Cityan Takes Business Lying Down By TOM FORD
Ralph Wertz runs Wertz Fruit Company from his bed after a severe car crash leaving a hip cast. He directs 7 trucks and 12 workers via extension phones from 1610 N. 24th with wife Virginia and mother B H Wertz assisting, while his sons help at home. Wertz, a former Junior Chamber leader, has built the business since 1946 spanning 30 towns in a 70 mile radius and presides over buying, pricing, and distribution amid daily market calls.
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Ralph Wertz
Wertz
Altus
Pany
N. 24Th
Virginia
B. H. Wertz
Jerry Lee
Richard Roy
Richard
Lawton
E. C Street
Wertz Fruit Company Inc
Riley
Dside
Pagoda Roof Leaks Over UN Portion
Rain leaked through six spots in the peace pagoda roof at Panmunjom this week, the UN side said, the building intended for the truce signing ceremony. Communist correspondents noted all leaks were over the United Nations area.
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Panmunjomp
United Nations
Farmers Union Urges Full Parity for Cattle Prices
Denver the National Farmers Union urged Congress to compel Agriculture Secretary Benson to set cattle prices at 100 percent of parity. President James G Patton said the move is needed to counter drought driven emergency and persistently low cattle prices.
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Denver
The
National Farmers Union
Congress
Benson
James G. Patton
Lewis May Give Coal Operators Breathing Spell
Washington July 25 United Mine Workers president John L Lewis, age 73, appears likely to offer a breathing spell to soft coal operators before seeking higher wage demands for miners. He could terminate the soft coal contract in a week and strike 60 days later if talks fail, though insiders say he may pause. Mines are idle from lack of demand while Congress battles oil imports that reduce coal markets, and Lewis is on vacation with no public plan yet.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress
Midwest
Convict Smiles At Death Verdict In California
SAN RAFAEL Calif James F Silva smiled and said Fine when condemned to die for stabbing a fellow prisoner. The 24 year old San Quentin inmate was given death in the gas chamber as the verdict followed a jury finding him guilty of the almost fatal stabbing. Already serving life for second degree murder the death sentence is mandatory. Silva urged the verdict saying he plotted the assault and would do it again. Deputy Dist Atty Roger Garety commented Maybe he wants to make peace with God.
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Calif
James F. Silva
San Quentin
Silva
Sailor in Navy Uniform Enlists in Army
Fred J. Davis, 19, joined the Army yesterday while wearing a Navy uniform. Federal officials dropped charges of illegally wearing a Navy uniform in exchange for his enlistment. Davis said he wore the sailor suit to help get rides after being picked up hitchhiking near Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Fred J. Davis
Davis
How Sooner Solons Voted
Washington reports Oklahoma members of Congress voted on recent roll calls. Senate defeated Douglas amendment limiting sale of government rubber plants 49 to 31 with Kerr and Monroney not voting. Senate passage of rubber plant sale bill 65 to 16 with Monroney against Kerr not voting. Maybank amendment to boost Air Force funds defeated 55 to 38 with Kerr and Monroney for. House rejected Senate amendment adding 120 million for airports 230 to 160 with Belcher Jarman and Wicker for and Edmondson Albert Steed against. Public housing start cap motion adopted 239 to 161 with Belcher Jarman for Edmondson Albert Steed against. Passage of 4.43 billion Mutual Security Agency bill 288 to 115 with Edmondson Albert Steed Jarman Wickersham for Belcher against. Recommit motion to curb oil imports and tariffs adopted 242 to 161, killing the bill, all against the motion.
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Monroney
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Maybank
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Defense Department
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House
State-Justice- Commerce
Albert, Jarman and Wickersham
Belcher
Steed
Edmondson
First Independent
Belcher, Jarman and Wickersham
Albert
Bus Theft Stuns Cincinnati Parking Lot
A Greyhound bus valued at 38,000 dollars was stolen from a downtown parking lot in Cincinnati early today. Police reported no immediate suspects and declined further comment as investigators review nearby surveillance footage.
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Cincinnati
Greyhound
Three Injured In Area Crashes Near Porter Hill
Two accidents near Porter Hill left three people hurt on Saturday morning. John Collins, 54, of 1904 W Lee, sustained chest injuries when his 1950 Chevrolet hit a bulldozer five miles west of Porter Hill. In the second crash a 142 ton truck and a one half ton pickup collided, injuring William Siller, 71, who suffered face and head lacerations and bruises, and Charles Smallwood, 45, of Apache, who had a sprained wrist. The vehicles crossed county lines between Comanche and Caddo counties. Collins was reported in good condition later at Memorial hospital. Highway Patrolman H D Morgan cited the account of the truck pickup crash.
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Comanche
Caddo County
John Collins
W. Lee
William Siller
Charles Smallwood
Apache
Bill Flanagan
Comanche County
Siller
Smallwood
Caddo
Collins
Memorial Hospital
H. D. Morgan
Cool Cashier Foils Robber at Local Bank Counter
Wilma J. Nichols a cashier for Business Men's Assurance Co prevented a holdup on a Friday by a Negro man who demanded money. Nichols asked Can I help you The robber offered one minute to get cash before fleeing with salesman R D Patterson witnessing then leaving noting I wouldn't make a very good bank robber.
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Wichita
Wilma J. Nichols
Business Men’s Assurance Co
Miss Nichols
R. D. Patterson
Patterson
Dowling Named U S Deputy High Commissioner in Germany
Walter Dowling was named U S deputy high commissioner in Germany, succeeding Samuel Reber who has retired. Dowling had served as deputy high commissioner in Austria since October 1950 and will report to High Commissioner James B. Conant.
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Germany
Vienna
Walter Dowling
U.S
Dowling
Austria
Samuel Reber
James B. Conant
Reber
Foreign Service
Traffic collision near Fletcher involved moving bulldozer
A vehicle collided with a bulldozer driven by Daniel Eugene Stanley, 29, of Fletcher, as he was moving the machinery to a construction site. Morgan noted the dozer belonged to a local contractor and was being relocated.
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Ing East
Daniel Eugene Stanley
Fletcher
Morgan
Stanley
Fisherman Snags Water Moccasin Near Boat
E A Lloyd retired Stigler post master was fishing when a water moccasin touched his finger and then bit near the water. He pulled away his finger, the snake swam away toward shore, leaving him shaken after the near-fatal encounter.
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E. A. Lloyd
Stigler
Lloyd
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