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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1954
Page
5
The Internal Revenue Service southwest region will provide group instruction to help taxpayers prepare and file returns. Sessions will be held in Lawton and other offices, limited to 20 to 30 attendees, with weekly half day sessions under consideration.
The Fort Sill Relief and Welfare fund contributed 600 dollars to Salvation Army Christmas projects replacing coin box drives of prior years. Capt. Lonnie Knight says no coin boxes were placed this year. Brig. Gen. John B. Horton chairs the Relief and Welfare effort. The 600 dollars are separate from the 18,500 dollars earlier given to the United Fund Red Cross campaign.
City councilmen face a light agenda with only routine and special pay claims due by noon. Decembers pay envelopes will be issued this week after claims are considered to ensure distribution before Christmas. Part time and hourly workers had been paid after last week's council meeting with claims up to that date approved.
A handsome young man shopping with his fiancée spoke warmly to clerk Mrs. Celia Freidkin at a Chicago dress shop after selecting a woman’s overcoat three dresses and lingerie. He then pulled a gun and demanded money, taking $200 from the register while claiming a candlelight wedding.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on December 21 Warren Crain faced a police court fine of 19.95 dollars suspended after he agreed to pay for damages. Postman Roy Fisher was bit on the leg and had his trousers torn by Crain's bull terrier leading to the complaint.
Advice notes that varnished surfaces may be cleaned with a cloth dipped in cold weak tea. The tip emphasizes a gentle cleaning method using common kitchen ingredients.
A 55 year old Chicago man named Frank Cameron walked into the Sears on State Street during a Christmas shopping rush and selected a rifle at the sporting goods counter. He inserted a cartridge and fatally shot himself in the store.
Washington reports an Associated Press survey showing the U.S. draft average age is 21 or over. In 18 states the average is 22 or more, with South Dakota at 24.5 to 25, California and Vermont at 24, Wisconsin and Utah using younger men, and voluntary enlistment skewing age higher.
A report notes heavy Sierra Nevada snowfall with estimates of up to 600 inches annually and a single record of 800 inches, highlighting extraordinary winter conditions on high elevation slopes.
Washington dispatch notes a string of mishaps during the shah of Iran’s stay. A misprinted press release sparked embarrassment, diplomats mused on the empress title for the shah’s bride, and a dinner drew 73 guests served with 73 trout. John Foster Dulles hunted a 250 pound buck at Duck Island, with his pilot gifting the deer home as a Christmas present.
President Eisenhower delivers a Christmas message to Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts praising scouting ideals. He says developing body, mind, and character leads to happiness and good citizenship and urges scouts to live up to the ideals to make Christmas and the new year better for themselves and others.
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