Eight Die As Oklahoma Flood Strands Bus Near Hydro
Eight drowned and three missing after overnight rains flood western Oklahoma. Authorities say many cars and about 54 Greyhound passengers were stranded on U S Highway 66 near Hydro as Little Deer creek overflowed. Rescue boats to reach the area were being dispatched amid continuing flood warnings. Six bodies were located by Caddo Electric Co workers.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal Weather Bureau
State Highway Patrol
Hydro
Okla
Caddo Electric Co
Charles Dawson
Greyhound
Little Deer Creek
Dawson
U. S. Highway 66
Electric Company
Forum Drive For Paving Over The Top
Intensive campaign by Lawton Woman's Forum to raise about $5000 for paving near the post office at Fifth and E. The effort surpassed the goal with a final push this afternoon. Chamber of Commerce directors contributed $125 after denying funding from chamber funds. The board’s vote refused support for paving Fifth Street on the west side of the post office.
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Lawton Woman's Forum
Fifth and E
James A. Black
Drive
Forum
Board of Directors
Fifth Street
Polley
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Aly
Pacific
West Point
Mnny
Japan
Philippines
Rains Benefit Crops in County Area
Rainfall across southwest Oklahoma adds moisture for summer crops and eases upcoming heat. Lawton saw about an inch, with heavier showers elsewhere. floods damaged nearby cities while Red Cross aided residents in Kingfisher. Forecasters expect clearing skies Thursday and lower temperatures tonight around 60. Flood warnings remain for parts of the South and North Canadian river basins as officials urge precautions.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
California
Red Cross
Kingfisher
Okla
W. E. Maughan
Union City
Calvin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Deer Creek
Bridgeport
Coal Contract Near as Talks Between Lewis and Operators Progress
Washington reports brighter prospects for a coal contract to avert a miners strike next month. John L. Lewis and soft coal operators engaged in serious bargaining as President Truman's inquiry board extended the deadline for progress reports, hinting at a possible offer from operators and continued active negotiations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Elief
Russia Plans Strategy For Cold Warfare
WARSAW June 23 A tightly guarded meeting at a Wilanow palace outside Warsaw gathered foreign ministers from Russia and seven eastern European satellites to draft a response to the six power London agreements. Molotov led the talks with Zygmunt Modzelewski presiding for Poland. Secrecy cloaked the session as observers speculated Russia might seek a separate East German state. official announcements were expected from Moscow Radio.
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Molotov
Russia
Soviet Union
M. Molstov
London
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Wilanow Palace
Palmiro ‘Togliatti
Jacques Ducos
Moscow
Zygmunt Modzelewski
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Taft Stassen Seek Coalition Against Dewey in GOP Tilt
Convention hall Philadelphia June 23 AP Gov Dewey gains Driscoll backer from New Jersey while Taft and Stassen push to rally Van denberg supporters Michigan senator Vandenberg may be courted as a second ballot option. Driscoll says NJ will cast one vote for him then swing to Dewey. Dewey appears poised to win with large backing.
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Philadelphia
Thomas EB. Dewey
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
New York
Driscoll
Ewey
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Poe
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenergs
Dwight Green
Taft
Harold BE. Stassen
Stassen
Ohio
Associated Press
Sens
Tod Edward Martin
Berlin to run two currencies in split city
Berlin remains divided as the western allies reject Moscow currency reform and declare a two currency system for the western sector using the deutsche mark while the Soviet zone adopts a Russian controlled money. Banks and shops in the western sector close under a debt moratorium as demonstrations erupt near city hall.
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Berlin
Socialist Unity Party
Soviet Zone
Coluftin
Which Will The 'Lightning Strike' At Republican Convention?
New York Governor Dewey emerges as Republican standard bearer as debates swirl over potential nominees. The piece reviews key figures including MacArthur, Joseph Martin Jr, Harold Stassen, Robert Taft, Arthur Vandenberg, and Earl Warren, noting past roles, ages, and notable achievements shaping a crowded nominating field.
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New York
Dewey
Roosevelt
New York City
Wendell Wilkife
Owosso
Mich
University of Michigan
Alifornia
Earl Warren
Warren
Dever
Los Angeles
Gov. Dewey
GOP Platform Adopted At Philadelphia Convention
At the Philadelphia convention the Republican platform was adopted unanimously. It endorses an internationalist foreign policy, civil rights guarantees, and a strong anti Communism stance. Sen Henry Cabot Lodge Jr presented the platform calling it concise and forward looking with over 800 ideas. Some Southern delegates objected to civil rights provisions but were outvoted.
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Philadelphia
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Lodge
Republican Party
Vandenberg
Resolutions Committee
Weather forces postponement of Jersey Jon Wale cat fight
In New York on June 23 the Jos Louie Jersey Jon Wale bout was postponed to tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium due to rain and threatening weather. The forecast calls for clouds tonight with a mostly cloudy to partly cloudy outlook for tomorrow.
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New York
Jos Louie
Jon Wale
Yankee Stadium
Weather Bureau
Cache Woman Wyvina Niedo Dies in Oklahoma City Hospital
Funeral services pending for Wyvina Mae Niedo 28 Cache after a two week illness. Born Faxon she lived most of life in Cache and belonged to Nazarene Mission west of Cache. Survived by parents Joy and Margie Niedo four sisters and two brothers. Burial in Fast Oak mission cemetery Indiahoma under Becker Funeral home.
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Wyvina Mae Niedo
Cache
Oklahoma City
Joy Miedo
Faxon
Miss Niedo
Nazarene Mission
C. B. Hildebrand
Emerson Mission
Near Walters
Ming Niedo
Margie Marie Niedo
Laverna Niedo
Gladys Niedo
Charlene Niedo
Tego
Wilford Niedo
Darrel Niedo
Joe Niedo
Aiadiahoms
Helen Texsey
Chattanooga
Fast Oak Mission Cemetery
Indiahoma
Becker Funeral Home
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North Attlebaro
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Cincinnati
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