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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1953
Page
8
Births list shows daughters to J P Keeler and Stanley Harpole, plus multiple births and hospital admissions across Lawton area. Dismissals include Mrs Parker and several patients with surgery or medical care noted. admissions list many patients by name and address with medical or surgical status.
The Dunbar day nursery, a Community Chest agency for Negro children, will double its space and facilities in mid February to accommodate 70 young students.
Oklahoma City January 10 USDA market notes show cattle and calves mixed with gains for some classes. Good beef steers and heifers down 25 to 50, slaughter cows up 50 to 1.00, bulls 75 to 1.50 higher, stockers 50 to 1.00 higher. week’s top prices include yearlings at 29.00 and steer prices around 27.00 for high quality, calves 21.50-24.00, feeders 19.00-23.25. Hogs mostly 25-50 higher with top 19.75 and weekly bulk 180-240 lbs at 19.00-19.50. sows 14.00-16.00. Slaughter lambs up about 50, with continued strength in the sheep market.
School cafeterias face overcrowded kitchens as programs run in multiple buildings. Managers include Elsie Stallings Lincoln and Eliz abeth Hawkins Post with Douglass and Dunbar among others. Some sites use kitchens as classrooms while others lack plumbing. New construction aims to include cafeterias.
Prime wooled lambs steady to higher at 21.00 21.50 with most good and choice 20.00 21.00. Two loads 94 lb clipped lambs No 1 and 2 pelts at 21.00. Calls to choice ewes 5.00 7.00.
A farm tractor devise burns weeds while sparing crops as the flame moves along the crop row. The device targets weeds with minimal or no damage to growing plants, offering a weed control method compatible with crop production.
Four Fort Sill soldiers injured in a Friday night car train crash near Apache were reported recovering Saturday. Grady Holloway 29 driver and three passengers Bobby Dudark 21 Bernard Dzurella 23 and William Kjergaard 20 were treated at Station hospital. Holloway Dzurella and Kjergaard were X rayed for possible fractures Dudark had minor injuries. The accident occurred about 6 30 p m two miles north of Apache on U S 62. A Rock Island freight car was struck and rolled back about 30 feet. Patrolman M R Hellwege Anadarko said Holloway did not see the train in time. Six car passengers were thrown from the vehicle. Frank McCalin El Reno was the train engineer.
Sgt. John F. Morrison Jr. serves in Korea with the 45th Infantry division. he is the son of J. F. Morrison of Comanche and wife Mary Lois of 505 S. 16th. Lt. Richard D. Reisch, former Fort Sill soldier, receives the Purple Heart for Korea actions. he joined the Army in November 1951 and is with the Second Infantry division since October at Fort Sill.
Compare climate zones noting deserts and arctic areas experience fewer thunderstorms than hotter and wetter regions due to lower moisture and atmospheric instability. Researchers highlight regional patterns, with the strongest storm activity in tropical and subtropical zones.
Last rites were held at 2 30 p m Friday for John E. Davidson 82 retired butcher and farmer who died Wednesday at his Elgin home Rev C D Farmer pastor of Fletcher Baptist church conducted the services assisted by Rev Charles Reed Elgin Burial was in Elgin cemetery Davidson born Nov 9 1870 in New Mexico moved to Elgin in 1903 where he lived since Rexel Ulrich 39 Fort Sill civil service worker died Friday at his Cache home services at 2 p m today at Cache Methodist church burial in Cache cemetery under direction of Cache Funeral Home Ulrich a 1941 Cache high school graduate was a Fort Sill truck foreman seriously ill with a heart ailment three weeks Survivors include wife Thelma two daughters Nancy 4 Sue 2 three brothers Lee Vern Reford Dale three sisters Rita Mae Ulrich Nyla Ulrich and Mrs Treva Drummond and a maternal grandmother Mrs Bessie Pittman all of Cache Parents predeceased him.
American Indians across numerous regions used tobacco for smoking prior to Columbus's arrival, reflecting early cultural practices and trade networks. The statement notes widespread precontact tobacco use as part of indigenous life.
Katherine Elam, four, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Elam of 2701 East, is seriously ill in Memorial hospital after reportedly drinking lye-laced coffee. She suffered burns to mouth lips and throat but was not in critical condition. She may remain in hospital longer. she has also contracted chicken pox.
Miss Evelyn Pierce of Washington DC employed with the Interior department is spending a 10 day vacation with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs K W Aurell 508 Bell A T Keeler 906 Ferris and Joe F Keeler 915 Washington have received word of the death of another brother Lon Keeler at San Angelo Texas
Five motorists faced traffic charges in three Lawton courts Saturday, four from Fort Sill. Carteaile Mae Clark of Tulsa and Richard V. Polyak from Fort Sill were charged with speeding in City Judge John Fullerton's court. Roy Lee Sturgill, Fort Sill, charged in Fullerton's court with no driver's license. Hugh D. Mayfield, Fort Sill, charged with speeding in JP Ray Brown's court. John A. Spain, Fort Sill, also faced a speeding charge in JP Marvin Cameron's court.
The Public Health Service reports dangerous radioactive waste from atomic experiments is sealed in concrete and loaded onto a Coast Guard cutter in up to 29 ton lots. The waste is dumped in over a mile of water, illustrating a harsh disposal method.
Scientists estimate the concrete caskets will resist disintegration for about a century. The atomic wastes inside are not explosive but emit harmful radiation that diminishes over time, posing long term safety considerations for marine environments offshore Virginia.
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