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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1953
Page
7
The class of 53 donated about 600 dollars to purchase an Embosograf for Lawton High School. The new sign maker enables rapid, professional looking signs and posters in colors, with uses from activity bulletins to classroom name plates. Principal Hugh Bish plans to use it for dignified signs in the fall 1954 building and for teaching aids and displays.
Easter Pageant association announces board of trustees appointments led by president Fred C Larrance. G Cole to handle sound Walter Wolverton lighting Ted Warkent budget with new roles in buildings grounds and legal PR. John Keathley vice president Reece L Russell secretary Joe L Porter treasurer. New board to be sworn in July 26 after sunrise breakfast at Holy City. Breakfast served 6 to 7 am for 50 cents each. Service at 7:30 am in Holy City chapel.
McAlester Oklahoma officials reported two Ponca City inmates and trusties escaped after the 5 p.m. count. Benjamin Noears, 24, a three time loser, and Robert Buffalohead, 25, second degree burglary suspect, were serving two and three years respectively. Authorities warned the region to be on the lookout.
Army officials assured Oklahoma lawmakers that Fort Sill will be fully utilized. U. S. Sen. Robert Kerr, Sen. Mike Monroney, and Rep. Victor Wickersham heard the pledge at a Friday luncheon from Maj. Gen. Miles Reber and Lt. Col. Floyd Milner. Wickersham added there will be no personnel cuts despite the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center elimination.
Dallas July 18 UP A federal soil conservation expert said the beginning of the end of the Southwest drouth may be near as rains revived parched Texas. Louis P. Merrill, regional director of the U S Soil Conservation Service, noted pastures greening and warned continued rains could signal relief if they persist. He spoke amid conflicting Washington views on beef buying programs and drought relief funding. Locally, heavy rains revived pastures and filled ponds in Fort Worth Abilene and other drouth areas, prompting brief floods and evacuations in Abilene as creeks overflowed.
Fort Worth report notes USDA weekly livestock activity with all cattle classes up about 11.50 and top prices for slaughter steers and yearlings at 23.50. Sheep, hogs, and sows show gains. barrows and gilts mostly 25 higher, sows 50 up, with week’s highs near 27 for 190-250 lb barrows and gilts.
Willie Bookman a 34 year old Negro man of Lawton was sentenced to 30 days in county jail for disturbing the peace. He was arrested June 24 after a shotgun ordeal with Hattie Mae Hutchins of Lawton View. The charge was reduced in city court to disturbing the peace. Police found him hiding in an attic at 1904 Monroe following the alleged gun incident.
Baltimore July 18 Johns Hopkins University scientist Dr William L Straus Jr states that man evolved from monkeys not anthropoid apes, citing Proconsul fossils found in Kenya in 1948. He argues an early split in lineages and that tool making distinguishes humans, noting no further biological development for millennia.
The passage argues that brain power allows humans to adapt to colder climates and meet emergencies, reducing the need for physical changes. It suggests early evidence of this cognitive capability appears in imperishable forms like tools, reflecting our forerunners' ability to modify surroundings rather than their bodies.
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