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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1955

Page

7

Johnson Plans Another Term As Dem Leader

Washington Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson announces he will return as Democratic Senate leader next January after a recent heart attack. He cites recovery to an autumn full strength and criticizes Eisenhower’s partisan view of Congress. Johnson assigns blame for stalled highway and water bills to Republicans while noting health legislation was defeated earlier in a GOP-led session.

Washington Lyndon B. Johnson D-Tex Senate New Eisenhower Congress Johnson

Young Bride Refuses Annulment In Army Couple Case

A 16 year old Winnetka girl Barbara Jean eloped with Army corporal Stephen Doerner Jr after letters from overseas won her heart. Barbara Jean, aided by her mother Mrs Louise Sterling, faces a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Doerner posted bond and returned to Ft Sheridan as the case proceeds. Barbara Jean hopes to join him in France.

Winnetka Ill Louise Sterling of & Sporting Goods Company Cpl Stephen Doerner Jr Doerner Barbara Jean Shawneetown Illinois A. Lee Adams Winnetka Justice of the Peace Ft. Sheridan Chicago France Sterling

Skipper Of Heroic Tug Turmoil Killed In Fall

London reports Capt. Dan Parker a 63 year old tug skipper died after a fall aboard the Turmoil during a five day effort to tow the Flying Enterprise in a stormy Atlantic. The Turmoil rescued Captain Kurt Carlsen when the Flying Enterprise sank off Ireland.

London Dan Parker Parker Atlantic Ireland Kurt Carlsen

Surviving an A bomb blast lessons learned in survival city

New York editorial notes ten year anniversary of atomic bombs and presents survival lessons from Nevada tests and Pacific fallout. It argues shelters and protection greatly increase survival odds, even within close blast zones, and warns against overestimating pinpoint accuracy.

New York Nevada Pacific Survival City Hiroshima and Nagasaki Harold L. Goodwin Federal Civil Defense Administration Times Square la Guardia

Loan Is Too Much Trouble Robber Takes $11000

In Buffalo a young man asked for a personal loan at the Cheektowaga Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. branch. After being redirected the man returned to rob the bank ten minutes later and escaped with eleven thousand dollars.

Buffalo N.Y.P Charles J. Hauser Cheektowaga Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co

Widow Denies Knife Slaying Of Attorney

In Tulsa Oklahoma Mrs Geral dine Terry 23 faced a murder charge for the slaying of her husband attorney Bill Lee Terry after a struggle in their home She was released on 10000 bond secured by 200 shares of U S Steel stock supplied by her foster father Gleaver McConnell Tulsa city water commissioner Trial set for August 30 with defense claiming the husband fell on a butcher knife during a drunken quarrel

Tulsa Okla Geraldine Terry Bill Lee Terry Gleaver McConnell Tulsa City Water U.S. Steel Corp

Police Begin Regular Patrols in Chinatown After 75 Years

Uniformed officers patrolled San Francisco Chinatown today for the first time in 75 years as the city absorbed the former plainclothes Tong era detail. Chinese residents had protested that plainclothes policing was discriminatory while officers resumed standard patrols.

Chinatown San Francisco

No Leads Found To Sex Murderer

Kansas City authorities say hundreds of tips have yielded no productive leads in the slaying of 34 year old Mrs. Wilma Allen whose nude body was found in a pasture 20 miles southwest of Kansas City. The FBI state and local agencies search for the killer while investigators piece together information to establish a pattern.

Kansas City Wilma Allen Bernard C. Brannon FBI William R. Allen Jr

Names of 10 soldiers killed in Korea truck crash released

Washington reported that Newsmen in Korea were shown the identities of ten soldiers killed in a truck accident before all next of kin had been notified. The Pentagon planned to investigate a breach of Army policy while 8th Army Seoul identified the casualties of the 24th Division near Kimpo Air Base. Names included Pfc John B Long II and Sgt Thomas J Brown among others, with some families stating they had not yet been informed.

Washington Korea Pentagon U.S. 8Th Army Seoul Kimpo Air Base Tokyo Army John B. Long II Spec Edwin L. Ussery Mountain City Thomas J. Brown McGehee Ark Robert J. Gourley Wakefield Middlesex Mass Thomas J. Gilhooley Waterbury Conn Paul A. Seeley la Canada Los Angeles Calif William H. Kimberlen Campbell County Tenn C. Roosevelt Jones Burlington N.J Walter M. Edwards Memphis Johnny B. Lofton Mee- Call Creek Miss

Thirteen Italians to testify in U S trial

Thirteen Italians including former wartime partisans travel by special plane to the United States to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington on the slaying of U S Army Maj William Holohan. Accompanying them are FBI agent Alex H Smith and investigator Henry Manfredi.

Milan Italy United States U. S. Army William Holohan Washington OSS Aldo Icardi Pittsburgh Carl Lo Dolce Rochester N.Y Holohan Alex H. Smith FBI U.S. Army Henry Manfredi Manfredi Lake Orta Frankfurt Shannon Ireland Atlantic

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