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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1954
Page
17
Sid 2600 offers serviced and installed antennas and rotors with a guarantee not to leak. Contact Jesse Smith at 808 Monroe or phone 7472-W for contracted or other service.
In Palmyra, Danny Pratt, age three, who vanished after permission to play, was found by a search party of about 250 woodsmen. He was bruised and soaked, protected by his year old collie Corsky lying on him to keep him warm until rescuer Jim Stantling and others located him.
Panama reports screen star Fred MacMurray and actress June Haver stopping over en route from a South American film festival. They plan to fly to Hollywood together Sunday but deny plans for marriage. MacMurray dismisses Joan Fontaine's Kingston Jamaica wedding rumor as a joke.
The Federal Reserve Board reports consumers are less confident than a year ago. They plan to buy fewer houses and automobiles, cut furniture and appliance purchases, and increase spending on home improvements and maintenance.
The 74th annual Oklahoma Elks convention opens in Oklahoma City and runs today through Sunday drawing about 900 delegates from 30 lodges.
Dale Maggard of Sedalia Missouri has not missed a word in spelling tests at Mark Twain School this year. His father Charles Maggard sells insurance locally.
A mixed news week features Belgian and Dutch ratification of the European Army plan amid fear of German and Russian aggression. France and Italy lag in backing the pact as disputes over guarantees complicate progress. Other items note U S advances in air defense and controversial land claims by Filipinos over US bases.
Airman 1 C Pat Corrado, from Paterson, fixed a leaking hydraulic line inside a B 26 bomber in flight at Vance Air Force Base last September. He entered the bomb bay without a parachute, using a rope around his waist and a fire ax to bend the line and stop fluid loss. Col Chester T Gilger praised the feat and Corrado was named Airman of the Quarter.
Fire fighters battled two wind driven range fires for hours near Okmulgee Oklahoma. One fire scorched timber and grassland before burning itself out. The second fire raged on both sides of U S 7 a half mile north of the city threatening the country club. Three fire trucks saved the club quenching flames about 200 yards away.
In Zanesville Mary Louise McNerney admitted hurling a brick as part of a reckless act and was jailed. The municipal judge Robert J. Merry imposed a $35 fine plus costs after she said all her sins have been in jail and she wanted to see what it was like. She received a day in jail as part of sentencing.
Compared with 1939 the average American in 1953 shows large increases in food consumption including 1.25 times more tables many categories show triple or more growth such as 900 percent more ee foods and 738 percent more frozen fruit and fruit juices while canned fruit juices rise 218 percent and canned items 80 percent, indicating a broad change in dietary patterns.
Two escapees from the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane, Alvin Odell Turnbow 31 and Earl Joseph Sassell 20, were recaptured east of the city after a routine check. They had fled Wednesday, were found Thursday under an overpass with no money or ID, and admitted their escape.
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