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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1955
Page
5
All girls in a Junior high Camp Fire group or those who want to join are invited to the annual Junior high Camp Fire club dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Old South cafeteria. Guardians are urged to attend, announced Mrs Bill Cox, general chairman. Girls will go through the cafeteria line and take their trays to the upstairs dining room.
Orientation training for new Blue Bird and Camp Fire leaders wrapped up at Lawton Youth Center 14th and Bell. Mrs. Val Wagner directed the sessions with Mrs. Ford assisting Blue Bird and Mrs. Cherry guiding guardians training. New Blue Bird leaders listed include W. W. Roberts J. T. Muray C. F. McCarthy J. B. Clemons Leon Harrison Jack Harris R. G. Swanson Olen Garrett and Miss Mike Johnson. Camp Fire guardians named Toufie Solomon Willard Roux D. C. Griffin W. R. Taylor Sam Bittle C. H. Welborn Max Goldner Bill Stephens Dan Lee William A. Ritzweiler and W. W. Kerr. Leaders from Comanche: C. B. Royston Paul Haskett Bill McEntire DeMeris Ruff and C. W. Bayne.
Nancy Goeringer assisted by Karen Harvey and Eleanor Strecker conducted the devotional period when area Future Homemakers of America members attended a sub district FHA meeting at Duncan. Other Chattanooga girls attending were Melba Taylor Anne Fisher Juanita Horn Charlene Ochsner Judy Capshaw Mary Jean Washburn and Georgia Ann Goodknight. They were accompanied by their instructor Mrs Frazier Pierce and Mesdames George Goodknight and Clarence Washburn.
An economist forecast 1956 would bring continued business growth and potential tax cuts. Allyn P. Evans of Lionel D. Edie & Co. spoke at the American Bankers Association convention in Chicago. He tied optimism to President Eisenhower and warned a decision not to seek re election could hurt confidence, noting Eisenhower’s illness did not alter his forecast.
Amarillo Texas police and air base authorities hunted for three of five men who escaped from the Amarillo Air Force Base stockade. Two were recaptured after dawn as a farmhouse was ransacked while the owner was away. The escape involved a soldier Weldon Flanigan and four airmen linked to AWOL charges from Ft. Lewis Washington.
Chattanooga Future Farmers of America members exhibit in Iowa Park Texas fair Sept 26 Oct 1 including Johnny Goodknight Phillip Washburn Ned Patton Carl Fisher Ronnie Drieth Wesley Carson Jerry Don Hofacker Billy Kinder. Plans to exhibit later in Tulsa fair include Fisher Carson Kinder Drieth Washburn and Hofacker.
London names Field Marshal Sir John Harding as governor and commander in chief of Cyprus. Harding, 59, will leave his post as chief of the imperial general staff to take the Cyprus assignment. Gen. Sir Gerald Templer will succeed him as high commissioner and commander in chief in Malaya amid Cypriot Greek descent campaigns demanding withdrawal.
Belchertown Mass police report a 19-year-old AWOL soldier, Robert Gregory, confessed to killing Jacqueline Kimball 18 after she refused to marry him. He stole a car in Chicopee Falls, traced her to a secluded spot, fired two shots, and fled. He pleaded innocent at a murder charge and is held for a preliminary hearing October 4.
Oklahoma City officials faced two wet days at the State Fair as ground moisture kept crowds low. Admission was free for city students and all schools were dismissed. Sunday turnout dropped to 24,396, far below last year’s 84,124. The grandstand show was canceled with a second double performance planned midweek to replace rainwashed opening events.
Paul Glass a 22 year old former Fort Sill soldier faces an armed robbery trial in Superior Court before Judge Robert S Landers. Jury selection to begin after 9 am following a preliminary hearing. Glass is accused of the January 6 D X service station robbery in which operator W J Lamb was shot and pistol whipped. Lamb 63, plus six witnesses including city detectives Cleo Stout and Melvin Simmons and local residents Leola Young Barbara Bridges and Wayne Paden.
Oklahoma City area children fill Crippled Children's Hospital polio ward after weekend admissions. State tally reaches 222 with two new cases. compares with 460 at the same point last year and 700 in the 1949 peak year. Patients include 18 month girl, 3 year boy, 9 year girl from southwest Oklahoma City and 17 month boy from Midwest City. Additional cases involve a Woodward 15 year old at Woodward Memorial Hospital and a 16 year old Pryor girl at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa.
A 3:30 p.m. public hearing in the council chambers will consider a new zoning ordinance the city plans to adopt after the hearing. The city, under a temporary zoning order since Sept 17, seeks to replace the voided 1928 ordinance ruled indefinite in retail and light manufacturing terms by Judge Robert S. Landers in Superior Court, who sided with Jack Kytle in enjoining enforcement.
A sow in Shizuoka Prefecture Japan gave birth to 24 piglets tying the world record set by a British sow according to a Prefecture Livestock Section official. The event highlights rare large-litter porcine births and draws international interest from agricultural circles.
William Wyatt accused Don McGuire, ex Tulsa police captain, of assault and battery after a drunken group stopped them while census taking for Sheridan Avenue Christian Church. A warrant was issued for McGuire. another participant remains unidentified. Wyatt and his wife were walking when four men approached claiming to be officers and beat him. no serious injuries were reported.
The CGT, backing ousted President Juan Peron, calls 6,000,000 members to return to work as rights are promised. Peron remains aboard a Paraguayan gunboat awaiting safe conduct before possible flight to Paraguay. Lonardi gains international recognition from major powers. Rosario reports deadly clashes leaving 28 dead and 66 injured.
An Air Force B17 with 15 aboard touched down at Greater Pittsburgh Airport then ran off the runway and rolled down a steep embankment. Two crewmen were slightly injured.
The Fort Worth Press will become a six column tabloid and publish a Sunday edition starting Oct 2, dropping Saturday afternoon editions. A 16 page color comic section will accompany the Sunday issue. Prices remain 25 cents a week for home delivery and 10 cents per copy on Sundays.
Hugo Oklahoma police questioned two suspects Monday in connection with the shooting death of Daisy Belle Thorp a 31 year old Hugo mother of two. The body was found inside a car driven by Raymond Smith 26 of Tyler Texas and his father in law John Combs 56 of Grand Saline Texas. Both men were held by Undersheriff Dan Thornton as investigations continue.
Oklahoma per capita personal income in 1954 ran 17 percent below the national average as the Department of Commerce reported. The state’s figure was 1466 dollars per person versus 1770 nationally, though Oklahoma showed rapid income growth over the past 25 years since 1929.
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