Lawton Constitution staff and affiliations listed
The Lawton Constitution and Morning Press credits Ned Shepler and E Bill F Bentli as editors with W R Rice as agg manager and W D Hargraves as mechanical superintendent. Joe House is circulation manager and H O Ahlschlager city circulation manager. Published Sundays at 409 110 Avenue Lawton Oklahoma.
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Ned Shepler
E Bill F. Bentli
W. R. Rice
Agg
W. D. Hargraves
Joe House
H. O. Ahlschlager
Lawton
Oklahoma
Okla
Congress
Oklahoma Press Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Subscription Rates And Notices From Southwest Oklahoma
Subscription rates listed for Sunday Constitution Morning Press and other editions with pricing by year month and area. The text includes tax note, AP membership statement and a biblical quote with a later aphorism.
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Constitution
Constitution Press
Lawton
Constitution-Press
Oklahoma
Back To School Safety Push Urges Care In Traffic
Lawton Fort Sill area braces for back to school as thousands of children travel by car bike bus or on foot. The Oklahoma Press Association along with Governor Murray and safety groups promote Governor's Back To School Safety Week urging drivers to slow down and protect school crossings and patrols.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Oklahoma Press Association
Oklahoma
OPA
Murray
Oklahoma Safety Commission
The
Oklahoma Safety Council
Political Era Passing in New York Boss Flynn’s Decline
The late Edward J. Flynn shaped the Bronx Democratic machine and national party power, mentoring Truman’s 1944 nomination with Hague and Kelly. His fall followed waning patronage, as machines that fed the needy sustained voters and solid majorities then weakened under sustained welfare legislation.
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Edward J. Flynn
Bronx Democratic
New York
Flynn
National
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bronx
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Ed Kelly
Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Hague
Kelly
Big City
Emma
Johnny
Reurn
Eisenhower FEPC committee plan risks government overreach
The Lawrence Dispatch argues the proposed 15 member national employment practices committee could let the executive branch regulate private sector hiring through federal contracts. It warns such power could bar low bidders, force religious and racial quotas, and broaden government control over one fourth of U.S. production, threatening constitutional limits and national unity.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
End of a Political Era and Shifting City Loyalties
The text traces a transformation in urban politics from party machines to federal benevolence. Voters, initially loyal to local bosses, grew more affluent and conservative, moving to suburbs and embracing new issues. Old machines toppled gradually as new residents displaced the long-standing power structure.
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Ed Flynns
A Fateful Fall in Indo-China Tests Red China Aid
The arrival of fighting weather in Indo-China this September sets up a critical test of Mao Tse-tung’s resolve to aid the Viet Minh. Eisenhower warned China that peace must be reflected in actions there as well as Korea. Viet Minh strength grows while French forces, after seven years, seek fresh native support. the fall may determine Southeast Asia’s fate.
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Indo-China
Eisenhower
Korea
Mao Tse-tung
Asia
Southeast Asia
Tito
Red
China
Moscow
Walter Robertson
Mao Tse- Tung
John Foster Dulles
Congress
House
We The Women and Hollywood Housework Survey
A humorous analysis notes 91 percent of American husbands help with housework, yet questions the sincerity of such claims. It cites memories of past chores and suggests the best approach is to continue managing meals and cleaning. It contrasts minority husbands resisting duties with a court case where a wife faced a retort about army orders.
Stephens Outlines Toll Road Benefits in Oklahoma
Ron Stephens, Lawton civic leader, spoke at the American Business club wrap up outlining advantages of the Turner turnpike and urging support for the proposed toll road from Oklahoma City to the Texas border. Tickets for a charity softball game between the ABCs and Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce are on sale, with proceeds to be shared. Thirty-three members attended.
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Ron Stephens
Lawton
American Business Club
Stephens
Turner
Oklahoma City
Texas
Abc’s
Side Glances on Celeb Homes and Sascha Brastoff Ceramics
Galbraith notes stars now favor simpler, honest home styles away from Hollywood’s dark rooms. Sascha Brastoff, famed ceramist, sells art objects and dinnerware to celebrities with prices up to 5000 dollars. Also mentions reader letter against 3-D films and Frank de Kova, ex Columbia professor and actor in Split Second.
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Sascha Brastoff
of the Stars
Filmland Notebook
Voice of the People
Frank de Kova
Columbia University
Origin of Cuba Name and Other Quick Facts
A reader compiled quick questions and answers covering the origin of the name Cuba as a center place, whether the Eiffel Tower paid for itself by 1889, the origin of the word bayonet from Bayonne, and the location of the U S government’s silver vault at West Point New York.
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Cuba
Island
Paris
Bayonne
United States
West Point
N. Y
Washington Merry-Go-Round Roundup of Embassy Life and Hoover Commission
Washington column ties embassy purges in Moscow to Russian schooling in Washington and a summer cottage program while noting the Hoover Commission’s expanded powers. It covers U.S. government reforms planned by a broad panel, criticisms of government waste, and congressional debates on salaries, with side notes on actors like Rayburn and Dulles and anecdotes about Senate photo bans.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Georgi Malenkov
Kremlin
Russia
Chespeake Bay
O.K
State Department
Brown
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Ohio
Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Sam
Congress
Lone Ranger
Afghanistan Antic Across Puzzle Clues Summary
A compact clue list for an Afghanistan themed crossword puzzle with across and down entries. Highlights include The Kabul capital city and regional mountains, and items referencing land, trade, materials, and linguistic notes. Contains multiple abbreviated and full clue forms with various wordplay directions.
Puzzle Word List Clues From Historical Page
A compact puzzle item lists scattered clues and hints such as climate withered shield hops kilns electrical unit consumption and several numbered entries including seven important routes demesne estate glacial ridges challenge and a girl’s name.
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Hollywood
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Erskine Johnson
NEA
Bing Crosby
Bing
California
Duncan Renadlo
Gilbert Roland
Cisco Kid
Roland
Renaldo
June Allyson
Jimmy Stewart
Glenn Miller
Foxfire
Jeff Chandler
Carmen
Carmen Miranda
Rome
de Pipple
Carmella
Bella Regazzi
Dem
King Farouk
Galbraith
Livil
Hoover
Jim Farley
Brownell
Joe Kennedy
Caliste
Chet Holfield
GOP
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Louis Graham
Pennsylvania
Holifield
Walter
Matthews
Florida
Cagey Gop
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Senate
House of Representatives
Louis W. Kellmer
Joe Martin
Jenner
Rules Committee
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Maryland
Ike
Capital Cloakroom
Afghanistan
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Kush Mountains
Khyber
Denmark
Oxus
Kabul
Helmand
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