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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1955
Page
13
In colonial days a Dutch settler named Rip Van Winkle lives in the Catskill Mountains. He helps a weird little man carry a keg, watches a ninepins game, sleeps, wakes to find twenty years passed, and returns to a changed world where his daughter greets him. Junior Editors notices offer ten dollars for ideas.
Swinney School held a Monday assembly titled Spooks on Parade with students parading in Halloween costumes. Awards went to Donna Bridges, Georgia Mattison, Jan Little, Judy Jansen, and Bill Fargo for various costume categories. First and second graders performed songs and readings directed by Mrs. Vita Arndt with duets by Vic Condrey and David Dennis.
Marilyn Monroe's lawyer secured a final decree in Superior Court officially ending her marriage to Joe DiMaggio. Monroe had been granted an uncontested interlocutory divorce on October 27, 1954, after a nine month marriage, with allegations of mental cruelty.
Turin physicist Prof Mario Ponzio, age 70, recounts decades of radiology work and multiple surgeries while encouraging young atomic scientists to pursue the field with devotion. He speaks of radio medicine promising progress, cautions about energy risks, and notes cancer challenges alongside hope for radio surgery.
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