Stage Star Alice Ghostley Visits Walters Oklahoma
Alice Ghostley, a Broadway and stage star, makes a guest appearance in Walters. The visit highlights her ties to Oklahoma and her career from Henry Pan to New York City, with local figures like Ven Loflin and Conley Higdon noted as hosting or welcoming her during a two week stay.
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Henry Pan
University of Oklhoma
New York City
Ven Loflin
Migdon
Miss Ghostles
Conley Higdon
Movie Stars Face Court Over Scandal Magazine Tales
Movie stars Maureen O'Tiara and Dorothy Davelridge denied lurid claims printed about them in Confidential. The testimony marked a rare moment with big names on the stand as prosecutors flag alleged sensationalism and lies by Confidential and Whisper magazines.
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Jolly Ogd
Maureen O'Tiara
Dorothy Davelridge
Conédential
Nani
Wei Ten
Bilai
Ollara
Defense al- Bee
Paget Cnt
Sheriff Delays Death Hearing in Peboahsy Case
Preliminary hearing for Charlie Peboahsy, charged with choking his wife to death last July 4 in Cache, was postponed to 10 am Thursday after Sheriff Everett Fale failed to testify for the defense. A Lawton pathologist testified uncertainty over exact cause of death, suggesting possible strangulation plus brain injury.
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Charlie Pebeahsy
Cache
Everett Fale
Hale Head
Peace Jushiee
Lawton
Peboahsy
Lowell F. Thornton
Area Lineman Hurt In Fall From Pole
Comanche man Bob Boren, 222, a Public Service Company lineman, was severely hurt near Chickasha when he touched a live wire and fell 35 feet. He is listed in serious but not critical condition at McBride Hospital in Oklahoma City with broken bones and extensive burns to his arms and back. Minco City Marshal Shorty Alderson reported the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Chickashi
Bob “Boren
McBride
Borenm
Boren
Oklahoma City Hospital
Minco City
Shorty Alderson
Ag Orientation Sets Thursday at Cameron College
Cameron college announces fresh man orientation begins Thursday at 8 a.m. on the junior college campus. AML Aggie freshmen will attend two day sessions with police examinations used for formative talks by the faculty. The program includes library use rules and other orientation topics with division heads speaking briefly. Sophomores will register Friday, freshmen next Monday and Tuesday. Classwork for the 1937 58 term starts Sept. 11. Dormitories reopened after summer redecorations.
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Cameron College
Clarence L. Davis
AML Aggie
Ofeach
Giant Dope Ring Smuggling Busted in Major International Case
A vast narcotics smuggling syndicate linked heroin, morphine and opium across multiple countries. Nine defendants were arrested. kingpin allegedly known as Sloomberg alias Nig Rosen remains at large. U S Attorney Paul W Williams said authorities disrupted the network that moved drugs to New York and other states, with investigations spanning France Italy Belgium Germany Turkey Cuba Mexico Venezuela and Canada.
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Ring Wa
Tecocos
Teving
Masons
Encaine Abel
U.S
Paul W. Williams
Thambhers
Durge
Edward Weineld
New York
Willams
Edo
Williams
New Yarington
I. C
Ningis
Ohio
Califor Massachusets
Sloomberg
Nig Rosen
Sealand Yare
Italy
Belgium
Turkey
Cuba
Moxco
Venezuela
Williams Gail
Warm Weather Returns to Area Forecast Keeps Thunder Possible
Forecasts show continued warm conditions with scattered thundershowers in the Lawson area today and Thursday. Cooler temperatures are expected later, with reports of rainfall in multiple towns including Taloga, Por City, and Fort Sill. Highs ranged from 101 at Enid to 41 at Guymon, while overnight lows dropped into the 60s and 70s across the region.
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Lawson
Taloga
Dewey County
Por City
Oklahoma
Zemon Tobart
Fort Silt
Tulsa
Enid
Alius
Mercury
Car Accidents Kill Two Men On Oklahoma Highways
Two men died in separate accidents on Oklahoma roads Tuesday night raising the year 1937 death toll to 452. Victims were George Terwort, 66, of Alva, and Herbert Canada, 72, of Oklahoma City. Terwort was driving when his car collided with a farm lane driver’s vehicle two miles south of Cherokee during a heavy wind and storm. The other driver, Bobby Joe Martin, 22, of Cherokee, was thrown from his vehicle but escaped serious injury.
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United Press
Oklahoma
George Terwort
Alva
Herbert Canada
Oklahoma City
Terwort
Usbi
Cherokee
Bobby Joe Martin
Court Asked To Ban Judge In Two Trials
Oklahoma City attorney Marley Venters asked the Criminal Court of Appeals to disqualify District Judge John C. Caldwell from presiding over two Carter County conspiracy cases. Defendants include county commissioners Tonnie Rooney and Paul Heart sill and Ardmore business owner Claud C. Arnold. Venters accused Caldwell of bias, saying he favored the defendants and impeded the grand jury. No hearing date was set.
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Oklashoma City
I — Carter Coumty
Marley E. Ventors Ludng
Criminal Court of Appeals
John C. Caldwell
Biel
Carter County
Arcmore Aula
Caldwell
Feartsill
Roaney
Venters
Pulitzer Succumbs PATUS in Aterhert Pulitzer News
The last surviving son of publisher Joseph Pulitzer, Pulitzer, died today in the American Hospital. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
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Patus
Aterhert Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
American
Lake Level Drops Only 3 Feet During Summer
Lake Lawtonka fell only about 3.05 feet over May through August despite high evaporation. City records show evaporation nearly matched municipal withdrawals, driven by a 5-foot shoreline drop increasing surface area. Total loss for the period reached about 7 000 acre feet valued at roughly 2480 796 000 gallons, with usage from Lawson and Fort Sill residents plus filter-plant cleaning accounting for most of the water lost.
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Ray Ar’ Cerertey
Awtonka
Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawson
Voting Safeguards Due In Registration Change
New voter registration books will be set up under a law from the last legislature to curb election abuses. The election board, led by Mrs Jimmye Nell Logan, will meet Thursday to review the legislation and plans for implementation. Old books will be used until January 195 with transfers to new books and IDs issued at sign up. Absentee ballots will be safeguarded by removing the registration sheet before counting. A meeting with the secretary of state will follow completion of the books.
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Jimmye Nell Logan
Count Election Board
Howard Bain
Chattanooga
Jack
Lawton
Logan
Syrian Crisis Deepens in Middle East Tangle
Washington reports quote Lay Henderson calling the Syrian crisis extremely serious with potential global security impact. He returns from the Middle East with first hand facts for Secretary Dulles, notes possible U S cooperation with Middle Eastern partners, and hints at Iraqi Iran Turkey Pakistan and Britain Baghdad pact dynamics.
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Middle East
Free Ware
Henderson
Syria
Lebanon
Turkey
State Department
United States
Iraq
Pakistan
Iran
Britain
Robbery at Nation Tank of Conyndelerm Reported
A suspect robbed the Nation Tank of Conyndelerm today, taking a sack of money and being taken into custody within a minute. Details of the robbery and the suspect's identity were not immediately available.
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Tulsat
Nation Tank
Conyndelerm
Anil
Trisa Potier
Bop
Soviet jet lands near U.S. in first visit in 20 years
A Soviet aircraft from Moscow landed at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey after refueling stops in London and Iceland, potentially the first Russian plane to reach the United States in two decades. Reports varied on passenger numbers, with figures ranging from 19 to 60 plus a 12 member crew. Most aboard were Soviet delegation translators and officials bound for the U.N. General Assembly while the base lies about 69 miles from New York City.
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London
Iti
Lonidon
United States
Moscow
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Moscow-to
Mc-Guire
North Pole
U.N. General Assembly
McGuire
LC. N
New York City
Arkansas Governor defies court over school integration
Tense scenes at Little Rock Central High as eight Negro students attempt entry while Governor Faubus mobilizes 250 white guardsmen. Justice Department denies any basis for troop action and considers contempt options. Federal Judge Davison ordered the school board to proceed with integration despite troop presence.
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White Central High School
Little Rock
Arkansas
Wivephotal
Ark
Sheman
U.S
National
Earier
Justice Department
Department
Orval Faubus
High Justice Department
Faubus
National Guard
Central High School
Klinger
Fauhys
Ronald Davirse
Bitte Rock
Beate
Fog
Jopal
Sintence
Nigve
Little Rosk
Elizabeth Edford
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Alice Ghostley
Yee
Walters
Bes
Pra Oso Moatt
Stelle
Ameangonta
Dallas State
National Guardsman
Pulitzer
Bulletin
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