Norman's Keen becomes city mayor after unlikely rise
Paul V. Keen, 51, former University of Oklahoma wrestling coach and associate professor, is chosen by Norman city commission as mayor after winning a city council seat. He says the move came quickly and by accident, and plans to focus on youth programs and safety under a city manager system.
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Paul V. Keen
University of Oklahoma
Keen
University
City Park Board
City Recreation and
Peace Paper Urges $1 Billion Aid for Western Europe
The state department warned Western Europe defenses are weak and invite aggression. A six point plan calls for a single military aid program totaling about $1.45 billion for 1950, with $1.13 billion for North Atlantic pact nations and $320 million for Greece and Turkey. The plan favors Western Europe with arms, production boosts, direct equipment, and U.S. technical training. Page 2, column 1.
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State Department
Europe
United States
Department
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Western
Western Europe
Lost Boy Found After 14 Hours of Search in Oklahoma City
Four year old Charles Chuckie Watt was found asleep behind a couch after a 14 hour search in a 100 block area. Neighbors relatives and 100 Boy Scouts helped in the effort with firemen police and park volunteers aiding. Chuckie’s anxious family cried with relief as he woke to greet them. Donny Watt his 14 month old brother was the first to hug him.
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Jim Owen
Charles Watt
Oklahoma City
Wayne Watt
Brock Drive
Brock
Tia
No. 13
Father Watt
Brock Creek
Chuckie
Donny
Gigantic Tri-State band festival ends with grand concert
In Enid on May 14 a mass concert closes the Tri-State festival featuring an 875 member band chorus and orchestra drawn from 6500 school musicians across six states. Sweepstakes results will be announced. Up to 20000 attendees may fill the venue if weather permits. Earlier 2200 listeners heard Ferde Grefe's new tone poem A Day on the Farm at Phillips University, dedicated to Enid.
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Enid
Ferde Grefe
Phillips University Band
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau Station Airport
Mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and slightly cooler today and tonight. Sunday expected partly cloudy and cooler with lighter winds.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Eisler Stays on Line Despite Arrest Request
Southampton police and Scotland Yard continued talks over Gerhart Eisler aboard the Polish liner Batory after a near six hour delay. A U S request to extradite Eisler remains unresolved as a special court was convened and the ship neared Cowes off the Isle of Wight.
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Southampton
England
Scotland Yard
Gerhart Eisler
Batory
W. E. Bray
Dicker
United States Justice
United States
Southanton
Bray
New York
London
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Alfred Bedford
Bhisler
Gydnia
CBS
Richard Yaffee
Cowes Road
U.S
Typing Errors Trip Truman in Letter to Union Leader
The White House said President Truman meant no insult to House leaders in a letter to A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, about labor bill compromises. Press secretary Ross noted two errors in published quotes and clarified the intended wording.
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White House
Truman
Congress
House
Rayburn
Texas
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Doctors Plan Tulsa Meeting Discussions
Medical topics from hay fever in infants to managing emotional problems will be discussed at Tulsa during the Oklahoma State Medical Association fifty sixth annual session. The meeting is scheduled to open Monday with a parley for physicians.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma State Medical Association
U S New Envoy to France Arrives in Paris Happy in Job
David K. E. Bruce, the new American ambassador to France, arrived in Paris by air and expressed happiness with his assignment. He declined to specify his role in forthcoming talks, stating he did not know what part he would take.
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France
Paris
Job
David K. E. Bruce
United States
Barbershoppers to Hold Ladies Night at Biltmore
A Ladies Night program by the Barbershop quartets is set for Saturday at the Biltmore Hotel Civic room. The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America will host a dinner at 6 30 p m with out of town quartets from Sulphur Shawnee and Norman joining local groups. Granville Scanland county attorney and veteran barbershopper will MC.
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Civic Room
Sulphur
Shawnee
Norman
Granville Scanland
Fists Replace Ballots At Rome Law Students Vote
In Rome on May 14 ritual voting took place at the University of Rome where fist signals replace ballots during a law students election. Seventeen students participated in the process amid campus debate over the method.
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Rome
Law
University of Rome
Weather scare eases as Oklahoma sees light spring rains
Western Oklahoma farmers faced heavy winds hail and tornadoes from Texas Panhandle storms but Saturday observers said damage was light while rainfall spread across the state. Hollis recorded 2.61 inches with many towns reporting measurable moisture. Guymon Buffalo and nearby areas saw hail light in spots. Officials noted turbulence aloft and a cooling front expected to arrive later, with showers possible in western Oklahoma and general moisture improving prospects for harvest.
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Texas Panhandle
Hollis
Buffalo
Frederick
Guymon
Oklahoma City
Texas
Muleshoe
Hooker
Burmese Warplanes Hit Rebel Karen HQ North of Rangoon
Burma army planes scored hits on the headquarters of Karen tribesmen at Nyuanglebin ninety miles north of Rangoon during a hard fight along a 25 mile front. An army spokesman said the action occurred Saturday as government forces pressed the operation.
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Burma
Nyuanglebin
Here
Twenty-Five Nabbed In Police Raids
Police booked twenty five men after raids for gambling and disorderly house activity. C V Raper and Jack Caldwell arrested six in the 100 block S Hudson, Wallace Lyons charged with operating a game. Fines totaled eighty dollars. Later raids on S Harvey and S Central led to ten and nine arrests respectively with fines of one hundred ten dollars and eighty dollars.
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C. V. Raper
Jack Caldwell
Hudson
Wallace Lyons
Harvey
Lizzie Mitchell
Central
Luther Johnson
Repeal Petition Faces Supreme Court Delay in 1950 Ballot Move
Oklahoma Economic Institute and United Drys fight over prohibition repeal. Cartwright dismissed two protests, ruled petition valid. Miller and Shepard plan to appeal by May 23, with potential delays if legislature adjourns or calls a special election. If placed on general election, repeal requires a majority of the largest vote in any race.
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Oklahoma Economic Institute
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Wilburn Cartwright
Cartwright
Miller
David C. Shepard
United Drys
Secretary of State
Drys
Paraguay Chief Sworn In Asuncion May 14
Paraguay's Felipe Molas Lopez, a 50 year old dentist, takes the oath of office as president in Asuncion on Saturday, marking a formal transfer of power in the nation.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Felipe Molas Lopez
Stand Crashes In Indianapolis
Twelve people were injured when a wooden grand stand collapsed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during opening trials. The section gave way at the center of the southwest turn, dropping spectators to the floor of two boxes as crowds of about 5,000 watched the event.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Joe Quinn
The
Speedway
Judge Rejects Partial Pleas in Liquor Indictment
In federal court Judge Broaddus rejected allowing five defendants from Binger and Anadarko to plead guilty on some counts and innocent on others. All five pleaded innocent to the 11 count indictment returned May 3. Trial is set May 23. some may change pleas Monday, but the judge insisted on trial on all counts if the indictment is true.
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Bower Broaddus
Federal District Court
Binger Wholesale Liquor
John H. Turney
Binger
Verna
I. H. Thompson
J. C. Tuvener
Paul Baker
Anadarko
Turney
Broaddus
Robert E. Shelton
U. S
Abilene Sets Record For Deathless Traffic
Abilene Texas reports 702 days without a traffic death tying a national record. The west Texas city of about 40 000 celebrated with a parade and program at Blue Sox stadium after midnight Friday.
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Abilene
Texas
West Texas
Schenectady
N. Y
Blue Sox
Youth Unaware His Car Runs Over Brother
In Scottdale Pa on Friday 18 year old Richard Thorn returned from a baseball game to find his 5 year old brother Arthur dead in the driveway. Coroner Joseph Check said Richard apparently did not realize the car had struck his brother on the rough driveway.
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Richard Thorn
Richard
Arthur
Joseph Check
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