Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Lawton Constitution in Lawton, Oklahoma

We have 1,673,976 pages in Oklahoma

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1972

Page

7

Abrams Believed Pegged As New Army Chief Of Staff

Washington AP reports that a North Vietnamese offensive pause delays announcing Gen Creighton Abrams as Army chief of staff. The delay, seen by Pentagon sources, suggests the surrender of Vietnam fighting must be resolved before Westmoreland’s successor. Weyand and Davison cited as other contenders.

Abrams Washington Creighton W. Abrams U.S Vietnam Pentagon South Vietnam Krams William Westmoreland Westmoreland White House Saigon ARVN Nixon Melvin R. Laird Army Frederick Weyand Michael Davison Europe Weyand

Win At Bridge MacDuff Shows Sharp Play In Slam

MacDuff, hailed as Scotland's best bridge player, watches South and East hands as he ruffs, overtrumps, and maneuvers through clubs and diamonds. He reaches the same trump count as East, cashes high diamonds, and, with dummy’s king, forces a slam that East cannot prevent. The note adds that if the three witches advised him, they would say avoid leading spades at trick two. A lacrosse ball weighs 4.5 to 5 ounces.

MacDuff Scotland Prince Donalbane Dummy East South West

Card play ruins a slam in Scotland bridge duel

In a Scotland bridge confrontation a three of trumps clogs the defense as South leads the deuce of clubs to dummy. The nine hearts is played, a trump coup is required, and the play doom ed the slam. The exchange includes taunts about Scotch blood and bridge skill.

Scotland South

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fred S. Hoffman By Oswald and James Jacoby Newspaper Enterprise Assn Ilabic al American Finance System C Avenue Lawton Okla PTT Emma Melt Ye Birdseye D. Ave Lee Blvd
Search Courier

Search the Lawton Constitution Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Lawton Constitution?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication