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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1954
Page
6
Citizens in Altus and Claremore voted to adopt a council-manager system after the spring elections with one councilman per ward and a city manager chosen by five aldermen. Elk City supported keeping the council-manager form. Lawton petitions seek a new statutory council-manager plan.
Bombers hit Toumen Island north of Formosa as clashes continue over the Taipeh area. Lord Colgrain dies at 88, a longtime British banking figure. Heavy rains flood parts of Salerno causing rail damage after last week’s disaster. Romania appoints a new U.S. minister. A Philippine typhoon heads toward Batan Islands. Australian MP blasts Nehru over Indo Asia defense pact ratification.
Oklahoma's 1955 cotton acre allotment announced by the U S Department of Agriculture is a 225 000 acre reduction from the current crop The department set the 1955 allocation for the state at 872 000 acres compared with 1 098 283 in 1954 State ASC officials will break down the total into counties and the county ASC committees will allot acreage to individual farmers Farmers must restrict production or face a lower parity support level They vote December 14 in a national referendum to determine whether they will be bound by marketing restrictions The support level drops to 50 percent if the issue fails to carry by a two thirds vote
Muskogee voters approve bonds to purchase right of way for the new highway bypass project. State and government plans call for construction. local residents authorize bond issue of a specified amount.
Osie Lee Smith, 42, is held on charges in a bludgeon death case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled. The victim, Adelphus, died last Thursday. police say the suspect used a two by four in the incident.
Quin ton school official J E Jinks and his son Jim E Jinks run Sooner Uranium headquarters in Quinton Oklahoma. He reports uranium operations in Cotton County near Red Oak in Latimer County with samples tested at Quinton. Potential find south of Hartshorne in Pittsburg County is mentioned. Geiger counters and assimilating machines are used. Jim Jinks is linked to Mount Peale Uranium Co of Salt Lake City and sold 270000 shares last July.
Station executives from Oklahoma and Kansas converge in Ponca City for a two day National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters District 12 meeting. About 100 broadcasters are expected to attend with Hal Fellows NARTB president as principal speaker.
Maj. Gen. Leslie D. Carter was named senior member of the United Nations side of the Military Armistice Commission in Seoul today, succeeding Rear Adm. Thomas B. Brittain.
Top aviation figures gather in Claremore Oklahoma for the 16th Rogers Day memorial honoring Will Rogers. Roscoe Turner Earl D Johnson C R Smith and several Air Force generals attend as a flight of jet fighters and bombers salute the humorist and early air booster.
Tulsa officers will face rating examinations under a civil service plan. The board approved Fraternal Order of Police recommendations to test personnel for permanent ranks from corporal to captain, replacing changes tied to new administrations.
In La Platte on November 4, pickets at Allied Chemical and Dye Corp accused guards of having shoot to kill orders as 2800 workers picket. Plant manager R L Riggs reportedly fired a shot into the ground when trying to move a food truck through lines, with union officials labeling the guards trigger happy.
Appleton Wisconsin Republicans in Outagamie County urged Senator Wiley to oppose a resolution supporting Senator McCarthy. The county GOP unit blamed the Eisenhower administration for GOP losses and said McCarthy could have helped win the election if he had campaigned nationwide.
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