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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1953
Page
6
New York reports 75 plus dining spots shuttered as AFL Consolidated Dining Room Employees Union members strike over pension plan administration. Hotels and restaurants fear loss of business from 100,000 Shriners visitors. 3,000 workers affected so far. Some eateries kept doors open with self service and staff behind bars.
The Forest Service administers roughly 160 million acres of land across the continental United States, overseeing public forests and management programs that affect conservation, recreation, and resource use nationwide.
Washington reports the dollar gaining purchasing power due to rising production. New York beef prices fell to 85 cents a pound while used cars in Los Angeles dropped 10 to 12 percent. A Chicago retailer raised trade-in offers for old refrigerators from 30 to 60 dollars. The National City Bank lists 100 firms averaging over 1 million in daily sales, led by General Motors with 7.6 billion and Standard Brands at 383 million. twenty-nine topped 1 billion last year.
Three veteran pickpockets were arrested together in Times Square while watching Shriners convention crowds. The men, William Goldberg 63, Isadore Levine 60, and Harry Keller 57, faced charges of jostling and collectively had 103 prior arrests.
In Presidio Texas residents claim 100 degrees is just the start of heat but this summer has baked to 110 and even 117 on one day. A rare rain shower cooled the valley ending a 56 day stretch of 100 plus heat as 1500 residents celebrated relief from the dry Rio Grande drought and deepening irrigation wells.
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