Twelve Minor Races Loom Lightly in Oklahoma State Elections
Oklahoma voters face little statewide interest in twelve minor races. Most attention centers on top state and congressional contests. Several incumbents advance without opposition including Oliver Hodge and four assistant mine inspectors, with no Republican challengers in part of the slate.
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Oklahoma City
Oliver Hodge
Sam C. Wells
Coalgate
John W. Moore
McAlester
Joe Hobson
Cardin
Hodge
Tulsa
Wells
Moore
Hobson
Scott Burson
Paul Huston
Clark Johnson
A. S. J. Shaw
Shaw
John D. Conner
Loyd T. Davis
McCurtain
Glen William Woegle
Midwest City
Jim Hughes
William M. Corbin
Joe White
Archie L. Gibson
Charities
Tions
Correc E. L
Mike Batties
Choctaw
Erskin B. Carlin
Isa
Goldie G. Childer
Mounds
Buck Cook
Durant
Harvey Hawkins
Joe Jones
Pryor
George Woegle
J. A. McRee
Heme Court
Andy Payne
Floyd Smith
Muskogee
Harry Worsham
Bixby
Robert LeRoy Cox
John M. Malloy
Okina City
Tom Woods
Henryetta
Joe Johnson
William Lewis
Ned Wilson
Oklahoma 4-H Roundup Sees Over 2000 Members Expected
More than 2,000 state 4-H Club members were expected at Oklahoma A&M College tomorrow for the annual Oklahoma 4-H Club roundup. The event runs through Friday with 10 speakers 51 demonstration sections and a busy schedule of talks contests business meetings and musical sessions.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A&m College
Lions Set 1955 Convention Site and District Leaders
Oklahoma Lions Clubs members voted to hold the 37th annual convention in Oklahoma City. Four district governors were selected: Wiltz B. Frible Brookside Tulsa succeeding A. J. Mahoney 3-O, Sasper Duffer Ada succeeding Brainerd E. Malone Wewoka 3-K, Leslie Pain Lawton succeeding M. L. Wardell Norman 3-L, Marion J. Suface Cushing succeeding Harley A. Daniel Guthrie 3-A. Cecil A. Wyatt Frederick nominated international director.
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Lions
Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma
Lions Clubs
Oklahoma City
Wiltz B. Frible
Brookside Club
Tulsa
A. J. Mahomey
Sasper Duffer
Ada
Brainerd E. Malone
Wewoka
Leslie Pain
Lawton
M. L. Wardell
Norman
McCarthy Challenges Ike Authority Over Classified Info
Senator McCarthy questions who runs the government by pressuring federal officials to share secret data on graft and communism. He cites Army and FBI documents while urging employees to decide what to reveal, risking presidential control and national security.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Siberia
Army
Senate
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
Brownell
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Hoover
White House
Morality At Low Ebb Cited By Oklahoma Minister
Oklahoma City pastor Grady Cothen told a Southern Baptist Convention pastors conference in St. Louis that morality has fallen to a frightening level as society tolerates sin. He cited an atmosphere condoning wrongdoing, urging ministers to revive church influence amid a large convention turnout. Governor Allan Shivers also urged practical Christianity for daily life in the 20th century.
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ST. Louis
Grady Cothen
Oklahoma City
Conference of Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Women’s Missionary Union
America
Oklahoma
Allan Shivers
Texas
Oilfield Worker Electrocuted Near Dewey Oklahoma
A 22 year old oilfield worker Charles Patterson was electrocuted on a lease two miles northwest of Dewey Oklahoma after wind damaged a power line. Companion Darnell W Briley of Dewey suffered severe shock and minor burns and was hospitalized in Bartlesville in serious condition.
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Dewey
Okla
Here
Charles Patterson
Darnell W .Briley
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Plowers Son Aims To Learn Soon After Tractor Incident
Temple Oklahoma June 1 Jerry Norman two year old son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Norman hopped on a tractor plowed through a fence and nearly hit a garage and a farm pickup before crashing into a light pole The tractor spun its wheels until the mother turned it off Jerry who would have turned two in February sustained no injuries
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Temple
Okla
Glenn Norman
Jerry
Paul Braniff Dies In Capital Hospital
Oklahoma aviation pioneer Paul B Braniff founder of Oklahoma City's first commercial airline died in Capital Hospital at 56 after illness. He started Paul B Braniff Inc linking Oklahoma City to Tulsa and later Braniff Airways with his brother Tom killed in a Louisiana crash. Braniff left a widow a son John Paul Braniff two brothers and two sisters.
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Oklahoma City
Paul R. Braniff
Oklahoma
Braniff
France
Paul B. Braniff Inc
Tulsa
Air National
Tom
Louisiana
Braniff Airways
Dallas
Kansas City
South America
United States
John Paul Braniff
Man Earns Benefit From Own Life Insurance Policy
J Hartman junior, listed as such, becomes eligible to collect 1189 as beneficiary of his own life policy. He bought the policy in 1901 and stopped premiums in 1921. Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York offered cashing in on the anniversary near his 96th birthday next Oct. The firm notes only three in a thousand reach 96.
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J. Hartman
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
Hartman
Capital Man Convinced He Can't Escape
An Oklahoma City taproom operator, Richard Lowell Couch, 38, pursued on U S 66 by Trooper Bob Blackburn, wrecked on a bypass curve. He and passenger Louise Edwards were treated for head injuries, but Couch fled hospital and was later arrested with five charges including drunk driving and speeding.
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Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Bob Blackburn
Richard Lowel
Pete) Couch
U.S. 66
Here
Blackburn
Couch
Louise Edwards
Wesley Hospital
B. Wages
Sooner Missing After Gun Battle
Shawnee Oklahoma police search for Weldon Hall a 47 year old insurance man after a brief gun battle with Park Wyatt a 70 year old Shawnee attorney who later filed assault with intent to kill charges Wyatt says Hall tried to force him to drive to Oklahoma City at gunpoint Hall broke in beat him with a shotgun Wyatt fired twice missing Hall Hall then left after calming down Wyatt was Hall's attorney in prior suits related to a 1939 automobile accident and Hall sustained head injuries in that crash
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Shawnee
Oklaha
Weldon Hall
Oklahoma
Park Wyatt
Hall
Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Reptile Eggs More Parchment Like Than Bird Eggs
Study finds reptile eggs commonly possess parchment like shells while bird eggs differ, suggesting distinct protective adaptations and nesting strategies across species.
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Birds
Tulsa A and M Hold Graduation Rites
The Unity of Tulsa and Oklahoma state universities conduct graduation exercises as students await the final commencement next Monday. Officials stressed that academic achievement must be matched by moral strength in the ceremony and community.
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the Unity of
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Oklalon Exercsee
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Oklahoma Exercises Highlight Talk by John W. Raley
Oklahoma exercises feature a keynote address by John W. Raley president of Onlancue Bennat University. Raley is billed to discuss the state’s resources and education.
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Oklahoma
John W. Raley
Onlancue Bennat University
Roundup Rodeo Set for Talihina June 10 12
Roundup rodeo scheduled in Talihina from June 10 through June 12 with a main street parade to open the event.
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Talihina
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