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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
4
General Motors reports nine month sales of $9.608 billion and net income of $912.89 million, aiming for a $1 billion annual profit. With full production under way, GM may surpass $12 billion in sales and post a per share earnings rise to $3.31 from $2.19.
Five Business and Professional Women club members reported on a regional convention in Oklahoma City. Present were Betty Holman Pauline Joyner Blanche Flickinger Leta Smith and Mary Frazier with Loretta Lawson as guest. New members are Martha Lee Lawson Pauline Wise and Helen Markham.
In Alaska near Bethel a six person wedding party, including Owen Beaver David O. David Patti Snow and Marguerite Strauss, were marooned for a week after their boats froze ashore on a river mouth. The air force rescued them and two others after an eight day effort following a delayed helicopter repair.
In Humble Texas a disabled veteran father and his wife raise four children while the three older siblings hope to help provide for the family. Jerry Wayne 9 Charles 12 Janet 13 and Janie 3 will receive new bicycles and a tricycle for Janie after Detective Capt. Kermit Allman learns of their faith in policemen. The gifts come from the Roanoke Fraternal Order of Police and others, as the family struggles with poverty and the father’s limited work. Jerry Wayne’s letter to Allman sparked the donation and shows the boy’s dream of becoming a police officer.
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma homan and Times printers locked out announced plans to publish a daily 16 page tabloid. A Local 283 ITU spokesman said the paper will start in a few days. Printers claim they were locked out Oct. 17 and have picketed Oklahoma Publishing Co. The company calls it a strike and continues to publish with replacements. Initial circulation expected at 25 000. Unitype Corp official Elmer Brown en route from Florida to manage the paper. Unitype runs more than a dozen strike papers nationwide. About 140 printers left after the open shop move and a contract lapse since 1948. Both sides trade accusations over negotiations.
HOLLYWOOD Natalie Wood 17 and an 11 year film veteran walked into Superior Court with her poodle Fifi as a Warner Bros contract was approved. The court order requires 10 percent of earnings invested in savings bonds. Wood earns 400 dollars a week now and would reach 1750 dollars weekly if all options are exercised in seven years.
Com munist batteries opened fire on the Nationalist offshore island of Quemoy Wednesday, the Nationalist defense ministry said. It added no damage was inflicted.
ST LOUIS Sen Thomas C Hennings says a plea from a young Army man was a new twist He liked his unit and Army life but disliked his captain The soldier suggested the captain be reassigned to a new duty station and asked for transfer alternatives rather than leaving the service
Lawton high school students gathered in the gym for a pep rally ahead of the third home football game at Roosevelt stadium. The Wolverines face Midwest City tonight at 8 p.m. The band led by George Walters and the pep club will participate in the festivities.
Lenn Averitt Automobile Service advertises specialized auto repair at 21 F Avenue with contact by phone 3758. The notice notes expert work, likely offering maintenance and repair services for local vehicles.
New Pack 71 officials were elected at an executive meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Burk. Brooks Truesdale was elected cubmaster with Hershel Tuck and Merell Collier as assistants, Kenneth Bentley as committee chairman, Ray Meyers and Set. Lewis Crowder as committee men, Joe Sims as secretary-treasurer, Ray Meyers as idea chairman, and Sgt. Louis Crowder as program chairman. Others present included several women and the Burks.
Frank Lovejoy will replace the late John Hodiak as Lt. Maryk in the television version of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial on November 19. The Broadway cast featured Hodiak in the role, adapted by Herman Wouk from his best seller The Caine Mutiny.
Chief Bob Crandall, a local Navy recruiter, said the submarine school is now open to high school graduates in recruit training. It joins other programs already available under the Navy’s high school training initiative.
Dr. Yoshio Koya reported at the fifth International Conference on Planned Parenthood that birth control programs in three Japanese test villages cut birth rates by 50 percent over five years. He said the results show government support for family planning could help Asia tackle overpopulation.
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