Dulles Named to Senate Seat in Dewey Appointment
New York July 7 Gov Thomas E Dewey named John Foster Dulles veteran foreign affairs adviser to fill the late Robert F Wagner's Senate seat Dulles will serve an interim term through Dec 1 1949 a special election set for Nov 8 to continue Wagner's term Numerous talks of Lehman running and other political moves accompany the shift while county budget wrangles over revaluation funds and staffing unfold in Oklahoma City with dissension between commissioners and Assessor Cragin Smith over deadlines and allocations
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
United States Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Dulles
Wagner
Cragin Smith
Smith
Commission
Charles A. Litton
Mike Donnelly
J. H. Wirtz
Roger E. Jones
Connie Harris
Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce
Bliss Kelly
East
Oklahoma City
County Excise Board
Payne
Woman Cashier Laughs as Robber Flees Detroit Cashier
In Detroit on Wednesday night Beverley Harris, a movie theater cashier, faced a hopeful robber who claimed he had a gun. Harris asked to see the weapon and the robber refused, prompting her to laugh and cause him to flee.
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Detroit
Beverley Harris
Miss Harris
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau Airport
LOCAL partly cloudy and continued warm and windy today tonight and Friday highs around 98 today low near 75 high Friday in the upper 90s. STATE partly cloudy warm and humid today tonight and Friday with a few widely scattered local thundershowers during late afternoon and evening. Highs today 95 to 100 lows tonight 75 to 80.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Cotton County Man Dies Under Wheels of Train
Wilburn Slabaugh, about 50, a Devol resident in Cotton county, was killed instantly when he fell under an MRT freight train at Grandfield Wednesday night. The body was found early Thursday as authorities investigated an attempted ride incident. A coroner's inquest was opened at Grandfield Thursday by Tillman county attorney Howard McBee.
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Frederick
Wilburn Slabaugh
Devol
Cotton County
Grandfield
Slabaugh
Howard McBee
Tillman
Patrol Tag Makes 519 Drivers It
Highway patrol arrests over the extended Fourth of July holiday reached 519 statewide, doubling 1948 figures. Assistant Public Safety Commissioner Glenn V. Carmichael noted a 45 percent drop in accidents and injuries. Troopers worked 12 hour shifts, with 160 on duty. In Oklahoma County 36 arrests occurred as Granville Scanland, county attorney, called it the peak period for traffic complaints in years.
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Glenn V. Carmichael
Carmichael
Paul Reed
Reed
Oklahoma County
Granville Scanland
Forecast Keeps Summer Heat On The Menu
A weather forecast notes hotter conditions with scattered showers possible across the state. The latest 24 hour highs include 104 degrees at Waynoka and cooler lows of 65 at Buffalo, with highs forecast near 98 to 75 degrees statewide.
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Classen
U. S
First Industry Tract Sold For TG Y Warehouse In OKC
Oklahoma Industries Inc sells three lots totaling about 51 acres at NE 36 and Santa Fe to TG Y stores for a 350000 warehouse and office. R A Young says plans are drawn by Coston Frankfurt with start hoped by August 1 and occupancy after year end. The 70400 square foot single story building will be the area's largest industrial project this year.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tg&y Stores
Oklahoma Industries, Inc
NE 36
Santa Fe
Industrial Sec
Commerce Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa Judge Rejects Ban on Dawson Annexation Protest
District Judge Horace D. Ballaine refused a permanent injunction sought by Dawson residents opposing the town’s annexation to Tulsa. The protesters said they will appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. City officials said the ruling clears the way for immediate incorporation of the 5,000 population community on Tulsa’s northeast as voters had approved the merger.
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Tulsa
Horace D. Ballaine
Dawson
Oklahoma Supreme Court
R. L. Davidson Jr
Ballaine
Names Sought on Welfare Federation Directors Probe
Scanland seeks names of directors of the Welfare Federation Act committee linked to Fox enterprises as part of a follow up probe of Fox financial dealings. Miskovsky offers to provide no list. Cunningham committee testimony shows Welfare Federation and Welfare News used as trade names. Fox denies misappropriation and challenges proof.
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Granville Scanland
George Miskovsky
O. J. Fox
Welfare Federation Act Committee
Multiple Fox Enterprises
Fox
Scanland
House
Miskovsky
Robert O. Cunningham
Oklahoma City
Welfare Federation, Inc
Welfare News
Cunningham
Cunningham Committee
Legislative Committee
Notable Passengers Aboard Pan Am Flight Fire
Shannon Ireland July 7 Pan American stratocruiser America carrying 63 aboard from London to New York caught fire over the Atlantic. It returned safely to Shannon on three engines after a 45 minute blaze in the right outboard engine. Passengers included comedian Danny Kaye tennis star Louise Brough and former ambassador Paul V. McNutt. Several Royal Liberators escorted the jet as it descended. The incident prompted life jackets and rafts but no major injuries.
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Shannon
Ireland
Pan American
America
London
New York
Atlantic
Danny Kaye
Louise Brough
Oklahoma City
Margaret duPont
Paul V. McNutt
U. S
Philippines
McNutt
Royal Airforce Liberators
Kaye
Detroit Ambusher's Gun Traced Amid Reuther Shooting
Detroit detectives arrived in Los Angeles to trace ownership of 20 shotguns marked J. H. used in the May 24 shooting of Victor Reuther educational director of the CIO United Auto Workers. Reuther lost an eye and is Walter Reuther's brother. One gun was found at the scene.
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Los Angeles
Detroit
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Reuther
Walter Reuther
The
Auto Workers Union
Detriot
J. H
Railroad seeks permission to abandon 28 miles in Texas
Washington July 7 The Nacogdoches and Southeastern railroad Thursday asked authority to abandon about 28 miles of track between Calgary and a point near Woden Texas The request highlights the ongoing adjustments in regional rail service and infrastructure.
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Washington
Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad
Calgary
Woden
Texas
One Killed in Harrah Grade Crossing Crash
James E. Berry aged 61 a painter of 11 block N Douglas died when his car was struck by a Rock Island streamliner at a grade crossing two miles west and a half mile north of Harrah A passenger A C Hance of 1632 Linwood was hospitalized in serious condition with multiple injuries Luzon Smith highway patrolman said he had not determined who was driving at the time No further details available
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James E. Berry
Douglas
Rock Island
Harrah
Berry
A. C. Hance
Linwood
Mercy Hospital
Luzon Smith
Mayo doctors rule out surgery for diving victim Billy Richardson
Mayo clinic physicians determined no operation would help Billy Richardson, 19, of Davenport Oklahoma, paralyzed since a 5 year dive accident. Physiotherapy offers a chance at some recovery, requiring six to eight months, as he arrives in Rochester with his mother and an aunt.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Billy Richardson
Davenport
Okla
Richardson
Floyd Richardson
Ruth Mitchell
Dawn Stroll Ends With Missing Boy Safe at Home
Three year old Danny Stivers slipped from his home at 8504 SE 16 during an insomnia driven early morning walk. He wandered unfamiliar streets, admired a police officer and badge, then signaled his return and led Officer A. J. Wilson to his mother. A happy reunion followed.
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Danny Stivers
Danny
Stivers
Midwest City Police Department
Wilson
Economic Heat Is On World Affairs Boiled Down
AP reports a global economic snapshot with President Truman bullish about the outlook and calls for federal loans, public works, farm support, and expanded social security. US steel strike threat looms July 16, while Britain faces a dollar crisis and coal talks begin in Philadelphia. Poland limits trade with Tito's Yugoslavia.
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Washington
Truman
Russians Hint Compromise on Berlin Talks Begin
The Taegliche Rundschau editorial urged that formalties matter less than cooperation as four commandants start negotiations on divided Berlin. Soviet zone economic officials and Western zone counterparts met in Berlin to discuss expanding trade.
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Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Soviet Zone Economic Commission
Western Zone
Economic Council
Iowa State Wins Sweepstakes at Agricultural Editors Meet
Ithaca New York July 7 Iowa State College captured sweepstake honors on Thursday at the 34th annual meeting of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors during competitive press exhibits.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Iowa State College
American Association of Agricultural College Editors
Louise Brough Started On Way to Fame Here
Louise Brough, Beverly Hills tennis champion, born in 1923 in Oklahoma City, traveled as a passenger aboard Pan American’s luxury liner crippled by fire 600 miles from Ireland. Her family moved to California in 1936, where she began playing tennis as an excuse to avoid piano practice.
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Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Pan American
Ireland
Oklahoma City
Miss Brough
Carroll-Brough-Robinson
California
Okahoma City
Dick Skeen
Duncan City Seeks End Of Rent Controls
Duncan city commission voted to request decontrol of rents. The proposal goes to Governor Turner for approval before routing to the federal Rent Control Director in Washington for final action. About 100 attended. 24 local landlords backed the decontrol bid.
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Duncan
Turner
Federal Rent Control Director
Washington
Don’t give your papers a vacation this summer
A public notice urges readers not to suspend newspaper subscriptions during summer. It explains that through special arrangements with Oklahoma news dealers, The Daily and Sunday Oklahoman can be purchased daily at vacation spots, and provides the Service Department contact number 2-1211 to locate a dealer.
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The
Daily Oklahoman
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Esunes Land Sale
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