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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1957

Page

12

Airman Freed After Court-Martial Over White Sidewall Haircut

Ald Wheeler from Cortez Colorado was released from the Hineda Air Force Base stockade in Tokyo after Col Charles W Jorinstone overturned his court-martial ruling for refusing an order to get a white sidewall haircut. Wheeler said he might challenge the order again if given the chance. He will finish overseas duty with the all police squadron at Fuchu before leaving Japan August 18 for Williams AFB Arizona and does not plan to re enlist.

Japan Wheeler Fuchu Air Force Base Cortez Colo Hineda Air Force Base Tokyo Charles W. Jorinstone Reno Nev All Police Fuchu Williams Air Force Base Chandler Aviz Yokyo Far East Command Air Force

Leopold Parole Bid Sent To Governor

SPRINGFIELD Illinois Parole and Pardon Board submits its detailed recommendations on Nathan Leopold’s plea for release from Stateville Penitentiary. The governor’s decision is awaited. The file covers the Bobby Franks murder and Leopold’s 33 years in prison since the 1924 Chicago case. Leopold seeks sentence reduction enabling December release. Loeb was killed in a prison fight in 1936.

Springfield Mla Wiliam G. Stratton Illinois Parole and Pardon Board Nathan Leopold Stateville Penitentiary Leopold Bobby Franks Richard Loeb Franks Boy Chicago Loeb University of Chicago

Cagney Embraces Farm Life as Country Gentleman

Hal Boyle profiles James Cagney, the actor who rose from Manhattan’s lower East Side to Hollywood stardom and now champions a busy farm life. He owns a 600 acre California horse ranch, a 700 acre North Carolina dairy farm, and a Maryland vineyard estate, while balancing film work with farming passions and genetics projects. He recalls early years, winning an Oscar for Yankee Doodle Dandy, and notes changes in show business toward greater professionalism and less glamor.

Hal Doyle New York Jimmy Cagney Jim Manhattan Lower East Side Cagney Old New York Sun Mae Clark Jimmy James, Jr Cathleen California Millbrook N. C Mavsha's Vineyard Univer

Italian director Rossellini meets Indian film executives

Roberto Rossellini arrived in Bombay for film business and met Indian executives but refused to see reporters. He is reportedly linked romantically with Indian writer Sonali Das Gupta, who is collaborating with him on documentary films for the Indian government. An embassy spokesman said the filmmaker was here on business and would stay only briefly.

Roberto Rossellini Rossellini Sonali Das Gupta Sonali Bombay

West Wet East Prays For Rain

Showery weather covered two thirds of the nation but droughty eastern states saw no rain. The Great Lakes high pressure moved toward the mid Atlantic as Massachussets Governor Furcolo called a Day of Prayer for Rain urging everyone to seek divine help for drought relief.

Associated Press Great Lakes Mid- Atlantic Maine Carolinas Massachusetts Foster Furcolo Commonwealth Florida

Not in the Script Hollywood police stop grocery bandit

Accidents investigators Robert Pardini and Robert Spottswood, returning from San Francisco on CBS Lineup location work, observed a man attempting to scale a fence and halt him after he admitted to committing a grocery store holdup.

Hollywood Robert Pardini Robert Spottswood Police Ladquarters San Francisco Cbs-Tv

Belcher Opposes School Construction Bill in Congress

Representative Page Belcher of Enid was the lone Oklahoma House member to vote against the $1.5 billion school construction bill. The motion to kill the bill failed 208 to 23 as five Democratic Oklahoma congressmen joined in backing the measure’s defeat. Belcher argued for restraint, citing the federal budget and fear of increased government programs and centralized control from Washington. A light note follows with a Chicago story about long-haired daughters and a playful quip from a housewife.

Warrington Biden Washington Page Belcher Enid House Oklahoma Eisenhower Edmondson Albert, Steed Jarman Morris Belcher Congress Wasington

Governor Urges Rain Prayers as Drought Deepens

Massachusetts residents urged to pray for rain while Gov. Furcolo warns of a two month drought. Archbishop Cushing orders Masses to include a rain prayer. With no forecasted rain, 20 million in metropolitan Boston face strict water restrictions including bans on car washing and pools. Public Health declares water shortage in 32 towns and extends rain making operations to 11 drought areas.

Boston Massachusetts Foster Furcolo Richard J. Cushing State Department of Public Health Bay State Furcolo Bristol Plymouth

Japan Res imposes travel cap on Soviet diplomats

Japan restricts Soviet diplomats to a 25 mile radius around Tokyo in retaliation for Moscow curbs on Japanese. The measure mirrors Moscow limits and amplifies tensions between the two nations.

Japan Tokyo

Officers Raid Firm In Negro Boycott Probe

Tuskegee authorities raid the Tuskegee Civic Assn office and a Negro printing shop led by Attorney General John Patterson. Records seized include a membership list as part of a probe into a local boycott by Tuskegee Negroes against white merchants following a law changing city limits. Handbills and NAACP material were removed. official said evidence may support legal action if warranted.

Tuskegee Ala Tuskegee Civic Assn John Patterson Patterson TCA Alabama National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People MacDonald Gailion

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