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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
13
A boy dressed as a jungle chieftain performs leaps in a leopard skin leotard while wielding a jeweled dagger and a red shield. Instructions describe coloring, cutting, assembling on a base, and moving the figure. Junior Editors offers $10 for usable reader ideas. Violet Moore Higgins AP Newsfeatures notes Betty the Baton twirler next.
John R. Crooker Jr., 31, of Bucksport, Maine, was sentenced to death for the murder of Norma McCauley, 33, a wealthy divorcee and former sweetheart. He remained calm as jurors returned the verdict and awaits automatic review by the California Supreme Court before a gas chamber execution date is set. McCauley was garroted and stabbed at her Santa Monica home last July 5 after attempting to end the relationship.
Inglewood California Santa Claus is seen at the $2 betting window as holiday rush drives activity under the grand stand. The Post Office Department has taken over much racetrack space to sort and handle 100000 Christmas packages daily, with the racetrack warehouse serving as a division of the Inglewood post office.
In Youngstown Ohio municipal judges Forrest J Cavalier Robert D Nevin and Frank R Franko urged lawyers to avoid attaching Christmas pay of defendants in a holiday appeal published in Legal News. They urged cooperation and wished a Merry Christmas.
Secretary of State Dulles sails to Paris for his 23rd overseas trip to urge closer Atlantic Pact cooperation. The 15 Allied members will review progress on land sea and air defenses while Wilson Humphrey and Macmillan discuss Middle East issues ahead of the council meeting. The aim is unity amid East-West deadlock and renewed efforts against Soviet pressures.
The State Department refused on Monday to permit Archbishop Boris to enter the United States for permanent residence, renewing its demand that a Catholic priest be allowed to go to Moscow. The department said there is no similarity between the two cases.
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