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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1956
Page
8
United States rejects Bulganin offer for world peace alliance
The United States rejects Russian Premier Bulganin’s proposal for a US Soviet friendship treaty. The piece argues no recognition of Soviet conquests, cites broken treaties, and warns that true peace requires strength and unity against tyranny, not capitulation to tyranny’s terms. It stresses America's moral stance for freedom and support for enslaved peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Europe
America
Russia
Kremlin
Britain
Bulgaria
Geneva
Russia eyes Latin American markets in new front of Cold War
The piece portrays Moscow’s economic warfare as a major Cold War front, with warnings of Soviet moves into Latin America. It speculates on Bulganin and Khrushchev touring the region, notes Bulganin’s absence from public view, and jokes about Kremlin intrigues while hinting at deliberate outreach practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Latin America
Kremlin
Moscow
Bulganin
Khrushchev
South Asia
Senator Symington's Car Draws Traffic Attention
In Washington on Connecticut Avenue near the Mayflower Hotel a black convertible halted in traffic as Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri exited and entered the hotel. bystanders called for a police, but a doorman shrugged, noting the congressional license plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Ave
Mayflower
Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Five Presidential Mountains in New Hampshire
The Q and A prove five mountains in New Hampshire named for presidents Mt Washington Mt Adams Mt Jefferson Mt Monroe and Mt Madison. The Elastic Clause is Article I Section 8 Clause 18. The first sitting president to visit Europe was Woodrow Wilson who traveled to France for the Paris Peace Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Washington
Mt. Adams
Mt. Jefferson
Mt. Monroe
Mt. Madison
New Hampshire
U.S
Europe
Woodrow Wilson
France
Paris
Eisenhower Eden Talks Signal Mixed Anglo American Results
Washington dispatch on the Ike Eden meeting outlines how trade with Red China sparked British calls to ease restrictions while Eisenhower urged re study of the policy. The talks show improving rapport but fail to resolve core U S British rifts over offshore islands and Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saudi Arabia
Eden
Quemoy
Matsus
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
United States
Chesapeake Bay
Formosa
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Matsui
Chou En-lai
Fukian
John Foster Dulles
Natural Gas Bill Passed in Senate to Free Prices
Washington reports the Senate approved a bill to free natural gas producers from federal price controls 53 to 38 and sent it to President Eisenhower. Sponsors predict signing. opponents warn of higher household gas bills and windfalls to big oil. The final vote followed 10½ hours amid a party split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Commerce Committee
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Sen
Fulbright
Federal Power Commission
Exiled Tunisian Leader Arrives in Tripoli for Asylum
Salah ben Youssef, former Neo-Destour leader, has arrived in Tripoli to seek political asylum. He fled Tunisia amid political turmoil and is expected to meet Libyan officials to discuss his status and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Libya
Salah Ben Youssef
Former City Man Prospecting Hits Uranium Ore Strike
Clyne Bailey, formerly a Lawton Constitution linotype operator, now a Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette shop employee and Ned Hawkins’ brother in law, owns a one quarter share as vice president in a New Mexico mining firm that has struck ore in Poison Canyon, though ore grade is not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Constitution Linotype
New Mexico
Clyne Bailey
Journal-Gazette
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ned Hawkins
Poison Canyon
N. M
City Man Loses Gun From Auto
City man Charles L. Redding, 103 S. 19th, reported a nine shot H R pistol stolen from his glove box. A 1949 cream two door Chevrolet with Texas plate DY 8170 was taken in Walters between 10 and 11 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Walters
Charles L. Redding
S. 19Th
H&r
Texas
House Approves Bill To Pay City Mom For Death Of Sons
Congress approves $15,000 restitution to Ella Madden of Lawton for the deaths of her two sons Jackson and Robert aged 8 and 6 from an unexploded rifle grenade found at their home on 2408 Atlanta Street in 1953. The act aligns with the Army's prior recommendation and follows an earlier $16,920 aid including medical and burial costs. A Senate bill is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Congress
Washington
Lawton
Ella Madden
Victor Wickersham
Jackson
Robert
Atlanta
Wickersham
Madden
Legger Missed Bond Costs Bootlegger Big Haul
Bootlegger Ralph Hudson, returning to Lawton from Chickasha, failed to post a fourth $20 bond in Municipal court. A warrant followed, raid at 1703 Liberty yielded 350 bottles of liquor and an extra charge. Bonds totaling $100 faced after raids. three bonds forfeited and Hudson jailed briefly before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hudson
Lawton
Chickasha
Hudson
Liberty
Woodrow Giles
Lawton Fort Sill officials join Oklahoma City traffic talks
Three Lawton Fort Sill representatives attended a Monday meeting in Oklahoma City with traffic and safety personnel from cities studied by the National Safety Council. Judge J Merle Oaks Supt Alfred Hennessee and Ray Jenson of Fort Sill's traffic safety section heard ideas for a Lawton program and reviewed the city's traffic inventory data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton-Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
National Safety Council
J. Merle Oaks
Municipal Court
Alfred Hennessee
Ray Johnson
Fort Sill
Judge Oaks
Police Court
Lawton
Sill Man Is Fined On Larceny Count
Carlos Jackson a 20 year old Fort Sill soldier was fined 25 dollars plus 19.50 court costs after pleading guilty to petty larceny for theft of gasoline from a Porter Hill service station. He was arrested Monday by highway patrol and jailed in Caddo county Anadarko by Deputy Roberson and Jailer Wallis. Porter Hill operator A F Nelson testified Jackson drove away without paying, and the case was heard by Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Jackson
Fort Sill
Manville Redman
Jackson
Porter Hill
Caddo County
Anadarko
Arvil Roberson
Benny Wallis
A. F. Nelson
Marvin E. Cameron
Varied Program On Tap For City Council Tonight
City council tonight will hear a parks committee and park superintendent report on Taft school PTA request for a tennis court in a small park at 17th and Taft. Also on the agenda are bids for caulking lead for the water department and reports from the traffic commission and street committee on parking and traffic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Parks Committee
Taft School Parent-Teacher Association
17Th
Taft
W. W. Godlove
Water Department
Traffic Commission
Fordacey
Buck Kinsey
23Rd
Council
Engineers Delay North Pike Report
Oklahoma City traffic engineers delayed for another month a feasibility report on financing the proposed northern road from Oklahoma City to the Kansas border. Wilbur Smith of New Haven said a lower traffic count than expected urged review and reevaluation versus a previous more favorable count, noting marked disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Kansas Border
Wilbur Smith
New Haven
Conn
The Worry Clinic Explores Heart and Brain Myths
Clara asks why Valentines show hearts and why heart heat was once seen as the center of consciousness. Dr. Crane leads a classroom debate contrasting Aristotle’s heart theory with the brain as thinking center, noting historical bloodletting and barber symbols, and urging readers to test old assumptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Aristotle
Clara D
George Washington
Pioneer Sooner Editor and Publicist Dies at 85
L. N. Sheldon, 85, early Oklahoma editor and political publicist who helped elect two governors, died in Oklahoma City last night. He worked behind the scenes in both the Jack Walton and William H. Murray campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
L. N. Sheldon
Sheldon
Jack Walton
William H
Murray
Screen Star Across and Down Clues
Screen Star ACROSS clues name Stevens. DOWN clues reveal a female servant and the word in addition. The grid includes a roster and mentions a Cleveland born figure.
Century Plant and Puzzle Clues List
A compiled clue list covering terms from 12th to 52nd entries. Includes definitions or hints for items like Century plant, pedal digit, tear, poetic island, individual, facts, currency, interdictions, before, inlet, gradient, negotiators, goddess of the dawn, number, mover's truck, fourth caliph, social insect, a man's name, motives, tuber, Noah's craft, writing implement, characteristic, vacation spot, streamlet, Scottish sheepfold, range, wings, pronoun, drop of eye fluid, cer water vessel shop, eternity, golfmour, trying experience, warmth, preposition, hareem to exist, lease, machine, play part, continent, lowham, wicked, unusual, fillip, reservoir type, went by steamer, worthless, observe, handled, iron, repair, dance step, another man's name, British streetcar, anger, wolfhound, Soviet city, measure of paper, edible rootstock, he slept 20 years, Greek letter.
New Courtroom Ready For Use at City Hall
Municipal court will be held in the basement city hall in the former detective and records division room starting today. Traffic cases begin at 4 30 p m, others at 5 p m. The room is newly plastered repainted and fitted with fluorescent lighting. It will host Fraternal Order of Police meetings and general police meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Ralph Hennessee
Order of Police
Auto Tags Bring County Tidy Sum
Lawton reports a strong revenue from automobile license tags for the Dec 11 to Jan 31 period, with about 10 000 tags sold at a total of 395 365 dollars. Most proceeds return to Comanche county for school support, and 11 600 tags have been issued to date. A 10 cent per day penalty has been in effect since Feb 1, and on March 2 license fees double. The agent predicts 1 500 tags issued in February and an annual Lawton office volume near 18 000 for 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Phil Gafford
Comanche County
Lawnton
Gafford
Woman Waives Preliminary Hearing In Truck Fire Case
Mrs. Mary Jo Runnels a Lawton woman aged 31 waived preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron in a case accusing her of setting fire to a 1955 Dodge truck owned by Robert F Runnels The fire occurred January 7 at the rear of 702 B and the matter was transferred to Superior Court through defense attorney Lewis Derke
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Runnels
Lawton
Marvin E. Cameron
Sentencing Slated For Race Swindlers
An Oklahoma City couple faces Wednesday sentencing in Tulsa on charges of conspiring to transport stolen race money obtained by fraud in interstate commerce. Ray mond Moore and Jean Bridenhall Moore pleaded guilty to their role in a $20,000 horse race swindle against 71 year old widow Allie Crossland. Winnett Dean McCafferty was previously sentenced to five years in federal prison after being found guilty in the same conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Okla
Raymond C. Moore
Jean Bridenhall Moore
Dave Tant
Winnett Dean McCafferty
Kansas City
U.S
Allie Crossland
Little LZ on health wealth and wisdom paradox
A wry remark notes how many people aspire to health wealth and wisdom in a single lifetime remarking on human folly with a humorous tone and a playful jab at oxen as a comparison.
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