GRDA Board Backs PSC Offer for Markham Ferry Dam
GRDA directors unanimously endorse the Public Service Co. of Oklahoma surplus power exchange contract to fund Markham Ferry Dam but reserve signing for watchdog committee review. Gov Gary says contract is the only viable option. watchdog recommendations due by August. City, state figures tout jobs and economic boost for northeastern Oklahoma despite opposition from REA. A separate item notes Co V Adams, 63, was struck by a car while mowing.
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Gary
Pryor
Rural Electrification Administration
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CRDA
Tech Dog Committee
Educator Proposes Student Payment for College Costs
Cambridge Massachusetts educator Dr Seymour E Harris of Harvard argues students should bear full college costs. He says many families owe taxes and universities subsidize students, noting Ivy League incomes from 12000 to 320000 and tuition 800 to 1000 with endowment aid. Harvard economics chair Harris Varis received 70100 grant for study of private education economics.
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Seymour E. Harris
Harvard University
Varis
Harvard
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Rotary hosts eighth Christmas in July for 90 handicapped kids
Athol Massachusetts banner notes the eighth annual Christmas in July party hosted by the local Rotary club for physically handicapped boys and girls from the Boston area. Santa Claus distributed gifts to 90 children beneath a festively decorated tree.
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Boston
Rotary Club
Santa Claus
Scared Passenger Leaps To Death On Bay Shore Freeway
Miss Mary Elien Mackay a 53 year old Los Angeles resident leapt from a stopped car after a tire blowout along the Bay Shore Freeway in San Jose. The driver Mrs Cecile How also of Los Angeles reportedly pleaded with her not to jump. State Patrolman Allan Wichalson reported she had previously lost an eye in an earlier accident.
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San Jose
Calif
Bayshore
Allan Wichalson
Mary Elien Mackay
Los Angeles
Cecile A. How
Mackay
Plucky Parents Duped by Long Distance Phone Play
Charles Fish and his wife wired $185 after a Texas man posed as their jailed son’s attorney. He claimed court costs and fees, phoning repeatedly for more money. The son, stationed in St. Bliss Texas, knew nothing of the scheme. January 8 is a legal holiday in Louisiana for Andrew Jackson’s 1815 New Orleans victory.
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Texas
Charles Jr
St. Bliss, Tex
Louisiana
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Comanche County Historical Society Announces Chronicle Volume 3
The Comanche County Historical Society reports Chronicles Volume 3, Number 1 will mail this week to members. Members receive two issues this year. past copies available for 1.25. Dues payable to Arthur Lawrence, president, at 801 Gore. Annual dues listed.
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Comanche
County Historical Society
H. M. Tilton
Arthur Lawrence
Historical Society
Gore
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs Gertrude S Bills
Services for 36 year old Gertrude S Bills of 1812 Taft will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Okemah. Burial follows in Okemah cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home direction. Bills was a nurse's aide at Southwestern hospital after living in Lawton most of the past eight years.
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Gertrude .S. Bills
Taft
Church of Christ
Okemah
Lawton
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