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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1957

Page

3

Mob Of Strikers Rips Union Office In Murdochville Que

In Murdochville Quebec a mob of about 100 strikers attacked the United Steelworkers office, overturned seven cars and damaged property after a labor demonstration. Police halted the riot, with no arrests or injuries reported, as clashes had occurred earlier between nonstriking workers and delegates led by Claude Jodoin and Gerard Picard.

Murdochville Que United Steelworkers of America Gaspe Peninsula Gaspe Copper Mines, Ltd Claude Jodoin Labor Congr Gerard Picard Catholic Confederation of Labor Quebec City USWA Ming Gate

Atomic test poised to resume at Nevada site tomorrow

Stormy weather has delayed the Atomic Energy Commission nuclear test at the Nevada test site. The 131st test of the year is tentatively set for tomorrow morning, weather permitting.

Nev Atomic Energy Commission

Indian Festival Opens With Parade Pageant in Anadarko

A 20 000 strong crowd lined Anadarko streets for the opening parade of the Indian exposition. The six day event features war dances and pageants at the fairgrounds, with Texas and Oklahoma days ahead and 3 000 Indian families encamped for the celebration. Governor Gary unable to attend. Lt. Gov. Pink Williams led the parade and attended the Chief Joseph statue unveiling.

Anadarko's Oklahoma Raymond Gary Pink Williams Cadillac Williams Chiat Joseph Wai Black Eagle Anadiwkoe Hugh Millen Army Joseph Millon W. S. Key Texas Sperialty Fairgrounds

Fabulous Bum Of Village Dies At 68

Joe Gould a Greenwich Village eccentric and self described authority on living without, died at 68. The Harvard graduate spent decades wandering in cast off clothes with a battered portfolio, claiming to chronicle the informal history of humanity through his work Oval Fist of Civilization. He boasted of abstaining from meals since 1936 and surviving on air, self esteem, cigarette butts, cowboy coffee, fried egg sandwiches, and ketchup.

Brentwood UPI Joe Gould Greenwich Village Harvard Gould U. S Goulds

Mamie Eisenhower Recovers After Surgery From Aug. 8

The White House says Mrs Mamie Eisenhower is coming along very well after an internal operation on August 8. President Eisenhower has visited her daily at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and she is up and walking around her quarters part of each day.

Washington UPI Mamiesenhower Walter Reed Army Medical Center House James C. Hagerty Eisenhower

Fox Keeps Mum On More To Kill Farm Exemption

Oklahoma City promotor Ora J. Fox, urging signatures to repeal the farm sales tax exemption, says board orders limit details. Petition seeks a referendum on eliminating the exemption while preserving a fund transfer to welfare. Farm Bureau leader Lewis Munn notes groups seek whole bill vote. Fox aims to 432,000 signatures by August 27 seeking a countywide vote.

Oklahoma City Ora J. Fox Fox Secretary of State Tax Commission Welfare Department Lewis Munn Oklahoma Farm Bureau Munn

Hal Boyle Tidbits Insomnia Cows And Curious Facts

New York columnist Hal Boyle shares a mosaic of odds and ends drawn from reader mail. Notes include cows suffering insomnia, dogs leashed in old English churches, tattoo prevalence among American women, government forest land per resident, and the driver’s lack of guaranteed performance.

Hae Boyle New York England U.S Governors Island

Lawton Constitution Aggressive Health Lore Fragment

A 1957 Lawton Constitution page fragment presents a quirky mix of medical tip style trivia and oddities. It mentions muscle use per spoken word and iodine for locating splinters, plus a note on giraffes swinging necks in fights and a Heraclitus quote about change.

Lawton. Constitution Heraclitus

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