Elgin Opens New Grade School For 230 Students
Elgin launches classes in a new $100,601.30 one story elementary building financed by a $100,000 federal grant and $601.30 from the district. nine classrooms and an office for Principal Lee Rhoades, inside plumbing, upgraded water supply, and plans for future expansion.
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Elgin
Lee Rhoades
Arthur Farrar
Elgin School Board
Farrar
Hudgins, Thompson & Ball
Oklahoma City
M. T. Shelton Construction Co
Chickasha
Thief Steals Huge Boston Fire Truck
Late night fire at a club in the theater district caused 40 000 dollars in damage to the Stage Bar. A thief stole a large Boston Fire Department ladder truck during firefighting, abandoning it after crashing near a fence at Boston Common. Fire Chief John Flanagan attributed the blaze to a carelessly disposed cigarette.
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Boston
Boston Common
Dist
John Flanagan
Accidents Dip in Lawton Traffic in 1955
Lawton saw 233 fewer accidents in 1955 than 1954 and half the 1954 fatality toll. One fatality occurred October 19 involving three year old Robert Jenkins. Injuries dropped 24 and total mishaps fell about 19 percent to 1 243. Police credited safer driving and cited August as the peak arrest month.
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Lawton
Frank Sandranna
Robert Charles Jenkins
Sanbrama
Ralph Hennessee
Boy Nearly Hanged In Cowboy Game
Oklahoma City report says four year old Billy Beach was in critical condition after a rope noose hung from a tree limb caught his neck while playing with a five year old friend. Jim McAuliffe's mother rescued him.
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Oklahoma City
Billy Beach
Billy
Arthur J. Beach
Jim McAuliffe
Jim
Jack McAuliffe
Indian Bank Tellers Protest Wage Cut
About 65,000 Indian bank clerks began a two day strike in New Delhi to protest a government wage formula they claim will reduce pay. Most branches operated normally as senior officials and nonunion staff kept services running. The strike affected state controlled banks including Reserve Bank and State Bank of India.
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New Delhi
Reserve Bank
State Bank of India
Tito and Nasser Call Neutral Stance Eases Tension
In a Cairo communique, Yugoslav President Tito and Egyptian Premier Nasser said their neutral policy toward world military pacts would reduce international strain. They claimed war danger has receded and the general situation has improved, urging nonalignment to prevent entanglements.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tito
Yugoslavia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
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