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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1956
Page
6
Butter prices hold steady with wholesale buying unchanged. Receipts reach 1,215,546. quality AA grade 93 at 2.00, A 57 at 2.25, B 56.25, C 55. Prices for cars show B at 56.75 and C at 55.75.
Edmonton Eskimos announce the signing of 203 pound University of Oklahoma guard Bo Bolinger, the first import addition for the 1956 season. Bolinger was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League.
A Texas judge granted default judgments totaling more than 50,000 against Lloyd O. Haun Jr. and Cecil M. Gabbard of El Paso tied to Home Service Casualty of Dallas. Awards went to Lillian Zilar 30,636.09 Claire Brammer 20,606.25 and D. J. Brammer 545.69 for injuries and car damage from a 1954 traffic crash at 11th and Monroe.
Douglas Aircraft Corp. test pilot Charles H. Kesler, 35, was killed yesterday when his F4D Skyray stalled during an emergency landing at the naval air station in Los Alamitos. Kesler, a Pecos Texas native, was serving at the base.
NEW YORK UP The first Scientific study of the sexual behavior of the human alcoholic reveals they are mixed up in this field as in others. Dr. Jacob Levine of Yale reports male alcoholics are unresponsive to women and often prefer male company, while female alcoholics are unresponsive to men. He notes many come from homes with domineering mothers and distant fathers. The study, based on 79 treated alcoholics 63 men and 16 women ages 22 to 51, finds overall low sexual activity and largely negative attitudes toward sex. Some cases show alcohol increasing drive but reducing capability. Eight of 16 women shun men, five of 16 are promiscuous yet unresponsive. He links long-term excessive use to sexual behavior and suggests deep rooted sexual conflicts motivate addiction, with possible same sex drive suppression and unconscious dynamics.
Norman OK UP Three OU guards, two of them first stringers, quit Coach Doyle Parrack's basketball team. Jimmy Peck Leedey OK and Gary Balding Hazelton Kan along with reserve Max Claiborne left the squad reducing it to seven. OU stands 0-3 in the Big Seven with only three wins in 13 games. midterm exams idle the team this week.
Young farmers from Siberia and Central Asia travel to Moscow for a Kremlin conference on the push to put unused and virgin eastern lands under grain crops. Komsomol Pravda announced yesterday.
A global tally puts around 20,000 bird species worldwide, with roughly 800 species recorded in the United States. This reflects broad avian diversity across continents and ecosystems.
Prague radio said Marshal Chu Teh vice president of Red China arrived after visiting East Berlin and Hungary. The diplomat came to the city following a prior trip across Central Europe.
Funeral services for Josephy Hackney 49 were held Sunday burial in Roosevelt cemetery under Brown Funeral Home. Born November 9 1907 in Gatesville Texas he moved to Roosevelt in 1927 and worked in oil for over 25 years. Survivors include wife Etna six sons one daughter nine grandchildren a brother and eight sisters with numerous relatives noted. O W Reece officiated at William M John 82 funeral at First Christian Church Apache. Burial in Fairview Cemetery under Crews Funeral Home. Bearers listed.
OKLAHOMA CITY Tinker Air Force Base personnel received a curious request yesterday. A letter addressed to Tinker from McAlester signatories Johnny Smith, 13, and Johnny Hernandez, 14, asked for a slightly used airplane to place in a yard to learn flying.
The Memphis censor board approved the film after three women on the board informed United Artists it could be shown with the production code seal. The movie about drug addicts had been expected to be banned, as in past cases.
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