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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1956

Page

7

Gary Says School Law Working In Oklahoma

Governor Raymond Gary says the better schools amendment is working as expected with 66 of 1,732 districts voting extra ad valorem millage. Total extra taxes reached 2.482 million, mainly from Tulsa and Oklahoma City, with most districts voting the full five mills where allowed. Oklahoma County raised about 1.235 million and Tulsa County about 730 thousand. About 487 new teachers were added statewide, largely in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Oklahoma City Raymond Gary Gary Oklahoma Tulsa Roy Emans State Education Department Oklahoma County Tulsa County

Prince Rainier Begins Month Stay Near Grace Kelly in Hollywood

Prince Rainier III of Monaco settles in Hollywood for a month to stay near his fiancé Grace Kelly who is filming. The couple had a brief reunion after his Phoenix arrival and the prince looked at homes while Kelly worked at her Pacific Palisades residence.

Hollywood Prince Rainier III of Monaco Grace Kelly Phoenix Aziz Pacific Palisades

Eye chart tests fail to predict driving vision

UCLA researchers reported that reading the eye chart does not reliably indicate driving safety. They note that tests showing visual clarity with a stationary target do not transfer to perception of moving objects.

Ing UCLA

Mineral Oil Warned Bad For Aged Debilitated

New York scientists flag mineral oil and other oils for the aged and debilitated as a risk of lipid pneumonia. Autopsies at St. Barnabas Hospital showed oil entering lungs, with over 10 percent affected and 47 cases listing lipid pneumonia as a contributing cause. They urge discontinuing oily ingestion or instillations in the elderly and advise against using oils in feeding tubes or on dry lips of weak patients.

Delos Smith New York Hollis K. Russell Jean- Pierre Gaudy Samuel L. Beranbaum St. Barnabas Hospital Medical Society of New York

Jordanians Aim to End British Hold on Army

Cairo dispatch analyzes Jordanian nationalist push against Lt Gen Glubb and the Arab Legion funded by Britain. It outlines factions from National Front to Muslim Brotherhood, Suleiman Nabulsi leadership, and possible outcomes: push to Jordanian command or risk of renewed British influence or violence.

Wilton Wynn Cairo Egypt Britain Jordan Iran Mohammed Mossadegh Mossadegh Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Arab Legion John Bagot Glubb Glubb Legion National Front Suleiman Nabulsi Nabulsi Arab Legion Command

Youthful Editor Dies In Hospital

Boston mourns the death of nine year old Robert Decker editor of The Boston Rocket who died of cirrhosis in Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. He kept a pencilled news sheet from bed and wrote of patients nurses and doctors noting Santa’s arrival he inspired clippings sent by news services and a final AP interview and photo.

Boston Boston Rocket Robert Decker Bobby Massachusetts Memorial Hospital Santa

Lawmaker seeks ban on mislabeling kosher foods

Rep Morris Weintraub of Newport introduced a bill in the Kentucky Legislature that would make it illegal for merchants to label meat or other foods as kosher unless they meet Orthodox Jewish standards. The bill defines kosher as foods prepared according to Jewish religious specifications.

Frankfort Morris Weintraub Newport

CAB Examiner Extends Area of Midwestern Investigation

A Civil Aeronautics Board hearing examiner tentatively agreed to broaden the study area for air service needs in seven Midwestern states. Curtis Henderson said he will propose including Billings Montana and Denver to the west Chicago and St. Louis to the east St. Louis Kansas City and Lincoln Nebraska to the south and the northern Minnesota boundary.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Board Curtis Henderson Billings Mont Denver Chicago St. Louis Kansas City Lincoln Neb Minnesota

Abbott Jury Goes Into Seventh Day

In Oakland California the jury trying Burton Abbott for the kidnapping and murder of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan enters its seventh day of deliberation. Attorneys urged Judge Charles Wade Snook to request a jury progress report. The state seeks the death penalty labeling the Berkeley girl’s killer a sexual psychopath.

Oakland Calif Burton Abbott Stephanie Bryan Abbott Charles Wade Snook Snook Stephanie Berkeley

Writer arrested in Louisville for radio station theft

Jonathan Faris Parks of Fresno California was arrested in Louisville yesterday after admitting he was a writer carrying his tools. Police charged the 31 year old with stealing a typewriter and phonograph from WKYW radio station.

Louisville Jonathan Faris Parks Fresno Calif Parks WKYW

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