Word: oklahomas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Oklahoma City, Okla...
...night of May 5, with Democrats across the country preparing to gather in observation of ex-President Harry S. Truman's 75th birthday, a dozen national figures met for a pre-birthday dinner in the home of Oklahoma's Senator Mike Monroney on Washington's 32nd Street. It was an amiable, comfortable evening, with little serious political shop talk. But as it neared an end, one Democratic patriarch turned to the patriarchal guest of honor. Said House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 77, to Harry Truman: "Let me drop you downtown." From that offer came a political compact, soon...
...responded to the whipping of Jockey Tommy Barrow, won by a nose in a driving finish. The $66,800 winner's share increased Hillsdale's lifetime earnings to $415,095, gave him first place in 1959 winnings with $270,250. ¶ In a dual track meet between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State at Norman, Okla., for the first time in college track history three vaulters cleared 15 ft. in the same event. Tied for first: Oklahoma State's Jim Graham and Aubrey Dooley (15 ft. 5 in.). Oklahoma's J. D. Martin, who vaulted...
...bigger check and a note explaining "These are my hogs"; by the time he had gone through his barnyard, he had invested $6,500, which has leaped in value to $14,000. Big investors also flock to the funds: such schools as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oklahoma, and Texas Christian University have invested part of their endowments. The funds have been copied abroad in Great Britain, West Germany, Switzerland, Mexico. Ten years ago, most people had never heard of mutual funds; now, the term is a household word...
...there are now more than 30,000-and many of them fan out from Phoenix as far as 280 miles to find water. There was scarcely a man-sized boat in Kansas ten years ago; today caravans of autos tow runabouts and outboard cruisers 361 miles from Wichita to Oklahoma's Lake Texoma. The seven-state Tennessee Valley region accommodated fewer than 10,000 boats on 24 TVA-created lakes in 1947; last year the count ran to more than 45,000. Denver had five fulltime boat dealers two years ago; 49 are making a good living today...