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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1955
Page
12
Senator George of Georgia predicts a tax cut in 1956, arguing campaign needs force Congress to act despite differing views on finances. Secretary Humphrey revises deficit projections to 1.7 billion and suggests possible tax relief if prosperity continues and agencies trim costs, though politicians may ignore logic for survival.
Washington notes a rising debate over constitutional limits in security practices sparked by the Fund for the Republic report. It highlights Dr. John P. Peters’s case at Yale Medical School, Sobeloff’s role, and the Supreme Court’s handling, while exposing perjury concerns tied to government informers and the McCarthy era echoes.
The doctor notes a steady drop in mortality since the turn of the century driven by fewer infant deaths and better health in adulthood. For 20 year olds in 1910 a large insurer found three fifths survived to 65, while those ten years younger fared slightly better. women fared even better. Family history of heart or kidney disease raises death risk, and overweight or high blood pressure increases it further. If trends hold, over two thirds of men and more than four fifths of women over 20 will live beyond 65.
Hollywood reports Vivian Blaine and Manny Frank are separated with Frank approving. She may date others while living apart after Las Vegas engagement. He downplays publicity, says they remain supportive and she may move to her own apartment.
Paul’s eight year old mind envies his father’s craft after watching him repair and beautify a wagon. The father credits Paul for his help and notes the child’s true achievement, teaching that praise should match the child’s actual effort rather than claiming others’ work.
Washington reports detail a Democratic strategy to mobilize labor and farmers for the 1956 contest. Truman and Stevenson speeches frame issues like Taft Hartley, housing, tax relief, farm prices, soil conservation, and rural power as the evolving “full dinner pail” agenda shaping political action and voter concerns.
Ruth Millett argues a five year age gap in marriage is trivial as women today can look younger through creams diet and grooming. She notes aging norms favor women who appear youthful and say a wife can be older than her husband with no stigma, supported by legal and social shifts.
A biblical verse from II Kings 24 19 cites Jehoiakim s evil acts while a Lowell line laments evil s rapid bloom and decay feeding the earth with truth s growth in contrast.
The essay warns that sudden fame from television can corrupt character and invites caution. It cites Gino Prato, a Bronx shoemaker who won $32,000 on TV for opera questions, noting how sponsors and events surround him. The piece urges preserving sincerity as a private inner quality rather than a salable asset.
A question asks whether the name Haligonians is applied to Halifax residents. The fragment notes Halifax Nova Scotia residents are called Haligonians, reflecting local demonym usage.
In Charlotte North Carolina on September 9 four children aged 11 3 4 and 11 months were found dead in a trunk used as a hideout during a cops and robbers game. Police said the lid slammed shut trapping them while parents searched the neighborhood.
A crossword style clue hints at a set of common phrases crossing a 57 clue grid. The focus is on standard abbreviations linked to the new economic policy theme.
Core terms and clues yielding single word or short phrases. Worm, Little white, Arrow poison, Consecrate, Eagle nest, Foundations, Bad driver, Sour, Malay, One of a kind, Volcano in-sunder Sicily, Visitor, Water mammi, Racial, Seer, Comfort, Go off the-end, War god.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea urged an immediate congressional probe into the detention of American citizens and illegal Korean tax assessments. It also demanded immediate suspension of U S aid to Korea through the International Cooperation Administration in a written statement released in Seoul.
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