Lawton Newspaper Masthead and Staff Listing
The Lawton Constitution lists editor Ned Shepler publisher Bill Bentley and other staff including managing editor Ced Ralston, advertising manager Joe Wolse, circulation and mechanical supervisors, with a post office address in Lawton Oklahoma. The paper is issued evenings Monday through Friday, with city circulation and association memberships noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Shepler
Bill ¥. Bentley
Ced Ralston
RICE
Joe Wolse
W. D. Hargraves
Ahlschlager
DIAL
Kaen
Lawton
Oklahome
Oklahoma Press Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Power in nature and blessing cited in ancient verse
A cryptic paraphrase discusses where power and blessings reside, pointing to dew on hulls, rain moistening roots, steady sunshine, and a babbling brook as sources of beneficent force, attributed to Eeel and Cnapin with a biblical reference in the opening line.
Praise For A Union Watchdog Board Marks Labor Reform
Praise for the United Auto Workers watchdog board to guard against corruption marks a healthy, if provisional, step toward self correction. Walter Reuther and AFL CIO leaders back the move as a genuine accountability mechanism with seven independent public members including Msgr. George G Higgins. The board would investigate possible ethical violations and issue annual reports, signaling a new path for organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Attomobile Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Membee
George G. Higgins
Social Action Department
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Afl-Cio
Reuther
WAW
George Meaney
Labor
Blizzard brings drought relief and cautious hope across West
A severe storm system, dubbed an Il Blizzard, sweeps the West delivering needed moisture to drought affected areas. Forecasters foresee continued rain through April or beyond, lifting spirits though some parched pockets in Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and surrounding regions remain wary until six months of above normal rainfall confirms relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Labor-Making Machines and the New Household Servant Class
The piece discusses how labor-saving appliances like washing machines and dishwashers save labor but can raise costs. It cites Russell Lynes and Sylvia Porter on husbands fixing appliances and the resulting impact on family budgets, noting the financial and domestic strain beyond initial purchase prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lynes
Sylvia Porter
Father
First Kentucky Derby Held At Churchill Downs Aristides Wins
Questions and Answers recount the Derby held in 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, noting Aristides as the winner. It also covers etymology of fiasco from Venetian glass, synthetic quinine first made in 1944, and the Izaak Walton League's conservation aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Kentucky
Aristides
Izaak Walton League of America
Tickets Sold Out For Mrs Roosevelt Seminar In Lawton
Tickets for the April 23 visit of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to Lawton are sold out for the seminar and luncheon. Evening lecture only remains at 145 p.m. in the McMahon Memorial auditorium with tickets 91. Reservations through Lawton Woman's Forum Box 253. Notable attendees include Gov. and Mrs Raymond Gary and various civic leaders from Oklahoma City Norman Fort Worth and Anchorage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Roosevelt
Lawton
McMahon Memorial Auditorium
Boulevard Pharmacy
Gilbert's Pharmacy
Burns - Ford Drug Store
Fort Sil
NCO Club
Fort Silk National Bank
Allied Liaison Officer
Snow Hall
James A. Black
Lawton Woman’s Forum
McMahon Foundation
Roosevelt
Fort Sill
Woman's Forum
Former District Methodist Leader Dies In Chickasha
Rev. John D. Salter former Lawton district superintendent and longtime pastor in multiple Oklahoma churches died after weeks of illness in a Chickasha hospital. He served as Ardmore and McAlester district superintendent and ministered at several churches including Frederick Altus and Epworth in Oklahoma City. Services set for 2 23 p m Wednesday at Epworth Methodist with burial at Rose Hill. Brown Funeral home in charge. He is survived by wife Callie two sons two daughters a brother four sisters and 13 grandchildren plus 10 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
John D. Salter
Lawton
Centenary Methodist Church
Salter
Ardmore
McAlester
Frederick
Altus
Holdenville
Seminole
Epworth
Oklahoma City
Tahlequah
Oklahoma City University
Epworth Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Brown Funeral Home
Callie
Jasse L
Harvey M
C. F. McCormick
Springfield
George H. Ryden
H. E. Salter
Three Veterans Groups Back Oklahoma Vet Board Bill
Representatives from the American Legion VFW American Veterans of World War II and the Disabled American Veterans backed a bill to create a five member Oklahoma Board of Veterans Affairs replacing the current War Veterans Commission The measure would limit each group to one board seat and sparked debate on representation with Legion leaders arguing for its predominance and others urging a nonpartisan balanced board Veterans also noted the DAV's independent funding and service efforts while urging a voice in state veterans affairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Roberts
VFW
Paul Bailinger
Legion
American Legion
Oklahoma
War Veterans Commission
Coleman Nolan
Chemah
Veterans Board
Marion Wise
Veterans Affairs
Shouk
Wise
Jareld Potter
Squkesman
A Keller
The
Amvets
Legion Group
Carl Irvin
DAV
Veterans At Fail
Irvin
Curtain To Rise On Aggie Play
The Camera Players present The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giroudoux with 8 p.m. showtime in Aggie auditorium directed by Miss Benne Daniel. A private Thursday screening will serve junior college delegates for the Phi Theta Kappa convention. Tickets at the box office, 73 cents adults 50 cents students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggie
Camera Players
Chaillot
Jean Giroudoux
Benne Daniel
State Poultry Eggs Prices Report Oklahoma City Market
Oklahoma Daily market report lists wheat prices from various towns, broiler offerings, hen prices by city, eggs steady with ample supply, butterfat pricing, and Oklahoma City livestock figures including cattle, hogs, and sheep trading, with price ranges and notable steady or higher trends. Includes USDA sourced cattle and hog data, plus Chicago butter rates and receipts.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Llower
Guyman
Hooker
Clinton
Frederick
Alva
Blackwell
el Reno
Enid
Hobart
Medford
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Vici
Edmond
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Shattuck
Elk City
Lawton
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Reno
Yonga
USDA
Spring Cleanup Drive Continues Citywide effort aims for Easter Pageant
Dr. Charles H. Miller Jr notes strong citizen response to the annual spring cleanup drive. City crews and volunteers may not finish today. any remaining refuse will be moved to the city dump on Wednesday. Operation Big Firvom targets a citywide cleanup ahead of Easter Pageant visitors.
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Charles H. Miller Jr
City Counts
The Worry Clinic on Dolly and the Shetland Pony
A reader recalls Dolly A. age nine and a family gift of a Shetland pony. The piece warns against indulging children with luxury toys, sharing lessons from coordinating payments, long hoof care, and limiting ownership to prevent future regret. It urges shared purchases and mindful gifts.
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Dolly
South
Conspiracy Trial Begins as Prosecutor Expands Case
The government outlines a 1957 expansion of a conspiracy involving liquor dealers and police officers, with secrecy and retaliation cited as core elements. Jury selection proceeds, listing 11 regular jurors, one alternate, and two alternates, from Tulsa and nearby towns, including workers from oil, utilities, and state service sectors.
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Irvine Ungerman
Savage
Crawford
Balm B. Cox
Barnsdall
Joe L. Grace
Telephone Company
Tulss
Robert L. Ellis
Oil Company
Ominy
James M. Godwin
Tulsa
Henry Ferguson
Olin L. Lynch
Dewey
Emer Cooke
Florence Davis
Paul H. Johson
Telsa
William Dodd
Utility Company
Herbert H Bussman
Turk
Virgil H. Purkey
Claremere
Byron W . Jones
Bartlesville
Leslie L. Brown
RACKETS Continued From Page One In 1954 Union Vote
Bradshaw testified before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee that in a 1954 local union election he and fellow stewards voted six or seven times to reelect incumbents J. C. Pinky Hart as president and Bob Malloy as business agent. He said extra receipts covered dues to enable multiple ballots and that Malloy, head of the construction department, ordered beatings of troublesome members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Bradshaw
J. C
Pinky) Hart
Bob Malloy
Pinky Hart
Malloy
Second Street underpass financing to aid Frisco project
The edition notes a state effort to finance a Frisco underpass on Second Street. It also recalls a 50 year old item about Lawton flooding and a 40 year old disaster in Texas City.
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Frisco
Second Street
A. M. Wallock
First Congregational
Lawton
Fort Sil
New York
Topeka
Screen Star ACROSS 1 Screen star Alexis- 6Shke in motion pictures
Across clues list names, terms, and definitions for a themed crossword puzzle page with a mix of royal style wordplay and obscure references. Down clues provide complementary terms, with several misprints and separators.
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Alexis
Mindanao
Ase
Injured Cityan Released From Southwestern Hospital
A 21 year old Lawton youth Donald Langley 2213 Pollard died early Sunday in a traffic crash and later suffered a stab wound to the left leg at Southwestern hospital. Langley was released this afternoon after his mother said the stab wound occurred while he tried to stop an attempted self harm by an 18 year old. The car crash injured Langley and three others and two people in the other car. Officers report Langley was stabbed with a pocket knife by the 18 year old in an incident at the hospital about an hour after the crash. The 28 year old was subdued and the knife removed before release to his parents.
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Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Donald Langley
Pollard
Langley
Jimmie Branscom
John McCaig
Hspital
VFW To Install Officers Tonight
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No 1193 Lawter will hold joint installation of officers for 1957 38 with the post s woman s auxiliary at 8 p m today at the post club house 9265 Second Deward Stringer outgoing commander said A social hour will follow the initiation Raymond Rust post departmental and post commander will officiate and Mrs Deward Stringer Sixth district auxiliary president will install auxiliary officers Officers of Post No 1393 to be installed are W D Jones commander Robert Ebisch senior vice commander Emanuel Cervantes junior vice commander Don Grimm quartermaster Earl Briggs chaplain Deward Stringer post advocate Robert Wheeler trustee and Frank Barker Surgeon
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lawter
Deward Stringer
Raymond Rust
Sixth District
W. D. Jones
Robert Ebisch
Emanuel Cervantes
Don Grimm
Earl Briggs
Robert Wheeler
Frank Barker
Senate Investigator Back In Capital Oklahoma City
Senate investigator Vernon Johnson arrives in Oklahoma City for another check on Teamsters Union activities. He spent several days earlier in the month here for inquiries and would not disclose details of his visit, saying he was collecting new information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Vernon Johnson
Senate
Teamsters
Johnson
Live Savings Stolen From Dallas Cement Finisher
A A C Mallory, 44, a cement finisher, reported last night that his life savings of 7800 dollars were stolen from a hiding place under his house. He said the money was kept in two pint fruit jars suspended in a pillow case under a hallway trap door.
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Dallas
A. C. Mallory
University as a backdrop for quiz show failure
A humorous observation frames a university as a place where college professors who flunk on quiz shows work, underscoring the clash between academic pomp and game show missteps.
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Ot Audit Bureau of Circulations
General Conference
Methodist Home
Vet Board Bil
Ast
Glenda Hood
Marilyn Salyer
Glenda Nowlin
Eddie Harp
Gale Christy
Joyce Bess
Beverly Beauchamp
Joe Bauman
Gary Williams
Kenneth Denton
Mike Sly
Harriet Flice
Janis Tandy
Charlotte Dillard
Diane Fierce
Charles Cre- Toer
Jerome Walton
Joe Lansden
Charles Carter
Merrill Neel
James Leonard
Charles Hartman
Sam Smith
Roterla DeWolf
Morris Goodrich
Hov Phillips
Don Ely
Market Report
Chicago
Admiralv B. A Ed Co
Ajlis Chal
Ane
Am Tel&Tel
Anaconda
Pri
Avco
Beech Aire 2A
Agra
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Ta Bran
Pac
Chysler
Cs du Pont
Eagle P
U Gen Motors
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
P & L _ Lone
Monsan
Mont Ward
NY Central Mb
Ua Iy
Ohio Oil
Olin Mada Atm Ag
Peabody Coal
Iz Penney
Phill Pet — Ary Flough
Ny Proct & G
St Jos
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O
Secany Spen Chem
Sid Oil
Cal - Ao U
Stoke Ver C
Sun
Airuwu
Ur Pac
US Steel
Woolworth
Jly
George W. Crane
Dolly A
Dr. Crane
Indiana
Grand Pa Miller
Texas City
Milton Reynolds
Charles Ozman
House of Representatives
Screen
Verbal
Son of
Adam
Beng
Ajole Jac
Previcun
Puzale
Ier i
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