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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1975
Page
6
James T. Gentry serves as mechanical superintendent while Alfred Wallace takes the role of circulation manager. Both positions indicate editorial staff restructuring at the newspaper.
President Ford demands spending curb in exchange for tax cuts as Congress and the public face a swelling budget. A weekly CBO scorecard shows an automatic rise of 53 billion dollars in the next fiscal year pushing total outlays past 370 billion. Social Security, Medicare, food stamps and defense contracts all trend higher with little appetite for drastic reductions.
The piece notes a shift from hijackings to hostage taking and kidnappings on the ground. It warns that hardened criminals seek targets anywhere, with grim prospects likely before the trend ends, urging swift justice to deter further incidents.
Thomas F. Clendenin pleaded guilty to swindling clients out of over $2 million, including an elderly widow and her 92-year-old father, by moving funds to his control and funding failing ventures. Judge Howard F. Corcoran sentenced him to at most one year and a day, with potential parole, after noting his high profile trust and prior sentences by the court.
The piece links George Wallace’s European tour and a private stop at Stirling to his Scotch Irish heritage. It argues ethnic background influences presidential personas, comparing Wallace to the historical Wallace and suggesting a readiness to challenge federal authority.
In a rare interview, Francisco Franco describes Spain as a people driven to a “social justice monarchy” within Europe. He rejects a pure republic, notes Britain and the United States as powerful friends, and hints at a monarchy adapted to national needs with limits.
Jim Bishop recalls a 1947 law of succession sparking a possible ministers council to declare the king incapacitated. Franco invites the journalist to El Valle de los Caidos, calling it the eighth wonder, a marble granite shrine with a 220 foot cross and 50,000 buried soldiers. He speaks of the civil war dead and Franco's penance. The interview touches on friendship with America and past hurts from the Spanish-American War.
The Greenfield editorial notes that sometimes the true television hero is the viewer who endures an entire program, a humorous take on audience patience and attention.
A former U.S. president Martin Van Buren is attributed with the saying it is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. The quotation emphasizes practical results over excuses.
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