Lawton Constitution publication details and staff credit
The Lawton Constitution lists editor and publisher Shepler and publisher Bentlex with business office, circulation manager MousER, mechanical supervisor Deargraves, and city clerk Schlager. It notes phone for all departments 620 and that it is published evenings Monday through Friday. It states membership in the Newspaper Publishers Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned
Shepler
Bentlex
Deargraves
Newspaper Publishers Association Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Constitution-Press
Lawton
Constitution
Okklahoma
Constitution Press
Evening
Sunday Constitution Press
Oklahoma
Associated Press
IAP
Greatness Through Service and Destiny in Life
A devotional reflection contrasts Jesus teaching on greatness with Cowper’s view that God assigns each person a unique virtue and fate. The text suggests virtue, temper, and taste determine a person’s place and role in life.
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William Cowper
War inspires humane purposes for many
A Queens soldier, Sgt. Werner Krenzer, stays in Korea after a January 1953 ship home would end his service. He works with the UN Civil Assistance Command in Seoul aiding wandering orphans with interpreter Kim, bringing warmth, food, and shelter to distressed children and guiding them to orphanages.
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Queens
New York
Korea
Werner Krenzer
Krenzer
Seoul
UN Civil Assistance Command
Kim
G. I
S. Krenzer
Werner Kreuzer
Big Hand To Demos The New Congress Shows Responsibility
In the early session the Democratic Party appears measured and prudent. On the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senators Humphreys of Minnesota and Mansfield of Montana have been placed, signaling a cautious leadership approach.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Humphreys
Minnesota
Mansfield
Montana
Moscow Ambassadorship Seen Key To Cold War Strategy
Washington insiders say the Moscow post is the crucial remaining diplomatic appointment for Eisenhower and Dulles due to the Stalin succession struggle in Moscow and the potential to shape Korea talks. Kennan’s Moscow dispatches influence Kremlin actions, while a strong ambassador could back negotiated solutions or deter hasty moves.
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Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Italy
Clare Boothe Luce
Rome
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Spasso
George Kennan
Kremlin
Andrei Vishinsky
Kennan
Korea
Dulles
Berlin
Bedell Smith
Winston Churchill
Ralph Bunche
Stalin
New York Times
New Senate Picks and McCarthy Chair to Shape Policy
Humphrey called a “Boy Scout” for supporting collective security and UN cooperation. Mansfield, a Far Eastern specialist, joins. Democrats appoint Symington to Armed Services, Kennedy and Jackson to Government Operations with McCarthy as chairman. The choices aim for a sane, balanced view on the powerful committee system.
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Humphrey
Mansfield
House
Senate
Armed Services
Symington
Air Force
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Jackson
Washington
Committee On Government Operations
McCarthy
The Doctor Speaks On Muscular Rheumatism
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains muscular rheumatism as a label for various pains not linked to clear arthritis. Causes vary from infections to drafts, and most attacks are self-limiting though chronic cases may require careful drug use and therapies like hot baths and exercise.
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Edwin P. Jordan
Ike and Dulles to Outline Foreign Policy Changes
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles will outline the new administration’s foreign policy steps in speeches and broadcasts. Stassen plans a 10 day Western Europe tour to gauge unity and defense needs while a restructured National Security Council and a Psychological Strategy Agency are eyed for long range planning and coordination of power.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Kcy
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
European Unity and Defense Organization
Stassen
Senate Committee
U. S
Senate
William H. Jackson
Central Intelligence Agency
Jackson
White House
Psychological Strategy Agency
Soviet Bloc
National Security Council
State and Defense Departments
CIA
Soviet Union
Generals Collins Clark Meet Van Fleet in Tokyo Today
Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Gen. Mark W. Clark arrived in Tokyo to meet retiring Eighth Army commander Gen. James A. Van Fleet. Collins said Van Fleet’s retirement need not alter UN policy in Korea and planned to meet Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor on his arrival. The Republic of Korea awarded Van Fleet its highest honor as he reflected on Korea’s army and the war effort.
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Seoul
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Republic of Korea
van Fleet
Newsmen
Syngman Rhee
Korea
United Nations Command
Pneumonia Fells Pope At Vatican
Pope Pius XII, aged 76, is said to be slightly improved after bronchial pneumonia suspected to follow influenza. Vatican sources note no official bulletin yet, with fever around 101. Doctors may use penicillin. the Pope continues church duties and received cardinal appointments despite illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brutto
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Riccardo Galern ai-Lisi
MacArthur to celebrate 73rd birthday in New York
General Douglas MacArthur marks his 73rd birthday in New York with a private dinner planned at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel by staff from his wartime Southwest Pacific command. An aide says he will spend the day at work as chairman of Remington Rand.
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Vatican
Italy
Russia
St. Peter’s Basilica
Rome
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Waldorf - Astoria Hotel
Far East
Remington Rand
English teachers leader attends Oklahoma council meeting
Mrs. Herwanna Barnard of Lawton High School English faculty attended the State Council of Teachers of English executive board meeting in Oklahoma City. She serves as vice president of the high school section and on the state articulation committee. Officers discussed plans for fall convention, sectional meetings, a speaker for the English luncheon, committee reports, a directory of state English teachers, and goals set by President Aggie Boyett of Durant.
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Herwanna Barnard
Lawton
State Council of Teachers of
Oklahoma City
Aggie Boyett
Durant
Police Ball Ducat Sales Start Today
Sale of tickets for the Police man Ball on Friday February 20 began in Lawton today. Money raised will buy officer uniforms. The Fraternal Order of Police No 98 sponsors the dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Central fire station. Tickets are $1 from any policeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Fraternal
Order of Police No. 98
Central Fire Station
Neptune Family Weekend Guests Extend Vists
Mr and Mrs E E Neptune 802 Euclid hosted their son Richard a Oklahoma Baptist University student Shawnee and two classmates Jimmy Hamblen Harlin gen Texas former Lawton resident and John Young Cushing along with another son and his wife Mr and Mrs Bill Neptune Lexington who visited their in laws Mr and Mrs G L Libon 813 Dearborn Mrs Pearl A Talley 808 C recovering from influenza at home reports indicate improvement.
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E. E. Neptune
Euclid
Richard
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Jimmy Hamblen
Harlingen
Texas
Lawtonian
John Young
Cushing
Bill Neptune
Lexington
G. L. Libon
Dearborn
Duncan Bond Issue Gets Official OK
Oklahoma City attorney general Mac Q Williamson approved more than one million dollars in Duncan bonds for municipal improvements. The package includes 555,000 for waterworks extension 322,000 for sewer extension and 200,000 for additional projects.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williamson
Duncan
Nine Die In Oklahoma Traffic Weekend Toll Rises
Oklahoma marks its worst traffic weekend of the year with nine deaths including three Texans. Victims include Muskogee county clerk Jewell Lemon and families from Lubbock and Greenville. Fatal crashes occurred near Warne r, Frederick, Lawton, Carnegie, Afton, and other spots as late evening sun and skid conditions contributed to multiple wrecks.
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Oklahoma
David Clark Newbold
Muskogee
Jewell Mitchell Lemon
Wayne Arthur Jackson
Frederick
Raymond K. Bailey
Bowie
Texoe
W. M. Angle
Lubbock
Crash Victim Is Improved After Accident near Lawton
A two year old from Lubbock Texas who survived a weekend crash that killed her mother Eva Angle and sister Glenda Angle was reported improved on Monday The father Willie Angle remained in grave condition and a former Lawton resident Mary Slagle Treadway injured in the same crash was listed in fair condition The victims were in a 1951 Pontiac driven by Angle The accident occurred Saturday about 2 pm seven miles east of Lawton on SH 7 Survivors include Angle’s husband and son Ralph and several other relatives The two dead were sent to Bay Springs Mississippi for services Becker Funeral Home handled local arrangements
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Lubbock
Texas
Lawton
Eva Angle
Glenda Kaye Erwin Angle
Bay Springs
Miss
Willie Markus Angle
Angle
Mary Slagle Treadway
Lawton Clinic
University Hospital
Oklahoma City
Southwestern
Indian Summer Invades Lawton and Surrounding Areas
The warm spell continues across the Lawton area and much of the state with unseasonably mild temperatures and clear skies. The Lawton station reported 77 degrees yesterday, with highs near 77 again today and an early low around 40 to mid 40s tonight. Tuesday is forecast near 60 with increasing clouds and no rain in sight for several days.
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Lawton
Five Reds Escape Koje Stockade on Koje Island
Five North Korean war prisoners escaped from Compound Easy on Koje Island Friday David Jones reported. They commandeered a South Korean boat Sunday morning, drifted to Tsushima Island when fuel ran out, and were later recaptured or went missing. The UN POW Command said one was recaptured and five remained unaccounted for, with Asahi citing Japanese police details.
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Seoul
Koje Island
U. N
Pusan
Asahi
Kore
Tsushima
Allies to Scatter Krupp Industries Plan Reported
Western Allies prepare a plan to break up the Krupp industrial empire and bar Alfried Krupp from reentering coal and steel. Final talks are under way with the West German government and Krupp representatives.
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Bonn
Germany
Krupp
Alfried Krupp
Puzzle Clue Grid From Historical Paper
A mixed puzzle style appears with horizontal and vertical clues. The list includes terms like mineral rocks and debar legally, along with church member and decree. The fragment suggests a word-fill or cross puzzle with enumerated positions and cross references.
Answer to Previous Puzzle of the moment
A crossword style list with clues and partial word hints across numbers 32 to 55. Includes bridge terms rubber phrases and various definitions such as midday worm and Scottish grandchildren.
Lodge Requests FBI Clearance for U N Employees
United Nations New York Henry Cabot Lodge as U S chief of delegation seeks FBI investigations of all U N staff and American employees. He says this extends Truman policy and aims to reassure the public about security risks among some personnel. The U N mission counts 144 Americans and about 2,000 in the secretariat.
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United Nations
N. Y.P
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Truman
U. N
Massachusetts
Trygve Lie
Lie
Lodge
Eisenhower
U. N. Secretariat
Slayer Given Life Sentence
Milburn Driggers a 35 year old truck driver from New Mexico received life imprisonment at hard labor for the murder of J. D. Herndon a 71 year old country store owner near St. Louis Oklahoma in Pottawatomie county. The judge attached a no parole recommendation. Driggers confessed to four gunshots and disposing of the body in an abandoned cistern. He was arrested in Arkansas near his former home days after the January 7 murder.
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Shawnee
Okla
J. Knox Byrum
Milburn Driggers
New Mexico
Driggers
J. D. Herndon
St. Louis
Pottawatomie County
Byrum
Eagle Nest
N. M
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Trial For Officers Enters Fifth Week
Bremerhaven Germany. The court martial of three U S Army officers and one Army civilian enters its fifth week. Army officials say it may become the longest trial in U S military history. The quartet is charged with mishandling about 10 000 tons of coal for U S forces. Defendants Lt Col Eugene M Lill Mt Hope Kansas Maj Harold E Barr Rutland Massachusetts Maj Richard H McKittrick Peoria Illinois and Paul A Snyder Mansfield Ohio all pleaded innocent.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Army Deee
U. S
Eugene M. Lill
Mt. Hope
Kas
Harold E. Barr
Rutland
Mass
Richard H. McKittrick
Peoria
Ill
Paul A. Snyder Mansfield
Street Commissioner Candidate C. H. Babe Harris
Democrat C. H. Babe Harris seeks the street commissioner role. Details on the campaign and platform are not provided in the fragment. Harris is identified by nickname Babe, with party affiliation Democrats.
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C. H
Babe” Harris
First barbed wire fence invention details emerge
The earliest barbed wire design, patented in 1867, used wooden pegs along a plain wire with sharpened points projecting from each peg, marking a primitive yet pivotal fencing method.
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Red River Bridge
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Allied Chem
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It du Pont
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I Radio
Koje Stockade
Krupp Industries
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Barbarians
Great Lake
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