Phone rate boost sought by Southwestern Bell in Oklahoma
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co asks the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for a permanent rate increase totaling 7,462,000 dollars. If approved, residential Oklahoma City rates would rise to 3 dollars for four party lines and business lines to 11 dollars, boosting gross revenue about 12 percent. The filing cites postwar investments and service expansion as justification.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
State Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Paul Whittemore
Whittemore
Commission
I Eng
W. E. Gosdin
General Bell
Gosdin
Amarillo Tornado Toll Rises As New Storms Hit Panhandle
Amarillo reports the sixth tornado death, Erma Fangio, 63, of Paris Texas, while her husband recovers. New twisters spare the Panhandle, with Kellerville damaged and oil plants hit. Wheat stands firm against storm onslaught. losses estimated under 10 percent of acreage.
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Amarillo
Texas
U.P
Panhandle
Erma Cora Fangio
Paris
A. L. Fangio
Zeke Brown
The
Amarillo Times
Baptist School Needs Pressed at SBC Meeting
Dr. John W. Raley of Oklahoma Baptist University urged stronger support for Baptist higher education at the Southern Baptist General Convention session in Municipal auditorium. He avoided naming a funding goal as enrollment has roughly doubled since before the war and demand for facilities rises.
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John W. Raley
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Bapcoe Convention
Southern Baptist General Convention
Municipal Auditorium
Raley
Charles D. Johnson
SBC Education Committee
Magnolia Plans State Oil Plant Expansion in Grady County
Magnolia Petroleum Co awarded contracts for a pressure maintenance plant in the Chitwood oil field, Grady county. R D Hanley announced temporary construction to start this week, gas injected back into reservoirs by December, with 35.75 million cubic feet per day capacity and four 880 horsepower compressors. Construction by The Construction Service Co of Houston, plant located SW 34-5n-6w near Alex and Rush Springs, using all field gas for the cycle.
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Magnolia Petroleum Co
Chitwood
Grady County
R. D. Hanley
Alex
Rush Springs
Construction Service Co
Houston
Magnolia
No. 1
Cunningham
Guards Stop Looting Of Fort Worth Homes
National guardsmen patrolled Fort Worth after looting reports amid flood damage. About 6,000 to 7,000 people remained homeless, with up to 13,000 displaced at the flood’s peak. City officials estimate $6 million in flood damage, business leaders claim $20 million, and $5 million in damages to homes and infrastructure. Army engineers will start temporary levee repairs, and officials seek a $500,000 federal grant for a permanent floodway project.
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W. O. Jones
Army Engineers
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Fort Worth
Shock Troops of Ideological War Call for SBC College Support
Dr Raley urged stronger action to fund higher learning as the training center for the movement, arguing institutions must receive equal backing to tax supported schools nearby. He emphasized dynamic leaders must rally to guarantee support for Southern Baptist colleges and universities, insisting the time is now.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Raley
Audi
Baptists Page Two Item On Page Two
Baptists feature on page two column two with brief items under church notices and regional events. The readable text notes community activities, dates, and participating groups within the Baptist community.
Arabian-American Oil to Build 1000-Mile Middle East Pipeline
The Arabian-American Oil Co. plans full-scale construction within months on a 1000-mile, 30-inch oil pipeline across four Middle Eastern states. The $200 million project will transport 300,000 barrels daily from Persian Gulf fields through Saudi Arabia Trans-Jordan Syria and Lebanon to the Mediterranean after a Syrian government accord removed key obstacles.
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Washington
Arabian-American Oil Co
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Syrians Close Border Over Lebanon Dispute
DAMASCUS, Syria May 19 Syria closed her border to Lebanon as tensions rose over Lebanon's refusal to extradite a Syrian army captain and three others accused of killing a Lebanese man. The slain man, Kamel Hussayn, was alleged by Syrians to have spied for Israel.
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Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Kamel Hussayn
Israel
Akram Tabbara
Hussayn
Tulsa Floods Cut Water, Isolate City After Record Rain
Torrential downpours drenched Tulsa and surrounding areas forcing highway closures and severing water service south of downtown. A broken water main left thousands without water as Cimarron River rose and flood warnings expanded across western to northeastern Oklahoma. Roads flooded, phones out, and schools disrupted as officials monitor rising Arkansas and Cimarron rivers.
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Sand Springs
Tulsa
Arkansas
Muskogee
Tulsa County
Peoria
Oklahoma twisters leave damaged towns with no deaths
Tornadoes and hail struck Oklahoma communities Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Harmon county suffered $200,000 to $300,000 in damage from a twister aided by hail. Broken Bow saw losses around $30,000 in a business district, with several stores damaged and a few homes unroofed. Gould faced six square miles of destruction killing five buildings and damaging more, while Altus reported two tornadoes with no damage in rural areas and one woman injured by wind as streets flooded. A Leedey warning followed reports of approaching twisters.
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Oklahoma
Harmon
Broken Bow
Tulsa
Jackson
Dewey
Gould
Hollis
Charles E. Rogers
N Main Street
Harry Kates
Altus
Leedey
Dewey County
Oklahoma Flood Crisis Dims Hope Across Central Region
Widespread flooding across central Oklahoma with five days of storms leaves water overrunning Kingfisher and Guthrie areas. Evacuations posted as Kingfisher Creek breaches flood zones. highways closed and trains halted. Damages likely exceed one million dollars. Cimarron and Washita rivers surge, prompting rescues and widespread disruption to transport networks.
Eleven mental patients missing after Knoxville hospital fire
In Knoxville Tennessee eleven of the 152 male patients from the Eastern State Mental Hospital farm dormitory ran from the blaze and remained unaccounted for Thursday. Supervisors believed they wandered nearby and found no bodies after searching the ruins. The fire broke out in the central section of the dormitory complex Wednesday night causing panic among inmates.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Eastern State Mental Hospital
L. O. Campbell
Officer's Jail Sentence Cut in Drunk Driving Case
The Court of Appeals cut former constable Karl Bohot's jail term from one year to 60 days while upholding a $250 fine. It warned officers to obey the law and not drink whisky seized as evidence, which must be turned over to courts. Bohot was arrested by highway patrol troopers after witnesses said he was intoxicated and drinking at taverns with Pearl Holland on January 26, 1947.
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Criminal Court of Appeals
Karl Wilson Bohot
Bohot
Carl Traub
Common Pleas
Traub
Highway Patrol
Pearl Holland
Bohol
State Flood Story in Brief Oklahoma Weather Flash
Oklahoma faced widespread flooding from heavy rain on Thursday. Tulsa suffered water outages as a main broke after 3.76 inches of rainfall, Guthrie and Coyle saw city sections under water, Kingfisher reported forty blocks submerged with evacuations, Anadarko noted river levels easing, and Cushing reported vast inundation with livestock rescues.
Train Holdups Charged to Four in Fargo
Four men were arrested in Fargo after strong arm robberies aboard a westbound Northern Pacific train near Staples Minnesota. Suspects Siros Sandrey Mosney and Quimby face varying charges including second degree assault robbery and possession of stolen goods. They waive extradition to Minnesota.
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Fargo
N. D
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Staples
Mann
Thomas J. Siros
Siren
Wis
William Sandrey
Binghamton
N. Y
Charles Mosney
Rocky
Robert Frederick
Siros
Sandrey
Sugar price hike reversed by National Sugar Refining Co
NEW YORK May 19 The National Sugar Refining Co which earlier in the week boosted its sugar price by 14 cents a pound cancelled the rise and returned to the old 8 cent per pound price Thursday Others in the sugar refining industry did not follow the move and held to their previous levels.
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New York
National Sugar Refining Co
jNational
Inside Crossword Puzzle In Oklahoma Markets Oil Reports
A compact page item highlights the Inside Crossword Puzzle in Oklahoma with brief notes on markets oil reports and radio log. The section also teases sports coverage and women’s items, reflecting a diversified late edition.
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Oklahoma
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al McLaughlin
SH 74
Guthrie
Deer Creek
Kellerville
Warren Gasoline
Royal Oil Co
Texas Co
Keller
Claude
St. Francis
Lark
Conway
Baptist School
Obu
U.P— National Guardsmen
Muddy
Mid-East
Cimarron
Arkansas River
Weather Bureau
Cushing
Mannford
Maremec
Claremore
U. S. 66
Sapulpa
U. S. 75
Perkins
Kingfisher
Guthrie, Coyle
By Bob McMillin
Washita
Kingfisher Creek
West Guthrie
Red Cross
Coyle
Logan County
Fitzgerald Creek
el Reno
Chickasha
Yukon
Jack Knight
Stillwater
Highway Department
Clay Vaughn
Highine
John Creek
Kingsfisher
Santa Fe
Purcell
Walnut Creek
Anadarko
Fort Cobb
Ty Yuount
Rock Island Railroad
Memphis
Holdenville
Frisco
Wewoka
Seminole
Ted Parnell
Coyle Theater
Main Street
Golumn
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Sie
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