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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1954

Page

2

Oklahoma State Prices Report Heatwave of Agricultural Data

Oklahoma and surrounding markets report firm butter and steady eggs with varied receipts. Wheat prices in Oklahoma State range from 2.02 to 2.13 with city and county differentials. Livestock in Oklahoma City shows slow trade with steer and heifer activity near steady, cows weaker, and veal and calves quoted at multiple price bands.

Oklahoma City Agriculture Today Hennessey Isher Blackwell Clinton Enid Fairview Medford Lawton Vici el Reno Alva Hobart Frederick Guymon Hooker Broilers Steady Muskogee Shawnee Vinita Ardmore Tulsa Hens Muskoee Chandler Durant Elk City Chickasha Watonga Laverne Pauls Valley McAlester Oklahoma City Livestock USDA

Hospital News Items Contain Admissions and Births Across Town

Admission notes list Mrs. Edward Enko and others with surgery or medical stays at multiple addresses. Dismissals include Mrs. Clyde Sanders and Mrs. Ray Fletcher among various patients. Birth announcements note a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. William Lattis on May 8 and another son born to Mr. and Mrs. H F Sales on May 19 at 4:19 am. other entries record subsequent patient movements and names for local hospitals.

Edward Enko S. Adams J.A. Osborn Arlington Raymond McKinney S. 13Th Kopetasoah Clyde Sanders Ray Fletcher Duncan Altman Audrey Winham E. L. Prescott Frederick L. L H. F. Sales Charles Joseph Hogan Jr C. J. Hogan Ricky Hickenbottom Charles Hickenbottom Hugh Williams Oscar A. Wade Columbia Paula Kay Dodson Herman Dodson Jefferson Otis Wayne Woodall Earl Woodall Faxon George J. Carpenter Andrews Steven Martin Pees H. A. Martin Smith I. F. Garner Carol J Hart Es — Mire Leon Hart Walters Aia D. McClung Star Rt Ida Loftis Altus Yvonne Hines E. D. Hines Tipton Thomas L. Kidwell Irwin Melvin Arris Snyder David Allen Kolker W. J. Kolker Elgin

Boy 6 Recovers After Being Shot by Older Brother

Six year old Max McDonnell remained in good condition at Memorial Hospital after being accidentally shot in the mouth by his 11 year old brother Rawleigh Paul in Duncan. The rifle bullet entered the right cheek and lodged in the left, prompting emergency treatment in Duncan before transfer for bullet removal.

Max McDonnell Duncan Memorial Hospital Rawleigh Paul Rawleigh McDonnell, Duncan

City of Lawton Traffic Rules Booklets Promoted

Lawton safety groups publish a compact guide titled City of Lawton Motor. Free at police and highway patrol offices, it lists dos and don'ts like yield signs and 25 mph residential limits. It also notes rules on white canes and pedestrian safety.

City of

Grandmothers Press Petty Charges Against Kin

Two grandmothers filed separate complaints with the county attorney Tuesday. Rilla Whitehorn accuses her grandson J W Whitehorn of Chickasha of petit larceny over an $8 bedspread pawned for $2. Corrine Anderson charges her daughter Billy Louise Kinley with vagrancy for failure to provide, noting the child’s father is jailed for child abandonment.

Tuesay Rilla Whitehorn J. W. Whitehorn Chickasha Corrine Anderson Billy Louise Kinley Washington

Four Area Students To Receive Degrees

Four Lawton area residents will be among 111 Southwestern State College graduates in Weatherford. Stanley Farmer Derrell Andrus Don Barker from Lawton and Bill Schumpert of Chattanooga will receive degrees with majors in pharmacy biology and speech. Farmer a Korean War veteran appears in Who's Who among Students.

Lawton Area Southwestern State College Weatherford Stanley Farmer Derrell Andrus Don Barker Lawton Bill Schumpert Chattanooga A. P. Barker G. Barker Beta Tau Beta Social Fraternity American Pharmaceutical Association Andrus S. S. Andrus McKinley Beta Tau Beta Farmer S. G. Farmer C. H. Schumpert

Eisenhower pushes to end hearings with full facts

President Eisenhower urges swift but complete hearings to reveal all facts on the Army loyalty case. He says the inquiry should not delay his legislative program and stresses a proper division of powers. Mundt and Ferguson anticipate continued testimony with possible leeway from Brownell. Stevens is praised in Charlotte as a strong defense figure.

Mittee Eisenhower Adams Army Army Loyalty Board Truman Joseph R. McCarthy Subcommittee Karl E. Mundt R-S.d Herbert Brownell Jr Brownell John G. Adams Mundt GOP Republican Homer Ferguson Rmich White House Charlotte N.C Robert T. Stevens McCarthy Stevens

Bogus Check Filed Against Cache Man

A bogus check charge was filed against Joe Garrison of Cache by attorney Manville Redman. Garrison is being sought by authorities and accused of cashing an $18.75 worthless check at Tidwell's Garage on May 7. Complainant is Jesse Tidwell, operator of the garage.

Joe Garrison Manville Redmanay Garrison Tidwell Jesse Tidwell

Tulsa Man Arrested In Youths Beating Case

A Tulsa man named Tom Lambert was arrested at his home by Deputy Sheriff Louis Downing in connection with a Turley youth beating case. J. D. Deason, 19, told county investigators that three men beat and threatened him over an alleged $3,800 whisky theft.

Tulsa Okla Turley Tom Lambert Robert L. Wheeler Louis Downing Lambert J. D. Deason Deason W. A. la

FAO Sees Potential to Boost Rice Yield by Fifty Percent

The U N Food and Agriculture Organization says it should be possible to produce 50 per cent more rice on areas already planted with the crop. Researchers note improved methods and technology could lift output without new land.

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization

Funeral Rites for Mrs Earl Simmons and Roland Croft

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Becker Memorial chapel for Mrs. Earl E. Simmons 57 of 2207 with graveside rites at Highland cemetery by the Order of the Eastern Star. She died Tuesday after a seven month illness from cancer. Also at 2 p.m. Thursday, Roland Croft 70 of 510 Columbia will be buried in Eureka Kansas with services at Lawton Funeral home chapel and officiants from First Christian church. Croft was a veteran of 30 years with state Indian agencies and held many lodge titles. Mrs Simmons leaves husband Earl, two daughters, a mother, three sisters and a brother. Donations to the American Cancer Society are welcome in lieu of flowers.

Earl Faye) Simmons Becker Memorial Chapel Charles Green First Baptist Church J. J. Stowe Jr First Methodist Church Highland Cemetery Order of the Eastern Star American Cancer Society Simmons Ludville Howe Tex Lawton Geronimo James Albert Zea Earl E. Simmons Walters Green Friendly Fellows T. A. McDaniel Summit Leslie T. Hamm Cherry Johnny Holcomb Euclid L. S. Cape Council Hill E. C. Locke Port Arthur R. B. Ring McKinney Joe F. McDaniel Roland Croft Elbert Whitwell First Christian Church Robert Chant Comanche Mission Eureka Kan Croft Columbia Mr. Croft Kaw Ninnetta Flummer Bawton Clinton Segar Indian Agency Kiowa Indian Agency Lawton Masonic Lodge Knights Templar India Shrine of Oklahoma City Order of Eastern Star William Mills Severy Kane Harold

Oklahoma Turnpike plans reveal routes and new HQ moves

Turnpike leaders Payne and Lew oversee state road designs with routes from Oklahoma City toward Wichita Falls and Tulsa toward Joplin. The authority seeks four bank trustees after revoking a prior choice, with Norman Hirschfield citing protests from Liberty National, First National of Oklahoma City, First National of Tulsa, and National Bank of Tulsa.

Payne Lawton Charles Lewis Gacgey State Capitol National Guard Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Oklahoma City Wichita Falls Turner Turnpike Turner Geates U.S. 62 23Rd St Tinker Field Midwest City Cleveland County U.S. 77 Moore Oklahoma City Municipal Airport Chickasha U S. 81 Fort Sill Military Reservation Walters U.S. 281 Randlett Red River Tulsa Joplin Catoosa Claremore Winita Afton Miami Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Wichita Kan Southwestern Turnpike Guthrie Stillwater Perry Tonkawa Blackwell South Haven Turnpike Authority Norman Hirschfield Hirschfield First National Bank of Liberty National of First National of The National Bank of Tulsa

Man to Speak at Southwest Life Underwriters Meeting

Jack Tresner of Enid vice president of Oklahoma Benefit Life Insurance will speak Friday at noon at the Southwest Life Underwriters association monthly meeting. The session occurs at Claudia Drive-Inn 1308 Fort Sill Ave. Slate of officers to be considered at next month’s meeting by the nominating committee.

Jack Tresner Enid Oklahoma Benefit Life Insurance Company Southwest Life Underwriters Association Clauona Drive-Inn Fort Sill Vd

Oklahoma Turnpike Bonds Face $200 Million Total

The toll road project may raise as much as $200 million in bonds with First National of Oklahoma City serving as trustee without charge.

First National Oklahoma City

Two Gunmen Open Fire. Officer Killed Near Mansfield

Highway Patrol says Beets and Phillips shot at officers near Mansfield Louisiana. Beets died after being shot twice in a confrontation as officers ordered him to drop his pistol. The pair admitted robbing a Tulsa camera shop and a Tulsa gun shop two weeks earlier.

Beets Allbritton Phillips Tulsa Oklahoma City Oklahoma Boys Training School State Reformatory Granite Auburn, N. Y

Allied drops and air cover mark forest action near Aggressor lines

Drops were executed with planes banked and returning in pairs to soften the area. Air cover supported the giant Boxcars while drops occurred. Artillery fired minutes earlier against Aggressor forces holed in the forest. Blank rounds added realism as riflemen and machine gunners engaged. Traffic slowed from the Post area to the Punch Bowl for about 30 minutes.

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Guatemala Buys Arms Elsewhere Warned by State Department

A Guatemalan official says his government might seek arms from other sources after the United States refused sales. The State Department expresses serious concern and notes the shipment could threaten the western hemisphere and trigger action under the Rio defense treaty.

United States State Department

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