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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1956

Page

3

Parental types blamed at Pasadena youth conference

Superior Judge Roger Pfaff urged criminal liability for parents of repeat offenders while a Community Conference on Youth panel catalogued delinquency prone parental styles. Mrs Russell Grant described see-sawing, flashback, nervous Nellie and other types as contributing factors.

Pasadena Calif Pon Roger Pfaff Community Conference On Russell Grant Capt Bligh Nellie Johnny

Hutton urges mail box donations to City of Hope

Betty Hutton urged donors to drop coins in a mail box to aid City of Hope cancer hospital and research center in Duarte California. The hospital said the idea was not part of its campaign and asked the Postmaster General to forward loose cash contributions in envelopes to the hospital.

City of Hope Miss Hutton Postmaster-General

Snow avalanche buries farms in Oldra area Norway

Aftenposten reports a snow avalanche near Oldra Norway buried two farms. A 57 year old farmer and two children were believed dead under the snow. Weather and rescue teams searched the scene for survivors.

Oslo Norway Aftenposten Oldra

Witness recounts freighter sinking in Gulf of Alaska

Mrs Vernon Lester of West Vancouver describes three sharp cracks and the Washington Mail breaking in two near in the Gulf of Alaska at 1 15 p m. Survivors were rescued by the navy troopship Gen H B Freeman and flown back to the United States. The Lesters, on a second honeymoon voyage to Tokyo, recount the cold, snow and 40 foot seas and praise the Freeman crew for saving all aboard.

Marlin Spencer Seattle Vernon Lester West Vancouver B.C Washington Mail Gulf of Alaska Navy Gen H. B. Freeman Lesters United States Kodiak Freeman Tokyo Lester Vern

Graham Demands Trial Before Jury

Denver District Judge Joseph M. McDonald will hear arguments on a request by John Gilbert Graham to be tried for murder without a jury. His lawyers contend federal law allows a bench trial and the Colorado code’s jury requirement for murder trials is unconstitutional. Graham pleads innocent in the November death of his mother in the United Airlines crash near Longmont, Colorado, in which 44 died.

Denver Joseph M. McDonald John Gilbert Graham Graham Colorado Daisie E. King United Air Lines Longmont Colo

Atom Age Dams Could Link Continents Across Bering

A Soviet engineer on Moscow radio argues the atomic era enables a 45 mile Bering Straits dam to connect Asia and America. An electric rail line could join London to Washington with a branch to Peiping, and London to Paris via a Channel tunnel. Pumps powered by a 2 to 3 million kilowatt station would warm Arctic waters, reshaping climates and opening Siberian rivers to international use. A joint international study is urged.

Milton Marmor London Bering Straits Asia America Moscow Washington Peiping Europe

School Officials Win Beard Battle in Suburban Town

In For est Park Illinois 16 year old Philip G Barnes a Proviso township high school junior with a week old red beard shaved it off after school officials ordered him to. The episode drew intervention from Mayor William Meyer and Police Chief Joseph Cortino who questioned school authority but persuaded the student to remove the beard.

Chicago Forest Park Philip G. Barnes Proviso Township Barnes Marie William Meyer Joseph Cortino

World's Just A Big Stageportland Hamburger Sign

A highway restaurant near Portland Michigan displays a sign reading Nobody likes a coward, try our hamburgers. In Leesburg Virginia Arthur Godfrey TV showman flier and former Navy man was sworn in as weekend deputy sheriff by Sheriff Roger S Powell of Loudoun County. In Columbus Ohio Joy Hunt offers 100 dollars for the return of a lost lion statue from her lawn, one of two stone ornaments.

Portland Mich Leesburg Arthur Godfrey Roger S. Powell London County Godfrey Columbus Ohio Joy H. Hunt Hunt Lawn

Sparkman To Reply To Ike's Speech

Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama will reply to President Eisenhower's speech announcing his bid for a second term. Mutual reversed its stance and will air the Democratic reply from 10 to 10:20 p.m. EST, after initially denying the request.

Sparkman Ike New York John J. Sparkman Alabama Eisenhower MBS Democratic Party Mutual

Stainless Pile Remedy Promises Pain Relief at Home

A home remedy claims to reduce swelling of painful piles without surgery. The product named Stainless Pato combines six ingredients to relieve pain itching and swelling and to promote healing. It claims to prevent staining clothes and suggests suppositories or ointment are available at all druggists.

Draft Rhee invasion gathers steam in Seoul

In Seoul about 500 labor unionists marched with banners urging President Syngman Rhee, 80, to seek a third term in summer elections. The Liberal party began steps toward renomination at yesterday's convention, while Rhee indicated a wish to retire for a younger leader but would heed public opinion.

Seoul Syngman Rhee Rhee Liberal Party

Prophecy booklet offered free by Los Angeles figures

A public notice promotes a free 64 page booklet titled Reward of These Days by The Voice of Two Worlds. It claims 1956 will bring world changing prophecies and offers guidance on mind power and personal success learned from Tibetan sages. Send name and address to Institute of Mentalphysics Los Angeles with no obligation and prompt response urged.

Los Angeles Voice of Two Worlds Tibet Far East Institute of Mentalphysics South Hobart Blvd Dept Calif

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