Railroads and Post Office Agree on 10 Percent Mail Fee Rise
The railroad industry and the Post Office Department reached a 10 percent increase in mail carriage charges. The ICC will review the proposal, which would raise railroad revenue by about 30 million dollars yearly, replacing a prior 45 percent demand. Post Office attorney Paul Meininger said the 10 percent rise won’t be contested. He urged the industry to provide evidence justifying the change.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office
ICC
Richard F. Mitchell
Paul Meininger
Nurses Begin Refresher Course In Lawton
Lawton's refresher course in practical nursing will start at 7 p.m. Thursday in Memorial hospital conference room. Day classes run 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday Wednesday and Friday with night sessions 7 to 9 p.m. on the same days. Memorial and Southwestern hospitals host the 64 hour program under District 11 Oklahoma State Nurses Association with state vocational education support. Completion is required for eligibility for a state practical nursing license.
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Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Memorial
District 11
Oklahoma State Nurses Association
Southwestern and
Memorial Hospitals
State Department of Vocational Education
Cameron Schedules Night Class Parley
Cameron college announces night classes for the second semester with meetings at 7 p.m. for Lawtonians and residents and 6 45 p.m. for Fort Sill enrollees. On campus courses include shorthand typing accounting welding and child development. Fort Sill offerings cover English economics government history algebra trigonometry and either Spanish or new.
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Cameron College
Duncan Sets Postal Revenue Record for Year
Duncan Oklahoma post office posted a record revenue of 206272 dollars for last year. Postmaster Gibson Smith cites higher rates and a four percent rise in business as main contributors.
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Duncan
Duncan, Okla
Gibson Smith
Men’s Club Planned At Wallock Church
Preliminary plans for organization of a Men's club were outlined at Wallock Memorial Congregational church Tuesday night. Officers will be elected at a meeting set for January. Nominating committee includes Clark Botkin chairman Dillard Sexton Reece L. Russell Rev. J. Otis Smith and Barry Stipp.
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Men of Wallock Memorial Congregational Church
Clark Botkin
Dillard Sexton
Reece L. Russell
J. Otis Smith
Barry Stipp
French Routed Indo China Rebels in Laos Battle
French troops led by parachuted commandos routed a Viet Minh force in central Laos near the Mekong River. War planes bombed the rebels as they faltered and fled into the jungle. The Donghe area between Thakhek and Savannakhet saw the clash. at least 169 Reds were killed with many captured and arms seized.
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Hano
Indo-China
Laos
Mekong
Donghe
Thakhek
Seno
Savannakhet
Eight Survive Burial After Ditch Caves In
Eight men were buried or trapped when a 27 foot sewer ditch at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio caved in early Wednesday. All eight were rescued within about 30 minutes. Clifton Singletary, 30, of Seguin, buried deepest, escaped death by keeping an arm raised and his face against his arm as rescuers cleared dirt.
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San Antonio
Kelly Air
Base
Clifton Singletary
Seguin
Tex
Funeral Rites for Mrs Cathryn Bundren
Mrs Cathryn Bundren 56 of Oklahoma City dies at Wesley Hospital in Jakes city after an illness of months. Sister of Clay Blassin she is survived by niece Maxene McGowan of Lawton. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Hahn Funeral Home Oklahoma and burial in Oklahoma.
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Cathryn Bundren
Oklahoma City
Clay Blassin
Park
Wesley Hospital
Jaekeens City
Maxene McGowan
Lawton
Bundren
Hahn Funeral Home
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Y
First Woman Heads Supreme Court Library
Helen Newman, a capital city native and George Washington University Law School graduate, becomes the first woman to lead the U S Supreme Court Library. She directs a 12 member staff handling fast bench requests and extensive research for opinions, with crises like the 1952 steel seizure case managed under tight deadlines.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court Library
Helen Newman
Capital City
Miss Newman
Supreme Court
Truman
Felix Frankfurter
Library of Congress
U. S
George Vashon University Law School
Harlan Fiskene
Area Men In Service In the Seventh Army and Korea
John L Harte son of Nora M Harte promoted to corporal in the Seventh Army in Germany serving as an administrative clerk in the 11th Engineer Group. Glenn P Lee Jr of Marlow arrives in Korea with IX Corps after studies at the University of Oklahoma. Thomas E Easton whose wife Margie lives on Rt 2 Lawton graduates with a superior rating from the Ordnance School in Fuessen Germany, finishing second in his class with 98.6 percent.
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John L. Harte
Nora
Washington
Seventh Army
Germany
Cpl. Harte
Carters Company
11Th Engineer Group
Marlow
Glenn P. Lee Jr
Korea
Army
S IX
Glenn P. Lee
University of Oklahoma
Pvt
Thomas E. Easton
Margie
Rt.2
Lawton
Ordnance School
Fuessen
Eaton
Fort Sill Officer to Attend Legion School in Indiana
WOIG LaVerne Ebbesen commander of Batemann Zarling American Legion Post No 193 at Fort will attend Legion college in Indianapolis January 17 23. Named by the state commander to improve Legion leadership he will depart January 15 with wife Hazel and two sons James 13 and Donald Wayne 10 months living at 2112 Hoover.
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Woig LaVerne Ebbesen
Batemann-Zarling American Legion
Fort Legion College
Indianapolis
Ebbesen
Legion
Hazel
James
Donald Wayne
Hoover
Carter May Return To College Position
Oklahoma City board member R T Stuart said Bruce Carter may be reinstated as president of Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College at Miami. Carter resigned this semester while still a gubernatorial candidate, and talks center on his possible return to academics rather than politics.
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Oklahoma City
Bruce Carter
Oklahoma
Memaan Ae Oe
The
Ee Ae
Police arrest robber confesses at service station
The Constitution files recount a man confessing to a $17 robbery at a Third Street service station. Other items note realty license law discussion, a cave-in injuring Jack Hollen, early fingerprint work, and Oklahoma 1923 cotton harvest comparisons with 1952 output.
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Constitution
Jack Hollen
Bertillon
Comanche County
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