Market Drifts Lower After Opening Gains
Markets opened with gains but drifted lower as buying momentum faded. Key movers included Kennecott Copper up 1, Chrysler 62 cents, Bethlehem Steel 25 cents, while General Motors slipped. By midmorning major declines followed and volume cooled, as the Dow averaged around 175 and the day saw 215 declines to 37 advances amid a mixed recovery in a tense session.
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Kennecott Copper
Chrysler
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Tradk
U. S. Steel
Sears Roebuck
du Pont
Union Carbide
Standard Oil
Goodyear
Santa Fe
New York Stock Exchange
Eisenhower
Yankee Stadium
Wall Street
Associated Press
Fair Directors Hope Sun Will Bring Crowds
Oklahoma state fair officials, led by manager C. G. Baker, hoped sunny weather would boost attendance after rain reduced crowds. During 24 hours to 6 p.m. Wednesday 40,235 entered, totaling 167,274 over five days. Livestock judging highlighted Hereford cattle, Hampshire and Berkshire swine, and milking Shorthorn cattle, with grand champions named for both junior and open classes.
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C. G. Baker
Hampshire
Berkshire
Jimmy John Stewart
Edmond
Charles Kolar Jr
Prague
Ayrshire
H. E. Heiser
Tampa
Kan
J. A. Collier
Fletcher
Wrong Pair Shoes Troubled Milwaukee Child
Mrs. Ben Bogels grew worried as her four year old daughter Babs limped for days. A chiropodist found the cause in her sister’s shoes that were too small for the girl.
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Milwaukee
Ben Bogels
Babs
Sage Brush Exercise safe blanks to be used in November
Fourth Army ordnance officers say no live ammunition will be used in the Sage Brush maneuver in western Louisiana in November and December. Small arms blanks may be present but are designed for noise and flash only and pose danger mainly if mishandled. An elaborate safety program, fire prevention courses, and fire marshals are in place. Authorities warn against handling or tossing blanks, and explosive ordnance disposal teams will be on 24 hour call at Camp Polk to render any found ordnance harmless.
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Sage Brush
Army Air Force
Louisiana
Fourth Army Ordnance
Fourth Army
Air Force
National Guard
Civil Defense
Camp Polk
Sweden Ends Liquor Ration System Nationwide
Sweden abandons its 36 year old liquor rationing program and allows unrestricted purchases next week. The move follows a shift toward large scale temperance propaganda and aims to curb alcoholism as authorities note previous limits did not reduce drinking.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Conservation Meet Opens At Capital
A two day soil and water conservation program opened today with more than 200 delegates from six states taking a bus tour of the Sandstone Creek conservation project in Roger Mills County. A meeting to discuss water and conservation problems will be held tomorrow. Frank Dunaway, president of the Oklahoma Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, said the gathering aims to give citizens a background on problems and supports upstream watershed conservation over dam projects.
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Oklahoma City
Sandstone Creek
Roger Mills
Frank Dunaway
Oklahoma Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Oklahoma
Nowata to vote on $315,009 high school bond
Nowata Oklahoma residents will cast ballots October 13 on bond issues totaling 315,009 for a new high school building.
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Nowata
Okla
Tear Gas Breaks Up Cyprus Crowd
NICOSIA Cyprus British troops and police used tear gas and clubs to disperse youths massing in Metaxas Square amid a general strike. Extremist leaders urged workers to halt activity to protest an adverse committee report on the U N Assembly Cyprus issue. Cypriot Greeks seek unification with Greece.
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Cyprus
Nicosia
Metaxas Square
U.N. Assembly
Sooner Business Dips For August
The University of Oklahoma's Bureau of Business Research reports general state business down about 1 percent in August from a year earlier. However yearly activity remains 5.4 percent higher than the same period in 1954. Bureau director Francis R. Cella cites agriculture as the main factor in the 0.9 drop, offset by gains in industrial production.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Bureau of Business Research
Oklahoma
Francis R. Cella
Court Will Air Beating Count In Lawton Court
A 24 year old Lawton woman Virginia Traina 24 of 416 Summit faces assault on a minor charge in Municipal court this afternoon. Complainant was C G Phillips. Traffic cases dominated the docket as seven of ten cases involved traffic offenses. Others include muffler and speeding violations and bonds forfeitures.
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Lawton
Virginia Traina
Summit
C. G. Phillips
Huey Ray Wyles
Cameron College
Barney Lee Hobbs
Maynard Myers
Fort Sill
J. Merle Oaks
Donald Langley
Pollard
Robin Burns Taylor
Apache
Nelson Sadler
Leon E. Kubala
Ollie K. Washburn
Sammy Eagleshield
Jefferson
Ulysses Homer
No. 20
Otis Waldron
Yesteryear in The Constitution Files
A 16 year retrospective highlights Maj. Bobby Johnson awaiting discharge at Fort Sam Houston Texas and Jack Crease ex Lawton fire chief discharged from Coast Guard. Powell to lead the 40 et 8 gate, Roosevelt signs stadium and amphitheater bill, a car crash injures three on U S 277 north of Lawton, pioneer Julia Ann Hanners dies, Albert Vaughn addresses state Retailers Secretary's meeting in Oklahoma City, duck season opens October 1 with good prospects, and E P Lowe resigns as city engineer.
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Bobby Johnson
Lawton
Air Force
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Jack Crease
Roosevelt
Harmon Park Athletic Stadium
U.S. 277
Julia Ann Hanners
Albert Vaughn
Oklahoma City
E. P. Lowe
Chiropractors Return From Oklahoma City Symposium
Dr. Jack Spencer and Dr. Howard E. Troop returned from a Chiropractic Education Symposium in Oklahoma City run by the Oklahoma Chiropractic Physicians Association. The event, held with the Physiotherapy Councils of the Midwest, recognized 20 years of continuous practice for Dr. Robert S. Ward and Dr. E. B. Haggard in absentia, with in person honors to be presented by Dr. Troop. National Chiropractic Association President Dr. Claude A. Henderson was the principal speaker at the three day meeting.
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Jack Spencer
Howard E. Troop
Oklahoma Chiropractic Physicians Association
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Texas
Robert S. Ward
E. B. Haggard
Troop
Claude A. Henderson
The
National Chiropractic Association
Red China Plans Sixth Division Pullout From Korea
Peiping radio announced Communist China will withdraw six Red Army divisions from North Korea next month. Each division about 10,000 men, leaving unknown numbers behind. Earlier withdrawals included 13 divisions, with major pulls in April and fall 1954. Two U.S. divisions remain in South Korea as others pull out.
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Red China
North Korea
Tokyo
China
Peiping
U.S
South Korea
Britain Warns Egypt Over Soviet Arms Deal
London officials say Ambassador Trevelyan was instructed to warn Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser of the grave view Britain holds on Egypt's plan to buy arms from the Soviet bloc. Dulles and Macmillan pressed Molotov over Moscow’s Middle East role and the risk of an arms race.
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Britain
London
Foreign Office
Humphrey Trevelyan
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
U. S
State Dulles
Macmillan
Molotov
Russia
Geneva
Forty Eight Bales Ginned at Sterling Gin
Sterling gin reports forty eight bales of cotton ginned to date. Claud Simpson, manager, provides the tally from the operation centered in Sterling.
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Sterling
Sterling Gin
Claud Simpson
PTA Meet Set Norman Oklahoma Officials to Review Plans
PTA executives from across the state will gather at the University of Oklahoma next Monday and Tuesday to review organized plans for the next three years. The meeting signals coordinated efforts by local units to align goals and programs statewide.
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Norman
Okla
Parent- Teacher Association
University of Oklahoma
Sterling Students to Attend Oklahoma State Fair
Sterling junior and senior high school classes will attend the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City.
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Sterling
Oklahoma City
Work Sleep Play in Comfort With Doan's Pills
Nagging backache headaches and muscle aches can follow over exertion stress or poor habits. Doan's Pills offer pain relief soothe bladder irritation and mild diuretic action to aid kidneys. If you suffer restless sleepless nights due to discomfort try Doan's Pills for relief millions have trusted for over 60 years.
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Dean
Doan
Red Cross Director Leaves For Disaster Area
Harris Austin, Red Cross field director at Fort Sill, leaves at noon for Harlingen Texas to aid flood relief in Mexico. Carlos N. Paterno, disaster director for Puerto Rico, will direct the assignment. Austin helps allocate three carloads of surplus goods from Harlingen to Tampico, with U.S. Air Force airlifting supplies to the coastal city cut off from other transport.
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Harris Austin
Red Cross
Fort Sill
Harlingen
Tex
Mexico
Carlos N. Paterno
Puerto Rico
Austin
Tampico
U.S. Air Force
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