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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1954

Page

11

Public Relations Pool Proposed

NEW YORK director Theo dore C Streibert of the U S Information Agency urged American businesses to pool public relations resources to win friends abroad. The speech, prepared for the National Advertising Assn and the Export Managers Club of New York, highlighted the agency's reorganization after independence and its mission to report factual news while aligning with legitimate aims of other nations to counter communism without war.

New York Theodore C. Streibert U. S. Information Agency Today Streibert Erational Advertising Assn Export Managers’ Club “of

Kinsey Supermarket Fire Damages OKC Store

Oklahoma City case reports a two alarm fire at the Kinsey Supermarket causing about 75000 dollars in damage. The blaze, discovered by a newspaper carrier, was controlled in thirty minutes with interior stock destroyed and roof largely intact. Cause undetermined though suspected electrical or refrigeration fault.

Oklahoma City Kinsey Ruel Potts Potts Renty J. J

Pardon Plea Hears Guerrilla Master Levy Case

Yank Levy famed for guerrilla warfare training and decades of fighting abroad seeks a pardon from Pennsylvania Pardons Board. Once jailed in 1927, he later taught guerrilla tactics to British Home Guard and U.S. forces, now ill with arthritis and living in California. Local social workers push for a clean record.

Harroring Pennsylvania Pardons Board Yank Levy Levy Palestine Spain United States Los Angeles Philadelphia Canada Home Guard U. S Los Angeles Social Agency Hanley Bensohn Service Personal Aid Bureau

House approves measure renaming Armistice Day Veterans Day

The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to change Armistice Day to Veterans Day with observance still on November 11. The move preserves the same holiday date and honors military veterans.

Washington House Senate

Stiff Law Sought To Stop Erosion In Western Kansas

County commissioners in western Kansas push for a tougher erosion law. More than 200 officials from 31 counties gathered to explain a revolving fund, started with federal money, to help combat dust storms. The plan aims to repay funds used per county based on acreage. current $1 per acre assessment deemed insufficient. Government funds of 2.5 million dollars are allotted to five plains states. Kansas faces extensive erosion and dust impact.

Scott City Kansas McDill Boyd Plains Fred Sikes Soil Conservation Service Weste Experied Den Harold Myers Stat

Actress Wins Sons In Divorce Action BreP

Susan Hayward wins temporary custody of her twin-year-old sons in a divorce suit against Jess Barker. She must pay $12,500 to Barker’s lawyer as part of his fee. Hayward earns $17,000 a month. Superior Judge Herbert D. Walker handed down the decision in California.

Jaonnh Calif Susan Hayward Jess Barker Herbert D. Walker

Rail Official Praises Mail Handling Job

A rail official told Prairie View A&M College convocation that railroads excel in handling the nation's mail, noting rail costs are about one tenth of air mail while airlines receive substantial subsidies for service with no sorting facilities. He warned this undercuts the rail system and public reliance.

Association of American Railroads Prairie View A&m College Ind Beatty The Asso

India Acts To Help Its Untouchables

NEW DELHI India moves to strengthen constitutional ban on untouchability by a bill allowing up to six months in jail and fines up to 105 dollars for excommunication or denial of services by churches temples hospitals or schools to those once outcasts.

New Delhi India

Mirror landing aid eyed for U S Navy carriers

Britons mirror aiding Navy pilots to land on carriers tested at Patuxent Naval Base and aboard British carriers. Inventor Goodhard, based in Newbury, says the device could be adopted. tests occurred in Farnborough and at sea. Separate note: Justice Department orders U S Marshals not to hinder news photographers outside federal courthouses.

Goodhard Royal Aircraft Estalment Farnborough England Newbury Berkshire Washington United States Britain U. S Sean Justice Department

Lawton OK adopts street paving plan 1954

City resolves to pave D Avenue through 71st Street and several other streets including 3rd 4th and 6th with grading manholes and drainage. Protests must be filed within 15 days after last publication. council to levy assessments to fund the improvements. Mayor Pro Tem Lester McKenzie signs.

Lawton Constitution 17Th Street 71St Street Cache Road Gore Ouman Avenue Lawton Oklahoma Lester McKenzie D.T. Shelton

Hollis Man Heads Group To Aid Sweet Potato Sales

Hollis resident leads a local group aimed at boosting sweet potato sales amid regional agricultural efforts. The effort focuses on organizing growers, promoting markets, and coordinating with nearby farms to expand distribution.

Hollis

Young Dems Offer Reward For Anti McCarthy Paper

Miami Beach Florida A group calling itself the Young Democrats announces a reward for a short anti McCarthy paper. The prize invites entries of 200 words or less explaining why McCarthyism is a menace. The contest offers a week long oceanfront hotel vacation as the prize.

S Young Dems Anti-McCarthy Miami Beach Fla

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