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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1956
Page
8
Lawton residents mourn and stand proud as wives of Navy airmen killed or missing in action gather at a conference. The group shares sorrow, honors fallen husbands, and seeks word on the missing men as families cope with the long wait and national perception of the war’s human cost.
Delegates to the 79th annual American Bar Association convention convene in Dallas for a general assembly. Officials will be elected and reports on issues facing the profession discussed. Sessions include loyalty security debates with Gen William and Justice Department officials. A panel, chaired by Judge McCoy, will review Canon 35 on courtroom media and Canon 20 on pretrial publicity.
In Dallas a man was shot to death and another critically stabbed after a dispute over a 25 cent election bet. The suspect, a 21 year old, said he shot Hil ton Campbell during the fight about the date voters would go to the polls. Polls opened Saturday in the Democratic primary. No charges filed yet.
Army Pvt Wayne L Rutledge son of Cecil Rutledge Rt 2 Coni anehr recently completed the first hose of six months active duty at Fort Chafee Ark under the Reserve Forces act. Rutledge received eight weeks of basic Combat training which is being followed by advanced individual and unit training. He will finish his training via local reserves at National Guard rt
Montgomery voters face a pair of measures designed to preserve segregation in public schools the first would allow freedom of choice to avert integration and remove constitutional guarantees to free schooling with broad legislative power to abolish segregated schools the second would let local authorities dispose of recreational facilities and housing to avoid courtordered integration
Three 1956 Lawton High School graduates joined the U S Navy under the high school graduates program. Lilburn Lean O'Dell will train as hospital corpsman, Robert Harrison Martin and Alton Emerson as electronics technicians. They recently left for San Diego boat training and will receive 14 days leave after graduation before entering their assigned schools.
A traveling sailor Howard Blalock stationed at Norman naval base lost his wallet containing 70 dollars on Friday. Dave Boydston of Cache found it and turned it in to Lawton highway patrol. Blalock reclaimed the wallet and money later that night. In a separate incident Neil Coy lost 90 dollars in downtown Lawton Saturday and recovered the wallet two hours later minus the money.
A freak windstorm struck Paz de Aripopo in the western Colombian jungle low lands yesterday crushing a public school and killing six school girls. Authorities reported the event in Bogota as a sudden natural disaster with fatalities among students.
Police questioned confessed kidnapper Lamarca regarding whether Angela John Lamarca deliberately left baby Peter Weinberger to cry. Nassau inspectors say Lamarca claimed he placed the infant near a highway after frightened by ransom crowd and declined to reveal shelter location or names. He faces a Friday Mineola hearing and is under mental evaluation with two exams planned.
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS Two associates of deposed state auditor Ville Hodge Edward Ilintz and Edward Epping were scheduled to be arraigned in Sangamon County Court on charges of aiding Hodge to embezzle state funds They were expected to plead innocent Hodge remains in Menard State Prison serving a 19 to 15 year term for embezzlement as his first week ends.
In Lawton a 72 year old Apache elder Rev John Loco dies in hospital. Comanche youths may enter livestock in the county free fair starting tomorrow at LO ranch. About 34 attend a family reunion at Jess Jacksons in Cache. City council rejects a plan for a city gasoline station. Shells fall in French territory amid the Spanish Civil War. Dr L H Fouts Sr and Jr return home from a convention in Indianapolis. A posse hunts eight bandits who robbed Claremore banks of 9500 dollars. County excise board okays 5165 mills next year down from 6 3. Valentino body drawing 75000 views in New York. Lewis Zorhis attends a Rotary in Chickasha.
Richard Mizuhata a 13 year old Japanese American Boy Scout wandered from a Scout group in the Carbon River area of Mt Rainier National Park and survived seven days six nights with little food or water. He was found by Paul Uno a Seattle mail carrier and volunteers and is recovering in hospital hoping to catch up on meals and comics.
Mrs. Eleanor Tydings wife of former Senator Millard E Tydings announced she would seek the Maryland Democratic senatorial nomination after illness led to Millard Tydings withdrawal She aims to carry on the Tydings name and will oppose George P Mahoney Mahoney for the party nomination as the Democratic State Central Committee prepares to name a successor in Baltimore tonight.
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu will fly to the United States for four or five days in Washington and New York, after arriving in London for the Suez Canal conference. The United States fears Tokyo may seek recognition of Soviet sovereignty over the southern Kurile Islands to secure a peace treaty with Moscow, a development Moscow has not conceded.
Leaders of the East zone controlled unions report ongoing labor difficulties in Communist East Germany. The executive committee passes resolutions alleging Communist Party members repeatedly violate worker rights and damage factories amid rising tensions.
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