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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1948
Page
6
A compact meditation on valuing one’s own life and blessings without envy or comparison. It pairs a biblical admonition from Proverbs with a modern-sounding proverb urging contentment and self-respect in one’s own path.
A larger faster computer now in New York can track the moon’s position every six hours for a century and beyond. While scientists boast of the device’s vast calculating power, researchers wonder if a machine might one day outsolve the human mind in handling risks like atomic weapons.
A public appeal by the American Heart Association urges citizens to fund heart disease research and local associations. It notes heart disease causes about one third of deaths, laments underfunding versus TB and cancer groups, and calls for broader local chapters to improve diagnosis, treatment, and public education nationwide.
Washington column details the surge in accredited congressional press gallery reporters from 650 to 1200, plus unaccredited specialists. It notes extensive government publishing, a sprawling information industry, and the rise of Washington newsletters that condense and interpret federal activity for targeted audiences.
The American Heart Association asks the public for less than $760,000 during National Heart Week February 8 to 14. The appeal frames heart disease as a national health and economic problem and hopes to exceed the first year’s fundraising goal.
The article honors Daniel Drake 1785 1852 a pivotal American physician whose 1840 Systematic Treatise mapped diseases of the interior North America and linked geography climate and health He influenced medical education and studied cholera while teaching many later leaders Near the end a health Q A notes that diagnosing finger and palm pimples requires a personal exam by a physician and cannot be determined from afar.
The Kiwanis clubs of Anadarko Lawton and Chickasha stage a humorous interclub visit involving a 60 pound Chester White pig named Chickawanian presented to Milo Tague Anadarko. The pig travels among clubs as part of a district traveling gavel program with a yearly trophy for most miles and out-of-town attendance. Sylvia Bramlett a 5 year old Emer son student raises funds for March of Dimes by collecting dimes. Also preview of Lawton junior high vs senior high faculty basketball game with proceeds aiding school funds.
A $24,000 outlay is planned at Northwestern University speech and hearing clinic to pioneer better devices for the deaf. The project includes live soundproof rooms, wire recording gear, a phonograph, high fidelity loudspeakers, headphones and microphones.
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