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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1956

Page

2

Oklahoma City Market Reports Prices and Livestock Quotes

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture lists prices for wheat, broilers, hens, eggs and butterfat across towns including Guyman Hooker Frederick Hobart Lawton Enid Kingfisher Oklahoma City Yukon Bison and more. Oklahoma City livestock sale shows cattle 4500 head, hogs 1000, and 1500 calves with steers 16.50-17.00, heifers up to 17.50, cows 11.00-13.00, bulls 12.50-14.00, and spring slaughter lambs firm to higher.

Oklahoma City State Department of Agriculture Today Guyman Hooker Frederick Hobart Lawton Medford Blackwell Vici Clinton el Reno Enid Kingfisher Yukon Bison Hennessey Broilers Undertone Firm Growers Holding Muskogee Tulsa Vinita Alva Woodward Elk City Sayre Pauls Valley Laverne Watonga

Cityan Named Outstanding At OU Banquet honors 100 independents

Sam Hamra son of Mr and Mrs T A Hamra 515 Bell is among 100 outstanding independent students at the University of Oklahoma to be honored at a March 27 banquet in the student union Hamra a QU freshman and 1955 Lawton High School graduate was editor of the Wolverine Lore and active in school functions Anita Howard Waurika Nina Kelso Marlow and Ray Neil Warner Grandfield also made the list

Sam Hamra T. A. Hamra Bell University of Oklahoma Hamra Lawton High School Wolverine Lore Anita Howard Waurika Nina Kelso Marlow Ray Neil Warner Grandfield

Guardsmen win tight match with Tulsa crews leading

Oklahoma guardsmen finished first with 1,268 points. Battery A, 160th Field Artillery Bn. of Tulsa was second with 1,255, and the 2d Battalion 279th Infantry Regiment, also of Tulsa, placed third. Lawton fliers led individually with top scores of 270 by Sgt Clarence M Priest and Sgt Tommy L Wells, with Wells winning on standing-position tiebreaker.

Oklahoma 160Th Field Artillery Bn Tulsa 279Th Infantry Regiment Lawton Ford Verma Sfc Bob Nauman Clarence M. Priest Tommy L. Wells Albert B. Holderman Albert B. Holderman, 236; Cpl Chadwick C. Payne Jr James C. Peck CWO

School and Mothers Schedule Across District Schools

Thursday and Friday timetable lists Howell Jefferson Taft Garfield Wilson Washington Whittier and Lincoln schools. Programs run 9 to 11 for students and 11 to noon or 1 to 3 for pre school and expectant mothers, with afternoon blocks 3 to 5 and 2 to 5.

Howell Jefferson Taft Garfield Wilson Washington Whittier Lincoln

Jail Break Ends With Bar Sawing Attempt

In Lawton a jail passageway blocked escape as inmates Hollingsworth or Ivey sawed a jail door bar. Wallis noted plans to climb down blankets to freedom but failed. Damaged bars were welded back by Jack Kindred of Temple, and prisoners were placed in separate cells.

Hollingsworth Ivey Wallis Jack Kindred Temple Lawton

Café Shooting Trial Tells of Self-Defense Claim

In a cafe on January 22 Stevenson and Griffin faced off while Cohen and Caesar testified to the scene. Stevenson claimed Griffin attacked first, fired once to scare him, and the second shot followed during a struggle. Griffin died as Stevenson was jailed on bond after a habeas corpus hearing.

Cohen Caesar Weet Stevenson Griffin Caesar Grady Douglas Washington Lewis Derke Fort Sillman

Election notes mark candidates across wards II III and V

Former city clerk and council members seek second terms in Ward II and Ward III while Ward V inmates first elected term. Buck Kinsey and E W Kirkpatrick listed as incumbents with professional backgrounds. Ed Pannell Earl Fox Stitt Pair and Bob Morris also named with prior roles and residences. A separate police incident describes a fatal shooting with Griffin, Stevenson and Brown testimony and disputed robbery claim involving $300.

E. W. Kirkpatrick Ed Pannell Earl Fox S. First Ward

Eisenhower seeks two billion boost to military aid program

President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve a wide renewal of military and economic aid totaling about 4.86 billion dollars over the coming period. He called the plan vital to deter Soviet pressure and sustain free world security, with 1.64 billion earmarked for the Middle East and Asia and 1.13 billion for defense-oriented economic support. He warned the Soviet program remains a threat and pressed for long term funding and a special 100 million dollar nonmilitary security fund.

Middle East Asia Eisenhower Southeast Asia Treaty Organization United States Free World Africa Free Nations Congress Administration NATO Europe Berlin Spain Yugoslavia Latin America United Nations Children’s Fund

A&M to Hear Speakers at Oklahoma Business Day

Twenty former Oklahoma A&M business students, now successful professionals, will speak in Stillwater on Wednesday for the annual business and professional day. Alumni from five states will be represented among the visitors.

A&m Stillwater Okla Oklahoma A&m

Glandular inflammation treatment offered by Excelsior Institute

A 1,000 communities valued program at the Excelsior Institute touts non surgical relief for glandular inflammation in older men. The institute promises a free book detailing proven non surgical treatments with no obligation, sent to Excelsior Springs, Missouri.

Excelsior Institute

Wyoming Grants Women Vote First in U.S. History

The territory adopted a woman suffrage act on November 30, 1869, marking the first legislative move toward women’s voting rights in the United States.

Wyoming Territorial

Deep Heat Rub Relief Ad Claims Quick Comfort

An advertisement promotes Mentholatum Deep Heat Rub as a greaseless, stainless relief for arthritic and rheumatic pain. It urges massaging onto the sore area, with relief in about 30 seconds and a warming, relaxing effect on tense muscles.

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Oklahoma National Guard Frederick A. Daugherty Bob R. Nauman Leonard G. Vowell Priest Sgt Wells Sgt. Priest Sgt. Wells Cwo Ward National Rifle Assn. Rute Saie A L. Pollard Sporting Goods D. Ave. Pho M & D Finance CO E Ave KEY Termite & Pest Control CO D Avenue Mistletoe Lodge F&am Columbia McElwaine W. M Scott's Air Conditioning Inc M. B. Dickson Phon Graham Pest Control & Fogging Service Lawton, Okla Home Buck Kinsey Elm P&d Distributing Co Marshall Looney Liberty Quality Beverage Co Ward III Stitt Pair Roosevelt Wesley Kepler W. R Bob) Morris Public Service Company Earnest E. Brown Post Brown Frank Senate Lester McKenzie McKenzie Pol. Adv Lhe A. B. Drug Co D.L. Shelton D. L. Shelton Sale Waren Pewest Enema Erat Ra Cs Oley Elains Bulovas Midos
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