Wildlife Refuge Oil Exploration To Be Probed By Senate
Washington reports that Interior Secretary Douglas McKay may face Senate inquiries over his order opening wildlife refuges to oil and gas exploration. Senators Humphrey and Neuberger plan investigations via Interior and Commerce committees as McKay defends safeguards while condemnation of the move grows.
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Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay
Senate
McKay
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Interior and Commerce
Interior
Alaska
Hawaii
Bureau of Land Management
Fish and Wildlife Service
F&w
United Press
Sens
James E. Murray
Warren G. Magnuson
Interior and Commerce Committees
Congress
Chinese Student On His Way Home From United States
Liu Yung-ming a 36 year old Chinese graduate student denied charges he was held in the United States against his will. He sailed aboard the President Wilson yesterday for Hong Kong. He has a wife and a 77 year old daughter in Red China. Liu was released last week from a mental hospital in Farmington Missouri where he was sent in 1949 after a mental breakdown following his master's degree at the University of Missouri. He is well enough now to travel alone the hospital said. He denied the Communist allegation saying he stayed to be treated for his disease and am well now.
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San
Liu
Jealous Woman Tries To Kill Her Rival in Japan
In Hiratsuka Japan Shizu Takahashi 23 sampled a gift cake found it tasted funny and called police. Police said it was poisoned. Tatsuo Kurihara 27 donor checked. Kurihara angry over lost boyfriend. Kurihara arrested. Takahashi to recover.
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Hiratsuka
Japan
Shizu Takahashi
Tatsuo Kurihara
Miss Kurihara
Miss Takahashi
Public Service Co Engineer Moves to Chickasha Post
Jack R. Bruyr, longtime Public Service Co. electrical engineer, is transferred from Tulsa to Chickasha as manager of the commercial and industrial sales department in the Southwestern Division. He is a U.S. Army veteran with training from the Missouri School of Mines and Kansas University, and he previously led Tulsa Junior Chamber of Commerce as president in 1955.
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Jack R. Bruyr
Public Service Company
Tulsa
Southwestern
Chickasha
Harry W. Pitzer
Lawton In
U. S. Army
Bruyr
Missouri School of Mines
Kansas University
Pruyr
Tulsa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Area Men In Navy Buddy Program Enlist in San Diego
Four area men have enlisted in the Navy buddy program and are at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California for recruit training. Jo Dale Cherry and Max Wayne Brooks are Chattanooga natives, while William Clifford Land of Cache and Ernest James Russ of Medicine Park are their companions. After nine weeks of training they receive two weeks leave and then enter a Navy service school.
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Navy
San Diego
Calif
Naval Training Center
Jo Dale Cherry
James D. Cherry
Max Wayne Brooks
H. C. Brooks
Chattanooga
William Clifford Land
Mollie B. Land
Cache
Ernest James Russ
James Walter Russ
Medicine Park
Russ
Polly Lowe
Land
Cherry
Chattanooga High School
Brooks
Faxon High School
Navy veteran John Blay returns home with family
John Ed ward Blay is home with his wife and newborn son Sammy after his U S Navy discharge on Dec 16. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Finis Blay of Wichita Kansas, formerly Hastings. Blay, a 1951 Hastings High School graduate, enlisted in the Navy in January 1952.
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Waurika
John Edward Blay
Sammy
U. S. Navy
Finis Blay
Wichita
Kan
Hastings
Blay
Camile Thompson
Hastings High School
Navy
Hastings Sailor Dwight Meeks Receives Navy Discharge
Dwight Meeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Meeks, returned to Hastings from San Diego California where he was discharged from the Navy on December 15. He served four years on the USS Sperry submarine tender as a cook after graduating from Waurika High School in 1951 and enlisting in January 1952.
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Dwight Meeks
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Hastings
Meeks
J. H. Meeks
Sperry
Waurika High School
Navy
Central State wins Millsaps debate invitational
Lanora Owens and Jeannie Reed of Central State College of Edmond Ohio took first in the women’s division at the Millsaps College invitational in Jackson Mississippi, defeating Northwestern Louisiana in the finals.
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Central
Jackson
Miss
Central State College of
Edmond
Ohla
Lanora Owens
Jeannie Reed
Northwestern Louisiana
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New York Cspecial reports a new healing substance Bio Dyne used in Preparation H to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Doctors observed rapid relief and gradual reduction lasting months in cases from 2 to 20 years. Suppositories or ointment with applicator sold in drugstores with money back guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
U.S
Livestock prices unlikely to rise says Ag Department
The Agriculture Department forecast no sustained uptrend in meat prices in the near term. It noted high meat production and abundant supplies through the coming years, with hog and cattle output expanding and 1955 meat per person at a record 161 pounds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Administration
Midwest
Betsy Blair Aims for Voluptuous Mean Screen Image
Betsy Blair returns from Europe and declares she will be voluptuous and mean in future roles. She criticizes American producers for wanting her as a wallflower and says she will play more provocative parts. Blair, with husband Gene Kelly and daughter Kerrie, arrives at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Los Angeles
Betsy Blair
Europe
Miss Blair
International Airport
Paris
Gene Kelly
Kerrie
Spain
Cattlemen Decry Price Support Plans At Convention
Jay Taylor president of the American National Cattlemen's Association condemns all price support programs as harmful to liberty and enterprise. He likens price controls to a dam on the Mississippi River, arguing they merely store trouble upstream while the flow of water continues downstream.
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New Orleans
American National Cattlemen’s Assn
Association
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Tex
Cowman
New York Public Baths Face Potential Closure
New York’s public baths, urban gathering spots since 1901, may vanish as officials seek cost savings amid better housing in slums. Five baths remain across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, offering only showers with a 15 cent soap and towel fee. Demand has dropped compared with 1926 when over 10 million showers were taken.
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New York
Simon Baruch
Bernard
Manhattan
Queens
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
Grace Kelly Finds Love Second Sight In Monaco Proposal
Grace Kelly describes her romance with Prince Rainier III as love at second sight after Christmas dinner in Philadelphia. The engagement was announced with rubies and diamonds, and a Monaco coin pendant bracelet. They plan to wed soon after April 1, with Rainier choosing the wedding location.
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Grace
Chicago
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier III
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Philadelphia
Prince Rainier
Russell Austin
Margate
N.J
Miss Kelly
Austins
Kelly
Bud Williamson Improving After Heart Attack
Claremore Oklahoma highway patrol trooper Bud Williamson was reported improving today after a heart attack yesterday. He figured prominently in a patrol controversy last year accused of allowing a liquor bootlegger to unload whisky after a highway accident. He was exonerated and transferred to Claremore, then slated to move to Nowata next week.
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Claremore
Okla
Highway Patrol
Bud Williamson
Williamson
Lawton
Williamson Late
Nowata
Postal Receipts Hit New High in Miami Oklahoma
Miami Oklahoma postmaster W A Craig reported postal receipts rose to a record 112357 dollars last year, marking a new high for the city as mail volume and revenue increased significantly.
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Miami
Okla
W. A. Craig
Purdue study finds wood chips suitable for livestock bedding
A Purdue University research project shows wood chips as an effective bedding material for livestock. The findings highlight absorbency, odor control, and potential farm-waste reuse benefits for farmers and animal care operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
Fire losses in Miami Oklahoma show decade low total
Fire Chief J R Haxall reports Miami Oklahoma fire losses in 1955 totaled 14569 dollars, the lowest in ten years. The report highlights a drop in property losses across the city during the year.
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Miami
Okla
J. R. Haxall
Mauna Kea Height Above Sea Level Stated
Report notes Mauna Kea in Hawaii measures 30 784 feet from base to summit with 13 784 feet of that height rising above sea level, contrasting base to peak measurements.
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Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Marriages Hit Record In Ottawa County Oklahoma 1955
Ottawa County Clerk Henry Austin reports 1,979 marriage licenses issued in 1955, marking a new county record for marriages. The tally reflects rising nuptial activity within Miami Oklahoma area jurisdiction.
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Miami
Okla
Ottawa County
Henry Austin
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Great Plains
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Hollywood
Florida
Rainier
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Ecuador
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B. F. Goodrich
L. C
Corky” Higbee
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Kenmore
Sears
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Pspiirin
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Xcelsior Institute
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