GI Play Santa Claus Over World
In Pranseart a Christmas event unfolds on December 6 with distribution of gifts to home residents. General H. O. Tolles leads visiting parties in a voluntary program emphasizing Christmas cheer and community spirit.
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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1957
Page
8
In Pranseart a Christmas event unfolds on December 6 with distribution of gifts to home residents. General H. O. Tolles leads visiting parties in a voluntary program emphasizing Christmas cheer and community spirit.
A five year old elephant at Prospe Park hurled a gardener, Michiel Caprin aged 7, into a moat after two blows with its trunk. The worker was rescued by a passerby and reported in fair condition at Wings County hospital.
The Weather Bureau reports a cold front and widespread rain washing out Christmas plans from the Southern Plains to the Mississippi Valley. Snow fell in Iowa for the first time this season, with Des Moines seeing several inches. Temperatures climbed in Minnesota while the lower Mississippi Valley stayed warm and humid elsewhere remained unsettled.
In Cushing Oklahoma police shot and killed two burglars during a morning safe cracking at Bee Drug Store. The bandits Ray Abbott 60 Drumright and Joan Blackie Yost 33 Dillan were surprised by Chief Clyde Bap and Detective George Bledsoe as they attempted to break the safe. The men reportedly fled but were fatally stopped when ordered to halt. Authorities tied the escape claim to a prior heist at a local distributor the day before, with over $390 in cash and checks taken.
Indiana senator Homer Capehart split from a party ally at a Indianapolis ward meeting saying he was insulted while discussing Russia. Gov Handley support and a 10 minute limit sparked the outburst as Capehart spoke 20 minutes before leaving the gathering.
Senator O Mahoney charged that large firms are capturing most benefits from an investment guaranty program under the Mutual Security Act. He cited ICA data showing guaranties to firms in Pakistan, Japan, the United Kingdom, France and elsewhere, and warned of forthcoming congressional controversy over foreign aid funding.
Former Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray was interviewed for Brownsville city manager, and he had also applied for the Harlingen post. Murray, linked to a Fort Worth oil firm after a merger, said he has no political plans but hopes his son may run for governor someday.
Funeral rites tentatively set for Thursday morning in Lee Fort Sam Houston post chapel San Antonio Texas for Sgt Howard Richart Fallon Sr 38 found dead in his car Sunday two miles from his Lawton area home A coroner jury ruled death by own action Stc Benton M Spruill to serve as military escort to Fort Sam Houston burial in Fort Sam Houston cemetery Local arrangements Becker Funeral Home
Dalton business calloze offers mimeograph service with letters schedules price lists ruled forms etherbee folding stuffing addressing and Smith Corona typewriter work. Sheridan Road contact EL 5 2737 provides postal and office support services.
The Justice Department Tax Division reports fiscal 1957 as its best year, saving the government over 7.12 million dollars and collecting 16.3 million from delinquents. Chief Rice notes faster handling of tax litigation, a backlog reduction of more than 2,350 cases since 1954, and continued use of pre trial conferences despite high new workload.
A slippery highway crash near Del City left a father, William Nabors, 35, and his two sons trapped in a wrecked car as a power pole was knocked down. One son, William, 6, was freed after 40 minutes with injuries. the other son, Robert, escaped unharmed. Power was restored about an hour later.
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