Four Lawtonians Join Oklahoma Industrial Tour
Four Lawton residents join the annual Oklahoma Industrial Tour, which began in Oklahoma City and will travel to New York. Participants include Milt Keating, Charles Ozman, D. L. Wigington, and Exall English. The mission is to showcase Oklahoma's industrial potential to eastern manufacturers. The tour will visit New York and several northeastern cities.
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Oklahoma
Mississippi
Ohio River
Mason Dixon Line
New York
Boston
New Haven
Hartford
Conn
Providence
R. I
Springfield
Knights of Columbus Ban Triggers Quick Protest in Omaha
An Omaha Catholic paper reports a Knights of Columbus council rejected three Black candidates at Boys Town. Archbishop Ryan and Creighton University leaders voiced concern as two of the applicants received six no votes and the third seven no votes. Twenty-two non Negro candidates were admitted.
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Omahap
Knights of Columbus Council
Gerald Tryan
True Voice
Father Flanagan
Boys Town Council
The
Knights
Omaha
Carl Reinert
S.J
Creighton University
Austin J. Miller
Creighton
Patrick Norton
Boys Town
Five Hurt In City Auto Crashes At Intersections
Police logs report two separate crashes Friday afternoon injuring five people at 15th and Lee and at Ith and B streets. The most serious injury is Mrs Frank Dougherty 4 of 2007 N 23rd with fractured ribs. Pedestrian Carolyn McCoy 12 suffered tooth loss and lacerations.
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15Th
Lee
Frank Dougherty
N. 23Rd
Wanda Mihesuah
Kiowa Hospital
Hilda Wickham
Snow Rd
Bernard Chesbrough
Fort Sill
Carolyn McCoy
Manuel Oliver Hoyle
Ith
15Th Ivey
Chesbrough
Truman Urges Democratic Return To Congress
Former President Truman, recovering from surgery, urged voters to restore a Democratic majority in Congress. He criticized GOP divisions, isolationist tendencies, and mismanagement in foreign and domestic policy, citing unemployment, TVA concerns, and the Dixon-Yates contract as examples of Republican failings.
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White House
Congress
Truman
GOP
Senate
House
United Nations
China
Wilson
Detroit
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
British Reds Blamed For Inciting Strikes
Arthur Deakin, head of Britain's largest union, accused the Communists of inciting wildcat dock and bus strikes that threaten postwar recovery. He urged workers to return to work, calling it anarchy and not trade unionism.
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London
Arthur Deakin
Britain
Air Force Reserve Officer Recruiting Drive Conducted Here
Four Air Force reserve officers on active duty lead an intensive recruiting campaign contacting men for active reserve status. The team includes Lt Col Githen Rhoads Capt Tom Stanton 2nd Lt Max Anderson and 1st Lt Jack Spencer with Lt Col Hugh G Fewell Maj Harold Woodward Lt Warren Chrisman and Capt Gordon Heying among others. They meet each Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the federal building.
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Air Force Reserve
Githen Rhoads
Tom Stanton
Max Anderson
Jack Spencer
9837Th Air Reserve Squadron
Hugh G. Fewell
Harold Woodward
Warren Chrisman
Gordon Heying
Real Estate Talk Helps Jim Jackson Plan Home Sale
Jim Jackson discusses selling his home and whether to refinance or pay off a small loan with guidance from a real estate agent. The smoother sale hinges on a cooperative seller and buyer financing, with a newer three bedroom home in demand. The Walter M Smith Agency invites calls for real estate needs at 666 or 8723.
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Jim Jackson
Jim
J. Constant
Stringfellow admits war hero tale was embellished
Stringfellow, after hospital injuries, admits he embellished claims of war heroism and OSS service. He says he never captured German physicists and seeks to correct false impressions. He asks Utah listeners for forgiveness and vows to spend his life making amends.
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Utah
OSS
Otto Hahn
Pruitt Denied Third Trial in Wife Slaying Case
OKMULGEE Okla Oct 16 A district judge denied convicted wife slayer Robert O Pruitt a third trial and sentenced the 47 year old Okmulgee man to life imprisonment Judge Kenneth Hughes ruled there was insufficient evidence for a new trial Pruitt was granted a second trial after a Tulsa pathologist changed testimony about a wound on the dead woman's head He was found guilty for a second time on Oct 8 and a parole recommendation was made in the verdict His lawyers said they would appeal the conviction Pruitt was accused of beating his wife to death then firing a .22 caliber bullet to imitate a death by suicide
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Okmulgee
Okla
Robert O. Pruitt
Kenneth Hughes
Pruitt
Art
Community groups report full employee participation in drive
The Northwest Kiwanis Optimist and other groups list members and firms with 100 percent employee participation. Unanimous offices include county and state agencies, and multiple schools report complete participation across Emerson Will Rogers Dunbar Lincoln Woodrow Wilson Garfield Swinney Washington Jefferson Junior High Post Children Roosevelt.
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Northwest Kiwanis
Hal Hughes
Joe Kelsey
W. R. Taylor
Elmer Bauman
Clarence Scott
Eugene Flippen
J. D. Stephenson
J. Hale Edwards
Monta Collins
Viola Ferguson
Carrie Fisher
Altrusa
Yvonne Bender
Kaloma Darden
Val Wagner
Kwality Roofing
Young Realty
Security Bank & Trust
Orville Pope Insurance
R. D. McC
Goodyear Service
Howard's Linen Service
la- Sill Milk Co
Sweetbriar
Yoakim’s
Old South
Letzo Plumbing Co
Martin’s Restaurant
Necchi Sewing Machine
E. Darrell Evans Insurance
Regal Oil Co
Darling Shop
Walter Smith Agency
Montgomery Ward
J. W. Patterson Co
Sinclair Refinery
Internal Revenue
City Water Department
Selective Service
Board of Education
Emerson
Will Rogers
Dunbar
Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Garfield
Swinney
Washington
Jefferson
Post Childrens
Roosevelt
Gina Lollobrigida Meets President Eisenhower in Washington
Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida paid a courtesy call on President Eisenhower in Washington after his return from Denver. She was his first caller since the trip.
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Washington
Gina Lollobrigida
Eisenhower
Denver
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