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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1953
Page
12
Oklahoma City market notes show cattle volumes around 3500 head with calves 1500 and 25 loads of beef steers. trade opening slow with bids uneven and limited sales. Hogs about 600 head offerings down 25 75 cents, top around 26, town packers paying 25 and down. Sheep 500 head with spring lambs 50 1.00 lower, top 21.50 and ewe prices down to 4.00.
Two U S F80 Shooting Star jets collided today off Kyushu. One pilot is missing and his name is withheld. Japanese fishermen rescued the other, Lt. Robert Jenks of Romeo Michigan, who bailed out.
Washington reports a record 36,949,700 children will enroll in 1953-54 across public and private schools, with 345,000 classrooms in short supply and widespread overcrowding. Thurston cites underfunded construction, teacher shortages, and rising enrollments as drives for 1960 needs.
Hospital notices list admissions and discharges across Kiowa Elgin Anadarko Lawton Faxon and nearby areas. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs James Priest at 2413 E and two sons to Mr and Mrs Martin Gerstler 416 Euclid and to Mr and Mrs Bill McCarter 1202 I with times Aug 25 and weights 7 pounds 5 or 12 ounces. Several patients listed with medical or surgical classifications and addresses.
Highway patrol stopped Wade near Lawton for speeding and found 96 fifths of wine 96 half pints of gin and 48 pints 168 half pints and 15 fifths of whisky in a Hudson. Wade Elmo Wade 42 pleaded guilty to liquor possession and posted 500 bond. Bass owner of the car paid fines for improper plates while Wade paid 25 dollars in a separate court.
Washington August 26 Interior Secretary Douglas McKay announced cutbacks in the reclamation bureau abolishing Kenneth Markwell's assistant commissioner post effective October 1. McKay also reduced one commissioner to a lesser role as part of the downsizing move.
Sir Percy Spender Australia’s ambassador to the United States received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Colorado at summer commencement in Boulder on Wednesday.
Five Lawton sailors joined 12 000 Pacific Fleet personnel in Exercise Destruex the largest training maneuver since World War II. Don E. Rummage Frank D. Muse Jimmie L. Houser Billy G. Prez Newman L. Pollard served aboard USS Piedmont USS Richard B. Anderson USS Porterfield USS Los Angeles and USS Kidd in this high profile operation.
Washington reports record wheat carryover stocks and large 1953-54 supplies for the United States and Canada. Estimates total about 2.729 billion bushels, topping the 1942-43 record. Compared with 2.452 billion last year and 1.892 billion for 1946-50 average, these large crops and carryovers create storage challenges in both countries.
In Tokyo left arm pain led to hospital tests and discovery of a Russian bullet. The projectile had been lodged since Yasutaro Hayakawa was wounded on Hill 203 during the 1904 siege of Port Arthur in the Russo Japanese War.
An Oklahoma City soldier among four prisoners of war released by the Communists in Korea last night is identified as Cpl. Floyd E. Gilley. The group also includes Cpl. Edwin B. Jones III, Sgt. Lester E. Adams, and Pfc. Jack R. Mason. Families expressed relief and gratitude as word spread of the homecoming. The four bring to 46 the number of Sooner POWs freed since the Korean armistice. nearly 50 remain in captivity and more than 100 are missing.
Pasadena police officer Peter Ellena 23 announced will marry Gail Ledwidge 19 next Oct 11. The couple met when he sought aid for fallen arches and he developed flat feet during two days on a beat, with a chiropodist’s nurse assisting.
Oklahoma City Mrs. Lotus Alexander Harper has been named women's division chairman for the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner activities of the Democratic party.
President Eisenhower faced looming budget cuts as he sought smaller government spending while Congress weighs defense and foreign aid. The Soviet hydrogen bomb test intensified concerns over debt limits, tax losses, and the need to fund war-related obligations, prompting further belt-tightening amid looming revenue declines.
The 1953-54 term begins Monday for local students. Elementary pupils will study in a newly built school to be dedicated Friday at 8 p.m. with a tour afterwards. Visitors include Oklahoma university officials, the State Department of Education, former local superintendents, and residents. T. A. Ward will preside. The high school features a new front entrance, doors, tiled hallways, fluorescent lighting, larger windows, new desks, and refinished floors after summer work.
President Syngman Rhee was prevented from flying from his Chinhae retreat to meet Gen. James A. Van Fleet due to heavy rains. Van Fleet, former 8th Army commander, is with the American-Korean Foundation mission to Korea.
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