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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1954
Page
5
Pittsburgh report on USW led steel contract negotiations as U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers open bargaining for 600 000 workers amid industry slack. Contracts run to June 30 with observed idling at about 190 000, part time work at 257 000, and mills at 70 percent capacity.
A cocker spaniel named Mickey accidentally shot a man in Omaha while two youths played with a broken air pistol. The dog leaped into the owner's lap and struck the trigger, wounding Jerry Danahy 16, with a two inch cut on the leg.
Idaho City officials drilled a municipal well intended for the pool and irrigation. Water proved scarce while natural gas vented at a steady pressure of about 20 pounds, altering the project’s outcome.
In California a liquor store manager hunted a thief nibbling bottle tops. An opossum slept in the window and was removed by humane society staff. In Tennessee a divorce action was filed by Jane Patterson alleging her husband Carl pawned her wedding ring six times in four years. In Nebraska weekend rainfall reached 4.19 inches, the heaviest in years per the weather bureau.
Judge sentences confessed counterfeiters Clifford Vincent and Clarence Forrest to 15 years. He quips their fake $20 notes were very well done and remarks it’s a misfortune they did not work for the U S Bureau of Engraving.
Milwaukee police car response follows a burglar alarm at the First Wisconsin Bank southside branch. The bank official blamed auditors with big feet for triggering the alert during a routine check. A separate San Francisco incident notes a police stop of a fire chief in a red car with siren, asking for the fire, answered that they were merely going out for a sandwich.
Vo Song Thiet a 45 year old Vietnamese poet enters the third week of a death fast for Indo China peace. Geneva police threaten to force an end if necessary while admitting no legal means to intervene on private property near the Palace of Nations. The humane duty to halt him weighs on authorities. The artist lives in a tent on private grounds adjacent to the UN scene.
Tokyo workers at a pinball parlor strike for rights to pet on the job. Eleven men and three women complain of 13 hour days for nine dollars a month plus board and lodging. Two couples were fired for affection, owner calls petting detrimental to peace and order.
In St Louis a baby was born en route to hospital marking Leroy Coulter’s 160th delivery in 11 years as city ambulance driver. Mother Evelyn Green 21 and newborn were reported in excellent condition at St Louis Maternity Hospital.
In Richford Vermont 2600 residents watched diggers drill a cellar for a Knights of Columbus building. A nitric acid test by a local jeweler suggested real gold but George Tyler, principal of Enosburg High School, declared the strike to be fool's gold iron or copper pyrite.
Dorothy Hersey of Carson City pledges her vote to any man who can find a home for her mother cat and four kittens as part of a humorous political advertisement in the Nevada Appeal.
In Los Angeles Lou Wolfe 26 claims he is married to Mrs Laura Hirsch who seeks a California divorce from Glynn Wolfe hotel owner while disputing her marriage to William Hirsch Texas oil operator. The judge will rule on the validity of her marriage to Hirsch and the legality of her divorce from Wolfe. Wolfe offers half his hotel business and Hirsch promises a gas well upon confirmation of the divorce and marriage statuses.
The Senate approved a bill to start construction on the Washita River basin reclamation project in western Oklahoma with reservoirs at Foss and Cobb Creek costing about 37.4 million dollars. The measure awaits House approval along with a related appropriation bill. Senators Monroney and Kerr sponsored the bill. Rep. Wickersham introduced an identical House measure.
An Oklahoma City constable charged with aiding in a $5,000 torture robbery seeks release on bond at a 1:30 p.m. hearing Tuesday. Judge A Meter was unavailable for a prior Monday session. Prosecutors questioned attorney Frank Massad about Hurt’s role in the case as Burns and York face charges. York was convicted and sentenced to 45 years. Burns awaits trial after confessing.
Four premature infants, two boys and two girls born to Mrs Catherine Stenson aged 32, died the same day in Chicago within 29 minutes of each other. The babies were about 3% months early.
Samuel Hochstetler, 33, a former truck driver from Milan, robbed Erie County United Bank on March 9. He told FBI agents he used $5,000 of the loot as a down payment for a lifetime dancing course in Harrisburg Pennsylvania and claimed mastery of several dances including the fox trot waltz rhumba mambo samba tango and swing.
A 41 year old Northridge mechanic Wendell Martin Ringholz received a five year prison term after pleading guilty to an attempted extortion plot against cosmetics magnate Max Factor Jr. Federal judge Ben Harrison barred probation and sentenced Ringholz for sending death threats by mail and telephone to Factor and his family.
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Nationalist air force reports sinking a 1500 ton Communist warship with eight 500 pound bombs near Sanmen Bay and damaging a smaller vessel. An 800 ton ship was set afire and left sinking. Nationalist planes returned safely. First such attack since 1950.
The station lists a Wednesday lineup starting at 3:00 PM with a matinee at 4:00 PM followed by News and Weather. Hank Mattison hosts at 4:13 PM, then Kid's Corner at 4:30 PM and Tales of the West at 5:00 PM.
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