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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1957
Page
10
A Lawton section note recounts a Philadelphia Miss Zebley speed summons and a court mix up. A second column offers President Eisenhower style inflation tips, urging belt tightening and frugal living, with sarcastic consumer advice and songlike satire.
US industry leaders forecast new drive to extend TV ownership as 50 million sets already in use. James D. Secrest cites 441 million remaining. Census notes 50 million homes built last month. Industry warns of sticky sales, rising inventories, and pay TV versus free TV battle amid portable set growth and price pressures.
Maine voters approved moving the state’s September election to November. In a special referendum, about a fifth of half a million registered voters participated, with Ed Muskie praising all five amendments. Unofficial totals show support for the four year term, highway funding, and debt measures, though several precincts remained unreported.
A six day volcanic eruption near Managua, Nicaragua, Cerro Negro, ended Sunday after blanketing a 15 by 23 mile zone in ash and sand. Officials report cattle herds and cotton crops destroyed across the affected area, the worst eruption since 1980.
A Polish worker writes to Dziennik Polski that crime thrives under poverty as workers steal to feed families. Across East Bloc media report rising corruption and executions for theft in Bulgaria. Rude Pravo notes widespread theft in Czechoslovakia and PAP cites 2,500 enterprise directors charged in Poland.
In Philadelphia area a gunman brandished a pistol during a diner hold up. Charles Menkins a Phoenixville driver confronted him and disarmed the weapon. Police later arrested John E. Wing Jr. of West Whiteland Township on firearms and parole violation counts.
SAPULPA Okla UP charges of assault and battery filed against two men named as the pair who attacked polio victim Frank Scott 21 of Tulsa at Leyburn Lake Aug 31 Scott suffered a broken jaw and head injuries He was partially crippled by polio Officers Russell Morgan Tulsa and Eddie Montoya Sand Springs were arrested and turned over to Creek County authorities The pair allegedly ordered others including Scott from a picnic area and then attacked him on the way to his car Scott’s mother Vera Queen had been seeking the men since the attack
The law firm Wallace Wallace and Owens of Miami Oklahoma resigns as counsel for the three Pryor estate trustees of banker W A Graham. Trustees reportedly faced a push to remove the firm with the state attorney general and county treasurer involved. Claims of unanimous consent and discord among trustees surface as resignations are debated.
Oklahoma officials may be reimbursed for conference room rents if used for official purposes and not as sleeping quarters. The attorney general ruled that while no law specifically covers this, it has been a long standing custom to reimburse such expenses. The opinion notes room use must remain official and not serve as lodging for officials or employees.
China says geologists have located over 112 billion tons of coal suitable for exploitation across three northwest provinces and that six new coal pits are being built in these regions according to the Ministry of Coal Industry.
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