Lawton Constitution Opens Week with Evening Editions
The Lawton Constitution announces evening editions Monday through Friday at Third and A Avenue Lawton Oklahoma. Ned Shepler is publisher with a long list of staff including Bill F Bentley May B Shepler Shirley Shepler Bentley and others. The paper belongs to major press associations and has affiliations with the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Third and A Avenue
Lawton, Oklahome
Site-Value Taxation Moves Into Public Policy Debates
Henry George’s land value tax idea resurfaces as New Jersey panel suggests cities may adopt two-tier property taxes over five years with voter referendums. The plan aims to curb urban decline, stimulate development, and broaden tax bases while sparing open spaces.
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Henry George
San Francisco
Australia
New Zealand
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Pitsburgh
New Jersey Tax Policy Committee
New Jersey
Jury Duty Rejections in Angela Davis Trial Draw Critics
The California courtroom story notes underage jurors now eligible face pullout. Students and Chicanos largely refuse jury service, citing four to six month trials and potential academic and financial losses. Davis, an ex UCLA philosophy teacher and Communist party member, faces murder and conspiracy charges.
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Angela Davis
California
Davis
University of California, Los Angeles
Communist Party
East
NYSE lists nearly two thousand securities with high market value
The New York Stock Exchange lists about 2 000 securities totaling roughly 760 billion in market value. Industrial stocks comprise 1 337 shares valued near 600 billion, making the exchange the most comprehensive index beside Dow Jones and S P and it recently hit an all time high, signaling strong business health.
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New York Stock Exchange
Liitl
Dow Jones
Standard & Poor's
So Many Toasts in Soviet Youth League News
The Koso molskaya Pravda article notes a rise in alcohol use as toasts multiply in the Soviet Union. It claims at least one in three ambulance calls relates to alcohol and criticizes readers for frequent toasting and easy access to liquor.
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Communist Youth League
Kosomolskaya Pravda
Soviet Union
Rockefeller Commission
Congress
Rockefeller
Commission
Thoughts for Today Reflections on Peace and Prosperity
Quotation from Zachariah 8 12 and a Supreme Court justice William C Douglas critique a global settlement based on relief rolls. The message contrasts spiritual blessing with secular peace grounded in justice and economic fairness.
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William C. Douglas
U.S
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Washington Report Busings Not The Answer
A Washington education article argues busing fails to fix delinquency, urging focus on home life. It cites Harvard and Kennedy quotes, says parents’ behavior shapes children more than schools, and notes TV influence and crime findings. Universal, high quality schooling is praised, but home quality remains essential.
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U.S. Treasury
Congress
Fort Knox
St. Bernard
Commission On Crime
John F. Kennedy
Muskie urged to move toward Jacksonian center in 1972 race
The piece argues Muskie risked Florida defeat by clinging to leftist tactics from the 1960s and suggests shifting to a Jacksonian center to improve bid in upcoming Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana contests. Jackson emerges as a viable ally while Nixon and Wallace dominate GOP and Florida blocs.
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Wallace
Humphrey
Jackson
Nixon
John Ashbrook
Florida
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
Chicago
Burns
Eugene McCarthy
Illinois
Jacksonian
Democratic Center
Indiana
Wisconsin
Patsy
Pink
Abortion Debate Sparks Rockefeller Commission Firestorm
William S. White reports Nixon faces embarrassment as the Rockefeller Commission urges abortion on demand nationwide. The proposal, chaired by John D. Rockefeller III, challenges state laws and public morality, threatening political and religious divides while promoting contraceptive access and family diversity.
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Washington
Nixon
Special Population Commission
John D. Rockefeller III
Public debate and social reform spark fierce Oklahoma views
The piece surveys Oklahoma attitudes toward public officials, busing, religion, motherhood, and social policy. It contrasts outspoken criticism with calls for humane, imaginative approaches, warning against harsh, destructive solutions and a nihilistic view of societal reform.
Busy Port dance marks Lawton High senior assembly
Yesteryears recount Lawton High School senior class show with Yesteryears dade Allen and Marsha Smith performing an oriental themed routine Busy Port. Miss Wynema Sloan named president of the local National Secretaries Association at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Betty Dam. Oklahoma’s largest fish hatchery on Lake Lawtonka fills with water for spawning season. A. L. Carlton returns from San Antonio visit. 30 Years Ago rural schools dominate the Comanche County intellectual meet with Stony Point and Pleasant Valley No 4 leading. Miss Margaretta Clay starts as corsetiere at Montgomery Ward.
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Dade Allen
Marsha Smith
Lawton High School
Wynema Sloan
National Secretaries Association
Betty Dam
Oklahoma
Lawton
Lawtonka
A. L. Carlton
San Antonio
Tex
Comanche County
Stony Point
Pleasant Valley No. 4
Margaretta Clay
Montgomery Ward
Biblical cities and hair counts trivia mixed Q and A
A Q and A style strip covers Phoenician cities Os and A’s Q Were Tyre and Sidon Jewish Cities no, they were Phoenicia on the northwest sea coast. It asks hair strand counts by hair color with blondes 120000, brunettes 100000, redheads 89000. It names O Henry William Sydney Porter and mentions Yellowstone 1872 Carthage location in Tunisia and Solomon's temple on Mt Moriah in Jerusalem.
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Tyre
Sidon
Phoenicia
Mt. Moriah
Jerusalem
Mirror of the Mind on Cranks Shyness and Happiness
The piece argues that crankiness often stems from parental conflict and daily irritations rather than biology. Coaxing fails for severe shyness, and a truly happy wife balances romance with practical daily life, accepting reality without illusion.
Defense Department name change sparks military history debate
In 1947 the War Department became the Defense Department prompting debate over whether renaming reflected policy shifts or affected wartime morale after years of victory and success in conflicts.
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Military Establishment
Defense Department
War Department
U.S
Horoscope for Wednesday March 71 1972 Aries to Pisces
Horoscope notes daily predictions by zodiac sign with advice. Aries cautions against impulsiveness and dangerous times. Taurus urges listening to suggestions carefully. Gemini stresses handling big problems with optimism. Cancer and others receive guidance on planning, focus, and choosing courses wisely.
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Taurus
Lister
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