Rain Damps Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Boom
Rains delay the harvest of a bumper wheat crop across southern Oklahoma. Fields in Tillman and Cotton counties may start around June 1, with elevators urging growers to delay to improve handling. Rust and hail injuries reported in Jackson and Harmon counties. overall yields expected to rival last year.
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Cotten
Kiews
Harmon and
Jackson
Times
Jim Lucas
Tillman County
Frederick
Davidson
Grandfield
Tipton
Canada
Dakotas
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Robert P. Laptad & Sons
Lawrence
Kan
Weather outlook from U S Weather Bureau Airport Station
LOCAL mostly cloudy this afternoon with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday forenoon. High near 83 this afternoon, lows near 60 tonight, Tuesday highs in the upper 70s. STATE partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday, cooler northeast tonight and Tuesday, lows in the 50s, highs in the 70s.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Legislators Square Off For Windup Of Session
Legislators enter the final week of the regular session with a likely end by Saturday and a possible autumn special session called by Gov. Turner. If the $36 million building bond is approved on September 27, a quick special session may be needed to spend the funds. otherwise taxes may be raised to fund housing, hospitals, and prisons. Repeal remains a major issue as lawmakers debate school code, Turnpike authority extension, and a high salary for Dr. Oliver Hodge. The House is expected to act on the turnpike bill early in the week, while the school measure could be the decisive item delaying adjournment. The page ends with a note to turn to page 2 for continuation.
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Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Hodge
Oliver Hodge
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Conference Committee
Gov. Turner
Senate
Turnpike Authority
YMCA and YWCA drive deadline in Oklahoma City
R J Clements urges victory for the Oklahoma City drive as 126 team captains gather at the YMCA. Workers have until 6 30 p m Monday to raise 649 080 toward a 1 250 000 goal and 1 000 civic workers will be unrestricted all day to contact potential donors. A noon planning meeting and a 6 30 p m victory report in the Skirvin Tower Hotel mark the final push with pens awarded to top givers.
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R. J. Clements
Ymca-Ywca
YMCA
Oklahoma
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Skirvin Tower
Robert M. Scott
Carmen C. Harris
L. M. Klein
M. O. Breeding
Frank Schmeyer
Bo Belcher
Russell L. Mills
Milt Lipsner
T. G. Taylor Jr
Vernon Beals
Frank D. Robinson
Howard Davis
Sam C. Oliver
Leslie Harrison
Joe Whalen
Valdie M. Carr
William O. Coe
A. J. Woodward
Jack Vaughn
Cecil Ring
Ben Gullett
Day Fezler Jr
M. B. Glismann
Guy James
Paul Collins
Cecil Moore
Clayton B. Pierce
William Morgan Cain
A. H. Richards
N. J. Barnett
Norval Ballard
Eleven Koreans sail for two month goodwill tour
Seoul reports eleven Koreans departed by plane on May 20 for a two month goodwill tour of American cities. They are scheduled to arrive in Seattle on Wednesday and continue to other U S cities as part of the cultural exchange program.
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Seoul
Seattle
Dean Acheson Unknown In Paris Waiting For Recognition
Secretary of State Dean Acheson entered the US embassy restaurant in Paris for lunch on a Monday but was not recognized at first. After recognition, a hurried scramble ensued and he had roast veal and creamed spinach. Waitress Maria Pureur said they would know him next time.
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Paris
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
United States
Maria Pureur
Wheat Acreage Curb Possible Said By Leader
Washington May 23 A farm leader warned next year’s wheat crop may require acreage allotments if foreign markets fail to absorb surplus wheat Charles Marshall president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau told a senate sub committee the agriculture department is seriously considering acreage allotments and marketing quotas He urged approval of the international wheat agreement. James G Patton National Farmers Union president said the surplus carryover could reach 400 million bushels with about 1 5 million acres planted and argued the cost of the agreement is cheaper than building vast stocks.
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Washington
Charles Marshall
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Senate Foreign Relations
Agriculture Department
Marshall
American Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Agriculture
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
United States
Patton
Novelist and Oscar Winner Charles Booth Dies in California
Charles Gordon Booth, 51, author of The General Died at Dawn and Johnny Angel, and writer of The House on 92nd Street which earned him an Oscar, died Sunday at his Beverly Hills home after two months ill. Born in Manchester, he is survived by widow Lillian Lind Booth and a son.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Charles Gordon Booth
Johnny Angel
Booth
92Nd Street
Manchester
England
Lillian Lind Booth
Governor Turner Proclaims Learn-to-Swim Month
Gov Turner on Monday proclaimed Learn-to-Swim Month citing an alarming number of drownings last year and urging non swimmers to learn. Both private and public agencies will offer swimming and water safety instruction to reduce deaths statewide.
Repeal Push Heads for September Vote on Bond Issue
Oklahoma politics buzz as drys push to force repeal onto the September 27 special building bond election. OEI petition advocates argue Governor Turner will call a repeal election once approved. drys weigh appeals, timing, and potential Supreme Court actions amid strong petitions and deadlines.
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Drys
Turner
Charles E. McPherren
Oklahoma Economic Institute
Shepard
Iran pardons seven jailed newsmen in shah's life bid case
TEHRAN Iran May 23 Seven Iranian newsmen imprisoned for creating an atmosphere that made an attempt on the shah's life were pardoned by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi on Sunday.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mayor jabs at hooded Klan in public arrest
SOPERTON Ga May 23 Mayor Jim Peterson in a ninth term acted as judge and jury after unmasking three Ku Klux Klan members who roamed the streets Saturday night. Two other hooded figures fled as officer M D Ware fired toward them. Klan Grand Dragon Samuel Green denounced the event as a civil rights violation.
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Soperton
Jim Peterson
South Georgia
Turpentine
Peterson
M. D. Ware
Atlanta
Samuel Green
GOP Committee Overrides Truman Plan With 157 Million Cut
The House Appropriations Committee voted 22 to 19 to cut 629.7 million from Truman's European recovery program second year. It also trimmed 150 million from government and relief in occupied areas, while approving 50 million for Greece and Turkey and 1.074 billion for Marshall plan operations for April through June. Distribution remains to be decided by ECA as Congress weighs overall funding against the president's request.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Greece
Turkey
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Senate
Rep. Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Albert Thomas
Texas
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Germany
Austria
Japan
Korea
Ryukyus Islands
Paul G. Hoffman
Pauls Valley Dikes Hold and More Rain Forecast
Oklahoma residents work to clear mud from last week’s floods as the weather service predicts more rain across the state. Pauls Valley, Lindsay, Kingfisher, Guthrie and Wynnewood report receding flood waters, with dikes holding back the Washita at Pauls Valley and Red Cross aid aiding Guthrie’s homeless.
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Pauls Valley
Washita
U. S
Iuiull
Lindsay
Paul’s Valley
Kingfisher
Guthrie
John’s Creek
Cottonwood Creek
West Guthrie
Red Cross
Banner School
Wynnewood
Mourning Proclaimed For James Forrestal
National mourning declared for former Defense Secretary James Forrestal after he died at Bethesda Naval Hospital. President Truman ordered flag half staff and full military honors for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs Forrestal and elder son Michael returned from Paris aboard Independence. funeral scheduled Wednesday.
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Defense
James Forrestal
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Truman
Forrestal
Paris
Dence
Louis Johnson
Peter
Georgetown
Arlington National Cemetery
Johnson
West Berlin Rail Crisis Faces Western Command Rejection
The three western military commanders rejected West Berlin's plea to seize strike-bound elevated stations. The walkout by 12,000 rail workers provoked rioting as Soviet‑controlled police used force. Western authorities reaffirmed Soviet rail property rights from 1945 while allowing limited station intervention to quell violence. Mayor Ernst Reuter received their views.
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Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Frank L. Howley
Ernst Reuter
Kansas Hearing Scheduled For Tulsa Death Suspect
A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday for Delmar Ketcher 30 Tulsa Oklahoma charged with first degree murder in the death of W E Johnson 37. County Attorney John Anderson Jr said the two railroad track workers were involved in a bunkhouse fight at Holliday Kansas.
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Kan
Delmar Ketcher
Tulsa
Okla
John Anderson Jr
Ketcher
W. E. Johnson
Anderson
Holliday
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