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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1955
Page
16
Mixed readable lines show a for sale ad with items including a 317' airline TV png model table, a new picture tube priced at 85 dollars, and a Farmall Cub tractor with disk and harrow listed at 695 dollars. Contact Ing. Smith Gro Medicine Park by phone.
Newport Employment Service located at 1720 Cache Road, on Sycamore, offers job placement assistance and staffing services. Contact phone number 8745 for inquiries and referrals.
Immediate full time opening for an experienced sales person in cameras and photographic supplies. Eligible for Sears benefits including profit sharing group hospitalization insurance employee discounts and paid vacations. Good pay and strong opportunity for the right person.
Listing for Sears Roebuck & Co at 11th and Gore Blvd. promotes store presence and address details for shoppers seeking location information.
Wanted two men with cars to distribute catalogs present free samples and take orders from established Fuller customers. No peddling. Seventy two dollars weekly to start. Phone 46511 evenings 7 PM to 9 PM. Reliable real estate agent to move in with Lawton Insurance Agency and handle sales of real estate. Ph Lawton Insurance Agency 2313 Sheridan Rd.
A Lawton agency advertises for a man aged 20 to 35 to fill a supervisor role with pay around 60 dollars weekly. No travel required and bonds must be posted with interest paid. Applicants should have solid character and employment references and send personal and employment history to ABC Box 638 Lawton Oklahoma.
The contract to haul personnel at Fort Sill requires more cab drivers. Good working conditions. Call Office, 231 C Ave.
Job openings list experience required for night carhop and waitstaff at Wayne's Burger and Kater In with in person applications and no phone calls. Additional positions include day shift waitress at Cache Rd and 19th and experienced waitress at Home Cafe with in person apply.
Unimproved 160 acre parcel located 2 miles west of Hawkins Drive. Grass cover percentage unspecified. potential for development or pasture use. No structures noted.
Philadelphia prosecutors tied the death of Mrs. Doris Silver Oestreicher to a criminal abortion when a drug containing an herb used to induce abortion was inserted into her body an hour or two before she died. Dist. Atty. Samuel Dash said an arrest could occur once sufficient evidence exists, with inquest records citing a professional administration by unknown persons and pathologists noting oily compound with bark particles causing embolization and shock.
Oklahoma City parents of 39 year old James Cornelius Hutson mortgaged their home to free him after he returned 2036 dollars he spent 789 of the funds on a good time. Hutson, an office delivery man, admitted spending money found on a downtown street. the finder Velma Denham chose not to press charges.
Guthrie DeMolay Chapter auctions bricks from the razed City Hall site where Oklahoma's Constitution was drafted in 1906 07. Bricks sell for 1 each, with a goal of 500. Each brick bears the old City Hall imprint and a location note.
Two Canadian scientists report a new blood protein type in serum that adds a separate genetic clue to paternity testing. Protein type inheritance runs independently of A B O red cell types, refining fatherage conclusions when blood types alone leave doubt.
Comanche county farmers and ranchers are urged to attend a 2 p.m. Friday session in the district courtroom of the county courthouse in Lawton. County agent Lewis Haydock says all stockmen’s views are welcome and will be heard. Dr. D C Bostwick and Dr. M A Reimenschneider will explain the new state law, show a 15 minute film Triple Threat of Brucellosis, and discuss how the disease affects beef and dairy herds and potential benefits of the law.
Polio cases in ten Midwestern states during the first two thirds of the year were 7 percent lower than 1954, with Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota and Nebraska included in the survey through Aug 21 27. Wisconsin accounted for 924 of 3427 cases, four times the 1954 total, keeping regional decline below the national 17 percent drop.
Oklahoma City school enrollment this year stands at 51,434, 1,413 more than last term, with officials predicting up to 1,000 more pupils in the next 10 weeks. Merle J. Burr notes high schools lead gains, totaling 19,133 students compared with 32,301 in elementary.
Oklahoma City officials and Tulsa leaders pledged unity in a statewide semi centennial celebration planned for 1957. Gov. Gary hosted a lawn party for 300 guests including the new commission, planning boards, and economic development officials to align city efforts and statewide events.
In Eagle Bridge New York Grandma Moses the famed rural painter celebrated her 95th birthday with relatives and friends at a quiet tea party She plans to sit think remember and imagine and paint a bit illness kept her indoors last winter and she tires easily now She began painting 18 years ago and has produced several oils most recently spring scenes
Monaco faces upheaval as 11 of 18 National Council members resign amid post banking crisis turmoil. Prince Rainier III reappointed Cesar Solamito and Arthur Corvette, sparking a succession row that could push elections within three months. Rumors link the moves to a bid to favor Princess Antoinette’s line, while Rey and other councilors resign in protest.
In Palatka Florida a Bardin community school bus route was changed after Marvin and Tillman Cone complained their 11 children faced peril walking nine tenths of a mile past Brahman bulls and rattlesnakes. The new plan covers door pickup.
Governor Raymond Gary declared 1957 as the year to lay groundwork for future economic development in Oklahoma. At a Governor's mansion lawn party before 300 guests, Gary announced plans for the Semi Centennial Celebration to attract millions of visitors and showcase the state. Members of the Economic Development Commission, Planning and Resources Board, and the Semi Centennial Commission attended, with Rep. Lou Allard presiding over a round table on the project. Gary urged Oklahomans to talk up Oklahoma as Texans talk Texas and to join the program.
WINNIPEG mean fighting to whip the polio paralysis keeps Rev Maurice Hardman in an iron lung nightly and in a wheelchair by day with a head harness. He assists at services, a confirmation, a wedding, and stained glass blessings at St Michael and All Angels. He preached in Stonewall before polio struck in August 1953 and now endures frog breathing, leg paralysis, and therapy while hoping to return to ministry gradually.
Cultivation and crop rotation remain fundamental weed control practices. The note emphasizes ongoing relevance of soil disturbance and alternating crops to disrupt weed life cycles and reduce reliance on chemical herbicides.
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