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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1953

Page

9

Polio Ward Receives Exercise Therapy Bicycle

A $67 stationary exercise therapy bicycle arrived at Memorial hospital for the polio ward from the International club. It will aid muscle strengthening in polio patients and others, though manual therapy by Mrs. Anne B. Willard remains essential. The bike records speed up to 30 mph with a brake and will be used when patients gain strength, under the ward’s growing range of equipment and outreach.

Memorial Hospital International Club Anne B. Willard Willard A. G. Nelson Floyd L. Jackson Polio E. R. Morgan Tom Lansden William C. Love Anne Willard William G. Atwood Italy Germany John I. Bravenec Japan

Sterling to Open Schools Aug 11 with Air Conditioned Upgrade

Sterling announces the 1953 54 term will start August 11 with enrollment August 10 to aid cotton and peanut harvests. The district highlights remodeled high and grade school buildings with new air conditioning units costing about 750 dollars. New and returning faculty include Mrs Besett E K Miller Mrs Miller L V Tomlinson Mary Tomlinson Melvin Clemens Gus Hensley Edna Earl Jacobs Floyd Jacobs Muriel Liles Eurel ia Lindsey Dimple Juanita Meeks Olen Outlaw Richardson Omega P Thomas Gaines Walker and others.

Sterling R. A. Meeks Meeks Comanche County Flavius Besett E. K. Miller L. V. Tomlinson Mary Tomlinson Melvin W. Clemens Gus Hensley Jr Edna Earl Jacobs Floyd Jacobs Muriel Liles Eurelia Lindsey Dimple Juanita Meeks Oleen Outlaw Richardson Omega P. Thomas Gaines Walker

Reds Ask Turks For Visit Data

Moscow reported a Soviet note demanding information on recent visits by ten U S and 22 British warships to Istanbul and their presence in the Black Sea Straits. Turkey had replied that it had already provided adequate information and called the request interference.

Moscow Turkey U. S Istanbul Black Sea

Hospital Births and Admissions Across Southwestern Areas

Hospital notes list multiple births including a Park er birth on July 31 at 7 33 p m weighing 9 3 and several newborns with times and weights. Admissions cover surgeries medical cases and accidents with residents from Lawton Altus Norman Anadarko and surrounding towns. Discharges include Mrs Little and Mrs Ingle among others with ongoing medical care.

Earl F. Parker Smith W. H. Liles Sterling Oliver F. Burnham Frederick Ruth Jordan Jack McIntosh Medicine Park J. E. Patterson Lawton J. B. Anderson Sundown Tex Robert S Altus J. K. Nebel Evans An Henderson H. L. Lodge N. 15Th John Manning Bell Jackie Sheapman Ray Terrell Ebbie Turner Charles Nelson Glenn Williams Walters Richard L. Dove McKinley T. B. Brammer Dearborn John Milton Bower W. M. Bower Snyder Patrick H. Judge Robert L. Judge 23Rd Place Kate Cox Cache Raymond Golden Williams Wayne Rowe Star Rt Roy B. Scott 21St Place Kiowa

Temple Man Joins 45th Infantry Division in Korea

Alex H. Seward of Temple his parents Mr and Mrs J M Seward Rt 2 Temple joined the 45th Infantry Division in Korea. He entered the army in December 1952 and was last stationed at Camp Roberts California.

Temple Alex H. Seward J. M. Seward 45Th Infantry Division Korea Pvt. Seward Army Camp Roberts Calif

Widow of AFL Founder Samuel Gompers Dies at 70

Mrs. Samuel Gompers, 70, widow of the American Federation of Labor founder, died of a heart ailment Saturday in her Hotel Dauphin room in New York. She married Gompers in 1921 at age 38. he was 71. Dr. Charles Francis Potter, her minister and Humanist Society president, was at her bedside.

New York Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor Hotel Dauphin Gompers Charles Francis Potter The Humanist Society

CIO Sounds Call For Production

Washington August 1 The CIO declared the United States must produce plenty in peacetime to refute Communist claims that prosperity requires war CIO official Emil Rieve quoted a CIO policy committee statement noting seven years of anti war rhetoric and urging free societies to rely on US economic leadership and strength for lasting prosperity

Washington CIO United States Emil Rieve

Senate To Elect Taft Successor

Washington reports Republicans will elect a floor leader on Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Taft of Ohio. Sen. Knowland of California, acting GOP floor leader since Taft’s illness, is expected to win though he declined to comment to reporters.

Washington Senate Sen Taft Ohio Knowland Calif

Revival to Start in Temple Church

Oklahoma City evangelist J D Boren will lead nightly revival services at 8 p m from August 2 through August 11 at the local Church of Christ Byron Taylor minister announced Boren leads the 30th and Pennsylvania Church of Christ in Oklahoma City attendees may hear an itinerant preacher during the temple revival

Temple J. D. Boren Oklahoma City Church of Christ Byron Taylor Boren Pennsylvania

Stock Market Closes Higher After Light July Volume

New York, Aug. 1 UP Stocks rose on the week and for July despite the light July trading. Industrials gained over 7 points for July while rails lagged but helped by gains in autos, steels, and metals. Weekly volume totaled 5,800,439 shares, the smallest July since 1949 for equities and the smallest July bond volume since 1914. The Dow Jones industrial average finished at 275.38, up 5.62 for the week and 7.12 for July.

New York Wall Street Dow-Jones

Wall Street Mixed as Utilities Lead Week Gains

In Hartford Connecticut a hospital patient counts holes in acoustical tile from Room 915 while markets show 105.86 up 0.64 and 1.09 for utilities, 49.45 up 0.60 and 0.91, and 65 stocks to 107.30 up 1.55 and 2.12. Bonds rose over the week and surged on the month. There were 48,300.

Hartford Conn

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