City Is Ranked Second in U S Safety Check
Oklahoma City placed second in its population bracket for automobile deaths in the first half of 1949 with an average of 1.4 per 10 000 vehicles. Portland led in the 200 000 to 500 000 group with 1.1. Eight residents died on city streets in six months versus 12 in 1948. Dan Hollingsworth notes improvements, citing state-wide drops and a perfect record in 128 cities. Newark ranked third in the same bracket with 1.7.
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Oklahoma City
National Safety Council
Portland
Ore
Dan Hollingsworth
Oklahoma City Safety Council
Oklahoma
The
Safety Council
New Bedford
Mass
Pawtucket
R. L
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Newark
N. J
Ardmore Fund Rename Miss Anon Slows Road Victims Drive
Ardmore changes the title of a relief fund for four Negro youths injured in a highway accident from Mr Anon to Miss Anon after a $50 donation arrived on Friday and a note corrected the gender slip. The drive had already seen a $10 anonymous gift and promises of further contributions at $100 $500 and $1 000 milestones.
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Ardmore
Ardmoreite
Miss Anon
State Approves Trio Of School Bond Issues
Three Oklahoma school bond proposals cleared official approval by Attorney General Mac Q Williamson. Bowring school in Osage County receives 3000 for transportation equipment, Arnett school in Harmon County gets 11000 for repair and furniture, and Boone school in Caddo County is awarded 4500 for transportation equipment.
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Mac Q. Williamson
Bowring
Osage County
Arnett
Harmon County
Boone School
Caddo County
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau Airport
Partly cloudy and windy with continued warmth today tonight and Saturday. High today about 95, low tonight near 74. High Saturday in the 90s. Tonight and Saturday partly cloudy with a few widely scattered showers mainly in the extreme west. little change in temperature, low 70s to 75, high Saturday. Extended temperatures will average 3 to 5 degrees above normal with scattered thundershowers mainly Saturday and Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation averages 0.5 inch, locally heavier falls possible.
Four to Five Years Arms Aid Predicted by Johnson
Secretary of Defense Johnson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that U S arms aid to friendly nations may run four to five years with diminishing annual costs. He stressed no American troops would be sent abroad and the program would be equipment and training oriented. The plan envisions one year $1 45 billion for Europe, with costs decreasing as partners build their own capability.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Military High Command
Truman
Rep. Mansfield
D., Mont
Omar N. Bradley
Army
High Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Joint Chiefs
United States
Bargain advance sale at Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City
Fair manager Cr G Baker says advance bargain tickets for the Oklahoma State Fair run September 24 to 30. Tickets go on sale Monday in Oklahoma City at public buildings streets and many stores for 40 cents each, with 60 cent standard admission at gates. 100000 tickets will be sold, 60000 in Oklahoma City, sale ends when sold out or August 31. Rain insurance notion sustains fan attendance despite weather.
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Cr. G. Baker
Oklahoma City
Baker
Officer and Bandit Wounded in Capitol Park Gun Battle
In Capitol park Sacramento, a patrol officer Bruce Guthrie was wounded in the head and fellow officer Donald Dixon shot in the leg after two armed robbers fled into the park. Detectives encountered the assailant who opened fire, and both sides exchanged gunfire. The bandit, about 25, was shot through the head and taken to a hospital.
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Sacramento
Capitol Park
Bruce Guthrie
Donald Dixon
Guthrie
Dixon
Muskogee Fights GRDA Power Rate Increase
Muskogee challenges the Grand River Dam Authority 15 percent power rate hike due August 1. City manager John O. Hall says Muskogee will honor its present contract covering power to the municipal pump station only. The city franchise is with Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. The contract has three years left, and the higher rate would add about 2300 dollars annually to the city’s electric bill.
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Muskogee
Grand River Dam Authority
John O. Hall
GRDA
The
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
Hall
Ada taps springs to keep city gardens green all summer
Ada uses lower Arbuckle springs as a long time water supply. In 1935 Ada voted 35000 in bonds to match WPA funds and built reservoirs. The system delivers 15 million gallons daily to Ada Fittstown and Fitts oil field areas with summer rate reductions to encourage lawn watering and keeps suburban zones supplied.
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Times
Tom Killian
Oklahoma
Byrds Mill Spring
Pontotoc County
Ada
Mary Lou Dobbins
Clinton
Wilma Jo Walker
Kohana
Jean Logsdon
East Central State College
Arbuckle Mountains
Byrd
Galveston Cancels Flagstad Performance After Veteran Protest
The Galveston Civic Music association canceled soprano Kirsten Flagstad’s recital after local veterans groups protested. Legion official F. J. McDonald said veterans objected to her appearances in Norway during the war.
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Galveston
Galveston Civic Music Association
Kirsten Flagstad
F. J. McDonald
Legion
Norway
Texas in Again: Week-Old Boy Has 2 Teeth, Haircut
Walter Lee Brown of Tyler is one week old and showed two fully developed front teeth after his first barbershop haircut. Birthday week attention followed the informal visit as relatives and neighbors complimented the infant.
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Texas
Tyler
U.P
Walter Lee Brown
Walter Lee
Deaths Mount as Heat Strikes Eastern Cities
The Associated Press reports that heat wave deaths surged in eastern cities with at least 27 fatalities. Cooler air moved from Canada toward the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, edging into Michigan Illinois and Indiana, while Washington logged nine deaths. The forecast warned of continued hot humid conditions and 90s to 100s across the region with Boston setting July 28 records.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi
Missouri
Washington
Federal Weather Bureau
Rockies
Atlantic
New England
Boston
Maine
Federal
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Forecast Has Us in a Sweat
Warm windy weather dominated the state with highs near 103 in Alva and 100 in Waynoka and Ponca City. The long range outlook calls for 3 to 5 degrees above normal through the next five days with scattered showers. Oklahoma City expects 95 to 74 degrees, matching last year’s pattern.
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Mr. Maughan
Alva
Waynoka
Ponca City
Boise City
Oklahoma City
Airport
Classen
End of Berlin Air Lift to be phased over weeks
The United States and Great Britain announced a gradual end to the Berlin air lift starting next Monday. A reduced force will remain at German bases to resume operations if the Soviet blockade is renewed, with training runs and emergency readiness maintained.
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Berlin
Russia
United States
Great Britain
West Berlin
William H. Tunner
Germany
City Tire Theft Ring Smashed
Deputy sheriffs Brown and Finley reported five arrests in an Oklahoma County tire theft ring with auto and truck tires valued over 1000 recovered plus three shotguns and two rifles worth about 500. Burglary charges were to be filed. one suspect sought. Guns tied to a daylight burglary at 936 NE 30.
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Sherman Brown
Dick Finley
Oklahoma County
Finley
Brown
Oklahoma City
Gates Rubber Co
Newcastle
Mulligan Flats
SW 29
William Seth Roland
Red Shirted Pair Rob Safeway For $500 In Loot
Two robbers wearing red shirts held five employees at gunpoint in a Safeway on Drexel Avenue before calmly leaving with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police chased leads across the city as the same group, tied to earlier Safeway heists, were suspected in multiple interstate stickups. The incident ended with rapid entry and exit, leaving witnesses scarce and the store’s losses not disclosed.
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Jim Owen
Safeway
Drexel
C. T
Mickey” Ryan
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita
Topeka
Kan
Denver
Charles Pratt
Pratt
Louis W. Myrick
Myrick
Iron Lung Speeds To Boy Aboard General Darby
Coast guard cutter Iroquois rushed an iron lung Friday to a paralyzed boy aboard the army transport General Darby. The ship was about 1,000 miles northeast of Hawaii en route from San Francisco. The boy and his father will be taken aboard for transport to Honolulu as the Iroquois closes in about 30 hours.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
Iroquois
Army
Darby
Hawaii
Sann Francisco
Assessments Voided On Lots in Shawnee
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught ordered four Shawnee lots in street improvement district No 2 exempt from delinquent assessments. H C Hovenden had sued Cecelia Gillmore and 39 others to foreclose for bond payoff. The judge canceled all delinquent assessments by virtue of the 1940 county resale. the Rose Gardens addition was affected.
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Edgar S. Vaught
Shawnee
H. C. Hovenden
Cecelia Gillmore
Vaught
Rose Gardens
Skelly Oil Reports Half-Year Net Income Decline
Skelly Oil Company in Tulsa disclosed six month net income fell to 13,856,208 dollars from 18,398,562 dollars in the prior year, a drop of 4,533,354 dollars. Earnings per share were 11.66 dollars versus 18.74 dollars.
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Tulsa
Skelly Oil Co
Plant Official is Killed In Limestone Dump
Tulsa report says 60 year old Samuel Moody plant superintendent died of suffocation when trapped beneath crushed limestone dumped from a railroad car. Witnesses state he was inspecting the load at the moment of the dump.
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Tulsa
Con
Samuel Moody
Security Plan Curb Favored In Social Security Debate
Washington July 29 The house Ways and Means committee tentatively voted to exclude about 500000 professional workers such as doctors lawyers accountants dentists and others from the proposed broad expansion of social security coverage over administration opposition The action is expected to become final though it remains subject to the definitions of professional workers. President Truman had sought inclusion of self employed professionals in the plan.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Supreme Court
Ferguson Munn
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Ferguson
Truman
Congress
High Court
White House
McGrath
Justice
J. Howard McGrath
R. I
Rhode Island
Mr. Truman
Frank Murphy
House
Ways and Means
Tulsa Woman Injured In Wagoner Plane Crash
A Tulsa woman, Mrs. Mary Helen Howard, was severely injured when a light plane pancaked on an unmarked airstrip near Wagoner. Co-pilot F. C. Baker, also from Tulsa, was uninjured. Mrs. Howard received face and throat cuts and was hospitalized in Tulsa.
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Wagoner
Highway Patrol
Mary Helen Howard
Tulsa
Don Reagin
F. C. Baker
Baker
Howard
Auxiliary of Reserve Officers Is Organized
A national auxiliary to the Reserve Officers association has been formed with Mrs. Augusta Dunaway of Oakland California as its first president. RCA ladies clubs in Michigan Oregon Minnesota California and Mississippi form the nucleus of the new group which aims to establish 15 more state departments by next year. Mrs. Henry H. Brown of Sacramento California was named secretary treasurer.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Reserve Officers Association
Augusta Dunaway
Oakland
Calif
RCA
Michigan
Oregon
Minnesota
California
Mississippi
Henry H. Brown
Sacramento
Rubber Plant Strike Is Voted By Workers
Akron Ohio July 29 workers in B F Goodrich Co plants voted overwhelmingly for strike action under CIO United Rubber Workers. Negotiations broke down June 14 and the contract cannot be canceled until August 24. Goodrich employs about 17 000 production workers in seven states with ta lks of 25 cent hourly raises and $100 monthly pensions.
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Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Co
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodrich
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Cadillac
Mich
Clarksville
Tenn
Miami
Okla
Have Your Papers With You On Your Vacation
Special arrangements with news dealers allow the Daily and Sunday Oklahoman to accompany readers in vacation spots across states. Call out of state circulation department at 2-1211 before leaving for the local dealer or arrange to have papers mailed to you during travel.
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State Circulation Department
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Ars
U. S Weather Bureau
Defense
Bradley
Illinois
Indiana
Cny
Gop
Bud
T. O. Mapes
W. N. Brown
Iron Lung
Skelly Oil Company
Auxiliary of Reserve Officers
Union
Eosseae Grooe
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