U.S. Exhibits Win Friends Worldwide in Nine Fairs
President Eisenhower reports a five million dollar campaign promoting American culture and industry abroad. Across Europe and Japan 11 trade fairs drew 214 million visitors with 25 000 inquiries and 800 firms contributing products for display. The effort aimed to show free society contrasts with totalitarian economies and featured the Philadelphia Orchestra the New York City Ballet and Oklahoma on tour. An unnamed Japanese minister praised the Symphony of the Air Orchestra after a performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Japan
Philadelphia Orchestra
New York City Ballet
Oklahoma
Washington
Covvers
Theodore C. Streibert
United States Information Agency
Senate
House
Thailand
U. S
Symphony of the Air Orchestra
Morocco Hope for Fast Morocco Settlement Amid Tense North Africa
Paris reports France seeks a rapid Moroccan settlement to avert bloodshed in the protectorate. Premier Faure’s government sees agreement in sight with a regency council to govern until a throne dispute is resolved. Moulay Arafa to head the council. Ben Youssef to live in France temporarily. Return date target set for September 12 with nationalist pressure mounting.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
U.N
New York
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Si Bekkai
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Morocco
Si Bekkar
Pasha
Sefrou
Moulay Arafa
Tangier
France
Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Faure
Casablanca
Youth Evangelism Campaign Planned for Lawton District
A district ministerial retreat at Craterville Park set November 27 to December 4 for a youth evangelism and visitation drive. Oklahoma City University living endowment and temperance were on the agenda along with a district conference at Epworth church Chickasha on November 1. Dr Poe Williams pastor and Rev W J Gray associate pastor led the meeting. Three principal sermons were delivered by Rev J J Stowe Jr Lawton First Methodist Rev Winfred McBride Duncan and Dr Williams.
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Craterville Park
Lawton
Oklahoma City University Living Endowment
Temperance
Methodist Epworth Church
Chickasha
Poe Williams
W. J. Gray
J. J. Stowe Jr
Funeral Rites for Ruth Mae Carrier 33 in Lawton
Ruth Mae Carrier 33 of 298 S Fourth Lawton died at 8 15 p m Thursday after a long illness Born March 20 1922 in Lawton she married Lyle Carrier January 3 1938 in Walters She lived in Kansas City 1950 and returned to Lawton in July Survivors include husband two sons Dennis Everett and Dale Bruce two daughters Sharon Lynn and Teresa Ann her parents Mr and Mrs R Adkins a sister Mrs Leon Johnsey two brothers Bruce Adkins and Cecil Hill Services begin 2 30 p m Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church Reverend Henry Wall to officiate Burial in Highland Cemetery Lawton Funeral Home in charge
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Ruth Mae Carrier
Lawton
Lyle Carrier
Walters
Kansas City
Dennis Everett
Dale Bruce
Sharon Lynn
Teresa Ann
R. Adkins
Leon Johnsey
Taft
Bruce Adkins
Cecil Hill
Lee
Calvary Baptist Church
Henry Wall
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Airline Liquor Limit Proposed
The Air Transport Association urged airlines to adopt a code restricting liquor aloft. Proposals include no alcohol on Sundays or election days, no service to minors or intoxicated passengers, limits on flights over two hours, and no service between noon and midnight. Violators would be deplaned at the first stop.
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Washington
Trade Association of the Scheduled Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Harold L. Pearson
Air Transport Assn
ATA
Pearson
San Francisco
Uranium Rush Hits Gallup with Record Claims
Gallup New Mexico reports 7 560 uranium claims filed this year surpassing the total of the past five years with a single week producing a thousand claims in one day highlighting a surge in prospecting activity and potential economic impact in the region.
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Gallup
N. M
Author of Best Seller Kills Self
Stuart Engstrand, author of The Sling and the Arrow, died by drowning in MacArthur Park lake after being pulled from the water by two boathouse workers. He was 51, of Beverly Hills, with wife Sophia reporting his disappearance and despondent mood. His best sellers included The Sling and the Arrow and Beyond the Forest.
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Los Angeles
Stuart Engstrand
MacArthur Park
Engstrand
Beverly Hills
Sophia
Donald Barnes
MacArthur Park Lake
Bill Sherman
Harvey Weaver
Paul Britton
Texas Flood Waters Ebb in Raymondville and Falfurrias
Floodwaters receded as Raymondville evacations paused before 4 a.m. after flooding from an 8 inch Wednesday night rain. About 500 families were evacuated earlier, with no deaths or injuries reported. Falfurrias faced several inches of water from swollen creeks, while authorities built new drainage and sent typhoid vaccine for 3,000 persons.
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Raymondville
Tex
South Texas
Sheriff's Department
Falfurrias
State Health Department
United Nations cites South America population over 121 million
The United Nations reports that South America's population exceeds 121 million people. The milestone reflects regional demographics and growth prospects across nations in the continent.
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The
United Nations
South America
Army apologizes to college prof over mistaken charge
Washington reports the Army told Prof Alfred Y. Kelly of Wayne University its prior accusation of him supporting a Communist front was a mistake. Secretary Brucker ordered removal from records and apologized, calling the conduct improper and carelessly performed. Kelly and Senator Johnston welcomed the apology as restoring confidence in government.
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Washington
Army
Alfred Y. Kelly
Wayne University
Brucker
Dr. Kelly
Kelly
Detroit
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Civil Service Subcommittee
Oklahoma banker Carnes dies in Denver hotel heart attack
James A. Carnes of Duncan Oklahoma, chairman of the Federal Land Bank of Wichita, died of a heart attack in a Denver hotel on Wednesday night while en route to a bank conference at Estes Park Colorado.
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Denver
Colo.p
James A. Carnes
Duncan, Okla
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Estes Park
Colo
Lawton National Guard recruits for Operation 8-0-0-0 drive
Maj. Gen. Roy W. Kenny announces a drive to raise Oklahoma 45th Division strength to 8000 by summer 1956. Lawton units and three state groups will tour Co manche and nearby counties, visiting high schools to show equipment and benefits. Enlistment continues. information at the National Guard Armory or by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
National Guard
Roy W. Kenny
Oklahoma
CWO
Dale Ward
179Th Infantry
700Th Ordnance Bn
Comanche
Ward
Methodists Plan Home For Aged In Tulsa
Oklahoma Methodist leaders vote 6-4 to build a $3 million home for the aged in Tulsa rather than Muskogee. Muskogee offered a free site, but Tulsa will raise $50 000 to help locate the home on a 40 acre site with the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce underwriting land costs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Methodist
Tulsa
Oklahoma Methodist Home For
Muskogee
Don LaGrone
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
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Hibriton
O’hearn
Bassett
Shaw
Kingsley
Colonial Craft
Shockey, Savage
S.W. Oklahoma
Futorian
Karpen
Flexsteel
Decorators Studios
International
Hibriten
Selig
Lightolier
Cache Road Furniture CO
Cache Road
Oscar
Cox
Guy
Pontiac
Oscar Cox
D Avenue
Methodists
Okla
Fence Company
South Second
Motorola
B. F. Goodrich
B.F. Goodrich
Corky
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