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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1954

Page

9

Pastor Blames Reds Not Sole Cause Of Asian Unrest

Dr. Carl E. Bates of Amarillo told the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference in St. Louis that blaming Communists for Asia and Africa unrest is wrong. He warned Europe and America focus on money and nation building ignores moral gaps and looming famine judgments. Other speakers criticized moral decline and the gap between belief and conduct, noting liquor spending outpacing funds for schools and churches.

ST. Louis Carl E. Bates First Baptist Church Amarillo Asia Africa Bates Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference Southern Baptist Convention Saeeee Europe America Grady C. Cothen Oklahoma City Texas Sterling Price University Baptist of

Capital Man Shot In Family Quarrel

Oklahoma City reports a 47 year old Board of Education employee was shot by a son during a family quarrel at home. The shop foreman Carl S Miller was wounded in the lower abdomen and listed in fair condition. His son Turner Miller Jr was arrested for questioning.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Board of Education Carl S. Miller Ener

Pike Has Heaviest Travel Over Memorial Holiday

The Turner Turnpike logged its busiest Memorial Day weekend on record with 33,390 vehicles from Friday through Monday. Manager H E Bailey noted Friday's 8,082, followed by 8,135, 8,476, and 8,697 on the subsequent days, surpassing the prior peak set last August during vacation season.

Oklahoma City H.E. Bailey Bailey Oklahoma City - Tulsa

Air Conditioned Village Opens For Yearlong Study

Austin announces the nation’s first air conditioned village, a 22 home test site in the northwest suburbs. Researchers seek cost data on year round operation for homes around 1200 square feet, with 400 builders attending. The study, backed by the National Association of Home Builders and universities, aims to show practical costs and effects on health, behavior, and homes.

Austin Capitol National Association of Home Builders University of Texas Wi Fe

Lost Boy Trashes Police Station In Braintree

A three year old boy was held at Braintree police station for two hours as he dumped police files from drawers pulled teletype out of order and disrupted the telephone system. An officer ordered patrolmen to place the tot in a police cruiser and search for his parents.

Braintree Mass Francis Maguire

Husband feigns drunkenness. wife destroys whisky bottle

In Portland Maine Robert G Forbes 49 testified in divorce court that after a six week marriage he acted drunk to provoke his wife Mildred Forbes. Forbes claimed she struck him in the eye with a whisky bottle in a domestic quarrel.

Portland Maine Robert G. Forbes Mildred Forbes Forbes

Damage suit filed for 33662 dollars in Oklahoma court

Iris Joan McLean Cohen sues Jack Howard Duncan for 33662.95 dollars claiming injuries from a May 30 1953 auto crash near Medicine Park. Alleged negligence includes failure to yield, stop, look out, and speeding at SH 49 and Medicine Park cut-off. Plaintiff alleges spine injury arthritis and facial disfigurement.

Medicine Park Iris Joan McLean Cohen Jack Howard Duncan Lawton Duncan Robert A. Hansen

Gasline Transport Truck Destroyed By Fire In Kansas

Meade Kansas report of a transport truck carrying 5400 gallons of gasoline destroyed by fire west of town yesterday. Driver Jeae Geseeageie iver for. 7 Port Co. Enid Oklahoma escaped unharmed.

Kansas

Mexican Labor Unrest Grows Over Wage Demands

Mexico City June 2 rising labor unrest presses for higher wages to offset peso devaluation. Government workers receive a 10 percent increase while unions seek 44.5 percent across the board as prices rise, sparking talk of strikes if no adjustment is granted. Rigoberto Gonzalez warns of industry work stoppages if salaries stay fixed.

Mexico City Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Revolutionary Confederation of Farm Workers CROC Mexico Rigoberto Gonzalez Revolutionary Confederation of Mexican Workers CROM

Bargain Prices Get Burglar Into Jail

DETROIT police arrested Allen Carr, 94, after housewives in a northwest neighborhood grew suspicious of bargain prices on coffee and cigarettes. Officers found burglary tools including a sledge hammer and drills in Carrs truck along with the merchandise.

Detroit Allen Carr Carr

Langlie to Geneva to attend international labor conference

Langlie, US representative to the International Labour Organization, traveled by airplane on Tuesday with his wife to Geneva, Dennekend to attend a conference from June 2 to 24. The Senate passed and sent the House a bill granting permanent US residence to Romola Nijinski, widow of the dancer, awaiting President Eisenhower's signature to become law.

Langlie Geneva York Geneve Dennekend International Labor Organization TLO Senate Romola Nijinski United States Eisenhower

Mexico Moves To Curb Imports Amid Economic Pressures

Mexico acts to curb imports as the devaluation of the peso tightens payments and strains the economy. Officials cite balance of payments pressures and efforts to restore stability, with industry groups watching for potential impact on prices and growth.

Mexico

Rifle Shot Triggers Basement Fire at Fin House

Firemen report a mattress behind curtains caught fire when a wire was cut by a rifle shot. The blaze started shortly after 10 in the basement of 314 South Third, Fin House, and was confined to the mattress area.

Fin House S. Third

Resolved Tollway Project Affects The Thomases

A local notice lists Thomas A and a residential address at 3903 Thomes Avenue regarding a road project numbered 145 765. Public interest stresses potential property impact and displacement timelines, with a forthcoming meeting and contact points for residents seeking details.

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