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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1955
Page
12
A page features a Q and A style column answering varied trivia questions. Topics cover grandfather clauses in voting, Hannibal’s Alpine route, White House photography rules, coal production leaders, peccary pigskin, Old Glory preservation, foxglove naming, and the Five Civilized Tribes.
Oklahoma City market report lists farm and city prices for wheat, broilers, hens, eggs, butterfat, watermelons, and livestock. Notes include distributions across Lawton, Guyman, Enid, Blackwell, Vinita, Muskogee, Tulsa, and other towns, with price ranges and daily changes. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep activity described as nominal or steady to lower, with few sales recorded. Chicago butter prices show steady wholesale levels across grades and car lots.
Comanche county reports total state gas tax receipts for the past month amounting to 421,143.49 with major contributions from four cent roads tax 9,324.99 one cent roads tax 10,149.20 and half cent roads tax 5,287.15 plus school related auto farm truck license 10,453.51 and other road and school taxes including special fuel taxes and commercial vehicle licenses.
The piece reflects on Titus 2 5 urging women to be discreet chaste keepers at home and obedient to husbands while Aughey notes that no books are as legible as men s lives or as plain as their moral conduct.
Readers note a quirky craze dubbed the googo doll spreading through stores as an amusing symbol of progress. The piece mocks old fashions like silly putty while celebrating a toy that emits a plaintive sound and reflects automation, urging discretion amid potential overseas attention.
Airlines manufacturers and aviation authorities report progress in cutting plane noise near airports and facilities. West Coast complaints dropped about 10 percent and New York area complaints fell roughly 30 percent after adopting new traffic patterns, improved takeoff and approach procedures, shorter runway warm ups, and restricted test flights.
Comanche county marked its third annual 4 H club camp closing at the Lake Quanah Parker site in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. About 175 4 H youths and adult counselors enjoyed three days of games swimming crafts and lessons with a campfire vesper led by Billy Cawthon. State Bankers Association honored coaches with long service citations including Velma Ridgeway L Watson D H Allison Beryl Schuman Kenneth Harrel Bruce Nelson Ed Jones and L V Tomlinson for 15 to 30 years of service. County extension staff and volunteers supervised 155 active campers with help from coaches and parents.
The 38th annual Farm Home Conference at Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater runs August 8 to 11. Comanche county women may attend by August 5 with transport arranged, each bringing personal items. The program offers 18 short courses from home design to community recreation and a social security course by Joseph J. McCain. A pageant Promise of the Prairie will be staged outdoors on August 10 with groups from eighteen counties.
On the SS President Cleveland three Army turncoats Otho Bell Lewis Griggs and William Cowart urged a public hearing to expose Communist methods. From Hong Kong to San Francisco they spoke of life under Red domination and pledged loyalty to the United States seeking a chance to tell their experiences to Americans and armed services.
President Eisenhower arrives in Washington after the Geneva Big Four meeting saying no one knows the outcome. The conference yields no tangible progress and many view it as a pause rather than a breakthrough, with future UN disarmament talks to determine real results.
Washington observers see Eisenhower’s Geneva performance boosting his re election prospects as Republicans hail his calm TV presentation and image of sincere peace seeker. Critics worry Democratic doubt could fade as capitol watchers liken him to Roosevelt and expect a future summit to shape 1956 campaign dynamics.
This piece examines how Mrs. R s belief that telling everything guarantees safety harms her child Janet and others. It argues that seeking safety through others’ exoneration damages self possession and invites disappointment, tracing the habit to a mother’s old maxim and urging acknowledgment of the false promise.
George Wallace a 50 year old Langton Indian and ex convict charged with first degree manslaughter waived preliminary hearing before City Judge Ralph Cline. Assistant County Attorney Arthur Cavanagh said Wallace may plead to the charge before Judge Robert Landers this afternoon. Barton 58, transient and ex convict, found dead July 8 in an alley between Railroad and First streets, after a fight during a drinking bout.
Washington July 28 A Senate House conference committee reached agreement on armed services construction funds for the current fiscal year with total around two billion dollars The package includes 1 29 0 million in new money plus unspent past appropriations Details will be filed in a report and then both chambers must approve before forwarding to the White House
Altus Kiwanis and Lawton Kiwanis hosted lawyer and former Altus mayor Ryan Kerr as the featured speaker at a noon luncheon in the Hotel Lawtonian. Kerr spoke on crime causes and commented on the case of 18 year old Kenneth Wayne Brown, an airman convicted of raping an Altus woman.
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Dr. Hideo Nishioka of Kei University argues that world temperatures will rise each year for 250 years. He proposes a 700 year cycle of broad climatic change, presenting his theory in a Tokyo statement today.
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