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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1955

Page

10

Eisenhower budget boosts defense and information tools

President Eisenhower backs about 700 million more for defense, focused on guided missiles, with priority on science weapons. The plan raises U S information funding to 135 million and adds 50 million to the U S A budget to improve propaganda outreach and counter Soviet messaging globally.

Eisenhower Administration Congress Russia U.S Free World U.S. Information Agency Soviet Union U.S.S.A

Indestructible Eddie Rickenbacker still leads Eastern Air Lines

The famed World War I ace turned aviation leader survived crashes and peril, including a 1941 Eastern crash in Atlanta and a 1942 Pacific raft ordeal. Despite retirement age, he signs a new 10 year management contract to continue steering Eastern and blazing trails in commercial aviation.

Eddie Rickenbacker Eastern Air Lines America Rickenbacker Eastern Atlanta Pacific Far Pacific

Markets Chicago butter steady and Oklahoma City livestock report

Chicago butter prices hold steady with receipts 760,024 and wholesale bids unchanged. Oklahoma City livestock sale notes 12 loads fresh steers and heifers, 17% cows, bulls up to 25 higher, hogs 25 to 50 lower, and state Department prices for wheat, broilers, eggs, butterfat, and pecans across multiple towns.

Chicago Oklahoma City USDA U. S State Department of Agriculture Today Bison Hennessey Clinton el Reno Enid Hobart Kingfisher Yukon Blackwell Medford Vici Frederick Lawton Guyman Hooker Broilers Muskogee Pauls Valley Tulsa Woodward Laverne Alva Elk City Wagonga Vinita Watonga Steady Shawnee

Aggie Pre Enrollment Procedures Announced

Cameron College announces pre enrollment for the second semester led by Gordon L. Paine. Enrollment runs 8 a.m. January 4 to 5 p.m. January 13 with late tuition payment options. Night and trial enrollment steps involve division head approval, tabulation, card processing, and final business office checkout January 12-13. A two hour foods class heads the new courses along with algebra, music appreciation, and several night classes. Additional offerings depend on at least ten inquiries.

Cameron College Gordon L. Paine Paine Alvin Hand Arlene Griggs Cameron Kathleen Haley

Hollywood Portraiture Faces a Changing Look in Moviestown

Veteran Hollywood photographer Elmer Holloway recalls a dwindling art of expressive posing as new stars adopt high fashion poker faces. He notes Loretta Young’s precise lighting preferences and other favorites while recounting Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis antics and Jack Webb’s rugged, unretouched look. The piece highlights the craft of lighting, posing, and limited retouching in studio work.

Hollywood NEA Elmer Holloway Elmer NBC Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Dean and Jerry Jack Webb

Dunbar Students Present Operetta

About 350 attended Dunbar elementary school's operetta Christmas On A Hill last night. Sixty-one students from third through sixth grades participated. Directing the program were Mrs. Mary Nell Walker Samuel Smith and Mrs. Louise Young. Principal characters were Eula Lavon Nichols as Mary John Henry Blunt as Joseph MacArthur Davis Billy Copeland and Paul Haywood as shepherds Wade McCarty Jr Raymond Wilson and Willie Lee Anderson as wise men.

Dunbar Lemuel Harkey Mary Nell Walker Samuel Smith Louise Young Eula Lavon Nichols Mary John Henry Blunt Joseph MacArthur Davis Billy Copeland Paul Haywood Shepherds Wade McCarty Jr Raymond Wilson Willie Lee Anderson Wise Men Lawton View Addition

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The excerpt quotes Psalm 41 5 and a Saadi saying warning against heeding an enemy s advice. It discusses deceit and moral guidance urging readers to avoid harmful counsel and choose the opposite path when an enemy tempts with a perfect road.

Saadi

Questions and Answers Quiz Pack from a Historic Tablet

A set of trivia items covering topics from Algeria under French rule to thunder origins, Arlington’s Robert E. Lee, the phrase getting into a scrape, Roman shorthand, and a Columbus statue in Columbus Ohio. Key facts include 1830 French conquest, 1871 civil government, lightning heating air, and a Genoa gift statue.

Algeria

Ford Foundation Expands Ford Stock Sale Plan

New York. The Ford Foundation will market more than the initially announced 15 percent of its Ford Motor Company stock. The move was learned Wednesday and expands the foundation's planned divestment as part of its investment strategy.

Ford Foundation Ford New York Ford Motor Co

Funeral Rites for Mrs Birdie Calvert In Blackwell Church

Services were held for Mrs. Birdie Calvert 53 in Blackwell Oklahoma at 2 30 p m today in the Presbyterian church after a long illness. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Raymond Coyle Blackwell and two brothers Marvin Cameron Lawton Peace Justice and David Cameron San Antonio Texas.

Birdie Calvert Blackwell, Okla., Presbyterian Church Calvert Raymond Coyle Blackwell Marvin Cameron Lawton Peace Justice David Cameron San Antonio Tex Clara A. Boucher Whitesfield Okla Lawton Ada George W. Boucher Tecumseh Granville Robert George Jr Fort Carson Colo Gordon Melba Baggett Jack Beaver Wichita Falls Manville Beaver Oklahoma City Tillie Beaver Sasakwa Vernie L. Boucher Mineral Wells Ona Boucher Ruby Randall Velma Rogers Mildred McCoy Church of God E. T. Curtsinger Highland Cemetery Ritter Funeral Home

Washington policy in Asia needs recasting

Marquis Childs argues in Hong Kong that American policy in Asia is failing as the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization remains largely ineffective. He urges a Europe style economic Marshall Plan approach to Asia, cautions on Formosa and Korea, and warns that Japan must access American markets to prevent Red China's appeal.

Marquis Childs Hong Kong Asia China Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Thailand Philippines Europe Burma India United States Soviet Union Formosa Peking Moscow America Far East Chiang Kai-Shek Syngman Rhee South Korea United Nations Outer Mongolia Japan Washington Korea South Chiang Island

We the Women Cabin Fever in Households

Cabin fever is described as an occupational disease for housewives tied to small children. Symptoms accumulate: irritability at children's naughtiness, lack of news to report to husbands, hopeless feeling toward housework, neglect of appearance, dinner dilemmas, and resented faults in husbands. Cure is a full day away, with some arranging one day weekly and hiring a sitter as essential to maintain balance at home.

Outside Unions Merger Proposed

A committee of independent unions proposes a national unification convention in May to merge 2.5 million non AFL CIO unions into one body. The National Independent Union Council and Confederated Unions of America back the plan, with oil workers unions active in the drive. An initial oil workers panel was formed and a convention is slated for January 2021 in Baton Rouge to push higher wages and benefits.

ST. Louis Afl-Cio National Indepcent Union Council Confederated Unions of America

Geography Quiz Across Harbor Maine

A geography quiz lists clues and answers across and down covering locations such as Harbor Maine, various landmarks, rivers, deities, and historical figures along with terms like denomination, network, and gratitude. The puzzle includes entries for rulers, languages, animal life, and celestial signs, with references to both ancient and modern terms.

Puzzle Answers List

Arm bone radius. Smallness littleness. Staid sober. Far prefix tele. Famous garden reel on? Likely “John”? Tropical palm are date palms. European gulls terns. Surfeit again over again. Essential oil om? Probably “oil of” no. Neck backs napes. Soft drink soda. City in Pennsylvania Erie. Sea eagle osprey. Heap pile. Gaelic Irish. Horned ruminant ibex or ram. Nothing nil.

Neck Backs City In Pennsylvania Sea Eagle Heap Gaelic Horned

Father Daughter Banquet Hosted by Rotary Club

Dr Charles Green attended the Rotary club annual father daughter banquet at the Hotel Lawtonian with his four daughters as guests The ice cream prize for having the most daughters was awarded to him Each daughter presented her father Ned Hawkins showed a film on the origin and history of the Christmas tree J C Kennedy served as program chairman

Charles Green Rotary Club Lawtonian Green J. C. Kennedy Ned Hawkins

Spanish sherry withstands air exposure without taste loss

Spanish sherry, hailed as the hardiest wine, uniquely tolerates indefinite air exposure without spoiling its flavor, making it the only wine with this property.

Zambezi River at border narrows into cleft

The Zambezi River at the boundary of Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia is measured at 5,580 feet wide as it plunges into the cleft, marking a dramatic natural crossborder feature.

Zambezi River Northern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia

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