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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1954
Page
9
In Washington 1954 referendum results show 92 percent of 340,696 cotton farmers voted to limit plantings by 15 percent for 1955, well above the two thirds needed. Nevada had scant turnout. overall 313,561 favored controls to secure price supports while 27,135 opposed.
Central Airlines began regular surface mail on all routes when space allows to speed up Christmas mail. Air mail retains priority and surface mail will be carried when space is available. a similar plan was used last Christmas, said Keith Kahle, president.
The Lawton Community Concert association presents its third program of the season at 8 15 p m in the junior high school auditorium. Cellist Leonard Rose headlines the evening with other performers including Ruthanna Boris Frank Hobi and a ballet company on January 19 and the piano duo Whittemore and Lowe on March 7.
The Civil Service Commission reports 12 applicants for the Clinton postmaster position and four for Guymon Oklahoma. Clinton contenders include Ernest J. Stocks H For rest Tennant Reuben Bailey Strong Art A. Tatum Thelma I. Beckham George E. Keil James E. Murphy Archie E. Barrett Mattie Pool Ogle Leo A. Tremblay William Heerwald Earle A. Wade. Guymon applicants are Charles C. Mann Lester Woods John N. Phillips and Robert M. Curtis.
The Oklahoma highway department will explode more than two tons of old dynamite near Ada on Wednesday. A department spokesman said the material was too old to be used safely and had been stored at headquarters nearby.
Sensational medical discovery AR PANEX works through the bloodstream to reach suffering joints and nerves. Even stubborn cases report relief from pain. See A B Drug Company at 4th and D, phone 116 for guaranteed tablets.
The music department of Cache public schools will present a Christmas program at 7 30 p m Monday for members of the Parent Teachers association and other interested patrons. Junior and senior high students will hold their Christmas parties at 10 a m Dec 23 in the gymnasium. Lower grades will hold their parties in homerooms with treats provided by faculty members.
About 250 South Korean prisoners are set for release by Christmas with priority given to women with babies, according to Justice Ministry sources.
A delegation from Alva including Earl Geis superintendent and two board members toured Lawton's new senior high school this week. They were shown through by John Shoemaker superintendent and Hugh Bish principal, and inspected the band vocal music departments and gymnasium as plans for an Alva high school addition proceed.
The article notes that among the world’s most renowned glaciers are those in Switzerland and Alaska. It emphasizes their fame and global recognition as iconic ice formations.
Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton flew from Mexico City to visit her UCLA student son Lance Haugwitz Reventlow in Los Angeles. She refused to discuss estranged partner Porfirio Rubirosa, who has pursued Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Professor Kwon Yung-dai of Seoul National University reports radioactive dust in the season's first heavy snow and warns against eating it. He suggests it may stem from past United States or Russian nuclear tests and urges caution.
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