Drop-Out Seen Top Problem For U S Teachers
NEW YORK The nation s top school officials call high school drop outs the major issue facing U S teachers. Lucille Carroll NEA president and Martin W Essex Lakewood superintendent say overcrowded wartime schools left deficiencies unaddressed causing students to drop out in 10th and 11th grades. They urge changes as youths seek work to relate education to living and self improvement amid scarce jobs.
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Weser
Lakewood
Miss Carroll
Essex
Korea
Polio Case Rise Reported Across Nation
The Public Health Service said 499 new polio cases were recorded nationally last week, a 19 percent rise from the prior week. Texas led with 60 cases, followed by California 60, Florida 51, with Louisiana and others contributing smaller totals.
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Florida
Louisiana
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New York
North Carolina
Ohio
All-Time Record Income Reported By City Of Tulsa
Tulsa reports an all-time income of 6 819 240 dollars for the fiscal year ending yesterday, surpassing the previous high of 5 892 936 dollars set in 1952. The 1953 54 income tops last year by nearly one million dollars.
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Okla
Heroic Students Awarded Scholarships for Fire Rescue
Oklahoma City University honors two student heroes for saving a campus building during a $750,000 blaze on June 16. Larry Taylor, 16, a city newspaper carrier, and Burford Peters Jr., 21, a junior from McAlester, received $300 scholarships from Dr. C. Q. Smith for their voluntary actions. They used small extinguishers to halt embers and were credited by firefighters with saving the structure.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University
Larry Taylor
Burford Peters Jr
McAlester
OCU
C. Q. Smith
New Grandfield Gymnasium Underway This Week
Grandfield high school begins construction on a new gymnasium as the Board of Education sublets most contracts. Robertson Steel of Oklahoma City will supply steel, Allied Steel Erecting Service to erect it, Jelks Construction Co. of Lawton to pour concrete walls, Lydick Roofing of Wichita Falls to cover, Hardwood Flooring of Oklahoma City to install flooring, with plumbing electrical and other trades to be awarded soon.
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Grandfield High School
Lloyd McDaniel
Board of Education
Robertson Steel Company
Oklahoma City
Allied Steel Erecting Service
Jelks Construction Co
Lawton
Lydick Roof
Five Arrested On Traffic and Water Wasting Violations
Five persons were arrested Wednesday afternoon for traffic violations and three received water wasting citations. Water offenders included Mrs. E. M. Leonard, Lawton Burton, and D. W. Farris. Burton and Farris faced fines and bonds, Judge Don Fisher dismissed Leonard’s case. Traffic records show James R. Ballard tied to a red light with a $5 bond forfeited, Lee J. Guire fined $17 for reckless driving, Roy H. Hardage forfeited $12 bond for an improper left turn, Lillie Mary Preston faced a $10 bond for license issues, while Willie L. Stanley was found innocent of reckless driving.
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Elm. Lawton Burton
Parkview
D. W. Farris
Don Fisher
Garfield
Lee J. Guire
Roy H. Hardage
Fort Sill
Lillie Mary Preston
Gore
Willie L. Stanley
FHA Allocates Altus Housing To 7 Firms
Oklahoma City July 1 The Federal Housing Administration allocated 200 defense housing units at Altus Oklahoma to seven firms. The agency had requests for 515 units, said Jo O Ferguson director of the FHA Western Oklahoma district. The 200 most desirable were selected to shelter Air Force personnel at the Altus bomber base.
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Federal Housing Administration
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Altus
Okla
FHA
Jo O. Ferguson
Western Oklahoma
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Crestview and partners plan housing units by firm
Crestview Corp. will supply 91 units, Wallew Corp. 58, Al Vista Corp. nine, Fox Hairston Homes 12, Hugh Cotner 10, Super Homes Corp. 10, and Lakeview Corp. 10, detailing the assignment of housing units across firms.
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Crestview Corp
Wallew Corp
al Vista Corp
Fox Hairston Homes
Hugh Cotner
Super Homes Corp
Lakeview Corp
U S Fails To Fill Paraguay Ambassador Post
The United States cannot fill the ambassador post to Paraguay, vacant since October. The small capital at Asuncion lacks amenities and infrastructure, making the role unattractive. U S aid supports health and farm projects as Alfredo Stroessner governs after a violent April revolution.
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Paraguay
U. S
Archibald Randolph
John Shillock
David H. Maynard
State Department
Uncle Sam
Alfredo Stroessner
Collegian Killed In Car Accident Near Okmulgee
Oklahoma A&M Tech student Jacob Roy Ledbetter, 22, of Nuyaka Okmulgee County, died in a one vehicle crash 11 miles west of Okmulgee near SH 75. He became the state's first traffic death in July and the 275th for the year. Patrol Trooper Otto Rauch found his body after 5 a.m. The car rolled 71 feet, Ledbetter was thrown from the vehicle.
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Oklahoma A&m Tech
Okmulgee
Jacob Roy Ledbetter
Nuyaka
Okmulgee County
Lahoma
Oklahoma Y Highway Patrol
Otto Rauch
Rauch
Ledbetter
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