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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
2
A Navy Banshee jet exploded in flight and crashed into an exclusive Richmond residential area Wednesday, demolishing one house and starting a fire. Fire crews found no fatalities. six people in the leveled dwelling suffered minor burns. The pilot ejected and parachuted to safety several miles away in Windsor Hills.
New York cabinet member Marion B. Folsom outlined an expanded federal program to help build thousands of schools. He said the administration could assist without eroding local school autonomy and urged continued state and local efforts alongside federal support. He noted new classrooms and teachers are needed as children reach school age.
The Army has ordered top priority for guided missile production. Maj. Gen. John Bruce Medaris is reassigned to Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama to speed up development and production of the guided missile program. The Post-Herald of Birmingham had reported Redstone Arsenal could become a center for missile development for the Army Navy and Air Force.
Thirteen Lawton high school students toured Semco Color Press in Oklahoma City to choose a design for the 1956 Wolverine yearbook. Delegation included Rosalie Thomason as editor Don Kouri as assistant editor Myrna Kay Langley Liz Ryan Gwen Patterson and photography students Lawrence Gee Don Hurley Deanna Hoggett Charles Cook Glen Thomason Marshall Collier Gary Carpenter and Wayne Walker. Sponsor W C Burris accompanied the group.
A lone bandit wearing a flesh colored Halloween mask robbed First National Bank of Lake Geneva of about $100,000. He entered before opening, herded all but VP George Allen into a coin vault, tied Allen, and escaped in a cashier’s car after demanding the currency list. He claimed keys to 12 banks. Police blocked roads across Wisconsin and Illinois.
Oklahoma Baptist general convention announced a $15 million medical center to be built on a 60 acre site at Northwest Highway and Grand Boulevard. Developer J Leroy Smith revealed plans for an $8 million shopping and professional center across the street, as nearly $30 million in construction is set for the city.
In Wilmington California 15 year old Donald Troncosta found an unex ploded .22 cartridge and shot at it with an air rifle. The bullet nicked him between the eyes and doctors closed the wound with two stitches. If the shot had been slightly different he could have been blinded in one eye.
Fourteen years after Pearl Harbor the United States faces defense costs above 35 billion dollars yearly, with Secretary Wilson signaling next year’s budget near 34 to 35 billion. The atomic program adds about two billion, while planners expect spending to plateau if the international situation holds.
LAS VEGAS NEV A farmer, Paul Thomas, tried to bomb a gopher den after being harassed by the pest. The device exploded igniting a hay pile, wasting 12 tons of hay. firefighters saved the house and barn. Thomas reports the gopher still looks from its hole.
Science reports a healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain quickly without surgery. Doctors note shrinking of piles and sufferers say they are no longer a problem. Bio-Dyne, used for healing nice tissue, is now offered as Preperation H in suppository or ointment form with a money back guarantee.
The Israeli government announced that all Roman Catholic church claims for compensation for war damage and restitution of ecclesiastic property requisitioned during the 1948 war have been settled satisfactorily.
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