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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1954
Page
6
Chicago officials estimated about 280000 worshippers filled Soldier Field for a Marian Year ceremony in the archdiocese. The crowd overflowed gates and grounds as police treated about 100 people. four choirs totaling 4000 voices and 1600 priests joined in prayer led by Cardinal Itch.
Lawrence Inxton, an Army veteran serving a year for attempted robbery, asks to be sent to Russia via a failed one way ticket amendment. Warden Steiner notes the young inmate seeks life reset amid despair and family troubles while remaining jailed in Maryland.
British scientist Hinchcliffe of Glasgow University says humidity can affect vocal cords and human behavior. He notes speculation that increased humidity makes less gifted singers belt out when rain looms, possibly explaining bathtub singing.
Lt Col Jerry S Addington replaces Lt Col John R Hector as Deputy Chief of Staff TAC at Fort Sill. Addington, a West Point graduate from Nocona, previously led the 6th AFA Battalion and served as Deputy Co Staff JUSMAGG in Greece. He fought in the Pacific theater during World War II and was a Fort Sill student in 190 and 1953.
Fort Sill's post laundry, damaged by a December fire, should be back in operation by the year's start. The main building was saved but the steam plant was gutted, with restoration now more than half complete and steam plant reconstruction progressing slowly.
Attorney General Brownell announced a three day conference for all 94 federal district attorneys and possessions from Oct 13 to 15 in Washington. The aim is better coordination across the Justice Department's work.
Ginger Rogers prepares a strenuous one hour live NBC debut on October 18 featuring three Noel Coward plays with Trevor Howard opposing her in Still Life. She stresses hard work and memorization, worries about rapid costume changes, and balances film work on Dead Reckoning and a road circuit for Twist of Fate, plus Black Widow.
EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio Berry farmer John Green aged 92 yesterday celebrated by going on in Bed Creek He credits his long life to a copper-lined stomach and good whisky He says his mother carried him on a pillow during infancy and his health since then has been strong
Pvt. Cecil R. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lee of Rt. 2, is at Fort Bliss Texas undergoing eight weeks of Army basic training.
A 44-year-old steelworker from Scunthorpe, Ted M., vanished during a second unescorted swim of the English Channel. Rescue planes and surface craft scoured the coast as he, weighing 238 pounds, attempted the crossing from France with a makeshift life raft. he had failed a similar solo attempt last month and was last seen nine hours after leaving port.
Hear Harley Lester and Na Pier with the original Stamps Quartet from Dallas and Stamps Ozark Quartet from Wichita Falls plus The Harrison Bros in Lawton Oklahoma. Thursday night Sept 9 at 8 pm. Ticket prices: children 50c advance adults 1.00 door 1.20 service men 75c. On sale at Stinson Drug Hardy Suggs Music Co S. W. Men's Store Blvd. Pharmacy.
Rome dispatch reports police tied a young member of Italy’s dethroned royal family to the Montesi death case. Passports of Maurice of Hesse and Piero Piccioni are seized alongside others linked to exiled King Umberto I. Montesi’s body was found partially nude on a beach, triggering scandal and a probe into murder charges.
Informed sources report chief investigator Raffaele Sepe has concluded Miss Montesi was murdered and that the probe is nearing a climax though a suspect has not been publicly named.
A segregation suit in Baltimore claims the city school system will continue to separate pupils by race, with plans for white and Black children to be placed in the same classrooms for the first time in history. The filing targets the school authorities and seeks to enforce desegregation in public education.
Lt Gen Mormluang Kharb Kunchorn said at a news conference that Peiping ordered Pridi Phanomyong to organize the Free Thai movement in Yunnan and prepare Thai people there for aggression. He claimed Communists want Thais to fight Thais rather than invade with Chinese troops.
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