Czechs Free British Mother and Three Children
London reports Prague agreed to let Phyllis Sispera and her three children leave Czechoslovakia. Her husband, a Czech, is jailed on treason charges. After a seven year fight, she returns home with Martin 13 Clarence 12 and Jennifer 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Phyllis Sispera
Foreign Office
Prague
Sispera
Martin
Clarence
Jennifer
4-H Club Camp to Be Held July 26 28
The 4-H club camp runs three days from July 26 to 28 at Lake Quanah Parker in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. County 4-H directors Louise Kennedy Rupe and Arlen Johnson note eligibility requires 4-H enrollment and age 10 by Jan 1, 1955, with parental accompaniment for younger children. A Red Cross lifeguard will supervise water activities and parental permission is required. A bathing suit is needed and the planning committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the county agent's office for a program and recreational planning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Quanah Parker
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Louise Kennedy Rupe
Arlen Johnson
Red Cross
Albert Pick Sr dies at 86 in Florida hotel executive
Albert Pick Sr., 86, hotel executive and former president of Albert Pick Hotels, Inc., died today in Miami Beach. He served as president until 1929 when he became chairman of the board. His son Albert Jr. now heads the firm with hotels in Chicago Columbus Ohio and Miami Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Albert Pick Sr
Pick
Albert Pick
Bureaucrats Must Pay Own Expense In Sleeper Planes
Washington report notes a rule requiring government travelers to sleep upright on domestic flights to charge expense to themselves. Ezra Benson was billed 25 dollars after a Spokane to Seattle leg saved miles. An overseas first leg is paid by the government. rail sleeper berths are allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Department
Harry M. Moore, Jr
Washington, D. C
Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Moore
London
Middle East
Hungary Arrests Two American News Reporters
Hungary announces the arrest of Budapest correspondents Ilona Nyilas of United Press and Endre Marton of Associated Press, plus two American Legation staff Balas and Kaposzi, all Hungarians, suspected of long term work for the American Secret Information Service. Marton was arrested in February. his wife vanished June 24. The regime signals a possible show trial as MTI releases details of the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hungary
Budapest
United Press
Associated Press
American Secret Information Service
Ilona Nyilas
Endre Marton
U. S
State Department
Washington
U.S
Marton
Red
Ministry of the Interior
Mrs. Marton
Balint Kaposzi
Cornelius Balas
Gary Will Lead Road Publicity For Oklahoma
Gov Raymond Gary will tour Aug 16 as chief bugle blower for the film Oklahoma. He will explain why it was shot in Arizona, preside at a Los Angeles press showing, announce the premier date, then head to New York for banquets. Oklahoma's Economic Development Commission drafted publicity stunts, including a nationwide survey proposal. Gary plans to present the survey to Washington and offer Eisenhower a White House lawn ride.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Gary
Arizona
Nickholas John Matsoukas
Magna Theaters
Los Angeles
New York
Economic Development Commission
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Bell Indicted Over Veterans Land Scheme in Texas
Rep John J Bell a Democrat from Texas and two Cuero associates were indicted on charges of conspiring to steal 154810 dollars from the Texas veterans land program. The July 1952 deal involved 3701.4 acres of Guadalupe County land sold to four veterans. Other indictments in the land scandal include Bascom Giles and multiple associates as investigations widen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
John J. Bell
D-Tex
Texas Veterans Land Program
T. J. McLarty
Denver
Colo
Cuero
Bell
J. T. Wofford
McLarty
Guadalupe County
T. J. Wofford
State of Texas
Bascom Giles
Veterans Land Board
D.tex
Texas
Freedom Ends For Alabaman After 8 Years
West Los Angeles police arrested Frank Michael Beverly in a Sunset Strip restaurant. He admitted he was Oscar Fred Twisdahl, 45, an Alabama escapee from 1947 who said he served two years of a five year term for embezzlement. He had become a chef and cafe manager since arriving in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alabama State
Frank Michael Beverly
Sunset Strip
Oscar Fred Twisdahl
Beverly
Twildahl
Alabama
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Oklahoma
The Polio Foundation said two new polio patients were admitted to Hillcrest Memorial Hospital in Tulsa within the past 24 hours. The patients are a 52 year old Tulsa woman and a five year old Sand Springs girl, bringing this year’s total to 51 compared with 104 at the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Hillcrest Memorial Hospital
Tulsa
Hatchery Startup Pioneers in New Washington 1897
The world saw its first commercial chick hatchery established in New Washington Ohio in 1897 marking a milestone in poultry industry development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Washington
Ohio
The Gun With Mixed Ancestry Highlighted As Curious Creature
A strange firearm described as part antelope, part buffalo, part donkey, and part horse captures attention in a quirky report of unusual weapons or animal-human hybrid comparisons. The piece notes its rarity and peculiarity, emphasizing the surprising blend of origins.
Casual Friendship Leads to Million Dollar Strike
Akron Ohio July 9 A casual vacation friendship from 20 years ago became a business partnership with potential millions. Mrs John J Madigan a 48 year old grandmother who favored the Canadian bush country described the find as one of the richest in North America. She said it happened by accident and that it is a lot of fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Bill Decker
Parkland Hospital
Mud Lane
Garland
Sheriff's Deputies
Decker
Akron
Ohio
John J. Madigan
North America
Canada to Hike Shipments of Oil to U S Refineries
Canada plans to double crude oil shipments to U S refineries within the next few months, with April flow at 30,000 barrels per day and rising. By 1980 western Canadian fields could exceed 400,000 bpd, potentially reaching 3.5 million bpd by 1980 if expectations hold, amid policy discussions and export challenges. A second item notes Mrs. Madigan and partners staked uranium claims at Sharbot Lake after a discovery alert, with ore assays at 15 percent and potential value of $1,500 per ton, eyeing American mining firm interest.
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Tulsa
Canada
U. S
The
Oil and Gas Journal
U.S
Sharbot Lake Ont
C. J. Whytock
Harvey Adams
Ottawa
Toronto
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
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King
Albert Pick, Sr
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Koehler
MTI
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
Serv
Mgr
Otto Howard
Lawton
Howard & Howard Insurance
D Avenue
Gilbert-Woods Drug CO
el Aha
Rep
S&h
Best Cleaners & Fur Storage
Wichita Falls
Crook Television Service
Lee Blvd
Hollywood
Lawton Mattress
C. P. Pennington
Walter M. Smith
D Ave
Allen
Pca
Southwestern Radio & Sound
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