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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1955
Page
13
A feature about Christmas creches tracing origins from St Francis of Assisi. The piece guides readers to craft a creche angel figure with step by step instructions and hints on arrangement and hanging. It notes the tradition's spread from a medieval Italian practice to home displays. TOMORROW: The Shepherds.
Three eastern Oklahoma residents died in weekend traffic incidents. Tulsa boy Keith Foster, four, died after a taxi struck him at an intersection. taxi driver Theodore Howard was involved. Muskogee residents Ruby Sherlock and Mable Vege died in a two car collision. North Tulsa motorist Joel Martin Yancey perished when his car left SH 33 and rolled near Leach.
Glasgow reports Billy Graham's six week campaign raised 200000 plus dollars in collections and hymnbook sales. Organizers say 33600 was donated to Graham's organization for expenses.
Comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are promoted from honorary buck privates to honorary master sergeants at Fort MacArthur California. The ceremony marks the 15 year anniversary of their initial honorary ratings and coincides with the unveiling of the Army Nike rocket during the fort’s anniversary fete.
United Press Washington quote from Joseph L. Rauh Jr. of Americans for Democratic Action. He says the 1956 race offers a choice between Earl Warren on the Republican ticket and Stevenson Harriman or Kefauver on the Democratic ticket, saying the American people couldn't lose either way.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles comments on the NATO decision regarding Germany. He states that the West German Republic remains the sole government representing the German people, reaffirming Western alignment after the council’s ruling.
President Eisenhower delivers a special Christmas message praising brighter promises for the nation’s future and reflecting on recent years. He calls for unity and hope as the country faces the holidays.
Representative Ed Mondson of Oklahoma notes the tents used for American servicemen in Korea are better than Civil War and World War I era tents but argues there is an urgent need for improved housing in the theater.
Mrs. Louella Earl, a Baltimore woman, shelters a baby kangaroo after its mother abandoned it two months early at the city zoo. The joey will be fed every two hours with baby cereal and vitamins while in her care, a repeat rescue from last April when her care helped a previous joey survive before being returned to the zoo.
Bundesrat President Kai-Uwe Von Hassel announced that the West German senate will convene in Berlin early next year marking a display of unity between West Germany and West Berlin. The Bundestag recently met in West Berlin, the first for the upper chamber.
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