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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1953
Page
1
Oklahoma City novelty shop operators Gurley Lenn and his wife Helen were beaten and bound by two masked robbers for six hours. They escaped with $6,000 in cash and jewelry, and Lenn suffered serious burns from an electric soldering iron. Police described the attackers as men in their early 20s seeking valuables.
A letter to state mayors from Morton R. Harrison, chairman of the Planning and Resources Board, sparked a toll road clash with Lyman Beard, Muskogee mayor and Free Roads Association head. Beard argues toll roads divert business from by passed towns, while Harrison defends the letter as urging cities to attract tourist trade without opposing toll roads.
Lawton high school students will receive locker assignments tomorrow in the LHS gymnasium with doors opening at 8 30 a m Hugh Bish announced. Week events include principals meeting today teachers meeting Thursday junior high locker sale senior enrollment Douglass enrollment Friday and junior high enrollment Saturday with enrollment and registration ending Monday for all junior high and elementary pupils. Classwork begins Tuesday September 1 in all buildings.
The 40th OCS class to graduate at Fort Sill since World War II was honored with address about honesty by J Counihan. William J Lifka of Cicero Illinois earned honor man, with Thomas C Hanes of Arcanu m Ohio and Malvern R Whitaker of Newport Rhode Island named distinguished military graduates.
A flight of B36 heavy bombers landed at Yokota air base in Japan after a nonstop US departure with maximum security. The number of bombers was not disclosed and security included bans on telephone calls. The planes flew from U S bases and had departed Sunday with secret departure details.
Lawton’s 290 public school teachers are already at work for the 1953-54 year though students won’t start for another week. Teachers revise plans, with Mrs. Mildred Graham of Woodrow Wilson school noting yearly changes and the need for better methods. Officials urge carefully prepared semester plans, with units, objectives, and materials, to guide daily assignments and substitutes.
South Korea, led by Foreign Minister Pyun and observer Col Ben Limb, threatens to boycott the Korean peace conference if India sits with the Communist side. Pyun accuses India of appeasement and treachery, while Menon and India await a reply as Britain and others back India's candidacy. United States opposes India at the table, citing neutrals like Japan and Nationalist China.
Plans for the open house at the remodeled Dixie Store in Lawton outline the enhanced downtown shopping center. Workmen finish interior and exterior upgrades at the Koehler building location Fourth and C as the store prepares to reopen at 9 am Thursday after a brief closure. The expansion increases space from 7,500 to about 10,000 square feet.
Lawton and surrounding areas face scattered thunder showers today and tonight after Monday’s downpours that dumped 1.74 inches at Fort Sill and .75 at Lawton. The weather triggered numerous minor accidents, eight-car pileups, and a three foot roof hole at 1214 Lincoln, with light showers elsewhere in Elgin Fletcher Sterling and Chattanooga while Apaches had .04 inch and Walters none.
Sen. Young urges Agriculture Secretary Benson to keep government held wheat above the $2.21 loan level, condemning domestic sales below loan value plus handling costs. He warns current cash prices lag the loan by about 50 cents and storage pressures farmers to sell at cut rates.
General White designated chief of Army field forces with headquarters at Fort Monroe Virginia while Lt General John E Dahlquist becomes Fourth Army commander at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Maj Gen Floyd L Parks to command Second Army at Fort Meade Maryland and Maj Gen Gilman G Mudgett to succeed Parks as Army Information chief. White, Norwich University 1922, has held key posts including commander US Constabulary in Germany and earned the DSM Silver Star Bronze Star Legions honor Croix de Guerre and other distinctions.
City officials said consideration of naming a successor to Ed Gartrell, Third Ward councilman who died Saturday, will be postponed at least a week until next Tuesday night Sept 1. The regular council session will be held at 7 30 p.m. today. Services for Mr. Gartrell were held at 10 30 a.m. today.
U N command outlines a covert program to win over prisoners who refuse to be repatriated. Details remain secret until identities are known. About 400 holdouts, including Americans, Britons, and Turks, are identified with up to 30 Americans among them.
The Fort Sill milk price war ends as La Sill Milk company raises wholesale to 20 cents per quart, aligning with rivals. Home delivery quotes set at 23 cents and most retailers expect 22 cents. The move follows Wichita Falls firms winning Fort Sill supply, with local shoppers facing past prices of 24 cents per quart.
Duncan Oklahoma. Stephens County grand jury concluded a ten million dollar hot oil probe without indictments after 11 days of work. They reported oil losses but found no information of loss or theft of crude oil. Jurors noted earlier county and state investigations helped and returned five indictments in pending cases including three involving car arson for insurance.
An ABA committee urged action against lawyers who are Reds, arguing communism seeks to overthrow the government. The resolution calls on the attorney general and state authorities to probe fitness to practice and to empower the committee to work with disciplinary agencies.
In Paris on August 25, French labor’s 21 day push against government economy measures broke Tuesday night as Communist unions ordered railroad strikers back to work while non Communist unions had already rescinded their orders and told workers to return.
Washington reports three federal departments Agriculture Interior and Labor estimate 61 383 000 will fund Oklahoma programs in the current fiscal year led by about 30 million in Agriculture loan funds. Agriculture cites 47 733 665 for loans and other authorizations, Interior 10 645 561 for Oklahoma, Labor about 3 million.
Negotiations in telephone strikes across seven states stalled Tuesday as union leaders accused the Bell system of pursuing "high button shoes" labor. About 1,000 AT&T workers in four eastern cities walked out for four hours to attend meetings, citing dilatory tactics in New York contract talks. In St. Louis mediators sought to end a 53,000-member CWA strike against Southwestern Bell as the company planned ads to state its position. A single issue blocked settlement: a no strike clause and a last minute legal gimmick. Southwestern Bell reported rifle fire damaged a cable near Joplin, disrupting 800 long-distance circuits, while a separate incident in Joplin saw a nonstriker report lipstick and chalk marks on his car. Peaceful mass meetings occurred around Indianapolis, where water was thrown on marchers. CWA strike director A. J. Jones urged Evansville officials to end wage differentials tied to Indiana Bell. Eastward walkouts in Philadelphia, Boston, Providence, and Springfield mirrored Chicago disruptions.
U N Red Cross team reports three weeks in North Korea talking only to hand picked prisoners of war under strict supervision. R M Jerram says restrictions caused delays and petty arguments while questioning Maj. Gen. William Dean’s fate yielded no results.
Three more out of county polio cases are confirmed at Memorial hospital. The latest diagnoses include Ray Lee Brunker nine, son of Bert and Bert Brunker Lone Wolf. Kent Cost nineteen months, son of Glenn Cost Altus. and Meredith Wayne Roberts fourteen, son of Oran Roberts Frederick. Hospital attendants report the current polio patient load remains seven.
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