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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1957
Page
4
A hospital notice lists multiple births on August 1 and August 3 including sons and daughters to the Henne, Sarabia, Cornell, Glass, and Dewbre families among others. It also records numerous admissions and discharges to local rooms and surgical indications for patients across several addresses and medical units.
Comedian Red Skelton and his family cut short a London foray amid sharp British press critique of their world tour. Skelton called reports shocking and disappointing and criticized a London Daily Sketch jab at a press conference. The family planned to fly to Edinburgh en route to New York with their ailing son Richard, Valentina, and Skelton’s wife, before departing.
About two dozen youngsters from five YMCA day camps traveled to Wichita Falls to tour the local YMCA and TV stations. Chaperone Day Camp Director James Roberts led the group observing the closing of a two week camp at Lawton Heights Methodist church. The fifth camp starts Monday at Union Park.
HOLLYWOOD UP The high profile conspiracy trial of Fred and Marjorie Meade opened in superior court but was postponed to 2 p m to accommodate a crowd of 1350 witnesses and stars. The Meades face charges of conspiring to publish libelous celebrity facts via Confidential and Whisper as part of a wider probe into movieland gossip.
Visiting in Wichita Falls today are Sammy Harding, Jimmy Heendon, James McCord, Trip McCord, Larry Graham, Charles Howard, Richard Edde, David McCaffery, George Porter, Tommy Smith, Rusty Huff, Kenneth Oliver, Allan Thomason, Mike Oliver, Gary Why bark, Billy Miller, Gary Dwyer, Steve Hamburger, Gary Show, Mark Blasingame, Buddy Shor, Jackie Abla, Leon Darden, Mike Devitt and Dan Tibbetts.
A Raleigh group led by Kidd Brewer offers to buy Eisenhower’s personal assets for one million dollars. The proposal drew laughter from White House aides, but Brewer insists it is serious and prepared to deposit in good faith. Hagerty said he had no comment and had not seen the telegram.
Raymond Hawkins 30 a longtime Ton resident died Wednesday afternoon from sunstroke while working on a farm near Marcopia New Mexico where he had lived a year. Becker Funeral home handles local arrangements. Survivors include his mother Anna Hawkins five brothers and four sisters with ties to California Texas Germany and Korea and his wife Sally. Service arrangements are pending in Marcopia.
Fragmentary OCR lists city names and route numbers such as Oklahoma City Blackwell Enid Elk City Lawton Vinita Watonga Clinton Pauls Valley and others with scattered numbers 20 25 30 50 52 53 indicating routes or stops. readable items show regional places and partial sequence.
Cattle and calves offered in Oklahoma City failed to produce enough data for a strong trade read as 500 head appeared with 100 calves. Hogs limited, sheep scarce. prices indicated tentative demand. Poultry and eggs prices posted by the state Board of Agriculture show No 1 hard wheat steady, broilers generally weaker, eggs steady with quality differing by supplier.
The Delmonettes club discussed party plans at 8 p.m. Thursday at Mrs. Jacob Parker’s home 314 Bell Drive. Attendees included Mesdames Thomas L. Wallace James Stewart Roy Anderson Paul Hurn Nelson Hendricks Horace Border Wilbert Davis and E. T. Easley.
Oklahoma City report states the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association will notify licensed pharmacies about a new law valid Aug 28 prohibiting paregoric without prescription. E R Weaver predicts pharmacists will face trouble as addicts move between outlets to obtain the legal amount for boiling and consuming the opium content.
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