oklahoma
Funeral services were planned for James Milton Felder 62 who died in Waurika while gardening a WWI Army veteran and retired farmer with survivors including his wife and siblings. Also reported were services for Barbara Julia Rudi 78 born in Germany who died in Lawton with burial at Letetia cemetery and survivors including daughter Mrs. Leippe and granddaughter. Funeral arrangements were set by Worley and Becker funeral homes respectively.
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Waurika
James Milton Felder
Felder
Mrs. T. M. Sims Dies at 78 in Evergreen Alabama
Mrs. T. M. Sims former local restaurant operator died of a heart attack December 24 at her Evergreen Alabama home. Funeral and burial were in Evergreen. Surviving is a son T. C. Sims of Wichita Kansas. Her husband owned the restaurant here for years and died in 1941 before she moved south.
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T. M
William M. Louthen 78 Funeral to be Wednesday
Services for William M. Louthen will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Dalton Funeral home chapel with Rev. Laverne Draper officiating. Burial will be in the Fletcher cemetery. He died Sunday night at 10:45 at a son's home. Born March 25, 1877 in Kentucky, he moved to Oklahoma in 1907 and was a retired farmer. Survivors include two daughters Bonnie Justice Lawton and Ethel Larsen Akron Ohio, two sons Leon and Marshall Fletcher, three sisters Julia Howard Virginia Sophia London Chloe Pierce Oklahoma City, a brother Hugh Louthen Oklahoma City, and 14 grandchildren.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Barbara Julia Rudi
Rudi
Heidelberg
Germany
United States
William Leippe
Frederick Rudi
Rehen
Barbara Julia Holdermann
Donald V. Hafemann
St. John’s
Orlo C. Lewis
Conoco
McNutt Funeral Home
Conway
Ark
Oak Grove
Joel A. Cooper
Lewis
Conoco. Oil Co
Law
Donald ‘‘Smokey
Torbert
Lake
Orlo C. Lewis Jr
Lima
Hubertus Lewis
N. 31St
Lawton
Fletcher
William M. Louthen
Dalton Funeral Home
Laverne Draper
The
Christian Church
Fletcher Cemetery
Louthen
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Bonnie Justice
Ethel Larsen
Akron
Ohio
Leon
Marshall
Julia Howard
Virginia
Sophia London
Chloe Pierce
Oklahoma City
Hugh Louthen
Quadruplets Born in Fair Condition at Lancaster Hospital
Norman Charles Hohenwarter, Carl Conrad Hohenwarter, John Philip Hohenwarter, and Mark Anthony Hohenwarter, four premature boys, entered Lancaster General Hospital yesterday in fair condition. Their father, Norman C. Hohenwarter, a 25-year-old postal clerk, celebrated the arrivals and noted plans for a growing family already includes two older sons, Stephen and Donald.
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Lancaster
Norman C. Hohenwarter
Lancaster General Hospital
Norman Charles
Carl Conrad
John Philip
Mark Anthony
Hohenwarters
Stephen
Donald
Fire at Eiffel Tower Quenched Amid Smoke
Fire broke out atop the Eiffel Tower early today in an electrical cable installation on the top floor. Firemen reached the 984 foot height on foot, one fighter cut above the wrists, though no other injuries were reported. The blaze disrupted a government TV broadcast briefly as smoke poured over Paris.
Dinah Shore Dress Loses Gold In Rose Parade
Dinah Shore nearly lost a $1000 gold plated gown during Pasadena's Tournament of Roses parade as a heater warmed her feet. A spectator noted the dress began melting and about two inches of gold vanished from the bottom before the heater was removed.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dinah Shore
Dinah
Kiwanis Plan Installation of Officers Thursday Night
Downtown Kiwanis to install Marlin Keathley as president at the civic club banquet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the First Christian church. New officers include S Vernon Carmichael Walter D Ford Jr Reginal Brown Gale Sadler and board members Dr Byron Aycock Rev Walter Browers Howard Freeman Col Jack L Rhodes and E D Riddle. Hold overs are Paul Goode Vernon Greer Lowell Hogan Harold A Puttkamer and Harold A Woodward. J Olen Conner outgoing president. Harold Wilson past president in charge of entertainment. Jay Dee Fountain installing officer. Build As Free Men 1956 club slogan. A joint meeting of old and new boards set for Wednesday night at the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Marlin Keathley
Kiwanis Club
Civic Club
First Christian Church
S. Vernon Carmichael
Walter D. Ford Jr
Reginal Brown
Gale Sadler
Byron Aycock
Walter Browers
Howard Freeman
Jack L. Rhodes
E. D. Riddle
Paul Goode
Vernon Greer
Lowell
Six Die At Rose Festivities In Pasadena Parade
Six persons died during Tournament of Roses events in Pasadena yesterday. A 10 year old girl Sandra Goodwin of Long Beach collapsed while walking to the parade and died later, initially thought a traffic victim. Others died from heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage, including Ray Ellis Fritz Spindler Reginald Baleman William Levenson Julius Rossberg. Pasadena hospital treated 121 people with 9 heart attacks 2 strokes 41 fainting spells 47 illnesses 17 falls 3 traffic injuries and 5 bruises from fights.
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Pasadena
Calif
Sandra Goodwin
Long Beach
Ray H. Ellis
Pico
Fritz Spindler
Altadena
Reginald Baleman
William Levenson
Culver City
Julius Paul Rossberg
la Salle
Ill
German soldiers arrive in U S for Army schooling
The first German soldiers to arrive in uniform since World War II landed in New York by plane. Thirty eight officers and enlisted men from West Germany's new army will study at U S Army schools and will stay for three to six months.
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U.S. New York
United States
U. S. Army
West Germany
California Flood Toll Rises to 59 Dead
The discovery of two more bodies pushed California’s flood death toll to 59. Red Cross airlifts supply daily to six isolated families, with six bridges swept away. A body found in Yuba City lifts Sutter County to 31, and another in Santa Cruz County brings its toll to eight.
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San Francisco
California
Red Cross
Weott
Miranda
Humboldt County
Eel
Yuba City
Sutter County
Santa Cruz County
Two Armed Men Rob Sapulpa Couple In Home
Two armed men robbed Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Hunter of about 500 dollars last night in their Sapulpa home. They entered after other family members left, tied the couple, but Mrs. Hunter freed herself using a knife to cut them loose.
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Sapulpa
Sapulpa, Okla
Freddie Hunter
Hunter Home
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Hazel Wilks
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Rudolph Nelson
Ely Nelson
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N.M
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T. M. Sims
William Louthen
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A. W. McCracken
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Sheridan Rd
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St.Joseph
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B. P. Hann
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Osborn
Academy OF Arts
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the Singing School
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