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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1955
Page
6
A historical clipping presents two sayings about conduct and faith. The first urges keeping God’s covenant to prosper in all endeavors, citing Deuteronomy. The second links costly virtues to love of God, contrasting ease with divine favor, attributed to J Petit-Senn.
Democrats won in many places expected and even triumphed in some GOP strongholds like Indianapolis Evansville South Bend and Hammond Indiana. The results boost grassroots organization though they offer limited guidance for a 1956 White House outcome. The victories strengthen party structure at state and local levels for future contests.
Indonesians mark Armed Forces Day with lively entertainment and native dishes. Guests sample Gule lamb, Bakmi noodles with shrimp and chicken, and Simmeal Goreng liver and shrimp. Brass kettles provide music while embassy staff and kids perform dances. Netherlands Ambassador Dr J Her man van Roijen and his wife attend.
At a Mexican embassy party in honor of Augustin L. DeLaBarra and Manuel Zepeda Garcia, guests crowded the shrimp stations. Dishes ranged from mayonnaise shrimp to champagne-soaked shrimp while Ambassador Don Manuel Tello secured a wholesale price for the feast.
A quiz item lists Bidú Sayão as the Brazilian soprano who sang leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera. It also notes the sinking of the Sultana in 1865 near West Memphis killing 1457, explains the Plaza in Argentina is a bay, designates Mexico as Estados Unidos Mexicanos, defines hack writer origin, and cites a $42.18 share of 1955 interest on a $271.3 billion debt as of June 30, 1954.
Edson analyzes a six point supplementary farm program announced by President Eisenhower in Denver. He notes it aims to buy surplus pork, ham, lard and sugar as a counter to 90 percent price supports. The plan, likely costing up to a billion dollars, hinges on congressional approval and broader funding.
Six Oklahoma figures will join the Oklahoma Hall of Fame at the Statehood dinner in Oklahoma City. Honorees include J. C. Penney, Annetta Childs, Ross Rizley, Paul Harvey, F. Hiner Dale, and Dr. Gaston Litton. Sen. Robert Kerr will speak. Roy Johnson presides. An oil portrait of Elmer Thomas will be presented to OU archives.
A 19 year old student at Sacred Heart College in Tokyo, Miss Reiko Sakamoto, received two differently sized shoes from the United States through A Boyd Campbell. He exchanged them in New York City, and the shoes fit her well, she said.
Henry Rebeck, 19, explained he spent four hours tearing a hole in the roof of a locked building and became trapped inside. Police, drawn by banging and a light, could not enter until an official with keys located them. He was booked on suspicion of burglary.
New York dispatch reports three men killed and two injured when a fuel tank exploded aboard the Navy radar picket ship Searcher during a dawn patrol. The stricken vessel, 416 feet, was off Cape May when the fire broke out in the starboard tank, spreading through the engine room and midship area. The ship was towed to port after the blaze was contained, with Lt Cmdr James A. Paulick commanding and Den nis Cook of Milligan College, Tenn., among the deceased ashore.
Washington, Nov 14 The piece outlines a GOP theory that organized labor in its CIO AFL form seeks to seize the Democratic Party and, eventually, the government. It cites Goldwater Bender Knowland and others circulating a master speech linking labor to democratic capture, aimed at farms wary of wage-driven costs.
A compact puzzle listing across clues like Lamb and Corn on the etc with answers ranging from lentils to barley and beyond, covering items from rent and Persian poet to war god of Greece, forming a themed food and drink crossword.
A compact listing identifies solutions to a previous puzzle, including items such as sample food or drink, monster, Irish fuel, and related clues. Each entry links to terms like Putin, sodium carbonate, auction, dash, Stratford on the, famous English school, eight prefix, dogs name, feminine appellation, and more, arranged by clue number and answer length.
The text notes that certain child insanity types can resemble mental deficiency and records that the bald eagle was selected as the national emblem by an act dated June 20, 1782.
Newark New Jersey news item reports Mr and Mrs Robert Dvorin who saved loose change in a two gallon whiskey bottle and in their bedroom closet. A burglar broke in during the weekend and took about $5,000 in mixed currency.
Mrs Grayce Hagood reported a department store counter scare when her skirt was cut in six places. John Walsh, 32, a shipping clerk, confessed an urge to slash flaring skirts, leading to his arrest. In New Jersey, the Garden State Parkway faces tolling by mail amid debate on its beauty. Katherine Elkus White cited strong public support deeming it “worlds most beautiful highway.”
Jose Cansino, 55, Rita Hayworth’s dancing instructor and uncle, was shot five times as he stood by his parked car Saturday night in Los Angeles. He was wounded in both legs and released from general hospital yesterday. Police report no motive established.
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