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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1955
Page
2
Discussion at the fair grounds centers on next year's fair and the new buildings valued at 145000. Beef entries were judged by John Kusel with many names listed among sheep and fat lambs winners across multiple clubs and locations.
The National Geographic Society notes that tiny worms are sometimes found living on ice but their life cycle remains unstudied, highlighting gaps in understanding of these organisms and their icy habitats.
Richardson notes the Pageant group can levy on royalties and a receivership may take over all the film company's assets for sale. The dispute centers on whether Pageant is entitled to five percent of Principle Films' royalties or of the distributor's gross receipts. Hallmark paid 25 percent of receipts to Principle Films, a Tulsa firm, while the district court held Pageant earns five percent of the distributor's gross receipts for the nationwide film.
Circle K club members at Cameron College will meet at 7 p.m. today in the lounge of the administration building to map plans for the 1955 56 term.
Oklahoma officials advocate pride in the state while urging more aggressive selling of Oklahoma to industry. Lane notes Grapes of Wrath legacy, plans for Oklahoma the musical and film to improve image. He urges locals to sell Oklahoma, citing Vinita hosiery industry and the state’s human resources as key assets. Eighteen southwest towns attend a Lawton meeting as the fifth Oklahoma Industrial Tour is planned to begin October 15 visiting eastern centers.
Staggs and an accomplice burglarized a Chattanooga bank on April 21, escaping with 240 dollars and damaging a vault. Staggs pled in Dallas rather than returning to South Dakota and Oklahoma where he faced indictments. A St. Paul company rep is expected to collect the bank’s check.
Horton moved to Europe and joined the Assault Training Center in 1943 as chief of a training division. He soon commanded the center, led artillery units with VIII and XXII Corps in 1944 45, taught military science at Purdue after the war, then served in Germany with Grafenwehr and the First Infantry Division, later becoming artillery commander of the Fourth Infantry Division in Germany.
WICKERSHAM reports Cimarron County seeks reinstatement for reduced price feed and the state drouth committee will survey needs across western Oklahoma. Cotton output is projected 345000 bales in 1955 up from 293000 in 1954 while the 10 year average sits at 390000. Pasture conditions improve from 55 percent normal in 1954 to 72 percent now.
West Berlin nervously watches the Moscow East German pact amid warnings from Walter Ulbricht of possible new traffic squeezes on West Berlin unless West Germany and West Berlin end their cold war stance. The agreement ends joint East German rail canal highway control but keeps Allied air corridors under Allied oversight.
Downtown Jewelry Co and many retailers listed join The Parisian and Saffa's in a downtown sale promotion. Banners for Downtown Days may be obtained at Anthony's Penney's and the Chamber of Commerce office.
A public hearing will convene at 10 a.m. in the hotel ballroom to hear testimony on the Lawton patrol shakeup. Holt and Lt. C. T. Raley were demoted and transferred after a patrol appeals board case tied to Trooper Bud Williamson, Norman Carroll, and a bootlegger incident. Raley resigned before 20 years of service completed. Carroll sought review after Williamson was exonerated.
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