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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1953

Page

3

North Korean Supply Lines Defied Air Strikes Defeated

Seoul Aug 5 Lt Gen Samuel Anderson Fifth Air Force said it was impossible for air raids to stop Red supplies from Manchuria to the front in Korea. He noted limits of crossing the Yalu, widespread tunnels and caves, and that only about one fifth of targeted vehicles were hit.

Seoul Fifth Air Force Manchuria Samuel Anderson Yalu River Anderson Air Force Korea

Ironton News Pact Ends Quickly in Local Merger

The Ironton community of 16,000 keeps three newspapers after the short lived merger of the 2 month old Ironton Courier and the 54 year old Ironton News. The News withdrew from the agreement and both papers plan independent publication today while the Ironton Tribune remains an afternoon paper.

Ironton Ohio Ironton Courier Ironton News Tron News - Courier Earl Sampson The Courier News Ironton Tribune

Itinerant harvest workers wed without signed papers

Municipal Judge James Fitzpatrick united Mr and Mrs Dolores Escarens in marriage on Monday in Traverse City Michigan then realized he had forgotten to sign the papers. The couple are itinerant harvest workers.

Traverse City Mich.p James Fitzpatrick Dolores Escarens

Taft Death Hinders Labor Law Revisions

Los Angeles Aug 5 Lloyd A Mashburn under secretary of labor warned that Senator Robert Tafts death could hinder proposed amendments to the Taft Hartley act He said Taft was instrumental in shaping compromises and that labor has lost a friend and the country a great statesman Mashburn also denied Durkin resignation reports.

Los Angeles Lloyd A. Mashburn Labor Robert Taft Mashburn Martin T. Durkin Taft

Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. L. Burton Pioneer Citizen

Last rites for Mrs. L. Burton, 75, Lawton pioneer, were held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Centenary Methodist Church. Rev. J. Walter Browers Jr. led services with assistances from Rev. H. E. Snodgrass and Mrs. Edna B. Williams. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery, Lawton, arranged by Lawton Funeral Home. Bearers were James Black, W. E. Tomlinson, Russell Jones, Ned Shepler, W. A. Levey, Harry Hammond, Frank Daugherty and Dolph Montgomery.

L. Burton Lawton Centenary Methodist Church J. Walter Browers Jr H. E. Snodgrass Edna B. Williams City Mission Highland Cemetery Lawton Funeral Home James Black W. E. Tomlinson Russell Jones Ned Shepler W. A. Levey Harry Hammond Frank Daugherty Dolph Montgomery

Hal Boyle on wives and fashion rivalries in marriage

Hal Boyle humorously notes American husbands feel superior as wives fret over fashion. Wilbur Peeble teases about Parisian short skirts while Trellis Mae defends clothes as personal expression. He fears the joke may become reality as she imagines him in golden sandals at heaven's gate.

Hal Boyle New York Wilbur Peeble Trellis Mae Wilbur Trellis Mae St. Peter

Prisoner Escapes As Judge Ponders

Norman Richard Swann pleaded guilty to nonsupport of two minor children in Asheville. The judge began writing findings when the prosecutor interrupted to report Swann had slipped from the courtroom, and authorities were still seeking him.

Asheville, N. C Norman Richard Swann Swann

Montgomery Polio Toll Rises Despite Vaccination Efforts

In Montgomery a lull ended with two polio deaths and two new cases. Roy Carter, 28, an airman at Maxwell AFB, and Gerald Bailey, 11, died from bulbar polio. The county total is seven deaths among 103 infantile paralysis cases with a 22-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy as the latest paralytic cases. The boy had gamma globulin. the girl was not in Montgomery when serum was given to 33,000 youngsters last month.

Roy Carter Maxwell Air Force Base Gerald Bailey Montgomery

Port project at Tema begins on Gold Coast

Work has started on a 30 million dollar port project at Tema on the Gold Coast of Africa, signaling a major infrastructure investment. The project aims to enhance cargo handling capacity and regional access.

Tema Gold Coast Africa

1 149 Mile Pipeline To Pump Saturday

The 1 149 mile Platte pipeline will be dedicated Saturday at the main pump station four miles west of Casper. Principal speaker Sen Hugh Butler of Nebraska will address the ceremony. The pipeline runs from Chatham near Wyoming to Wood River.

Casper Wyo United States Here Hugh Butler Neb Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Chatham Wood River

Siberian Bear Worship By East Asia Tribes

Siberian tribes in East Asia revere the bear as a sacred figure in their culture and rituals reflecting deep hunting and ancestral traditions.

East Aisa

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