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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1954

Page

9

Economist Hits Senate Props Bill

An Agriculture Department economist estimates the dairy price support increase under the Senate plan would cost the government over 20 million dollars and add about 12 million to the nation’s tax bill. He links higher supports to larger annual costs for butter cheese and dried milk.

Washington Agriculture Department Senate Senate Agriculture Committee Ezra Taft Benson House Economist Benson

Silks Attend Colorado Guidance Workshop

Mr and Mrs Silk will travel to Boulder Colorado for a guidance workshop at the University of Colorado from July 19 to 23. Dr C C Dunsmoor president of the National Vocational Guidance Association will attend. They return August 1. Mrs Silk serves as girl’s counselor at Lawton High and Silk is administrative assistant at the junior high.

Wesley Silk Laws Boulder Colo University of Colorado C. C. Dunsmoor National Vocational Guidance Tesociation Silks Silk Lawton High

Trunk Discovery Unearths Soldier in Attic

Mrs. Fannie Riley found a trunk containing Army sergeant John J. Yess, 26, of Waseca, in a Milwaukee attic. He claimed he could not explain how he got there as police and deputies investigated the odd confinement before his discharge from the service at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Milwaukee Fannie Riley John J Waseca Fort Sheridan Ill Fao Crossrth

City Sees Record Water Demand Amid Heat Wave

A week of 100 plus temperatures drove city water use to peak after heavy May rains. Saturday record reached 18,597,000 gallons with 104 high, as Thursday previously hit 18,330,000. Officials urge conservation as drought persists and Lake Lawtonka nears capacity.

Conti Lawa Tonka Drouth

World's Just A Big Stage

A sequence of quirky clippings reports mishaps and oddities from multiple places. An Ohio man drives into a porch after mistaking a road for a turn while a Brantford firm employs blind workers to count screws and nails. In Chicago a husband aids his wife by blocking the driveway with poles and pails with a humorous warning to take it easy.

Brantford Ont Chicago William Martin

Ex-Con Claims Saw Girl Raped and Slain in Florida

Walter Lee Yow, a 4 year old former convict, told Miami detectives he saw Judith Ann Roberts raped and murdered last Tuesday. He was brought back from Georgia for questioning after his shifting story showed inconsistencies. Georgia officers noted a long criminal record and a hospital stay for criminal insanity.

Miami Fla Walter Lee Yow Georgia Judith Ant Roberts Charles Sapp J. J. Whitman Marietta Yow Judith Ann North Carolina

Joan Davis Daughter Wed Loses Army Lieutenant In Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills housewife Beverly Wills 20 and Army Lt. Alan Norton Grossman 22 were married yesterday in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin officiated with the couple planning a Hawaii honeymoon, per the comedian Joan Davis’s family.

Beverly Hills Calif Beverly Wills Joan Davis Army Alan Norton Grossman Hawaii St Wills Crystal Room Beverly Hills Hotel Edgar F. Magnin

Ex Convict Slays Cop and Self in Claremore Hotel

In Claremore Oklahoma a police officer Joseph C Hause age 28 was shot and killed while approaching a hotel stairway. The killer Paul Henry Hayes 47 alias Henry Miller shot himself in the chest with a shotgun in his hotel room. Another officer Lewis E Smith 22 a merchant policeman was wounded in the wrist and thigh but not seriously hurt.

Claremore Okla Joseph C. Hause Page Hotel Paul Henry Hayes Henry Miller Lewis E. Smith

Markets Chicago Grain Range

Chicago market report shows grain price ranges with open high low and close values across listed futures. Traders monitor price movements for wheat corn and oats amid varying demand and supply signals from export and planting data.

Chicago

Arm y officers promoted in large artillery list

A sweeping Army orders notice lists numerous officers promoted or commissioned in artillery and staff roles. Names include Kish, Lyman D Burkett, Thomas H Bernardino Trillanes, William AM Wright, Cecil E Johnson, Andrew R Mer cake, and many others with ranks shifting to captain major and colonel as part of a broad promotion roster.

Licenm Stephano Igrae Samus_Woundridge Kish Lyman D. Burkett Thomas H Bernardino Trillanes Wiliam AM. Wrieht Cecil E Johnson Andrew R. Mercake William ‘B. Lar Son Elell S. Vinson Thomas 3. Couahan Kenneth J. Ormiston Lewis Av Bonfay Harryb Res Fraymond C. Weimund D. B Giaticn Joseph H. Harrison Clayford Butler Jr Ata G. Lindley John R. Magnusson Ford Pratt Robert R. Springer Homer Leonard G. Robinson Fon Dyson CS Fin Jane B Egan Norm Clade Sack A. Cherick J. “LaGasse Royal Charles Sydney E. Lacerdote Gerald D. Arthur Sanford’ de Richmond Trweatt Barney D. White Charles B. Hines Edward C. Spaulding Douglass P. Quandt John Hines Donald Shive Perry Rubank Raymond W. Rumph Henry Maemire Emmette Mi Barksdale Martin Mercado Harold E Marr Jr Joseph St. Hodges ‘Jr Ferdinard T. Unger Walter Commas Coyt Cartie Max Scorer Jamies Re Sohnwon LaRay St. Robert I van Valkenburgh el Jc'ingiettard D. Wilcox Karl Conner Car G. Literaurene Lash Forrest W. Dudure Robert E. Francis M. Clark Stanley E- Whitmore Henry L. Walton Augustus T Terry Je Howard G.smigelow Roland V. Tiede William B. Bogue Herman Prinsle Kermit Bi Schneidel Frith Albert A. Matyas George W. Reitz Chester C Senaeter He Powler James A. Benford Wiliam B. Hardin Edward J. Abere Charles E. Howard Judson Wilcox Jack G. Sweek Rollin 2 Lanpher Elmer Twining Franc Connet Ralnock

Japs Hear Cancer Reports Switch To Cheap Cigarettes

In Tokyo Japanese smokers ignore lung cancer stories and shift to cheaper brands. Japan Lv Corp reports sales of expensive cigarettes dropped as much as 75 percent as consumers seek lower priced options.

Tokyo Japan Lv Corp

Hiroshima Street Cars Set Record For Safety

Hiroshima street cars in the atom bomb city have traveled the equivalent of more than 45 million miles to Mars without an accident. Motormen have not been involved in a mishap for 60 years.

Hiroshima Mars

Dulles Confident Red China Won’t Get U N Seat

Washington report says President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles remain confident Red China will not win a UN seat this year. They argue the United States can veto or block entry at the Security Council and obstacles in other bodies keep Communists from gaining a majority.

Donald J. Gonzales Washington China United Nations Eisenhower John Dulles Peiping Senate Iblican William F.i Knowland Calif Dulles Red China United States UN Security Council General Assembly Britain France

North Carolina Patrol Car Parody Sparks Local Debate

Raleigh residents react to a humorous piece claiming North Carolina patrol cars mock speeders with fake dummies. The editorial tone questions official actions and hints at deeper tensions with road safety policy and state governance.

Raleigh, N.C

Mother Fails Her Children Even In Death

Mrs Jean Mann 26 a cosmetics clerk planned suicide to “do one thing for my children.” She sealed off their bedroom, opened gas burners, and wrote an eight page note claiming she was not meant to be a wife and mother. A draft from an open window aided the tragedy. Her husband Paul 24 was away at a National Guard encampment.

Fetenpuny Jean Mann Mrs. Mann Clyde Kissinger

Area Men In Service Pfc Ronald Best Home On Leave

Pfc Ronald P Best son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Ray Best 305 N Tith is home on a 20 day leave following completion of Marine Corps recruit training at San Diego Calif Best enlisted in the Marine Corps April 20 1954 at Oklahoma City for four years

Ronald Best Ronald P. Best Ernest Ray Best N. Tith Marine Corps San Diego Calif Best Oklahoma City

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