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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1955
Page
20
Marathon swimming star Tom Park of Lakeview California abandoned his bid to swim Lake Ontario on Tuesday as six-foot swells and strong currents overwhelmed his right arm.
U S officials say Konrad Adenauer secured a bargain with Nikolai Bulganin opening Bonn Moscow diplomatic relations in exchange for the release of German war prisoners held in Russia. Washington supports the move while pushing for German unification at the Geneva talks.
West Germany puzzled by Moscow Bonn accord to establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union yet wary over what gains it brings. Officials question if Russia recognizes two German states and if others held in Soviet camps will be freed. Adenauer and Bulganin cited promises to reassess and hand over further detainees if found.
Sen. Stu Symington of Missouri will head the Democratic senatorial campaign committee for next year, with Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson naming the panel as a strategy board for candidates seeking 32 Senate seats next autumn.
Charlotte handlers have given Vicki the elephant until week's end to come home after wandering from an amusement park near Gastonia. More than twenty handlers and a crew of men have sought to lure the six year old female from a wooded area near a busy North Carolina highway. If she remains elusive, officials plan to move into the woods with guns to reclaim her, a plan described as necessary due to her increasingly unsettled behavior.
Senator Barry Goldwater presented Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield with a scorpion encased in plastic as a commemorative gift for new postal legislation allowing shipment of scorpions by mail. Summerfield, first Cabinet official to receive such a memento, accepted the item Tuesday in Washington.
At the Kentucky state fair Louisville a Red Cross first aid instructor Ed Berry was startled by a request for aspirin for a catfish at the conservation department booth. The booth worker said the display fish was groggy and aspirin would help refresh the water.
Charles Kirwan, 19, attempted a prank at a Manitowoc bar by declaring that when he drinks everyone drinks and, on paying, that everyone pays. The gag backfired as patrons reportedly followed with their own actions after the joke.
A chaotic brawl erupted prompting police to arrest Kirwan, who was jailed for the next ten days. The incident highlights rising street violence and law enforcement response in the area.
In Singapore a Chinese laborer testified that two men Ong Ah Too and S Suppiah attacked United Press correspondent Gene Symonds during a May labor strike riot. Witness Goh Ah Pong described Suppiah striking Symonds with a stick and an empty box multiple times.
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