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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1954

Page

16

Electronic Brain Might End Radio Making Errors

General Electric engineers under a U S Army Signal Corps contract develop an automatic assembly system for electronic devices. A punch press controlled by an electronic computer reads perforated cards to place holes, then stages components through magazine-fed steps to a dip soldering bath for a complete 50 part unit at 160 per hour.

Fort Monmouth N.J General Electric U.S. Army Signal Corps J. V. Fill En Signal Corps Laboratory Signal Corps General Electric Engineers

Fleeing Bride Calls Husband To Her Side

London reports that missing New York debutante Joanne Connelley Patino has summoned her husband Jaime Patino to join her in Europe. Patino arrived from Geneva and said he would meet her immediately after phoning from the airport. The 23 year old former model wed Patino in Paris last April and had been divorced from Robert Sweeny with Porfirio Rubirosa named co respondent in the divorce case. The bride had been missing since Thursday from a Rome clinic where she was recovering from sleeping tablet and benzedrine overdoses.

London Jaime Ortiz Patino New York Patino Joanne Connelley Europe Rome Geneva Switzerland Paris Robert Sweeny

Yesteryear snippets from the Constitution files

Ten years ago Miss Colene Connor and Miss Dorothy Quinlen spent two weeks with Miss Connor’s parents at 912 Columbia. Mrs J R Quinn at 110 S Ninth admitted to Southwestern hospital. Twenty years ago Mrs Cora Mildred Montgomery died near Fletcher. Sorority met with Miss Marjorie Garrett at 415 Arlington. Mr and Mrs Byron Silken returned from Oklahoma City. Virginia Jones visited her parents. Thirty years ago Communist party members were expelled from a Farmer-Labor convention. Mr and Mrs C W Simpson returned from Memphis for the Confederate reunion. Mr and Mrs James Dunn of Clinton moved to Lawton. he was district plant chief for Southwestern Bell.

Constitution Files Colene Connor Dorothy Quinlen Cora Mildred Montgomery Fletcher Marjorie Garrett Arlington Byron Silken Gore Oklahoma City Virginia Jones M. A. Jones Communist Party Farmer-Labor Party C. W. Simpson Memphis James Dunn Clinton Lawton Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

4-H Record Book Deadline Is Set

Comanche county 4-H youths must submit their individual record books by August 17 for county prizes and the Sprague award. The top county 4-H winner earns a $100 prize funded by Lawton businessman Robert Sprague, with entries due in the state office by September 1 to qualify for state and national awards.

Comanche County Clara J. Kelley Sprague Lawton Robert Sprague Kelley

Charge Of Murder Stands In Car Death

Bartlesville Oklahoma district court will set bond for Juan Vasquez 22 facing a murder charge from a May 30 highway crash that killed Billy Dean Feller 22 of Bartlesville. Justice of the Peace J L Barnes ruled sufficient evidence supports the murder count and did not reduce charges at preliminary hearing. The wreck occurred on U S 75 near Tuxedo.

Bartlesville Okla Juan Vasquez Justice of the Peace J. L. Barnes Suriey Dewey Vasquez Billy Dean Feller Tuxedo U. S. 75

Drunk Aviator Faces Charges in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City pilot Leroy Russell Huff, 36, faced DUI-related charges after a crash landing in a wheat field near List and May avenues. He allegedly drank two whiskies before the Pi Cub’s erratic flight, with damage to wheat and a broken propeller. Huff was jailed at Oklahoma County. Residents reported fear as the plane looped and inverted.

Oklahoma City Bob Turner Capitol Hill Leroy Russell Huff Oklahoma County List and May Ave Off

Pedestrian Fatalities Lead US City Accidents

A study finds nearly 75 percent of fatal crashes in the ten largest US cities involve pedestrians, highlighting safety gaps and urgent urban mobility concerns.

United States

Army saves four and a half million in Japan in three months

Army installations in Japan saved 4.5 million dollars in a single three month period. Ordnance units reported the largest savings at 2.3 million. Most savings came from reclaiming and reusing scrap and salvage materials.

Japan Ings Ordnance

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