European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday october 16, 1977 on Ike s birthday Mamie Eisenhower lays her hand on the Arm of a statue of her late husband Dwight d. Eisenhower during Friday s commemorative ceremony of the late president s 87th birthday on the Campus of Gettysburg a College. A sex change operations barred at Baptist Center Oklahoma City a Southern Baptist officials met in executive session Friday and voted 54-2 to ban sex change operations at the Baptist medical Center a major . Center for such surgery. The operations have been suspended All summer awaiting the verdict by the Board of directors of the Baptist general Conven Tion of  Rev. Joe Ingram executive director of the general convention said the Board s ruling would be the final word on the subject that has sparked bitter fighting in the  67-member Board is dominated by Baptist ministers who generally have opposed the operations on grounds that such psychological abnormalities can be right de Only through spiritual transformation. Of the 64 at Large members of the Board there Are eight women eight laymen and48 ministers from All areas of the state. The other three members Are the three statewide officers of the convention. The operations were performed at the Hospital for four years during which the sex of More than 50 transsexuals was changed mostly from male to female. A additional 50 transsexuals Are in preliminary stages of the change awaiting the Board s  revelation that Baptist medical Center and the University of Oklahoma Hospital were performing sex changes in sufficient numbers to make Oklahoma City one of the nation s centers for such operations has sparked a major controversy in Oklahoma Baptist ranks. About hah a dozen other . Hospitals offer similar surgery. Or. David William Foerstler and or. Charles Reynolds speaking for the gender identity team that performs the operations said the operations Are consistent with their religious beliefs. If Jesus Christ were alive today undoubtedly he would Render help and com fort to the transsexual As he did the Leper the Blind and the lame they said in a joint statement. Stateside Dairy distributor is caught empty handed Royal neb. A for eight years Max Kipple has stashed away 10,000 empty milk cases Worth $40,000.he had them stacked in 11 old milk trucks., in his shed and in an empty Ware House in downtown  s Dairy District manager . Wessia of a Xix City. Iowa heard about toc Vanc far milk cases and o Rte Al a Todt paarent Dairy Dis Tribu Ter. Of was san cd never intended to sell Tine a rape Ca which belong to Robert s Dairy. He s glad it s Over but he has absolutely no reason that i can find said Westin. My guess is that after a Load or two of not returning empties it just got so that it was More than he could return. He started Stor ing them and it just got away from  Westin said no charges would be filed. There s no Point. We got All the cases Back he said. Max did a Complete and total preservation Job on them Westin said. He was extremely painstaking in their care. In fact he took better care of them than we  what a Peanut shortage in Washington Washington a a shortage of peanuts is sending 100 squirrels packing from a Park in front of the White House to a  squirrels lacking a steady diet of peanuts have been dining on the Park s geraniums and beeches. A government spokesman estimates damage at $5,000 since Early Spring. Federal agents have been catching the squirrels in Lafayette Park in the dead of night and ushering them off to suburban Woodlands where the government says the menu is better. George Berklacy of the National Park service blamed the problem on an unusually High number of squirrels coupled with a Peanut shortage caused by fewer Park Visi tors during a bitterly cold Winter and torrid summer. One Day Park manager William Ruback said i came to inspect a bed of geraniums and it looked like someone had taken a Lawnmower and chopped them  the wedding was a real family affair Sacramento Calif. A the society editor suspected a mistake when Donna and Ronald Larrabee announced their marriage. But mrs. Larrabee provided the explanation. In 1958, High school students Donna Seitzinger and Ronald Larrabee ran off to Reno for a quickie marriage. After 15 years and two children they divorced. Three years late they decided to try it again. I was determined this time to have a real wedding in our Church. With All the ceremony and ritual mrs. Larrabee said. I wore a White Satin gown. Ron wore a White Tuxedo she said adding that her 17-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter were part of the wedding party. It was really Beautiful and it meant so much like it was a real marriage and no just an offhand Legal thing. And of course i also wanted to have my picture in the  the Sacramento Bee published it. $87,000 Stone Field sculpture bugs Conn City Hartford Conn. A the City Council can t Back out of paying artist Carl Andre $87,000 for the controversial Stonefield sculpture the City s lawyers say. Andre s arrangement of 36 glacial Boul Ders on a Grassy area in downtown Hart Ford has drawn criticism from mayor Deputy corporate counsel Richard cos Grove said Andre should be paid As soon As Hartford gets a total of $87,000 from the Hartford foundation for Public giving and the National endowment for the arts. The attorneys opinion said Hartford can t reverse its acceptance of the work. I George Athanson and others who question did not address the question of whether whether it is Art. Andre s work is Art. Although there Maya Hanson who asked the lawyers what be legitimate disagreements Between per obligations the Council had contends the sons As to whether this constitutes Sculp sculpture has made Hartford the subject of Ture Cosgrove wrote it would appear International  that Andre has fulfilled his  Massachusetts House defeats Gay rights Bill Boston a after three Days of debate the Massachusetts House has said a final no to a Bill Banning discrimination against homosexuals in civil service jobs. The measure was killed on a 129-93 vote after efforts to achieve a Compromise col lapsed. The Bill which had cleared the Senate and had the backing of the demo cratic leadership and several top republicans would have outlawed discrimination against homosexuals in All Public employ ment jobs except teaching. However it also would have set up a nonbinding referendum on the question which some feared would Lead to a replay of Anita Bryant s crusade in Dade county Fla. In the Florida Case Bryant won a Campaign to overturn a homosexual rights ordinance. Proponents led by rep. Elaine Noble an avowed lesbian tried to whittle away opposition to the Bill by offering to remove police firemen and correction officers from the Bill s Protection. Montgomery Ward s sued by . Los Angeles a the Federal government has filed suit against Mont Gomery Ward & co., alleging the retailer has been Selling clothing coated with a flame retardant chemical suspected of causing cancer. The suit filed Friday in . District court in los Angeles on behalf of the fed eral consumer product safety commis Sion says Ward s has failed to Rem Vetris treated children s apparel. The suit asked . District court judge Robert j. Kelleher to order an immediate halt to the sales. The commission acting last april under the Federal hazardous substance act or dered a ban on sales and a recall of All Tris treated clothing that had not been washed. Tris is a suspected cancer Caus ing agent. A hearing on a temporary restraining order against wards one of the nation s largest Chain department stores is expected soon