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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1954

Page

7

Judge asks test of bias in Lattimore case

Washington The trial of Owen Lattimore faced a rare turn as Judge Luther W. Youngdahl asked whether he has a fixed bias in Lattimore's favor Rover the U S attorney asked the judge to disqualify himself Lattimore’s defense labeled the move scandalous and unprecedented The case has swung through multiple indictments and rulings with Lattimore free on a $2000 bond awaiting trial

Washington Owen Lattimore Lattimore Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Sen. McCarran D-Nev U.S Rover Youngdah U.S. Court of Appeals Youngdahl Senate

Philadelphia Club Honors Oppenheimer with Award

The Pyramid Club of Philadelphia gives its achievement award to J. Robert Oppenheimer for devotion to increasing knowledge. Oppenheimer, head of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, comments on human brotherhood. The Atomic Energy Commission had previously denied him security clearance over associations with questioned loyalty individuals.

Philadelphia J. Robert Oppenheimer Pyramid Club of Phildelphia Oppenheimer Institute For Advanced Science Princeton N. J Albert Einstein Club Atomic Energy Commission Opeimer

Plane overshoots runway at San Tos Dumont Airport

A plane carrying people overshot the landing strip and sank after hitting the sea at San Tos Dumont Airport yesterday. All passengers and crew were reported rescued.

Santos Dumont Airport

Funeral Rites for SFC John Benson Held in Blodgett

SFC John Benson former post commander of the Lawton Fort Sill American Legion died October 10 at his Blodgett Texas home. He served in the Army from 1937 to 1951 with Korea duty in 1951 and discharged in September. He died of a lung ailment per Fort Sill Public Information Office.

SFC John Benson Lawton - Fort Sill American Legion Blodgett Tex Korea Benson Fort Sill

Services for Roscoe Baldwin Held in City Chapel

Roscoe H. Baldwin age 66, city contractor, funeral services at 2 p m in Becker Memorial chapel with Rev Earl McGill of the Seventh Day Adventist church officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Bearers named from Lawce and Ernest H. Dick of Oklahoma City. Honorary bearers listed. He died Tuesday at his home 1413 N 22nd.

Roscoe H. Baldwin Becker Memorial Chapel Earl McGill Seventh Day Adventist Church Sunset Memorial Gardens C. L. Williams Charles Jennings D. Henry Jones F. S. Nix W. D. Nix Lawce Ernest H. Dick Oklahoma Ity Jim Thornton Barney Hobbs Calvin Clingan Guy W. Overton W. A. Whitney Baldwin

Hewett Graveside Rites Held for Former Lawton Resident

Graveside services for L. C. Hewett, a former Lawton resident who died in Fort Worth, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Highlands Cemetery. Rev. H. Tom Wiles of First Baptist Church will officiate. Becker Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

L. C. Hewett Lawton Highland Cemetery Hewett Fort Worth H. Tom Wiles First Baptist Church Becker Funeral Home

Four-Year Term For Manslaughter In Tulsa

Alex LeRoy Nelson, son of a former Sand Springs mayor, received a four year prison sentence after his motion for a new trial was denied in a first degree manslaughter case. Attorney A Langley Coffey announced an appeal while Nelson remained free on a $5,000 bond. The conviction stemmed from a Dec 12 collision that killed 16-year-old Tommy Hardman Jr. in Tulsa.

Tulsa Okla Alex LeRoy Nelson Sand Springs W. Lee Johnson A. Langley Coffeey Nelson Tommy Hardman Jr Thomas J. Hardman Coffey

Dad Retires After 70 Years. Son Takes Over Barbershop

ENOSBURG Vermont Walter Alafley, a newcomer with 43 years experience, today took over his father's barbershop. Fred Alafley, the father, retired yesterday after 70 years continuous service as a barber.

Dad Son Enosburg Walter Alafley Fred Alafley

FHA Suspends 11 Employees Over Conduct Standards

The Federal Housing Administration suspended 11 employees for improper activities amid administration pressure to enforce adequate standards of conduct. Officials said the moves are not connected to windfall profit probes, and stem from a secret memorandum urging agency heads to establish and review conduct standards and centralize complaint handling.

Washington Federal Housing Administration FHA

Vietminh Withdraw From Cambodia by Oct 20 Deadline

Peiping radio reported all Vietminh forces had pulled out of the Kingdom of Cambodia two days before the October 20 deadline in the China War armistice.

Cambodia London Peiping Kingdom China

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