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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
12
A devotional meditation using John 13 31 and a Brooks quote on bringing transcendent mysteries to human needs. The passage links Jesus prophecy with a call to faith, humility, and comforting faith in daily life.
General Lucius D. Clay heads a proposed advisory panel for a national highway program and urges reducing the estimated cost from 50 billion to 24 billion. The plan reallocates federal gas tax revenue to fund bonds over 30 years, creating a solid financial base for a nationwide highway system.
Officials report many of the 162000 college students exempt from the draft still seek to maintain their deferments. They wrongly believe the June 30 1955 expiry of the draft law ends all military service. Congress amended the 1948 act in 1951 to close that escape route. Only the authority to induct men under 26 without extended deferments expires next June 30. Draft boards may continue inducting those with existing deferments up to age 35.
The article argues that Indo-China faces insurgent subversion rather than a conventional invasion. It notes reductions in the French and Vietnamese forces alongside U.S. drawdowns, stresses Saigon’s weakness, and suggests a gray-area solution like Burma or Indonesia rather than total surrender to Communist influence. It warns against relying on air power alone and calls for a policy aligning with limited Western military power while avoiding outright satellite status.
An editorial urges balanced views on illness noting many suffer persistent complaints yet recovery and adaptive living are common. It contrasts chronic self pity with cheerful resilience, cautions against pervasive fear of disease, and promotes reasonable caution without constant anxiety.
A nostalgic guide to a satisfying vacation. It urges open minded travel, pleasant strangers, novel experiences, and returning home with brighter perspective and calmer concerns. It notes memories of childhood trips and learning from new ideas to treasure later.
Answers cover Colorado leads with 47 high mountains while California trails. The first national nominating convention occurred in 1831 in Baltimore. The term cantaloupe traces to Cantalupa Castle in Italy. The World Court is officially the Permanent Court of International Justice. The Dawn redwood is not extinct, with a 1944 discovery by a Chinese botanist in a southwestern hidden valley.
Herbert von Karajan to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic on its first United States and Canada tour, with the concerts scheduled to begin February 27, announced Wednesday in Berlin.
Dr. Eugene C. Blake president of the National Council of Churches arrived in Seoul from Pusan to begin Christmas visits with U.S. servicemen in the Seoul area. Blake also leads the Presbyterian church.
A Hollywood Roundup notes the Screen Actors Guild campaign against foreign stars, scrutiny of citizenship, and potential impact on European actors. It mentions Eddie Albert in Las Vegas, Gloria de Haven, Paul Gallico's Love of Seven Dolls dedication, MGM and Lili rumors, Josiane Mariani's September Morn, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day, Betty Hutton, Danny Kaye, Rita Moreno, Sam Kaye, Bing Crosby record sales, and previews like Deep in My Heart and Day of Triumph.
A new chemical creates an invisible non slip film on dry bath surfaces to prevent falls once water runs. Manufacturer claims the product is harmless and removable from cash, New York.
A playful puzzle list of across and down clues with animals foods and objects. Entries include wild pig large monk male bovine and several short words suitable for a quick word-finding challenge.
Answers map to a set of clues: Answer 26 is Answer 27 present, 28 painful, 29 pitcher, 31 wan, 34 be borne, 37 beasts of, 38 gibbon, 39 detain, 41 raccoon like, 42 gala event, 43 maned beast, 44 dry, 16 notion, 7 fillip, 8 story, v0 cravat, 51 social insect.
Washington analysis notes two New York banks National City and Empire Trust backing a campaign by big oil and gas interests to pass a Congress bill nullifying a Supreme Court ruling. The piece cites a lengthy Empire Trust letter by David Cohn urging end to federal natural gas regulation and warns of bankers taking political action.
Michael Jagerblom reports Swed ish housewives expect record Christmas food purchases in Sweden as stores stock pig heads ham sausage and lutfish. Shoppers began in November. traditions include a pig head, smorgasbord, a red straw goat, torches to church and family gifts around the tree.
In Elmira New York a fuse blew plunging station WELM into darkness for 35 minutes just after a disc jockey had finished playing a song titled Dim Dim the Lights. The incident disrupted broadcasting until power was restored and signaling resumed.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower welcomed White House staff to the annual Christmas reception on Thursday, delivering a festive holiday gathering at the executive mansion.
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