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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1957
Page
12
The clipping lists staff roles including editor publisher and managing editor and shows subscription rates for carrier delivery. Rates include monthly and seasonal options, with pricing for Layla area and combined morning and evening editions.
A reflective piece on New Year as a fresh start invites readers to face fears with inner resolve. It urges courage, determination, and a cohesive American spirit to meet collective responsibilities, rise to challenges, and begin anew with renewed fortitude.
Arthur Larsen, new Voice of America director, argues that listeners in poorer lands gain nothing from pep talks. Spokesmen should focus on the real world they address and keep truth alive rather than merely praising America. This stance aims to boost the outlets under Larsen’s command.
A compact Q&A listing asks where the first monument to Googe Washington was erected in Maryland and notes that a Baltimore monument was begun but not completed first. It also covers claims about Westward expansion phrases, poll values, and the origins of the term ham actor in minstrel shows.
The Liberal revolt within the Democratic Party falters as Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, with Rayburn, crushes a move for an advisory group in foreign policy. Johnson’s power, cross-party support for his policy, and Minnesota Senator Humphrey’s ties shape a difficult path for liberal challengers, while northern Democrats rally behind him. The piece notes Johnson’s presidential prospects in 1960 and the risk to liberal support among minority voters.
Gladys age 14 in Miami explains how early classroom size and distance perception shape fears. Dr Crane offers booklet How to Control the Emotions to retrain childish impressions and banish adult anxieties. Send a stamped return envelope and 20 cents for the pamphlet.
The doctor explains roscola fever a mild virus illness in young children with a faint rash and fever lasting three or four days. It often resembles measles but is typically milder and shorter, with rare complications. Parents express confusion and seek reassurance about this common pediatric topic.
EDWEN P. JORDAN notes gray hair in a boy’s hair may be unusual yet obscure in cause. A 14-year-old boy shows a bald spot likely alopecia areata that often regrows in months. Knee cracking in a 12-year-old boy is usually harmless. A 10-year-old girl secreting milk from one breast likely reflects prenatal hormonal stimulation.
Columnist Robert Ruark honors Oscar Coffin a cantankerous yet formative figure who led UNC's journalism school for 30 years. Coffin mentored dozens who entered the reporting field, valued concise writing, and pushed students to learn through tough assignments and practical instruction. He shaped careers from police courts to newspapers from Baltimore to the Carolinas and left a lasting impression as a demanding but loyal mentor.
A playful, puzzle style page presents a New Year greeting and a phonetic word quiz with definitions and clues. The across and down lists mix wordplay, naming common terms and phrases, hinting at New Year themed entries and general vocabulary.
A compact listing of solved crossword style clues including Magellan or 39, Genus of goosefoot, essential herbs, part ie Partie, collection, specimens of sayings, evening meal, light brown, exist, subdue, explosive, harsh noise, goddess of in sleep infatuation.
Chicago AP report cites rising demand for sedate seat covers with a new look for 1957. Industry forecasts 12.5 million sets sold in 1946 valued at 250 million dollars, a 10 percent rise from 1955. Officials forecast puffed saran and clear plastic upholsteries shaping the luxury market with two tone interiors in Detroit models.
Airmen at Edwards Air Force Base scoured the vast facility for a missing S year old boy named Billy Ray Truce who wandered from a GI housing area during a New Year’s visit with his mother. Base commander Gen J Ho ltner cancelled all passes and New Year’s Eve parties and mobilized the base for a full scale hunt.
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