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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1956
Page
6
The Associated Press asserts exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches republished in the newspaper. No advertising from promotion men or transients will be accepted unless paid for or authorized in writing by local business leaders guaranteeing payment.
A brief declaration highlighting Mary Baker Eddy's framing of God as incorporeal supreme Mind Spirit and Love. The line emphasizes divine attributes across Mind Spirit Soul Principle Life Truth and Love.
The presidents economists see 1956 as a steady, not spectacular, year with production and employment likely rising while capacity limits cap growth. They expect subdued but sustained growth, caution against excess debt, and favor restraint from government, business, and individuals to avert recession.
Eisenhower nears three fourths of his first term and remains highly popular. Supporters credit peaceful leadership, economic gains, and personal sincerity, while critics in both parties debate whether prosperity is due to him or to broader forces. If he seeks a second term, opponents would face a widely accepted record.
Police said a 36 year old Korean man and his wife confessed to strangling their 3 year old daughter claiming the Devil's spirit dwelled within her. The couple, described as pious Christians with 10 years of church attendance, have been charged with murder.
A 21-year-old service station operator from Calvin Oklahoma told UPI that an egg shaped ball of fire followed his car along US 270 nine miles east of Holdenville for about six miles. He said the object covered 15 acres, was red hot on top and lit trees and ground beneath it. His wife and sister cried and urged him to continue as the fire ball kept pace beside the car before vanishing behind a hill.
Garner McAllister, 43, of Elgin, was arrested and jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge. Deputy Arvil Roberson arrested him near Lawton, with the case filed in Comanche County Court before Judge S R Harper. Deputies also held a 26 year old Lawton man suspected in a car theft last week from Mom's Chicken Shack on S 11th and driven to Ninth and Lee.
IKE continued from Page One outlines possible new taxes including a 1 or 2 cent increase on the current diesel levy. House Speaker Rayburn suggested higher levies on camelback tires and tubeless tires, favoring bigger raises on large tires. Martin indicated highway user taxes such as gasoline diesel and tires could be considered, with Ways and Means to determine the exact method. A White House conference with Reed Humphrey Weeks and highway committees discussed the need to fund the defense crucial construction program and proceed with pay as you go taxation, with the President in agreement.
Two men arraigned in Chickasha on robbery by force for the theft of 150 dollars from John Howard's home. O Neal Pearson 28 Miami Fla and Peter Williams 56 Lawton pleaded innocent and are held on ten thousand dollars bond.
A federal suit filed by Federal National Mortgage Association seeks foreclosure of a 160 800 mortgage on Vogue Apartments in Oklahoma City. Vogue’s manager and attorney said they were unaware of the suit or which units are involved, with the government alleging a missed installment payment last July 1 and a balance of 150 981.45.
Nine Cub Scouts of Pack No 47 at Taft school won numerous awards in a ceremony led by Mrs. William B. Smith. Jeffery Posner received one gold and one silver arrow point, George Paul Porter earned Bear badge and one gold arrow point, and others including Curtis Haire, Robert Smith, Michael Soderstrom, Billy Harrison, Frank Crawford, Robert O Kelley, and Joe Fancy earned stars, arrow points, and badges. Den No 4 led the honor den at last Friday night ceremonies.
Introvert gains early ease but later life favors extroverts, so reshape your temperament now. Della M. aged 32, an asthmatic wife, learns to overcome fear of people by practicing social grace and daily compliments, asserting you can change personality at any age.
In Lawton on Sunday a Lawton View dance hall raid led to 20 arrests for vagrancy. Judge J Merle Oaks forfeited $383 in cash bonds and levied $260 in fines, totaling $643. Bonds included $60 from Dor is James and William L Rogers, with other loitering and drunkenness charges, plus several individuals from Duncan and Medicine Park.
A 60 hour practical nursing course the first of its kind in Comanche county begins Monday at Lawton high school. Financed by the state vocational education department and Comanche-Cotton Counties LPN association, the program will offer morning and evening classes with 60 hours per unit for four units. National certificates await graduates.
A Lawton seamstress Mrs Vic Schwartz at Pioneer Western Store crafts a dozen satin western shirts for a Paris rodeo quadrille. Paris promoter Charles Michaeles and Capt Marc Demott visited Lawton to select materials while Bobby Estes stock will be used in the Paris show. Estes is a native of Baird Texas visiting Lawton.
A dense clue list links a French chanteuse Francois (Across 1) and Denise Darcel as her sister, with many terse definitions for idolized most painful venerate compass and other terms. The puzzle spans biology, language, and daily terms, including sea nymph bog mineral rock and armchair etymology.
Down clues fill a crossword with Rabbit being 1 across, English statesman at 2, and entries such as Graf-46 Ox Scot. for 29, 31 Redactor and 37 Musteline mammals, 38 Anoinis, 40 Ages, 41 Dismounted, 47 She is France, 48 Number plural, 50 Smallchild, 52 New Guinea port.
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