Notice to Contractors for Lawton District 87 paving bids
Lawton Oklahoma invites sealed bids for street improvements including paving on 19th and 37th Streets Hoover Avenue and related work. Bids due May 11 1954 with bonds, payments by Street Improvement Bonds, 6 percent interest, and contracts awarded by the City Council. City Clerk L Shelton.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Ae Street
21St Street
19Th Street
Taylor
Eae Ozman Avenue
20Th Street
Hoover Avenue
37Th Street
Lake Avenue
Arlington Avenue
Ferris Avenue
Acek Awas
Gear
Lowton
City of
Okxkia- Eech
Joe Eg Court
Comanche County
D. Henry Jones
Eee
Cca
Nana Cie
C OF
Mitchell Declines Help for James Roosevelt Campaign
Washington reports that Democratic National Committee Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell will not assist James Roosevelt’s bid for Congress even if he secures the party nomination. Roosevelt faces adultery accusations in a separate maintenance suit filed by his wife Romelle, which he denies.
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Washington
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
James Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Romelle
Carburetor icing believed in four deaths near Globe
A light Cessna sport plane carrying two couples crashed in the four peaks region 25 miles northwest of Globe Arizona during a snowstorm. Bodies of Harold J Woodhouse 54 and Etheland 53 of Roll-Ariz and Clarence V Curtis 53 and Bessie Curtis of Alhambra Calif were recovered after ground crews spent five hours accessing the wreckage. Sheriff Jack Jones said the craft likely plunged straight down into granite rock, the scene described as one of the worst he had seen.
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Globe
Ariz
Four Peaks Mountain
Here
Bob Woodhouse
Harold J. Woodhouse
Arizona Flying Farmers Association
Etheland
Roll. Ariz
Clarence V. Curtis
Bessie
Alhambra
Calif
Gila County
Jack Jones
New Jap Justice Approves Hangings
Japan's new justice minister Dr. Ryogoro Kato, 71, took office on April 22 and in seven days signed warrants for nine condemned murderers. He ordered prison wardens to proceed with the hangings, breaking a tradition of delay. The prior minister left warrants awaiting action for almost a year.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ryogoro Kato
Takeru Inukai
New York Policewomen Demand Promotion Examinations
A delegation of New York's 240 policewomen urged the police department to allow women to take examinations for promotion. They argued for equal footing with male officers and petitioned at headquarters on Sunday.
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New York
Steel Union Sets Contract Meeting
The CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee, 170 members, meets in Pittsburgh on Thursday and Friday to finish contract demands before bargaining with basic steel plants. They seek wage increases and improvements to pension and insurance, with little hope for a guaranteed annual wage amid industry downturn and furloughs.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Wave
New York
Two Sooner Boys Shot One Is Killed
In Pond Creek a shooting killed one boy while another child was critically injured at home. The victim, son of Cam Leroy and his wife, died from a bullet to the head after a toy pistol incident. The other boy, Larry Cofer, 6, son of Herbert Cofer, suffered critical injuries during a game involving a German Luger replica as local Sheriff Emil Petete investigated.
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Mink Aeaks
Atenal
Cam Leroy
Larry Cofer
Holdenville
Titus
Combs
Hughes County
Emil Petete
Larry
Chinese Russian Friction Potential Tied to Policy Clashes
A study for the U.S. Information Agency by Yale’s Richard L. Walker warns that despite closer ties, friction may arise between Communist China and the Soviet Union. He cites China’s antiforeign stance and the Soviet system’s difficulty in solving China’s agricultural issues as potential fault lines.
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Washington
China
Russia
C ‘Na
U.S. Information Agency
Public
Richard L. Walker
Yale University
Walker
Agricul
Former Nazi General Attacks Dien Bien Phu Tactics
Bonn Germany former World War II governor Alexander von Falkenhausen labels Dien Bien Phu as a second Stalingrad warning the French error mirrors Hitler era fortress doctrine. He calls the battle strategically insignificant and cautions against propagandistic overreach.
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Germany
France
Belgium
Dien Bien Phu
Stalingrad
Hitler
Alexander von Falkenhausen
von Falkenhausen
Chiang Kaishek
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