Oklahoma State Agencies Buy Tires at Bargain Prices
Oklahoma state agencies under the State Board of Affairs will buy tires at wholesale bargain rates from B. F. Goodrich Co with about 2,500 price lists to be distributed. The contract aims to save about 50 percent in many cases while counties and school districts may still buy elsewhere if needed.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Affairs
State Standardization Committee
B. F. Goodrich Co
John O'Toole
Goodrich
Harris Olmstead
Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Co
Olmstead
Grand River Dam
Regents
Ange of Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&m College
Board of Affairs
Eleven Polish Sailors Granted Asylum By Nationalist China
Eleven Polish crewmen from the seized freighter President Gottwald have been granted political asylum by Nationalist China. The 5,058 ton ship was picked up by Nationalist warships en route to Red China May 13. Poland claims ownership. Nationalists say Sino-Polish Navigation Co. owns it.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Gottwald
China
Foreign Office
Red China
Poland
Sino-Polish Navigation Co
British Bandmaster Critiques American Juke Boxes On Tour
Captain C H Jaeger of the Irish Guards, visiting the United States, laments American juke boxes and notes Americans love for fast living. He praises friendliness and clothing but critiques meat thickness and walks, and wishes to march his band on Fifth Avenue. He conducts the United March with Paul Lavalle for Cities Service Band of America radio.
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New York
C. H. Jaeger
America
Irish Guards
Paul Lavalle
Cities Service Band of America
Radio Pro Am
Samer
Irish Guards Band
Hess
New England
USA
England
Pennsylvania
Fifth Avenue
Labor dispute shuts down Jack Cole trucking line
Birmingham based Jack Cole Co president John B Jack Cole battles AFL Teamsters in a shutdown over profits from non productive pay. union Local 612 reports half drivers unpaid while Cole says the line must be profitable to operate. the firm employs about 400 drivers and 500 pieces of equipment with annual gross around six million dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
John B
Jack) Cole
American Trucking Assn
Cole
AFL Teamsters Union
Jack Cole Co
M. R. Sherman
Teamsters Local 612
One 7
Reeters
Indianapolis
Chicago
Rev Russell New Pastor At Walters
Rev W E Russell assumes pastorate of First Baptist Walters replacing Rev John J Evans who led the church for 12 years. Russell earlier led Emanuel Baptist Ardmore and is a Oklahoma Baptist university graduate with a wife and four children. Evans becomes associational missionary for Comanche and Cot counties based in Law.
Ervin Urges Early Senate Censure Vote on McCarthy
Sen. Sam J. Ervin says the Senate should take up the McCarthy censure issue before the November elections if the Watkins committee finishes its report by early next week. He favors debate if needed, while Sen. Edwin C. Johnson cautions against a pre election reconvening and stresses the political climate.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
Senate
Watkins Committee
North Carolina
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Ervin
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcoro
Johnson
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
McCarthy
Mitchell Appeal For Labor Support at AFL Convention
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged AFL leaders to back the Eisenhower administration at the Annual AFL Convention in Los Angeles. Delegates offered little reaction as Mitchell pressed for more labor support, while AFL President Meany warned evaluations would come in resolutions and emphasized nonpartisanship. Durkin disagreed, noting past fairness, and Meany urged improvements beyond political campaigning.
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Los Angeles
Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Eisenhower
AFL
Labor Organization
GOP
Organized Labor
America
George Meany
Meany
Labor
Martin Durkin
AFL Plumbers
Labor Cabinet
Durkin
Capitol of San Juan Built with Georgia Marble
Puerto Rico’s Capitol in San Juan showcases white Georgia marble for exterior walls and Tennessee and Italian marbles on interior surfaces, highlighting import sources and multi state craftsmanship.
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Puerto Rico
San Juan
Georgia
Tennessee
Mother Clings to Life After Fishing Boat Sinks
A Toledo woman and her 57 year old husband Joseph were fishing when the boat's motor stalled and flooded. After 40 hours she floated at sea and used her skirt as a flag while bailing water. Fishermen found her and rescued her four and a half miles offshore. She spoke of praying for her three sons as she battled for survival.
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Sonorant
Joseph
Toledo
Sheriff Declares Kidnappers Identified Near Enid
Sheriff W M Stitt said three men held at Kingfisher are believed responsible for kidnapping J E Hudson age 35 and his wife near Enid. The suspects, two Enid brothers and a Wichita Kansas man, were arrested on a Weatherford freight train after fleeing southward. Hudson was knocked unconscious but neither victim seriously hurt.
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Kingfisher
Okla
W. M. Stitt
Enid
Here
Enid Brothers
Wichita
Kan
Weatherford
George Miller
Art Gomes
Okarche
el Reno
Hudson
South Korea Currency Falls to New Black Market Low
In Seoul the hwan slid to a new black market low with rates quoted around 740 per dollar after official value near 180 to 1. The sharp drop reflects inflation and market instability affecting trade and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Korea
Seoul
Certified Five Percent Tax by Lawton Board of Education
Certification shows a five percent amount certified by the Lawton Board of Education. Clerk J. S. Kuntz acknowledges the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Education
Lawton
J. S. Kuntz
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