Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan wed in Vallauris ceremony
Rita Hayworth married Prince Aly Khan in Vallauris in a short five minute ceremony officiated by mayor Paul Derigon. The couple shared a kiss after Aly fumbled the ring before guards and guests, marking a celebrated international romance set against Chateau de l Horizon celebrations.
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France
U.P
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Aly
Rita
Brooklyn
Paul Derigon
Val- Jauris
Chateau del Horizon
Riviera
Chateau
Begum Khan
Paris
Hollywood
Vatican Brands Nuptials Thief In Church Eyes
Vatican says Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan marriage is illicit in Catholic terms. A Karachi Moslem source insists the union is valid under Moslem law, despite Vatican objections.
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Vatican
Rome
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Karachi
Weather forecast for Oklahoma hints above normal temps
The eastern part of Oklahoma will average about four degrees above seasonal normal with western Oklahoma similar, while statewide rainfall amounts reach around 14 inches with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms driving the totals. The forecast emphasizes unsettled conditions and periods of thunderstorms across regions.
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Oklahoma
Okla Nation
Gotham Teen Age Ball Game Fight Ends in Killing
Seven teenagers from the Rockets stick ball team were arrested in the Bronx slaying of Teddy Segarra 17 of The Lightnings after an ambush on a dark street following a game. A stray bullet wounded 15 year old Mario Pardo as shots were fired during the confrontation.
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Gotham
New York
Rockets
Teddy Segarra
Lightnings
Bronx
Mario Pardo
Regional industrial safety conference opens in Muskogee
The second of five regional safety conferences sponsored by the Oklahoma Safety Council begins Friday afternoon in Muskogee. Plant and shop owners fleet operators and safety engineers have been invited. G. O. Lockwood a Tulsa safety engineer will preside.
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Oklahoma Safety Council
Muskogee
G. O. Lockwood
Tulsa Safety Engineer
Berlin Rail Strike Paralyzes City Food Lifeline
Berlin records a massive rail strike crippling transport and freight yards. Western sectors rely on an 8,000 ton daily airlift as mayor Ernst Reuter convenes district sub-mayors to address the stand-off with Soviet managed rail. Allies refuse intervention, deeming it a German dispute while Russians stay silent.
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Berlin
West Germany
Western
Ernst Reuter
Berlin Page Two Column Four Spotlight
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More Showers Forecast for State and City
Weather bulletin notes scattered thundershowers across Oklahoma with Friday night rain possible. Elk City reports 1.11 inches, many areas under half an inch. City highs near 88, overnight low around 65, warmer than Thursday. Statewide outlook similar to city forecast.
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Oklahoma City
Elk City
Alva
House Probe Accuses Clerk Of Payroll Padding And Forgery
Oklahoma legislative committee cites Grace Newberry for fabricating two payroll names J A Smith and C E Taylor and forging F Michaels on a 53.50 warrant. Total involved 317.50 with further irregularities hinted. Committee asks county attorney to act and US district attorney to pursue. Jake Sims sought the two men but found no trace.
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Capitol
Oklahoma
Grace Newberry
House of Representatives
House
John Russell Jr
Okmulgee
Gus Bethell
Pryor
Paul Harkey
Idabel
J. A. Smith
C. E. Taylor
F. Michaels
Fern Michaels
U. S
Allard
Lou Allard
Drumright
House Employment Committee
50 000 Express Workers Are Granted Pay Boosts
NEW YORK May 27. The Railway Express Agency and the AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steam ship Clerks signed a national agreement covering about 50 000 employees. It raises wages seven cents per hour retroactive to October 1 and lifts average hourly pay to about $1.40. Next September 1 the work week will drop from 44 to 40 hours, a change equivalent to a 10 percent wage increase. A presidential board, set during a recent two month New York area work stoppage, endorsed the terms.
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New York
Railway Express Agency
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
U. S. Grants Permit For Tulsa TV Station
The FCC approved a modified construction permit for television station KOTV in Tulsa. Helen Alvarez of Cameron Television Productions announced the permit allows immediate construction of a transmitter tower and studio, with work to begin by July 26 and finish by January 26, 1950.
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Tulsa
Federal Communications Commission
KOTV
Helen Alvarez
Cameron Television Productions, Inc
Red forces seize Shanghai as last nationalist holdouts surrender
Shanghai falls to Communist troops after three days of fighting. Nationalist garrison at Soochow creek and key buildings surrendered under pressure from Red advances. Foreign observers and civilians evacuated as apartments and government offices suffered damage. Casualty estimates vary, with numbers cited from Chinese and foreign reports.
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Woosung
Yangtze
East China Sea
Whangpoo River
Soochow Creek
Whangpoo
Bund
Peking Road
Broadway Mansions
Embankment
Henry Topper
International Refugee Organization
Topper
John Powell
China Weekly Review
Soochow
El Reno Youth Fatally Injured in Motorcycle Crash
Herbert F. Sibert Jr., 15, son of Maj. and Mrs. Herbert F. Sibert, died in an El Reno hospital after a Thursday night crash on U. S. 66 near El Reno. James E. Gamel, 26, Calumet, drove the car that struck the bike from the rear, injuring another rider, Bill Van Werder, 15, who survived with critical head injuries. Gamel was not held. trooper Earl Janssen noted the bike was crushed between wreckage and the front bumper.
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Herbert F. Sibert Jr
Herbert F. Sibert
Fort Reno
el Reno
U. S. 66
Earl Janssen
Sibert
James E. Gamel
Calumet
Janssen
Bill van Werder
Young Sibert
Gamel
Bamel
Students and Teacher Die Attempting Volcano Climb
Seventeen engineering students and a professor were killed while attempting to scale an active volcano at Pulace in CALI Colombia. The group was on a field trip about 150 miles southwest of Bogota. Flaming lava and continued eruptions hinder recovery of the bodies.
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Colombia
Pulace
Bogota
Empty Pistol Bluff Captures Tulsa Robbers on Flooded Highway
Two Tulsa detectives Bob Cleveland and Allen Hinkle chased two armed holdup suspects from Tulsa to near Haskell. They halted the 85 mph pursuit with a bluff using empty pistols as flood waters blocked U S 64. The suspects surrendered after the officers disarmed them and handcuffed them at 1:14 a.m. in Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Times
Haskell
Here
Arkansas
U.S. 64
Bob Cleveland
Allen Hinkle
Cleveland
Hinkle
John Harkins
U. S. 64
Tulsa County
Canada Names Attache in Washington
Ottawa May 27 Commo dore Horatio Nelson Lay has been named Canadian naval attache in Washington and naval member of the Canadian joint staff at naval headquarters announced Friday.
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Horatio Nelson Lay
Washington
Naval Headquarters
Grapplers Debut on Oklahoma City TV Tonight
Oklahoma City's first live television test of a sporting event is set for 8:30 p.m. Friday on WKY-TV. Engineers tested signals from the coliseum Thursday and expect to televise the weekly wrestling matches Friday night with the WEKY-TV mobile unit, cameras around the arena, and signal relayed via reflectors to the WKY-TV transmitter for home viewers.
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Oklahoma City
Wky-Tv
Hoyt Andres
Weky-Tv
Coliseum
Apco
Municipal Auditorium
Britton Road
Three Judges to Hear Smith Suit for Funds
Three district judges will sit next Thursday to hear a mandamus action by Cragin Smith county assessor seeking an additional $5,000 for travel expense and equipment. Judge Baker H. Melon will invite two other judges to hear testimony and argument. trial expected to complete that day.
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Cragin Smith
Excise Board
Baker H. Melon
Smith
It's a Habit Now
Calvin C. Jetson of Salina graduates from Northeastern State college, becoming the seventh family member to complete a degree. Four sisters and two brothers already earned degrees, while a younger brother is a sophomore at the school.
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Tahlequah
U.P
Calvin C. Jetson
Salina
Northeastern State College
Northeastern
Brothers Face Holdup Quiz at Cherry's Hamburgers
Police connected two holdups at Cherry's hamburger stand 820 North Walker, with a 17 year old arrested in a downtown cafe and his 16 year old brother detained after detectives raided a home in the 700 block North Giie. The first robbery yielded 60 dollars, the second 45, with suspects denying involvement.
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Giie
Helen Willis
Walker
C. T
Mickey” Ryan
Defiant Red Agent Eisler Freed in British Court
In Bow Street London Chief Magistrate Sir Lawrence Dunne dismissed the U. S. extradition case against Gerhart Eisler, ruling the offense of which he was convicted in America could not be prosecuted as perjury in Britain. Eisler swaggered from court, vowing U.S. defeats and seeking costs.
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London
U.P
Britain
U. S
Gerhart Eisler
Bow Street
Lawrence Dunne
Eisler
America
United States
Dunne
D. N. Pritt
Manila mail workers held in huge theft
Manila police arrested postmaster Dominador Santamaria and two mail truck drivers Ricardo and Jose De Guzman for the disappearance of 500000 dollars in United States war claim payments. Investigators say forged indorsements and cashed checks were used, with the postmaster taking ten percent, over a year. Police grew suspicious as the brothers showed wealth.
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Manila
Cabanatuan
Dominador Santamaria
Ricardo
Jose de Guzman
Public Buildings and Stores to Close for Memorial Day
All downtown stores banks courthouse city hall capitol and federal buildings will be closed all day Monday for Memorial Day observance. No mail deliveries except special deliveries from the post office. The federal circuit court will continue work with six cases set for Monday. Downtown stores will shift Monday night hours to Tuesday night, per retailers association manager Emmett Barbee.
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Capitol
Federal Building
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Emmett Barbee
Retailers Association
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