West’s Silver Tongued Orator Sets Talk at Knife-Fork Club
E. Robert Palmer famed as the “silver tongued orator of the West” will address Lawton Knife and Fork club members at Old South Cafeteria Monday at 7 p.m. Palmer, born on a Kansas cattle ranch, draws contrasts with Will Rogers while praising human nature and telling how Loveland Colorado became a better city. Members urged to reserve seats.
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E. Robert Palmer
Lawton Knife and Fork Club
Old South
Loveland
Colo
Palmer
Kansas
Will Rogers
Rogers
Colorado
Sooner Oil Operators Set Records In 1953
Oklahoma oil operators closed 1953 with record drilling and rising activity. A Research Oil Reports tally shows 7,481 wells drilled, 1,665 tickets, 8,655 first reports, and 879 wildcat completions. The year also featured 700 dry holes, 141 discoveries, 38 gas wells, 4,374 new producers, and 1,878 dry holes with 185 new locations. Pacific coast activity continued into 1954 with several notable wells and fields described across multiple counties and companies.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Shell Oil No
Jefferson County
Healdton
Carter County
Sun Oil
Garvin County
Pauls Valley
Caldwel
Chilstein
Tide Water Associated Oil No
Red Mound
Lincoln County
Red Fork
Mid- Continent Petroleum No. 1 Loy
East Payson Skinner
Lindsay
McClain County
15 Jailed In Red Rail Sabotage Plot
TEHRAN Iran Gen Reza Afkhami director of Iranian railways said today 15 men have been jailed so far in a Communist plot to blow up the Tehran Abadan rail line. Four men were picked up Wednesday night after about 85 pounds of gelignite were found in a Tehran hotel room and a plumber's shop. The other 11 were seized yesterday.
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Tehran
Iran
Reza Afkhami
Iranian Railways
Abadani
Afkhami
Hamdam Saltaneh
Shah
Oklahoma Farm Land Value Drops 9 Percent in 1953
Oklahoma's farm land values fell nine percent in the past year due to drought weak cattle prices and a below average wheat crop, the Agriculture Department reports. The decline surpassed the national average by about three percentage points.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Agriculture Department
Murray Plans In Middle Of Toll Road Fight
Murray, a candidate potential in the U S Senate race, plans to announce his future in a speech amid debate over three more Oklahoma toll roads. He argues toll roads are paid by motorists and bring business to bypassed towns, while opponents say they harm merchants and waste state funds. The campaign battle centers on the January 2 special election and the toll road program's merits.
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Ee City
Johnston Murray
Murray
U. S. Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Roy J. Turner
Erlachey
School Land Commission
Grady County
Alex
Bristow
Chandler
Stroud
Sapulpa
Guthrie
R. P. Matthews
Matthews
Turner
Third Time The Charm Ecuador Strong Man Tries Again
Quito reports José María Velasco Ibarra, elected president three times and exiled twice, again leads Ecuador with a strongman regime. The army backs his rule. opponents accuse unconstitutional edicts and power grabs. The government clamps down on El Comercio, police close the paper and its radio, while elections loom in June with factional fighting shaping the political scene.
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Ecuador
Quito
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Colombia
Argentina
Velasco Ibarra
el Comercio
Jorge Mantilla
Mantilla
Vine slips inside house for winter
Salt Lake City report describes an ivy vine that moved from outdoors into the Seailow home during winter. The plant reportedly forced its way under a shingle and crept along the cement foundation before entering the living room through a crack.
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Salt Lake City
R. Seailow
Seven Southwest Navy airmen die or injured in crash
Seven Southwest Navy airmen were killed or wounded in a recent incident. Dead include Aviation Machinist Mate 1 C Clarence Fry of Leavenworth and Air Mate 3c Herel T. Lane of Monticello Arkansas, and Airman Apprentice Arthur L. Manor of Austin Texas. Injured include Lt. John E. Toohey of St. Louis and Lt. (JG) Robert J. Bixler.
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Navy
Clarence Fry
de Benson
Leavenworth
Ee Ae
Herel
T. Lane
Will Lane
Monticello
Ark
Arthur L. Manor
Onida Manor
East 9Th St
Austin
Tex
John E. Toohey
Funeral rites set for Chickasha editor George H. Evans
Funeral services for George H. Evans 80 longtime Chickasha editor and dean of Oklahoma newspaper publishers are planned for tomorrow at 2 p m at his home. Evans had been bedfast since a stroke on Sept 24 1952 and active in the paper from 1903 until its discontinuation.
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Chickasha
Okla
George H. Evans
Oklahoma
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West
Knife and Fork Club
Sooner Oil
Union Oil of
California
Conrady
North Jarvis
Grant County
Simpson
Calvert Drilling
Foster
Wilcox
Stella
Cleveland County
Olin Industries No
Cundiff
Coyle Pool
Payne County
Red
DERAL
Eiseman
Koehler
Sprague
ITV
SAG
Wilton
Jose Velasco Ibarra
el Taustels
Congress
ARNE
Ecuadorean Nationalist Revolutionary Action
Velasco Ibarra Folowers
South America
Rays Finance CO
Oklahi Furniture
Re & Supply
Townley
Cotton
Theresa Toohey
St. Louis
Robert J. Bixler
Jewel Baylor
Delee
Pho
Zale Jewelry Co
Zale Diamond
Zale
Sale Jewelry Company
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