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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1954
Page
6
A northern New Mexico real estate character known as Doughbelly Price promotes his “Clip Joint” approach by selling with blunt honesty and bold ads. He touts a varied past, claims jail time, and parades as a reformer yet remains a controversial, widely known figure akin to Kit Carson.
Oklahoma City housewife Mrs. L. F. Starkey sued neighbor Mrs. Pauline Campbell over loud parakeets. Judge Mike Foster considered a wall as a muffler and then dismissed the case after Starkey refused to return with witnesses. Campbell remains confident the city is for the birds.
Chief Judge Orie Phillips of the U S Court of Appeals assigns three judges to hear a Canadian County El Reno Junior College segregation suit. Judges A P Murrah Stephen Chandler and W R Wallace named to preside over the case filed by three Negroes seeking end to segregation at the county junior college.
A Jefferson County grand jury indicted six white residents in Louisville on sedition charges seeking to foment a Communist plot around the June home blast. Carl Braden and his wife Anne Braden Louise Gilbert Larue Spiker Vernon Baun I Ford were named along with Baun for contempt.
Idabel Oklahoma reports two Texans were questioned in connection with a Dallas liquor store robbery that netted $750. Authorities identified the suspects as Tot Davidson aged 40 and Billy Gray aged 23 after spotting their vehicle matching the getaway car from the Sept 19 holdup.
Two Wichita men Her schel Ritchie 29 and Charles E Mehen 41 were questioned about the holdup slaying of Mike Biter 63 Enid Okla restaurant owner. A third man Philip E Orr 24 was arrested in Enid and returned to Wichita. Orr once lived in Wichita. One suspect confessed implicating the others. Biter died after being shot during the robbery at about 1 am while resisting the bandit.
District court actions include Herbert Hodge et al v heirs of E A Decker and Laura Partain quiet title. City National Bank of Lawton files abstract of judgment against Waltan Jenson Waltan McElvany Lee and others. Money judgments against R B Sparks Selected Investments Corp Ida Ket tle Erlene A Alien Home Lumber Ernest Ridling Alvin Julius no money judgment Quillin Quillin Alta uepe change of name Gudrun Belsher to Linda Gudrun Belsher Ward Tractor Sales v Dossey.
United Nations coverage notes British delegate Selwyn Lloyd will open for the Allies in the General Assembly on Monday. Lloyd will press Soviet chief delegates on two key issues: whether nuclear weapons must be destroyed first and whether an inspection system can prevent cheating. Skepticism remains that Moscow will accept outside control. The UN steering committee will also discuss Eisenhower's atoms for peace proposal alongside the Soviet plan.
Oklahoma City October 2 Republican senatorial nominee Mock attacked William Coe for backing Kerr while switching back to the GOP in the governor’s race. He said Coe condemns the Oklahoma machine while supporting Kerr, linking Kerr to the strongest machine in state politics. Mock claimed the finger-man is the Democratic U S Senate candidate. He denied being sacrificed and framed the issue as Kerr’s continued political dominance.
Breadfruit trees were introduced to Jamaica via Captain Bligh of the Mutiny on the Bounty fame, linking the plant to his historic voyage and the colonial effort to cultivate a food crop for the Caribbean.
Sioux City judge George M. Paradise ruled Iowa's 115 year old ban on liquor sales to Indians unconstitutional in dismissing a case against tavern operator John Dillon. The ruling follows a beer sale charge to Davis St Cyr, an Indian, noting historical change in classification and that Indians today differ greatly from 100 years ago.
A Dallas man won a divorce in district court after alleging his wife bit him with his own false teeth. The court ordered the wife to return the husband’s dentures as part of the divorce ruling.
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks told a Kansas City audience that the U S economy is strong and expanding, contending talk of a downturn is dangerous. He credited reforms like eliminating the Reconstruction Finance Corp and selling inland waterways to improve the business climate while the government withdraws from business.
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