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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1957

Page

8

Turncoat's Wife Joins Oklahoma Husband in State Case

Tanya Hawkins a 25 year old white Russian travels to Oklahoma City to join her husband, a former American prisoner who refused repatriation after the Korean War. She flew from Hong Kong to San Francisco aboard the President Wilson and is traveling on a temporary visa. Her husband Sameel Hawkins, once held as a prisoner of war in China, resides in Oklahoma City.

San Francisco Tanya Hawkins Oklahoma City Okla Hong Kong President Wilson Tanya Sameel Hawkins Peiping U.S Priping China Harbin Manchuria Georgia Soviet Union Red China Ministry of Trade Hawkins Ted China G.I

San Marino Reds and rivals clash in miniature civil war

In San Marino a Christian Democratic faction proclaims a new anti Communist government near the Italian border. Communists hold the government palace with 250 volunteers, while the CD group of 200 slept on straw and armed with 1891 rifles. Clashes erupt as a bullet wounds a worker. Police work to keep neutrality. The population of 14,000 watches the standoff.

San Maring Christian Democrats Dle Europe Sozzi Odee Toneh San Marino Communists Pe. Ples Giulio Massima Christian Democratic Christian Democratic Council of War

Edweards Fitzgerald Tied for Top Safety Post Reportedly

In Des Moines the Ioway Safety Department shows safety may be first with Edweards Fitzgerald a close second for an executive role, though the department says no person has been hired yet.

Des Moines UPA Ioway Safety Department Edweards Fitzgerald Fitzgerald

Highway Commission OKs bids on 21 state federal projects

The Oklahoma Highway Commission approved bids on 21 state federal projects plus 4 county jobs and 9 flood repair efforts totaling 4,475,081.47, averaging 11.5% below estimates. Standard Industries Tulsa bid 744,894.06 for 8.7 miles of Portland cement paving on U.S. 62 in Lincoln and Okfuskee counties.

Oklahoma City Highway Commission State U. S. Highway 62 Lincoln Okluskee Standard Industries Tulsa McCurtain US 7 Broken Bow Curry Materials Co Antlers U.S. 75 Okmulgee Glenpool Rock Base Anchor Construction Co Bryan County U. S Roosevelt Bridge Lake Texoma Durant Merritt-McKnight Const. Co Sryan U.S Merritt-McKnight Hughes-Okfuskee Dustin Pool Const. Co Shawnee Okfuskee County U.S. TS Weleetka Pool Company SH St Gragg Coast. Co Henryetta Pittsburg County McAlester U.S. 69 John Eris Const. Co Lincoln-Okfuskee U. S. 63 Lincoln County Pade Oxtuskee U.S. 62 Paden Boley Sandard Mayes County Ocast Grove W. D. Jeffrey Coast, Co Fort Smith Ank Spring Snake Creeks Bawta Coast, Co Enid Washita County Beckham County Haskin Coast, Co Cordell U.S. 283 Elkality Smith Bros Noble Frost Const. Co Hydro Garfield County Waulomis Douglas Hunter Const. Co Ada Kay County Kildare Poot Company Roger Mills Reydon H. D. Youngman Baxter Springs Kan Okmulgee County Henryetta Coast LeFlore County Haskell Bokoshe Osage County First Street Hominy Portland Sentral Paving Co

Leper Killers To Face Trial In Korea

Forty four Korean fishermen indicted for murder in the August beating of 22 lepers on Phok Do Island near Pusan. They were said to be part of an angry mob that attacked lepers who had come from Samchon Po to build houses, fearing contamination would scare away buyers of seafood.

Pusan Korea UPJ Phok-Do Samchon-Po

Henryetta Strike Talks To Resume

Henryetta negotiations to resume Monday to end the Eagle-Picher smelter strike that has kept operations closed since June 30. Claude Swartz, president of the steelworkers local, said federal mediator D R Hunt will attend. The union seeks a longer term contract for its 50 workers while Eagle Picher offered a four year deal with wage increases in 1958 and 1959.

Henryetta Claude Swartz Steelworkers Union D. R. Hunt Eacle Picher

Shooting in Korea Girard Case Spurs U.S. Tensions

Seoul reports U.S. guards at Kunsan Air Base shot two teenage Korean girls as they fled after being challenged. The incident sparked Korean government and U.S. authorities to probe amid growing calls for a status of forces agreement. The case follows a pattern of minor clashes and reports of tension with U.S. troops, set against ongoing political pressure and domestic debates over integration and foreign policy.

Seoul K Area U.S Kunsan Air Base Here Little Rock Air Force

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