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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1955
Page
4
The House approved a $2 360 530 000 military construction bill in a voice vote with no debate. It authorizes worldwide projects including Air Force and radar warning facilities. A Senate-House conference committee resolved the compromise late yesterday before sending it to the Senate.
Bronze is still used for coins in many modern countries.
Lawton police hunt a local youth who hurled a soft drink bottle into a passing driver’s car at about 1:30 am. Sgt. Charles W. Rinehart of Fort Sill reported being struck on the shoulder. A man arrested for no driver’s license bonded out, claiming his companion threw the bottle. the companion remains at large.
Four Lawton men were released without charges after Mrs. Zayne Taylor could not identify any suspect in the Tuesday night intrusion at 308 Euclid. Detective Otis Waldron stated Mrs. Taylor hesitated on identification. The prowler entered about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, frightening Mrs. Taylor and her daughter as they slept. Police note ongoing complaints of prowlers in the area for a week.
Films of Nevada hydrogen and atom bomb tests will be shown this afternoon in the Comanche county courthouse women's lounge. O. J. Toland Civil Defense official from Oklahoma City says the event is tied to Operation Identification. A van on the courthouse square sells identification tags. Toland arrived Thursday and leaves tomorrow. Tornado ruins at Blackwell and Udall, Kansas were shown this morning.
Dennis Newton 69 dies after lengthy illness at his home 1402 Lee in Lawton. A Lawton resident since 1926 he served 18 years as custodian of Constitution Press. Tony Lawson of 17th Street Church of Christ to officiate. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Shaw Funeral Home in charge.
The Douglass School Board purchased nails from Hollem Truitt Lumber Co Lawton for 20 cents a pound and awarded the contract to supply 9 000 square feet of acoustical tile after bids were opened at Tuesday night’s meeting. Hollem Truitt’s bid of 12 75 per square was the lowest of three bids received.
O J Toland of Oklahoma City announced screenings of Blackwell and Udall, Kan tornado and Nevada atomic test films at 8 p.m. today in the 35th Division park. Toland, a civil defense official, is in town for Operation Identification and will visit Duncan on Saturday.
City police filed charges against five people after three separate accidents, two at 13th and Kingsbury. Reed resident Mable Jones was treated for minor injuries after her 1955 Plymouth collided with Joe Russell Cable’s 1954 Mercury at Dearborn and 17th. Police reported skid marks and $850 total damage, with both drivers cited. A second wreck at 13th and Kingsbury involved Adram Scott and Joseph DeNoble, yielding minor damage and two charges for yield and speed. A third crash at the same intersection involved Sybil Allen Smith and Chloe Breasher, with speeding and license charges for the teen and an unlicensed-operator charge for her mother. both cars sustained about $350 combined damage. All charged will appear in Municipal Court today.
Emperor penguins cradle and incubate eggs on their feet to keep them warm off the ice with both parents sharing the task.
A Fort Worth federal grand jury returned a three count anti trust indictment against Safeway Stores claiming it tried to monopolize the Texas and New Mexico grocery trade since 1954. The case alleges below cost sales and price wars to drive independents out of business and sales quotas of 25 to 50 percent for local stores.
In Los Angeles a burglar who broke into a home consumed Mexican enchiladas, chile peppers, tamales, Irish stew, chop suey and washed it down with Holland gin and California wine. Police waited with a stomach pump before he gave himself up.
Madison based forecaster Al Joos outlined a two week vacation plan on Thursday and said he would provide weather readings for a radar station construction crew operating in the Atlantic Ocean. The note places Joos in the midst of his seasonal duties with no impact on current forecasts.
A parade float depicting the old woman who lived in a shoe has been repurposed as a play house for a church nursery in Brownsville Texas. The large brown shoe features a front door and a window for imaginative play.
In Orlando a court heard Southern Fruit Distributors seek $1,370 more for 800 cases of grapefruit juice sent to Queen Elizabeth for her coronation. Cohen claimed the promo was a public service. only $650 subscribed and some unpaid. Jurors reported deadlocked. judge sent them home.
A white purse with 21 dollars disappeared from a parked auto near the east door of a junior high school this morning while the owner was inside for under five minutes. Mrs. L. A. Wickman of 1211 Logan reported the loss to Desk Sergeant Asbery. The theft occurred about 8 45 a.m. today.
Los Angeles police say John R. Crooker Jr., a 31 year old UCLA student and houseboy, confessed to stabbing and garroting Auburn haired socialite Norma McCauley 33 after she refused reconciliation. He described strangling her with a stole, then taking money from her purse before fleeing.
Detectives report a letter from Frank Crocker to Mrs. McCauley Crocker, once married to Marian Crooker, threatens to expose their affair to her parents and ex husband. Crocker admitted receiving $300 to return to Lucksport Maine and pursue reconciliation while remaining a law student at Southwestern University.
An old advertisement claims a strong fungicide called T-4-L can kill the athlete's foot germ on contact within one hour. It promises greaseless, instant drying and directs readers to buy at Gilbert Woods Drug Store today.
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