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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1953
Page
9
The annual Deyo Mission camp meeting will be held Aug. 27-30 eight miles west of Lawton. Rev. Marcellus Williams, Creek Indian from Muskogee, will be the guest speaker. Dan Grumman, Walters, is the missionary pastor.
A P-A truck laden with eight tons of stone collided with a small motor scooter in Oklahoma City yesterday. The scooter rider suffered a mashed foot while the truck driver sustained the foot injury. the scooter driver was unharmed.
Bill Teas returned to action for Georgia Tech during the 1952 season carrying the ball 151 times and gaining 788 yards to set two school records.
United Press staff correspondent Walter G. Rundle reports that Iran's Shah and Zahedi preempted Mossadegh's government, keeping communists from seizing power. The piece notes the Tudeh party's strength, British stake, and the challenge for the new regime to keep the army loyal and revive the economy to prevent a possible Soviet comeback.
Five Lawton youths will be conferred the Chevalier degree in a DeMolay rite during a district Masonic lodge meeting in Lawton. About 150 Masons and guests will attend a 6:30 p.m. banquet at the Masonic Temple, followed by the degree service. Names include Don Williams, Lon Leva, Roddy Johnson, Mike Wilkerson, and Don Boulton. Roy E. Fitzgerald and state DeMolay deputies will attend. advisory council includes L. E. Layton and others. Fuzz Barnes is DeMolay Dad. district lodges from southwest Oklahoma expected.
Oklahoma City district Judge W. A. Carlile announced a 24 name pool for a September grand jury panel to investigate the city police department. The panel will be drawn Saturday at 9 30 a m with 12 chosen later to serve, following petitions over the firing of eight Negro officers accused of bribery.
Dr Henrietta Kornitzer shown with a scrapbook of sightless pupils advocates full public school integration. About 30 cities already employ braille teachers in public schools to include blind students with sighted peers. She cites a scout troop story of a blind boy overcoming isolation, stressing paid teachers and family support. The Syracuse University meeting gathers 20 educators and officials to promote the program.
Washington AP Eugene M. Zuckert of the Atomic Energy Commission tells an MBS radio audience that Americans are told all the essential information about the atomic program. He opposes increasing disclosures arguing more data could aid enemies and stresses the existence of weapons with mass destruction.
President Eisenhower, during his Denver vacation, largely kept to a light agenda with golf or trout fishing in the mountains possible. He met Mayor Quigg Newton and spoke with Fred A. Seaton and Sen. Frank Carlson about disaster relief areas and federal aid plans. An appointment was set for his new economic advisory committee.
Oklahoma July sales tax receipts rose 5.8 percent statewide to 3,667,000 as the drought battered western counties. Thirty-eight counties fell below 1952 levels while 339 posted gains. Beaver led losses at 40.6 percent. Hughes counties surged 29.8 percent and Mayes 27.75 percent.
The Oklahoma City school board approved a giant circus type tent to serve as an assembly hall for 500 students at the new U S Grant School while construction continues. The move aims to ease the impact of ongoing building work on pupil activities.
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