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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1956

Page

2

Forecasters Still Insist No Inflation In Works

Washington economists maintain no inflation, though January prices edged up. Food costs fell, masking gains in coal, copper, lumber, fuel oil, tin, rubber, rayon, and potential steel and aluminum hikes. Farmers faced a 25 percent five year price slump, keeping living costs near record levels while wholesale prices rose about 12 percent.

Sterling F. Green Washington Eisenhower Congress Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Index

Admirals Enter Recruit Training in Nebraska Here

Sixty five admirals from the Great Navy of Nebraska, a symbolic honorary group with thousands, enter boat recruit training at Great Lakes. The 65 recruits belong to the Beef State Company and received honorary Nebraska Admiral commissions from Gov Victor Anderson.

Lincoln, Neb Great Lakes Naval Base Nebraska Beef State Company Victor Anderson

Eisenhower Declares Disaster Aid for Western Flood Areas

President Eisenhower authorized 2.4 million from disaster relief funds to sustain the agriculture conservation program in flood stricken California Oregon and Nevada. Oklahoma and New Mexico were designated emergency disaster areas eligible for federal drought relief.

Washington Eisenhower Agriculture Conservation California Oregon Nevada Oklahoma New Mexico

Area Men In Service Kaulay Enlists in Navy Recruit Training

Conrad C Kaulay 18 son of James Kaulay Mountain View is taking U S Navy recruit training at Great Lakes Ill Naval training station Recruiters reported Kaulay a Mountain View High school graduate enlisted as an airman recruit His brother Ralph is already serving in the Navy.

Conrad C. Kaulay James Kaulay Mountain View U.S. Navy Great Lakes Ill Naval Training Station Kaulay Mountain View High School Navy Ralph

City Man Fined In Frederick

Dean E Worley 30 Lawton was fined $10 and costs in county court on a cheating and defrauding charge. He allegedly passed a bogus $3.95 check to L L Hewes service station operator on June 14 last year.

Frederick Dean E. Worley Lawton Worley L.L. Hewes

Farmers Turning To Bermuda Grass

Frederick news brief notes county agent Laxton Malcom saying farmers are shifting to Bermuda grass for pastures with about 200 acres planted in the last year. J. O. McElroy of Davidson pasture tested 90 head on five acres for two months and cut three tons of hay, selling root stock from that plot. New Bermuda varieties are touted as ideal pasture, especially on sandy land along Red River.

Frederick Bermuda Laxton Malcom Malcom J. O. McElroy Davidson McElroy Red River

Guthrie House of the Masons Opens World’s Largest Cathedral

The $2,500,000 Scottish Rite Cathedral, the world’s largest structure devoted entirely to Masonic purposes, is located in Guthrie Oklahoma, reflecting a landmark in fraternal architecture and community history.

Guthrie, Okla

Kirk Rehired As Principal At Dunbar School Temple

Leroy W. Kirk is rehired as principal of Temple's Dunbar school for the coming year. He holds a bachelor from Langston and a master from the University of Illinois and has served Temple for two years.

Kirk Temple's Dunbar School Temple Leroy W. Kirk Langston University of Illinois

West Germany Reports 14 Million Hogs Population

A government briefing notes that West Germany hosts about 14 million hogs across its farms. The figure signals a major livestock scale aligned with agricultural policy and market demand for pork products.

West Germany

Boy Dusted Pants Triggered Potassium Chlorate Blast

In Louisville Kentucky Harold Tinnell an 18-year-old high school student had a chemical on his pants explode while he attempted to dust it off. The blast severely injured his hand as friction caused the reaction. His brother David relayed that Harold was removing potassium chlorate from his trousers when the incident occurred.

Louisville Harold Tinnell David Harold

Wife watches husband killed in Kentucky car wreck

Nicholasville Kentucky. Mrs Charles H Stinnett watched as her husband 84 died when his new car crashed into a utility pole two doors from home. He suffered head and body injuries and Mrs Stinnett said he may have had a heart attack while ill earlier.

Nicholasville Charles H. Stinnett Stinnett

Johnston Urges Loans Not Gifts For Asian Nations

Eric Johnston urged long-term low-interest loans over handouts for Asian nations and backed Japan’s role in developing the region. As chairman of the U S International Development Advisory Board, he spoke to Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and said he would push the plan on return to the United States, proposing 20 to 50 year loans and a quasi public corporation to channel public and private funds into Asian economic development.

Tokyop Eric Johnston Japan Johnston U.S. International Development Advisory Board Tokyo Chamber of Commerce United States U.S

Lucy Case Slated In Court Tomorrow

Lucy, Alabama’s first African American student, seeks a federal court order to return to the campus after being driven away by a mob. At 26, she and university officials and witnesses were summoned before U.S. District Judge Hobart Grooms for a 10 a.m. hearing. The Board of Trustees said she was excluded for safety reasons on February 6.

Birmingham Ala Autherine Lucy University of Alabama U.S. Dist Hobart Grooms University Board of Trustees Lucy

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