Enrollment at Cameron Leads Oklahoma Junior Colleges
Cameron College tops early Oklahoma junior college enrollments with 608 students as of Feb 15, marking the most outstanding year in its history. The Oklahoma Regents also list other junior and senior college enrollments, totaling 31,664 in state-supported institutions and 42,443 overall, with Cameron surpassing several senior colleges in size.
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Cameron College
Ealy Oklahoma
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Vernon Howell
Cameron
Oklahoma
Cameron’s
Oklahoma College For Women
Panhandle Azpies
Goodwill
Northwestern State
Alva
Southwestern
Weatherford
Conners
Warner
Essteren
Wilburton
Murray
Tishomingo
Southeastern
Miami
Northern Oklahoma Junior College
Tonkatya
Oklahoma Military Academy
Claremore
Langston
Central State
Edmond
East Central
Ada
Northeastern
Tahlequash
Durant
Veterans Gain Academic Honors at Oklahoma State College
In Stillwater Oklahoma on March 12 veterans from both genders earned high academic honors at Oklahoma A and M College. Coordinator Marvin Orr reported five semester averages showing veterans outperforming non veterans, led by agriculture with 2.57 vs 1.06, and higher marks in engineering home economics and commerce. education was the lone exception where veterans trailed 2.3% to 2.99.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklabhoma Asod M. College
Marvin G. Orr
Veterans Education
Orr
School of Commerce
School of Education
Sgt Williams to Quit Legion Post
Sergeant Travis L Williams a Fort Sill based department sergeant at arms for the American Legion said he will resign and forward the notice to state headquarters before leaving for an army assignment at Fort Moonroe Virginia The move follows his return from overseas in August 1945 and he will join Headquarters Company of Army Ground Forces for duty with the Information section His wife Mrs Williams and two children Lewis and Phyllis will move from Lawton to Waco Texas and then join him at Fort Monroe
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Travis L. Williams
Fort Sil
Oxlehorn
American Legion
Bia
Fort Moonroe
Army Ground Forces
AGF
Williams
Lawton
Fort Sill
British MP Harry Wallace to Speak in Tulsa Thursday
A British Labour MP, Harry Wright Wallace, longtime East Walthamstown representative, will address Foreign Policy Asia members at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa next Thursday. Wallace serves as secretary of the Labour Party trades union group in the House of Commons and is on a lecture tour of the south and Midwest.
Civil Service Exams At Fort Sill Announced
The U S Civil Service Commission announced exams to fill canvas and leather worker jobs at Fort Sill. Wages range from 111 to 129 per hour. Applications will be accepted at Fort Sill until March 24.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Fort Sil
Fort Sill
Norsemen Visited Minnesota Long Before Columbus
Smithsonian cites a Kensington stone as a major artifact from a Norse expedition around 1362, describing eight Goths and 22 Norwegians who camped near a Minnesota lake and carved a warning for posterity. The fragment, found in 1898 and long disputed, is now considered genuine by researchers tracing Norse routes to central Minnesota via Hudson Bay.
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Columbus
America
Minnesota
Smithsonian Institution
New World
Norway
Vineland
West
Rocky Isles
Alexandria
Minn
Kensington
Smithsonian
Greenland
Peal
Knutson
Walel
Mos
Minhasotea
Hudgen Bay
Thie Jalen
Off-Duty Student Art Display At Fort SIM Theater
An exhibit of pictures drawn by off-duty students in information and education classes at Fort SIM, directed by Mrs. Cecil Stafford and taught by Mrs. Dorothy Casady, opens in Theater No. 1 and runs through the weekend for the public. One piece by Lt. Col. Edward Kruas won first prize at a Lawton art exhibit.
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Fort Sim
Cecil Stafford
Dorothy Casady
Edward Kruas
Lawton
Britain Repeals Foreign Film Tax
London March 12 The Anglo American agreement ends Britain's 75 percent tax on foreign film profits. Harald Wilson and Drie Johnston signed the pact ending seven months of deadlock. It lifts the embargo on American films and allows the U S to take out seventeen million dollars yearly plus earnings by British producers in the United States and territories. Remaining American earnings may be invested or spent in sterling areas.
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London
Britain
Nustry
Te Press
Provident
Gade
United States
Iy Possessions
Philppines
Woman Rescued From Kidnapper New York case ends in arrest
Irene Papp, 22, of McKeesport Pennsylvania, was freed from a Brooklyn room where police say she had been held by suspect Wilfred Jenkins, a Black salesman once linked to a marriage-license attempt. She escaped after being ferried to New York in her blue convertible. Her brother said Jenkins assaulted no one else. Andrew Papp, her father, reported the abduction and said Jenkins previously owed him money. Detectives continued inquiries as they secured the alleged kidnapper.
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McKeesport
Brooklyn
Wilfred Jentina
Wat
Irene Papp
McKessport
Jonking
Andrew Papp
Mcrceeport
Miss Papp
Jenkins
Poller
Misa Prep
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Ardenl
Papp
Det
Move Launched To Retain Vets' Office At Clinton
Oklahoma City March 11 IFI A recommends retaining the Clinton Veterans Administration office by using free space in the Clinton post office and dropping a clerk. The plan aims to avoid closing Clinton and Ponca City offices to save within budget, with a decision possibly routed through Washington due to staffing rules.
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IFI
Clinton Veterans Administration
St. Louis
Frank S.cleckler
Clinton
Ponca City
Federal
Checkler
Washington
Tw VA
Cech
Lawton
Enid
Act
Veterans Center
Oklahorman City
Atte
Woodward
Penca City
Stillwater
Prisoner For 17 Years Freed From Abuse Case
A 60-year-old woman admitted abandoning a boy who was kept prisoner for 17 years to shield him from society. Twelve-year-old John Joseph was found collapsed and malnourished after years of starvation and restraint. Nurse Marie Clavey and Josephine Vella admit mistreating him while claiming to protect him and that he never attended school. Authorities say the child suffered severe malnutrition.
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OS Angeles
Sne Keph
John Joseph
Marie Clavey
John
Josephine Vella
Pallee
Wil
Hassemad Bright
Antioch Pastor To Speak On Lost Tribes Of Israel
Rev W C Wane sermon at Antioch Baptist editech Seven Mile Mouth and two set of Lawton addresses congregation at 2 p m Sunday. He plans to announce the scriptural account of the tribes in his talk.
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Antioch
Israel
W. C. Wanetell
Antioch Baptist Editech
Seven Miley Mouth
Lawton
Stocknew Warned As Strike Nears At Livestock Exchange
Kansas City Mo March warned stocknew that if United Packinghouse workers strike materializes there will be a very limited outlet for slaughter livestock on Kansas City and other markets next week. The market will stay open but directors advised buyers to contact market agencies before shipping slaughter animals for next week's sales.
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i—Otticinla
Kangai City Livestock Exchange
United Packinghouse
Bom of Directors
Aclemen
Duncan Garden Club to Sell Myrtle Plants for City Beautification
Members of the Duncan Garden Club Council will hold a sale of 3,000 myrtle plants to raise profits for city beautification projects in Duncan. The annual campaign has been spearheaded to support local improvements.
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Duncan
Olstn
Merah
Duncan Gaeden Club Council
TV Radio Schedule Fragment From 1648 Era Aired On ABC Stations
A dense OCR style listing presents a chaotic Saturday schedule with numerous ABC programs such as The Lone Ranger This is Your FBI and Rhythm and Reason, plus late evening news and sports, interleaved with generic shows and odd timestamps. Multiple named programs and host segments appear alongside time stamps, dates, and station identifiers.
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Rhythm and
Reason
ABC
State Minister To Speak Here Show Films On China
Dr. William H. Wallace pastor of St Luke's Methodist Church in Oklahoma City will be the principal speaker at a Tang 1. The event is part of a three month tour of China focused on its development and significant waterways. The Lawton Ministerial Alliance announced the invitation and public attendance is urged locally.
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China
William H. Wallace
St Luke's Methodist Church
Oklahoma
Tang
Lawton
De Valera Sees Another Conflict
Tulsa dispatch reports Eamon de Valera, former Irish leader, warns of another great conflict looming soon. He cites possible U S aid under Marshall plan but says timing must be soon. He also reiterates aims to regain Northern Ireland control alongside the 26 counties of Eire and criticizes English influence.
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Tulsa
Okla
Eamon de Valera
Eire
de Valera
United States
Washington
Terral Grants New 25 Year Franchise To Utility Firm
Terral voters approve a 35 year renewal of the town electric franchise to Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Unanimous approval by 224 ballots cast, reported from Tulsa date line. Funeral plans filed for Ida Ligon age 80, participant in Campus Cherokee Strip row, with life on a Fulham area farm after 1899 run.
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Tulsa
Olsta
Ida Ligon
Ligon
Fulham
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