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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1955
Page
4
The Associated Press holds exclusive reprint rights for local news in this newspaper. No advertising from promotion men or transients will be accepted unless prepaid or authorized in writing by the principal business interests guaranteeing payment. Any misstatement or erroneous reflection will be corrected on notification to management.
A biblical verse from Luke invites sharing the cup among disciples while a Crashaw poem contemplates water and wine as acts of mercy and wrath. The juxtaposition highlights ritual unity and divine transformation in religious poetry.
President Eisenhower rejects any peace that sacrifices liberty and opposes alliance with tyranny. He warns against selling freedom for a false peace and urges a global stand against Soviet subversion. He credits Geneva for a cooperative spirit but demands a peace with real substance and justice.
Rep Patrick Hillings criticized the U S Embassy in Moscow calling it a pig pen and a battered car with a dented fender. Secretary Dulles promised a budget request to fix it. The piece argues diplomats abroad deserve a proper image and the flag should fly with dignity despite the dented fender.
A set of Q and A items covers geography and politics with answers noting the Pacific end of the Panama Canal is farther east, the queen of England not voting except in rare peers cases, Nordic race theories, fly eye biology, Tannhauser as a medieval minstrel, and the solicitor general representing the government before the Supreme Court.
Washington pundit outlines a shift from limits on forces to aerial inspection to deter war. The plan emphasizes atomic deterrence and reciprocal restraint, with U S S R and Britain in focus and questions about enforcement and timing.
Mexico launches a four year antimalaria drive aiming to eliminate malaria by targeting transmission. About two million of 30 million citizens suffer from malaria and 24 000 die annually. Health Minister Morones Prieto says focus is to keep mosquitoes away from sufferers and halt spread for three years. DDT will be used in the worst centers to reduce transmission and screen patients from insects.
University of Texas researchers report that glutamine, a compound found in the liver and certain foods, may offer a new approach to treating alcoholism. The study underlines potential therapeutic value and calls for further clinical testing.
Municipal Court Judge J Merle Oaks will hear cases from Labor Day weekend as arrests from the holiday week include gambling resisting arrest and profane language. Defendants include R A Harron 47 vagrancy Jimmy Mills 18 without license freed on 11 bond Franklin Valenti 18 without license Sgt Danne Brooks 25 Fort Sill assault freed on 20 bond and others facing reckless driving disturbance or related charges.
Southwestern Oklahoma’s cotton picking peak is due mid September as the state reports heavy production across the belt. Yields range from one quarter to three bales per acre, creating jobs for thousands of cotton pickers and pullers. Eastern and southern areas harvest earlier, allowing labor to move to southwestern Oklahoma in time for the peak. Workers are urged to contact local employment offices as the harvest progresses.
Destructive fires swept northern and central California threatening two famed redwood groves. In Sequoia National Forest near Fresno more than 1,500 firefighters fought the blaze as over 7,000 acres burned and damage topped $650,000. The flames neared General Grant, the world's largest tree, within a mile.
Births recorded in Southwestern include a daughter to Bill and Mrs Smith Walters at 3 37 p m Sept 5 weighing 7 lb 642 oz and a son to Mervin Roberts at 2 25 a m Sept 6 weighing 5 lb 244 oz. Multiple admissions and discharges across Walters Cache Cyr il and Marlow noted. memorial births and further births at 1706 Douglas and 11 Cyr il with surgeries, medical stays, and dismissals listed.
A Wright-Patterson Air Force Base team reports loud sound affects time judgment. In two tests with fourteen college students, duration perception lengthened under quiet conditions and shortened under sustained, near deafening noise. Results suggest a link between hearing and time sense.
The annual Cheyenne sun dance opened last night near Canton Northwestern Cheyenne Indian community with about 2000 tribesmen participating. The event runs through tomorrow and showcases a major Native American cultural gathering in Oklahoma.
Legion To Install State Thursday with a covered dish dinner at the Legion Hut 630 E Harold Carey will install post commander succeeding Dr Jack Spencer and auxiliary president replacing Mrs J A Corrales J D Fowler Fort Sill Sixth District commander and Mrs Dollie Davis Kingfisher Sixth District auxiliary president will lead the ceremony Special guests include Mrs Helen Shaffenberg and Jim Whitley Duncan The event has no charge for Legionnaires and auxiliaries are asked to bring covered dishes
A 24 year old Oklahoma City State University student Paul E Petty faced charges after a Monday night hit and run near Second and Lee Fort Sill. Petty drove a 1948 Pontiac convertible into four parked vehicles causing about 30 total damage before fleeing. A witness followed him to a car lot on C Street where Petty attempted to raise the top and then sought a taxi. Police arrested him and booked him on investigation.
Hortense the hummingbird, confused by heat, crashed into a Santa Monica barbershop. Frank Hines revived the injured bird with sugar water and milk egg chaser and now seeks a wing repair expert to fix the bent port wing after the rough landing.
Philippine army planes and navy ships were ordered to search for three unidentified submarines moving southward off Itbayat Island at the northern tip of the Philippines. Similar prior reports of submarines have not been confirmed.
Versatile actor across clues Swenson fits a crossword style fill. The grid includes many lines such as pen name of Charles Lamb and various short forms, with definitions spanning verbs nouns and abbreviations. The puzzle pieces interlock around themes of language and identity.
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Col Horace A Hanes, director of flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base, set a world speed record of 822.135 mph to win the Thompson Trophy at the National Air Show. He said the mark will likely be broken next year due to ongoing tech advances, downplaying his role in the flight and noting any pilot could have achieved it. The official run occurred 40,000 feet above the Mojave Desert after a Labor Day weekend show attended by 102,000.
Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments at 2 p.m. on September 16 in the Big Spring segregation suit. The court granted priority to the case, with briefs due by noon September 13. The suit followed a district ruling denying a bid to block state funds for integrated schools.
Officials from Indian City U S A estimate that more than 35000 people have visited the 19th century habitat recreation in Anadarko Oklahoma. Visitors came from every state and many foreign countries, marking broad national and international interest.
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