Box 6: Defense: Air Force (1960) -- Health, Education and Welfare: Public Health Service (1956)
F 1: Defense: Air Force (1960).
Request for transportation for Explorer Scouts; Air Materiel Command Officer Staffing Pattern Policy; uniform sewing contract; request for statistics for use in dissertation; resignation of squadron commander because of reorganization.
F 2: Defense: Army (1960).
Activation of XIX (19th) Army Corps at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; list of Army Reserve Centers in Oklahoma; questions about bidding on equipment procurement contracts; aluminum scissoring type bridges and launcher assemblies; tire repair by federal prisoners and by private contractors; Senate liaison officers.
F 3-4: Defense: Army Corps of Engineers (1960).
Relocation of U.S. 69 and Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad around Eufaula Reservoir; Heyburn and Hulah Reservoir improvements; list of new civil works authorizations; civil works appropriations for fiscal year 1961; evaluation of comprehensive project for Mississippi River Valley; replacement of bridge on Cimarron River (near Yale) lost in flood; sewage plants and lagoons for Fort Gibson Reservoir near Pryor Creek; information on Arkansas River projects; statement of Chief of Engineers before subcommittees on appropriations; request for Corps exhibit at state fair; acquisition of land at Altus Air Force Base for use as school; flood plain regulation; procedures for land condemnation around Oklahoma reservoirs; road relocations; retirement of Carter Page; reservoir relocation projects; bidding for landscaping contracts; construction of Army Reserve Center in Oklahoma City; table of costs and appropriations for Oklahoma projects; land appraisals in Eufaula Reservoir area; relocation of Prue School due to Keystone Reservoir; appointment of Brigadier General Robert J. Fleming as Southwestern Division Engineer; list of Oklahoma projects; acquisition of land in Oologah Reservoir area; relocation of U. S. 169 near Oologah; feasibility of Lukfata Reservoir; map showing high water line for Short Mountain Reservoir; extension of Oklahoma City Floodway; Arkansas River bank damage near Dirty Creek; possible flooding of property resulting from Keystone Dam construction; relocation of part of cemetery at Mannford; Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad relocation near Keystone; land appraisals in Keystone area; master plan for Keystone Dam and Reservoir; construction of levee to protect land near Eufaula Reservoir; relocation of Kaw City; water diversion from Lake Michigan; land acquisition in Eufaula area; concession rights at Belle Starr Point at Eufaula Reservoir; relocation of roads affected by Eufaula Reservoir; request for bridge across Gaines Creek arm of Eufaula Reservoir; changes to Checotah water system; Rivers and Harbors Act; water quality in Kaw Reservoir; resort lease on Lake Texoma.
F 5: Defense: General (1960).
Correspondence re: Eisenhower directive restricting military families from living abroad with servicemen; holiday greetings from Air Force liaison staff; constituent's visit to Okinawa; request for Navy and Air Force participation in exposition on Grand Lake; request for aircraft flyover for historical marker dedication in Stillwater; request for Minuteman installation site at Altus Air Force Base; road construction at Fort Sill; research and development on satellite rendezvous and inspection system; reorganization of Altus Air Force Base jet tanker squadron; reorganization of Air Materiel Command; salaries for overseas teachers; Air Force pilot training programs; air defense and strategic program changes; accusation that the Navy purchased faulty equipment; proposal by Oklahoma State University to obtain center for research in materials science from Advanced Research Projects Agency; John J. Pershing Centennial Day. Correspondents include: Oliver Willham.
F 6: Defense: Surplus Property (1960).
Chapel building for Chilocco Indian School near Newkirk; jeeps; Mack truck for use of city of Cache; truck bodies; quonset hut for use as YMCA building; leasing of government-owned property; buying practices that contribute to growth of excess stock; surplus real estate at South Naval Base in Norman; appraisal of Oklahoma Ordnance Works.
F 7: Defense: Transportation of Household Goods (1960-1961).
Change in policy re: transportation of household goods of servicemen. Includes speech by Styles Bridges with attached letters (Congressional Record).
F 8: Defense: Air Force (1961).
Bid to supply mobile homes for Atlas installation near Altus; reservation of hospital construction bid at Sheppard Air Force Base for small businesses; policies re: meals and pay for reservists while on active duty; exclusion of reserve officers from Aero Club at Tinker Air Force Base; number of pay drill periods for Reserve Recovery units; activation of certain reserve forces; government housing and TDY allowances; condemnation of damaged combustion chambers; civilian staffing in Air Force Logistics Command; use of government quarters and military aircraft by civilian employees; desire of Military Air Transport Service to transport a greater portion of military passengers and cargo; protest of the awarding of a contract.
F 9: Defense: Army (1961).
Payment of foreign post differential allowance; list of reserve and National Guard units to be called to active duty; personnel changes in liaison office; establishment of new regional headquarters for Army Air Defense Command in Oklahoma City.
F 10: Defense: Army Corps of Engineers (1961).
Settlement negotiations on contract for construction of Robinson Bay Lock; Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce publication announcing attendance of Chief of Engineers at forum; statement of Kerr about Oklahoma projects overseen by Public Works Committee; remarks of Louisville District Engineer James L. Lewis to the Wabash Valley Association; request for Chief of Engineers W. K. Wilson to speak at forum of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; protection of bridge, sewage disposal system, and railroad near Arkansas River in Tulsa; Corps of Engineers organizational adjustment; information on recreational activities at Corps projects; status of water supply study; monetary allocations for Oklahoma reservoirs; idea for canalization from Arkansas and Red River tributaries to Oklahoma City; liberalization of ground rules on economic analysis; acquisition of land near Eufaula; Chief of Engineers Wilson's visit to Oklahoma; remarks of Southwestern Division Engineer Robert J. Fleming before Oklahoma Water Conference in Muskogee and meeting of American Society of Civil Engineers in San Antonio; Broken Bow Reservoir; water treatment facilities used by Lawton and Fort Sill; electric service for missile installations in southwestern Oklahoma; press release on anniversary of flood control program; flooding of Squaw Creek. Correspondents include: Stanley Draper.
F 11: Defense: General (1961).
Air Force Association statement of policy; letter from President Kennedy to Air Force Association; use of Delhi Auxiliary Naval Air Strip as drag strip; desire of pipe company to sell to post exchanges; Department of Defense press release re: long-range bombers, B-70 aircraft, and DYNA SOAR; request for flyover for Civil War battle centennial; statistics on Title VIII Capehart Housing Program; fact sheets concerning personnel build-up; centralization of cataloging functions of Air Force Logistics Command; request for an Armed Forces Band to play in Coalgate; release from active duty of captains who have failed promotion to temporary grade of major; Armed Forces Day; security clearance for engineer; submission of proposals for research in materials science by University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University; selection of engineers for fallout shelter survey; distribution of civil defense booklet; Manual for Project Officers and Local Committees for Armed Forces Day; Navy's plans for reducing number of dependents in foreign countries; list of Air Force reserve units subject to being called to active duty; priority list of Air Force units; reorganization of Army divisions; invitation to showing of Navy-Marine Corps film A Force in Readiness; claim for sonic boom damage to residence.
F 12: Defense: National Guard (1961).
Superior rating of Oklahoma National Guard officer; changes in mission of Air National Guard units; list of Army National Guard and Army Reserve units designated as top priority units; request for accreditation of correspondent so that he could accompany Tulsa Air National Guard unit to Rick's Trophy race.
F 13: Defense: Navy (1961).
Positive remarks of constituent after visit to U.S.S. Colahan; introduction to Lieutenant Betty Jo Hill, a legislative representative from Oklahoma; awarding of contract to relocate maintenance dock from Biggs Air Force Base to Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base.
F 14: Defense: Surplus Property (1961).
Rumored surplus jeeps; request for information on acquiring practice bombs.
F 15: Defense: Army Corps of Engineers (1962).
Bank stabilization; settlement of contract for construction of Robinson Bay Lock; wage determination for project bids; relocation disputes in Eufaula and Keystone areas; completion of Eufaula and Keystone Reservoirs; inquiry into whether government would have interest in land in Gaines County, Texas; Muskogee Real Estate Division Office; opposition to transfer of federal government land to Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation; appointment of Southwestern Division Engineer Robert J. Fleming as Governor of Panama Canal Zone; application of city of Heavener for water supply from Wister Reservoir; transfer of supervision of Fort Sill projects from Fort Worth District to Albuquerque District; suspension of flood protection project at Coyle; proposal for education of water resources engineers; hearings on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors Omnibus Bill; amendments to Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act; interest of city of Avant in getting water from project on Candy Creek; establishment of Wabash Basin Interagency Water Resources Commission; lists of recommended civil works projects; possible establishment of wildlife refuge near Kaw Reservoir; employment in construction of Short Mountain Dam; Corps of Engineers contractors; leasing of shoreline to private businesses. Correspondents include: Ed Edmondson; Tom Steed.
F 16: Defense: General (1962).
Proposed use of Fairchild Stratos F-27 aircraft by the military; Skybolt project; status of Vance Air Force Base; request for Army ROTC at Langston University; damage to residence leased to government for military personnel; claim for property damage resulting from jet crash; recapture of property; superior rating of office of Oklahoma National Guard; request for information on selling plants to military exchanges; guidelines for Department of Defense personnel regarding contact with the media; request for Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps to perform at state high school band competition in Bartlesville; stockpiling of strategic materials. Correspondents include J. Glenn Beall.
F 17: Defense: Navy (1962).
Dispute with Industrial Relations Office and officers of U.S.N.S. Hugh J. Gaffey; eligibility for government transportation following disability retirement.
F 18: Defense: Surplus Property (1962).
Various types of equipment to become available from abandoned bases in Morocco and Saudi Arabia; patrol boats; military parachutes desired for use by sport parachutists; fire truck for use of city of Cache.
F 19: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1948-1949).
Correspondence about unspecified topic; comments on health care system in United Kingdom (Great Britain); lists of teachers and school board members in Creek County; school consolidation in Checotah; experiences of teachers in Ethiopia; desire to teach in Hawaii; transfer of office from Oklahoma City to Dallas.
F 20: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Security Agency (1949).
Distribution of Infant Care; appeal of compensation claim; Employees' Compensation Appeals Board; National Association of Claimants' Compensation Attorneys; new workers compensation provisions.
F 21: Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Service (1949).
Application for admission to Public Health Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky because of opiate addiction; publication: The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health; request for authority to admit Dr. John Newby to hospital for drug addiction; information on Public Health Service grant and award programs; information on uses of glutamic acid; federal aid for proposed construction of hospital in Coalgate. Correspondents include: George Lynn Cross.
F 22-23: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Security Agency (1950).
Increase in grants to states for children's services; proposed conference platform for Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth; copy of conference program; copy of address by Dr. Benjamin Spock: "What We Know About the Development of Healthy Personalities in Children"; copy of address by Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines: "Children in the World Today"; copy of address by Katharine Lenroot: "Today's Promise -- Tomorrow's Action"; copy of address by Reverend George Buttrick: "God, Children, and the Present World"; copy of address by Dr. Margaret Mead: "The Impact of Culture on Personality Development in the United States Today"; findings of work groups at Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth; proposed Pledge to Children; recommendations for follow-up program to conference; 1950 amendments to Social Security Act; changes in public assistance programs; report on contributions of FSA to state programs in Oklahoma; successful breakup of fake olive oil racket by Food and Drug Administration; court cases involving sale of certain medicines without prescription; merit system in FSA; report: "The Needs of Children of Puerto Rico"; Conference on Aging; request by Oklahoma City school system for easement on government land near school.
F 24: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1950).
Request for release of patient from hospital.
F 25: Health, Education, and Welfare: Office of Education (1950).
Program funds; request for surplus folding chairs for Bokchito school system; application by Tonkawa schools for use of land at former prisoner-of-war camp; request for official statement regarding graduation requirements of University of Vienna School of Medicine in 1927 for medical license application; problem involving sale of airplane that had been designated an educational gift.
F 26: Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Service (1950).
Approvals for addition to University of Oklahoma hospital and new clinic in Stilwell; betatron cancer treatment machine; support for cerebral palsy research; information on Children's Rehabilitation Institute in Cockeysville, Maryland.
F 27: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Aid to School Districts (1951).
Applications of various Oklahoma school districts for federal financial assistance.
F 28: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Security Agency (1951).
Complaint against office of U. S. Employment Service in Muskogee; disagreement about application of various parts of Social Security Act to state of New York; fees paid by federal credit unions; utilization of surplus property for educational and public health purposes; statement of Kerr re: appropriation for Children's Bureau.
F 29: Health, Education, and Welfare: Food and Drug Administration (1951).
Inquiry about Glyoxylide cancer treatment sold by Dr. William Koch; invention of left-handed screw cap for bottles containing dangerous substances; desire of physician to market his stomach remedy; complaint regarding butterfat content.
F 30: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1951).
Suggestion for nationwide program for promotion of good mental health; programs from National Institutes of Health Open House and NIH Clinical Center Cornerstone Ceremony; accreditation of Southwestern State College School of Pharmacy.
F 31: Health, Education, and Welfare: Office of Education (1951).
Educational needs for defense effort; possible use of Southwestern State College School of Watchmaking for instrument training for armed forces; eligibility of Anadarko Public Schools for certain programs; support for Office of Education being an independent agency; school facilities for children living on federal property; request for Oklahoma to be included in George-Barden Act programs for vocational education; use of higher education facilities for defense effort; appeal of eligibility rating in seeking employment with Office of Education; question on employment of atheist teachers in the various states.
F 32: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Aid to School Districts (1952).
Applications of various Oklahoma school districts for federal financial assistance.
F 33: Health, Education, and Welfare: Food and Drug Administration (1952-1953).
Violation of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by drug store in Waurika; contamination of cottonseed pellets which allegedly caused disease in cattle.
F 34: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1952).
Endorsement of Kerr by Oklahoma school administrators; hot lunch program funds for Tryon Public Schools; approval of federal funds for Ottawa Health Center in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
F 35: Health, Education, and Welfare: Office of Education (1952).
Educational opportunities for Koreans; request to provide clerical and stenographic training; scholarships and financial aid; school facilities survey.
F 36: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Aid to School Districts (1953).
Applications of various Oklahoma school districts for federal financial assistance.
F 37: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1953-1954).
Establishment of legislative liaison office in Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; request for application for federal aid for school construction; U.S. Public Health Hospital program; copy of Aging newsletter (May 1953); National Education Association report: Educational Differences Among the States; surplus building at Camp Gruber.
F 38: Health, Education, and Welfare: Office of Education (1953-1954).
Study abroad and international exchange programs; protest of recommendation that deaf teachers not be allowed to teach deaf students; pamphlet: Educational Exchange Grants; statement of Commissioner of Education Samuel Miller Brownell before the Senate Subcommittee on the Study of Juvenile Delinquency in the USA; Report of the Status Phase of the School Facilities Survey.
F 39: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Aid to School Districts (1954).
Applications of various Oklahoma school districts for federal financial assistance.
F 40: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1955).
Resignation of Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby; invitation to Hobby to speak at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa; invitation to Secretary Marion B. Folsom to visit Lawton; court case re: serving of margarine against regulations; request for information on krebiozen.
F 41: Health, Education, and Welfare: Federal Aid to School Districts (1956).
Applications of various Oklahoma school districts for federal financial assistance.
F 42: Health, Education, and Welfare: General (1956).
New legislative liaison officer; tables of amounts of old-age and survivors insurance benefits paid out; Bryan Memorial Health Center in Durant; St. Vincent's Home in Oklahoma City; Oklahoma General Hospital in Clinton; King's Daughters and Sons Nursing (or Rest) Home in Durant; Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City; data on federal aid for medical facility construction in Oklahoma; request for officials to visit Oklahoma City in connection with Water Pollution Control Act; statistics on Tulsa County projects; table of water treatment costs in selected cities nationwide; Muskogee General Hospital; Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton; University Hospitals in Oklahoma City; Payne County-Stillwater City Health Unit; Grady County General Hospital; Blackwell General Hospital.
F 43: Health, Education, and Welfare: Office of Education (1956).
Application by Perry Public Schools for acquisition of Perry Airport; request for assistance after loss of Milburn School by fire.
F 44: Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Service (1956).
Dental research; opposition to appointment of Leonard Scheele as Surgeon General; polio vaccine; blank application forms for appointment as commissioned officer in the U. S. Public Health Service.
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