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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1956
Page
16
Hauling services offer yard dirt gravel sand and crushed rock with post hole digging. John Lee advertises moving and hauling and rental trucks with phone numbers. Also janitorial service guaranteed and sewing center offers belts buttons and hemstitching. Tax service and part time bookkeeping listed with contact details.
Classified ad roundup from Davidson and nearby areas listing Moore's Wide-awake Luggage Co in Davidson Oklahoma, plus numerous secondhand items for sale. Items include meat and vegetable cases, deep freezer, Burroughs adding machines, Singer sewing machine head, Bendix washer, water heater, electric stove, Gibson guitar, Servel refrigerator, and alfalfa hay. Contact numbers provided. some payments or delivery terms implied.
SAN FRANCISCO reports the Board of Education suspended grade school teacher Lorraine Stoker and plans to discharge her after a grand jury indictment for receiving stolen goods and her admitted affair with surgeon Dr. Rodney Yoell. Her attorney vows to fight in Superior Court. her teaching record since 1945 is described as exemplary.
New York columnist Hal Boyle notes how much a middle income family spends to start a baby and raise a child. He cites Redbook Magazine survey finding about $800 to bring a baby into the world and $7,000 to feed a child over 18 years. He asks what kids eat today.
A minister argues that Baptism should be by immersion and rooted in Scripture. He cites Acts 8 and Matthew 28, contrasts sprinkling and pouring, and references Luther, Wesley, and other scholars to support immersion as the biblical method.
Washington the Eisenhower administration hoped to raise mail rates to reduce the postal deficit but House Republicans privately predicted no rate increase this year. Postmaster General Summerfield outlined a plan to boost rates including a 1 cent letter increase. President Eisenhower urged higher rates to cover a 406.42 million annual loss as the House Appropriations Committee projects a 470 million deficit this year and approved a 3.6187 billion bill for the Post Office and Treasury.
Rear Adm. Rawson Bennett II cited an Office of Naval Research study showing a manned rocket plane could reach 750000 feet and Mach 5 speeds with current motors. The craft would serve as a research vehicle to study high altitude weightless flight near the edge of Earth.
Muleshoe Tex Bailey County held a bond and tax election to fund road improvements but no ballots were cast as a blizzard dumped 16 to 24 inches of snow, blocking roads. County commissioners ordered the election reset.
MILAN Italy UP reports a collision between two commuter trains twenty miles east of the city at night. One person died and about 100 were injured, with 40 seriously hurt. A girl lost both legs and another lost one. An unidentified man died after hospital treatment at Cassano.
W J Bolton of Chickasha is chosen as president of the Oklahoma Dairy Institute at the close of a three day meeting in Tulsa. Other officers and details were not disclosed in the report.
A compact sale and rental notice lists multiple properties in the area. Includes a 5 to 7 room home conversions for $6,500, a 3 bedroom newer home with low down, a duplex on Ferris, and retail or wholesale lease spaces on Cache Road and 11th Street. Also notes owner financing and reduced prices to close estates.
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