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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1954
Page
9
Washington January 15 UP President Eisenhower marked the 19th anniversary of Roosevelt's Social Security proposal noting continuity with 1935 goals. He emphasized economic security for individuals and families, urging ongoing expansion and protection, reflecting a long line of policy from FDR to his era.
Norman sailor Henry Anthony Naccari faces a $25 fine for reckless driving as his plea is reviewed by the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals. Attorneys argue the Cleveland county jury was not properly instructed on road rules after a collision on U S 77 near Moore between Oklahoma City and Norman.
A Pontotoc County project to test hearing for every school child through the ninth grade is underway. Teachers, citizens, school officials and health department representatives learned how to operate the audiometer used in the tests this week.
Agricultural researchers at Beltsville Maryland studied 350 Holstein and 345 Jersey cows to link head length with milk output. They concluded long heads tend to yield more milk, though the overall study covered about 950,000 cows. A cow producing under 5,000 pounds annually is not profitable. The report notes head length is used by sculptors to gauge body proportions. milk comes from many cows in a cooperative bucket.
Police seized 27 500 photographs 600 magazines and 70 books from seven downtown cigar stands and penny arcades charging five people with sale of lewd literature in a downtown San Francisco operation.
A Lawton woman's son in law died in a Philippines Airlines DC6 crash near Rome on Thursday. Sixteen aboard died, including nine crew. Teodoro Santo Domingo Jr. was the navigator and son in law of Mrs. Lucille Hardiman of 1306 Elm. Her daughter Jeanne was married to Domingo in Manila in October 1948. Mrs Domingo notified her mother from Rome of the death. Also aboard were airline European manager Royal Jordan and pilots Ira Broome and William Rose. Mrs. Hardiman returned from Rome in May 1953, where she lived with her daughter and son in law. The Domingo family includes two children, Claude and Diego. Mrs. Domingo studied in Chickasha. Other relatives, cousins of Mrs. Hardiman, live at 910 F. Mrs. Hardiman works for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner, 1306 Elm, and her daughter does not plan to return to the United States yet.
Keith Dale Snell, 6, wandered from Wolf School 12 miles south of Seminole yesterday. A six hour fog bound search by 100 volunteers, with local officers, state troopers, and bloodhounds, found him wandering near Seminole. He is unharmed and staying with his grandmother.
Oklahoma officers today were driving from San Francisco to Oklahoma with Chester Lee Davenport an escapee from the Granite Oklahoma reformatory Davenport was serving a 25 year sentence for kidnapping an Oklahoma highway patrolman at the time of his escape
Edward Eugene Long, 21, jailed three years in a reformatory for blackmail linked to the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping. He sent a ransom note to Robert C. Greenlease while not involved in the actual abduction. The ransom fund later paid to Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady, who murdered Bobby and were executed. Over $300,000 remains missing.
Students in Sherborne England were forced to abandon their history essay as a school fire swept through the building yesterday. Fire crews battled flames, no injuries reported, and investigations into the cause are underway.
KANSAS CITY Mo Jan 15 Former President Truman says no one is to blame for the three way accident in which his 1953 car was banged up The accident occurred Thursday morning as Mr Truman drove along Paseo onto 8th St when his year old car was struck by another Then Truman's automobile skidded into a third The streets were slick from a freezing mist blanketing Kansas City during the night and early morning He said there is none to blame It was unavoidable The former president is a veteran driver and the mishap was believed his first though that could not be checked definitely He recalled earlier driving feats during his years in public life
A brief note indicates Ghany mains active in the states of Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland. The item reads as a concise regional mention of Ghany mains presence across multiple jurisdictions.
Seoul reports the National Assembly unanimously approves a mutual defense treaty pledging U S action against any renewed North Korean aggression in Korea.
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