The Norman Transcript from Norman, Oklahoma • 1

The orman Transcript 1 955 Normans Community Newspaper for A'o re Than 65 Years Go To Church Today -I VOLUME 67 NUMEER 69 3 32 PAGES NORMAN OKLAHOMA SUNDAY OCTOBER 1955 AP end NEA SERVICE FRICE DAILY 5: SUNDAY Kc i From The 8000 See Press Box 5 OU Ponderous Pitt McDonald Earns 1 1 Spot With Grea Oklahoma iimlcil all of it4 speed u-pth and finishing kick to overcome Pittsburgh 2i-l I here In Jure sutm 58000 the third largest crowd ever to witness a football game in Owen Field The throng wit under brooding skies iu wrdch the 8ihuit functioning at their splendid best run up a 19-0 hftlflinte lead then almost wilt before the ponderous Panthers HE SPELLS IT M-c-D-O-N-A-L-D Tommy McDonald happily obliges youthful autograph seekers here Saturday after he had scored two touchdowns to lead Oklahoma to a 26-14 victory over Pittsburgh Smiling broadly at the right is Wray Littlejohn OU fullback last year and now an assistant Sooner coach (Transcript Photo by Frank Garner) But the Big Red was not tn hc denied Us 21st straight triumph Leading just 19-14 after the big boys from the East had climbed back into contention the Sooners found enough vitality to catapult! yards in eight plays for the! clinching touchdown Going Again at Fad And at the end Oklahoma was aimed goalward again after it was denied a fifth counter Jy a penalty a touchdown return of an inter-1 eepted pass It was Tommy game Water Tear Gas Gusli Uprising In Boston Jail BOSTON Oct 1 ie Some 250 ml i buquerque earned a place Correction hurling stones (uni-with such OU running backs as her and fumilure staged a tumul-Billy Vessels Buddy Leake and tuuus riot for over two hours to- OU Third Largest Crowd Defies Skies By JEAN COOPER A throng officially estimated at 58000 watched the OU football team add to its record of gridiron glory Saturday afternoon in Owen Field by pouncing on the Pittsburgh Panthers 26-14 Dreary threatening skies bluffed a majority of the spectators into bringing along rain gear of assorted description but muggy sultry temperatures in the high 70s soon had them peeling off jackets Expected rains never did ma- terialixe during the afternoon a Ever wonder what human drama Iim behind t'Mfe terse emergency calla announced over the Voud speaker at football games? Two of those calls beard by Owen Field crowd tied into one story with a happy ending Bill Pearce 829 Sy mates St was working at the game as a spotter for Transcript photographer Fraak Garner During the first quarter a call was annoo seed for Doctor Number 52 to report to Norman Municipal Hospital Expecting trouble Pearce pricked up his cars Sure enough by the end of the quarter another call cgme this one for Pearce to report to the hospital By the time Pearce arrived after a taxi ride around the south west and north outskirts of Norman the doctor had left the hospital and was on his way back to the game Mrs Pearce however was doing fine and so was their new pound 9 ounce baby boy The new father returned to the football game ia time to the entire fourth quarter Said Pearce who has been through this twice before with two other sons wife was still unconscious and there a thing 1 could do except stand around and smoke 'tr it ir It was halftime Oklahoma led 19-0 Press box followers of the Panthers were steeped in gloom to say the least would you tell Pitt publicist Robert Wycaff asked Frank Carver graduate manager of athletics and former publicist plane leaves at Carver replied better be on it or get it it Public address announcer Bruce Drake's wit during the OU-Pitt game Saturday threw one female spectator for a loss at least tern porarily When a Pittsburgh back was stopped by the entire left side of the OU line Drake remarked that tackle was made by Jeff the woman exclaimed thumbing rapidly through the roster of OU players ia her program he wean Jeffhouse? They have anybody listed jy the name of Jeff-That announcer's all Another spectator finally turned to explain that Jeff House is an abbreviation for Jefferson House where most of the OU football playera live it "it it Observing birthdays today are Mrs Dora Dunlop Kathryn Tullius and Bobby Wilkerson Celebrating Saturday were Paul Updegraff Morrow Linda Lou Langly Donna Jean Church Betty Lou Dodd Marti Ed (Fats) Morton Mrs Ford Michael and Henry Whitaker Friday birthday greetings go to Hood Raymond Tunnard' Mike Ralls and Mrs Bob Isom and belated greetings are extended to Jerry Colliding who celebrated Thursday State Fair Closes With Financial Loss OKLAHOMA CITY Oct 1 (A The 1955 Oklahoma State Fair closed tonight after a rainy week to become the first post-war exhibition here to lose money Fair officials attributed the letdown from last year's 18677 attendance to the weather and the still unfinished fairgrounds Final admission figures expected to barely exceed 300000 will not be announced until tomorrow Today in Norman Weather reading: Saturday high T7 it it it Weather forecast: Mostly cloudy with little temperature change through tonight Occasional light rains High today 75-90 it it Monday Jaycees noon Lockett Hotel Routine Items Facing Council Rezoning of Kunkel Property on Agenda Only few items of routine business are on the agenda for the City Commission meeting at 7:30 Tuesday including rezoning of the Kunkel tract in the 700 block of West Main Street The Commission last week re-zoned 10 properties in the 600 and 700 blocks of West Main and on Flood Avenue near the intersection The Kunkel tract the west half of the north fide uf the 700 block of Main Street is to be rezoned from B-l (residential) to C-2 (commercial) The land is adjacent to the Norman High School grounds Last week the Commission rezoned the adjacent 10 tracts from residential to C-l (local commercial) The Kunkel tract is the only property in the area for which a C-2 classification is scight Hus type of 'sun tag it a slightly broader classification than C-l and permits slightly more extensive commercial use Commissioners also are expected to approve formal written resolution thanking Mayor James Long for acting unofficially as city manager during August and September The Commission approved an oral resolution at their last meeting Mayor Long served as unoffi- Continued on Page Twe) Fair Board of To Meet Monday A joint meeting of directors of the Norman Chamber of Commerce and the Cleveland County Fair Board will be held at noon Monday at the Norman Courts Grill The group will discuss fair plans for next year and means of improving the fair McCall Chamber president said Results of the election of new members to the Chamber board of directors may be announced at the meeting according to Dow Damron manager Ballots for the election were to have ben returned to the Chamber office by noon Saturday tS night before mure than 150 police and firenic quelled them with tear gas and heavy streams of water At least 30 guards firemen and policemen were struck by stones but none was injured seriously The jail situated on Deer Island in Bosion Harbor was in an up roar fruin shortly after 0:30 until the men were driven back to their cells at 850 fh Some 15 pieces uf fire apparatus ringed the area One fireman William Curtis- suffered a head cut when a stone struck him Edward Friei commissioner Boston penal institutions said the trouble began yesterday" A oner-wri injured neuHWiwtiA -r liwo guards after refusing to obey an order The injured -inmate was given hospital treatment and the two guards suspended pending inverti- gation Friei said Since then Friei said the jail has been tense and Friday night's recreation period was cancelled Mayor Orders 'Norman Week' With the city government behind them members of the League of Wnnrcn Voters of Norman will intensify efforts to distribute their educational booklet Is during the coming week Saturday Mayor James Long threw the weight of an official resolution behind the drive by issuing a statement which proclaimed the coming week of Oct 3-10 Is Norman Lung stressed that public knowledge of tiie workings of government is essential to good government The booklet which answers almost any question a citizen of Norman might ask about his municipal government Is already available at many stores and places of business in the city The price is 25 cents the minimum cost of printing On Thursday of this week League Chairman Mrs Bennie ShulU said speeiai selling booths will be set ur on the in the downtown area and also on campus corner Approximately 70 cupics of the booklet will be given to Buy Scouts Girl Scouts and Camp Fire groups this week at the ScuLts request Mrs Shulti said -j I S' td SAM WHITLOCK Whitlock Named Aide to Bussey Assistant Attorney Successor to Fisk Sam Whitlock 27 year old Norman attorney has been appointed assistant Cleveland County attorney replacing James Fisk County Attorney Hcs Bussey announced Saturday morning Fisk resigned Saturday to enter private practice in Norman He led served at the poet since January 1955 when he succeeded Elvin Brown who was sworn in as county judge Brown now is district judge Whitlock is a native of Drum-right having attended both grade and high schools there He was graduated from the University of Oklahoma Law School in June 1952 and entered active military service July 22 1952 Whitlock aerved as assistant judge advocate at the Brooks Army Medical Center Ft Sam Houston Tex until Jan 31 1955 when he was placed on inactive duty with the rank of first lieutenant He entered a law partnership with another Norman attorney Paul Updegraff but terminated that partnership when hia appointment waa made The new assistant ia a member of both Phi Delta Pbi international legal fraternity and the Order id the Coif honorary legal fraternity He and hia wife Joyce Elane live at 1406 Eisenhower ltd Would-Be Bandit Shoots Himself After OC Failure OKLAHOMA CITY Oct 1 to) A grocer was critically wounded today in a struggle over a gun at a neighborhood store after which the would-be bandit overcome with remorse shot himself Police said the holdup man identified as Ronnie Whit Hargrove 22 was found later at his home nearby where be lay wounded mean to go that he sobbed to 'officers Both he and the elderly grocer Shaver 78 underwent surgery and hospital attendants said Shaver was not expected to live Officers George and Harris said he managed to tell them the details et the shooting before lapsing into unconsciousness tried to stop him and he pulled out the gun and shot me they quoted Shaver as 67 on of School Board To Hear Bond Bids Monday Board of Education will meet Monday at 7:30 pm to auction off the new 5575000 expansion bonds School Supt Don office said Saturday Mrs Spradlin board secretary said the meeting will also include discussion of regular business matters Meanwhile -board methber are expected to let the contract sometime this month for expansion of Adams School This construction will be financed by some $80000 already available in the building fund which baa been set up on the five-mill levy voted each year The board has set the second semester of the 1956-57 school term as the date for beginning of classes in a new high school wing and two additions at Jackson and Wilson Schools Architects have indicated however that this date could be changed by the availability of materials and other factors More Moisture Due for Sooners tn Next Two Days President Keeps Gaining Strength Alter One Week DENVER Oct 1 President Eisenhower was pictured as making very satisfactory progress toward recovery today one week after his heart attack lie probably will he permitted to sign additional I federal documents in the next few days The White House stressed that the President a physicians will continue to have absolute control over how soon he returns to active command of the government Begins Slgaing Papers Alter talking with the doctors Press Secretary James Hagerty told news conference it would be fair the chief executive will be allowed to put his name to more official papers during the next week Last night the President still hospitalized signed two documents first business and it was minor that he had transacted since he suffered a coronary thrombosis A medical bulletin from Fitz-simons Army Hospital at 7 a and another at 11:15 nm continued to paint an encouraging if cautioua picture The latter one said: President's condition continues to be satisfactory without complications The President had his morning cardiograph and it continued to show the usual evolution continued to remain out of the oxygen Enjoys Qniet Day The oxygen tent a standard precaution in the early stages alter heart attack has been removed from Eibenhow'cr'e room since' early Thursday morning Still another hospital bulletin el 3:45 reported that the President was enjoying comfortable quiet end that he was continuing to progress satisfactorily without complications Mrs Eisenhower visited him briefly at lunch time then he had his usual afternoon rest period and later listened to recorded music At his news conference Hagerty was asked whether a fair summation of the President's condition would be that a reporter put it is making very satisfactory progress but is not yet out of the said Hagerty in nodding agreement First Twe Weeks Crucial He added he wanted to stress that physicians have 9 aid repeatedly that the two weeks after an attack are the period of greatest danger the time when complications are most likely to occur Eisenhower's top deputy Sherman Adams took over direction of activities at the Denver White House after flying from Washington last night Adams joined Hagerty at a 90-minute conference with the physicians this morning Balentine who was men's dormitory counselor and assistant counselor of men while graduate student here resigned Friday as associate professor of education at Northwestern State College Alva to accept the Norman job Haley who was born in Cambridge Mesa wee assigned to the OU Navel Reserve Officers Training Corps V-12 program in 1943 as assistant to the commending officer lie liked the state so well that he stayed here after hia release from active duty in 1946 He becai director of veteran affairs at OU serving in that capacity throughout the period of heavy veteran enrolment following World War 11 Haley waa recalled to active duty by the Navy in 1950 and hi 1953 returned to take the counseling job He holds both the bachelor's and master's degrees in education 1 from Boston University Balentine received his bachelor of science degree at Northwestern State College He earned his mas- ter of education at OU in June 1950 and doctor of education in June 1953 He joined the Northwestern State faculty immediately titer receiving his doctorate In addition to his teaching duties he served as director of the annual curricular contorts there Buck McPhail with a dazzling display which produced payoff sprints 33 and nine yards and numerous-other key gains In all McDonald amassed 124 yards on 11 carries to finish with a nifty 1127-yard average Completes Twe Passes In realizing his rich running po tential McDonald flashed another weapon an accurate passing arm He zeroed in two of five flips for 39 yards all but 16 yards of the I OU aerial net But this a one-man triumph The Sooners required a concerted team effort to repulse the superbly conditioned punishing Panthers When short yardage was needed- there was the bulldozing Robert Burris when block was necessary there was the improving fullback Billy Pricer: and when the Panthers had to be stopped there was a line led by Bo Bolinger Calvin Woodworth and John Bell to atop them Speed Beat Power Few Oklahoma elevens have played better than this one did the first 30 minutes The first half was a triumph of Oklahoma speed over Pittsburgh power with the Sooners going over from 33 one and 31 yards out The Big Red went all the way the first time it put the ball in play from scrimmage Seventy-seven yards in 10 plays the Sooners whipped with getting away on the play id the day for the payoff He angled over his right tackle after Harris had faked to Burris reversed bis field deftly and scored at least 15 yards away from the nearest defender Harris cun-verted after 6:16 Burris Thomas Score One of two interceptions by end Don Stiller started the Sooners again moments later the sophomore returning 13 yards to the OU 49 A penalty fur interference on a Harris pass that quarterback Pete Neft swiped gave the winners a first down at the 10 Burris got the touchdown three plays later from a yard away Halfback Ralph Jelic blocked attempted conversion With 5:05 left before intermission the Sooners added their third six-pointer Thomas bolted 31 yards on an inside reverse to cap a 57-yard onslaught Normsn sophomore Carl Dodd's placement sailed to the left Pitt Starts Slow As slow off the mark in pounding down California and Syracuse as Oklahoma teams used to be in early season Pittsburgh was iu (Continued oa Page Seven) i fact appreciated equally by participants and viewer If the attendance estimate i 58-000 holds up under rigid bookkeeping inspection of Kenneth Farris athletic business manager it will be the third largest crowd efer to witness an Owen Field fray Santa Clara Highest Higher attendance marks were set at the 19(9 Santa Clara game when 60145 persons were admitted and the 1953 Notre Dame bout when 59461 watched The Santa Clara figure is one which Is destined to remain a record until the Those gloomy predictions about football auto accidents did not come true Saturday at least not in Normas police records show Only six accidents were listed for Saturday aad two of these were in the morning well before football traffic begnn to converge on city streets The accidents were minor with fenders and chrome accessories taking the punishment stadium is enlarged because oi restrictions by the fire marshal Despite the grayness id the overcast the pigskin spectacle was colorful thanks to the brilliant red and white uniforms of the Sooner and equally bright blue end gold suits of the Panther patterned against the rich green turf with neatly-marked white stripes Pitt Nips Boredom After the Sooners amassed a 19-0 lead during the first half Oklahoma partisans sat back and even became a trifle bored with the proceedings An apparently rejuvenated second-half Pittsburgh team punched to two quick touchdowns jolting the crowd out of its apathy and creating a tense-final 10 minutes of piny When the Sooners added an insurance touchdown to make the score 26-14 with 1:02 minutes remaining In the game fans began moving down the ramps and out of the atadium The ridden rewarded the faithful who kept their seats however with an exciting though fruitless play in the final seconds of the contest In Called Back Third stringer Hugh Ballard snagged a Pitt pass and streaked down the sidelines and over the goal line The would-be touchdown was called back 'however by a 15-yard holding penalty against the Sooners With three seconds remaining Quarterback Jimmy Harris still trying for the extra tally passed to McDonald and the ball was (Continued oa Page Two) utive secretary of the Cleveland County Tuberculosis Assn explained The X-ray machine esn handle about 100 pictures an hour Office hours at the health unit will be from I am until noon and from 1 pm to 5 pm Monday through Friday Last year 2790 persona were X-rayed during the October survey which is sponsored jointly by the TB association and the county health unit Letters to organizations were mailed last week to remind club leaders- of the month-long campaign Members of Beta Sigma I'M which in charge of publicity for the survey assisted with the mailing By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS light rain and drizzle foil in much of Oklahoma Saturday and more moisture is forecast tor the next two days A trace of rain foil during the day at Oklahoma City Hobart Ponca City Ardmore Tulsa Enid Altus Ft Sill Gage and Hobart All stations reported only a trace except Pones City which measured 04 of an inch and Oklahoma City with 0L Scattered showers are forecast for Sunday afternoon particularly in the south and west portions with rain again scheduled to return Monday Temperature Saturday ranged from 69 at Enid to 91 at McAlester and Ardmore Norman Sends Two To US 77 Meet Haley Named as Oil's Employment Director County Chest X-Ray Program Will Get Under Way Monday George Haley counselor in charge of housing at OU has been moved up to the position of director of employment services and an OU graduate Dr Jack Balentine has been called in to fill post Haley succeeds Frank Ives who resigned as director of employment services Sept 6 to accept a similar position at the University of Colorado His resignation became effective Saturday HALEY State Senator Virgil Young and Griaso chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee will repreient Norman Monday night in Oklahoma City at a meeting of the 77 Highway Association The meeting has been scheduled for 7:30 pm at the Holiday Inn north of Oklahoma City on the US 6 four-lane bypass Other cities all member i a the association are expected to have delegate! at the meeting Members of the State Highway Commission and legislators from counties bisected by the highway -1 have also indicated they will be present Molotov Goes Home Leukemia Claims Dr Vaughan New Member of Faculty at OU A new member of the University business administration in 19-19 and faculty died of leukemia late Fri-1 doctor of philosophy in marketing day afternoon in Oklahoma City economics in June 1955 He was Dr Ernest II Vaughan 29-year-old assistant professor of March 119 lie was grait- marketing who joined the staff uafod from Austin High School gppj January 1944 He served in the Funeral services will be at 21 s-pm today in Weeds Funeral Cha- ki'uii'h October at ht Sill pel Austin Tex with burial inj' Un tamp Stoncman Austin the city of his birth jtalil Vaughan was admitted to the He taught for two years at Texas University Hospital in Oklahoma Wesleyan College Fori Worth two City six days before his death years at the University of Texas He is survived by his bride of and two years at Lamar Slate Col-eight weeks Mrs Sue Youngblood lege of Technology Beaumont Vaughan 103 Sherry Ave and his Tex Indore coming Iu OU parents Mr and- hire Ernest Vaughan was a member of the Vaughan Sr Austin Tex Methodist Church in Austin Hie Vaughan received three degrees I American Marketing from the University of Texas He I American Economics Association earned the bachelur of business Southwestern Soeml Scienee As- 1 administration in 1916 waster of ation of University l'ruicssor 17 Die in Final Hurricane Swipe MEXICO CITY Oct 1 tos-IIur-riesne Janet has blown herself out in the Sierra Madre mountains but even so she cost 17 more lives today Lashing rains loosed a landslide that carried 13 persons to their death in a ravine at San Rafael near Mexico City A relief plane crashed on Yucatan peninsula killing five others including a Diario de Yucatan press photographer The deaths brought Janet's unofficial toll to Mexico to 273 The hurricane killed 200 others in Caribbean islands before roaring into Mexico More than 1000 have been reported injured and probably 100000 left homeless The Cleveland County chest X-rty campaign will begin Monday with every person in the county over 14 years old invited to participate in the program The X-rays will be made beginning at 9 am at the County Health Department 101 Eufaula St and they will continue to be made throughout the month of October Jackie Jennings 702 Moo nett Ave has been named appointment chairman for the 1955 drive and will make appointments for organizations which plan to be X-rayed as a group Her telephone number Is 2051 Individuals may visit the health department without an appointment Mrs James Logan exec NEW YORK Oct 1 toV-Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov left by plane for Moscow tonight alter ex-! wjH fri pressing hope for the "eonsoli- '1 dating of universal peace and hearty wishes for President Eisenhower's recovery GEORGE.