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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1956
Page
10
Butter prices and receipts in Chicago show steady wholesale buying with receipts around 1.178 million. Market notes list grade 93 score AA 57.2 and various car lot or grade references 90 B 56.25 and 89 C 55.5, reflecting a stable but detailed commodity rundown.
Oklahoma City livestock market activity includes cattle calves hogs and sheep with steady to higher bids. Cattle: large volume with steers heifers and cows mostly up 25-50. hogs active steady. lambs good and choice prices strong. State poultry and eggs prices listed by regional depots with No 1 broilers hens eggs and butterfat quoted.
Oklahoma high school football scores list reads Sayre 66 over opponent 2, Elk City 60, and Woodward 52 among others. Enid 50, Vinita 50, Oklahoma City and Tulsa performances noted with multiple teams such as Clinton El Reno Lawton Vinita Wa tonga Pauls Valley.
Mrs Rosa Blevins 82 of Walters died in a Lawton hospital after a lengthy illness. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pearson Funeral Home Walters with burial there. She lived in Walters 18 years after moving from Temple. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Lloyd Foster Columbus Tex and Mrs Claude Guerry Pasadena Calif, and a stepdaughter Mrs Will Elliott Durant.
Lawton will see two Kiwanis clubs patrol and tidy distinct zones. Northwest Kiwanis will cover the three level interchange north of Lawton to Cache Road and Sheridan Road. Downtown Kiwanis will clean the area from the county line south of the city to the railroad tracks and down with street.
In Iowa City the skyhook balloon the size of a football field lifted at 7:47 a.m. after a one hour delay caused by curious spectators and a slight wind shift. Crew freed moorings, adjusted the craft seven degrees, and sent it aloft to ride a northeasterly 11 mph wind toward the edge of space to deploy four payloads measuring cosmic rays in the stratosphere.
Moscow observers report a silent campaign to remove all pictures and statues of Josef Stalin. The Tetyakov Gallery has erased Stalin images, leaving only a bust visible in a painting of a wounded soldier scene. A nine member American churchmen delegation found few Stalin portraits remaining.
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary plans to return to the Capitol after a Washington visit on Markham Ferry Dam talks. He said no official commitment from GSA was sought, hoping informed discussions speed future approval and early dam construction. The delegation also pushed for swift GSA review of a power interchange contract between GRDA and Public Service Co.
Ertle W. Kirkpatrick 46 of 1609 E Avenue announces re election bid for Ward 3. A Lawton native and father of five, he cites improvements in finance records, police, sanitation, drainage, and water projects including a Lake Thomas to Lake Lawtonka canal, with election slated for Tuesday March 20.
State Tax Commission Chairman Joe Dunn said Oklahoma households are filing fewer income tax returns than a year ago with 6,060 fewer received by this date. Corporate returns are arriving faster and averaging 87.52 more than last year, while individual returns average 2.03 less. The filing deadline is April 15, previously March 15.
Oklahoma City attorney William O. Coe said he is a little closer to running against U.S. Sen. Mike Monroney this year but remains undecided. He reported talks with delegations from Washita Beckham and Roger Mills counties and others from northeastern and southeastern Oklahoma about beating Monroney.
Two Scotland based businessmen announced Tuesday they are negotiating to sell about $400000 worth of fishing worms annually to U S sources. If finalized the venture would place Scotland as the third largest export to America after scotch and woolens.
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