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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1963
Page
11
The piece argues teens in affluent suburbs seek thrills through vandalism and misuse of privileges, while underprivileged youth face harsher lives. It urges action and highlights the need for meaningful challenges beyond idle amusement. It calls older youth to engage with "hidden America" problems near their communities.
President Kennedy flies to Charleston West Virginia to mark the centennial of West Virginia joining the Union and reaffirms support for the Appalachian region. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. tours seven statehouses to gather ideas to create jobs and attract new industries, focusing on mining oil gas and lumber regions. The goal is to adapt industries to local resources and boost federal procurement to stabilize the regional economy.
The dual Soviet space achievement, Valentina Tereshkova as the first woman in space and Valery Bykovsky's five day orbit, boosted morale yet failed to meet American expectations. Analysts say the mission aimed for a week in orbit and a moon round trip, but yielded only 24 extra hours of data on long duration flight. The event underscored propaganda value and spacecraft confidence, with no plan for an in-orbit docking or lunar landing.
A brief verse compares unbelief to seeds beneath sod awaiting growth. It asserts belief in God and contrasts lack of faith with patient trust in divine outcomes. The text blends a biblical quote from Matthew with a devotional line about seeds and faith.
A Washington Report piece recounts Sen. Dirksen chiding Humphrey during debate on an area redevelopment bill and shares political jibes and light anecdotes about campaigns. It notes stickers mocking Kennedys and Goldwater talk, plus a dog-education quip to a congressman and a Kennedy remark on a proposed barge canal for Florida.
Yesteryears recall items from Lawton with mentions of a cadet dance at the ROTC, florist Mrs. Rachel Wray attending an Oklahoma State Florists convention, and Calvary Baptist Women making pajamas for Memorial hospital. Two years prior, warships targeted Japanese bases near Munda while local tennis player Charlies Avera won a quarterfinal. Thirty years back, Oklahoma’s first governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell died of pneumonia.
WASHINGTON Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut delivers a civil rights critique anchored in decency and self restraint. He urges sober national dialogue, warns against demagoguery, and argues law must protect all citizens while promoting merit and equal opportunity.
The piece surveys weekend spousal dynamics and a five year study linking marital homicide to Saturday nights with wives as perpetrators and husbands as victims. It contrasts motivation effects in simple versus complex tasks and notes vocabulary’s limited role in IQ testing amid differing verbal abilities.
Question and answer items cover the APS origins in Benjamin Franklin's Junto in Philadelphia, George Washington's slave emancipation plan via his will upon Martha's death, and the naming of pearls by shape with Paragon as a sphere and egg shape as elongated oval.
Deaths on city streets in Oklahoma are up 25 percent for the first quarter of 1963 while rural deaths show a seven percent decrease.
A discussion with Donald Wright and Hardy Jones examines high mid level executive turnover in American industry. Forty one percent quit their last jobs within 24 to 36 months and seventy eight percent leave before ten years, highlighting hidden costs and concerns over mergers, poor management, and stagnation shaping the career path of top managers.
A planned August march on Washington by Black activists aims to pressure civil rights legislation. The forecasted turnout ranges from 100 000 to 300 000 as leaders compare the effort to Coxey’s Army and the Bonus March, while Kennedy urges cancellation to avoid unrest.
The snippet presents a witty travel tip attributing success to packing fewer clothes and more money, attributed to Little Liz. It frames a lighthearted traveler’s maxim useful for quick trips.
Oklahoma politics and industry notes. Gordon Cooper's homecoming sparks Shawnee space industry pride. A Muskogee firm uses a TV camera to inspect sewer lines. J Howard Edmondson reports a burglary cost him three guns but keeps his campaign ammunition. 1966 governor race candidate viability questioned for first time in state history.
Almanac notes on July 5 1811 Venezuela proclaimed independence from Spain becoming the first South American nation to do so. Other historical milestones include the 1865 founding of the Salvation Army in London and MacArthur’s 1945 Philippine liberation announcement.
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