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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1955
Page
14
Classified page itemizes reconditioned vacuum sweepers, washers, and small home goods with prices and contact numbers. Also lists Avon territory opportunity, hauling services, sewing, flooring, vitamins, and realty ads with multiple farm and land offerings and contact details.
Classified listing of beagle and boxer puppies, kittens including Siamese and Chihuahua, stud services for smooth breeds, and various used items. Includes contact phone numbers, prices, and locations such as rear 1413-W, 309 A, 6852-M, and 7751-R for pickups and inquiries. Also features furniture, appliances, tools, and vehicle sale notices with phone contacts and prices.
Used TVs wanted with high offers on trade ins for any new Philco. Old TV applied toward the down payment. Also offering a 3000 evaporative cooler for sale at 30 dollars. See at 1219 Snow Rd Artillery Village. Local dealer L. H. Ensley. Firestone leaving town.
Classified ad lists FORD 1 FIRESTONE washer with six month warranty, sold new at 269.95 now 131.50, plus 9 lb wringers at 34.95 and 84.95, Thor semi automatic 44.95, 12 inch Halicrafter TV 34.95. Also Firestone circulating heater 65,000 BTU, phone 324R, wheel chair lifter, used pans, and fresh cut flowers.
Multiple job notices in a single clippable item. Positions include fountain help and manager at Gilbert's Pharmacy, saleslady over 30, waitress at NCO Open Mess, young man for future with national firm, general farm worker, automotive parts salesman with car, part time labor earning $62 weekly, carhops night shift, and more. Applicants urged to apply in person or by phone, with interview details and locations like 702 Fort Sill Boulevard Lawton OK.
Classified notice seeking a stenographer skilled in short hand and typing to manage a marking room. Permanence for residents only. Good salary. Apply in person.
Experienced waitress positions advertised with in person applications at Kater Inn Cache Rd and 19th. Carhop and waitstaff openings listed at Bryans Coffee Shop and Ft. Sill Officers Club. Additional notices seek Watkins Co. agent and Newport Employment Service staff with contact details.
Safety Checker Cab Co announces contract to haul personnel at Fort Sill and seeks more drivers. Good working conditions. Call Office, 231 C Ave.
Stark Bros Nurseries Louisiana MO announces expansion into Lawton with openings for aggressive, experienced or trainable salesmen. Must be 30 plus, honest, and ready to start immediately. car required. Pay first-week. year-round permanent positions with high earnings. nursery stocks on time payment up to three years. Contact Ed Love at Western Trail Motel 7580-1 to 9 p.m. for appointment.
Prompt TV and radio repair service operated by Jack Trompeter at 619 C Avenue offers electrical repair for all devices. Call 2214 for quick service and guaranteed workmanship.
GOOD business bidg for lease on N. 2nd road 16 by 57 feet. NEW business bidg for rent No 26 E Ave. Ph 7538 M. Call Tom Lewis 923 Army Store cash only. Write CS Box 638 On. ARTHRITIS relief ad Green drug store offering Walk a Way relief with guarantee. Corner Drug 302 D Lawton Ph 6611.
UNITED PRESS quotes cover a citizen jury comment on off color pictures from Bismarck Lions Club. Farmers Walsh in Durand calls for prayers for nine polio stricken children. Der Bund lauds Salt Lake Mormon tabernacle choir as dedicated. Eisenhower quips about Dan Thornton’s golf drive in Washington.
Mrs. George W Malone wife of the Nevada senator visited Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin in the Kremlin with a group of senators They observed that Soviet leaders speak of decades and centuries rather than the immediate results common in American discourse.
Three white men abducted 21 year old Matt Jones at gunpoint while he walked along a highway near Reform Alabama. Jones was forced into an automobile with a shotgun threat and later released unharmed. Suspects Wiley McGee Cecil Sullivan and James L Roberts all of Gordo are jailed in Pickens County on charges of firearms possession and assault. The case stems from a reported threat by Jones against John Wesley McGee the father of Wiley McGee.
Detroit report cites sociologist Robert Straus of New York State University Medical Center at the first annual International Institute on the Skid Row Alcoholic. He warns that some housewives become plateau drinkers, preferring a steady level of oblivion over intense but brief intoxication.
Nearly 2,000 Japanese police moved with armored cars and tear gas to quell a leftist demonstration against expansion of the Tachikawa air base near Sunakawa. About 74 injured as clashes erupted between demonstrators and police protecting surveyors amid farmland disruption. Police ended the operation by 4:30 PM as unions planned protests for the next day.
Bob Turley pitched a shutout for the second straight time to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The win trimmed Cleveland’s lead to one game as the Indians faced the Senators in Washington that night.
Raymondville flood relief dominates the scene as city and county leaders appeal for aid for 10 000 residents facing continued rainfall. Red Cross aid and evacuation efforts proceed while health and sanitation concerns rise from a damaged sewage system and lingering flood waters. Meanwhile in Los Angeles Dr Hsue shen Tsien, a leading jet propulsion expert, departs the United States under a deportation order linked to alleged Communist party ties.
A U S deputy marshal reported that FNMA may place minimum bids at foreclosure auctions. If no successful bids are received, FNMA will operate the duplex housing units locally. The efficiency judgment secures the balance of the note from the previous owner.
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