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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1954
Page
16
USDA livestock update from Oklahoma City outlines weekly changes in cattle hogs and sheep. Beef cattle show uneven demand with varying gains and losses across steer heifer and cow grades while hogs drop and sows ease. Lambs and feeder offerings show mixed movement with multiple price bands reported.
State Republican officials said John Bricker of Ohio would visit Oklahoma City on October 22 to aid Fred Mock's senatorial bid. He will speak at a constitution Day dinner hosted by the Tulsa Minute Men Club after a day in Oklahoma City and a Tulsa appearance.
Reno police officer Robert Guardia made his first arrest of the day after a 36 year old man named Jack Patterson struck Guardia’s parked car and was taken into custody on a drunken driving charge.
Police halted threats against Negro students at a Maryland high school amid a white student protest in Baltimore. In Milford Delaware the new school board moved 11 Negroes to an all Negro Dover school, while Topeka Kansas urged the Supreme Court that desegregation proceed by next September. Florida officials urged gradual change citing potential disruption to the state system.
Twelve area men joined the U S Air Force last week. Joe Bob Franks and Franklin Prince, both four year enlistees from Columbia Street families, will train at Lackland AFB. Anadarko men Jackie Ray Hall and Robert Lee Thomas also enlisted for four years. Other enlistees include Marvin Greene Billy Werther and Charles Brotherton Chickasha Larry Yandell Cement Billy Joe Odom Comanche Howard Jackson Marlow Carl Raymond Moose Altus re enlisted for six years after four.
Interior Department officials report heat oil stocks higher in July than a year ago and more ships ready for transport. Natural gas production and customers rise, while U S crude output for 1954 is forecast around 6.4 million barrels daily with idle capacity near 1.7 million barrels daily.
The Lawton Elks lodge will host its annual banquet Wednesday night to honor members of the press during National Newspaper Week. Attending guests include Lawton Constitution Press employees and visiting Elks. Speakers are Emmett Keough Val Frakes Jr and the essay contest winner.
Niels Schulz, a 25 year old mechanic from Orbak, assembled a sports car from junk parts and spent 18 months seeking license plates. Authorities debated classification, with a government inspector calling it an excellent jalopy. After tax and import issues, a $75 deposit finally secured plates amid a marriage to his ride companion.
William J. Gallagher files a required campaign contributions report related to his Massachusetts House race. The document notes a wine donation from a tavern keeper and states the wine was consumed by campaign workers.
Bartlesville Oklahoma residents post a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three men who shot Leon Garhart, 46, and his wife at a service station south of Bartlesville on September 3. Mrs Garhart is hospitalized recovering.
Mayor Joseph C. McCain leads National Employ the Handicapped Week urging employers to hire handicapped workers. He notes rising disabled numbers from accidents and war injuries and cites the Oklahoma State Employment Service list of qualified applicants.
Jarrel Williams of Fort Sill told police he was rolled for 160 dollars early Saturday by a woman at a bar on Lee Boulevard.
Phenix City moves into a long court day as 72 indicted vice lords face trial at a special term amid martial law. Investigators press on the phantom gunman case tied to anti vice crusader A L Patterson who was killed near his law office on June 18.
The number of legal reserve life insurance companies in the United States has reached 877, about double the count at the end of World War II, reflecting rapid industry growth and expansion in the postwar era.
Eight area men enlisted in the U S Army during September. Lawton is represented by Charles R Boardman Hans Werner Peckhaus and Orvis A Waldron Jr. Duncan adds four enlistees Henry York William G Fisher Joseph D Howard and Galen E Webb. Marlow contributes Franklin D Cooper. Most enlistments are for three years with York bound for four years.
Dan Fullerton son of Mr and Mrs John P Fullerton 902 Saturday traveled to Dallas to serve on an executive committee of the Hi Y The group will plan the year and select a delegate to the World Youth conference in Paris next spring.
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