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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1955
Page
10
New Jet Bomber Breaks Through Sound Barrier
The Air Force disclosed a new nuclear capable jet bomber broke the sound barrier on its maiden flight at Edwards AFB California last Oct 22. Officials hope it may reach about 1000 miles per hour but refused to reveal its exact performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Mrs Giddings Picks Dress To Wear At Trial
Mrs Flora Mae Giddings charged with murder of her six year old son James Edward Giddings will face trial in Chickasha Oklahoma. She selected a black and aqua jersey dress at a department store with Sheriff Hack Perrin on the outing. Giddings and Isaac Jack Shinault both face murder charges. Shinault seeks separate trial. Giddings previously escaped Grady county jail twice and once lived in Dinuba California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Monay
Flora Mae Giddings
Grady County
Hack Perrin
Isaac Jack Shinault
James Edward Giddings
Shinault
Giddings
Dinuba
Calif
China Clipper Anniversary Highlighted by Airline
San Francisco and aviation records recall the 20th anniversary of the China Clipper flight that began the first scheduled trans ocean route from San Francisco to Honolulu and Manila. Captain John H Tilton notes the pioneering effort and the era’s rough, risk-filled testing of bases, weather forecasting, and navigation with the bubble octant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Maloney
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate
Honolulu
Manila
John H
Jack) Tilton
Pan American Airways
Dakar
Africa
Natal
Brazil
PAA
Here
Jack
Philippines
China
Post Office Allows Letters In Yale Packages
The Post Office will permit letters in Christmas packages for 3 cents extra postage. Previously such enclosed letters risked fines up to 100 dollars unless the entire package paid first class postage. The new combination mail service begins next Monday, Nov. 28, on a 60 day trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wolverton Electric and Appliance Ad Notice
Local ad lists Wolverton Electric and Appliance with address 5th South, phone numbers 181 1302 Sheridan Rd and 8120, offering electrical goods and appliance sales and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverton Electric and Appliance
S. 5Th
Sheridan Rd
Pho
Extras Pick Lunch, Not Line of Bandido Shoot
In Cuernavaca, five Tlahhica Indians hired as extras for a movie near the city say they preferred the matzo ball soup and gefilte fish at the Richard Widmark Jane Greer Run for the Sun set to the Mexican dishes offered on Robert Mitchum Bandido.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Cuernavaca
Mex
Richard Widmark
Robert Mitchum
Juke box OK for Birmingham Laundromat
William John Bull, owner of a Birmingham wash emporium, won approval to install a juke box letting housewives hear Bach and boogie while waiting for their laundry. In Los Angeles, Richard Sauer, 44, was arrested after a bank employee reported suspicions and Sauer allegedly said he planned to rob the bank with a toy gun marked Dragnet and Badge 714.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
William John Bull
Los Angeles
Citizens National Bank Guard
E. R. Swenson
Richard Sauer
Sauer
FBI
Police
Swenson
Unidentified attackers beat transit woes amid strikes
Sydney police condemn the meth used to beat the transport problem from a bus and streetcar strike. They report 22 cars stolen after the strike announcement in the city. A separate New Delhi dispatch notes Khrushchev showing weight, Nehru escorting, and a bamboo cat joke at a rally with a collapsing cot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
New Delhi
India
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Farmers Own 30 Percent of Nation's Forest Lands
Report notes farmers hold thirty percent of the country’s forest lands, a key fact in land use and rural resource discussions. The figure highlights agricultural access to timber rights and potential policy considerations for management and conservation.
Lawton Meeting For Street Improvement District 90
Lawton Oklahoma mayor and city council set November 29 1955 at 7 30 p m in City Hall to review the report of the board of appraisers for apportioning costs of paving grading curb gutter draining and related improvements in Street Improvement District No 90 listing 17th Street Lindy West to Rogers Lane Lindy Avenue 19th Street to 18th Street 15th Street Hoover Williams 4th Street Euclid Ferris 18th Street Taft Williams and two alleys in Original Townsite details of the proposed assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
Board of Appraisers
17Th Street
Lindy
Rogers Lane
19Th Street
18Th
Lawton Avenue
15Th Street
16Th Street
4Th Street
Euclid Avenue
Ferris Avenue
18Th Street
Taft Avenue
Williams Avenue
Board of
R. M. Dodson
Police say Woodward shotgun death appears accidental
MINEOLA New York Tuesday police officials said after detailed questioning of a weeping Mrs Ann Woodward their belief that the shotgun slaying of her millionaire sportsman husband William Woodward was accidental. The society matron had been confined in a Manhattan hospital since Oct 30 after shooting him, allegedly mistaking him for a burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N.Y
Ann Woodward
Lief
Monday
Manhattan Hospital
William Woodward
Colombia Floods Hit Bogota and River Regions
Colombia reports two days of heavy rains flood out over 100 families in poorer Bogota suburbs. Agricultural damage noted near Magangue and El Banco along the Magdalena River, with widespread impact on crops and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Bogota
Magangue
el Banco
Magdalena
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