The Case for a Better Vice Presidential Pick
A critique of how vice presidential selections are made citing Truman memoirs and Murrow See It Now analysis. The piece argues the Founding Fathers intended the second best to be chosen, but modern practice favors geography, faction appeasement, or optics over qualifications. It urges parties to take the VP selection seriously and penalize last minute, concealing processes.
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Edward R. Murrow
CBS
White House
George Washington
America
Free World
Bonn Allies Demand Equal Status After Western Integration
Western officials acknowledge Bonn’s full integration into the Western alliance and urge equal treatment. Leaders fear missteps could destabilize Chancellor Adenauer’s government and jeopardize good ties with the West.
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West Germany
Bonn
Germany
America
Britain
France
Adenauer
Answers and Questions from a Historic Q and A Compile
A set of brief Q and A items covering topics from Andrew Johnson’s trade as a tailor in Greenville Tennessee to how pole positions are determined by instruments. It includes questions about Saint Anne as mother of the Virgin Mary, Montreal’s French-speaking status, and eligibility for Congress based on foreign birth and citizenship years.
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Virgin Mary
Anne
Dulles Says Soviet Arms Sale More Serious Than Korea
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told Moshe Sharett in Geneva that Soviet arms sales to Egypt and Arab states were perhaps more serious than the 1950 Korea aggression, signaling a Western urge for a strong response while public comment remains cautious.
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Oklahoma cattle and hog market mixed with grain prices steady
Oklahoma City reports cattle receipts 3,000 with cows steady at 9.00-10.00 and bulls 12.50 down, slaughter calves 15.00-17.00, stocker calves 13.00-17.50. Hogs open steady then weaken, barrows 14.00-25, sows 11.00-13.00. Wheat prices in several towns fall to 1.93-2.02, eggs and poultry prices largely steady with broilers around 22-24 and butterfat near 50-54 cents.
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Chicago
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Area Men In Service In Sagebrush Exercise
Maj Jake Lyons of Overton Texas participates as umpire in Exercise Sagebrush the Army Air Force war game in Louisiana involving about 110000 troops testing atomic bacteriological chemical and electronic warfare concepts. The exercise runs until December 15 with Lyons spouse Claire and children at 706 D. Cpl Clyde M Williams 21 of Frederick takes part in a regimental combat test by the 1st Cavalry Division at Mount Fuji Japan as squad leader in Company L 8th Regiment. He joined the Army in 1952 and arrived in the Far East in June 1953.
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Claire
Louisiana
Maj. Lyons
E. N. Lyons
Overton
Tex
University of Oklahoma
Cpl
Clyde M. Williams
Eddy Williams
Rt. 3
Frederick
1St Cavalry Division
Japan
Mount Fuji
Cpl. Williams
Williams
8Th Regiment
Far East
Baer to Return from France Tour Engineer Depot
Master Specialist John W. Baer, wife Anna of 511 Summit, is due back in the United States from France where he served with the Tour Engineer Depot. Baer joined the Army in 1940 and arrived in Europe in February 1953 after completing basic training in Hawai. He is the son of Mrs. Lala Cramer of Walkersville, Maryland.
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Anna
Summit
U.S
France
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Lala Cramer
Walkersville
Dulles Criticizes Soviet Actions After Summit
Secretary of State Dulles attacks Soviet poses as endangering European peace and crippling West Russia relations. He accuses Molotov of undermining German reunification through Soviet objectives and vows to seek a just durable peace while noting shattered confidence from the summit. He cites disarmament and East-West contract talks as hindered by broken assurances.
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Bank Robbery Ended in Escape Near Cement Farm
Noon Friday two men in khaki clothes with dark glasses robbed a bank locking the front door and three customers plus three officials in a rear room. They learned the vault was timed, scooped cash, then fled front exit. Patrols and four counties hunted but they escaped. similar clothing found at a pond near a farm seven miles from Cement.
County Attorney Seeks To Revoke Suspended Term
Judge Robert S. Landers will rule at 2 p.m. Thursday on a Superior court filing to revoke a suspended sentence given to Robert Daniel Archie last Aug. 31. Archie has since faced larceny charges involving an automobile owned by Elsie Hasley. On Aug. 31, Archie and two youths received three year suspended sentences after pleading guilty to second degree burglary. The motion to revoke the suspension was filed by County Attorney Manville Redman.
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Robert Daniel Archie
Archie
Elsie Hasley
Manville Redman
Manslaughter Hearing Set for 24 Year Old Driver
City Court Judge Ralph Cline will preside at 9 30 a m Thursday for preliminary hearing on second degree manslaughter charges against Bobby Gean Smith 24 of Cement Route 2 The Oct 8 collision at Porter Hill near U S 277 and 62 left Alex McCubbin Walker 60 of Apache dead after his 1942 Pontiac collided with Smiths 1947 Ford Walker died at a local hospital Smith injured and troopers say Smith failed to stop at a stop sign at the Y intersection leading to the crash
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Bobby Gean Smith
Cement Rt. 2
Smith
Alex McCubbin Walker
Apache
Porter Hill
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U.S. 277
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Chamber Forum To Hear Mayor Ellsworth In Lawton
Lawton Mayor C R Ellsworth will discuss steps to acquire additional water supply during Friday’s Chamber of Commerce Forum luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian. The noon program invites all Chamber members and interested residents to attend and participate, with a brief talk on American Education Week by John Elkins Jefferson School principal.
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Lawton
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber
Emmett Keough
John Elkins
Jefferson School
Porter Hill Man Faces Concealed Weapon Complaint
Police arrest Eloy Camacho on carrying a concealed weapon charge. Opal Pearl Sexson, 46, of 1403 Baldwin, paid a $15 fine for reckless driving. In municipal court Judge J Merle Oaks presided over six traffic cases. several defendants faced fines or bonds for reckless driving and related offenses. A theft report noted a suitcase full of clothes and a clock missing, with leads being pursued and one suspect named.
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Eloy Camacho
Opal Pearl Sexson
Baldwin
J. Merle Oaks
Ronald Clarence Gaskins
Bell
T. D. Ashmore
Euclid
Charles L. Glover
James C. Ellison
New York
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L. T. Smith
Cityans Return From Texas Rites
Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert L. Sparkman of 11 N. 25th returned today from Electra Texas where they attended funeral services for Mrs. Sparkman's mother Mrs. Alsina Jane Price 80. Mrs. Price formerly lived at Addington and died Sunday night in an Electra hospital.
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N. 25Th
Electra
Tex
Going Places ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 17 19 23 24 5
A compact crossword style list clues across multiple entries with varied hints to words fitting positions. Includes references to places and names as examples and end with a compact cryptic style clue set.
Crossword Answer List Clue Set
Answers correspond to numbered clues: 26 Vital organ. 27 Remove. 28 Roster. 29 Chills. 31 African fly. 33 Bedouins. 38 Lying on back. 49 Put up a poker stake. 4] Producer Wells. 42 Small duck. 43 Funeral pile. 44 Poetic island. 46 Air prefix. 47 Notion. 48 Fruit. 50 Tear.
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Small Duck
Funeral Pile
Poetic Island
Air
Notion
Fruit
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