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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1957
Page
8
Calcutta officials say state stores will issue limited U.S. rice to assist Hindus during Durga worship. The ceremony aims for prosperity and uses high quality staples, with emphasis on the festival’s solemn rites amid the governance note.
British MP Ian Mikardo told a Trafalgar Square rally that Britain should ban nuclear weapons and urge the United States Air Force to leave the country. He urged giving up H bomb use and retaining no American bases, as Labor MPs criticized nuclear weapons.
Decatur police report the Lakeview High School principal David Beggs was briefly jailed on assault and battery charges related to paddling two students. Beggs posted bonds totaling 2000 dollars and is to appear before the Tuslice of the Peace Wayne Ellis. Mothers Bertha Kivasny and Ghidys Lindsey charged Beggs with undue punishment as sons Walter and Larry Lindsey, both 13 and 15, reported being struck multiple times with a paddle. Both parents said the boys consented but objected to the manner and severity. Beggs, hired June 11, defended the action as disciplinary and in the best interest of school order. The Lakeview school board president John Maareland said Beggs was not overstepping authority. The punishment occurred last week amid ongoing debate over discipline methods.
A federal judge cleared the way for enrollment this week of five Negro students in Okmulgee County schools. Judge Eugene Tice ordered Morris School District to open classrooms to four Negro students and Prostar High School to admit another Negro student. The Menebis suit followed a request by the NAACP to integrate Preston elementary schools, though no final order issued.
Department of the Army announces promotions and assignments for numerous officers including William I Bedford Jr, Harold Laing, James Anbischer, A Helfert, B Miller, Donald Tam, Raymond Lumry, and many others. The notice lists promoted from captain to major and lieutenant positions, with references to service branches, extended service, and related authority.
Nine year old Gretta Bohlmann survived a 6000 volt jolt at a Denver shopping center. She walked away and is hospitalized with burns to her left hand arm chest stomach and thigh. Restaurant operator Phillip Frye found her stumbling after the transformer contact and alerted authorities.
French star Maurice Chevalier announces a staged farewell tour ending his live entertainer career. He plans a solo show with tape background, English version after a French trial in Switzerland, then London and U S cities from Hollywood to New York. He hopes films will continue after retirement from live theater.
In Sacramento a parking space dispute escalated to gunfire at a shopping center. Larry Souza, 20, was wounded in the leg while Edwin Merle Smith, 36, was arrested on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Smith claimed he backed out of a space when Souza sped by. a witness Charles Davis fainted and was treated for a head bump at Emergency Hospital.
In New Orleans two pampered whooping crane chicks hatched four months ago at Audubon Park Zoo are named George and Georgelle in an effort to escape extinction. They are among only seven such birds in captivity.
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