Roosevelt wife sues for separate maintenance in Pasadena
Romelle Schneider Roosevelt, wife of James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late president, files in Superior Court for 2000 dollars monthly support and 1500 dollars for their three children. She names three correspondents Irene Owens June Jordan and Elaine Hilton. She seeks enforcement of a promised 50 percent share of separate property plus community property. The couple married in 1941 with she once serving as his nurse during a hospital stay.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Romelle Schneider Roosevelt
Superior Court
Gladys Irene Owens
Irene Owens
June Nelson
June Jordan
Elaine Hilton
Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Capital's Juvenile Delinquency Rises
Oklahoma City police report 1 471 juvenile delinquents last year up 34 percent from the prior year. Among them 1 096 were boys under 16 and 375 were girls under 18, mostly ages 12 to 15. Offenses rising include disorderly conduct larceny loitering car theft forgery narcotics and destruction of property.
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Oklahoma City
L. J
Smokey) Hilbert
Hilbert
Traffic Fines Totals Reported for December in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City data from Commissioner Dixie Gilmer shows December fines totaling 62,790 dollars and six years of jail time. Speeders led with 1,177 arrests, while 126 drunk drivers were jailed 1,185 days and fined 13,394 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dixie Gilmer
Gilmer
Speeders
Nicklas Named to Bar Association Committees
Thurston D. Nicklas of Lawton is appointed to two Oklahoma Bar Association committees. He joins the public relations committee and the interrelated groups committee. Appointments were made by Ellis Gable, the association president.
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Thurston D. Nicklas
Lawton
Oklahoma Bar Association
Ellis Gable
President Eisenhower Urges GOP Unity Over Broad Policy
President Eisenhower appeals for party unity in a Lincoln Day message. He warns that a divided GOP cannot be an effective political party and cites concerns among Congress members over New Deal parallels and the Bricker amendment as signs of fracture. He stresses that unity is essential to pursue a common goal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
White House
GOP
Congress
Senate
Bricker
Lincoln
Providence
R.I
America
College Improves Radio Alphabet and Nation’s Leaders
An Ohio State University professor and team refined the ICAO phonetic alphabet used in radio by testing over a million words at OSU. They recommended four word changes to ease cross language pronunciation and improve identification over noise. Eisenhower uses Lincoln Day message to urge unified national leadership and governance.
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Columbus
Air Force
Ohio State University
Henry Moser
Speech Department
Research Foundation
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO
Montreal
Can
United States
Moser
Speech and Hearing
Oxford Illegitimate Birth Rate Linked to Moral Belief
A Dorchester bishop committee cites free spending Americans and a wider belief that premarital and extramarital sex are acceptable as causes of Oxford's illegitimate births. Oxford's 1951 rate was 7.45 percent of births, well above the 4.9 percent national average. The panel urges churches and officials to run an educational campaign to raise moral standards.
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Oxford
England
Dorchester
Perilous Season Ahead For Wheat
Oklahoma expects one of its best wheat crops in years with strong root growth and winter pasture aiding livestock feed. Yet wind erosion looms as surface moisture wanes and soil loosens on freeze-thaw cycles. If rainfall returns to normal, damage may be limited and a large crop remains possible.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
R. I. Cross
Amarillo
Santa Fe Railroad
Cross
Tinker Air Base Cuts 465 Civilian Emploees
Oklahoma City report: Tinker Air Force Base announces layoffs of 465 civilian employees, bringing total civilian discharges to 4,725 since January 1953.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
Three Indicted For Murders Of Man and Kids
Plumas county grand jury indicts Jack Santo Emmett Perkins and Harriet Henson on four counts each for the murders of Chester Calif grocer Guard Young and three children. Santo and Perkins face arraignment after earlier sentences for Mabel Monahan killing. Henson jailed. both men imprisoned at San Quentin and Nevada City cases pending.
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Quincy
Calif
Plumas County
Chester
Jack Santo
Emmett Perkins
Harriet Henson
Santo
Perkins
San Quentin
Mabel Monahan
Burbank
Miss Henson
George Boles
Ed Hanson
Nevada City
Police Seek Thrice-Wed Woman In Baby Stranglings
London police hunt for Elsie Rodgers a 37 year old missing wife of a Leeds street car motorman in connection with three babies found strangled and stuffed into suitcases. Authorities offered no link yet between Rodgers and the killings and issued no further details.
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London
Elsie Rodgers
Leeds
Pope Celebrates Mass In Privacy At Vatican
Pope Pius XII, 77, was confined to his Vatican apartment but celebrated mass in his private chapel. Vatican sources say he shows improvement though not fully recovered from fatigue that curtailed his schedule earlier in the week and continues to suffer a nervous stomach disorder and episodes of hiccups.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Vatican
Air Cargo Division Proposed for Oklahoma City Hub
Five airlines formed Transport Air Group Inc to urge the Air Force to establish a central air cargo hub in Oklahoma City. The plan envisions a dual site center at Tinker Air Force Base for military freight and Will Rogers Airport for civilian freight with interchange and maintenance at both locations.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
Navy
Air Force
Oklahoma City
Transport Air Group Inc
Tinker Air Force Base
Will Rogers Airport
Guilty Conscience Aids Dimes Drive
A former paper carrier in Cushing Oklahoma sent $20 to the March of Dimes fund after a guilty conscience prompted an anonymous letter confessing a past wrong. The publisher, Mrs H Lachenmeyer, forwarded the donation to the fund.
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Cushing, Oklo
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