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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
2
A Senate committee unanimously proposed tighter rules to curb lobbying and disclose campaign spending. The plan targets political action committees, limits on receipts and expenditures, and tightens reporting for presidential and congressional campaigns.
The article honors Sergeant George Tames as the last flying sergeant in the air force. It notes his long service, hours logged in flight time, and references to prior roles and training within War Department programs.
A private secretary, Judith Louise Hough, 41, is held on a first degree murder charge in Washington for the shooting death of her former employer Zuraly Abdushell, 40, who was married to another woman three weeks earlier. Abdushell was found shot six times in Houghs fashionable apartment. Hough told officers Abdushell approached with intent, fired back, and she shot him after he stood in front of her picture window. The inquest was ordered. Abdushell married May 11 in Albany Falls New York. both Russian-born and naturalized citizens. The six shot murder likely involved a $6,000 life.
Oklahoma A&M College officials say dogs are not allowed in married housing on campus. About 150 dogs are kept by families in the 240-11 Veterans Village among crowded conditions. Cats, rabbits, ducks and chickens are banned as well. fish and birds like canaries may be kept.
Sharon Smith of Guthrie will represent Dallas in the Miss Texas contest at Kerrville in August. An honor student, she was named Oklahoma's sweetheart in high school and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Smith.
A year after breaking the engagement to Ab dusheli, Miss Hough told police she had avoided him. Abdusheli said her husband phoned yesterday morning after learning of Miss Hough's father’s death and visited to offer sympathy in person.
Norman Walker English a Teamsters leader may have helped rackets investigators locate Samuel Beck and relatives of Teamsters President Dave Beck. The 68 year old general secretary treasurer reportedly cut Beck Jr. and three relatives off Teamsters pay two months earlier. Beck Jr. and Joseph McEvoy are set to testify before the Rackets Committee next Tuesday.
Two Oklahoma A&M College freshmen were named to the 4 H Club Hall of Fame at the annual roundup on the A and M campus. Williams Doenges Jr of Bartlesville and Sharon Southard Ryan were honored among 2 000 delegates. Jimmie Quinn of Guymon was elected president with new officers Don Jeans Creda Sherrer Odell Stratton Doris Wood and Keith Smith. A note on mining projects mentions diesel sled trains in northern Manitoba.
In Tulsa a 10 year old dived fully clothed into a backyard pool to save his 18 month old brother. The infant Christopher Bendel was revived after artificial respiration by R G Bendel Jr and rushed to hospital in good condition. Father and detective confirm the scene and rescue sequence.
Norman Oklahoma graduate George Roy Adams from Bluejacket earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study English literature at the University of Louvain in Belgium. A 1948 Tulsa Central High School alumnus, he is completing a Doctor of Philosophy as a graduate assistant in the OU English Department.
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