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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
1
Oklahoma City dispute ends with a revised school bill granting reorganizational changes. A motion to remove basic aid sparked a heated exchange, with Sen. Lenny McClendon withdrawing his proposal amid warnings of reopening debate. The panel accepted two minor tweaks to isolation rules and school size allowances, sending the measure to the House for Monday consideration.
Gov. Raymond Gary's reorganization aims to consolidate three grade schools and one high school in Comanche County to save about 7 million dollars annually and fund teacher raises. Several border-line schools may be merged or closed, shifting students to neighboring districts and central high schools.
Secretary Wilson rejected a proposal to force reporters to testify before grand juries over leaks of military information. The plan, by a committee led by Charles Costidae, suggested interviews with officials be monitored and reporter presence supervised. Wilson cited ample law and said the Justice Department can summon reporters if needed.
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in New York after talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Nasser. Diplomats await news on Middle East discussions as Hammarskjold heads to a round of conferences. Egyptian aide Ali Sabry claimed Cairo believes Hammarskjold sees Egypt as firm on canal sovereignty and opposes any foreign supervision of the Suez Canal.
Detroit police traced a 12 year old girl who coerced friends into owning dogs. After finding a roll of cash in her jacket and a locked strongbox, officers learned the girl’s father rejected banks and dogs, yet the girl financed kennels and bought dogs valued at 31093, enjoying visits to friends’ homes with the animals.
In Superior court Judge Robert S Lan ders granted a continuance today for Teamsters union organizer Alvie Virgil Streeter of Oklahoma City amid a burning truck case tied to a bottling firm shutdown after a late fall strike. Separately two armed robbery trials for 32 year old George Fuqua were also postponed as juror panels were dismissed. the court term suffers from a sparse docket with only three of 45 cases heard.
Defense Minister Cornelius Star of the Netherlands arrives at Fort Sill for a one day visit with US Army 8th Artillery and Guided Missile Center. Brig Gen Mercer Walter greets Star after arrival from Norwalk Virginia where he met NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Star tours major US military installations as 272nd Field Artillery Battalion provides honor guard and units fire salutes.
The Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, under Guy Fraser Harrison, will perform at 8 pm in the McMahon Memorial auditorium sponsored by the Lawton Symphony Society. Guest artists include concertmaster Norman Paula and cellist David Vanderkoof. tickets are 1.50.
A gas explosion rocked a Fort Sill quartermaster annex injuring five civilian employees. One woman, Chloma J. Davis, 29, suffered first and third degree burns and was hospitalized in not serious condition. four others had minor injuries and were treated and released. The blast started from a wooden framed annex after gas accumulated. no ignition source or people were present.
Iranian officials said troops and police traced a paper trail left by Anita Huovar Carroll 35 Issaquah Wash kidnapped by nomads. The U S husband Kevin Carroll 37 and Brewster Wilson 35 were killed. Over 1100 security forces moved in near the Pakistani border pursuing bandits. Amir Alinaghi Golpiri said 700 gendarmes 400 soldiers and 100 airborne troops were converging on three fronts. The men fled toward Tugged desert as two Jeeps attempted to cross near Transhahr Port Chahbar. The reports noted fragments Carroll dropped aided the hunt. The incident followed UPI coverage of new investigations into union funds led by House Labor Committee and the Labor Department.
Weather outlook shows mild weekend in Lawton area after a light rainfall midweek. Officials report Lake Lawtonka watershed at its best in months with high runoff expected from April rains. Medicine Creek flows wide and deep into the lake while Jiminy and Canyon creeks run smaller. Temperature expected near 60 today and around 65 Friday.
Ingrid Bergman won the best actress Oscar for Anastasia at the 29th annual ceremony in absentia while Yul Brynner received the top actor prize for The King and I. Dorothy Malone and Anthony Quinn earned supporting actor honors. Bergman appears in Paris amid her return to American films and past scandal. The piece notes her prior Oscar for Gas Light and industry resistance she faced before this triumph. Also included is a transfer notice: Fort Benning will receive the 41st Transportation Company and the 138th Transportation Detachment with helicopters and personnel in early April, part of a mobility-focused Army training transfer.
The Motion Picture Academy named Around the World in 80 Days the best picture of the year. Filming took place in October 1955 in the Wichita Mountains Oklahoma with 50 Indians in tribal regalia, a buffalo stampede scene, and 25 teepees at Craterville Park. Mike Todd led a crew of 35 as locations included a recreated 1870s village.
London reports Archbishop Makarios has been released from exile in the Seychelles. He will not be allowed to return immediately to Cyprus, where Greek Cypriots seek independence and union with Greece. Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd said Makarios has not fully complied with demands but reflects that continued detention is unnecessary in the current circumstances.
Two blasts at a fireworks factory in a poor Mexico City district killed at least 11 people, with about 100 hospitalized and many not expected to survive. Rescue workers combed rubble as authorities questioned the owner Antonin Joyas Chavez and noted an adjacent warehouse illegally filled with explosives. The blasts shattered airport area windows and were heard five miles away. Witnesses described a forceful midday explosion and a crater 190 feet long.
United Press reports describe extreme cattle losses across Colorado New Mexico and Texas with up to 3000 head killed in Texas. The storm has claimed at least 45 lives nationwide including 16 in Illinois nine in Texas and Kansas five in Oklahoma three in Nebraska Indiana and Missouri two in Iowa and one each in New Mexico and Ohio.
Constable Newt Adair, newly elected police chief, vows a one man war on traffic violations. He pledges daily patrols to curb speeders, improper turn lane use, and failure to stop at signs near Fort Sill Gate No 3 and Fort Sill Boulevard intersections Gore and Fortis. He will ticket speeders in school zones and confront street walkers, insisting enforceable warnings and arrests for violations.
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