Farm Safety Week Proclaimed By Eisenhower Support
National Farm Safety Week begins with a presidential proclamation and is led by the National Safety Council and the Agriculture Department. The campaign highlights farm risks from animals and machinery and notes lower injury and death counts since 1942, urging daily checks of livestock barns haylofts machinery and home facilities.
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Eisenhower
National Safety Council
Department of Agriculture
Carolina Beauty Aims to Join Los Angeles Police
South Carolina Miss United States runner up Mary Kemp Griffin, 23, Miss Myrtle Beach, filled out a civil service form to become a Los Angeles policewoman. She has an Aug. 1 written exam and is noted for her striking appearance after the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach.
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Los Angeles
South Carolina
Mary Kemp Griffin
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Long Beach
Civil Service
Screen Moguls Testing Bond for Oklahoma Movie
Ridge Bond, famed for Oklahoma!, left to test for the film version set to begin production in Hollywood next month. He quit the stage last year, moved to Oklahoma City to work with an oil company, and now joins Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha as head of public service and extension. Bond grew up in McAlester and studied at the University of Tulsa.
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Ridge Bond
Bond
Hollywood
Curly
McAlester
University of Tulsa
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Dan Procter
Singer
Public Service
Roswell Hunters Losing Gun Eyes
Roswell Rec ord notes a rabbit hunt with hunters firing many shots at a single rabbit. One rabbit was shot 15 times before it was killed. The paper cites three hunters each taking a single decisive shot on other rabbits.
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Roswell Hunters
Roswell, N. M
Roswell
Women Hold Back by Priorities Not Ambition
Dorothy Roe reports on a National Federation view that women are held back not by lack of talent but by home and family duties. Des Moines president Helen G. Irwin says most women choose family over full career, making top roles rare and loneliness at the summit common.
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Dorothy Roe
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Helen G. Irwin
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Crude Production Shows Big Jump
Tulsa report notes a 32 350 barrel rise in weekly U S crude and condensate output to 6 526 625 barrels for the week ended July 18. Cumulative 1953 production reaches 1 280 154 300 barrels, up from 1 222 113 600 a year earlier. Kansas gains 37 400 barrels to 339 400. Louisiana falls 4 700 to 710 300. Oklahoma off 1 400 to 538 020. Texas steady at 2 850 425.
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Tulsa
Okla
Kansas
Oil and Gas Journal
Journal
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Gun-Swinging Robbers Guilty in Arkansas Bank Heist
A Crawford Circuit Court jury convicted Wichita Kansas men Charles Daugherty and Harold McKean of armed robbery in the July 1 Citizens Bank and Trust Co. holdup in Van Buren Arkansas. They face about 10 years each after the jury’s 45 minute deliberation.
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van Buren, Ark
Crawford
Wichita
Kan
Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Carl Creekmore
Charles Daugherty
Harold McKean
Soviets Attack Unhappy Poles Reported in Berlin Papers
West Berlin reports say Soviet troops hit partisan bands of Poles Czechs and Germans who seized two towns in a former East German area now part of Poland. A Telegraph note mentions Polish partisans clashing with Soviet forces near Niesky close to the Neisse frontier. No Allied confirmation available.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Nacht Depesche
Poland
Telegraf
Niesky
Neisse
British Hopeful of Fast War End
Acting Prime Minister R A Butler told the House of Commons that the West has reason to hope a Korean armistice can be signed without delay. He spoke at the opening of a two day debate on foreign affairs, amid Churchill’s illness, covering Korea negotiations, German rearmament and Washington conference decisions with Russia.
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London
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Butler
Winston Churchill
Britain
Germany
Washington
Russia
Nations Financiers Weigh Chance of Minting Debt Ceiling Raise
Financial circles worry the administration may avoid a direct request to Congress to raise the legal limit on federal debt. The debt now nears the 275 billion dollar ceiling, within about 2 percent of the June 1946 cap, with WW II spending pushing peak debt to 278 billion in February 1946. Tax receipts lag spending, steel strikes cut revenues, and a large 80 billion dollars in unobligated appropriations tempt slowdown in year end spending rather than tax-driven relief.
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New York
Congress
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Aspirin for Children Tops World Sales List
The world’s largest selling aspirin for children, branded and widely distributed, marks a milestone in pediatric relief. Consumers access trusted relief for fever and pain with a formulation tailored to young users, supported by doctors and pharmacists nationwide.
Esperanza Wayne Faces New Alimony Troubles
The estranged wife of actor John Wayne appealed a superior court ruling granting temporary alimony of 1100 dollars per month pending their October divorce trial. She sought 9280 monthly and argued her Cadillac was seized for unpaid bills, forcing reliance on a pickup for transportation.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Esperanza Wayne
Superior Court
Deal Is Heard On Flood Control Money Fight
A congressional conference committee urged a Senate House compromise on 440 million dollars for flood control and rivers harbors projects in fiscal 1954. The House had proposed 416 million and the Senate 474 million. Eisenhower asked 499 million.
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Washington
Congressional Conference
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Truman
Coralville
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Table Rock
Missouri - Arkansas
Ellender
Crops Suffering in Virginia Drought May Hit Fifty Million
Richmond Virginia crops endure a severe midsummer drought with officials estimating farm damage reaching over 50 million dollars. The impact spans corn, soybeans, hay, and other staples, threatening yields and farm incomes across the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
Lawton budget rise and heat wave noted in 10th year origin
The Constitution's Yesteryears highlights a Lawton school budget increase of 44 937 and a seventh straight day of temperatures from 104 to 108 degrees. A 40 year old Grandfield farm woman was found dead in a pond near her home after a sheriff's posse located the body. A drunk woman sabotaged jail plumbing causing water to drip on Police Desk Sergeant Al Denham. An USO show Meet the Girls with an all girl orchestra was set for the Artillery Bowl tonight.
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Lawton
Sheriff's Posse
Grandfield Farm
al Denham
USO
Artillery Bowl
Wiley Post
New York
Porter Hill
Sprague Cash Grocery
Frank Shipley
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Munson Well
Pawnshop tradition spans China two to three thousand years
The article notes that pawnshops were as familiar in ancient China as they are in modern Western societies, highlighting a long history of short term loans and collateral trades across cultures and eras.
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China
West
4H Record Book Deadline Is Set
Record book projects and photography contest entries for 4 H club members must be in the county 4 H office by August 24, Jean Wood assistant home demonstration agent announced today. The record books show progress on projects and many county awards and state recognition depend on them. The report earns 50 points toward an achievement dinner in the fall. The photography contest complements the records books with farm and home safety as the subject. entries must be five by seven inches with the original negative.
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Jean Wood
Americans in Iran Warned During Mossadegh Return Celebrations
The U S embassy urged Americans to stay off Tehran streets during celebrations marking Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's return to power after Ahmed Ghavami's four day rule. About 100 people were killed as rioting accompanied the two government turnovers in quick succession.
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Iran
Tehran
U. S
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ahmed Ghavami
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