Doctors Believe Rare Operation Will Be Success
Boston officials at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital report confidence in the fourth kidney transplant, performed June 20 by a team that operated six hours to transplant a kidney from Leonard and Leon, twins from Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Leonard, discharged last week, shows progress. the patient must undergo five more operations to complete treatment. Previous recipients include Donald Verrick of Northboro, Louis Heilman of Washington, and Edith Helm of Sand Springs.
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Boston
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Leonard
Leon
Sheperdsville
Warren Guild
Guild
Pe Leon
Jeop
Tonald Verrick
Northboro
Mass
Doesse Heilman
Washington, D. C
Louis
Edith Helm
Sand Springs
Okla
Wanda Foster
Chandler, Gkla
Truman says Attorney General Brownell is “no good”
Former President Harry S. Truman told Lon Gentry in Independence that Herbert Brownell is “no good” for not letting him autograph dollar bills. He said defacing currency is illegal and claimed Brownell would love to jail him. He urged, print it, it’s the truth.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Brownell
Truman
Lon Gentry
Truman Library
Gentry
White House
U. S
Brownell
Trumman
Oil completions rise as dry holes increase in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report shows oil field activity up with 159 completions, 93 oilers, and 168 new locations last week. Dry holes grew to 39, a wildcat test in Logan County hints at a new Checkerboard sand oil pool. J A Chapman No 1 Briscoe cemented at 4218 feet yielded gas in five minutes and oil in sections, while Shell’s No 1 Boyd well in Beetham County plans more perforations before completion and open hole gas flow reaches 9,800,000 cubic feet daily.
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Oklahoma City
Research Oil
Oklahoma
M. Gassers
Logan County
J. A. Chapman
Briscoe
CSW
Shell Oil
Boyd
CNW
Beetham County
Drumright Police Chief Jack H. Ary Dies at 65
Jack H. Ary, 65, long serving Drumright chief of police for 30 years, died yesterday. He held the office from 1917 until his 1937 defeat, after which he went into the grocery business.
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En-Police
Chie
Drumright
Jack H. Ary
Funeral Rites for Gertrude Bills Held at Okemal Church
Gertrude Bills, 36, of 1812 Taft, died Monday evening in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Okemal, with burial in Okemal cemetery under Lawson Funeral home direction. A resident of Lawtor for eight years, she worked as a nurse's aide at Southwestern Hospital.
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Gertrude
Bills
Taft
Church of Christ
Okemal
Okemalh
Lawson Funeral Home
Lawtor
Southwestern Hospital
Racketeer Dio Convicted in Bribery and Conspiracy
New York jury convicts John Dio Dinquardia and two associates of bribery and conspiracy in a scheme to influence labor peace. Max Chester and Samuel Goldstein also found guilty on multiple counts. Each faces up to a year and a 300 fine per count. sentencing set for September 5 after Tombs remand.
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New York
John
Johnny Dio
Din‘quardia
Victor Riesel
Vane
Dio
MaxChester
Samuel Goldstein
Chester
Prmer Seer
Retail Clerks International Union
Goldstein
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Leonard Kornblum
Fred Bergen
Kings Electroplating Co
Kings Automatic Plating Co
Explosion probes stall over Western airliner crash
Civil Aeronautics Board and FBI take charge of the probe into a mysterious explosion that blew a large hole in a Western airliner. A passenger, S. Binstock of Canoga Park, was killed after a 10 000 foot fall. Binstock had $125 000 flight insurance naming his wife as beneficiary.
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Binstock
Canoga Park
Calif
FBI
Las Vegas
Nev
Eva
Bledsoe brothers in ROTC camp and forest service work
Chad Bledsoe, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bledsoe of 1313 Ash, a spring graduate of the University of Oklahoma business school, attends summer ROTC camp at Ellington AFB Houston Texas. John Bledsoe, same address, works as a smoke jumper with the U S Forest Service after completing a four week Missoula Montana training. A soph in Oklahoma plans to enter the University of Idaho in the fall to study vestry.
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Chad Bledsoe
Charles Bledsoe
Ash
Business School
University of Oklahoma
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Tex
John Bledsoe
U.S. Forest Department
Missoula
Mont
University of Idaho
OSU Professor Gets AEC Post
STILLWATER s Dr I E Wallen Oklahoma State University zoology professor has accepted a post with the Atomic Energy Commission. He will be senior foreign training officer and assistant branch chief in the AEC international affairs division. Sheriff Pete Wildman served warrants on two inmates at Scott County Jail charged with assault with intent to commit robbery.
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JO Davenport
Iowa
Pete Wildman
Scott County
Fletcher Teacher Named Comanche County State Service Candidate
Miss Helen Childs of Fletcher public school has been chosen as Comanche County’s candidate for the annual Oklahoma State Service Award to be presented on Oklahoma Teacher Recognition Day September 21 at the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition in Oklahoma City. Mary Graver of Elgin is named alternate with 36 years teaching and 25 years experience respectively. Clarence Scott, county school superintendent, chairs the committee selecting local candidates for state competition.
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Helen Childs
Fletcher Pile
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Miss Childs
Mary Graver
Elgin
Clarence Scott
Livestock and Poultry Prices in Oklahoma City Markets
Oklahoma City market notes show calves and slaughter cows weak with limited bids at noon. Hog and sheep offerings insufficient for pricing tests. state poultry and eggs board reports varied prices for wheat, broilers, eggs, and butterfat across multiple towns, with several locations steady or slightly mixed.
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Oklamota City
Oklahoma City
USDAI
Pri
Display cow head theft shocks Salt Lake City
A Utah dairy display was raided as a 300 pound cow head prop vanished from a dairy client’s exhibit in Salt Lake City. An advertising firm reported the loss to authorities, describing the theft as an ambitious act by an unknown thief.
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Salt Lake City
Jauthnor
Patee Aelp
Serker
Public Service Sales Meet Held in Lawton Oklahoma
Nearly 100 employees of Public Service Company of Oklahoma gathered for a one day grass roots sales meeting at the Lawtonian hotel. PSC President D J Tuecker and other officials from Tulsa led sessions with regional attendees across Chickasha Duncan Clinton Heber Elk City and Lawton areas.
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Public Sewice Company of Oklahoma
Siles
Lawtonian Hotel
Chickasha, Duncan
Clinton-Heber Elk City
Lawton
Man Has Forceps In Stomach Two Years
CHICAGO UP Autopsy shows a forceps left in the abdomen of Joseph Olson a 59 year old carpenter who died at Woodlawn hospital after surgeries at two hospitals in the past year and a half. Olson was admitted June 9 with stomach pains underwent adhesions surgery June 28 left July 10 returned with pain and nausea and had prior ulcer surgery about a year and a half ago. An inquest was announced by the coroner.
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Chicago
Joseph Olson
Woodlawn Hospital
Deyis
Francis Archer
Woodlawn
WJ. Brookshire
Olson
Brookshire
Coroner's Office
Governor's Day Program Staged By Kiwanis In Lawton
Kiwanis clubs in Lawton Oklahoma hosted Governor's Day with Paul J Files Texas Oklahoma District governor speaking at Hotel Lawtonian. New members and six clubs added in 1956 256 and 205 figures cited. Hungarian flag handed to dignitaries by Cy Austin for aiding refugees. Lawton and Fort Sill support noted. over 7000 dollars raised surpassing quota.
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Kiwanis International
Paul J. Files
Texas-Oklahoma
Gov. Files
Paris
Tex
Lawtonian
Kiwanis
Lawton
Cy Austin
Red Cross
Fort Sill
Thomas E. de Sharp
U.S. Artillery and Missile Center
Ross Porter
Arca
Austin
Kiwanis Clu
Spiritual Rally Set Saturday at Lat ton Church of Good in Christ
A spiritual rally is planned for Saturday at Lat ton Church of Good in Christ, 1605 Rouglass. Evangelist Rev E Tulen Phillips will lead with Rev CW Tee as host minister a special song service featuring local talent. Officials said everyone is welcome regardless of race creed or color.
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Latton Church
Two County Men Re-Elected As Trustees Of Cotton Co-Op
Cotton Electric Cooperative re elected two Comanche county men to the board of trustees at district meetings in Indiahora and Faxon. Howard Bain of Chattanooga and Rodolph Buchwald of Faxon were named for renewed terms, with 4-H cooperation and project support highlighted. Entertainment came from 4-H clubs and a $25 donation to the Comanche county 4-H club coaches fund was announced.
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Cotton Co
Cotton Electric Cooperative
Comanche County
Board of Trustees
Walters
Howard Bain
Chattanooga
Rodolph Buchwald
Faxon
4-H
District 5
Indiahora
Arlen Johnson
Albert Logue
Herbert
Wocosner
Herbert Jr
J. T. Cony
Lenneth Maloy
Woodrow Miller
Cache
Rudolph Buchwald
William Buchwald
Johnson
Oscar Livingston
E. M. Carter
T. J. Reed
W. F. Marshall
Victor Wickersham Launches American Service Life Insurance Co
Former Rep Victor Wickersham of Mangun announces a new life insurance company with James Fisk of Norman and Dr Winston Burdines of Atlanta as heads. The firm aims at servicemen and public servants and may issue stock to interested friends with initial capital around 9 million.
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Weellnydun Bkrena
Washington
Victor Wickersham
Mangum
Wickersham
Denomatic
American Service Life Insurance Co
James Fisk
Norman
Winston Burdines
Atlanta
the Molice
Lawton Man Places In Cheyenne Rodeo
Freckles Brown of Lawton Oklahoma finished second in the Brahma bull riding contest at Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo the first go round yesterday Todd Whatley of Hugo Oklahoma placed third in the same competition
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Freckles Brown
Lawton
Okla
Todd Whatley
Hugo
An Anadarko consolidation eyed by Indian agencies
Summary notes from the Constitution’s yesteryears highlight Rep. Toby Morris urging consolidation of all Indian agencies in western Oklahoma into a single unit at Anadarko. Also mentioned are Temple’s 45th anniversary, pioneer parade plans, WPA clinic reopening in Lawton, and various local historical items.
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Toby Morris
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Boy and Woman Die In Car Accidents
An Indiana boy, Gerald Thomas Gorman, 9, died when his mother’s station wagon crashed into guard posts near Chandler on the Turner Turnpike. A Shawnee woman, Gladys Mae Elkins, 57, a retired teacher, died in a second collision near Tecumseh involving a car driven by Everett Cecil McPherson, 50, of Altus.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Gerald Thomas Gorman
Evansville
Ind
Gladys Mae Elkins
Shawnee
Highway Patrol
Gorman
Chandler
Turner Turnpike
Everett Cecil McPherson
Altus
Tecumseh
County Savings Bond Sales Hit 45 Percent of Quota
Comanche county residents purchased 820 421 in U S Savings Bonds in the first six months of 1957. Bond sales statewide totaled 29 156 215 or 45 49 percent of the Oklahoma annual goal. Grover C Ralston chairman notes payroll savings boost. John White leads Lawton bond drive. Exall English oversees nine counties in southwest Oklahoma.
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U. S
Comanche County
Grover C. Ralston
Ralston
Oklahoma
John White
Lawton
Exall English
TV Theatre Schedule Highlights With Altrehn and Welk
A dense Friday lineup lists George Sandere ae Gate Shera and Lawrence Welk on multiple channels, with Jimmy Durante and Ozark Jubilee at Ney Theatre. includes news, weather, cartoons, public defender, westerns, and classic film showcases across NBC and local stations.
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Gate Sherai
Lawrence Welk
SRW Playhouse
Monenl
Deelston
I—Vullar
Jimmy Durante
Ozark Jubilee
Ney
Ews
Superman
John Daly
Westherman
Cartoon Party
H. O'Connell
Public Defender
NBC
Xessim Howie A Sheriff
Cochise
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Evedim Bawie
David Grief
Calvacade
Sporla
Christian
West Point
Destiny Dole
Angela
Red Barher
Sie
Angils
Ble
S—Secret Journal
Riley
Frontier
Christiana
Tonlphck
Lhings
North Fe
Sank Paar
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