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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1954
Page
6
New York garment makers report out of town buyers in for volume land ordering this week. Buyer totals are about 40 percent higher than a year ago as chains and mail order houses restock after cautious previous stocking.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s August traffic campaign doubled arrests to 6 545 from 3 912 in August 1953. Accidents and injuries declined with 525 injuries and 920 accidents, down from prior year totals. Highway deaths fell to 46, a 13 fewer fatalities than August 1953. Safety Commissioner Bellatti warns many drivers remain careless despite progress.
Kansas City Kansas merchants on Minnesota Avenue credit nine free parking lots with expanding business. The program, backed by local owners and city aid, sustains two hour limits, improves traffic flow and lifts land values while drawing shoppers from Missouri. Community leaders cite increased sales, new customers and higher real estate values as benefits.
NEW YORK September 1 A fire broke out in an American Airlines DC-7 shortly after it landed at Idlewild airport. All 32 passengers and five crew members evacuated as airport fire trucks quickly sprayed the left outboard engine with carbon dioxide and doused the flames in under two minutes. The flight originated from Los Angeles with a layover in Tulsa due to mechanical trouble before continuing to New York. Captain S R Ross of Great Neck New York reported seeing smoke as the plane taxied to the terminal.
Professors of air science from Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Oklahoma City Tulsa Wichita and Wash burn universities gather at Oklahoma A&M to work with Air Force ROTC headquarter officers from Montgomery Alabama. They aim to iron out administration problems today.
New York retail sales fell last week though clothing and food purchases rose. Dun and Bradstreet said early week bad weather from the latest hurricane slowed shopping in New England and along the East Coast while heat waves in the South and West reduced overall volume.
New Delhi reports four Russian tractors bought on a trial basis for 821 dollars each. They arrived unassembled and initial officials say the instructions are in Russian, hindering use of the machines in government projects.
Rosamond Russell, 68, a longtime Chicago resident, wandered from the Loop while returning to her North Side home. After her sister reported her missing, officers found her in a hotel lobby about four miles from home and returned her safely.
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