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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1954
Page
14
A line from Moore invites readers to bring wounded hearts and anguished souls to heaven for healing, underscoring solace in faith during suffering.
The piece argues the Army-McCarthy hearings reveal grave questions about the balance of power in government. It stresses the peril if a Senate committee can coerce executive bodies and uses Schine as a trigger for a necessary, thorough probe into abuses of authority.
A month ago the United States considered using tactical atomic bombs from ships and Okinawa bases to save Dien Bien Phu. The plan faced strong Army opposition and Western Alliance concerns, and once Dien Bien Phu’s perimeter tightened the option evaporated.
A physician columnist discusses effects of harsh punishment on children and notes several reader inquiries. Topics include a mother correcting an 11-year-old with slaps, a girl with eating concerns suggesting possible emotional issues, a child who stares at ceilings, and a three year-old chewing strings and coffee in a condition known as pica.
A reader asks how to handle jealous friends who sulk when the reader buys something new. The columnist says such jealousy reveals a lack of true friendship and advises seeing them as people you know rather than as friends. True friends celebrate your good fortune, while resentful ones are not real friends.
Hollywood backs a television industry expose with The Comedian a fictional backstage tale by George Glass. He promises deadly accuracy on TV’s monster while portraying Jean Harlow and other era icons in upcoming projects and series.
The text lists questions and brief answers covering topics from the first woman candidate for U S President to France's state religion and Whirlaway's 1941 Triple Crown win. It cites Belva Ann Bennett Lock as a figure, notes freedom of worship in France with no church, and confirms Whirlaway won the Derby Belmont and Preakness in 1941.
Two young boys playing catch reportedly broke eight windows in the Farmers Free Market Building in Sacramento California yesterday according to witnesses and local reports. Police are investigating the incident and no injuries were reported.
Sirens sounded during two blackouts from midnight to dawn as radar spotted unidentified planes over the Formosa Channel. Officials found no indication the planes belonged to the Chinese Reds, coming a day after Nationalist and Communist fighters collided off the China coast with Red MIG jet damage reported.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet arrived in Taipei Formosa on a Far East fact finding mission. He will study U S military aid programs in Japan South Sea and Formosa and confer with Chiang Kai-shek about needs of Nationalist China armed forces. He plans to meet Chiang Kai-shek tomorrow.
Janet Leigh leaves MGM to freelance with a sink or swim outlook. She leads in Living It Up with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and potentially teams with Tony Curtis if suitable roles arise. Her schedule includes My Sister Eileen and four US films, with A Star Is Born revisited on Warner sound stages.
In Washington the Jefferson Jackson dinner without Adlai Stevenson underscored his pivotal role for the Democrats. Harry Truman spoke warmly to diners while Stevenson’s absence highlighted his influence and the party’s expectations. Senator Lyndon Johnson and a brief message from Paul Douglas framed the event, signaling Stevenson’s potential mission for the party.
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In Seoul Rhee rejects a U N supervised general election plan for Korea. The plan would allow nationwide elections before Chinese troop withdrawal. Talks with U S envoy Arthur H Dean stalled after he proposed the plan and Rhee insisted that with Chinese in Korea there can be no communist election.
Joseph Deluca a 44 year old Columbus man collided with the rear of a police ambulance cruiser at a stop light yesterday. He answered officers questions with a polite nod and asked what street he was on. He was charged with drunken driving.
Hotel clerk Chester L. Clark testified that a bandit who had robbed the hotel a month earlier emerged with a knife and announced his return saying he was back. The thief took $40 from the cash register in the early morning robbery.
Democrat John Pete Fu Toby Morris Illerton for District Judge and Vernon C. Field with Ralph H. Cline for City Court are named on the ticket. The slate outlines candidates in the local judiciary races and party affiliation.
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