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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1955
Page
11
In Shirley City Indiana Democrat Fred Meyer and Republican Edwin Keller both polled 61 votes in Tuesday’s mayoral election and faced debate Wednesday on deciding the race by flipping a coin.
In Bloomington firemen reported a tree fire Tuesday log entry read Squirrel smoking in bed. In Middleton Wisconsin Middleton high beat Fort Atkinson 13 to 7 in a resumed one minute 49 second football game halted by a power failure October 28. Middleton led 13-7 when Fort Atkinson faced a 26 yard line, then lost 18 yards on the first play and Middleton intercepted, ending the game.
Toyoichi Okama, 29, slipped into a two story police dormitory apartment aiming to steal. In Oklahoma City a con artist sold 50 motorists 50 cent parking in the police station lot and vanished before officers checked the area.
Bowater Co. announced a $4 per ton newsprint price hike effective December 1, raising delivered New York price to $130 a ton. Bowater president A. B. Meyer said the rise reflects only part of the increased costs since June 1952, with seven other companies also raising prices by $3 to $5 a ton.
Democrats scored key local and state wins in Indiana Pennsylvania and Connecticut to build strength for 1956. Chandler regained Kentucky governor post by a solid margin as Philadelphia retained its mayor, while New York area cities Troy and Schenectady flipped to Democrats, signaling a national tilt per Carmine DeSapio.
Cheyenne Wyoming Leroy Henderson a new janitor at the Wyoming statehouse reports he polished windows well. Moments after cleaning a capitol window he saw boys running in the yard and stuck his head out forgetting the window was shut. He was cut on the forehead but not seriously injured.
General John W. O'Daniel, head of the U S Military Aid Mission in Saigon, says South Viet Nam now holds 7 to 1 odds in its favor against communist aggression. He notes the national army's growth and high morale as crucial factors and predicts possible direct participation in the Southeast Asia Defense Alliance as stability increases. Lt. Gen. Samuel Williams will replace him this month.
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