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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1957
Page
3
The National Safety Council, citing a holiday period traffic study, predicts 335 fatalities in a four day Independence Day period, with men aged 25 to 39 most at risk. Most deadly window is 6 p.m. to midnight as travelers head to destinations, with speed and drinking factors prominent. Rural roads account for about one in ten crashes.
Dallas couple Mr and Mrs Richard Lerro must appear in Richburg Justice Court to defend their four and a half foot alligator Mo Mo Jo Ja from a Dallas sewer incident and a gator named Missouri Ice Mo as neighbors decry the pets as injurious to health while the Lerros insist the reptiles are harmless and their son Howard, 14, plays with them. The Dallas pound recovered the animals after the sewer incident and a catcher removed Mo Mo Jo Jo Ja from the sewer.
Tokyo dispatch notes Radio Peiping claims Communist China is adopting modern industry and building two ultra modern crematoriums fitted with electric cremating machines.
City council votes to receive bids July 23 for a five tower drill complex and a classroom annex at Central Fire Station on the south side to replace the torn down tower. The project is part of a $250 000 fire bond issue approved last summer.
Philadelphia and New York face widespread disruptions as a cement industry walkout shuts about 60 plants and idles roughly 12 000 workers. Negotiations stalled on retroactivity and union shop terms, threatening multimillion dollar projects and potential cement shortages nationwide.
Fort Sill personnel receive ruling to remove sewn in crease from summer shorts. Creases slow to press and may shorten pants life. crease can be removed by pulling out the thread. Future shorts will lack the crease. Sailor Drowns A Day Douglas Wallace 17, sailor home on leave, drowns in the Glenwood Park Pool.
Salvatore Joseph Falbo, 15, was indicted by a Clay County grand jury on first degree murder in the June 23 slaying of 70 year old Shirley Alice Kyle. The charge includes attempted rape. Falbo is held in a county jail as a juvenile.
Formosa dispatch reports praise for Taipei firefighters who used watermelons to fight a warehouse blaze amid a water shortage. The improvised method helped bring the fire under control as teams delivered large quantities of fruit to the scene.
The Constitution’s Files recalls protests against abolishing Indian agencies in Oklahoma and consolidating with Oklahoma City. Also noted are Lawton Pioneer Women’s Club planning Aug 6 birthday events and reports of flying saucers across seven states.
Burned wreckage of a missing Pakistani airliner was found on a sandy island near the Bay of Bengal’s southern tip. Police reported four persons aboard, with no survivor condition given. The DC3 disappeared Monday.
Philadelphia James B Conant former Harvard president says two years of college work is about all that a considerable portion of our youth can take He urges wider development of junior colleges arguing many students prefer work and a shorter college route over four year institutions.
Crestview Florida reports 109 year old William A Lundy, Civil War home guardsman at Elba Alabama, becomes an honorary member of the Ground Observer Corps. He jokes he can spot a squirrel in a pine tree and is glad to receive his honorary wings.
Elijah J. Spann 41 and Edith Marie Spann 33 were granted a divorce after serving one year for manslaughter in the 1954 death of their son Danny 5. Mrs. Spann cited extreme cruelty. The couple remains in state penitentiary while four other sons died previously and three daughters are in state custody.
Portuguese bachelor Angelo Rodrigues learned he was already married when applying for a marriage license. Investigation revealed a brother used his name to wed him a second time after quarrels with the first wife.
NUGATA Japan June 6 48 workers trapped for 107 hours in a tunnel cave in published a diary by Miyakichi A Watanabe 31. Rescuers contacted them through a drainpipe first day bringing tea newspapers and playing cards. As rescue neared they decided to shave for cameras and eight faces emerged shining.
A promotional piece touts Coronarp as a breakthrough laxative that remoistens and stretches the colon to relieve constipation overnight. It claims safety for pregnant women, superior bulk action, and no interference with vitamin absorption, pricing 98 cents for a 69 tablet pack.
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