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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1957
Page
6
Campaign piece urging voters to reelect Arnold White to the City Council Ward Two. The flyer asserts his dedication to health, welfare and progress, asks for votes next Tuesday, and provides a contact number EL 5-3089 for rides to the polls.
Market report shows grain fed steers and heifers higher while cows and bulls edge up or steady. Slaughter cows range 9.00 to 14.00 with cull values around 14.00, hogs and lambs up modestly, spring lambs 21.00 to 22.00, ewe and sheep prices varied with quality and weight.
Funeral services for Mrs Walter H Burford 74 of 2608 C were held at 2 p m Friday at Cameron Baptist Church with Rev A L Burchel and Rev Richard Hopper officiating. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Becker Funeral Home. Bearers named include Jay EB Shaw Don Hail Jerry Hall Galyon Hail Earl Smith Alvon Dilles Eddie Autry and Glen Siaw.
In San Francisco on March 16 the effort to halt capital punishment in California gained momentum as a five year moratorium bill was under consideration while Burton Abbott faced execution. Governor Knight failed to stay the sentence by one minute, prompting continued debate on capital punishment as a crime deterrent.
Tulsa officials and 19 conspirators named in a revised federal liquor indictment will be arraigned next Friday to plead to two counts. The split charges accuse conspiracy to import liquor into dry Oklahoma and operating a tax unpaid wholesale and retail liquor business. Names added include Cleo Epps and Devil Boone among bootleggers. other defendants include Jay L. Jones and Paul Livingston.
Paris report says Constantin Brancusi, renowned Romanian sculptor of the cubist school, died today in Paris after living there more than 50 years. His works have been shown in New York and Philadelphia this winter. Brancusi was born in Parguia and studied at the Bucharest Academy.
Sen Hubert Humphrey urged using the Middle East as a testing ground for Eisenhower’s Open Skies disarmament idea. He released a staff study for the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Disarmament noting steps to maintain peace and proposing demilitarized zones with international oversight in the region.
A subcommittee report argues for a robust international authority to enforce arms talks and cites Soviet threats alongside ongoing Arab Israeli conflict. It backs aerial surveys and ground inspectors to ensure compliance and suggests increasing armaments in some Middle East nations may be needed over disarmament.
Oklahoma City report by the state committee on Higher Education recommends a compromise annual funding of 24,983,389 for colleges and universities from the biennial state appropriation. It notes past underfunding, rising enrollments, and the risk of losing faculty to other states, while acknowledging the plan would not meet all needs. The piece also mentions offshore drilling platform costs for oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, with potential reuse if no oil is found.
About 807 women are expected for the southwest district home demonstration council meeting in Cameron college auditorium Friday. The event runs from 10 am with Errol D. Hunter of Oklahoma A&M Extension giving the main address. Local officials and 4H winner June McAskill will speak and music is planned by multiple choral groups. Dinner is served at 12 15 p.m.
City police are searching for a light green 1950 two door Studebaker taken Friday night from Lawton Street. The vehicle is owned by J. R. McCracken.
Letter to the editor questions the mayoral candidate about endorsing a lake project and criticizes cheap solutions. It argues funds for the Youth Center are sufficient and demands a concrete plan and assurances on tax money. It calls for parental and citizen effort rather than complaints.
A reader argues against politicizing city pay raises, noting funding must be known late in the fiscal year. The letter calls for records inspection and questions former Negro policeman Tom Tipler’s role in the campaign and potential police return if elected.
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