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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1953
Page
2
New York Treasury Secretary Humphrey outlines government support limits for the coming year. He projects a cash deficit near 500 million dollars, implying less new money and lower inflation. Businesses should rely more on themselves and expect a year with possible deflation pressures after Labor Day.
A Fort Sill soldier's wife in Lawton reportedly overdosed on sleeping pills, left a note saying I can't take any more, and was found unconscious holding a telephone receiver. Police transported her to Station Hospital after responders noted blood on the note and self-inflicted marks.
New York August 28 United Press reports experts urge fast gamma globulin use for mass polio immunizations in epidemic areas. Of 4.5 million cubic centimeters allocated by ODM about 1.1 million have been used leaving enough to immunize 425000 under ten for up to five weeks. Peak polio season may arrive within weeks with August to early September typical peak pattern.
A hypothetical flight going straight south from Portland Maine would traverse over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, ending in the Pacific near Iquique. The scenario highlights the vast distance and geographic separation between the two coastal regions.
Comanche county farmers must submit signed contracts by Monday to join the federal wheat insurance program for next year. County PMA officer Bill Sieg says forms are available from his office or from Al Stuever, the Geronimo adjustor. The plan uses a cooperative fund with premiums to reimburse operating costs and indemnities for losses, funded by participating producers.
William J. Jameson of Billings Montana was sworn in as the 77th president of the American Bar Association. He has been active in ABA affairs for more than two decades and succeeds Robert G Storey of Dallas Texas, dean of Southern Methodist University law school.
In Haiphong, heavy equipment is unloaded daily as US aid to French Union forces and associated states accelerates. Official counts place monthly materiel at over 20,000 tons with yearly costs around 500 million dollars, while Hanoi’s Vietminh are said to receive about 3,000 tons monthly from Red China. The pace raises questions on Korea’s truce impact and suggests France can pursue large offensives to win the seven year war.
Oklahoma wells in Grant and Seminole counties yielded gas and oil on rapid tests. Texas Co Nos 1 Damron and Union Oil Co No 1 Simpson completed drillstem tests with gas flow and oil production figures. National totals show 146 new wells staked statewide, Tulsa World reported 135 completions, and Lincoln County success with Sun Oil and Rex R Moore Jr. wells producing notable oil flows.
Federal agents last month seized nearly 700 stills producing illegal liquor in the South, part of 803 stills captured nationwide. Florida Georgia North and South Carolina led with 400 seized and destroyed. Alabama Louisiana Mississippi 164 total. Louisville district 132. Oklahoma Texas 15. Arkansas Kansas Missouri 11.
A New York seaman perched 30 feet atop a lamppost at Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street demanding his girlfriend be found. Christopher McDonald 24 stayed aloft for an hour as police and bystanders urged him down. Monsignor OConnell helped persuade him to descend. McDonald was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
McAlester woman Mary Rose Cooke sues a bus company for 12000 in Muskogee District Court claiming permanent injuries from gasoline fumes on a June 9 trip from Oklahoma City to McAlester. She says the driver refused to allow window opening and she required medical treatment.
Lawton Little Theater voted Thursday night to file articles of incorporation. The board of directors becomes the play reading committee with volunteers from members assisting. Mrs Wade Kinnard elected parliamentarian. Mrs F E Weller presides. A reorganization plan inspired by Maude Mack Mummers of Oklahoma City will be discussed at a Sept 3 special meeting.
In Plymouth England a stag hound pursuing a deer into a river triggered a stray shot from a hunter’s double barrel. Col Louis Murphy and Ralph Slocombe were wounded by heavy pellets, then admitted to a hospital after the incident.
Among Tuareg men in the Sahara tribes, veils cover nearly all of the face except the eyes and the tip of the nose, worn day and night as a customary practice and cultural symbol.
Birth announcements and admissions list from Southwestern area hospitals featuring births at Fort Sill and Lawton, with details on babies, weights, and parental names. Also includes patient discharges and admissions for surgeries and medical care across Anadarko Cement Snyder and nearby towns.
A federal grand jury indicted Ben Gold, head of the International Fur and Leather Workers union, for perjury in an August 1950 NLRB affidavit claiming he was not a Communist. The Taft Hartley Act jeopardizes union officials with non Communist affidavits. three counts carry up to 10 000 fine and five years per count. An arrest warrant was issued for Gold and his bond eyed at 10 000. related action involved Max Young, described as a Communist international official.
New Haven Board of Finance approved twenty thousand six hundred seventy eight dollars for Kimberly Avenue bridge repairs. The span, which had opened to allow a yacht through, later jammed and blocked traffic for about three hours.
Frances Ann Smith three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Smith 1712 Bell died 7 15 p m Thursday in a local hospital born May 14 1953 survived by parents and brother David Vernon 22 months services and burial held in Fort Worth Texas Lawton Funeral Home handled local arrangements
Anna Fay Rollins, 71, of 1004 H, died at 10 p.m. Thursday after a series of strokes. Born September 26, 1881 in Weatherford, Texas, she married William L. Rollins in 1903 and moved to Lawton in 1913. Services at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Lawton Funeral Home chapel, with Rev. M. L. Baker officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Survived by husband. three daughters C. F. Kresge of Germany, L. L. Stewart of Oklahoma City, and Victor Hauck of Perry. three sons Omar, Virgil in the Navy, and Lowery of Bethany. one sister Mrs. T. J. Randolph of Houston. two brothers Roy and Goodall of Oklahoma City. eight grandchildren. Member of Methodist Church South, Weatherford.
Oklahoma City reports three damage suits filed yesterday against Southwestern Greyhound Bus Lines and driver Bill Pratt after a Hydro area collision that killed six, with Manuel E. Wilkey of Springfield seeking 259,690 in damages across three suits.
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