Word: oklahomas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...each conference, the involved department argued its case, Budget Director Percival Brundage gave cost estimates and advice, Sherman Adams offered pithy guidance, and Richard Nixon summed up the discussions. He used President Eisenhower's recent Oklahoma City speech-which laid down the rule that nonessential spending must give way to defense in Sputnik's day-as a broad outline. Did the proposed program meet the requirements of that speech? If so, it was approved. If not, more work had to be done. At the meeting on Mutual Security, Nixon repeated a phrase he has come to use with...
...refueling tankers, the U.S. Air Force brought down a whole set of "high-speed flight records. Blasting off a runway at Ontario International Airport near Los Angeles one morning last week, four McDonnell RF-101 jets headed for New York. Coursing at 40.000 to 50,000 ft. over Albuquerque, Oklahoma City. St. Louis and Pittsburgh, the pilots of the twin-jet Voodoos dropped down only to 35,000 ft. for four or five refuelings at a whizzing 600 m.p.h., giving them a zooming advantage over pre-135 record seekers, who had to descend to 18,000 ft. and 250 m.p.h...
ORANGE BOWL (at Miami)-Oklahoma v. Duke...
When hungry turnpike motorists finally reach a drive-in, it always seems to be on the other side of an uncrossable road. But on Oklahoma's new Will Rogers Turnpike, the drive-on stomachache will be eased , next month with a unique drive-under restaurant that spans the highway, allows motorists to enter from either side. Built for $1,400,000 near Vinita by Continental Oil Co., which has filling stations at both sides, the structure is many windowed so that customers can gaze at the fast driving below while dining above...
...Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State...