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INCOG Set
For First
Year Work
The Indian Nations Council of Governments is scheduled
to begin “the long, hard pull” of putting itself into operation
later this month, chairman John Hess said today.
Hess, who also is mayor of Sand Springs, one of the
communities including Sapulpa participating in the program,
said a board of directors meeting was set for Jan. 16 and
that the INCOG’S general assembly would hold its first annual
~ " meeting Jan. 24.
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By ED LIVERMORE
One nice thing about writing
a newspaper column, you have
no need to remember when
you’re wrong. Your friends are
always happy to remember it
for you.
But occasionally you’re right,
and then by George it’s time to
crow.
A couple years ago, when all
the talk about annual sessions
of the legislature was such a l°nE past and the INCOG has
"Our first goal is to set up a
budget,” Hess said. "Then we
will try to create a planning
staff.”
In the organizational stages
for nearly a year, the INCOG
is to serve as a regional plan-
ning agency and a clearing-
house for area applications for
federal funds.
Five Counties
The council will represent
governmental units in Creek,
Rogers, Tulsa, Osage and Wag-
oner counties and communities
within the counties.
The federal government,
which ordered creation of such
regional planning bodies in
1966, set a deadline of last July
1 for the council to become ef-
fective. Although that deadline
topic of conversation, we ‘lowed
as how it wouldn’t remain pop-
ular very long. The reason:
we predicted that within two
years it would take just as
long to write a one-year pro-
gram as it had previously taken
to write the two-year variety.
In talking with members of
the legislature, we find agrow-
ing concern about the value of
a two year effort. At the pre-
sent time, for example, a two
-year program written last
year would have put Oklahoma
safely beyond the July 1 thres-
hold of surplus money. All the
consternation going on at the
not yet officially started work,
Hess said the area had not lost
any federal money.
“To my knowledge no funds
have been held up but the ulti-
matum has been given and the
governent is waiting for our
first official action,” he said.
Hess said the council’s first
objective would be to draw up
a master plan for land use
within the five-county area.
“We have to have something
to go by,” he said. “We have to
know how to develop the area.”
Depend On Financing
He added that the scope of
the council’s work would de-
state capitol now could have Pend l*1 larf>e part on the fi-
been avoided if we’d held to
the two-year program just one
year longer.
Additionally, if anyone thinks
pressure groups are going to
lessen their desire annually
from the bi-annual basis, one
need only to take a trip to Okla-
homa City next week.
Serving in the legislature is
going to become an even greater
hardship now than in the past.
It will mean a minimum of five
months out of each year, may-
be six or more. Two classes
of legislators can best stand
this amount of time away from
their home base. . .the rich
type with no worries, or the
unsuccessful type with no pro-
fession or outward appearance
of gainful employment.
nancing provided by the repre-
sented local governments.
“We are going to have to
take this rather slow because
of a lack of funds,” he said.
"It’s going to be a long, hard
pull to get everything worked
out but we won’t go slow
enough to hurt anyone.”
Hess said he felt such a plan-
ning organization was vital to
the successful handling of such
problems as mass transit and
air pollution.
Three Named
To (-(Board
The Sapulpa chamber of com-
merce board held its initial
meeting of the year Tuesday
morning and approved a pro-
gram of work presented by Bill
Sellers, president.
Sellers also announced three
appointments to the board for
the coming year. They included
Louella Porter, Guy Fitzsim-
mons, and Dr. Gerald Zumwalt.
It was announced that reser-
vations for the Jan. 18 chamber
banquet should be made with
the office as soon a a possible.
OKLAHOMA - Mostly cloudy Some 450 persons are expected
east, partly cloudy to clear 1° attend the annual installs-
west and warmer tonight. Scat- tion program,
tered drizzle southeast ending The new work program
tonight. Partly cloudy Wednes- consists of ten standing corn-
day, warmer east. Low tonight mittees with authority over the
18 northwest to 34 southeast, year’s activities.
We doubt that either type is
best suited for the needs of
Oklahoma. We’d better get back
to that two-year business. Every-
one is entitled to peace and quiet
half the time.
★ Weather ★
US, Allies Kill
2,8611 Reds In
Week's Action
OKLMIOMA ’ll.'-TORT CAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL RUlLOlNO
OKLA. CITY. 3’ALA. 73105
Sapulpa Daily Herald
Vol 53 — No 100 — 2 Sections — 24 Pages
Sapulpa, Oklohoma, Tuesday, January 9, 1968
Weekdays 5c — Sundays 10c
SAIGON (UPI) - American
and allied troops killed a record
2,868 Communists in combat in
South Vietnam last week,
military spokesmen said today.
The Viet Cong and North
Vietnamese perished in unpre-
cedented numbers in a vain
New Year’s offensive that
included a bloody 36-hour truce
that opened 1968.
Government spokesmen cre-
dited U.S. soldiers with killing
most of the Communists in
battles northwest of Saigon,
near the Cambodian border and
in the Que Son valley, a hideout
for the North Vietnam 2nd
division 360 miles up the coast
from Saigon.
Major Attacks Continue
The Communists offensive
sputtered on. Today, 19 miles
south of Saigon, GIs routed the
third major Viet Cong strike at
the capital area in iour days.
American casualties, expected
to be as usual far lighter than
the Communists last week, were
not scheduled for release until
Thursday when weekly losses
are regularly reported.
According to U.S. officials,
the highest previous Communist
toll in one week was 2,783 men
killed. That was in the week
ending March 25, 1967.
Government spokesmen said
that last week 263 South
Vietnamese troops were killed.
That was higher than the
previous week but below the 380
government soldiers killed the
week ending Dec. 9.
In Saigon’s southern back-
yard, troops of the U.S. Army
9th Infantry Division swept
through mangrove trees and
rice paddies on foot and in
helicopters in search of the 600-
man Viet Cong force they
battled during the night.
Lose Seventeen Americans
The Americans suffered 17
men killed and 27 wounded. The
Communists fled, leaving at
least 6 bodies behind. U.S.
officers said the Communists
apparently were within hours of
springing a major attack when
a 9th Division platoon ran into a
guerrilla force.
“What started out as a
platoon against an enemy
platoon skirmish wound up
during the night as a near full
scale brigade battle,” a U.S.
spokesman said. The Viet Cong
fell back, avoiding being
trapped by American reinforce-
ments pouring in.
The communists shot down
three American helicopters, one
of them carrying wounded GIs,
a spokesman said.
Hit Near Saigon
Saturday the Viet Cong threw
a 600-700 man force into the
northern suburbs, terrorizing
the town of Tan Uyen where
they burned 110 houses. Monday
the guerrillas hit Khiem Cuong,
the capital of Hau Nghia
Province on the west of the
capital, killing at least 26 Municipal court fine revenue
persons and wounding more dropped only slightly for the
than 100, mostly civilians. last six months of 1967 com-
It was the bloodiest threat to Pared with the same period a
Saigon in a year. American year earlier, despite the fact
officers judged it another part that parking meters were elim-
of the Communists almost inated the past year,
frantic New year bid to gain
Forced To Drive To Chandler, Sapulpan Says
Abduction Probed
A Sapulpa man told police
he was kidnapped and robbed
by two men wearing wigs Mon-
day.
Billy Morris, Sapulpa, said
he was forced to drive two
men to Chandler where they
took $175 from him.
Morris said he parked at the
Sapulpa post office at 5:45 p.m.
Monday and started to get out
of his car, but a man rose from
the back seat and said, “You
aren’t going to open that door,
you go where I tell you to go.”
town, and pick another man,
Morris said.
They told him to drive to
Bristow and from there went
on to Chandler, Morris report ,
ed. He said when they arrived
he parked beside a 1962 or 1963
Chevrolet that had another man
in it. Morris said the two men
told him to take off his glasses
and give them his money.
He said they told him not
to move for 20 minutes after
they left. Morris said he waited
then went directly to the Chand-
The man ordered him to drive ler police department to report
to the Dixieland Club, west of the incident.
He told police that the license
plate on the Chevrolet that the
three men drove away in had
been covered.
Morris described the two men
that forced him to drive to
Chandler as 5-6,150-160pounds,
wearing blue jeans, black leather
jackets, gloves, bearded and
wearing light brown or blonde
women’s wigs. He said he failed
to get a good look at the driver
of the Chevrolet.
He told police the two men
who made him go to Chandler
each were armed with a .38
or .45 caliber revolver.
some sort of a victory for
propaganda purposes.
In the air. U.S. pilots Monday
streaked deep into North
Vietnam and through “MIG
Alley” in the Hanoi area,
spokesmen said. The pilots
reported bombing a MIG base
only three miles from the
center of Haiphong, North did not show much of a decrease
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Late Bulletins
Closing Stock Averages
NEW YORK — At 2 p.m. the Dow Jones averages were
up 3.82. The average stood at 902.74. Selected list of noon
prices, page 8.
OEA Write-In Begins
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) — Gov. Dewey Bartlett’s office
was swamped today by thousands of letters from state
school teachers.
The letters were part of a "write in” campaign backed
by ths Oklahoma Education Association in an effort to
gain a substantial pay raise for teachers and improve
the state's education program.
State Business Gains
NORMAN (UPI) — General business in Oklahoma during
the first 11 months of 1967 was up 3.9 per cent from the
same period in 1966, despite a November decline, re-
searchers said today.
The University of Oklahoma’s Bureau of Business Re-
search said the index of general business decreased
1.3 per cent during November, to 152 per cent of the
1957-59 average. This, however, was 2 per cent above
November, 1966.
„35 ™lles north of Hanoi- were done away with by the
They flew 76 missions in all, the of a one_cen, sales tax
spokesmen said.
(ambodian Talks
First In Year
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
(UPI) — Presidential envoy
Chester Bowles began prelimin-
ary soundings of cabinet minis-
ters today in the first official
U.S.-Cambodian contact in 15
months.
He and his staff of five
Americans entered the vast
glass and concrete officers of
Premier Son Sann to clear the
way for Vietnam war discus-
sions Wednesday between
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SLI-I-I-D-E! That was the password for hundreds of Sapulpa of sleet-covered streets and sidewalks. Many of their elders
children Monday and they did just that, amid a perfect setting did the same thing — but not by choice. (Staff Photo)
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Front Loses
Its Icy Grip
Sapulpa skies began clearing
Tuesday and the mercury start-
ed an upward curve from the
coldest weather of the winter.
Sleet which left a hazardous
glaze on city streets Monday
started melting as the sun broke
through and temperatures
“soared” to 29 degrees by noon.
It was the same story in other
sections of the state as fog
and light drizzle took a fare-
well poke at Oklahoma.
Skies were clearing from the
northwest, however, and war-
mer air was moving in. Fore-
casters said skies would be-
come clear to partly cloudy
over all sections tonight and
Wednesday, and gradual warm-
ing would continue at least
through Wednesday.
Temperatures were expected
to reach highs today from 38 in
the east to near 50 in the north-
west and lows tonight from 20
to 34.
Lows early today were in the
20s, generally several degrees
warmer than the coldest read-
ings of the past few days. Highs
Monday ranged from 49 at Guy-
mon to 24 at Tinker Air Force
Base, with readings remaining
below freezing except in the
Panhandle and extreme north-
west.
Post Denied To
Urban Lawmaker
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
House Democrats refused Mon-
day to admit an urban legisla-
tor to the house leadership.
House Speaker Rex Privett,
D-Meramec, had said last Fri-
day he wanted to recommend
Rep. Jerry Sokolosky, D-Okla-
homa City, as an assistant floor
leader. But after Monday’s cau-
cus, Privett said Rep. Jim
Townsend, D-Shawnee, the cau-
cus chairman, objected to
changing the organization.
Meter Loss Hits Subdivision
I ^ r. Rule Fought
Income On Fines
Municipal court records show
a smaller decline than might
moval of the parking meters
after passage of the one-cent
city sales tax in January of
1967.
The last six months of 1967
revenue collected by police fines
even though the parking meters
in January of 1967.
A total of $18,431 in police
fine receipts were collected
from July through December of
1967. Hie figure excludes meter
collections.
For the same six month time
while the parking meters were
in effect during 1966, the city
collected $21,290, according to
city haU records. Only the
meters in front of the post
office remain after the sales
tax acceptance.
Discounting parking meter
revenue in the six month period
of July through December of
1966 the total was $12,991, ap-
proximately $5000 less than that
of 1967.
Largest single month of police
fines from July through Decem-
ber in 1967 was December when
$4,981 was collected.
By comparison, from July
through December of 1966, the
month of August was the largest
with $3040 (excluding parking
meters). With parking meters
the total was $4598.
The least amount of police
fines from July through Decem-
ber of *67 was collected during
the month of August. The fines
amounted to $2266. For the same
period in 1966, the month of
July was the slackest with $1-
880.
Parking meter revenue from
fines in front of the jjost office
amount to approximately $20
per month, receipts show.
The Creek County Board of
Adjustment will meet Monday,
Jan. 22 in Sapulpa to hear an
appeal from aThlsa construction
firm concerning subdivision re-
quirements.
Tague and Tolbert Construc-
tion Co. has appealed the 60-
foot street requirement of Creek
county subdivision regulations
on grounds of hardship and in-
equity.
Streets involved are 42nd West
Ave. and 43rd West Ave. in the
Oakhurst area.
Glenn A. Young of Sapulpa
is chairman pro tern of the ad-
justment board. Members in-
clude Don McMasters of Sapulpa,
Dr. M. A. Yourman of Bris-
tow, Norman Swezy of Mann-
ford and C. J. Hutchison of
Drumright.
The meeting will be held in
Sapulpa city hall.
Textile Plant
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
A household textile manufac-
turing plant, with a first year
employment of about 50 per-
sons, will begin operation at
Tahlequah next month, officials
announced today.
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Oklahoma tax collections the
Prince Itorodo flrst thls fiscal year in-
Sihanouk creased $14 million over last
The first result of the visit year’ Commission Chair-
was announced by the Cambo- ““ C,arence DeWees said
dian government. A spokesman oooey-
said Bowles had requested and DeWees said the 8.1 per cent
received authorization for U.S. increase In collections, which
planes to fly over Cambodia totaled $187.8 million, was
carrying diplomatic mail for his achieved despite declines in
mission. The flights were the cigarette taxes, automobile li-
first approved since Sihanouk censes and comercial vehicle
severed relations with Washing- fees.
ton over the Vietnam war. City and state sales taxes
Tax Collections Exceed 66 HeariPa,ienl
Battles To Live
produced $48.8 million in the
first half of the current fiscal
year for an Increase of $6.7 mil-
lion over the same period last
year, he said.
Income and withholding taxes
gained by $4.7 million, or 21.65
per cent, totaling $26.3 million.
The six - month cigarette tax
revenue was $11.2 million,down
by $89,443. However, the De-
cember cigarette tax take was
off $155,590 from the last month
of 1966.
Auto tags produced $4.3 mil-
lion, down $470,817 from the
first half of 1966,with the big
loss coming in December, $512,-
610.
Commercial vehicle licenses
declined by $446,731 last month,
for a six - month revenue total
of $2.1 million, down$352,978.
Whisky, wine and strong beer
brought in $4.2 million, an in-
crease of $391,192. The levy on
3.2 beer produced $4.2 million,
up $153,624.
Gasoline taxes Increased by
$1.4 million, to a total tax rev-
enue of $38.3 million.
General
Tax Hike
Unlikely
cussion centered on chances for
passing increases in the cigar-
ette and alcohol taxes.
Speaker Rex Privett said aft-
er the caucus that the house
would support any "reasonable
tax proposal suggested by the
governor or the senate.”
Wait For Bartlett
Asked today whether the
house would pass an increase
in the sales or income tax, Pri-
vett replied, "Not unless the
governor suggests it.”
Privett said he had received
no indication from the governor
that he would suggest a hike
in either tax. The speaker said
Bartlett, who favors an in-
crease in the cigarette tax, has
one definition of a “general”
tax increase, “and everybody
else has another definition.”
“I don’t think the chance of a
general tax increase was ever
aright,” Privett said, adding
that he had not given up hope
for producing additional reve-
nue this session.
“If we’re going to have a
general tax increase we’re go-
ing to have to have help from
PALO ALTO, Calif. (UPI)-
Severe liver deterioration today
threatened Mike Kasperak in
his battle for survival as
America’s first adult heart
transplant patient.
Although his condition re-
mained critical, a Stanford
University medical team was
optimistic because of the near
normal function of a woman’s
heart that freed him from a
death-like coma.
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)-
Chances for a “general tax in-
crease,” in defiance of Gov.
Dewey Bartlett’s wishes, ap-
peared to be slim today after
a caucus of house Democrats.
The Democratic representa-
tives, who had talked earlier of
hiking sales or income taxes,
met for 2'/2 hours Monday and
apparently decided they would
“rather switch than fight.” Dis-
13 Perish,
26 Injured
In NY Fire
NEW YORK (UPI)- Flames
roared through a slum tenement
today on the coldest Jan. 9 in
New York history, killing at
least 13 persons and injuring 26
others.
Quick work by police and
firemen was credited with
preventing an even greater
disaster as they helped most of .. . ... „
the 125 residents of the four- the senate or chief executive,”
scramble to r‘v®,sa‘
Asked whether the house may
strike out on its own and pass
a tax increase, Privett said,
“It doesn’t do any good to pass
a bunch of stuff that doesn’t be-
come law.”
Approve Changes
Privett said most of Bart-
lett’s “belt - tightening" propos-
als, suggested by a manage-
ment study committee, probab-
ly would win passage in the
house.
The speaker said he would
try to work out a financing pro-
gram with the senate and Bart-
lett as soon as possible.
“The concensus of house
members was that additional
revenue was needed and tow,”
Privett said. “We’re in pretty
close agreement with the sen-
ate, and anything that we move
on we’re certainly going to vis-
it with the senate and get that
worked out.”
Privett also indicated legisla-
tive leaders will try to work
with Bartlett on any tax pro-
posals. Bartlett, who is oppos-
ed to a “general tax increase,”
has said he would sign a hike
in the cigarette tax to pay for
a proposed building bond issue.
“We are willing to provide
additional revenue and it would
be easier to get that revenue
if we had support from the
chief executive,” Privett said.
“If we can work out some-
thing where the governor would
sign it (a tax increase), I am
for that,” Privett said.
Incidentally
Out in spite of the ice to
take care of errands was LOIS
WELLS. . .no one was more sur-
prised than LANKEY WALKER,
SR., when a big white goose
wandered into his Mounds yard
Monday. . .belated birthday
greetings to HELEN GOODING,
who celebrated Sunday. . .and
to EARLE HALLMARK and
BETTY CORGAN . .whose anni-
versaries were Monday. . .more
notes from Vietnam servicemen
included in the Herald’s card
shower and the Waiting Wive.-
project. . .Sp-4 LARKY T;
STEPHENS, whose wife SUE and
parents, NEWT and ROBERTA
STEPHENS live here, said he
received over 100 cards at hi.<
base near Deloat. . .and 2nd
Lt. JAMES W. DELOACHE re-
ports the response was outstand-
ing on the project for Vietnam
children. . .he also reports over
100 cards received “an uplift
for the morale.” . . .no one
could have been more excited
Monday than JOANIEBRADLEY;
young daughter of F. L. and
DESSA MARIE BRADLEY, who
took her first piano lesson. ..
this ice really won’t last for-
jver. . .better try one of those
Herald classifieds if you need
to buy. . .sell. . .or trad*.
story building
safety.
Nine of the dead were
children. All but one of the 13
victims were believed to be
members of two families who
were caught in an apartment by
the flames as they apparently
tried to reach the roof of the
tenement.
The injured included 11
firemen, two of them reported
in serious condition, and two
policemen who suffered smoke
inhalation.
Fire Capt. Thomas Burke said
quick work by police and
firemen “saved up to 100 lives.”
The blaze broke out in the
predawn hours as the tempera-
ture hovered at zero, shattering
the previous low for a Jan. 9
which was nine degrees above
zero in 1942.
Frenzied residents, standing
on fire escapes on the second
and third floors of the grim,
gray brick building, screamed
for help as the flames tore up
through the structure.
Color Me
Pretty!
The ‘ole reliable Sa
pulpa Herald picked a mighty
chilly day to step out into
new field, but that’s what
happened!
On the back page of today’s
issue is the first hill color
picture to be printed by
newspaper in this county. In
stallation of the Herald off-
set equipment last summer
made this sort of reproduc-
tion possible, according to Ed
Livermore, editor.
‘A lot of planning and pre-
paration has gone into this
first venture by our produc
tion and press room people”
Livermore said “and naturally
we are pleased with these ini
tial results.” Bill Armstrong
is plant foreman, Frank Bell
is pressman and Doyle Hughes,
assistant.
Expense of procuring four-
color negatives will keep this
sort of thing to a bare min-
imum for the time being, but
full color will be used from
time to time by the Herald
staff. The negatives in today’s
issue were provided by Sta-
Hi Color Service, Newport
Beach, Calif.
With publication of the first
full color photo, the Herald
has now run the hill circle
of the printing industry in the
nine years since Livermore
purchased the newspaper. The
initial flatbed press was re-
placed with a rotary press
and related equipment in 1962.
The offset was installed last
summer. _
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