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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1957
Page
4
Hospital births listed for families including Welch, Roberts, Camp, Freeman and others with times and weights. Numerous admissions noted with names and addresses, plus medical and surgical cases. Ends with mention of California cotton textile mill at Soledad for state agency use.
Dr. Edgar Z. Berman at the International College of Surgeons says dog heart transplants show progress toward human application. He reported two canine cases with limited survival times and noted matching organs across the same species had been rare until recently.
Chattanooga notes observance of the 50th anniversary of the Jack Cronk Baplis church with Rev. Sam Scantlan of Oklahoma as the morning speaker. Afternoon speaker Rev. Virgil Green, Willow, a former pastor. A dinner will follow. Rev. Ralph Smith, pastor, invites all friends and church members to attend.
Coaches outline fall football prospects at Lawlor High School during a noon meeting of the Northwest Nivauis club. Attendees included Dan Jimerson Jim Philips and Bill Arrington with John Elkins as program chairman. Guest Maj Ver ner Vansyckle from Oklahoma City attended.
B G Winn 39 of Wood Elm died at 4 30 p m Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness. He worked with the Internal Revenue Department and moved to Lawton in July 1996 from Oklahoma City. Survived by his wife of the home Mrs O W Start Spavinsen and a sister in law Mrs Viola Ferguson 604 Belt. Funeral arrangements are pending with Lawton Funeral Home. Deborah Elaine Moore three day old daughter of Flo and Karl R Moore died early local day at a legal hospital Moore assigned to company C 835th Engineer Battalion has been at Fort Sill since June 1957. Funeral services will be in London NH. Survivors include paternal grandparents Miro and Mrs Louis Moore London MA and maternal grandfather Charles B Garcon Ry a NAT. Local arrangements are handled by Becker Funeral Home.
Market brief lists commodity prices for wheat and eggs in Oklahoma with farm and city locations. Prices show no. 1 broilers at various towns including Enid Clinton Lawton Tulsa and Vinita with steady or slow demand. statewide notes from the State Board of Agriculture.
Vatican warns that without laws and moral safeguards on movies, radio and television the faithful may suffer weakened morals and stunted development. Pope Pius XII appeals to industry and sales to cooperate with the church to guide these arts toward proper influence, in his 22nd encyclical. Bridgeport report notes a separate incident where William Beras, 53, lost 480 dollars in a restaurant tape scam on Sept. 8 when a conman approached.
An IRS agent chased a Florida moonshiner into a swamp where both fled for their lives. The incident underscores dangers faced by law enforcement in pursuit of illicit alcohol makers in swamp terrain.
London telegraph correspondent from Warsaw reports Anastas Mikoyan may replace Nikolai Bulganin as Soviet premier this month. Bulganin could be moved to a ceremonial post. Mikoyan, a deputy premier, is said to be acting as premier in Bulganin’s absence. Speculation arises from Khrushchev’s East Germany trip and a possible retirement of President Kliment Voroshilov.
Dr. O L Parsons will attend a trustees meeting of the Austin Presbyterian Seminary near Kerrville, Texas, Thursday and Friday. The session will involve U S Presbyterian church bodies from the South and North assessing joint ownership and control of the Austin Seminary. The seminary is owned by Presbyterian entities from Arkansas, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Parsons, from Beal Heights, is one of two Oklahoma trustees. He will depart Lawton by plane Thursday and return Friday evening.
A missile streaked up from the Air Force test center at Cape Canaveral and apparently exploded twenty miles high. Witnesses described the blast as breaking apart like a burning candle. Officials in Washington withheld comment and offered no details on the test or any casualties.
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