Hitchhiker sought in Claypool hotel slaying case
Police launch multi state hunt for Victor Lively a 32 year old Beaumont Texas East St. Louis Illinois resident linked to the suffocation death of Dorothy Poore found in a Claypool hotel dresser. Lively described as small wiry red haired and fluent in seven languages authorities say he left Indianapolis after July 14 and was last seen hitchhiking toward St Louis.
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Illinois
Missouri
Texas
Points West
Victor H. Lively
Beaumont
Claypool
Dorothy Poore
O'Shea
Bell Boys
Victor Lively
Kirkwood Hotel
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East St. Louis
St. Louis
Robert Billy
Volble
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Wewoka Man Dies In SUV Overturn West Of Sasakwa
Louis Henry Murray aged 34 of Wewoka died when his car ran out of control and overturned seven miles west of Sasakwa on State Highway 56. He sustained a fracture and his death raised the 1954 Oklahoma traffic toll to 302 for the year.
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Associated Press
Louis Henry Murray
Wewoka
Sasakwa
Murray
Funeral for State Patrolman Today
Funeral services were to be held this afternoon for Highway Patrol Lt. Willis Franklin Large 47 who died of a heart attack Wednesday in Kansas City while attending an auto theft investigators convention. A patrol funeral with Safety Department offices closed was scheduled at the First Nazarene Church. Rites also will be held tomorrow in Quapaw with burial at Baxter Springs Kansas.
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Highway Patrol
Willis Franklin
Bill) Large
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Safety Department
First Nazarene Church
R. T. Williams
Quapaw
Baxter Springs
Kan
Killer Changes Mind About Extradition
Oklahoma City police and a Houston attorney Cala Skinner agreed to extradition after meeting with Sam Hoover. The four Dallas suspects are charged in the Cravatt murder at an Oklahoma City supermarket.
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Oklahoma
Houston
Oklahoma County
Dallas
Bennie Cravatt
Cravatt
James E. Skinner
Sam Hoover
Pasadena
Tex
Hoover
O. C. Higginbotham
E. B
Salty
Skinner
Herbie F
Duckie) Fairis
Paul Powers
Justice of the Peace
Powers
Peggy Fry
Fabris
Miss Fry
Raymond Price
State Employment Reaches '54 Peak
Oklahoma's manufacturing employment last month reached a yearly high at 534,500. Mining added 2,000 workers and construction rose 1,300 from May. Non farm employment up 6,900 since January, yet trade trails June 1958 by 5,400. Vandivier noted June 1953 peak comparisons remain.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Dave Vandivaie
Vandivier
Lindsay Votes Bonds for City Projects
Citizens in Lindsay Oklahoma approve a $125000 bond issue to add a new engine and generator at the municipal electric plant this fall and also approve a $50000 bond issue for a swimming pool.
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Lindsay
Okla
Municipal Electric
Oil Drillers Ease Up In Heat Wave
Oklahoma oil operators slowed activity during the heat wave last week as completions fell 25 percent from the prior week. The report notes 169 wells completed versus 194 the week before, with 102 oilers down 17 and 61 dry holes down 8, plus five gassers and a service well. New locations included Woodward & Co extending a center in the Chickasha gas field and Phillips Petroleum reporting two new pay horizons in the Bradley area, with Oliver-McLish zones producing barrels daily and a Love County discovery cementing casing.
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Oklahoma
Research Oil
Grady County
Woodward & Co
Chickasha
Noble-Olson
Phillips Petroleum
Steve
Cse
Bradley
Springer
Love County
Marietta
A. D. Britton No
Vestal
Supreme Court Names First Negro Page Charles Bush
Washington notices the appointment of 14 year old Charles Vernon Bush as the Supreme Court page for the term starting October 4. He is the first Black youth to hold the post and will attend Capitol Page School with other pages.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Charles Vernon Bush
Charles
Charles H. Bush
Clarke Hall
Howard University
Capitol Page
Higher Gas Rates In 11 Area Cities Sought By Company
The Lone Star Gas Co of Dallas asks the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to raise natural gas rates for customers in 34 southern Oklahoma cities. Eleven southwest area cities are included in the proposed hike with an annual increase of 655000 dollars. The filing cites inflationary cost pressures and notes revenues up 136 percent since 1943 while operating expenses rose 320 percent and taxes and depreciation climbed. The company serves 34 cities but lists 33 in the application including Achille Antlers Broken Bow Caddo Calera Colbert Davidson Davis Durant Elmore City Frederick Grandfield Hastings Hollis Hugo Idabel Lexington Loco Manitou Marietta Maysville Mountain Park Paoli Pauls Valley Purcell Ryan Snyder Sulphur Tipton Walters Waurika Wayne Wynnewood.
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission
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Antlers
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Caddo
Calera
Colbert
Davidson
Davis
Durant
Elmore City
Frederick
Grandfield
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Hugo
Idabel
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Loco
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Marietta
Maysville
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Paoli
Pauls Valley
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Wynnewood
Quakes Shock Chile Cities Prompt Alarms No Casualties
Strong earth shocks rocked Santiago Ovalle and La Serena Chile early today alarm spreading among residents with no casualties reported.
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Chile
Santiago
Ovalle
la Serena
Capital Boys Hitchhiking Trip Ended in Texas
Two Oklahoma City brothers Vaughn aged 11 and 9 were stopped by juvenile authorities in Houston after hitchhiking from Ingleside to return home. They traveled with only a cardboard box and a stray dog, carrying $1 from an aunt and $5 earlier from their father. They hoped to see a new baby sister and endure the heat as protective custody is arranged.
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Houston
Tex
Oklahoma City
Ingleside
Pee Vaughn
Robert
Dave Vaughn
Houston Business District
Texas
Tent Flame-Certification Ordinance Passed in Clinton
Clinton city commissioners enact a tent certification rule after a revival tent was destroyed by fire Tuesday within city limits. The ordinance requires flame certification for all tents used in the city.
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Clinton
Okla
Surgeon Warned of Wallet Theft During Operations
A surgeon at St George's Hospital reported wallet thefts during operations. Over three weeks his losses totaled 24 pounds. In court a friend-claimant turned detective identified himself as Detective David Frew and testified that 6 pounds in marked notes were found on Eric Burton, an esthetician. Burton was sentenced to six months in jail.
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Hugh
St. George’s Hospital
Anderson
Eric Burton
David Frew
Burton
Frank Milton
Jai
Daily US birth total nears eleven thousand
About 11,000 babies are born in the United States each day reflecting ongoing birth rates. The figure underscores steady population growth and pediatric and maternal health implications nationwide.
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United States
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