Kerr Promises To Fight Atomic Power Monopoly
Sen Robert Kerr says if reelected he will push longer patent pooling for atomic power and opposes a five year limit. He contends government subsidies favor a few big firms and favors fees set by the Atomic Energy Commission to spread know how while avoiding monopoly. Kerr faces Fred Mack in November.
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Oklanuma City
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
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Kerr
W. Sterling Cole
R-N. Y
Minnesota
The
Oklahoman
Atomic Energy Commission
Therfore
Fred M. Mack
Oklahomaity
City First Grade Teachers Plan 1954 55 Schedule
Forty first grade teachers in Lawton public schools met with elementary co ordinator Miss Thelma Talla to outline the 1954 55 teaching schedule. New films were discussed readiness tests and guide books were distributed. Mrs Louise Scott and Mrs Orvella Littlefield demonstrated making flannel boards. Miss Charlotte Hubble shared Europe teaching experiences. Reports on summer ACE and OFA NEA workshops were presented by several teachers.
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Lawton
Thelma Talla
Louise Scott
Orvella Littlefield
Emerson School
Charlotte Hubble
Europe
Spartan Fund Set Up To Spark Sales
Spartan Aircraft Co. of Tulsa announced a 20 million dollar fund to finance trailer purchases. The trust indenture will be guaranteed by insurance companies and runs for 15 years. The program mimics FHA and GI financing for buyers, with Spartan producing about 300 trailers a month.
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Tulsa
Dep
Spartan Aircraft Co
W. K. Bullock
Spartan
Hearing Continued In Marijuana Case
Peace Justice Woodrow Giles continued a preliminary hearing on possession of marijuana until an official analysis determines if the material offered in evidence is narcotic. The defendant is 25 year old Joseph Junior Baker, a recently discharged Negro soldier. Baker was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana to a Fort Sill soldier.
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Woodrow Giles
Negro Sollder
Joseph Junior Baker
Baker
Fort Sill
Oklahoma approves 4.1 percent cut in workers' compensation rates
Oklahoma City state Insurance Board approves a 4.1 per cent reduction in workers' compensation insurance premiums, forecasting about 750000 dollars in annual savings. The new rates, effective October 1, come after a public hearing held August 16 and reflect years of rising costs since 1950.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Oe
National Council On Compensation Insurance
Oklahoma
Council
Johnston Murray
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Plans Wewoka Holdenville Line
The Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company announced plans to build an eight mile long, 24 000 volt electric line between Wewoka and Holdenville, scheduled for construction next winter.
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Oklahoma City
The
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
Wewoka
Holdenville
Striking Packers Under Suspension
CHICAGO September 9 UP More than 2,800 CIO United Packinghouse Workers were suspended Thursday after walkouts at Swift and Co plants in four cities. About 250 at the Denver plant were suspended for one day and are due back Friday. Others faced suspensions until next Monday. The walkouts, said to violate the current contract, idled about 1,600 workers at Omaha 1,000 at Des Moines and unknown numbers at Sioux City.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Swift and Co
Sioux City
Des Moines
Denver
W. V. Wayman
Omaha
Field Day Slated For October 13
The 18th annual range improvement field day will be held at the U. S. Southern Great Plains field station in Woodward Oklahoma on October 13. Featured speakers include B W Allred range management expert from the Soil Conservation Service in Washington. Ranchers from northwest Oklahoma under A P Atkins Guymon will discuss their range improvement problems. There will be a tour of more than 40 field research points.
City Girl Injured When Hit By Car
Barbara Ellen Hayes a 34 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Duane Hayes of 212 N 31st was treated and released at Memorial hospital after being struck by a car driven by Jelen Edgman of 3301 Cache Road in the 200 block N 31st at 7 20 p m The child suffered only cuts and scratches and was taken to the hospital by her father No charges were filed in connection with the accident
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Barbara Ellen Hayes
Duane Hayes
Memorial Hospital
Jelen Edgman
Cache Road
Vesper Services Termed Success
The first series of summer vesper services at the Wichita Mountains Holy City concluded with outstanding success. Easter service director Jack A. Batten reported good attendance at each vesper, sponsored by the Easter Service association and the Lawton Ministerial alliance. Plans are under way for additional Holy City programs throughout the year with multiple denominations represented among the conductors.
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Wichita Mountains
Holy City
Jack A. Batten
Easter Service Association
Lawton Ministerial Alliance
Batten
Assembly of God
Police Inspect Pair Grocery Burglary and Tire Theft
Police checking a burglary at Pair Grocery 1801 S Sixth where lunch meat and fountain pens were taken. Entry by breaking the north window. owner S W Pair says three silver dollars were left in the cash drawer at closing. Lang Electric Co reports theft of a tire and wheel from a company truck Wednesday night.
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Pair
S. Sixth
S. W. Pair
Lang Electric Co
S. Fourth
Parkaki
Railroad In Market For 500 Box Cars
NEW YORK Kansas City Missouri railroad in market for 500 box cars announces by Donald V Fraser president Signs of an upturn in the road’s waffle noted Fraser said Katy’s business from connecting railroads improved last month though local shipments slowed Fraser cited demand for industrial sites in Katy’s Southwest territory as new industries locate in the region
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New York
Missouri- Kansas Railroad
Donald V. Frazer
Fraser
Katy
Four Lions Attend Tax Law Parley This Week
Pain district governor of Lions plans meetings with Nicoma Park Lions club tonight and will attend a state Lions council meeting Saturday in Norman where Mrs. Pain will accompany him. He previously met the Dill City Lions club Monday night.
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Pain
Lions Club
Nicoma Park
Textbook Committee Named by Lawton Public Schools for 1954 55
Superintendent John Shoemaker announced the Lawton public school system’s textbook selection committee for the 1954 55 year. The group, chosen by a basic state law committee, met with the superintendent and includes Mrs Trula Robinson Miss Margaret Fox Miss Frankie Van Hoozer and others from spelling geography science homemaking social science and physics.
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Lawton
John ‘Shoemaker
State
Law
Trula Robinson
Margaret Fox
Frankie van Hoozer
Lincoln
Carrie
Venna Lee Wallace
Lorena Fullerton
Lily Stafford
Thelma Talla
Ralph McCarty
Ig. Mure
Brown
Emerson
Dean Dillingham
Taft
Art Exhibit Set At OCW Gallery By Paul Emerson
Comanche county residents are invited to attend an art exhibit by Paul Emerson associate professor of art at Oklahoma College for Women open 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in OCW library gallery. The exhibit starts a monthly series at OCW this year.
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Comanche County
Paul Emerson
Oklahoma College For Women
OCW
County Felons Seek Parole Before Board in McAlester
Ten felons from several counties including Nelson J. Vail of Comanche and Servius Oyebi of Caddo appear before the Oklahoma Pardon and Paroles Board in McAlester September 27 28. Vail served since February 2 1953 for second degree burglary. Oyebi has two years for second degree forgery. Other nominees include Earl F. Ponder Bobby J. Lyle Allen Martin Floyd Tibbs Olin Harris Jr Helen Madison Frank William Rose and more, with crimes ranging from burglary forgery to assault and theft.
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Nelson J. Vail
Comanche County
State
Pardon Land Paroles Board
McAlester
Viall
Servius Oyebi
Caddo County
Oklahoma County
Earl F. Ponder
Bobby J. Lyle
Allen Martin
Woods
Floyd D. Tibbs
Albert To Seek Employment Aids From Congress
Washington Rep Carla Albert of Oklahoma said he will ask the next Congress for substantial funds to aid employment if conditions in growth areas do not improve. Eastern Oklahoma county commissioners urge Congress to fund work projects for the rainless region.
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Washington
Carla Albert
Apache Girl Wins Scholarship At OU
Mary Sue Goff Burns of Apache, daughter of Mr and Mrs Houston T Burns, has been awarded a University of Oklahoma retine total general Tees scholarship. A 1954 Apache high school graduate and salutatorian, she edited the annual and co edited the school paper, was a 1953 Oklahoma Girls State delegate, counselor for Girls State, and led in three plays. She plans to major in drama at OU to pursue a teaching career.
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Mary Sue Goff Burns
Houston T. Burns
University Oklahoma
Apache High School
Oklahoma Bridge Tourney Invites Top Players This Weekend
Some of the finest contract bridge players in the Southwest compete today through Sunday in the Oklahoma bridge tournament. Steve Stahl, president of the Sooner Contract Bridge League, says events include men's and women's pairs, mixed pairs, open pairs, and team of four.
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Oklahoma
Graduate Course To Be Given Here
A University of Oklahoma graduate education course will be offered at 7 pm on Wednesday Sept. 15 in room B-6 of Lawton junior high. Targeted to teachers in surrounding counties, the class aims to improve instruction. Dr. W. B. Ragan, OU education professor, will teach and credit options span two to four semester hours.
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University of Oklahoma
Lawton Junior High
W. B. Ragan
Ragan
Life
Central State College
The
Leland Stanford University
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