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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1954

Page

3

Mr Safety Summer Touring Oklahoma Highways

Oklahoma Public Safety launches a marked car dubbed Mr Safety Summer to urge caution during peak vacation driving. Lt K O Rayburn pilots the vehicle, touring the state after a policy meeting between Gov Johnston Murray and Safety Commissioner Lawrence Bellatti. The effort targets rising interstate traffic and a July August surge, aiming to reduce fatalities and educate out of state drivers on Oklahoma laws.

K. O. Rayburn Oklahoma Highway Patrol Oklahoma Rayburn Oklahoma Department of Public Safety B. Patterson Johnston Murray Lawrence Bellatti Bellatti State Safety Council

Newsreel Cameraman Is Honored By Hollywood

Hollywood celebrities and studio executives laid on a surprise party for Arthur DeTitta a 27 year veteran of Movietone News to honor his 50th birthday 20th wedding anniversary and long career. His work includes covering Neville Chamberlain Taft Roosevelt Lindbergh Byrd Mae West and the Woolworth Building planks top world events and entertainment. DeTitta now directs West Coast theatrical newsreel and United Press Movietone Television Newsreel. he expects both newsreels and feature stories to coexist with TV.

Hollywood Arthur DeTitta 20Th Century Fox Movietone News DeTitta Movietone Danny Thomas Johnnie Ray Dan Dailey Rita Moreno Jeff Hunter Henry King California Goodwin J. Knight Los Angeles Norris Poulson Neville Chamberlain Munich William Taft Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles Lindbergh Atlantic Admiral Byrd South Pole Europe Arthur Paris France Atlantic City West Coast United Press-Movietone Television

Durant Man Dies After Auto Crash

Roy Campbell, about 50, of Durant, was killed in a two car collision at a Durant intersection. Campbell was thrown from his car while Johnny Mack Welborn, 18, of Durant, driver of the other car, escaped serious injury along with three passengers. This fatality is Durant’s first of the year and Oklahoma’s highway death toll stands at 288 compared with 250 last year.

Associated Press Roy Campbell Durant Campbell Johnny Mack Welborn Oklahoma

Ex Red Prisoner Joins In Movie Fight For Freedom

John Much a former waega of the Communists and ex Army officer now a naturalized citizen joined seven others to form American Motion Pictures for Freedom a nonprofit. They plan to produce multilingual films about life in America and life in sin to educate audiences.

Hollywood American Motion Pictures For Freedom John Much America

Sleeping Sickness Kills 31 On Okinawa This Year

U S Ryukyus Command says encephalitis called sleeping sickness caused 31 deaths on Okinawa this year including one American airman. The peak illness period appears to have passed, according to U S Command headquarters.

Okinawa U. S. Command U. S. Ryukyus

Farm Bureau Board Set to Convene Thursday

Comanche County Farm Bureau directors will meet in special session Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Farm Bureau office at 125 E. Wesley Regan, board chairman said. Also attending will be Farm Bureau insurance agents and the Associated Women of the Farm Bureau president. Discussions will cover year-end plans, get-out-the-vote campaigns, junior Farm Bureau prospects, and county activities. Regular meetings occur on the first Tuesday each month.

Comanche County Farm Bureau Farm Bureau E. Wesley Regan Bill Moore Oklahoma Farm Bureau Associated Women of the Farm Bureau National Farm Bureau County Farm Bureau Public Service Co Jim Ro

Missing Capital Man Found Wandering In Chandler Park

Neighbors 41 of Oklahoma City reported missing for four weeks was found wandering in Tillman Park by Policeman H Albritton. He was taken to a city clinic in poor condition after losing much weight and relatives were notified.

Chandler Park Chandler Oklah O Oklahoma City Tillman Park H. H. Albritton

Actress Kath leen His Weds Producer Stanley Rubin

Actress Kath leen His age 25 and film producer Stanley Rubin will marry next month in a civil ceremony in Los Angeles. The couple plans a quiet wedding with close family and friends in a nonreligious setting in California.

Hollywood Kathleen His Stanley Rubin Los Angeles

Lawton FFA Boys Plan Overnight Refuge Trip

Lawton High FFA boys will travel Saturday for an overnight visit to the Wichita Mountains and Craterville Park amusement area. About 35 students and leaders will cook their own meals at the Wildlife Refuge Sa and return before Sunday services. The pickup departs the school farm at 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday.

FFA Lawton High School Wichita Mountains Craterville Park Wildlife Refuge Lawton RFA Marvin Bicket

Marine dies in tank wreck at Camp Fuji range

A U S Marine fell from a 15 foot embankment at the Camp Fuji tank range about 50 miles south of Tokyo and was burned. Names were withheld as the investigation continued.

Tokyo U.S 3Rd Marine Division Fuji Tank Range

Tokyo Taxidermist Finishes A 30 Foot Whale Exhibit

A Tokyo taxidermist spent a year preparing a 30 foot whale weighing nearly a ton. Fifteen men transported the finished specimen to a berth in a local whaling museum, marking a major display for the facility.

Tokyo

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