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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1956

Page

11

Foundation Honors Persons Who Did Most For Freedom

Freedoms Foundation named 923 honorees for actions advancing American freedom in 1935. Admiral Radford led the top awards ceremony in a flag draped barn at Valley Forge with eight major honors and the Freedom Leadership Medal to David Lawrence. The 32 member jury, aided by Valley Forge Hospital staff, selected winners including E I du Pont de Nemours & Co Kiwanis International the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Office of Armed Forces Information and Education Boy Scouts of America Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Lee Linder Valley Forge P Freedoms Foundation United States America Adm Arthur W. Radford U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Radford Washington David Lawrence Lawrence Munist E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co Kiwanis International The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Office of Armed Forces, Information and Education Defense Department Boy Scouts of America Americans For the Competitive Enterprise System, Inc Veterans of Foreign Wars Raymond B. Allen University of California At Los Angeles Valley Forge Army Hospital Harold Medina New York Chicago Key Club Chicago Daily News

Valley Forge Seen Top Event In George Washington Life

The article argues Valley Forge’s winter privations rival the Delaware crossing in shaping Washington’s legacy. Thinkers including Cornwallis and Trevelyan praise the Delaware campaign, while Leutze’s famous painting at Washington Crossing Park highlights the moment, though Valley Forge remains a pivotal, underappreciated chapter.

Valley Forge George Washington Russell Landstrom Washington Crossing Delaware River Pennsylvania Trenton N.J New World Cornwallis Yorktown Washington Lord Cornwallis Delaware George Trevelyan Cambridge Emanuel Leutze Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing Park Commission Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

Lawton Airman Praised For Crash Heroism

Airman 2c Carey E. Hays of Lawton, serving at Lajes Field in the Azores, was commended personally by Col. William A. Daniel for extinguishing a fire on the colonel s aircraft after a December crash. The letter, sent to Hays and relayed to his parents, lauded his actions that helped prevent an explosion and allowed the colonel to escape uninjured.

U. S Lawton Lajes Air Force Base Azores Islands Carey E. Hays J. N. Hays William A. Daniel 366Th England Air Force Base Alexandria Hays Lawton High School Air Force

Police confront tear gas filled safe on Route 40

In Springfield Ohio a 400 pound steel safe labeled danger war gas tumbled from a passing truck on U S Route 40. The safe contains tear gas and is now in the police garage where officers react emotionally to the find.

Springfield Ohio U.S. Route 40

Brotherhood Week Noted By Northwest Kiwanis Club

National Brotherhood Week was observed at the Northwest Kiwanis Club with Fort Sill chaplains 1st Lt. Maurice Arnov and Lt. Col. John Brown and Dr. M. L. Baker of Westminster Presbyterian Church speaking. Introducers were Charles Wade Ben Leva and R. L. Gilbert with guests including Bill Kleeman John Asbury Hobart Kiwanian Art Lucas Dr. D. J. Cummings national Presbyterian World Mission official and several Downtown Kiwanian members.

National Brotherhood Northwest Kiwanis Club Fort Sill Maurice Arnov John Brown M. L. Baker Westminster Presbyterian Church Charles Wade Ben Leva R. L. Gilbert Bill Kleeman John Asbury Hobart Kiwanian Art Lucas Oklahoma City Kiwanian D. J. Cummings Nashville

Orange Blossom Scent To Be Rare This Year

Grasse France faces a cold wave that battered Seville orange trees, drying blossoms used for perfume. The loss will raise rarity and cost of orange blossom scent across the perfume industry.

Grasse France Riviera Seville

Actress Mary Beth Hughes Granted Weekly Child Support

Actress Mary Beth Hughes wins $17 a week support for her 9 year old son from Edward Ernest Steinel known as Michael North. She testified that only $15 was ever given at Don James Steiner's birth. Married 1943, divorced 1946. Last month she divorced singer David Street after eight years.

Los Angeles Mary Beth Hughes Edward Ernest Steinel Michael North Steinel Don James Steiner Miss Hughes David Street

They Needed Bus So They Got One

Mrs Louis Fusz and six children crowded into a family car when auto dealer husband arrived with a 1946 red 35 foot bus. They removed seats to build bunks a kitchen and curtains then added a battery powered refrigerator and bottled gas cookstove. A shower may be next.

ST. Louis Fust

President Eisenhower Tests Strength on Georgia Vacation

Dr Paul Dudley White chief heart specialist said Tuesday President Eisenhower is exercising vigorously on his Georgia vacation to test himself and is finding he can do more each day. He noted a coronary thrombosis can shake physical confidence and the President is trying to regain it.

New York Paul Dudley

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