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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1954
Page
16
Local telecommunication service hub listed as Dinks Station at 277 Highway 1 South of City with a contact number 652 noted in the directory entry.
A new Wayne's Burger location vows to serve residents on July 6, opening near 23rd Street and Gore. The announcement highlights a grand opening day menu and community hours.
An 18 month old girl, Barbara Ann Roberts, was crushed beneath a pickup in a driveway in Bethany Oklahoma. The driver Eldon C Payne says he did not see the child as he backed the truck out of the next door driveway. The child was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Coy Leon Roberts.
Jordan-Israeli armistice commission condemned Israel after border incidents and a boycott. Two Israelis were reported to have violated the armistice line last Monday with shootings at Khirbet Nasha, wounding two Arab farmers, and at Falama where two women were wounded.
In San Francisco an unemployed cab driver faces assault with intent to murder after firing two shots at his wife during a 40 minute confrontation with police. He wounded a officer with a stray shot and gas was used as three officers fell ill. The suspect, Charles Lassiter, 25, threatened to kill gamblers then fired at his wife and later failed to start his car. He was jailed and attempted suicide with shoelaces. Sally Lassiter, 23, described a terror-filled hour.
Oklahoma state health officials plan a statewide inspection of nursing homes citing licensure violations. Health Commissioner Dr Grady Mathews said 33 homes, led by an Oklahoma City facility, will face injunctions if violations are not corrected. Other suits will follow as the crackdown proceeds.
Sam S Canterbury 57 an attorney for Oklahoma Natural Gas Co died last night after a heart attack in Tulsa He was the son of the late George Milton Canterbury Tulsa oilman and part of the local legal and energy community.
A compact listing from Oscar Cox Pontiac Goodwill Used Cars offers a 1953 Pontiac Catalina with hydramatic deluxe features, a 1953 Pontiac Chieftain deluxe, a 1952 Chevrolet pickup in deluxe cab, a 1951 Pontiac Chieftain deluxe in light blue, a 1951 Plymouth hardtop fully equipped, a 1950 Chevrolet with power glide radio and heater, a 1950 Jeepster, and a 1947 model in A-1 condition. Prices and conditions implied by the ad.
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