Weather Bureau Eyes Jump Line To Track Tornadoes
Scientists study a pressure jump line or squall cold front that travels like a wave ahead of warm moist air. Data from microbarographs show a link between jump line passage and tornado formation in the Midwest and Southwest. a volunteer network covers Kansas to Arkansas to test the method.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
U.S
Morris Tepper
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Tepper
Volun
Rcr
United States
Army Plans Uniform Change at Fort Sill
Fort Sill personnel are told the OD color remains official this fall with a new AG 44 green dress due in about two years. OD 33 quits after Sept 1 1956. AG 44 to be issued two per man after OD stocks end, Army green becomes common for wear, and pinks and greens with white shirt for off duty hours.
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Fort Sill
New Manager Named for Muskogee VA Regional Office
VA officials announce Menter G. Baker as manager of the Muskogee regional office effective October 10. Baker, 58, moves from adjudication officer in Oklahoma City, succeeding the late Lundquest who died nine months ago.
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Muskogee VA
Washington
Menter G. Baker
Regey I Administration
Muskogee
Okla
Baker
Oklahoma City
Decaase
Lundquest
Mozart Buried in Pauper Cemetery with Grave Location Questioned
The article notes Wolfgang Mozart was buried in a pauper's cemetery and raises questions about the exact location of his grave. Details on the grave site are unclear and debated among historians.
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Wolfgang Mozart
New System Fails To Lure Bettors Back
Oklahoma City report says a guaranteed payoff system failed to draw back football bettors after a parlay card distributor failed to pay winners. Police note a 50 percent drop in betting and blame publicity. George Denny remains missing after losses. agents report 10 percent taken by card agents and 2 percent by federal agents.
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Oklahoma City
Gamler
George Denny
U S Plans $45 Million for School Construction Aid
The U S Education Commissioner says nearly 45 million dollars will be reserved for federal aid to school construction in 288 communities with plans tied to federal installations and activities. Allocation awaits final approval, with 675,599 dollars allotted to Oklahoma sites including districts in McAlester Pryor Bethany Edmond Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
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Washington
Samuel M. Brownell
Iion
Brownell
Guthrie
Area Men In Service In Korea And Kansas
Captain J R Pannell son of E D Pannell is in B-47 transition training at McConnell AFB Kansas and will return to his Strategic Air Command unit for further training. Army Lt Col James T Jones now with I Corps in Korea lives with Evelyn Jones at 1416 Sheridan, he arrived in the Far East last August after attending Fort Leavenworth CGSC.
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J. R. Pannell
E. D. Pannell
McConnell Air Force Base
Kan
Strategic Air Command
I Corps
Korea
Army
James T. Jones
Evelyn
Sheridan
Eighth Army
Contros
Col. Jones
Corp
Far East
Fort Leavenworth
Command and General Staff College
Voters Speak Forewarning The Lubell Survey Returns
The Lawton Constitution launches Samuel Lubell’s five part series The Voters Speak starting Oct 4. Lubell, famed for accurate political forecasting, interviews voters nationwide to chart opinions and voting trends ahead of the November elections.
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Cel Chena
Aod Lubell
Samuel Lubell
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Lubell
Mr. Lubell
America
United States
Lawton
Polio Cases Fall 12 Percent in Latest Week
The Public Health Service reports 2,344 polio cases last week, down from 2,678 the prior week. Compared with the same week last year, 1,853 cases were recorded, bringing the year total to 26,347, just under 26,444 in 1953 and well below 38,982 in 1952.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Murray heads to Tyler for Rose Show honors
Governor Johnston Murray departed to Tyler Texas as guest of honor at an annual Rose show. The visit underscores Oklahoma City ties as the state leader attends the event in Texas.
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Murray
Tyler
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Tex
Fort Sill Plans Series of Fire Demonstrations
Fort Sill schedules Fire Prevention Week October 3 to 9 with firefighting rescue and fire suppression demonstrations and inspections of family type dwellings on post. Maj Dan Leasure will lead inspections. 12 post fires since January 1 cost at least 25 dollars each, mainly from careless cigaret use, with airplane and helicopter crashes also causing fires.
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Fort Sill
Post Field
Dan Leasure
D. A. Sparlin
Leasure
State Business Better This Year
Oklahoma businessmen showed a 10 percent gain in August versus August 1953, with the bureau noting general business ahead for the year. While overall activity remained solid, some sectors slipped including retail sales and unemployment, but gains came in petroleum production, power output and construction.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Bureau of Business Research
Francis R. Cella
Cella
Jehene
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