Solons Approve Hike In Medical Research Funds
Washington House Appropriations Committee approves 8.30 billion dollars for 24 federal agencies for the next fiscal year. The panel adds 305 million to the Civil Service retirement fund, citing actuarial soundness, and trims Civil Defense funding by 37 million. Notable boosts include National Health Institutes, National Cancer Institute, Mental Health Institute, Heart Institute, and neurology programs, with Veterans Affairs receiving the largest share though below requested totals.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Civil Service
Civil Defense Administration
National Health Institutes
NHS
National Cancer Institute
Mental Health Institute
Heart Institute
Fogarty
D-Ri
Labor Department
Veterans Administration
Men Are Accident Prone Says Life Insurance Study
New York columnist H. D. Quigg reviews a Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. study from 1950 to 1954 showing men suffer higher home accident death rates than women. Fatal falls are the leading cause. rates rise with age, urging men to watch their steps and avoid risky home hazards.
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H. D. Quigg
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Students Stage Puddin Head The First Operetta Tonight
Taft elementary presents Puddin Head The First a two act operetta at 7 30 p m with sixth grade directing team Nona Lowe Maud Leonhardt and Joyce Rice Walter Oswalt is principal Freddie Abshere stars as King Puddin Head Barbara Zwick is queen Other cast includes Sandra Lewis Marianne Jerry Youngblood Randy Beznoska Nolan Moore Toby Turnkey Donna Kay Fernberg Dorothea Mona Cox as Katherine Chester Wilks Melba Hix John Forks Herald Louise Hollis Elizabeth Keen Geneva Harris and many more in court pages and soldiers roles
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Puddin
Taft Elementary School
Nona Lowe
Maud Leonhardt
Joyce Rice
Walter Oswalt
Taft
Sandra Lewis
Marianne
Jerry Youngblood
Randy Beznoska
Nolan Moore
Robert Lee Rogers
Toby Turnkey
Donna Kay Fernberg
Dorothea
Mona Cox
Katherine
Chester Wilks
Melba Hix
Dame Woodenshoes
John Forks
Herald
Louise Hollis
Elizabeth Keen
Geneva Harris
Kenneth Besson
Dean McCann
Larry Muncy
Phillip Hurst
Billy Jim Stevens
Arthur
Monroney Attacks Eisenhower Myths of Administration
Senator Mike Monroney told the Women’s National Democratic Club that President Eisenhower faces myths about his administration in the campaign effort. He cited defense, air power, and a balanced budget as key issues, and charged there are no funds for a farm soil bank, classroom aid, or highway construction in the budget.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mike Monroney
National Democratic Club
Oklahoma Democrat
Charley Wilson
Navy
Marine Corps
Monroney
Kerr Moves To Block Proposed Power Rate Hike
Sen Rob ert Kerr introduces a bill to block a rise in Southwestern Power Administration rates for 18 months. The measure targets rate boosts to public bodies and REA cooperatives arguing the increase would ruin many Southwest cooperatives.
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Kerr
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Southwestern Power Administration
Oklahoma Democrat
Interior
Douglas McKay
Southwest
Pasadena man commits suicide after car delivery to funeral home
William H. Rost, 78, drove his car into a friend's funeral parlor driveway and shot himself in the temple with a .32 caliber revolver. A note hinted at an intentional, easy delivery to the recipient, and the funeral director said Rost had been despondent since his wife’s death a few months earlier.
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Pasadena
Calif
William H. Rost
Franklin
Bill Rest
Franklin Ives
Fountain Speaks To Kiwanis Club in Lawton Luncheon
Jay Dee Fountain lieutenant governor of the Kiwanis Texas Okl ahoma district was the principal speaker at the Downtown Kiwanis club luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian. He urged rendering service and community activities. Reginal Brown chaired the program. Lawton high senior Tommy Burroughs sang with Virginia Rice accompanying. An upcoming Tuesday banquet honoring the Kiwanis International president was announced with guests from Northwest Kiwanis and local officials listed.
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Jay Dee Fountain
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Lawtonian
Reginal Brown
Tommy Burroughs
Lawton High School
Virginia Rice
Kiwanis International
Roy Bridwell
Oklahoma City
John W. Dean
Blaze Destroys Storage, Damages Cottage Behind Beach Cottages
Two Medicine Park men report losses after a Thursday evening fire at a storage building and adjacent frame structure near Beach Cottages. Damage estimates range from 250 to 2,500 dollars with the blaze starting near 8 p.m. Neighbors helped by watering with garden hoses before Lawton fire crews arrived.
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Medicine Park
H. Pylant
Johnny Martin Hocutt
Hocutt
Lake Lawtonka Dam
Lawton
Pylant
Miss February's Party at John Adams School
Fourth grade students presented February Party a play at John Adams school with Sandra Fisher Marilyn Jones Barbara Appel Charlotte Coffey Lynn Watson J C Capshaw David Bluethman Paul Costilow Jane Reeves Larry Mann Frank Murphy Carl Schaw Nancy Willis John Japert Carol Martin Mike McMurry Mary Frances Dunn John Duncan Edward Bristol Carol Collier Christine Knauerhase Shirley Stanley Barbara Brittain Michael Mustain Larry New Courtney Brady Mary Pippin Allan McIntosh Sandra Dutreau Bill Goodier Zella Beauchamp teacher James Roberts principal.
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Sandra Fisher
Miss February
Marilyn Jones
Barbara Appel
Charlotte Coffey
Lynn Watson
Valentines
J. C. Capshaw
Charles Dickens
David Bluethaman
Tiny Tim
Paul Costilow
Thomas Edison
Jane Reeves
Polly
Larry Mann
Jimmy
Frank Murphy
John
Carl Schaw
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy Willis
John Japert
Carol Martin
Mike McMurry
Mary Frances Dunn
Barbara Brittain
Michael Mustain
Larry New
Courtney Brady
Mary Pippin
Allan McIntosh
Sandra Dutreau
Bill Goodier
David Bluethman
Zella Beauchamp
James Roberts
Cache Files Suits To Get New Lands
The city of Cache and the local school district filed separate condemnation suits in federal district court Thursday against 25 Indian heirs scattered across the United States. They seek 20 acres for school and 20 for a playground and civic uses, with negotiations already under way with the Anadarko Indian agency.
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Cache
Federal District Court
T. E. Lauderdale
United States
Lauderdale
Anadarko
Robins Consume Earthworms in Daily Feeds
A robin eats roughly 18 feet of earthworms each day, a quantity exceeding its own body weight.
Tekoil and Saint Anne's Oil to Merge
Dallas and Chicago firms will combine under one umbrella retaining the Tekoil name. The merged company will run 82 producing wells across West Texas New Mexico and Kansas with a stock swap of 056 Saint Anne's shares per Tekoil share and no cash exchanged.
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Dallas
Tekoil Corp
Saint Anne’s Oil Production Co
Chicago
Tekoil
West Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Saint Anne’s
Cityans To Attend Insurance Meeting
Joseph W. Narmore of 1306 Maple earned an outstanding two year sales record and qualified for American Mutual Life Production Clubs Convention at Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago from June 4 to 6. Mr and Mrs Narmore will attend as guests featuring sightseeing a banquet and training sessions.
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Joseph W. Narmore
American Mutual Life Production Clubs
Edgewater Beach Hotel
Chicago
Narmore
Oklahoma January business up 1.4 percent report
The University of Oklahoma Bureau of Business Research says Oklahoma business activity in January rose 1.4 percent from December and 5 percent above January 1955. Industrial production fell 1.2 percent from December but was 10 percent higher than January 1955, while agricultural output rose about 2 percent and construction climbed just over 5 percent from the prior month.
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Norman
Okla
Bureau of Business Research
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
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