Ottawa official indictments dropped after Morgan acquittal
Ottawa County Commissioner Jim Elliott saw two grand jury indictments withdrawn as a district court jury acquitted former state Senator Harold Morgan of taking 286 dollars for 20 road grader blades not received. Morgan, a senator for Ottawa and Craig counties, was tried over four days, while Elliott faced claims for unauthorized county billings. Convicted forger McNatt and deputy Gaines also faced sentences in the same probe.
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Miami
Okla
Ottawa
Jim Elliott
Harold Morgan
Elliott
Morgan
Sam Lattimore
William Thomas
Craig
William McNatt
Evelyn Gaines
Herd Equipment Co
Oklahoma City
Fairland
Beer Group Names Cityan To Board In Oklahoma
Yack Webb Lawton has been named a director of a new state malt beverage organization to present its side of the beer question. A notice of an initiative petition has been filed by the United Drys for a local option beer vote with a completed petition expected in November. Webb also was elected a director of the Oklahoma Malt Beverage association at the state convention last month. The group says it aims to form a permanent non profit to show the beer industry's social and economic importance in Oklahoma.
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Lawton
United Drys
Lawtonian
Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association
Oklahoma
Reunion Of 90th Division Is Set For Kansas City
The 37th annual reunion of the 90th Division association will be held November 11 to 13 in Kansas City Missouri. Judge Harry L. S. Halley of the Oklahoma Supreme Court will lead a welcome dinner and several principal speakers will attend including Governors Fred Hall of Kansas and Leo A. Hoegh of Iowa Maj. Gen. Herbert L. Ernest Brig. Gen. J Earl Rudder and S L A Marshal.
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Kansas City
Harry L. S. Halley
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Fred Hall
Kansas
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Herbert L. Ernest
White Stone
J. Earl Rudder
Austin
Tex
Oklahoma sales tour closes with strong prospect calls
Nearly 100 Oklahoma salesmen wrap up the fifth annual industrial tour with 530 calls and 81 good prospects in three days across Cleveland, Rochester, Syracuse, Chicago and other markets. Ed Daley of Tulsa reports strong results and lively interest from firms in coasters, bicycles, gas meters and timber products.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
East
Ed Daley
Tulsa
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Cleveland
Southwest
Dennis Booth
Hobart
Upper
New York
State Solon Joe Chambers Dies In Tulsa
Oklahoma State Rep. Joe Chambers of Tulsa dies in a Tulsa hospital at age 69 after a pancreas ailment. A longtime Democrat in the House and former Rogers and Tulsa County representative, he served from 1931 for four terms and sat on the House Rules Committee. He is survived by his widow Eunice and was visiting via North Carolina when stricken.
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Ark
Oklahoma
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Tulsa
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North Carolina
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Seminole
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Claremore
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Charles N. Haskell
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
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Kentucky Counties Offer Vote Prizes in 1956 Election
In Barbourville Kentucky three counties advertise prizes to boost turnout in the November 8 general election Knox County voters in 50 precincts will win 50 turkeys Henderson County offers a 1956 car to one lucky ticket Woodford County promises a $460 food freezer to participating voters All prizes available to all voters regardless of party affiliation
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Kentucky
Knox County
Henderson County
Woodford County
Funeral Rites for Carl Duggins Sr. Held in Tipton
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Church of Christ for Carl Duggins Sr., 64, former Frederick jailer. Burial followed in Tipton cemetery with Pecinosky Funeral Home in charge. Duggins died Tuesday at his home after two years of ill health. Bearers and honorary bearers were named.
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Carl Duggins Sr
Frederick
Church of Christ
John W. Anders
Pecinosky
Duggins
R. B. Boyd
Ora McCormick
Helen Hooten
Hulet Hooten
Joe Wilson
Clif Stevens
Louie Kilgore
Ted Cody
Dawson Staggs
L. A. Todd
Tom Raley
Fred Hodges
1927 College Fresh Better Spellers
Dr. Herbert B. Nelson of Oregon State College tested this year’s 1800 freshmen with the same 163 question English exam used in 1927. He found the 1927 cohort averaged 53 errors while the current class averages 66, with both groups similar on sentence usage questions.
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Corvallis, Ore
Herbert B. Nelson
Oregon State College
Nelson
Prisoners Smash 660 Slot Machines in Covington Jail
In Covington Kentucky prisoners used sledge hammers to destroy 660 slot machines valued around 200000 dollars. The machines had been ordered destroyed after court trials as gambling devices and will be sold to a salvage firm. Officials expect the process to take about three weeks.
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Covington, Ky
Marshall County Girl Killed In Yard By Truck
Barbara Muncrief a four year old Marshall County girl was killed yesterday when she ran from a Madill area home yard and was struck by a truck driven by her father Erwin Cecil Muncrief. The child died en route to a Madill hospital.
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Marshall County
Madill
Okla
Barbara Muncrief
Erwin Cecil Muncrief
Madill Hospital
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