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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
10
New METO Pact North of the Middle East
Britain Turkey Iraq Iran and Pakistan agree to form the Middle East Treaty Organization to defend against Communism with a broader aim of economic development. The pact links NATO and regional security, spanning Zagros defense lines while aiming to counter Soviet influence and poverty in a strategic arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Egypt
Afghanistan
Britain
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
NATO
SEATO
China
India
Burma
Indonesia
Russia
Baghdad
Free Nations
Soviet Union
West
Kremlin
Our Schools and the Democratic Future
Newsweek highlights flaws in U S education amid rising high school attendance. Critics warn emphasis on adjusting pupils to groups over individual talents, methods over content, and practical life skills taught inside schools. Many students lack physics chemistry geometry or foreign languages, risking scientific progress and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsweek Magazine
City Allows Yearly Fishing Permits Relaxing License Rules
City Attorney Warren Chrisman ruled that Lake Lawtonka fishing permits may run on yearly cycles not aligned with city business licenses, since permits to fish are not licenses for business purposes. Council fish and game chair Stitt Pair said the Jan 1 to Dec 31 period aids gifting, despite earlier plans to sync with April 30 city license exp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Chrisman
Lake Lawtonka
City Council Fish and Game Committee
Chrisman
Stitt Pair
Council Fish and Game Committee
Governor George M Leader Skips Gettysburg Welcome
Young Pennsylvania governor George M Leader did not attend the brief Gettysburg welcome for the Eisenhowers. GOP critics label him an underworld links accuser, while supporters call him a short pants political upstart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Gettysburg
U.S
Leader
White House
California
Secret Service Duty Began in 1901 and Saccharin Sweetness
The document notes the Secret Service took over protecting the U.S. president in 1901. It states saccharin is 400 to 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, with no carbohydrates or food value. It also mentions Sable Island ponies likely descend from Portuguese horses left there in the 1500s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
United States
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Council Delays Action On Traffic Changes
The Lawton city council deferred action on major traffic changes proposed by the traffic commission including creating separate lanes on one-way streets naming Fourth Sixth and Ninth through streets and removing two signals. They will revisit next week after study along with potential speed regulation tweaks on Ferris Cache Road and Gore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Traffic Commission
Ferris
Cache Road
Gore
Fort Sill Blvd
Lee
Market Report from Oklahoma City Livestock Market
Oklahoma City market notes cattle buyers observed slow trade with many calves and steers on hand, mixed demand for cows and bulls, slaughter calves steady, stockers sliding. Hog prices opened strong but closed mixed, sow and gilt ranges gathered, lambs steady with prime lots prized. Prices for wheat, fowl and dairy commodities listed by state Dept of Agriculture and Chicago market trends included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Hennessey
Clinton
Enid
el Reno
Kingfisher
Yukon
Blackwell
Hobart
Lawton
Medford
Vici
Frederick
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
Muskogee
Vinita
Tulsa
Laverne
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Alva
Elk City
Woodward
Elk Reno
Ernest Mueller dies former Cameron instructor at Chilocco
Ernest C Mueller 56 died after a heart attack near a pond at Chilocco Indian School Tuesday. He had been principal at Chilocco since 1945 after roles at Carson Agency Riverside Indian School and Cameron College. Survived by wife Grace and two sons Gene and David at Oklahoma A&M. services by Stahl Funeral Home Newkirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilocco
Ernest C. Mueller
Cameron College
Retail
Stahl Funeral Home
Newkirk
Kay County
Forrest Walker
Mueller
Carson Agency
Carson
Atchinson
Kan
Oklahoma
Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m College
Lawton
Department of Agriculture
Indian Service
Fort Sill Indian School
Riverside
Anadarko
Methodist Church
County X-Ray Unit Operating Again After 1-Day Shutdown
Comanche county resumes the State Health mobile X-ray survey this afternoon after a one day shutdown for machine adjustments. Mrs. Hal Hallett notes the prior X-rays were not harmed, with 1 077 residents scanned this week. The unit stops at multiple sites through December 29 with hours 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm, except courthouse hours 8 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
State Department of Health
Hal Hallett
Lawton High School
Sheridan
Cache Road
Safeway Store
Douglass _ school
Dunbar School
FE Ave
S. Fifth
Montgomery Ward
Comanche County Court House
Kress & Co
Bowman's
S. Third
County Association
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Rotary Club Goals Aired by District Governor Visit
Fred Brawner district governor spoke at the Hotel Lawtonian luncheon outlining Rotary ideals and club goals for 1956. Jack Carter led the meeting with Brawner on his annual District 182 Oklahoma visit, as Vernon Howell reviewed club service duties. Special guests Milton Keating Charles Snyder and Don Kouri joined, with visiting Rotarians Clyde Albright Luther Eubanks Floyd Doty Gordon Morrow and J Dickson Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Fred Brawner
Civic Club
Lawtonian
Jack Carter
Brawner
Oklahoma
Milton Keating
Charles Snyder
Don Kouri
Lawton High School
Clyde Albright
Oklahoma City
Luther Eubanks
Floyd Doty
Gordon Morrow
Walters
J. Dickson Pratt
Hawaii
Citizens Education Council to Study Bylaws Meeting
Members of the Citizens Council on Education will vote on bylaw changes when they meet Thursday night in the Board of Education rooms at Central Junior High School. The session begins at 7 30 p.m. The group formerly met at Lawton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Traffic Commission
S. 11Th and
McKinley
Second and I
Fort Sill
Lawton
Citizens Council On Education
Board of Education
Central Junior High School
Lawton High School
Late Store Hours Begin Dec 15 for Downtown Days
Loyd F. Lowry of the Chamber of Commerce says Lawton stores will stay open until 9 p.m. starting December 15 through December 23 for Downtown Days. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve close at 5 30 p.m., and shops will be closed December 26 and January 2 on legal holidays.
Town Hall Meeting Planned At Chamber Forum
A town hall type meeting is planned for the Chamber of Commerce Forum luncheon Friday at noon. It will be the first of two sessions on the 1956 program of work under the Program of Work committee led by Floyd Zook with Newt Irwin Ted Ralston Jack McBee Dale Thompson R. E. Glenn and Ewell Lacy. Public invited to attend at the Hotel Lawtonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Chamber
Floyd Zook
Newt Irwin
Ted Ralston
Jack McBee
Dale Thompson
R. E. Glenn
Ewell Lacy
Lawtonian
Unemployment Tax Suit Filed Against Local Station Owner
Attorneys for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission filed in District Court to collect 1114.60 in unemployment taxes allegedly owed by John L. Speedy Gross owner of Gross Magnolia service station. The petition alleges nonpayment for all of 1954 three quarters of 1953 and the first two quarters of 1955. Burton Duncan and Milton Elliott filed the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
John L
Speedy) Gross
Gross Magnolia
John P. Hayes
Employment Security Agency
Gross
Burton Duncan
Milton R. Elliott
The
Commission
Officers Seek Help in Saw Theft Near Fletcher Elgin
Lawton Oklahoma City officers request aid from residents in the Fletcher and Elgin area in finding a trailer mounted saw stolen from a city construction site on 2620 North 16th. The model on an advance axle trailer was valued around 1000 dollars and last seen Sunday near Fletcher on U S 277. Anyone with information should contact Lawton police immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Fletcher- Elgin
Cleo Stout
Elgin- Fletcher
Stout
Fletcher
U. S
Lawton
Lawton Students to Attend 24th Oklahoma Band Clinic
Five Lawton high school students and director George Walters will attend the 24th annual Oklahoma band clinic at Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater on Thursday and Friday. Lawton businessman Hardy Suggs will join a two day festival panel on cooperative effort by music teacher administrator and merchant. Representing Lawton High are Jimmy Long cornet Haines Laird bari tone saxophone Gene Sparkman contra bass clarinet J Bob Howard bassoon and Bert Nowlin oboe. The group is among 302 young state bandsmen and 111 directors set to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
George Walters
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Hardy Suggs
LHS
Jimmy Long
Haines Laird
Gene Sparkman
J. Bob Howard
Bert Nowlin
Yule Program At Holy City In Wichita Mountains
Jack Batten Easter Pageant executive director announced a Christmas program at the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains on December 18. The chapel event begins at 5 p.m. and lasts about an hour with further details to come. First rehearsal for the 1956 Easter Service is set for Feb. 12, and the Pageant will be presented on Easter Sunday, April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy City
Wichita Mountains
Jack Batten
Batten
Larceny Suspect Granted Extra Time To Enter Plea
Ollie Fae Freeman, 36, of Lawton, accused of grand larceny of a welfare check endorsed to pay a sister’s note. She asked for 24 hours more to plead innocence. bond set at 2000 dollars. Freeman remained in county jail to decide plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Fae Freeman
Lawton
Woodrow Giles
Bank offers 1.05 for each dollar in pennies
Rutland Vermont The Killing ton Bank and Trust Co advertises paying 1.05 dollars for each dollar brought in in rolled pennies. The promotion aims to ease a penny shortage and emphasize the bank’s business sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Killington Bank and Trust Co
Vandals Cleared After Parent Pleas At UK Project
In Lexington Kentucky juvenile trial commissioner W Rodes Clay dismissed vandalism charges against three youths, ages 12 and 10, who were accused of about $3000 damage at a University of Kentucky building project. Parents asked for stern but constructive punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
W. Rodes Clay
University of Kentucky
Clay
Mealtime Across Puzzle Clue List
Crossword style clues reference meals foods and cooking terms across and down with various definitions including persons and places likely from a themed puzzle. Entries include Baked Virginia and nations and a mix of cognates and abbreviations across a grid.
Word Puzzle Clues From A Vintage Ledger Page
A list of crossword style clues appears on a ledger page including entries such as mechanical man folds arrow poison wilted in the morning entry couches and other numbered hints like used for fruit drinks showed fury envoy marks sound halt Jason's ship small pastry chest rattle glacial ice turns right and moving truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vna Ledger
Jason
New Cold Front Heads For State
Two new cold fronts north of Oklahoma were expected to cool the state Thursday though no drastic drops were seen. A front last night bypassed the state, sending warmer readings. On Wednesday southwest Oklahoma enjoyed a warm day with 52 at 11 a.m. and a high near 60. Tuesday’s high was 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
State Weather Bureau
Court Notes District Civil Docket Summary
Court notes list several civil actions in district court including Brown Manufacturing Co versus Herbert and Nadine Thomas for a $200 debt, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission versus John L Gross for $1,114.60 unemployment taxes, Prudential Insurance Co of America versus Johnnie J Hinkie and others on a promissory note and mortgage foreclosure, Dewey Swyden beer license application for Council Heights Food, and Leslie I Gregory beer license application for 2012 Cache Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Johnnie J
Jessie N. Hinkie
Lawton Heights-Williams
Dewey Swyden
Council Heights Food
E. Gore
Leslie I. Gregory
Cache Road
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Comanche County Free Fair Board
Fairgrounds
David Duke
Jess McMillan
Water Department
Water and
Lester McKenzie
Central Fire Station
Continental Casualty Co
U. S. Wildlife
Blunt Zorger
C. R. Ellsworth
Squaw Creek
South Lawton
McKenzie
Shawnee
Chicago
Ernest Mueller
Cameron
Grace
Pawnee
Rotary Club
Vernon Howell
Citizens Education Council
Charles Lamb
Gudrun
Bag Cook
Beborne
Airis
New Cold Front
Brown Manufacturing Co
Herbert
Nadine
Thomas
State of Oklahoma
Gross Magnolia Service Station
Comanche County Court Beer
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