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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1954
Page
3
City officials outline a statutory council manager plan with a five member council electing a city manager to run administration. The plan eliminates several elective offices and sets special election rules for voters to decide the change possibly by next spring.
The article confirms West Virginia University teams are officially nicknamed the Mountaineers. It notes this designation as the recognized moniker used in sports and school communications.
Taipei Formosa Gen Wang Shu ming head of the Nationalist Chinese air force warns Reds seem ready to invade Formosa and says the air force must smash any buildup. He avoids directly ruling out attacks on the mainland and stresses vigilance.
East German communists say 27,135 West Germans crossed the Iron Curtain to seek asylum in the Soviet zone over the past year. In the same period more than 40,000 East Zone residents who fled to the West have returned to East Germany according to Soviet zone radio.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 16. Republican Senate nominee Fred Mock expressed deep sympathy to Democratic opponent Sen. Robert Kerr over a potential loss of more than three million dollars due to a clerical error tied to Kerr McGee bid on offshore oil leases in Louisiana. Mock urged Interior to be lenient in canceling the Kerr McGee bid and criticized Kerr’s spending and attacks on the Eisenhower administration.
Joe plans to finish a degree at Oklahoma A&M after two years at Cameron while expressing admiration for American women. John, son of a Garden Tomb caretaker, lives with Dr. H. Tom Wiles in Lawton and studies agriculture at Cameron, hoping to return home to develop farmland. Both men adapt to Aggie life, recalling initial loneliness and kindness that helped them settle.
Frederick Hammer found guilty of assault with intent to kill in the death of Andrea Paani Hammer. A Superior Court jury also convicting him of simple assault in the shooting of Woodrow Long, the socialite’s horse trainer, during an incident at Delaware Park race track last June.
The Weather Bureau said Ohio rivers will crest nine to ten feet above flood stage. Butler, 35 miles north of Pittsburgh, worked to remove debris as much of the eastern district lay under eight feet of water. Railroads Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio reported numerous washes delaying trains but most service returned to normal by noon.
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