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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1955
Page
14
Small grocery at 925 S 9th reports strong business. Lease options for building rent or buy with fixtures available. Drive In property offered by American Realty for 5600 dollars total. Contact S778 and phone 9487 days, 6773 nights.
In Formosa Taipeis China Daily News quotes Brig. Gen. Benjamin O Davis Jr saying American and Chinese Nationalist air forces would inflict a bloody nose on the Chinese Communists if they invaded Formosa. He adds the air task force, Nationalist air force, and U S Seventh Fleet are clicking like a ball team.
Police Sgt Lester Friday cited Davy W Crockett 20 of Los Angeles for running a red light after pulling him over on a curb. The exchange included a lighthearted reference by the officers and driver.
Eleftherios Kavounidis 34 received court permission to change his name to Larry Andrews after explaining that even his wife could not spell his name. The hearing was held Monday in Detroit.
In Racine Wisconsin Mrs William Jenkins and Mrs Wil la Harder share a hospital room after giving birth to daughters within five hours. The twins highlight a rare coincidence as both families celebrate new arrivals on the same day.
The French National Assembly ratified the Austrian independence treaty today by a unanimous vote. The treaty advances to the Senate as the United States Soviet Union and Austria have completed ratification in Moscow. Britain’s Parliament has approved but not yet sent its ratification to Moscow.
Bulgaria accuses Turkey of provoking a border shooting that wounded a Bulgarian guard. Sofia radio named the incident and warned of broader risk to Balkans peace. Turkish police said Bulgarian Vice Consul Georgi Barkanoff Tcholakoff was arrested on July 4 for spying and that a Bulgarian spy ring was being rounded up. Bulgaria called the arrest a frameup and demanded his release.
An explosion at a Florence fertilizer factory last night killed five workmen and seriously injured four others. Emergency crews surveyed the scene as investigators began assessing the cause of the blast and securing the site.
Mexico City reporters note democracy on display as four movie stars a boxer a deceased man and two famed dictators each received write‑in votes on ballots in congressional elections highlighting popular participation and symbolic choices.
In Wyoming and Colorado hundreds of firefighters faced wet weather as they worked to gain control of two major blazes in Medicine Bow and Routt forests. The Rock Creek fire near Laramie had burned 2,800 acres while another in Medicine Bow covered about 1,200 total for both fires. Weather showers aided crews and 800 workers labored since last Thursday with no injuries reported.
In Nashville Frank G Clement and Citizens for TVA demand President Eisenhower keep TVA at maximum efficiency and remove those responsible for the Dixon Yates contract. They say the conspiracy has been beaten and urge action to protect TVA benefits regionally and nationally. Memphis’ plant decision is cited as a warning.
The Associated Press reports generally fair and pleasant summer weather across most of the United States. Wet spots linger in the Southeast and West with showers overnight in western Carolinas and Virginia. Scattered storms appear from Montana to Arizona and New Mexico. Much of the South stays hot and humid while New England and the eastern Great Lakes experience up to 12 degrees cooler than yesterday morning.
Detroit resident Eleftherois Ka vounidis, 34, requested the Probate Court to grant a legal name change to Larry Andrews noting even his wife cannot spell his given name.
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