Scouts Honored At Cub Meeting
Twenty two Cub Scouts of Pack 47 Taft school received awards at the regular monthly meeting. Dens 1 and 4 were honor dens for the month. The Bobcat award went to 11 scouts including George Averill Bob Bailey Charles Barnes Alvie Clathorn Charles Cohn Bobby Cartsinger William Eblem Ned McCord Michael Smith Everett Thrall and Jimmy Willoughby. Wolf badges with arrow points went to Robert OKelley Jackie Hite and others including Michael Soderstrom Thornton Billingsley Joel Fancey Michael Johnson and Danny Roper. One year service stars were awarded to Barker Johnson Robert Gourley Wayne Morse and Tommy White with their mothers Mrs Gourley and Mrs Johnson honored as well. Den Chief cards went to Robert Lee Hawkins.
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Taft School
George Averill
Bob Bailey
Charles Barnes
Alvie Clathorn
Charles Cohorn
Bobby Cartsinger
William Eblem
Ned McCord
Michael Smith
Everett Thrall
Barker, Johnson
Robert Gourley
Wayne Morse
Tommy White
Den
Johnny Johnson
Robert Lee Hawkins
Den 4
Sooner Gal Pots Wolf In Backyard
WELEETEA Okla Mrs Dorothy Hendrix deputy treasurer of Okfuskee County earns the nickname dead eye Dot after she shot a wolf prowling in her backyard with a 22 caliber pistol She killed the animal five times removed its ears and brought them to the courthouse earning a 250 bounty the first woman in the county to collect such a payment.
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Weleetea
Okla
Dorothy Hendrix
Okfuskee County
Korean Air Force Plane Crashes Into School Killing 16
A Korean air force fighter plane crashed into a crowded school near Kyongju, killing 16 children and the pilot. About 30 students injured, ages 10 to 13, as the F-51 tore through four classrooms during morning classes at the rail center 170 miles southeast of Seoul.
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Seoul
Korean Air Force
Kyongju
Nouveau Riche Take Over Zoppot
ZOPPOT Poland The nouveau riche have seized this Baltic resort once favored by Europe’s nobility Polish Communists and select workers now claim rooms at low prices Grand Hotel and beach turn into a prize for party favored individuals Weekends see top Warsaw party men visiting and workers on lively outings.
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Zoppot
Poland
Europe
Warsaw
Grand Hotel
Case keeps voting streak alive at 99
Bridgeport report notes William Case, age 99, voted on Tuesday to preserve his lifelong record. He has not missed an election since he was 21 in 1877, marking an extraordinary century-spanning voter participation.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William Case
Case
Oklahoma Eyes Fantus Factory Locating Contract
The State Department of Commerce and Industry seeks 50000 to hire Fantus of New York and Chicago to assess Oklahoma sites. Randall Klemme says Fantus has placed 1600 plants in 30 years and will compile data to persuade industries, evaluating costs and market potential. Gov Gary may fund the balance.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Oklahoma
Economic Development Commission
Commerce and Industry Department
Fantus Firm
New York
Chicago
Randall Klemme
Fantus Company
Gary
Soprano Maria Meneghini Callas Signs With Met Opera
Rudolph Bing, general director of New York's Metropolitan Opera Co., announced on Tuesday the signing of leading soprano Maria Meneghini Callas for the next season in Chicago.
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Chicago
Rudolph Bing
New York
Metropolitan Opera Co
Maria Meneghini-Callas
Otasco Pre-Season Sales Meeting Highlights 1956 ABC Washer
More than 30 Otasco employees and dealers from eight area stores attended a Tuesday night pre-Christmas sales meeting in the Civic Room of Security Bank. Ely Sandsten, Otasco VP, unveiled the 1956 ABC washer while Sam Marks, Otasco buyer, forecast record late 1955 sales for Lawton and Oklahoma. Otasco expands lines adding Delta Home Power Tools and Simplicity Garden Trajectors as part of 11 similar meetings across Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas and Missouri.
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Oklahoma Tire & Supply Company
Security Bank & Trust Co
Ely Sandsten
Otasco
Sam Marks
Lawton
Oklahoma
Marks
Delta
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Chinese Minister's Wife Freed By Reds
Mrs Laura Lau of Broughton Pennsylvania wife of a Chinese minister crossed the border from Red China today border guards reported Peiping Radio said she received an exit permit. Lau was arrested March 2 1951 and imprisoned until spring 1954 when released. She then lived in Canton with her husband and three children. Her mother is Mrs Ida Augenstein of Pittsburgh. Lau had worked with lepers in Lienhsien Kwantung Province until her arrest.
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Hong Kong
Laura Lau
Broughton
Red China
Peiping Radio
Reds
Canton
Ida Augenstein
Pittsburgh
Lau
Church of Christ
Lienhsien
Kwantung Province
Masonry Crashes Through Store Roof in Six Story Drop
Two 30 pound chunks of masonry fell six stories yesterday and crashed through the roof of an apparel shop in Louisville Kentucky. No one was in the section of the store where the chunks landed. A gas heater and some dresses were damaged.
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Louisville
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Howard
Sparks
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Nouveau Riche
Auto Radio
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Southwestern Bell
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
Serv
Mgr
DIST
City
Clingan
Cache Road
Furn. Price
Pension
Plymouth
Adolph Fietz Motor Co
Knox-Jensen Motor Co
Green-Howenstine Motor Co
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