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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1954

Page

6

Manila Meeting Marks First Step In U S Reappraisal Of Policy

The eight nation conference in Manila begins the first of two steps in reassessing United States world policy. It aims to curb Communist expansion in Southeast Asia and may spawn a SEATO. The talks follow key defeats in Indo China and the European Defense Community in Europe.

Manila United States Germany Europe Free World Indo-China Eurfope France China Soviet Russia Southeast Asia Great Britain Australia New Zealand Philippines Thailand Pakistan Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SEATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Burma Malaya Pacific Red Indo

Ohio Kids Bring Comics To Fair To Be Ripped Up

At the Stank County Fair in Canton Ohio youngsters collected crime and horror comics for destruction. For every ten comics destroyed they received a hard bound book from 1010 volumes offered by the public library and the Mayor's Advisory Committee for Good Reading Habits.

Ohio Canton

Meat Cutter Examination Set for Fort Sill Post

An examination for a meat cutter ninth grade position at Fort Sill and Lawton is announced by the executive secretary of the U S Civil Service Examiners. Full information and applications may be obtained at the post office from the Department of the Army. Salary is $1.65 an hour.

Fort Sill and Lawton Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners Executive Secret Department of the Army Fort Sille

Hospital births and admissions listed for Sept and Oct in Elgin area

Births recorded for multiple families including Wahkinney Elgin and Rabin Duncan with times and weights. Numerous admissions and dismissals noted from hospitals in Elgin and Southwestern region, listing names and addresses such as Gracemont Altus Mangum Duncan Snyder Walters and related medical or surgical statuses.

Collins Wahkinney Elgin Amarylis Miller Gracemont Medicals Thomas Keadbone Robert Poco Southwestern Cleveland Rabin P. P. Little Altus Leonard Werner Garfield Annie Williams Arlington E. F. Lowe RW Pitts Sia Luda James Henderson Donald Baldwin C. Fischer W. F. Williams Washington, Medical B. H. S. Brenton Cache Ical Bobby Morris Lawton Huggins Monroe Lloyd Bowden Duncan Etta Raulston Mangum William Haithcock Ferris Leon Simmons Etta Ramey Bell Frank Williams Colts Troy Carney Ollie Ferrell Ed Ramos Billy Jo Williams LeAnna Brewer Texas John Andrews Euclid Oscar Hawkins Jefferson Bertie Parks Pollard Neal Good Ervin Ford Columbia

Board To Discuss Surfacing Of New School Parking Lot

The Lawton Board of Education meets tonight, with topics including the possible halt of the new high school parking lot and the purchase of sites for another junior high school and possibly additional elementary schools. Landscaping for two new elementary buildings and several school equipment purchases are on the agenda.

Call Erwin Lawton Lee Blvd Lee Morford Hills Diac Lawton High School Board of Education John Shoemaker

Two Early Day Lawton Residents Return for Visit

Paul Yeoman of San Lorenzo California and Ray A Yeoman of Los Angeles visit Lawton with their wives to renew old friendships. Paul left Lawton in 1912 and Ray in 1919. Ray runs a Los Angeles laundry and Paul worked in construction and labor until recently. The Yeomans were prominent early residents, with a family home at 505 A.

Lawton Paul Yeoman San Lorenzo Calif Ray A. Yeoman Los Angeles Ray Paul Yeomans

Detectives Check Safe Job Clues

City detectives pursued clues after a Hillis supermarket in Lawton was looted for about 4000 dollars. The burglary occurred around 4 am on Monday and police traced two footprints suggesting at least two suspects used blasting powder to blow open the safe and seize weekend receipts.

Hillis South Lawton

Blaze damages Tulsa plant and outbuildings

A fire at the Acme Materials rock-crusher plant in Tulsa caused about 165000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. The blaze destroyed a machine shop, tool shed, office and the electric power plant. The text also notes Texas crude oil production figures for 1953 at 2,807,600 barrels daily.

Tulsa Acme Materials Texas

Doctor Gillespie resigns to join University of Texas research team

Dr. John Gillespie government instructor at East Central State College resigns to take a research post on local government problems with the University of Texas.

Ada Okla John Gillespie East Central State College University of Texas

Mississippi lawmakers push segregation plans in special session

Mississippi legislators met in special session to address segregation. A proposed constitutional amendment would empower abolition of public schools to keep Black students out of white schools, with voter ratification in November. Similar moves echo Georgia and South Carolina debates on private schooling and alternate arrangements.

Bill Middlebrooks Jackson Miss Mississippi Herman Talmadge Georgia South Carolina George Bell Timmerman Jr Louisiana

Hastings man adds to herd with roan bull calf

J C Smith of Hastings purchased My Pal Buster a roan bull calf from J A Mallow in Lawton. The animal is described as a purebred milking Shorthorn.

J.C. Smith Hastings Pal Buster J. A. Mallow Lawton

Gas Fumes Killed 25 In Air Crash

The crash left 25 dead from gas fumes after the plane sank into a river. Among the dead was Mrs. Caroline Platz of New York City. 11 victims and 15 survivors were Americans. Captain Adriaan Viruly praised Elizabeth Snyder for averting a possible explosion by knocking a box of matches from a passenger's hand.

Hercome Weieess bin Caroline Platz New York City William Flynn Shanon Adriaan ‘Viruly The Elizabeth Snyder New York

Mme Chiang May Return To Formosa

Mme Chiang Kai-shek may return to Formosa for the weekend visit by U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Dulles is due to arrive Saturday from Manila and depart Sunday for Japan. Mme Chiang has been in the United States for several months undergoing treatment for a skin disorder.

Taipeh Formosa Mme Chiang Kai-shek U.S John Foster Dulles China News Dulles Manila Japan Chiang China United States

Labor Day Quarrel Fatal For Husband

A Detroit woman, Virginia Edwards, told police her Labor Day quarrel with her husband ended when he struck her, grabbed a knife, and stabbed him to death. Investigators described the incident as a homicide with the motive stemming from a domestic dispute.

Detroit Virginia Eawards

Yankel Sought In Irish Girl's Death

Unidentified questioning began in the silk stocking strangling of a 23-year old Irish girl named Ellen Carlen. She was found yesterday in a Pimlico house with a stocking tied around her neck, beer bottles and American cigarettes scattered in the room as neighbors report a boy seen nearby.

London Ellen Carlen

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