Highway Building Bids Due Tuesday
Oklahoma City January 26 The State Highway Commission will open bids Tuesday on 3 279 960 dollars of projects including a million dollar U S 75 job in and around Dewey Washington county Bids on 508 000 dollars worth of sodding along 317 miles of road shoulders aim to save state labor The Dewey project features a 1 001 foot overpass at the Katy Railroad crossing Another project in LeFlore county starts a 25 mile gravel road segment in Ouachita national forest Commission to widen and resurface three miles of U S 270 southeast of Seminole.
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Tonight's Top Fare In Radio
Radio schedule listing programs across networks with actors hosts and show titles from 5:00 to 10:00. Notable items include Henry Taylor on NBC ABC CBS programs and Lux Radio Theater with CBS.
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Henry Taylor
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Godfrey
Voice of Firestone
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Band of America
Bob Hawk
Frank Edwards
News of Tomorrow
John Cameron Swayze
Trout-Adams News
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Hoffman's ID Card Used in Burglary Foiled
In San Francisco on Monday Gene W. Hoffman 26 tried to jimmy an apartment door with a plastic identification card. The card tore in two and left his picture and thumbprint inside the door, serving as a cautionary clue to police.
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San Francisco
Gene W. Hoffman
Hoffman
Wife blames pennant race for marriage trouble
Mrs. Orabelle Weisenmiller testified before a judge that marital strife began after the New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians, saying she told her husband it wasn’t a calamity and he left home. The remark tied to the American League pennant chase underscores the dispute.
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Orabelle Weisenmiller
Monay
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Dog Company 180th selects Leslie Caron as queen
With the 45th Division on January 26, soldiers of Dog Company 180th Regiment pick actress Leslie Caron as their unit queen citing her girl next door appeal. Corporal Dave Seitlinger notes she is now dogs best friend.
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Flames Devour Five Gas Wells Off Offshore Platform
MORGAN CITY La Jan 26 UP wind driven flames visible for 50 miles billowed from a million dollar fire that engulfed five gas wells on an offshore drilling platform. A Pure Oil Co spokesman said a shift in wind southeast eased threat to two nearby platforms but reignited all five wells. Walter C Roome called it a flexible situation and noted flames continued to threaten skyward as gas supply periodically appeared cut off.
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Pure Oil Co
Walter C. Roome
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Chamber backs expanded Social Security plan vote 16 to 1
Washington report notes 3200 Chamber of Commerce members favor broadening coverage to all workers and retirees. The plan would extend old age and survivors benefits to about five million currently ineligible, end federal relief subsidies saving about one billion dollars, cover all gainfully employed, and fund benefits on a pay as you go basis linking income to outgo.
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Washington
U. S. Amber of Commerce
Chamber
Philanthropic Gifts Top $4 Billion in 1952
The Jaine Price Jones Company released its 22nd annual survey showing U S gifts and bequests in 1952 totaled more than 4.3 billion dollars. The study covers 10 major American cities and highlights rising charitable giving nationwide.
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New York
United States
Jaine Price Jones Company, Inc
American Artist Requests Soviet Removal of Works
New York artist Paul Meltsner protests anti Semitic turn in Russia by asking the Soviet government to remove his 15 piece series from Moscow’s Museum of Modern Western Art. The works, the largest American collection in the museum, have been tied to the building’s closure since 1945 for repairs.
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Paul Meltsner
Russia
Moscow
Meltsner
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Museum of Modern Western Art
Hermit Rector Found Dead in Warleggan Parish
The Rev Frederick William Densham 83, hermit rector of Warleggan Cornwall, was found dead on the rectory stairs. Police said natural causes. He led 22 years of controversial services, faced a parish boycott since 1931 after abolishing Sunday school and fencing the rectory with barbed wire.
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England
Frederick William Densham
Densham
Heber Willcocks
Dallas Oilman Purchases TV and Radio Stations in San Diego
Dallas oilman John Rather and Helen Alvarez owner of KOTV Tulsa bought KFMB-TV and KFMB radio in San Diego for 3 million dollars. The deal includes a new five story downtown building and other real estate valued at 1.909 million dollars, announced by John A Kennedy head of the San Diego station group.
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Helen Alvarez
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Tulsa
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KFMB
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Mrs Clark Marries Washington Public Relations Executive
Georgia Neese Clark, 53, former treasurer of the United States, wed Andrew J. Gray, 40, a Washington public relations executive, on Saturday. The ceremony linked two prominent figures in federal and civic circles.
Vacumatic Carburetor Claim Cuts Gas Waste Wisconsin Ad
Wisconsin inventor market a Vacumatic Carburetor auto device said to correct over rich fuel mixtures by automatic supercharge based operation. Easy to install fits cars trucks tractors. Vacumatic Carburetor Co of Wauwatosa invites readers to request full details or send name and address.
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Bitter Chill Sweeps Eastern United States Today
Bitter air gripped the Eastern States with subzero readings from Michigan to Pellston and freezing temps across the Southeast. Sharp northerly winds and snow flurries added discomfort from New England to West Virginia while the Pacific Northwest saw cooler conditions and scattered showers from Seattle to San Francisco.
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Pellston
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San Francisco
Conductor Furtwaengler Improves After Illness
Wilhelm Furtwaengler, 67, famed conductor, recovering from influenza in Vienna Austria. The musician showed marked improvement amid Europe's epidemic, with doctors hopeful for full recovery.
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Wilhelm Furtwaengler
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New Black Draught Tablets Promise Fast Gentle Relief
Advert says New Black-Draught Tablets relieve constipation overnight and ease sour stomach with no griping. Claims two way relief and quick action from vegetable herbs. Also offered in Powder and Granulated forms at all druggists. Famous since 1840.
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Selena
Solons To Meet Over Walkout Of Bus Company
A 21 member Oklahoma Legislature fact finding committee will meet in Coalgate to hear bus line owner A R Jordan after he skipped a Durant hearing. Sen Joe Bailey Cobb warned of subpoenas and possible franchise cancellation if no agreement is reached. eight senators and 13 representatives lead the panel tasked with resolving an 11 week strike affecting 40 Southwestern Oklahoma cities.
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Tishomingo
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Jordan Bus Co
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Jordan
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Eases Monthly Pains
An advertisement touts Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief for menstrual cramps and backaches. It claims doctors found complete or striking relief in most cases and notes the product helps with hot flashes and other menstrual discomforts.
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Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Police Patrol Arrests 30 Negroes as Mau Mau Men
Nairobi police detained 30 Africans suspected of Mau Mau connections after a night patrol. The crackdown follows the killing of a British family near Kinangop farm where Roger Buck, 37, Esme Buck, 32, and a native servant were slain and their son Michael was wounded in his bed.
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Kenya
Roger E. G. Buck
Esme
Kinangop
Michael
A Touch Of Home Sent From Norwich Knits Reach Soldier
In World War II Mrs. Harold Moore Sr. knitted sweaters for the Red Cross hoping one would bring home to a soldier. At Ft. Dix a sleeveless sweater with a tag stating Time donated by Mrs. Harold Moore, Norwich, N. Y., found its way to Pvt. Harold Moore Jr., her son.
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N. Y
Harold Moore
Red Cross
Ft. Dix
N. J
Quartermaster Exchange
Harold Moore Jr
False Problem Leg Turns Up in Southwest Side Lot
Chicago police examined a curious find a woman's artificial leg complete with shoulder and waist straps nylon stocking and size 544 Oxford. The leg was turned in by a passerby from a Southwest Side vacant lot as investigators sought its owner.
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Chicago
Oxford
Mother of 19 Dies in Manchester
Emma C. DuPont aged 78 died yesterday in Manchester. She was mother to ten daughters and nine sons, leaving a large family.
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Manchester, N. H
Emma C. DuPont
How You Can Help Yourself to Hear Better
A free illustrated booklet answers common questions about hearing loss and ear noises, addressing the 15 million hard of hearing in the United States. To receive a free copy, send a request to Electronic Research Director, Beltone Hearing Aid Company, 1450 West 19th Street, Department 828 C, Chicago Illinois. A postcard is acceptable.
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United States
Electronic Research
Beltone Hearing Aid Company
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