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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1954
Page
3
West Germany's Socialist party sinks into a crisis as debates over rearmament and Marxist references trigger internal fights similar to those in Britain. Key factions clash over defense policy and ideological direction amid rising party tensions.
Reports from Berlin detail a rift within the German Socialist Party as young members press for revision of foreign and defense policy, arguing for closer West integration and rearmament to secure broader middle class support. Old Guard advocates Marxist unity insistence, while Molotov's Berlin stance fuels defections. Also noted is a Fort Sill benefit dance on March 7 to fund a Legion activity building.
Kansas approves a 234 mile toll super-road from Kansas City through Topeka and Wichita to the Oklahoma line. The seven member authority authorized a final engineering report to back bond issues to finance construction with a projected start in 1957. Route follows Kansas City Kansas, Topeka, Wichita, linking to Oklahoma City corridor.
A letter will go to about seventy attendees and other interested people. Arthur L. Cavanagh, Appeals Review board chairman, announces Chamber of Commerce plans to form a committee to study the fund drive and implement its findings as needed. The committee will be directed to work with agencies concerned with the united fund drive.
Oklahoma Baptist University Men's Glee Club will sing Monday night in Elk City. Three ladies trios accompany the group as part of a regional concert schedule.
Junior Service League volunteers will mail letters to Lawton residents who have not paid pledges to the Youth Center Building fund. About 350 pledges from last May remain unpaid, some on 10 month terms whose time has expired. The note urges immediate payments so construction can proceed at once.
An off duty firefighter reports a dog house at 910 I burned to the ground shortly before noon. Neighbors freed two dogs before the fire was quenched. The origin is undetermined and occupant Paskell Cox was not home. Wiley Cox, also on duty, helped extinguish the blaze. his brother lives at 1008 Washington. Camp to speak at the Chamber banquet on April 22.
The Marine court of inquiry closed after Col Frank H Schwable’s counsel urged findings of not responsible citing Communist brainwashing and coercion during 14 months as a prisoner of war in Korea. John Pratt stressed that the facts support no unfavourable judgement. He and Lt Col Kenneth Murphy outlined findings of fact as the four week inquiry ended with a plea for high decorations rather than punishment.
Army forces by end of June would be organized into 17 divisions 18 regiments and regimental combat teams plus 122 antiaircraft battalions with supporting elements This follows a reduction of three divisions from the wartime peak Yet regimental counts remain the same and antiaircraft battalions rise by five The projected fiscal 1955 defense budget totals 81 billion with the Air Force 34 8 billion Army 22 4 billion Navy 23 4 billion
Benson named R L Farrington as head of the Agriculture Department. Farrington, a native near Frederick, Oklahoma, resigns to return to law practice. Kenneth L Scott of Farm Credit Administration will succeed him as director of financial services.
A four year old girl waded into a shallow pool and lost her footing leading to drowning. In separate report, two suspects confessed to stealing beer valued at two hundred dollars and officers recovered the beer buried along the Chikaskia River bank.
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