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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1955
Page
11
Eighteen Lawton high school seniors joined a nationwide program testing 50,000 top students across 10,000 high schools. The two exams select 350 scholarship winners, with semifinals January 14, 1956 and final notifications by May 1.
In Salinas California a Southern Pacific freight train struck a panel truck carrying Mexican laborers at a private crossing near Chowlar eight miles south of Salinas. Eight people died and six were hurt including driver Gregorio S Guerrero. Dead include Sabino G Arujo J Jesus Garcia Guadalupe Partita Castenada A Botello Ignacio Llagado. Two more bodies unidentified. Two injured listed as critical.
Police detectives revised earlier accounts of the McMahon Memorial auditorium pane damage. They now say a small rock kicked up by a passing car struck the $150 window, creating a tiny hole from the graveled front driveway. Detectives Cleo Stout and Melvin Simmons cite a hot-rodder’s car as the likely source.
New York based Red Cross officials said total aid to East Coast flood victims from August and October events will top 15 million dollars. Ellsworth Bunker noted 13 million already paid to Diane hurricane families and small businesses, with over two million more needed for October flood victims. About 14,500 families and small businesses across six states received grants.
Highway Patrol Trooper Wes Miller was principal speaker at Thursday's ABC luncheon. A highway safety film was shown and Kenneth Henry served as program chairman.
In Rabat French Morocco the Moslem feast day commemorating the birth of the prophet Mohammed began amid pleas for calm. No violence was reported as the Istiqlal party urged the day be observed with dignity.
Alexander Ellis Jr. of Fairfield & Ellis in Boston told the American Management Association conference that flood insurance covered only five to ten percent of the estimated 14.2 billion dollars in Northeast August flood losses. He said most claims involve personal property and buildings are largely uninsurable against flood damage. Ellis urged a government flood insurance program as the most feasible solution.
Los Angeles entertainer Helen Hagstrom Braunsdorf, 25, known as Carolina Cotton, has legally changed her name and says she has used the stage name for a decade. She admits she was born in Cash, Arkansas, and has never visited the Carolinas.
Sgt. Thomas Ellis said a thief pried open a police station locker and stole a .38-caliber revolver. Officer P G McGarhen reported two pairs of police trousers missing. No clues to the thief.
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