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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1955
Page
4
Perfect September weather lifts cotton and corn prospects, boosting output across rice, peanuts, tobacco, and grain sorghums. Farm income trails 1951, while farm debt rises but remains low relative to income and land values. With surpluses growing and an election ahead, policy debate heats up.
United Press report analyzes a Saigon referendum set for October 23 to choose Viet Nam's future leadership. It portrays Ngo Dinh Diem as certain winner, Bao Dai living abroad, with Diem plans to be proclaimed president soon.
British Field Marshal Montgomery advocates someday merging land sea and air forces into one service. Speaking before the Royal United Services Institute in England he argues for top American command of global warfare and closer integration of military branches to achieve true economy of force.
Norma Murrieta, still in hospital, says John Murrieta was a lovable man and mentally ill to kill, after he shot her seven times then killed himself. Gloria Murrieta confirms a second marriage, vow to stray no more, and their five children. Their infant daughter Linda was present with friends.
Television viewers will see Carmen Miranda's last performance, filmed the night before her Aug 4 death, on the NBC Jimmy Durante Show. She completed a strenuous dance number, joked about losing breath, then died of a heart attack the next morning. producer Harmon said Durante had planned to drop the show but continued at the family's request.
Production of bituminous coal in 1954 totaled 392 million tons, equating to about 2.5 tons for every person in the United States, including men, women, and children.
In Birmingham, the NAACP calls for federal investigation into alleged economic pressure on Black residents who petitioned to end school segregation. Ruby Hurley cited reports from Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina and said the Justice Department will be asked to check for civil rights violations.
Harold Peterson, a park ranger, is transferred by the State Conservation Department from Hell in southern Michigan to Paradise on Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay, a move described as making him face colder conditions and harsher climate.
Brig. Gen. J E Theimer assistant commandant of The Artillery and Guided Missile School will welcome 84 officers of Basic Class No 8 in Snow Hall Fort Sill Friday at 8 a.m. Theimer will also deliver the graduation speech for 75 second lieutenants in Officers Basic Class No 2 at 2 p.m. in Snow Hall.
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer 79 showed steady improvement in bronchial pneumonia on Thursday. His condition was described as improving enough that his chief medical adviser made only one visit to the sickroom Wednesday.
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