Kansas Drops Pike Gas Station Plan On Turnpike Route
Kansas Turnpike Authority votes to reduce service stations from seven to six along the route, spacing about 44 miles apart near Lawrence Big Spring Admire Matfield Green Wichita and Wellington. Union wage request and bond timetable await review as Topeka meets December 6.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority
el Dorado
Josef Sorkin
RTA
Lawrence
Big Spring
Matfield Green
Wichita
Wellington
AFL Common Laborer’s Union
Topeka
Gale Moss
KTA
Optimist Club Opens Christmas Tree Lot This Weekend
Optimist Club president Billy Paul Galyon announced the annual Christmas tree lot will open by Saturday. About 4 600 trees arrive Friday and will be unloaded that night on the vacant lot at Cherry and Fort Sill boulevard. Clarence Aubrey and B A Allen Jr lead the setup with 15 volunteers. Proceeds support Optimist youth activities and a $1 tree upgrade option includes a free tree stand for ticket holders.
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Billy Paul Galyon
Cherry and
Fort Sill Boulevard
Clarence Aubrey
B. A. Allen Jr
Galyon
Woodpecker Drills Home Within Home
Mrs. A. J. Kraemer in Oklahoma City endures uninvited woodpeckers that bored holes in her redwood house. City officials say shooting inside the city and harming woodpeckers is illegal, prompting her to consider bricking the home to keep them out.
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Oklahoma City
A. J. Kraemer
Mr. Woodpecker
Phillips Gas Rate Probe Reopened by Federal Commission
The Federal Power Commission reopened its 1948 Phillips Petroleum Co. rate investigation for natural gas sold in interstate commerce after a U S court reversal. The case, once dropped for lack of jurisdiction, now seeks whether Phillips rates are unjust or discriminatory and to apply federal regulation to independent producers.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Okla
FPC
U. S. Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Philli
Cut In Oklahoma Allowable Proposed
Oklahoma City report says the conservation division of the corporation commission will propose December and January oil production limits near November level. Assistant Dan Dunnett notes the recommendation sets about 495000 barrels per day, with November activity slightly under that cap.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Conservation Division
The
Corporation Commission
Dan Dunnett
Dunnett
Pageant Readied At Will Rogers School Auditorium
Sixth grade students from Will Rogers school will present a Thanksgiving pageant titled Let Us Be Thankful at 1 30 p m on Wednesday in the school auditorium. Every student in the sixth grade classes of Mrs Lara Johnson and Dewey Parker will participate. 481000 vehicles used the New Hampshire seacoast toll expressway during July 1954, an 11 percent rise from July 1953.
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Will Rogers School
Lara Johnson
Dewey Parker
New Hampshire Seacoast
Motel Owner Nabs Fugitive On Third Visit
Houston dispatch reports Ray Miller Harrison a 38 year old parole violator from Lilly Louisiana was captured at a tourist court by manager M E Tiffin on his third visit. Tiffin blocked Harrison with a truck and alerted authorities after learning of a warrant for felony theft. Harrison had been paroled a year earlier after serving time for forgery and other charges.
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Houston
Ray Miller Harrison
Lilly
Harrison
Carl Minton
Minton
Ray Harris
Farmersville
Tiffin
McKee Co Advertises Lawton Expansion For Businesses
WE of THE McKEE Co. promote specialist business properties as Lawton undergoes its greatest expansion with new buildings. They offer help in locating a new site if old locations are obsolete due to inaccessibility congestion and lack of parking.
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McKee Co
Lawton
Swinney School Pageant Is Set
Fifth grade pupils of Malcolm McGee will present a Thanksgiving program at 1 15 p m Wednesday in the Swinney school auditorium. Georgia Mattison will give a prayer of Thanksgiving. Edward Plese will discuss Why We Have Thanksgiving Day and Kenneth Harris will describe the first Thanksgiving.
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Malcolm McGee
Swinney School
Georgia Mattison
Edward Plese
Kenneth Harris
Jim James
Thankful
Carol Craft
Thomas Selby
Nancy Desantil
Lionel Frazier
89 238 Orders For Feed Issued Under Dreuth Program
Louis Wolfe chairman of the state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee reports 89 238 orders for feed issued under the drought program. The action indicates broad use of federal aid to stabilize farm feed supplies amid dry conditions.
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Dreuth
Stillwater
Okla
Louis Wolfe
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Oklahoma drought relief program feed aid totals noted
Wolfe said Oklahoma farmers and ranchers have received 1,357,187 worth of feed for livestock since the program began in August. The figure reflects ongoing state assistance to drought affected producers.
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Wolfe
Oklahoma
Area Men In Service Updates From Grandfield and Germany
Staff reports Chief Petty Officer Charles Don Hofacket leaves for Washington D C where he will be stationed for two years after enlisting in 1951. He visited family in Lawton prior to departure. Wilbur Lovett, 22, earns promotion with the Fifth Infantry in Germany as Cpl Lorett serves overseas since January as cook. Pfc William H Luke Jr of Walters was on the 35th Field Artillery Group football team finishing its season in Germany after entering the Army in February.
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Grandfield
Charles Don Hofacket
Washington, D.C
Charles Red
Ho Raines
Lawton
Hofacker
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Wilbur Lovett
Ntry
Germany
Joe Lorett
Snyder
Cpl. Lorett
Snyder High School
Pfc
William H. Luke Jr
Walters
35Th Field Artillery Group
Luke
Oklahoma Colleges Seek 50 Million Budget for Two Years
The Oklahoma Board of Regents proposes a 50 million dollar two year budget for state colleges detailing 24,983,389 dollars annually. Regents cite a 16 percent enrollment rise and aim to keep Oklahoma schools on par with neighboring states. Four state colleges lacking accreditation are targeted for improvement.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Regents For Higher Education
Regents
W. D. Little
Ada
Oklahoma
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Optimist Club
Phillips
Will Rogers
Thurman Priest
Grand Prairie
Jeannette Earnest
Mount Vernon
Vernon Smith
Lawrence County
Smith
Lebanon
the McKee Co
Fort Sill Bivd
Ferris
Zwaan
Swinney
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
Chicago
Talao
Telson
2Nd and
C Avenue
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
New York
Park Avenue
Europe
Ment
Wilbur Lorett
William Luke JR
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Ronson
Paul Boone
Watchmaker
Tulsa
George Page
Enid
Muskogee
Ponca City
Southwestern Bell
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