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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1954
Page
4
Totem Pole rock formation in Monument Valley Arizona casts a 34 mile long shadow at sunset as markets rise dramatically in the headline style.
Lawton VFW Post No. 1193 will sponsor Clyde Beatty Circus with two shows on September 30. Tickets go on sale Friday for afternoon and evening performances. Profits fund school safety signs and VFW state meeting delegates.
Franklin New Hampshire reports the city council voted to refund taxes paid by Edward G. Colby on a cow for four years, though Colby did not own a cow during that period.
Central Airlines celebrated its fifth birthday noting since 1949 it has logged about 8,046,712 revenue miles and carried 162,000 passengers who flew 22,864,000 revenue passenger miles. The system serves 22 towns and cities and the Lawton opening occurred on Sept 24.
Kelly K King 73 a retired Continental Oil Co Ponca City employee died unexpectedly at his home in Oklahoma City today. He was employed in the motor vehicle division.
Maurice Crabtree, roundtable director, said the Scout Roundtable will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Scout Hut at Fort Sill. All meetings this year will be held there to allow space for teaching scouting skills. Boy Scout leaders will be organized into patrols at the Thursday gathering and invited to participate each month.
Applegate described a prison session with Reds who accused him of germ warfare. He said they shouted lies, threatened death, and pressed for confessions. He claimed they manipulated translations and forced him to admit to Chinese waters as part of their tactics.
Lawton High School Spanish club hosts an open house tonight from 7 to 9 PM in the LHS Spanish room to celebrate Mexico Day of Independence on Sept 16 and Chile Day of Independence on Sept TB. The event invites the public especially Spanish speakers, with colored slides from a Youth Ambassadors trip to Mexico in June.
Police and FBI said clues were scarce after a 15 minute bank robbery at the Bank of New Mexico in Albuquerque. A 5 foot 8 inch, 200 pound bandit in Army fatigues used a .49 caliber pistol to seize cash and force seven employees and a customer into a vault. He escaped with a sack of bills as authorities broaden alerts across New Mexico.
J. Carl Thomas, former Ponca City News city editor, has become news editor of the Claremore Progress. He succeeds Bill Waller, who moved to Tulsa. Thomas previously ran a office supply business in Enid with his brother.
Requiem mass for Walter Green Wood 56 who died Tuesday at a veterans hospital in Oklahoma City will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial with military rites to follow at Fort Sill. Survived by wife Madeline Warren, three daughters and a son, a stepson, a step mother, and two grandchildren. Greenwood served in the National Guard and Army, retirement in 1953, Catholic church member.
In the last decade about 25 percent of all fires nationwide were caused by carelessly handled matches or cigarettes. The statistic highlights a major risk factor and underscores the need for safer smoking and fire prevention practices nationwide.
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