Oklahoma City Labor's Daily (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 83, Ed. 1 Monday, March 12, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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Vol 1—No 83
Bank Building
Plans Complete
ft The Liberty National Bank &
Z:1-1rust company will build a new
ch id-story office building and park-
ing lot at 120-30 NW 2 Harvey
0-- P Everest bank president said
L'' 9aturday
To be called the "Petroleum
ji Club building" and designed by
i1- Bailey Bozalis and associates
here the building will cost about
t'''' $2 millions Before constriction
0
a can get under way existing build-
V ings must be torn down
A two-fronted building facing
both Couch drive and NW 2 the
(
(fr building will be 100 feet through
i and will house the month-old Pe-
' 0 troleum club after which it is
- named on its 15th floor
' r61e NW 2 half of the building
17-11V contain approximately 32000
1 ntruare feet of office floor space
The Couch drive half will accom-
modate an estimated 500 automo-
biles with 40 more to be taken
r care of near the entrance
Mechanical elevators will raise
1-
1 or lower cars to the parking level
I assigned The top two floors of
1 the Couch drive half will contain
additional office space and serv-
t' ice station facilities will be includ-
0 ed near the ground floor
0 Bank officials said they will ask
1-1 the city council to approve con-
struction of a tunnel under Couch
It drive to the banking facilities
I across the street for the conveni-
1 ence of patrons
I Everest said' the expan-
sion is taken to keep Liberty Na-
y tional bank growing with Okla-
" homa City"
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Wild Man Chases
Plane Hits Prop
'' Ends in Hospital
- I (Spe(ial to 1abor's Daily)
t - DENVER Colo—A wild driver
I disrupted traffic at Stapleton air-
field for more than 20 minutes
Si I today with one of the most daring
i 0
exhibitions of driving seen on any
4 S airport
' Officials said Bryce L Brende-
Milt 21-year-old Brighton Colo
I i man drove Ms car through a stop
-' sign jumped a curb and a ditch
smashed through a steel fence and
across a plowed field ripped out
1
-it a radar installation and drove onto
aotithe airport
The control tower stopped planes
11-1torttat to land but Brendeholft left
G in pursuit of a TWA Constellation
1 about to take off The pilot stop1t4-0
ped and the car went under the
I plane's wing and into the propel
:i ' ler before the motors stopped
'A Brendeholft is in Presbyterian
I hospital in "good condition" with
-' injuries still undetermined
A Wets Drys Final
Arguments Are Due
Wets and drys were in a huddle
with Andy Anderson secretary of
state Monday to present final
H arguments on their protest of
nancs on the drys' petition for
option on sale of beer
powe Cook attorney for the
'- wets said some signers had their
nanes on petitions two or three
file3 or were not registered
voters
George Miller jr attorney for
the drys said the drys were trying
' to prevent felonies in beer taverns
41 and "we are not out trying to
' commit other felonies by having
) unregistered voters on these pe-
titions" Final deadline for the protest
ended Saturday but the capitol
building closed at noon that day
causing the postponement until
Monday
Anderson had previously granted
one extension of protest time to
the wets but had stated he would
not grant another
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'V IV NV 'vr V 'yr "or Nr Nor Nr 1
Nixon OutStiatton in
As lice Running Mate?
(Speial to tabor's Daily)
CHICAGO Ill—Gov NVilliam
Stratton of Illinois 114 in spring
training for the Republican post
of "hatchet man" former Gov
Adiai Stevenson said today
"We know who is going to
carry the flag but there seems
to be some question as to who
vitt wield the hatchet" Steven-
son said "In case Mr Nixon
falters now that he is on his
OWn Stratton will be in the
spring tryouts for that post"
Stratton previously mentioned
as running mate for President
Eisenhower had said earlier in
New York that Stevenson would
be the weakest candidate for
presidency the Democrats conld
possibly choose
41646 AL AL AIL AL AL A A Aba Abb Allabk
Accident Toll
Continues Rise
Six deaths were added to the
state highway traffic fatalities
over the week-end
The latest victims in separate
accidents were Tommy Joe Bird
15 Binger and Ned Fourkiller 23
S tilwell
Bird who was driving a pickup
truck suffered a severed jugular
vein when the car hit a chug hole
on a county road two miles south
of Binger and rolled over in the
ditch Miss Darlene Farr 15 also
of Binger and a passenger in the
car with Bird received only minor
injuries
Bird was taken to Binger after
the accident and later was moved
to a hospital in Anadarko where
he died from loss of blood
In another accident 112 miles
south of Big Cabin on U S 69
Ned Fourkiller 23 Stilwell was
killed instantly when the car he
was driving swerved across the
center line of the highway and
struck an auto transport truck
Fourkiller's brother and sister-
in law both 16 and passengers in
Fourkiller's car received minor in-
juries The driver of the truck
Willie Chester Farris 39 of St
Louis 31o was not injured
Pancake Festival
In Progre5sToday
Oklahoma City Jaycees' Pan-
cake Festival opened at 7 am
Monday morning in Municipal au-
ditorium with members and wives
mixing and serving pancakes and
the trimmings to all comtrs
for $1
The buck—to promote expense
of the Dig Brothers organization
in youth welfare work—entitles
the doner to all the pancakes
fruit juice sausage coffee and
top-flight entertainment he can
digest
Big Brothers a nation-wide or-
ganization to help wayward boys
hopes to receive $25000 from the
feed to carry their budget for a
two-year period:
There is still time Servinc ° will
continue until 9 pm tonight
Alabama Rioters
To Be 'Punished'
s (Special to Labor' s Daily)
TUSCALOOSA Ala—Board of
trustees of the University of Ala-
bama are holding their second
meeting Monday to investigate
recent rioting at the school over
enrollment of Autherine Lucy its
first Negro student
Trustees net Sunday but no
announcement came from the in-
formal discussions A statement
will follow today's meeting offi-
cials said
Dr O C Carmichael university
president said students involved
in the disorders would be punished
rakmaRid
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MONDAY MARCH 12 1956
move when he was ap-
proached by the board of deacons
of the church Ile is now on a five-
week leave of absence
VIVI Continue Preaching
A minister since 1937 when he
succeeded his father at the pulpit
Congressman Powell h a s an-
nounced that he plans to continue
preaching on Sundays
His final decision and course of
action he declared depends - on
what happens with the campaign
for prayer he has launched for
the day of March 28IIe has asked
churches of all denominations to
set aside this day for prayer to
end racial friction in the south
"After March 28 I will re-evaluate
the situation" Powell said
"If the movement seems so sig-
nificant then I will resign from
the church and I might even re-
sign from congress"
Work Stoppage Proposed
Powell's plea for a day of prayer
replaced another idea he had form-
ulated concerning a suggested
work stoppage for one hour March
28 This proposal received wide-
spread publicity throughout the
nation but little support
Labor leaders in New York
City said they would be inclined
to exercise extreme caution over
merely suggesting to members of
their unions that they stop work
for even a single hour in protest
of defiance of the supreme court's
desegregatoin order
WEATHER
A cold front moving into Okla-
homa over the lveekend brought
temperatures down throughout
the state City weathermen
after a Sunday night low of 18
degrees were predicting cloudy
colder weather for Monday with
snow possible in the afternoon
and night Clearing and slightly
warmer Tuesday Monday's high
32 low 17 High Tuesday 40
Sleet and freezing drizzle
were falling in the Durant area
today McAlester reported light
snow The southeastern part of
state from Ardmore to Hugo re-
ported driving conditions a$
hazardous
Loses Bout With
Bottle 9nd Train
1311ly Oliver jr of 931 NE 15
involved hi a train-car accident
Sunday in the 2200 block S Robin-
son when a switch engine backed
across the street was treated
for minor injuries at Mercy hos-
pital Officers then took him to
headquarters for a drunkometer
test
Ile lost this bout also and was
booked for reckless driving by
drinking
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Congress for Anti-Bias Fight
- (Special to Libor' s Dalt))
NEW YORK—The possibility that he might resign at
the end of March to put more time into working to eliminate
discrimination on various fronts was suggested 'here by Rep
Adam Clayton Powell jr
Congressman Powell last week resigned from the pulpit
of the Abyssinian Baptist
church only to reconsider his v Nu 1
Young City Vandals
To Pay for Damage
Thirty-one Oklahoma City
youths accused of throwing a wild
'drinkinc party and destroying the
farm home of an Edmond widow
will confer with parents an at-
torney and Sheriff Bob Turner
Monday Arrangements for resti-
tution are expected to be made
Damaged during the course of
Friday evening was the home of
Mrs Lulla Long 80 one mile
south and one-half west of Brad
burry corner near Edmond
The widow had recently corn-
pleted redecorating the home for
rental Vandalism of the youths
left damage upwards of $3000
sheriff's deputies Clem Reed and
Jim Farris said
Officers said repotts had been
received of seven boys riding in
one car and wearing white sweat
shirts with "NW" letters on the
back
The scene deputies said was
one of the worst ever encountered
their careers Whisky was spill-
ed on the floors pieces of ice were
fot2nd in every room Walls were
smashed screens were cut every
window was broken out and the
front porch had been pulled down
Some furniture was splintered
Seven boys were found in the
house Friday night by a neighbor
who had been assigned to look
after it They fled in a late model
auto and later eluded police in
downtown Oklahoma City
Revenue Increases
On Turner Turnpike
Revenue on Turner turnpike
showed an increase for February
over the same month last year
the monthly report of the authori-
ity to bondholders says declaring
a gross Iavenue for the month of
$16830178
A year ago February had gross
revenue of $16195148 Operating
expenses however were up from
$4353795 in February of 1955 to
$1552985 the same period this
year
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Carders' Corral
With today's edition of Okla-
homa City Labors Daily we be-
gin a new weekly feature known
as the "CARRIERS CORRAL"
This feature will appear every
Monday and will be devoted to
the promotion of salesmanship
citizenship and service performed
by the best bunch of young
Americans we know today—
OUR CARRIER BOYS
If your boy gives you good
service if he is a nice young
chap or if you know of any
news pertaining to Oklahoma
City Labor's Daily carrier boys
please call CE 2-5611
This week honorable mention
goes to Jim and aT o e Arlidge
2211 N MacArthur blvd who
have built their routes to over
100 paid subscribers each
Mike Bickel 2500 NW 37 has
sad over $60 on his Labor's
Daly route including $10 saved
on his bond account
We'd like to welcome Barton
Collins 4017 SW 26 Bobby Ray
Finley 2408 S McKinley and
Larry Killreen 1530 SW 30 to
the growing list of carrier boys
Boys don't forget our fishing
trip the first part of April
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Representative Powell to Leave Aggies Texans
Win in Judging
Top honors in collegiate live-
stock judging contests held in Ok-
lahoma City Saturday were won
by Oklahoma A&M college and
San Angelo Texas junior college
judging teams
Contests preceded the 4-11 and
FFA livestock show which opened
Monday The show will close
Thursday
Placing first in hog sheep and
quarterhorse judging Oklahoma
A&M outscored Texas Tech 4293 to
4153 total points in the senior col-
lege division Northwestern Mis-
souri State placed on top in beef
cattle Cameron finished first in
hog judging and Northwestern Ok-
lahoma State took blue ribbon
team honors in sheep
A Texas Tech boy Jerome
Beach won individual honors in
the senior college division He
compiled 895 points to 886 for
Andue Rack ley of Oklahoma A&M
Rack ley was top hog judger while
Jerome Beach of Texas Tech won
top honors in beef cattle Tom
Tate of Oklahoma A&M topped
the field in sheep judging and D
L DeWeese Panhandle MEM took
the quarterhorse honors
In the junior college bracket
individual honors went to Ted
Reed of Northwest Missouri tally-
ing 897 points compared with 883
for Dale Davidson of Northwest-
ern Oklahoma State college
In the beef cattle judging liar
old Logleman of Northeast Okla-
homa A&M won high honors A
teammate Ike Smart took first
place in hog judging Davidson
won the sheep judging contest
Charred Body Is
Found in Pasture
OAKWOOD Oklahoma—(Staff)
—A 63-year-old Oakwood man's
charred and lifeless body was
found Sunday in a burned-off pas-
ture near his home
It was believed that the man
Floyd Batson either had a heart
attack or was overcome by heat
while fighting the grass fire ac-
cording to T J Ruble Dewey
county attorney who was speak
ing for the acting coroner
The pasture burned earlier last
week and Batson must have been
dead since that time Ruble stated
The dead man lived on the farm
property Ile was found by a
neighbor Sherman Taylor who -
farms the acreage
Juveniles Admit Thefts
Auto thefts and 11 burglaries
were admitted by four juveniles
to police Sunday One 16-year old
was charged The others were
turned to juvenile authorities
Loot recovered included guns
cameras toasters electric shavers
clothes and a record player
'Oklahoma Today'
Prints 2nd Issue
The second issue of "Oklahoma
Today" came off the presses to-rn
day and a new policy went into
effect as it changed from a freo
publication to 35 cents a copy
This issue is in beautiful color
and contains articles about Grant'
lake the Easter pageant Okla 1
homa's No 1 cowboy Jim Shoul-
ders IIenryetta's highschool band
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the Ada cement plant and Ana-
darko Indian City
"Oklahoma Today" a publicity
publication for the state is pro-
duced by the department of com-
merce and industry highwa:r de-
partment planning and resources
board and the fish and game de-
partment Copies will be in news-
stands over the nation John Mc'
Williams editor said Monday
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Johnston, J. L. Oklahoma City Labor's Daily (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 83, Ed. 1 Monday, March 12, 1956, newspaper, March 12, 1956; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2194223/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.