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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1954
Page
15
Sooner FFA teams in Oklahoma will compete in a statewide fire prevention contest. Prizes totaling 1800 dollars range from 100 to 25 dollars. The event, first of its kind in the state, follows a governor's committee report on fire hazards amid rural losses in 1952-53 across 72 counties.
Nowata County communities will receive 200-book rural libraries in a national interest project. The initiative, sponsored by Oklahoma College, the American Library Association, and local demonstration clubs, assigns demonstration club leaders as librarians and rotates each collection to engage adults and spur reading.
The U S 8th Army tallies about 180 non combat deaths among 250000 troops since the armistice seven months ago. Transport, drowning and accidental shootings account for most fatalities with mines and duct ammunition causing 22 percent. Narcotics-related deaths average six per month.
State cotton ginners will see a new cotton cleaning machine at a field day on Tuesday in Chickasha sponsored by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. Reports will cover cotton variety improvement mechanized planting tests harvesting ginning and cleaning. The stick removing machine was installed at the research center last autumn before ginning tests on the 1953 crop.
Cpl. Donald Wakehouse of Woodbine Iowa the last of 3597 repatriated war prisoners to return to the United States said he is anxious to get home to his wife They met Marilyn Monroe in Tokyo before his departure and he wore a cast from ankle to waist as he awaited discharge Wakehouse plans farming two likely farm rental years ahead and called being the last home a funny feeling as others returned
Asbury Park reports Carl Greenblum, who testified before Sen McCarthy, was suspended for unspecified reasons. A fellow employee was cleared and returned to his post. Attorney Charles Frankel provided the statements. details remain unclear.
Norman Oklahoma four University of Oklahoma sophomore law students will be chosen to appear before the Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 28 as part of national law day observance. Selection will be made after an elimination round starting next Monday.
Stephens County Attorney Clint Dennis says a new remote control law requires errant fathers to support their children even when they move out of state. The measure aims to enforce child support across state lines.
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