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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1973
Page
6
Lawton Constitution corporate and staff details list Ned Shepler as publisher and editor along with owners and officers. The piece notes dial telephone number and association memberships and states correction policy for errors.
Democratic National Chairman Robert S Strauss attends a Chicago rally hosted by Mayor Richard Daley as the party backs the Daley organization amid renewed tensions. The event launches a national telethon from Los Angeles.
The world's oldest man Shirali Mislimov died at 168 in Barzava, Caucasus. He credited constant work, mountain air, and moderate eating for longevity. Doctors note pure air and simple diet as key factors. Mislimov survived by a 107 year old daughter and hundreds of relatives. a grandchild recently turned 100.
The piece notes rising travel costs due to gasoline shortages and new pollution devices increasing fuel use. It warns of tougher road blocks ahead including lower highway speed limits, taxes on gas guzzlers, expanded city closures, reduced on street parking, higher parking fees, and higher car prices with new safety belt requirements for rotary engines in 1974.
The excerpt reflects on generosity and virtue with a biblical verse about grain and a proverb from Robert South. It frames charity, fairness in trade, and the measure of a man by what he gives rather than what he keeps. The tone is reflective and moralistic.
President Nixon holds a public edge as Congress returns with low ratings. Poll data show Nixon improving to about 50 percent approval while Congress remains around 33 percent. The piece notes legislative productivity in the 93rd Congress trails earlier sessions as Watergate reshapes politics.
A critique of Herb Stein, chair of Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers, arguing his use of selective statistics masks inflation’s impact. The piece cites 5 percent disposable income rise, 2.9 million more jobs, 0.6 percent fall in purchasing power after price and tax adjustments, and an 8 percent rise in overall prices. It stresses food costs hit the average family hardest and warns against dismissing real living costs.
FBI holds evidence that Roosevelt Yonkers and Monticello trotting races were fixed. Drivers bribed to rig results, with New York State taxes and ads promoting betting as a public service. Calls for refunds to gamblers and critique of off track betting profits versus social cost.
A John Conwell column examines the spittleball myth in baseball with Gaylord Perry and the psychology of pitching. It then weighs whether counsel can save troubled marriages and how openness matters. It closes with guidance that mature parenting runs on authenticity and restraint.
Quotes from multiple era publications note pride in taxes versus saving money, seafood prices labeled Upper Crustaceans, and a quip about a doctor wait time involving a golfing partner. The tone is satirical and compact.
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms from figures like Herbert Hoover Richard L Evans Dorothy B Robbins Fred Allen Jonas Salk Pablo Picasso Maurice Chevalier Theodore Sorensen and Clark Kerr. The lines touch on ambition resilience fame love politics and campus life.
Yesteryears LHS band drum major David Carden and drum majorette Jackie Tillick lead Lawton's football clash with Elk City. Erwin Igo presents the grand champion barrow at the Comanche County Free Fair. Murphy Walker chosen president of Central Junior High pep club. Johnny W. Amburgey earns an annual scholarship from Lawton Publishing Co. Mrs. F W Wulf heads Entre Neus club program at Mrs. Joe Lansden home. Mrs. Ivan Dailey visits Germany. Lawton Armed Forces selectees include Harvey Epperly Marines Joseph Rash Army and Joseph Speare Air Force. Mrs. R L Barrett becomes head of Special Services for Comanche County Red Cross.
Daily astrological column for Sunday September 16 1973 outlines Taurus Venus favorable for ideas, Gemini romance and plans, Cancer opposition to watch, Libra social prep, Scorpio goodwill with restraint, Sagittarius timing, Capricorn balance, Aquarius caution, Pisces openness to change. You Born Today: scholar at heart, educator or lecturer potential, nature lover, best in professional fields such as law literature or music.
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