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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1953
Page
14
A new 2 percent sales tax applies to all mail subscription renewals made outside Southwest Oklahoma for the upcoming year, expanding revenue measures beyond the region. The change targets subscription renewals and is expected to affect customers in neighboring districts.
A compact quotation pairing Deuteronomy about aiding the fatherless and widow with Whittier’s call to brotherly love. The lines urge charity, hospitality, and worship through kindness, framing piety as active love for others. The verse set invites reflection on social virtue and compassion.
An editorial compares Canada’s August 10 election with recent European votes, praising the Liberal victory that extended their 18 year governing streak while warning that one party dominance risks an empty democratic choice. It notes Liberals hold 171 seats to Progressive Conservatives 50 and calls for stronger opposition to maintain healthy governance and alternatives.
Stewart Alsop argues Paris may topple Indo China policy and block a European army, threatening Franco American ties and NATO. He notes French parliament likely kills the plan, veto power could derail German rearmament, raising US isolationist gains while NATO frays.
Dr. Edwin P. Jordan reflects on U S and world population growth from 1940 to 1952 and its health implications. He notes faster per year increases, rising food production, and the uncertain tipping point between population and nourishment worldwide. He cites Malthus, Depression era birth rates, and wartime surges, concluding that some regions face chronic hunger while others remain relatively well off.
Ruth Millett argues that every new household gadget reduces the need for a husband’s help. She notes wall tackles for back zippers, creeping sprinklers, and power mowers free a wife from dependence, risking complacent men and less active fathers.
Hollywood interview with Victor Francen discusses American tastes in foreign films. He notes a Paris intelligentsia that idolizes American movies while French cinema also yields good work. Francen defends fluency and explains cross national appeal of films and stars.
In Philadelphia the Tinicum marshes a 168 acre wildlife haven faced silt dumping plans by the Army engineers and American Dredging Co. Local bird watchers and a civic club urged a sanctuary while Gulf Oil Corp agreed to deed the land to the city. City council committee reported favorably a bill to provide another dumping site for silt.
Pall Mall, the ceremonial route in London, derives its name from the ancient game of paille maille. King Charles I and his courtiers favored the sport, where a ball is struck through two iron arches at each end of an alley, according to the British Travel Association.
Washington argues that UN success in repelling North Korean aggression came at the cost of straining the UN itself. The United States carried most material and casualties, shaping postwar peace, while Lodge challenges international expectations and fear of the Soviet bloc influences future UN authority and American influence.
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Maj Rudolf Eppler of 1212 Park View received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Japan. He led shops in the maintenance division at Kobā Quartermaster Depot and oversaw rebuilt material flow to Far East supply installations. He is now stationed at Sharpe General Depot, Lathrop, California, with his wife and two children at the Lawton address.
Thrice married film star John Payne aged 41 and Bel Air society woman Mrs Alexander Curtis aged 30 obtained a marriage license in Santa Monica California. The couple, both well known in Hollywood circles, confirmed their plans to wed soon.
Multi millionaire Samuel Okin of Atlantic City bought 125 train tickets from Kansas City to Denver for 3000 dollars as his wife Rita, ill, complained about swaying fast trains. Okin requested his private train be held to 60 miles per hour.
Torrey Frederickson aged 68 appeared in municipal court on a drunkenness charge. He proclaimed I am sober as a judge. Judge Claude F. Cooper nodded and handed Frederickson a suspended sentence.
CHICAGO Aug 21 UP Two locals Chester McChesney and Mrs Ella B Wenger patent a talking dictionary that works like a tape recorder. A card is inserted and the machine plays back the word with correct pronunciation. EAST LOS ANGELES Aug 21 UP A tipsy man weaving along the sidewalk refuses fate after dropping a cantaloupe that rolls into a sewer. Police haul him out by the ankle after passersby summon help.
Bakersfield August 21 up oil company in the Paloma field southwest of the city has set a world depth record by drilling to 20 521 feet. Ohio Oil Co officials say they are still above the objective zone and now drill in the lower Miocene four miles below the surface.
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