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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1954

Page

8

Question on U S Troops to Indo China Unanswered

The piece discusses whether the United States would send troops to Indo China if the French withdraw. It notes Nixon’s off the record remark and Dulles’ response, explaining the NSC would decide on any major move and that officials may be probing reaction rather than stating policy.

Nixon Congress Department State Department Indo-China Dulles Garnet Horner Washington Evening Star National Security Council Wilson Harold Stassen Foreign Operations Administration Indo- China Indoina

Three Face Assault Burglary Charges

Three men from Nebraska and Illinois faced second degree assault and assault with intent charges after a gun battle with Tulsa police. Suspects Frank Jomt g 35 Omaha Charles C Taylor 32 Omaha Rubin Shetsky 47 Chicago were held. Ellsworth suffered a finger wound while officers escaped unharmed in the dawn incident outside a residence.

Tulsa Okla Frank Jom Tg Omaha Charles C. Taylor Rubin Shetsky Chicago Ellsworth Alleen

Funeral Rites Set for Evans in Lawton

Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Ritter Funeral Home for Evans who died after an 18 month illness He was a Lawton builder and former justice of the peace born in Gatesville Texas in 1886 He married Della Leona Bridges and they lived in Lawton Ada and Oklahoma City before returning to Lawton in 1937 He was active in the Masonic lodge Royal Arch Shriner and First Baptist church He is survived by his wife a son D C Evans a daughter Mrs Lawana Hall two grandchildren a brother and two sisters among other relatives and friends.

Ritter E P. Evans Gore R. N. Hammons Trinity Ba Church Jal Sunset Memorial Gardens Masonic Lodge Evans Lawton Just of the Peace Gatesville Tex Della Leona Bridges Marietta Oklo Oklahoma City Ada Royal Arch First Baptist Church D. C. Evans Lawana Hall Ronald Eugene Evans Lana Elaine Hall Richard Portales N. M Sevarinagen McFarland Los Los Angeles Snyder War County Mountain Park Wemendey Sioux Falls Ss. White Fennimore Wis Mason City Indian Territory Duncan Missurviving Pauline Manning Memphis Tenn Lillith

North Carolinians Consume Large Beef and Pork Volumes

North Carolinians average about 55 pounds of beef and 75 pounds of pork per person annually, reflecting high meat consumption patterns across the state.

Pockmarked Windshields Stump Local Residents

Reports describe area glass surfaces riddled with hundreds of small pock marks and holes. H R Jones an appliance dealer said the mystery force caused the pock marks and spectacles, but neither could offer an explanation.

H. R. Jones

Windshield pits appear in Indiana cities

Indiana drivers in Terre Haute South Bend Rochester and Auburn report windshield damage similar to West Coast cases. Rochester councilman Russell Moore found small pits with sharp edges on his car windshield near a church. Terre Haute printer Arthur Johnson described pinhead sized pits and a film of fine dust on his parked car windshield.

Indianapolis Terre Haute South Bend Rochester Auburn Ind Russell Dinty) Moore Arthur Johnson

Portmouth Reports Windshield Dings In Wave Of Marks

Portmouth Ohio police report more than a dozen cars with pocked windshields in a wave of marks. A sergeant said one of the afflicted vehicles was his, highlighting the odd phenomenon in the city near the atomic plant area.

Portmouth Ohio

A&M Speaker to Head Panhandle Banquet

Dr. C. P. Thompson of Oklahoma A&M will be the principal speaker at the Panhandle A&M association annual spring banquet in Goodwell Oklahoma on April 24.

FBI Reports 1953 Major Crime Up Six Percent Nationwide

The FBI Uniform Crime Reports show major crimes in the United States rose 6 percent in 1953 to about 2,159,080 offenses. Murder fell 1.2 percent, robberies rose 8.5 percent, burglaries 8.2 percent, larceny and aggravated assault up 5.4 and 5.3 percent, rape 3.8 percent, and negligent manslaughter 0.7 percent. Arrests of those under 18 surged 7.9 percent while adult arrests rose 1.9 percent. Rural crime climbed 9.6 percent with wider rises in burglaries.

Washington FBI United States Bureau J. Edgar Hoover

Kids Fishing Derby Set for Lake Sahama May 1

SAPULPA Oklahoma April 20 A kids fishing derby for children under 12 will be held at Lake Sahama May 1. The event is sponsored by Better Fishing Inc the city and the Kiwanis Club here.

Sapulpa Okla UPA Lake Sahama Better Fishing, Inc Kiwanis Club

Nixon To Address Cincinnati Day Banquet

President Nixon will address the University of Cincinnati day banquet in Cincinnati Ohio on April 20. The event honors Sen. Robert A Taft with a Taft tribute as the central theme. Nixon is to lay the cornerstone for the Robert A Taft high school and speak at the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel roof garden with overflow seating in a second ballroom. The speech airs locally at 730 p m. est.

Cincinnati Richard Nixon University of Cincinnati Robert A. Taft Robert A. Taft Jr Taft Sheraton- Gibson Nixon Ollow Moines

Oil cracking shifts gasoline content in fuels

The article notes crude oil yields about 12 percent gasoline after traditional refining, while modern cracking processes raise gasoline production to around 45 percent, reflecting a major efficiency gain in fuel manufacture.

Cox Receives $5472 Back Pay in Lawton Story

Homer Cox draws back pay of 5472 in Lawton while his father notes he cannot drive though may obtain a car later. He claims $700 tax deduction and plans to bring 26 year old Inge Brenner from Vienna to marry after meeting in a Russian prison.

Lawton Homer Ton Cox Inge Brenner Vienna Austria

Aged Tulsa Man Takes Own Life to Rejoin Wife

A Tulsa man died by his own hand in a rented room after leaving a note saying he was sick and wished to join his deceased wife. He expressed a desire to be buried beside her in a New York cemetery.

New York Cemetery

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