Ohio River flood recedes as towns report limited damage
The Ohio River crest moved downstream as communities along the river eased into a high water state. Officials in Wheeling disputed damage estimates while Belpre and Pomeroy saw minor rises. some evacuations occurred but first floor damage was limited. Authorities noted reports of evacuees and damage were exaggerated.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Belpre
Washington County
Earl W. Walker
Police Help Mom-To-Be Steal Clothes
In Enid Oklahoma an expectant mother four months pregnant Goldie Calcote was aided by deputy sheriff H L McKee and probation officer Fay Johnson to obtain stolen clothing worth 300 dollars. She was placed on a bus to Tulsa after the theft and the officers did not suspect wrongdoing. The victim Janice Huff reported loss of skirts blouses a suit dresses slips and a bag with her birth certificate marriage license and divorce decree.
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Enid
Okla
Goldie Calcote
Ace Wray
Tulsa
H. L. McKee
Fay Johnson
Calcote
Huff
Jet Bomber Crash Kills Airman at Davis Monthan
A B47 Strato jet crashed during a practice landing at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson killing one crewman and injuring two. The dead airman identity was withheld. Injury details: Capt George C Berger aircraft commander burned. M Sgt W A Nye with minor lacerations. Berger’s mother is Mary P Berger of Thomasville Georgia. Cause of crash unknown.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
George C. Berger
W. A. Nye
Berger
Mary P. Berger
Thomasville
Nye
Emma Smith Nye
Eana
Lawton Junior High Elects Queen at Halftime Coronation
Approximately 500 students will take part in Lawton junior high school’s 1954 football queen coronation tonight at Roosevelt stadium. The queen will be crowned at halftime during the Lawton Altus game, with a 6:30 p.m. pep rally and a limousine tour of the field after the ceremony. four nominees are Judy Bledsoe Pat Glandon Betty Mowery and Judy Warner.
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Lawton Junior High School
Lawton-Altus
Roosevelt Stadium
Martin Sanchez
Judy Bledsoe
Pat Glandon
Betty Mowery
Judy Warner
Sanchez
Johnny Taylor
Jerry Moon
Lawton
Pen
Karen Keegan
Janice Calicott
Kay Thomas
Shirley Hester
Sharon Dixon
George Walters
Wade Oldsmobile
Kayhharlet Waller
Lorena Fullerton
Walters
Wickersham Celebrates Grandson Arrival in DC
Rep Victor Wickersham and wife celebrate the birth of grandson Bruce Alan Renberger born October 17 in Washington DC to Everett Lloyd Renberger and LaMelba Sue Wickersham Renberger. The couple also has a 10 month old granddaughter from Sam Holston and Nelda Wickersham.
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Victor Wickersham
Democratic
Bruce Alan Renberger
Everett Lloyd Renberger
Washington, D.C
Renberger
LaMelba Sue Wickersham
Rep
New Trooper Assigned To District Four
Patrol Lt. C T Raley announced Trooper L L Kelsoe is replaced by Trooper Norman Carroll from Bristow. Kelsoe shifts to Bristow after four years here. Carroll has 16 months as a trooper following Highway Patrol Training. Carroll is a Grandfield High School graduate and attended Oklahoma A&M College at Stillwater.
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C. T. Raley
District Four
L. L. Kelsoe
Norman Carroll
Bristow
Raley
Kelsoe
Carroll
Highway Patrol
Grandfield High School
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Police Begin Installation Of Radios In New Cruisers
Assistant Police Inspector Ron ald Wheatley started installing two short wave radios in new Lawton Police Department cruisers. The radios will be operational by midweek with officer Mel vin Simmons assisting.
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Ronald Wheatley
Lawton
Wheatley
Melvin Simmons
Evans couple to spend winter in Waynesboro Miss
Dr and Mrs H M Evans longtime Lawton residents now in California will spend the winter at Waynesboro Mississippi. The note records their travel and temporary relocation for the season.
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H. M. Evans
Lawton
California
Waynesboro, Miss
Diplomats weigh motive behind Soviet softening at U N
Western diplomats in New York seek to understand why Moscow hints at compromise after years of deadlock. Vishinsky’s gestures on disarmament Trieste and aggression definitions are parsed for intent while U S allies worry over potential traps and propaganda.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
U.N
Kremlin
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
America
Trieste
Vishinsky
Britain
France
Selwyn Lloyd
Canada
U.S
OU Alumni Group Set to Meet at Noon Wednesday
Comanche County chapter of the University of Oklahoma Alumni Association activity committee will meet at 12 noon Wednesday in the Old South cafeteria. Fred Harris president announced committee members Arvin Trope Joe Turner Pete Becker Jack Brock Mrs W W Godlove Leslie Paine Milton Keating John Froneberger Mrs Ralph Wolverton Harris and Bill Crawford.
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Comanche County
University of Oklahoma Alumni Association
Old South
Fred Harris
Arvin Trope
Joe Turner
Pete Becker
Jack Brock
W. W. Godlove
Leslie Paine
Milton Keating
John Froneberger
Ralph Wolverton
Harris
Bill Crawford
Drive continues as Red Feather drive gains momentum
The sessional Women’s Club reports progress on the Red Feather campaign with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co noting 290 of 340 employees contacted. Across local firms, offices and schools 1,560 workers have donated an average of 4.80 each. Eighty eight firms have completed solicitations, the telephone office is 85 percent finished with 1,762.60 contributed. Among those contributing, 19 had no prior employee gifts, with 72 workers from these firms giving. This year a 34 percent rise in participating firms compared to last year yielded a 62 percent higher total from 576 employees last year to 774 this year.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Red Feather
State by State School Entrance Ages Vary Widely
Some states require children to begin schooling at age six, others set seven or eight as the minimum. The exact age depends on the state’s laws and definitions of kindergarten eligibility.
Nehru Begins 10 Day State Visit to China
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru has arrived in Peiping to start a 10 day state visit to Communist China. He received an ovation from a large crowd at the airport before traveling from Hanoi. In Hanoi he secured a pledge from Ho Chi Minh to respect the sovereignty of Laos and Cambodia.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Peiping
China
Hanoi
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Cambodia
Garber Named Chairman of Legion Transportation Committee
Buddy Garber of Lawton appointed chairman of the American Legion national transportation committee announced by national commander Seymour Collins of Las Cruces N M Garber's first national chairmanship follows service on several national committees and his recent attendance at the 1954 national convention in Washington DC.
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Buddy Garber
Lawton
American Legion
National Transportation Committee
Seymour Collins
Las Cruces
N. M
Garber
Washington, D. C
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