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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1955
Page
2
Cameron College reports preliminary enrollment of 918 students for the current year, including 208 night students, with 548 freshmen and a gender split of 206 women and 712 men. Night classes run on campus in a first semester schedule with courses in accounting algebra English history and more. Final counts due next month.
Rain and mist varied across towns as a trough in Colorado and a stationary cold air mass kept moisture moving in from the Gulf. Widespread showers continued through the day with totals ranging from trace amounts to .70 inch, and a new cool front forecast to arrive by Monday with more thunderstorms.
The Lawton Community Concert series announces a 12th season featuring five standout programs. The opener is The Medium and the Telephone opera at 3 p.m. on Sunday November 6 in McMahon Memorial Auditorium with others at 8:15 p.m. The schedule includes Samuel Sorin pianist Lola Montes and her Spanish dancers Paganini string quartet Nan Meriman soprano and more. Season memberships cost 6 for adults 3 for students with refunds for transferring Army personnel.
Oklahoma City ceremonies will dedicate the National Cowboy Hall of Fame site with trustees from 17 western states participating in the million dollar venture. A chuck wagon feed parade and OU Iowa State game at Norman accompany the event. The shrine sits on a 37 acre triangular plot northeast of Oklahoma City. Plans for winter financing of the first building to be discussed at the November meeting. The Oklahoma Association of the National Hall of Fame underwrites the initial million dollars. Roy J. Turner leads the state association. C A Reynolds of Kansas City chairs the national board and originated the shrine idea.
The co-chairmen set employee giving quotas for all firms with a goal equal to one day’s pay. A Tuesday 4 p.m. meeting at the United Fund office will arm workers with kits to organize all city county state and federal employees plus school teachers and hospital staff. A Monday luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian will discuss payroll deduction and union credit tracking, with Roy Tillman of Oklahoma City attending.
About 250 children attended a firing demonstration at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center as part of Kids Day. A parade featured Betty Sue Griggs and others in varied costumes. Local Kiwanis volunteers, including Davy Crockett and various club presidents, organized activities and refreshments at Emerson elementary school playground. No prizes were awarded to marchers. participants enjoyed the event and the theme Boys and Girls Our Great Resource.
AEC chairman Lewis L. Strauss announced that Russia detonated another atomic weapon in recent days, indicating ongoing nuclear weapons testing. The statement came from the Atomic Energy Commission on Saturday, confirming the new explosion.
President Ike is treated at a Denver hospital after a mild coronary thrombosis. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower visits the hospital at 7 20 p m MST. Col Thomas W Mattingly a heart specialist from Walter Reed is en route to assist. Minister Robert S Lutz visits Mrs Eisenhower and reports she is much concerned. Suspect Arnau remains jailed without bond as investigation continues.
The used car dealer implicated in a fatal shooting remains silent as charges link him to at least three fired employees. One identified victim is Doyle Williams, a Central ambulance driver who arrived first at the scene.
The National Geographic Society notes that Limehouse in London derives its name from a lime making plant or limehouse once located in the area, dating back to the 17th century.
Helen Hudson a noted Lady bootlegger in Law ton was fined 150 and jailed 30 days in district court after admitting guilt on liquor possession. The jury also fixed her June City court conviction at 75 and 30 days. Deputies testified to confiscated liquor at her home on 715 Douglas. She admitted intent to sell the liquor and said she obtained it in Oklahoma. She is the sole supporter of two daughters and faced financial hardship after a 1952 divorce leaving her with limited property.
Police logged five minor crashes with no injuries on Saturday. Howell L. Wiles backed into Robert C. Lewis on Third Street causing about $9 in damage. Other collisions occurred at 23rd and Gore, Third and C, 13th and Kingsbury, and Third Street’s C to D area with damages ranging from $25 to $600. One driver, Albert C. Richard, was charged with making an illegal left into a one way alley.
Taylor held key commands in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in Europe, led the Eighth Army in Korea, and served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. He also commanded in Berlin and received top honors including the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Purple Heart.
In a northwest Washington mountain region precipitation varies greatly with up to 250 inches annually on one side and very scanty rainfall on the other, necessitating irrigation for crops on the drier slopes.
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