This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1957
Page
9
Ford announces the 1958 line featuring major styling changes, new V eight engines, Mileage Maker six, and a new Cruise-O-Matic automatic transmission. Air suspension debuts on select models. The display at Jake Whittel Ford, Third and B, starts Thursday.
Milan and northern towns push to approve an $80,000,000 internal waterway from Venice to Milan to move up to 1,000 ton ships. The plan would link the Po River to Cremona and connect Milan with Switzerland, reducing road traffic and transport costs though funds remain scarce.
The article notes 19 years ago tribesmen gathered near Meers to celebrate the birthday of Tsa Toke a 12 year old Kiowa chief. It mentions fires of undetermined origin causing heavy damage to a residence on Monroe Street and youths allegedly firing .22 rifles at passing autos near Lawton. Elton Menno Roth, a Los Angeles tenor, was set to present a program.
Winners in the annual Oklahoma Championship motorcycle scrambles were announced Tuesday after 17 events at Duncan on Sunday. About several hundred spectators from Lawton watched as contestants from three states competed. champions and runners up included Bantamweight Stanley Shirley of Duncan and Arlie Abbott of Shawnee in the Oklahoma events, Lightweight Freddie Cooke of Lawton and Don Kelley of Duncan, Mediumweight Gerald Luley of Blackwell and Gary Nion of Oklahoma City, Open Bantamweight Barron Story of Dallas and Leroy Winters of Fort Smith, Lightweight Winters and Dave Steelman of Oklahoma City, Mediumweight Kenneth Tipton of Borger, Tex, Heavyweight Harry Bebb of Wichita Falls and Jimmy Stevens of Lubbock.
Crews from Cushing began repairing a dangerous oil pipeline break that spilled crude into streets and driveways in northeast Tulsa. Officers closed off the area overnight as the leak prompted emergency response and city officials traced the line to Texas Petroleum Co. service.
MOSCOW reports conflicting views on travel time to the moon. Khachaturov writes in Gudok that a rocket could reach lunar distance in about 10 hours, while Prof. V Dobranravov in Aviation says the journey would take no more than five days.
Renowned comedian Ed Wynn, now acclaimed in serious acting, rejects all stage screen TV and literary offers to narrate his life. He states I haven't lived it yet, signaling no current plans for a memoir or biography.
Kauai Hawaii AP reports that after months of filming the $64.5 million South Pacific adaptation the cast and crew from 20th Century Fox are relaxed on a tropical island location. Mitzi Gaynor calls it a paid vacation as Joshua Logan directs beach scenes and Rossano Brazzi comments on island travel and production mood.
Tulsa city commission authorizes Public Service Co to install twelve downtown fluorescent street lights as an experimental measure. If results meet expectations, the commission will decide on expanding the program to other intersections and streets throughout downtown Tulsa.
In Constitution on Wednesday November 6 1957 nine denominations held regular services in Washington DC. The article lists Protestant Episcopal Temple Sinai Jewish Congregation Russian Orthodox Polish National Catholic and St Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox as participating faiths in the cathedral scene.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.