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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1954
Page
1
State presents 15 photos with luminol revealed blood trails through the Sheppard home in the murder trial of Dr Samuel H Sheppard. Chemist Henry Dombrowski identified the images, defense objects limited to duplicates or irrelevant detail as trial enters week six.
Six persons died and five others were hospitalized after a dust storm collision in Burley. A parked car was hit from behind then struck a parked truck before exploding into flames in the early hours.
A 17 year old juvenile delinquent was charged Friday with the murder of William Walter Remington a 37 year old former government economist imprisoned for perjury in a Communist spy case. FBI agents filed the murder complaint naming Lewis Cagle Jr of Chattanooga Tenn and two other convicts.
Nationalist Defense Ministry reports Reds attacked a small outpost on Wuchiu Island in the Formosa Strait. Officials say the assault was repulsed, with Nationalist warplanes sinking several motorized boats and junks, while it remained unclear if a landing occurred. The 7th Fleet monitored but did not intervene.
The Donald A. Ketchum residence at 2109 Denver was damaged by an arsonist early Thursday. Firefighters extinguished three fires. a burglar accessed the rear then front door stealing a silverware set as the couple vacationed in Wisconsin. Police identify the burglar and note a neighbor reported a Thanksgiving night lary.
Police Chief Ralph Hennessee announced extra downtown traffic officers to curb violations as holiday shopping rises. He warned tickets will curb lane switching, improper turns, and meter parking as downtown accidents trend upward. Motorcycle units will focus on downtown traffic with Civil Defense auxiliaries aiding weekends before Christmas.
Peiping radio broadcast claimed 13 American airmen jailed in China confessed their crimes on a show trial. Downey and Fecteau were cited with alleged CIA training and demolition skills, while Col Arnold described psychological missions. The United States protested through Britain and Geneva, demanding release with no response.
Thanksgiving holiday accidents claimed a third victim in Oklahoma with the death of Mrs. Trudy Goodwin Everett 40 Fort Worth Texas after a collision 11 miles north of ArdmoreHer car hit a pickup truck entering the highway from SH 53 The two men in the pickup were uninjured and Mrs Everett's two small sons had minor injuries The Texas woman’s death raised the year’s toll to 511 compared with 470 at this point in 1953 The previous victims were Clarence Oliver Tucker 67 Pawhuska who drowned when his car overturned and Harold Thomas Murray 28 Fairfax whose auto struck a cow three miles south of Fairfax
United Press reports show 115 traffic fatalities from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Thursday with total deaths including fires and miscellaneous misfortunes reaching 137. Illinois led with 16 deaths, followed by Texas, Kentucky, Michigan and New York amid poor driving conditions and winter weather across regions.
New York Daily News quotes Capt. Benjamin H Sheehan a former CIC agent at Ft Monmouth saying ten waste baskets of secret files were burned before the Army McCarthy hearings. He says a CIC major consolidated and burned documents related to espionage and security investigations at Ft Monmouth.
Fort Sill personnel boosted the United Fund Red Cross drive to within one percent of the $83,990 target with an $18,500 allocation from the Artillery Center totaling $83,136.22 pledged. Clubs and organizations report varied progress, led by Frogs with 108 percent and Rotarians 97.5 percent. earmarked $3,500 for USO club air conditioning cannot be pooled with other budgets.
Lt. Gen. Hobart R. Gay announced approval of a military court finding that Lt. Col. Harry Fleming of Racine Wisconsin was guilty of wilful collaboration with the enemy while a POW in North Korea. Fleming was sentenced to dismissal from the Army with further review possible by higher military authorities.
Oklahoma legislators opened an inquiry into why many books sold in private stores bore the label property of the state of Oklahoma. The committee heard that some books marked state property were privately owned despite publishers stamping state labels, and planned to question Willis Smith of the state textbook depository.
A wall of flame driven by a stiff east wind threatened half of the 55th Quartermaster Base Depot in Pusan. Two hundred American soldiers and Korean firemen battled the blaze that broke out near the docks, with other warehouses lining the road across the street.
During a four day Thanksgiving break in Lawton, about 15 children underwent tonsillectomies at Memorial and Southwestern hospitals. Doctors cited stopping polio risk and school vacations as reasons, noting many boys and girls aged 7 to 16 returned home ton sillectomized.
West Orange police report a burglary at Anthony DeSiderio’s 15 room house where a wall safe was torn from the wall and 37 pieces of jewelry valued up to 15 000 each were taken along with 500 to 1000 dollars in cash. The break in likely occurred Friday night after thieves possibly telephoned the home.
Materials for patch testing of about 2 000 county first graders arrived today for a program run by the Comanche County Tuberculosis association and the health department. First tests start Monday at Cache by public health nurse Dorothy Patterson with county TB supplies read by health staff.
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