Weather Crimps Grain Prices On Heat Wave
Chicago brokers report hot humid midwestern weather weighed on corn prices and pressured futures. Wheat, oats, soybeans also fell while soybeans saw a small July gain. Early crop progress shows a near record corn harvest with rapid nationwide advancement and tasseling ahead of average in many southern and midwestern states.
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Chicago
Midwest
Board of Trade
Quaker Oats Co
Texas
Oklahoma
Tractor Mishap Kills Oklahoma County Dairy Worker
Harold Vernon Roff, 23, of Oklahoma County dairy employe, died when his tractor overturned at an intersection two miles north of Oklahoma City. The tractor ran into a ditch and flipped as he tried to steer it back, pinning him beneath. The death raises the state toll to 299 for the year.
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Associated Press
Harold Vernon Roff
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Roff
Son Of Speedboat King Sets New Water Record
Donald Campbell, despite a painful back, became the first to exceed 200 mph on water, averaging 202.32 mph over a kilometer on Lake Allswater to reclaim Britain’s speed record from Stanley Sayres. He later reached speeds up to 215.08 mph aboard Bluebird, aiming to test faster runs in America. The record previously stood at 178.5 mph by Sayres in 1952.
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Lake
Allswater
England
Donald Campbell
Campbell
Malcolm Campbell
Britain
Stanley Sayres
Seattle
United States
America
John Cobb
Loch Ness
Scotland
Mario Verga
Italy
Lago D’iseo
Sayres
Ullswater Lake
Caterpillars Swarm Housing In Levittown Campaign
Caterpillars infested a Long Island housing project as local officials argued over who should exterminate tem. The hemerocampa leucostigma pests crawled over homes, shed leaves, and even dropped on residents, prompting calls to Nassau County and Cornell University for a solution while authorities debated jurisdiction and funding. Brown remained hopeful that the pests would become butterflies in weeks.
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Levittown
N. Y
Long Island
Earle Brown
Nassau County
Brown
Howard M. Campbell
Nassau County Agricultural Society
Campbell
Agricultural College of
Cornell University
Albert Greene
Massive Austrian Flood Tragedy Claims Nine More
A fire engine carrying seven men and a rescue sedan with two volunteers plunged from a washed out bridge in heavy rain near Gmunden Austria. Both vehicles tumbled more than 60 feet and exploded on rocks, pushing deaths in the week’s storms to 21.
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Vienna
Austria
Gmunden
Court Notes County Civil and Related Actions
Court notes list multiple civil matters across county district and superior courts including beer license actions for Economy Food Store Bar-B-Q Inn Sammy's Drive Inn and related establishments. Civil suits include damages quiet title and uniform child support, money judgment actions among numerous named parties.
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Frerett C. Beeson
Economy
Lee
Mamie Hood
Maeda Sampiery
Jackson Williams
Dixie
Leroy Hill
Albert Lee Remington
Ethel S. Hopps
Gus Steffen
Ray H. Babbitt
J.D. Fountain
Pyun Says Russia Pulling U S Into Futile Talks
Seoul foreign minister Y T Pyun denounced U S engagement with the Soviet Union as futile conferences. He argued Washington negotiates despite failures, accusing America of avoiding open fighting while showing weakness toward the Reds. Pyun cited Russia seeking delay and broader leverage through talks.
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Pyun
Russia
America
Seoul
Y. T. Pyun
United States
American farmers buy 212 billion dollars in new tractors
Farmers purchase 212 billion dollars worth of new tractors during 1950 to 1953, reflecting widespread machinery adoption in agriculture. The data shows escalating investment in farm equipment across the early 1950s, underscoring modernization trends and demand for mechanized farming capacity.
American Farmers Welcome Across Ukrainian Stops
The American farmers’ Goodwill tour across the Soviet Union drew massive crowds from Kharkov to Dniepropetrovsk. In Dniepropetrovsk thousands lined roads and cheered as the delegation spoke from hotel windows. A village of Pereshepeno, about two thousand residents, waited hours to greet them as officials praised the visit.
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Dniepropetrovsk
Ukranian Soviet Republic
Soviet Union
Kharkov
Workmen's Compensation Rates Boosted By Board
Oklahoma City The state Insurance Board approved a total 11.6 percent increase in workmen's compensation rates. The rise, requested by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, is retroactive to May 2. No formal protests were received by the board.
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Oklahoma City
State Insurance Board
National Council On Compensation Insurance
Rotary Official Speaks At Cyril Rotary Visit
Cyril special report notes Fred Brawn er governor of the 182nd district of the International Rotary club met Cyril club members for an annual official visit. He addressed the club then conferred with William C. Sitter president Albert O Birkelbach secretary and committee chair men on Rotary administration and service activities.
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Cyril
Fred Brawner
International Rotary Club
Cyril Club
William C. Sitter
Albert O. Birkelbach
Rotary
California grocer trims hydroplane to chase 240 mph record
LAS VEGAS, Nov. July 23. Ray Crawford, a 39 year old El Monte grocer, sped alterations on a 4000 horsepower hydroplane. An electronic brain estimated the speed potential at 240 mph to beat the English 200 mph mark set by Donald Campbell. Crawford remains confident despite Campbell's recent record.
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Las Vegas
UPA California Grocer
Donald Campbell
England
Ray Crawford
el Monte
Calif
Campbell
Doyle Joins Ford Used Car Sales Team
Ford Used Car Sales announces Doyle as a new member of the sales staff. The deal lists several divisions with contact numbers for new and used car sales at 313-15 B and 1932 301 B, along with a general line at 5050.
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Doyle
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Carload
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Ethan Allen
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Crawford
FORD
Doyle Parton
Hollywood
C. P. Pennington
Beltone
Koehler
Floyd Campbell
Mgr
Ak Cooley
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