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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
2
Oklahoma Senator Kerr warns farmers face a $125 million income drop through 1955 if current legislation holds. He pledges to push fixed price supports when the general agricultural bill is considered and criticizes the secretary of agriculture for broad price authority without adequate supports on dairy and beef.
Brass copper or other metal tubing can be bent without kinking by filling with sand and plugging the ends. This practical method prevents collapse and preserves shape during forming.
A parade of coincidences in Lawton ties Joe Turner, the town’s leading theater mogul, to the first imported Chevrolet Corvette, the Austin drive‑in theater’s wide screen, and his public image as a sportier gentleman. The chatter also touches on Bill Sear’s TV ad bid for Oklahoma chief executive and a gubernatorial race, with speculation about a candidate named Willie and a mansion lifestyle.
Cattle breeders from across the nation paid into the Hillcrest Farms auction in Chester West Virginia for 1,000,325 dollars in livestock sales over a three day event to settle the late A C Smith estate. Highlights included Hillcrest Larry 25th selling for 100,000 dollars and Hillcrest Larry Domino 12th at 52,000 dollars. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr attended and bought five cows while the Hillcrest Farms property was bought by the Rugh Brothers for 135,000 dollars to continue as a stock farm.
Peiping radio reported five armed agents from Syngman Rhee's army intelligence were captured near Tashwa and Fu Cho Peninsula. The men allegedly infiltrated to conduct hostile activities with a machine gun rifles grenades and ammunition. Maps do not show the locations, suggesting possible reference to the Haeju Peninsula area.
Police sought a traveling eye specialist who cheated a Craig County couple with a fake radium cataract treatment. He posed as Dr H A Harris of Kansas City, collected 237 dollars, and fled in a late model reddish brown sedan with Arkansas plates. Sheriff Jim Ince noted the victim bought glasses from a Vinita optometrist and that Harris was not known at the given address. The suspect is described as about 50, stocky, with light hair and complexion.
Oklahoma City May 6. Granville Scanland, the county attorney candidate for the Democratic ticket, will run unopposed after Dave Tant withdrew. This marks the first time in county history no Democratic contest for the post, leaving Scanland to face Republican Glenn William Friedline in November.
Lawton Oklahoma district calls for bids on a high school addition with bids due by 1 PM at 134 and opened publicly. Bonds or certified funds required, plans available at the Board of Education office for deposit, with right to reject any or all bids. Glen Dutcher president. First publication May 6 1964.
A Pottawatomie county man Claude Nipper Branson had his liquor transport conviction dismissed by the Criminal Court of Appeals ruling officers lacked legal grounds to search his car for improper parking north of Earlsboro The court found the arrest a pretext and noted 31 pints of liquor were found after the stop Cox Oklahoma City faced delinquency charges with a one year jail term and a $500 fine by the Oklahoma County Court of Common Please
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