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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1954
Page
14
The rainmaker refused to take credit for a 6.12 inch rainfall in El Reno Oklahoma on November 18. Three El Reno residents sued Krick and Oklahoma City for flood damages totaling 70 990. The report notes oddities in Army McCarthy era shorthand and mentions alleged undercover nudists across four states.
Mrs G L Flemming, in San Jose, notes her parents married in 1897, divorced in 1930, both remarried. Her mother’s second husband died in 1952 and her father’s second wife died last year. She spent Thursday sending invitations for a wedding reception they will hold after remarrying.
Senate investigators loosened rules to allow commercial television sponsorship of the Army McCarthy hearings with limits. Networks may not interrupt the proceedings for sponsors.
May 7 1954 notice calls election in Comanche County Oklahoma Dependent School District No 48 to authorize eight thousand eight hundred dollars in coupon bonds for building and equipment and levy a tax to pay interest and principal The polls open 2 PM and close at 6 PM voting will use two options for or against the proposition with ballots printed accordingly.
West Virginia Senator Neely told a Democratic audience that in 32 years in Washington he had never seen a more useless president than Dwight D. Eisenhower. He praised Eisenhower's war leadership but urged opposition to the administration, speaking at a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner.
Detroit police report Samuel Wilson stabbed Felix Hammett after an argument. Doctors found Hammett’s badly infected appendix exposed by the wound. Wilson accepted a 60 day jail term but balked at Hammett’s $373 medical bill.
Five Spanish air force officers led by Lt. Gen. Eduardo G. Gallarza traveled from San Antonio to March Air Force Base in Riverside California for a one day inspection of U S facilities. They were hosted with a cocktail and dinner at Randolph officers club and earlier inspected Randolph Lackland and Kelly bases. The group departed a day early for California with no reason announced.
Two men were named chairmen for the area Dairy Month observance. Harold Johnson will lead Comanche county activities while J E Carter heads Cotton Tillman and Jefferson counties. June is designated as Dairy Month to highlight dairy products in national health.
After 22 years of supplying coin operated phonographs Lawton Novelty Company partners with Southwestern Bell to provide wired background music to local businesses. The Parsian shop on 322 C became the first subscriber today.
The Nazi submarine U-505, first warship seized at sea by the U S Navy since World War I, was towed from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to Chicago for display at the Museum of Science and Industry. It sank 12 Allied ships before capture and will memorialize Americans who died at sea in World War II.
In Birmingham on Lake Shore Drive a black car and a taxi collided head on multiple times in a dramatic auto joust. A heavy truck separated the vehicles briefly before the duo pulled apart and sped toward each other again. The cabbie swerved away and escaped as police investigate the motive.
An article notes Soviet birth rate trends lagging behind the United States with official claims of three million to 3.2 million births annually in the USSR. It cites a 1953 death rate of 8.9 per thousand, U.S. births near four million and a 1953 death rate of 9.6, and discusses health improvements and demographic age structure in the Soviet Union.
Caryl Chessman, 32, famed author on death row, received a stay of execution from County Superior Judge Thomas Keating after defense attorney Berwyn A. Rice argued that the trial records had procedural flaws. Chessman remained scheduled for execution at 10 a.m. Friday pending further review.
Fort Smith Ark Itinerant preacher Braxton B Sawyer says he will introduce bills to outlaw nudist activity in Arkansas Kansas and two other states. He expects drafts ready in July and notes no nudist camps are operating in the four states at present.
Detroit police say two year old Ca Sue Timte crawled into an accordion case in her living room and the case closed automatically trapping her inside. The disappearance prompted a nightlong search before the body was discovered Thursday.
DETROIT police rescued mailman Edward Foster trapped by two snapping dogs after a tense standoff. Mrs Dorothy Maxwell, owner, apologized and claimed the dogs do not bite, while Foster insisted the animals threaten him.
A 68 year old man stands trial in City Police Court on June 2. He fell half a mile from shore as crowds gathered along Daytona Beach. Lifeguards shifted attention to Johnson amid the disturbance while officers pursued the case.
Britain’s Labour Party wins big gains with 13 seats shifting power away from Conservatives and independents as Aneurin Bevan’s faction challenges the moderate leadership amid the government’s foreign policy.
A frail obituary notes Fritzi Scheff, once earning up to 4000 dollars weekly, died April 9 at 74 with an estate under 1000 dollars. Born in Vienna, she toured continents, traveled in private rail cars, and left behind conflicting recollections from friends in New York.
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