Aggie names top brass returning to campus after years
Marine brigadier general Vernon Edgar Megee, retired from active duty, returns to Oklahoma A&M to plan retirement courses and complete a degree. He recalls campus life, notes modern growth under Dr. Henry Bennett, and shares his aviation role with the Fleet Marine Force at Norfolk. His father, George D. Megee, resides in Broken Arrow.
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Oklahoma A&m College
Marine Corps
Vernon Edgar Megee
EN. Megee
Henry G. Bennett
A&m
Fleet Marine Force Naval Base
Norfolk
Gen. Megee
Fleet Marine Force
George D. Megee
Broken Arrow
Second Tornado Hits in Texas Injuring Three
A second Texas Panhandle tornado injured at least three people and wrecked property from Stratford to Dalhart. Victims include Mrs Emory Blake and Miss Leona Austin, with Mrs E W Marrs later dying in Amarillo. Homes and granaries were demolished. lines and outbuildings destroyed along the 20 mile to Texhoma stretch.
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Texas
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Stratford
Dalhart
Emory Blake
Fred Austin
Leona Austin
E. W. Marrs
Panhandle
Victor McCree
Blake
Leona Rus
Shaw Dottson
Dotson
Texhoma
Elmo Jones
East German vote defies Soviet backed congress push
In Soviet controlled Berlin eastern Germany recorded a strong no vote for the single state ticket in a people's congress election. Of 12,024,221 valid ballots 4,080,272 were no and 7,943,949 yes. Only 2,820 voted ja with about 250 invalid. Western sectors did not vote.
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Berlin
Germany
People’s Congress
Foreign Ministers
Paris
Taegliche Rundschau
Christian and Liberal Democrats
Propaganda II
Rundschau
Enemies of Unity
People’s Council
Congress For
Reds
Nein
Congress
Russia
Baptists Ready First Sessions Open in City
Delegates of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union plan officer elections at the annual meeting while the Southern Baptist convention executive committee begins work. More than 7,000 Baptists arrive for the five day event touring Municipal auditorium and Taft stadium with sermons, reports, and nightly gatherings through Sunday.
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Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Churches
Southern Convention
Municipal Auditorium
Baptist General Convention
Andrew Potter
Oklahoma
Norman Cox
Meridian
Miss
Duke K. McCall
Partly cloudy and windy with storms forecast today
The weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau airport station notes partly cloudy and windy conditions with little temperature change. Thunder showers are expected this afternoon and evening, with high near 80 and a low around 60s to 50s in the Panhandle, continuing into tonight and Wednesday.
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Middie
Panhandie
Dry Goods Corp Reports Results in New York
New York reports that Associated Dry Goods Corp announced its latest results on May 17. The release outlines quarterly performance metrics, including revenue figures and notes on market conditions impacting sales.
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New York
Associated Dry Goods Corp
U S Gives Clay Hero Welcome
General Lucius D. Clay returned from Berlin to a capital salute. A 17 gun ceremony awaited him at National airport, with a White House reception and House of Representatives welcome. Truman plans to make his full general rank permanent and Clay vows to return to Marietta Georgia. His sons, Lucius D. Clay Jr. and Frank B. Clay, were in Washington for the White House event.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
Berlin
National Airport
Louis Johnson
Army
Navy
Airforce
White House
House of Representatives
Capitol
Senate
Truman
Marietta
Executive Mansion
Clays
Lucius D. Clay Jr
Frank B. Clay
Fort Knox
Stickup Nets Robbers $600
J. B. Atkeson 51 said he was robbed of 600 dollars by three men in a car in the 900 block NW 6 as he walked home from his tavern at 621 North Western. A man armed with a pistol jumped out and held him up, another searched his pockets, and the third stayed in the car which sped away with mud on its plates.
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J. B. Atkeson
N Western
Atkeson
Turner Denies Repeal Deal Talk by Drys
Gov Turner branded Shapard assertion of a repeal deal as fantastic and untrue. Drys claimed plan to delay election until Sept 27 with CEI petition and bond, while Turner outlined his stance against repeal and explained past election choices and funding needs for state institutions.
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Wets
Shapard
Drys
CEI
H. W. McNeil
United Days
T. T. Johnson
Senate
Shepard
Bill Logan
Lawton
Logan
Turner Shapard
Thys
Turner
George Miller Jr
Oklahoma Economic Institute
Tulsa Electric Firm Fire Causes $100000 Loss
Tulsa fire marshal blamed a gas pilot light for a blaze in Graybar Electric Co storage room. The fire damaged 5000 square feet on the warehouse second floor, with $75,000 in material losses and $25,000 in building damage. 100 electric refrigerators were destroyed as six fire companies battled the blaze for an hour.
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Tulsa
U.P
George P. Askew
Graybar Electric Co
Fred L. Cummings
Ray Allsup
Cummings
Askew
India Votes to Retain Ties With Great Britain
In New Delhi on May 17 the constituent assembly approved the agreement with Britain by a 156 to 2 vote. The pact allows India to become a sovereign republic while maintaining ties to the British crown. Prime Minister Nehru said the move positions India to work for peace in a drifting world.
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New Delhi
India
Constituent Assembly
U S and Argentina to Form Trade Study Panel
Washington May 17 U S Argentinas plan a joint advisory commission to study expanding bilateral trade. The panel named Joint Argentine-United States committee for commercial studies will operate from Washington and report findings to increase commerce between the two nations.
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Washington
U.S
Argentina
United States
Jeronimo Remorino
State Department
United States Committee For Commercial Studies
Truman Withdraws Wallgren Nomination for NSRB Chair
President Truman on May 17 withdrew Mon C. Wallgren from consideration as chair of the National Security Resources Board at Wallgren’s request. Wallgren, former governor of Washington, had his nomination tabled weeks earlier by the Senate Armed Services Committee without a full Senate vote.
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Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Washington State
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tragic Fort Worth Flood Drowns Three as Levees Fail
Fort Worth flooded after the Trinity river breached four levees in heavy rain. At least three people drowned and about 4,000 were homeless. The Holly Salt water plant was knocked out, creating health and fire hazards as water rose through the city. Dallas saw five inches of rain and officials warned of downstream flooding. Rescue efforts were hampered when crews faced swift, swirling currents.
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Fort Worth
Trinity
Meadowbrook
Kennedale
Holly Sa
Dallas
United States Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Clear Fork
Trinity Park
Crestwood
Ira Adams
Florida
Russell H. Groves
B. M. Wacasey
Dee Pennington
City Water Works Department
Sycamore Creek
Pennington
Speedy Truck Nearly Beats Theft Report
Three men with burglary and car theft warrants were captured by Wichita officers after a souped up truck reported stolen ten minutes earlier was spotted near the capitol. Claud Allen Ingle 38 James Russell Vaughn 26 and Robert Lou Welch 39 admitted riding with the vehicle and claimed Ingle took it to return to Oklahoma City. Police said blocks found in the truck aided its high speed and balance. The trio to be held for Wichita officers.
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Wichita
Claud Allen Ingle
City
James Russell Vaughn
Blue Field
W. Va
Robert Lou Welch
Buffalo
Inn
Bradbury Corner
C. D. Scott
W. W. Harrison
NE 23
Lincoln
Capitol Building
Ingle
Peck
Kan
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Rains Boost Weather Pump Across State
Heavy general rains hit Oklahoma on Monday with ongoing showers expected for five days. Wheat regions fear minor damage but not alarming levels while Ardmore led rainfall at 1.92 inches. Other recalls include Pauls Valley 1.05 inches and Lawton 0.95 inches as Hobart reported the heaviest northwest fall at 0.78.
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Oklahoma
Wheat
Ardmore
Pauls Valley
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Lawton
Waurika
Elk City
Hobart
Hennessey School
Hennessey
Oklahoma City
Spain Rebuffed in Bid for 1.25 Billion Loan
Washington officials said the Export-Import Bank halted negotiations with Spain for a 1.25 billion loan to the Franco government. Acceptance or rejection is postponed indefinitely as Spain must implement certain economic reforms before financiers regard it as a good risk.
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Washington
Spain
State Department
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