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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1954
Page
1
Washington Ways and Means Committee approved a mammoth tax revision plan delivering over two billion dollars in annual cuts for businesses and individuals. The measure, two years in the making, heads to the House floor as a major year’s battle line item.
Senate Republicans met to discuss ways to persuade committees to run fair investigations. The agenda followed a rift between Sen Mc Carthy and Secretary Stevens and included a plan by Sens Douglas and Humy for a formal code of fair play. Ferguson was to report on current rules and potential improvements to committee chairs.
New York March 9 UP Senator Joseph R McCarthy accused NBC and CBS of dishonesty over air time to answer Adlai Stevenson charges. President Eisenhower reportedly hand picked Vice President Nixon to respond for the GOP, while McCarthy seeks free air time and may take the matter to the FCC. Stevenson attacked McCarthy as leading a split GOP and warned of totalitarianism. Page 2 POLITICS.
More than 300 doctors from southwest Oklahoma are to attend a Southwestern Oklahoma Cancer review in Lawton at the Lawton Country Club starting 9 a.m. The program opens with Dr. Brock R. Westbrook of University Hospital Oklahoma City on heredity in cancer, followed by Dr. Bert Throne on biologicals and Dr. Orville Holt on irritants trauma and infection. A breast cancer talk by Dr. Harrell C. Dodr is listed.
The Lawton event features three days of stock shows and a livestock judging contest for Future Farmers of America and 4 H club members. A Friday stock sale at 7 p.m. will award prize money, with proceeds handled by the Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce at the farm sale barn and grounds. A barbecue at 6 p.m. sponsored by the Jaycees, with music by the Jaycee Rural Acquaintance band, precedes the sale. Special premiums totaling 200 dollars are offered by the Lawton Five Association, while premiums from 10 to 1 dollar are provided by the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees. A calf door prize and tickets sold by Jaycees, Jones, are part of the events.
A special Kiowa Comanche and Apache general council meeting is set for Saturday at Fort Sill to oppose the planned closing of Kiowa hospital. The session aims to authorize a delegation to Washington to discuss tribal matters and hospital survival as part of a broader withdrawal of federal support affecting several Oklahoma hospitals.
Lawton chosen as site of the 1955 Rotary district convention with 900 to 1,000 Rotarians and Rotary Anns expected. The event may be held in February or March after the Lawtonian hotel is completed. Lawton Chamber of Commerce aims to promote the city as a convention center and attract more host hotels.
OKLAHOMA CITY March 8 In a court ruling the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld Republican initiative petitions seeking a state wide election on redistricting. Justice Earl Welch wrote the petitions had valid signatures exceeding 8 percent of votes from the last general election. The decision dismissed the protest by Rep Gene Stipe and others. The petitions total 60 359 signatures, with 23 621 from Oklahoma County among 644 276 votes cast in 1950.
Oklahoma City William A Red Hall replies to the divorce suit of his wife Democratic National Committeewoman Mrs Bertrude Fields Hall. He says she wooed him and urged marriage with promises to back him as governor. He also notes she claimed cash and bonds to support a gubernatorial bid and that they were married in Oklahoma. Page 2.
An Anadarko oil field worker was killed Monday when he was crushed between a truck and an oil rig platform near here. The driver, Gene Cody Lee, 43, of Walters, was operating the truck at the time of the accident. Further details were incomplete in the report.
A senator requests an open hearing on a complaint during the session. The dispute centers on whether remarks will be questioned elsewhere and if this could affect disbarment proceedings against officer Jerry Gai Be in relation to a death during protests.
Negotiations complete for about half of the land needed for the Lake Lawtonka reservoir expansion. Most tracts are cabin sites totaling roughly 480 acres on the lake's north and east sides. Some improvements are included where necessary, and 15 tracts remain under negotiation with three condemned after failed agreements. Flowage easements priced at 40 dollars cover flood-prone areas. Owners include Mrs. N. A. See and others in the Lake Land area. Page 2
City council to consider preliminary plans and resolutions for Paving District No 87 including 22 blocks. Action includes building permit applications and bids for water meters. District covers four blocks of D Avenue, 18th Street, 25th, Ozman, Hoover, 16th, and 17th streets. Petitions corrected after misdescription surfaced.
A man with a Spanish accent phoned the Waldorf Astoria warning of danger to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy before daylight. Police dispatched a uniformed guard to McCarthy and wife Jean’s suite as they checked in from Miami. McCarthy planned to speak at a meeting that day and checked out later, while his wife, on crutches, appeared surprised by the crowd outside.
Paris reports both France and Germany agreed to negotiate a European status for the Saar, aiming to settle the long dispute over its future. Adenauer and Bidault held talks, with Laniel consulted, and a Dutch official noted inspiration from the Council of Europe plan while a French version was presented.
President Eisenhower named Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson as deputy secretary with Roger M. Ryes leaving the post. The White House said no immediate announcement would be made on Andersons successor in the Navy.
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