Murray Blasted For Flood Control Ag Fund Slashes
Oklahoma City report says Longmire resigned as section chairman of the state Water Conservation Association and condemned Gov. Johnston Murray and the Planning and Resources Board for cutting agricultural flood control funds. He spoke at the Oklahoma Soil Conservation District supervisors banquet, arguing funding cuts threaten Washita Valley projects and other watershed programs, a point echoed by Dr. Lloyd Church. The dispute, Longmire predicted, could become a major campaign issue as communities brace for the impact of reduced allocations.
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Planning and Resources Board
Lloyd Church
Wilburton
Water Conservation Group
Church
GOP Scions Tell the Tariffs To Stay High
Washington reports key Republican congressmen advised President Eisenhower to expect little action by Congress to lower tariff barriers this year. The 102 page Randall commission urged powers to cut tariffs and expand the Reciprocal Trade Act, while dissenters warn of unemployment and industry harm.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Itman Foreign Economic, Policy Commission
Clarence B. Randall
Chicago
Inland Steel 4Co
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R-Ny
House
Ways and Means
Commission
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Richard M. Simpson
Rpa
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Two Admit Shooting Indiana Serviceman in Beech Springs
In Minden Louisiana two men Leroy Wayne Robertson and Leo McDonal confessed Sunday shooting George J. Meredith from Rockford Indiana. They admitted killing him over a dispute and the victim’s body was found with four .38 slug wounds in a water filled ditch east of Minden. A 23 year old Texas woman Maureen Young reported being kidnapped in the incident and the FBI has joined the case.
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Indiana
Texas
Lroy Wayne Robertson
Sand Springs
Leo McDonal
Seattle
Wash
Coushatta
George J. Meredith
Rockford
Ind
Meredith
Beech Springs
Maureen Young
Ferris
Tex
FBI
Pakistani Legislator Seeks Special Session on US Aid
Lahore Pakistan Nazir Ahmed Khan a parliament member and former industries minister urged Prime Minister Mohammed Ali to convene a special Parliament session next month to debate proposed American military aid. He called the issue vital and delicate and argued it must be considered at a high level. He questioned why America seeks further military aid.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Nazir
Ahmed Khan
Mohammed Ali
Ahmed
Industries Minter
Weslem League Party
America
Editor notes people moving west to New Mexico
The Albuquerque Journal ruefully notes U S census figures show New Mexico population up about 61 000 since 1950 while Arizona rises by 145 000 The paper comments it “Sure looks like a lot of folks overshot” as westward movement continues.
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Albuquerque
Albuquerque Journal
U. S
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Journal
Dickenson Defense Offered By General Holdridge
Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge has offered to defend Edward S. Dickenson, a former Korean War prisoner. Dickenson, 23, refused repatriation then chose to return. the Army accuses him of seeking favor with the enemy, but Holdridge says Dickenson cannot get a fair trial in the current climate of emotionalism and vindictiveness.
Marilyn Is Home But Without Joe DiMaggio
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe has returned from her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio while he remains in New York for a TV program. The studio had briefly suspended her but relented after the marriage and extended her film start deadline from January 20 to today.
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Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
New York
Marilyn
DiMaggio
Western Outlaw Named Top Top 10 Western Outlaw Named Top
The FBI added Everett Lowell Krueger alias Ed King to its 10 most wanted list. A 30-year-old with a long record across Wyoming Colorado Nebraska California and Oklahoma he led a three-man jail escape from Jackson Wyoming in May 1953 and claims a World War II paratrooper past. His initials E K are tattooed on his upper left arm. Krueger replaces Oklahoma cattle rustler Chester Davenport who was captured in Dixon California in January.
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Everett Lowell Krueger
Ed King
Krueger
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
California
Oklahoma
Jackson
Wyo
Krieger
E. K
Chester Davenport
Rustler
Robber
Dixon, Calif
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Near Collision in Pushmataha
A light plane landed on a Pushmataha County road near Antlers Oklahoma on a Sunday after two vehicles risked a collision. Pilot Don P De Witt of Tulsa and a pickup truck veered into a ditch to avoid contact. The truck driver Ewan Smith and a nearby witness saw the events. No injuries reported.
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Tulsa
de- Witt’ Co
Colorado Solon All Out For Economy
Denver report says State Controller James A Noon notes a Colorado legislator filed an expense from a trip to the State Capitol asking for mileage but not meals. The man added a note on the voucher stating Carried my lunch illustrating frugality in state spending.
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Colorado
James A. Noonan
State Capitol
Lodge Claims Power Is Key To Avoid War
Fort Worth reports that Henry Cabot Lodge, U S delegate to the United Nations, said power, not friendliness, is the nation’s key to peace. He urged foreign aid be based on advancing U S interests and warned atomic armaments make a world conflict devastating. He argued balance of power and mutual fear, not love, should guide international relations.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
U.S
United States
Texas Republican
Texas
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Woman Rescued After Head Trapped In Furnace
Mrs Marie Wilson a 51 year old Flint housewife freed her head from a coal burning furnace after a plate fell trapping it. She said she wiggled free about forty times before escaping. She received burns to face and arms and a head bruise and was treated at Hurley Hospital. She later went home.
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Flint, Mich
Marie Wilson
Spanish Students March On British Embassy Crisis Deepens
Madrid reports eight thousand chanting students marched on the British embassy amid a diplomatic flare over Morocco and Gibraltar. Mounted police defended the building while protesters shouted Franco yes police no and clashed with authorities. The protest follows Spain's stance against France in Morocco and Britain over Gibraltar.
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France
Britain
Morocco
Gibraltar
Spain
London
Duke Primo de Rivera
Elizabeth
Friend of Stalin Beria Ally Recalled as Moscow Ambassador
AME reported that Mikhail Kostilev, a former associate of Joseph Stalin and Beria, has been recalled to Moscow to serve as ambassador to Italy. Alexander, previously envoy to Czechoslovakia, is named as his replacement according to official sources.
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Beria
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Russia
Mikhail Kostilev
Joseph Stalin
Lavrenty P. Beria
Italy
Kostilev
Alexander
Szechoslovakie
Elmo Burns Elected Oklahoma CIO Council Leader
Elmo R. Burns of Tulsa was elected president of the Oklahoma CIO Council at yesterday's convention. He defeated Martin Tulsa for vice president, and Tulsa was re elected Treasurer without opposition. Several resolutions were approved including one calling for further actions.
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Okla
Elmo R. Burns
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Martin
Pond Tulsa
Gentle Vegetable Laxative Offer From Dr Caldwell
An advertisement urges stopping harsh constipation drugs and promotes Dr Caldwell's Senna Laxative Syrup Pepsin. It claims natural relief, gentle action, and reliable bowel regulation for the family with a mail order offer to New York.
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Dr. Caldwell
Oklahoma City Bell Telephone Growth Report
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co reports seven of ten Oklahoma families now have telephone service up from five of ten in 1950. The gain highlights broader access to communications across the state.
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Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma
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