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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1971
Page
8
The Lawton Constitution published weekdays at Third and A Avenue Lawton Oklahoma with Ned Shepler as publisher and the paper lists contact numbers. It notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press with a correction policy for errors pointed out to management.
President Nixon plans a series of summits with France Britain West Germany Japan Canada and other allies to discuss trade policy and bilateral relations amid domestic moves like the import duty wage freeze and gold dollar link severance. Key aides including Connally Rogers Kiss follow the talks. Chou En Lai appears likely as China’s new power figure ahead of Nixon’s Peking trip.
Elderly leaders urged reform at a 1961 keynote drawing 3500 delegates from all states. Flemming warned about poor nursing homes and high voter turnout among those over 65. He cited Nixon welfare reform backing a $5 billion boost and urged Congress to pass laws aiding the elderly.
The leaders of Yugoslavia and Romania push for peace without concessions to the West. They call for Soviet and American troop withdrawals to national frontiers. Retreat by Russia would leave troops near NATO borders while an American pullout would cross the Atlantic.
In Moscow the death of Col Rudolf Abel, the master Soviet spy who operated in Brooklyn, is recalled alongside his 1962 exchange for Francis Gary Powers. The one sided swap ended nine years of Abel extracting U S nuclear secrets.
A meditation contrasts biblical wisdom with artistic practice. It notes attentive listening and heart vigilance as sources of life, while acknowledging life resembles music guided by ear and instinct yet benefiting from rule awareness.
Gallup polls show Nixon gains in Vietnam troop withdrawals and inflation relief. Democrats drift toward Teddy Kennedy as the party’s presumptive nominee with Kennedy leading Muskie and Humphrey, while McCloskey struggles against Nixon in the peace-focused race.
After three and a half centuries the United States whaling fleet will be beached by year end. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has purchased 12 978 acres of land for conservation purposes.
The essay lauds President Nixon for vetoing a broad federal poverty bill that would fund a comprehensive child development program. It argues the plan oversteps government duties, risks creating a large bureaucracy, and challenges subsidiarity, urging private and state solutions instead.
The piece muses on football as exercise in private spaces and fan violence as a vent for aggression. It argues that growing up dulls senses via censorship and questions whether a smooth marriage equates to happiness unless love is given room to grow.
The playwright Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams and adopted Tennessee as a pen name. Thomas Edison reportedly tested the goldenrod as a potential domestic rubber source in experiments.
Column discusses Representative John Ashbrook of Ohio weighing a 1972 New Hampshire primary bid against Pete McCloskey. It notes conservative support from ACU and Human Events seeking his entry, and the tension over Nixon’s course and the party’s future.
The report lists Miss Thelma Talla at an Oklahoma Reading Council meeting in Tulsa and several community events from East Central State College to Apache and Chattanooga. It then shifts to a political analysis by Bill Buckley and coverage of Nixon, Ashbrook, and Goldwater dynamics in New Hampshire, highlighting conservative pressure and party splits ahead of primaries.
The column outlines daily guidance for each sign with warnings against haste and encouragement to apply steady judgment. It highlights talents in intellect leadership finance writing acting law and public service, noting strong versatility and potential success across many careers for those born today.
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