Boss Kett to age 78 still chasing impossible feats
Detroit reporter profiles Charles Kettering known as Boss Kett as he pursues cancer research, plant biology, and GM projects while retirement seems unlikely. He cites past triumphs like electric starters and high octane gasoline, and predicts future auto advances and long-term societal impacts.
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Detroit
Charles Kettering
Boss Kett
Dayton
Ohio
Kettering
General Motors
Frank J. Roelandi
Kett
Builders Got Fee but Didn’t Build in Manhattan Slum Plan
A Senate Banking and Currency committee report found Manhattan Town Inc sponsors and relatives collected 649215 in salaries and fees while no construction occurred on the slum clearance project. Profits came from rents paid by slum residents on land sold by New York City for rehab two years prior. Casnert testified for ManhattanTown amid absence of Ferman as hearings wrap up in New York and head to Yonkers for further sessions.
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New York Area
Yor Yan
Samuel Casnert
Jack Ferman
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Trebe
Californie
Bartlesville Woman Killed in Three-Car wreck
Eva Loreauz a 68 year old Bartlesville woman died in a three car collision on State Highway 23 A on the south outskirts of Bartlesville. The crash also left Loren Emerson Pomery 42 Bartlesville with critical injuries. Oklahoma toll rose to 405 for 1954.
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Associated Press
Bartlesville
Eva Loreauz
Oklahoma
H. H. Hellen
Loren Emerson Pomery
GOP Candidates Top Straw Poll In Enid
Enid Oklahoma October 2 The Enid Morning News released poll results from its circulation area showing Republican governor candidate Reuben Sparks leading Democrats 154 to 74 and GOP Senate hopeful Fred Mack 139 to 89 over Democrat opponents In the first congressional district Republican Page Belcher previously won and the poll lists towns including Enid Meno Ringwood Cleo Springs Seiling Fairview and Carmen aided by W D Coe supporting Sparks.
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Okla
U. S
William O. Coe
Reuben Sparks
Sparks
Raymond Gary
Senate
Fred Mack
N. Robert S. Kerr
Page Belcher
Congress
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Ringwood
Cleo Springs
Seiling
Fairview
Carmen
Helena
Two Teenagers Sought For Arson At Will Rogers Park
Oklahoma City authorities searched for two teenage boys about 15 years old after a deliberately set fire damaged the Will Rogers Park picnic shelter and a nearby clubhouse in an estimated $4,000 blaze Thursday night. Park Ranger Bates reported seeing the youths prowling near the park earlier that evening, and officers planned to check nearby schools with Bates.
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Oklamhoma City
Will Rogers Park
Bert Kuehnert
R. H. Bates
Arta Aimut
Bates
Bus Drivers Reject Wage Offer Across Divisions
Central division drivers vote 194 to 83 and Western division 138 to 34 against Transcontinental Bus System Inc. wage proposal. Vote counted in Kansas City and Los Angeles with mediation efforts by Daniel C. Rogers. Kansas certificate hearing set for Oct 8 as MMSa contemplates action.
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Transcontinental Bus System Inc
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Oklahoma
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All-School Play rehearings under way at LHS
Mrs Opal Ford says rehearsals for the Lawton High School all school play are forming. This year the production is The Little Dog Laughed by Vera and Ken Tarpley set for Oct 18-19 at the junior high stadium with a large cast and numerous production staff members.
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Vera
Ken Tarpley
Lawton High School
Elva Parton
Eugene Zwick
Norma Curry
Jim Warkentin
Julia Fullerton
Frances Jett
Sam Hamra
Doris Joyner
James Williams
Donald Kouri
Kathryn Kendrick
Liz Ryan
Virginia Partain
Juanita Jumper
Frankie Ingraham
Donna Kay Hollingshead
Eileen Long
Hattie Jo Carlton
Val Frakes
Paul Massad
Marjane
Morton
Janice Parker
Becky Harloff
Sharon Hillis
Aiken Sees Uncertain Midwest Farm Vote
Sen. Aiken of VI says most Midwest farmers and dairymen have not decided how to vote in the November elections. He predicts Republicans will keep the Senate while the House remains a toss-up, and disputes Kerr that farm price supports could cost Republicans control. Nevada faces a senatorial election to fill McCarran’s vacancy with Ernest Brown appointed to succeed him.
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Wisconsin
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House
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Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Ernest Brown
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Congress
Fireworks Plant Blast Kills Seven in Toyohashi
A Tokyo daily reported seven dead and six injured after a fireworks plant explosion leveled several surrounding houses in Toyohashi Japan. The blast caused extensive damage and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Toyohashi
Japan
Asahi
Blood War Theory Heard From Missionary Witness
Rev. Joseph P. McGinn of Woonsocket testified before a House subcommittee on Communist aggression in Wilkes Barre Pa. He recounted Chinese Red soldiers being told that heavy American losses would prove China’s success and that the United States must be destroyed to prevail.
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Joseph P. McGinn
Maryknoll
Woonsocket
R. I
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House
Edward J. Bonin
Hazleton
China
Korea
United States of America
United States
Oklahoma speech conference set at University of Oklahoma
Norman Oklahoma October 2 Oklahoma high school and junior college speech students will attend a conference at the University of Oklahoma November 4 to 6. The meeting features state championship speech winners demonstrations and criticism by instructors from OU and other schools.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Tycoon Gets Guard Against Kidnapers
New York based Louis E. Wolfson 42 heads a financial empire with reported holdings worth 200 million dollars. He operates under 24 hour police protection after a kidnap threat from Miami, Florida prompted a guard at his Hotel Pierre suite. He seeks control of Montgomery Ward and Co. authorities offered few details on the threat.
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New York
Louis E. Wolfson
Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Pierre
Miami
Fla
The Cold War Anecdote About Cold Feet
A terse quip notes that cold weather makes diplomacy seem tolerable when fear or hesitation is absent. It frames a humorous view of international tension as a matter of confidence versus chill.
Mary Martins Son Plans to Wed Swedish Designer in London
Actress Mary Martin disclosed that her 23 year old son Set Hagman plans to marry Mag Irene Axelsson in London on Christmas Day. Hagman, in the Army entertainment corps, described Axelsson as blonde blue eyed and good-humored. The couple will honeymoon in New York after the wedding.
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Los Angeles
Mary Martin
London
Comedienne
Set
Hagman
Mag Irene Axelsson
Miss Martin
New York
Army’s
Entertainment Corps
Mary
Benjamin Hagman
Minor Auto Wreck Sparks Fatal Shooting in Oklahoma City
Freddie Johnson, 22, died from a .38 caliber bullet to the heart after an early morning argument over a minor auto accident. Police say Bennie Wilson, 32, confessed to the shooting, claiming he feared Johnson reaching for a weapon. Jake Wilson, brother of Bennie, was detained as a material witness.
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Oklahoma City
Freddie Johnson
Jack Osborne
Leon Fox
Bennie Wilson
Jake Wilson
Wilson
Johnson
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