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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1963
Page
9
Ottawa reports a wave of French nationalism affecting the national election as French-speaking Canadians seek equal opportunity and a larger share of political and business life. Leaders warn of trouble if demands for fair representation are unmet.
Governor Bellman outlined an 18 million two year program funded by 750000 monthly sales tax surplus to improve prisons highways and mental institutions. He cited need for rehabilitation services and noted a planned $3 monthly rise in old age assistance by April 1964.
A debate in church circles questions whether denominations should purge membership rolls of members who contradict Christian teachings. Prof Franklin H Littell argues internal discipline is lax, hindering churches from fighting racial injustice, while others cite examples of lax enforcement, including rare excommunications in Catholic practice.
Santa Fe Railroad to absorb Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe of Galveston and Panhandle and Santa Fe of Amarillo into the parent company. General manager and operating division offices shift to Amarillo with ties to Dallas Temple Fort Worth and Slaton. Galveston staff trims from 650 to about 220 as expenses and tech upgrades drive reorganization. President Ernest Marsh announced the plan to ICC, predicting annual savings of about 1 million dollars.
Joseph B. Lee, 33, of Midwest City was freed Thursday after most of a month in jail awaiting court on a forgery charge. Authorities said another man has admitted the crime.
Oklahoma City AP Four Oklahoma high schools will close next year for not meeting equalization aid standards. Schools slated for closure are Ashland Pittsburg County Blackbird Pawnee County Delhi Beckham County and Spaulding Hughes County. The state superintendent cited failing to maintain 40 average daily attendance and not offering 25 or 26 units of solid courses.
Oklahoma City AP report notes the House passed a concurrent Senate resolution praising Mac Q. Williamson for more than 28 years serving as attorney general. Williamson did not seek re election last year and Charles Nesbitt succeeded him in January.
Lawton Oklahoma sees 4.9 percent unemployment with 1 025 seekers. Employment totals: 20 150 down 50 from December and 100 above 1962. Nonagricultural jobs fall to 15 825 led by wholesale and retail trade losses. Forecast expects February into March steady to slight improvement.
Five Oklahoma lawmakers depart for Atlantic City to observe industrial training expansion in common schools at the American Association of School Administrators meeting. Leaders Bill Shipley and Lonnie Abbott will discuss teaching methods, financing and curricula with other officials.
A Bangor Daily News Valentine poem from February features playful lines about winter ending and warmer days ahead. The piece offers a seasonal greeting with a light mood and local newspaper flavor.
Two Franciscan missionaries will conduct a mission at the U S Army Artillery and Missile Center starting Feb 24. The sessions at Hartell and Hilltop chapels include evening conferences Mass and confessions with Ash Wednesday finale. All faiths invited. Chaplain Kozikowski notes it as an intensive spiritual refresher assisted by Maj Roscoe L Finnegan.
Downtown Lubbock merchants attached a Valentine to cars at expired meters as a playful message about meter failures. In Vincennes Indiana, two young gunmen staged a curbside holdup forcing a station attendant to surrender about $200 to their waiting car.
Alexander Leighton of Cornell University told a UN science and technology session that up to 30 percent of the world population suffers from mental disorders. He warned that this burden slows economic growth and development worldwide.
Scotland Yard issued a warning after an unidentified short poorly dressed man slipped into at least four hospitals and turned off oxygen supplies, prompting security checks and alerts across facilities.
SAI advertises new and used pianos and organs for rent with tuning and repair by a Baldwin dealer. The listing notes 2% years experience and provides address Cache Road and phone EL 7-1466.
The listing references a Movie of the Week and a Biography segment with entries including Wyat Earp and Yancy Deringer. Donna Reep and Leonard Bernstein are listed in the page’s TV guide style credits.
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