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Clyde McMasters Draws Top C-C Post
M
Clyde McMasters, Sapulpa in-
surance man, was elected as
president of the Sapulpa Cham-
ber of Commerce for 1970 in
election held Wednesday.
McMasters and other officers
were elected to one-year terms
by members of the board of
directors, seven who have ooe
year left on two-year terms, and
seven newly elected members.
la addition to McMasters, other
officers elected include Lester
Henderson, first vice-president
George Maynard, second vice-
president ; and Herbert P. John-
son, elected to a second term
as treasurer.
Board members who have ooe
year left oo the board are Sam
T. Allen in, Guy L. Berry Jr.,
Charles Hamilton, D.B. Jones,
T.J. Kennedy, Clyde McMasters
and George Whitten.
New members voting were Ar-
thur Atkinson, John Bingman,
Ed Livermore, Verna rd Mc Kin-
ney, Lou Stuart, Lester Wright
and Glenn T. Young.
Young has resigned his posi-
tion on the board. Young told
the board that as the newly
elected president of the Sapul-
pa KIwanis chapter, he felt that
be would not be able to donate
the necessary time to board
functions.
New officers and board mem-
bers will be installed in a cham-
ber banquet and will take office
on Jan. 1, 1970.
Members of the board who
will finish terms in January are
Irving Bartlett, »indv Davis,
•George Hanlon, Dick Hermes,
Dwight Maulding, Otis Rule and
Ralph Williams.
Maulding has served as presi-
dent of the chamber for the
1969 term.
The Sapulpa Daily Herald
Vol 56 — No 63 — 2 Sections — 20 Poges
Sopulpo, Oklohomo 74066, Wednesday, November 12, 1969
SINGLE COPY 10c
BLOCK PARENT PLAN display, which won dent, and Lindsey Campbell PTA district
an “excellent” rating in state competition director, are shown with the’ display Mr
for the Sapulpa PTA Council, is featured in and Mrs. Clarence Rush were co-chairmen
the city hall show case during National Ed- for the project. (Staff Photo)
uration Week. Mrs. D.L. Smith, council presi-
OL Cjitor \
yjotebooh
By ED LIVERMORE
One of the nation’s most In-
teresting experiments with a lux-
ury mass transit service Is on
the verge of becoming a flop.
This is discouraging to those
I \ who had hoped such experiments
would catch on,
Lor the past year there has
been under way in Flint, Mich.,
•n experiment which featured
fllr-conditioned buses that pick
fassengers up at their front
doors and take them to work,
♦hile en route they get free
coffee and doughnuts, stereopho-
nic music, soft seats and the
flattering attention of “bus bun-
dles'’ who seek to make them
Contented.
Passengers have reacted to
this approach by staying away
from the buses in droves, ac-
cording to The Wall Street Jour-
nal. On many of their runs
the luxury buses are virtually
t empty and are losing money at
“the rate of $200 a day each.
Schools Set
Open House
Open house events are sche-
duled at several Sapulpa schools
Thursday in observance of Am«r-
ican Education Week.
Room visitation for parents
is scheduled at Sapulpa High
school Thursday from 7:30 p.m.
until 9 p.m., according to Prin-
cipal John Cochrum.
A film, “School Crists Alert,”
is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Thurs-
day at Jefferson school, followed
by open house from 7 p.m. until
8 p.m.
Woodlawn will host open house
from 7:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Booker T. Washington school
is having open house for parents
Thursday and Friday afternoons
from 1 until 3:30 p.m.
Garfield open house is all day
Friday, from 9 a.m. until 3:30
p.m.
Liberty school had PTA meet-
ing last week, but parents may
visit the school any time this
week.
Oakridge open house was Tues-
day night, with school board
president Lester Henderson ad-
dressing the group.
South Heights elementary and
Sapulpa Junior High open house
events were held last week, and
the final open house, at Wash-
ington school, is scheduled next
week in conjunction with the
PTA meeting at 7:30p.m. Thurs-
day, Nov. 20.
The trial run is expected to
cost nearly $2 million, most
of which came from the feder-
l »1 government Transportation
I experts were eager to prove
t that commuters would forsake
i their cars for convenient and
I comfortable public transit.
What it appears to prove is
I that confirmed automobile ad-
I diets will find almost any ex-
I cuse to drive to work in their
own cars, unwilling to part with
them for even the length of time
] it takes to drive to work and
■ back.
Finch Backs Ban
On DDT Usage
WASHINGTON (UPI) -HEW
Secretary Robert H. Finch has
endorsed a report recommend-
ing that major use of DDT be
brought to an end in the United
States over a two-year period,
it was disclosed today.
John G. Veneman, underse-
cretary of the department of
Health, Education and Welfare,
said Finch had discussed the
proposal with two cabinet
colleagues, Agriculture Secreta-
ry Clifford M. Hardin and
Interior Secretary waiter J.
Hickel, and both “were recep-
tive to the idea."
A high Agriculture Depart-
ment source said the depart-
ment expects to announce soon
a ban on most—but not all-
uses at tbe widely used
pesticide.
Tbe source added he could
not speculate at this time as to
which or how many uses would
be affected.
Enemy Shells
Two Special
Forces Camps
SAIGON (UPf)- Communist
gunners dug into ridgelines
along the Cambodian border
today hit the Bu Prang and Due
Lap Special Forces bases 112
mUes north of Saigon with 40
mortar and recoilless rifle
rounds but failed to follow up
with a ground attack.
Far to the north U.S troops
aboard armored personnel car-
riers caught a company of
North Vietnamese by surprise
below tbe Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) Tuesday and chased
them across three hills man 11-
hour battle, killing 12 of them,
spokesmen reported.
UPI correspondent Nat Gib-
son reported from Due Lap that
the early morning bombard-
ment came just as the camp
defenders were beginning to
emerge from their bunkers for
the day but that casualties
were light with no fatalities.
North V ietnamese regulars
began applying pressure on the
camps last month and two
weeks ago forced the abandon-
ment of three artillery bases
near Bu Prang. From 5,000 to
7 P00 Red troops are believed in
the area.
Despite a few clashes the
level of hostilities remained
low. Communiques reported 266
Communists killed Tuesday and
early today and five Americans
killed and 37 wounded.
Military spokesmen described
tbe clash three miles south of
the DMZ Tuesday as the
biggest fight in that area since
U.S. Marines began pulling out
a month ago.
Twelve North V ietnamese
were killed in the running
battle. Two of the U.S. 5th
Mechanized Infantry Division
soldiers died and 10 suffered
wounds after catching the
guerrillas on a hillside at 4 30
a.m.
Tbe battle below Con Thien
on the eastern end of the DMZ
Was qne of several skirmishes
reported. Military spokesmen
said a total of 220 Communist
troops were killed against U.S.
losses of five dead and 37
wounded.
Send In
Those Ads
Attention history and lit-
erature buffs: Put your ima-
gination to work oo entries
for the Herald's Wacky Clas-
sified Contest!
We are putting together
a classified ad section which
might have resulted if
famous persons in history
or fiction had access to this
particular “art form.'*
For example
PETS AND SUPPLIES:
Free to bird lover with good
nerves — black raven, one
word vocabulary. E.A. Poe.
FOR SALE; Sturdy, ser-
vicable horse. Used once.
L. Godiva.
Make up your own and
submit them to Wacky Clas-
sifieds, c/o Ole Reliable,
Box 861, Sapulpa, 74066,
or bring them to the Herald
office. No phone calls,
please.
A column will be publish-
ed in the Herald starting
Thursday, with the ads and
names of senders.
Antiwar Plan Brings
Troops Into Capitol
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A
force of 9,000 Army and Marine
troops began moving into
Washington today for duty in
event of disorders in this
weekend's antiwar demoostra-
,Kms- He said they would remain oo
A Defense Department federal property unless assis-
spokesman, Jerry W Fried- tance in keeping order was
heim, said all of the troops are asked by the Justice Depart-
“thoroughly trained in civil ment and the District of
disturbance operations.” Columbia government.
Supreme Court Scandal
Figure Earl Welch Dies
Red China
Loses New
Bid In UN
UNITED NATIONS (UPI>-
Communist Clint came closer
but still lost this year's vote on
ousting Nationalist China from
the United Nations and bringing
in Peking representatives in-
stead.
By HARRY CUVER
UPI Capitol Reporter
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Earl Welch, whose long career
os a state supreme court jus-
tice ended with a federal coo-
victioo for income tax evasion
and threatened impeachment,
died at his home here today of
an apparent heart attack.
He was 77,
Relatives said Welch hod
been in relatively good health
although he hod suffered two
slight strokes previously. He
was token to Presbyterian Hos-
pital and pronounced dead on
arrival.
Services Friday
Services are tentatively set
for 11 a. m. Friday at Hahn-
Cook, Street and Draper Funer-
The General Assembly gave
al Chapel.
Shawnee.
Burial will be in
48 votes to the Communist
regime and 56 to the Nationalist
government Tuesday, with 21
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abstentions. Peking would have
’
needed a two-thirds majority
for membership.
1 vv.
Jim Welch, one of three sur-
viving sons, said Welch had
been active and had gone down-
town only last Friday. He said
death was sudden.
Jim Welch said his father
died of either a stroke or heart
attack.
Welch was the second to die
of three former justices named
in bribery allegations that
shook the court in 1964 and
1965. All had served as chief
justices. One, N. S. Corn, died
In 1967. The sole survivor is
N B. Johnson.
Welch steadfastly maintained
his innocence during the feder-
al court trial in which he was
convicted of income tax eva-
sion and later when impeach-
ment charges were drawn
against him in the Oklahoma
House of Representatives in
1965.
Welch drew a three - year
term for the federal tax charge
and served several months in
the federal prison at Seagoville,
Tex.
Welch resigned from the
state's highest court March 22,
1965, just four hours before a
house investigating committee
recommended impeachment of
him and Johnson. Johnson was
later found guilty by the state
senate and ousted from office.
Johnson likewise denied guilt.
Corn, who also served prison
time for federal income tax
evasion, testified at Johnson's
impeachment trial of briberies
involving himself, Welch and
Johnson.
Welch was the senior member
of the court at the time of bis
election, having served since
1932.
★ Weortter *
OKLAHOMA — Increasing
cloudiness north tonight and
most sections Thursday. Turn-
ing much colder Thursday, oc-
casional light rain or snow flur-
ry possible Panhandle and ex-
treme northwest. Low tonight
34 north to 43 south. High
Thursday 30s to 50s.
This was four more affirma-
tive votes for Peking than it
obtained last year. The 1968
resolution favoring the Commu-
nists over the Nationalists
received 44 votes, with 58
opposed and 23 abstentions.
Only one nation, Indonesia,
did not participate in the roll-
call vote in the 126-nation
'assembly. The Jakarta govern-
ment also was absent during
last year's balloting on the
question.
BULLETIN
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI)-An
apparent leak was discovered
In the insulating vacuum of a
hydrogen tank in tbe Apollo 12
moonship today. The problem
threatened to delay the start of
America’s second moon landing
mission as much as a month.
4T"
-Way Of Life (hanging, Old-Timer Moums-
King Of Hobosf Passes Through
By RON GRIMSLEY
Herald City Editor
A veteran of another variety
was in Sapulpa Tuesday on Vet-
erans Day, and a somewhat dis-
tinguished veteran at that.
Richard Wilson, perhaps bet-
ter known as “The Pennsylvania
Kid”, is a veteran hobo, and
complete with pack-sack, bib
overalls, a straw hat filled with
a myriad of do-dads and a ti-
l tie of "King of the Hobos". He
[ passed through Sapulpa Tuesday
[ enroute to Dallas via Oklahoma
-fly.
I The title is legitimate. Wii-
on was proclaimed king of the
ds this year in Britt, Iowa,
•t, of all things, the national
vention of hobos, a widely
nblicized annual event,
j The 61-year old W ilson came
to Sapulpa from Kansas City
(flits trip) and made stops, or
■
rather changes, at Joplin, Mo.
and Tulsa. A train as far as
Tulsa and a ‘thumbed” ride
from there.
Originally from Franklin, Pa.,
Wilson has been on the. road
since the age of 16. Most of
those years have been spent
traveling from one area of the
U.S. to the other, depending on
weather conditions and what Wil-
son calls “supply”, that being
the ability to raise funds for
food.
The weather has a lot to do
with his direction of travel which
explains the jaunt southward as
winter months approach. In
fact, Wilson is a little behind
schedule.
“It isn’t easy nowdays’*, the
likable hobo said, “because not
as many trains run these days.
Used to be a dick (railroad
detective) would spot you a car
(boxcar) and you had a ride,
but they're not that friendly any-
more”. Wilson depends more
and more now on hitch-hiking
as a means to travel. He ad-
mits that age has also slowed
his train happing ability some-
what
W ilson doesn’t have money pro-
blems. He doesn’l have any.
He depends on handouts and odd
jobs along the way for survival.
When asked how he manages to
eat regularly, Wilson promptly
clipped this writer tor the price
of a lunch (63 cents) in rapid
reply.
The pack, carried by canvas
straps oo the back, weighs about
45 pounds. Besides clothes,
old magazines and newspapers,
the pack contains about 12 bars
of soap, a book oo Benjamin
Franklin, another on Confucious
and the Bible Wilson quotes
scripture loudly and often, “But you don’t see many
W ilson is quick to deny any anymore", he said a little sadly.
Implication that he is a “hippie” Wilson says that he has thought
or ‘wino”. "The young people recently about settling down in
kid me a lot about the long hair Utah or Mexico, but admits
and beard, but I’m no hippie that doesn’t know if he could,
and I don't drink wine. Those “Traveling gets to be a way
people (hippies) are not very of life”. He says that he has
well understood, but they don’t no savings and has rarely ac-
understand human nature. I’m cepted more than the price of
different, too, but I get along a meal for a number of maga-
with people; they are usually zine and television interviews,
nice to me. I don’t ask too 'Td like to have a home", Wil-
son says, "but ‘Seek ye first
Wilson stays in the desert the kingdom of God’ ".
part of the country most of the Wilson represents perhaps a
year, and was "up north" to vanishing breed of men. Con-
atteod the annual bobo cooven- tent to live out lonely lives over
tion. He Is very pleased about lonller miles, their genuine in-
being named to the honor, but terest in talkii* with people is
notes that he doesn’t see as many often the subject of humor for
hobos on the road as he used passers by. Wilson's philosophy,
to. “You might travel around while a little off-center, is at
a year or two before you saw least sincere. For 63 cents, it
a nyone you knew, but eventually might have been the bargain of
you ran into them somewhere”, the week.
The Justice Department has
primary responstoility for
maintaining order during the
demonstrations-climaxed by a
mass march on Saturday.
The department agreed Tues-
day to allow a march involving
perhaps as many as 70,000 on
Pennsylvania Avenue, passing
within a block of the White
House, in exchange for a pledge
by leaders of the protest to keep
it nonviolent.
The first troops to arrive
were elements of the 4th
Brigade of 82nd Airborne
Division from Fort Bragg, N.C.
They were landed at Suburban
Andrews AFB, Md.
The Pentagon said tbe
balance of the brigade—
normally about 3,500 men— plus
the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd
Marine Division from Camp
Lejeune, N.C., also would be
flown to Washington.
A Marine regiment normally
would have a strength of about
5.000 men.
Friedbeim estimated that
4.000 other troops would be on
hand by late today, and said
the remainder would be brot^ht
in Thursday,
F riedheim said tbe action
was taken al the request of the
Justice Department. He said
the request for troop help was
received Tuesday.
"No final decision has been
made to utilize federal person-
nel, who will remain on federal
installations unless the Depart-
ment of Justice, coordinating
with local civilian officials,
requests assistance," the Pen-
tagon announced.
Although the bulk of the
troops are being brought from
North Carolina in 28 Air Force
transports, the force of 9,000
includes some men from the
Washington area who will be
moved into places within the
capital Thursday.
The weekend protest starts
Thursday night with a sche-
duled 40-hour “march against
death” from Arlington National
Cemetery, a single file proces-
sion past the White House and
on to Capitol Hill.
Late Stocks
The New York stock market
was down 1.78 at 1:30 p.m.
W ednesday, with the Dow Jones
average 857.97. Selected list
of noon prices, page 12.
Incidentally
VANISHING BREED is the genuine, unabashed hobo such as “The Pennsylvania Kid,” who came
to dinner in Sapulpa Tuesday. (Staff Photo)
JACKIE ROBERTSON tells us
HOBART is recovering nicely
at SL Francis hospital where
he was taken for surgery on
his crushed ankle. . .he's in
Room 546 and may have visi-
tors. . .the “whopper” hailstorm
story comes to us from JUNE
CUMBEY of the Liberty Mounds
district—says he still had a
pile of hailstones at his barn
24 hours after Tuesday’s storm
. . .there will be a Pan-Hellenic
coffee Friday morning at the
home of MRS. BILL WILSON
and all members of sororities
are invited. . .Quarteraote club
members are anticipating a large
crowd for their band chili supper
Friday and had GLADYS CALE
out getting more chili lined up
. . .it will begin at 5:30 at the
high school cafeteria before the
Chieftains final game of the year
. . .the Herald invites KAY
KNOWLES amd guest to see “The
April Fools,” showing tonight
at the Criterion. Present this
clipping at the box office.
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