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Do You Recall? Here's Sapulpa Scene For 1968
The year 1968 was one o(
many important developments
for Sapulpa. It brought good
news and bad, as does every
year, but a chronology seems
to tip the scales in favor of the
good.
Here is a month-by-month ac-
count of some of the major hap-
penings in Sapulpa:
January
1. Sapulpa ushered in the New
Year on * cold, quiet note with
no accidents reported nor a
single arrest recorded in the
city Sunday night. Cold weath-
er perhaps kept some people
from venturing out as the
mercury dropped to 15 degrees
shortly before midnight.
2. F irst baby of the new year
is Marylane Smith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith,
Mounds.
5. Sapulpa's board of education
approved building specifications
and signed a $623,000construct-
ion for a new junior high school.
8. Sub freezing temperatures
have kept Sapulpa water depart-
ment employes busy thawing
frozen water lines in the city.
Temperature was recorded at
five below zero.
14. Fire of undetermined orig-
in swept through Fagan Sports
Wear shop and Miller Locker
Plant at 18 E. Lee with fire-
men battling the blaze in 20
degree weather.
19. Veteran Highway Patrol
Trooper Jack McKenzie retires
tomorrow after 20 years ser-
vice with plans to join District
Attorney David Young’s office
as special investigator.
More than 400 turned out
Thursday night for the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Speaker was Jack Lacy,Topeka,
Kan.
26. Lester Henderson, Ameri-
can National Bank vice-presid-
Dk. £Jih
ent, was named winner of the
Sapulpa Jaycee Distinguished
Service award for 1967.
February
2. Named manager of Sapulpa
TGAY store is Jerry Maushard,
former manager at Manhattan,
Kan.
6. Fire station No. 2 opened
Monday with open house to be
held later.
8. Women’s Chamber ofCom-
merce sweetheart dinner will be
Sunday with proceeds to go to
help furnish the sitting room of
the library when it is remodel-
ed.
11. Elected an alternate to the
Republican national convention
at Miami Beach this summer
was Dr. Gerald Zumwalt. John
Frank will be elector from the
first district.
12. Sapulpa Federal Savings
and Loan Association was robbed
today with a suspect quickly
nabbed after the brazen day-
light holdup.
13. City commissioners have
voted to initiate plans for a
proposed $1.1 million sewer pro-
ject with creation of a trust
authority to be submitted to
the voters.
21. Head of Sapulpa Industrial
Foundation for this year is Bill
Coleman, OG&E division manag-
er. He was elected at the annual
meeting last night.
27. Creek County sheriffs
officers slapped a padlock on
the controversial Scboch Mist
supper club after Dist. Judge
Kenneth Hughes Issued a per-
manent Injunction against con-
tinued operation of the club.
March
4. Thirteen candidates have
filed for city commission posts
with a primary election assured
in Ward 3.
5. Lone Star school district
patrons Monday approved a
proposed $45,000 bond issue in
a special election. The money
will provide four to six class-
rooms and restroom facility.
7. One year at operation in
their modern shopping complex
at 400 S. Main was observed
by Safeway and Sears.
8. Dene IIiff was installed new
chairman of the Salvation Army
advisory board.
10. Hudgins, Thompson wd
Ball, Inc., was signed Friday
as architect for the Central
Oklahoma area vocational-
technical school. Central Tech is
scheduled to begin operating by
the fall of 1969.
11. Creek county commission-
ers in a 2-1 decision today
voted to withhold designation
of the Creek County Community
Action Foundation, Inc., as
administrator of the area anti-
poverty program unless direct-
or Ted Hodge is removed from
office.
12. Sapulpans dug out from a
soggy eight inch covering of
snow today after a bitter north
wind plastered the city with
its worst storm in years.
14. Annual Chamber of Com-
merce retreat is underway at
Fountainhead Lodge.
16. Creek County livestock
show got underway today at the
fairgrounds.
19. Primary electioo is held
today.
20. Monger, Martin, Jones,
Hughes advance in Ward 3prim-
ary.
22. County anti-poverty board
declined to oust Ted Hodge as
director.
27. Lester Henderson is board
winner in Sapulpa's biggest
school vote.
April
1. Groundbreaking was held
yesterday for First Methodist’s
church’s new building on East
Taft street
2. Sapulpa High School and
Junior High school bands have
been invited to play next
December at the Midwest Nation-
al Band clinic in Chicago. Cost
of trip is estimated at $10,000.
3. Elected to the city com-
mission were Ed Wells, Larry
Bayouth, Frank Hoi tier, Milton
McGoy, Dr. L.A. Martin, Roy
Monger, Berry Simpson, Steve
Welter, Glenn Wilson and Bob
Basinger.
8. Newr United Fund officers
are John Pariseau, president;
Bob Click, vice-president; Leon
Pritchard, treasurer and Lester
Henderson, assistant drive
chairman.
9. Mildred Fisher is named
county teacher of the year.
10. Sapulpa hosts all-college
rodeo.
14, School enumeration here
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Sapulpa Daily Herald
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Sapulpa, Oklahoma 74066, Tuesday, December 31, 1968
or 5
Last Of '68
Is Coldest
Day Of Year
The last day of 1968 was the
coldest day of the year with
a minus 6 degrees below zero
Tuesday, according to water
treatment plant officials west
of town.
Many cars that were left out-
side overnight had to be‘jumped’
to get them rolling early today.
Even cars that were parked
inside a garage had some dif-
ficulty starting.
The previous low temperature
for 1968 was recorded Jan. 7
when treatment officials said
the mercury dipped to a minus
five degree reading.
Officials said a trace of snow
was measured in the city Mon-
day afternoon.
Weathermen could offer shiv-
ering Oklahomans little hope of
immediate relief. A high pres-
sure system over Kansas con-
tinued to pour cold air into
Oklahoma and the weather b
reau said it would stay throug
Wednesday.
Temperatures today were ex-
pected to reach highs only from
15 north to 35 in the extreme
southeast and lows tonight were
to tumble gain to a range of
three below in the north to 13
above in the south.
Oklahoma City’s overnight
low of one above recorded at
8 a. m. today tied the record
for the date set in 1927.
But the wind at the time,
clocked at 15 miles per hour,
put the wind chill index at 30
degrees below zero. The wea-
ther bureau classified this as
’’extreme cold." It was even
as a result of a District Court wors« 41 3 *• m-. when
ruling Monday. temperature was five degrees,
Dist. Judge Raymond W. Out the wind was 23 miles per
Graham ruled that the State hour 411(1 the chill index was 37
Fair Act of 1943 is unconstitu- degrees below zero,
tional because it applies ‘‘total- The weather bureau said the
ly and exclusively to Tulsa hi8h Pressure system funneling
County.” The 1943 act created the cold air into the state would
SINGLE COPY 10c
By ED LIVERMORE
“Count your blessings, name
them one by one" goes a time-
honored hymn.
With no intention of being sac-
riligious, we must admit this
past year has provided Sapulpa
with a long list of blessings.
To name a few. . .a new
public library at no public ex-
pense. . .a new wing on Bart-
lett Hospital at no public ex-
pense. . .a new Junior High
School voted by the community
. . .a new four-laner to Tulsa,
yet unfinished but provided for
. . . .three new industries for
the community that will even-
tually provide some 450 jobs
. . .a growth center designation
that triggered $719,000 federal
grant to extend, improve, etc
sewer and water systems. ...
All of this has come about
by the awareness of a lot of
people of their responsibility
to the community. The past year
has been one of the best in
recent years for Sapulpa. Every
facet of community development
has seen activity.
So as the old year ends, this
is surely a time to ‘‘count our
blessings. . . ," and pledge
ourselves to this sort of com-
munity growth in the year to
come.
Tulsa Fair
Lease Void
TULSA (UPI)- The Tulsa
State Fair could lose its lease
Government Crisis
Strikes In Lebanon
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By United Press International
A government crisis hit
Lebanon today in the wake of
Israel’s devastating attack on
the Beirut airport. Israel struck
again today at its Arab
neighbors with a helicopter and
jet fighter attack against a
Jordanian patrol car carrying
five men.
Reports in Beirut said the
Lebanese government of Pre-
mier Abdullah Yafi would
resign tonight because of
widespread criticism of the
government following the Satur-
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Tourist Family
Has Close Call
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IT’S lAX TIME again, and mailing of the federal income
Irene Klaassen, left and Sam RivetL (Staff Photo)
tax wrms means plenty of work for Sapulpa postal clerks
Five Year Capture Ended
the annual Tulsa State Fair.
Graham also ruled that the
lease held by the Fair Corp. is
void.
Leroy Blackstock, attorney
for the fair corporation, said
the decision will be appealed to
the state Supreme Court, A
bond will be set, he said, which
will allow the fairgrounds to be
operated as usual until the Su-
preme Court issues a ruling
drift slowly eastward. A south-
erly flow of air coupled with
sunshine should allow for some
warming on Wednesday.
The Poteau River remained
in flood today at and below
Panama, Okla., but was fall-
ing. At 8 a. m. the river stood
at 27 feet. Flood stage is 24
feet and the weather bureau
said it would fall below that
stage this evening.
Late Bulletins
Closing Stock Averages
NEW YORK — Dow Jones averages were down .24 at
2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Selected list of noon prices, page 9.
Investment Study Set
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) — Gov. Dewey Bartlett today
named a retired U. S. Army inspector general to head a study
of investment policies of State Treasurer Leo Winters.
Bartlett raid Maj. Gen. William Garrison, who retired
as inspector general last summer, will act as coordinator for
a study by the state depository board.
Soviet Superjet Tested
MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet Union today won the four-
nation race to be the first to fly a supersonic jet passenger
plane by test flying two of the 121-passenger TU144s.
The TC 114 was rolled out more than a year ago and
Its first flight had fallen behind schedule, although not to the
same extent as the Anglo-French Concorde.
The American entry in the supersonic race, the Boeing
bJiOi, had originally been scheduled to fly in mid-1974 but
the design wa» recently sn apped.
SAIGON (UPI)-Maj. James
N. Rowe, 30, of McAllen, Tex.,
a Green Beret officer captured
five years ago by the Viet Cong,
was rescued in the Mekong
Delta today by South Vietna-
mese troops.
Rowe was found in the U
Minh Forest, a Communist
stronghold deep in the delta and
one of the few areas where
allied troops have not penetrat-
ed successfully.
Rowe was running toward the
South Vietnamese when found
ONG Pays
Hefty Check
To County
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. and
its subsidiary, Oklahoma Na-
tural Gas Transmission Com-
pany, Tuesday paid to the Creek
County Treasurer $218,127.49
for the companies’ first half
payment of ad valorem and in-
tangible taxes for 1968, accord-
ing to G. T. Hanlon, Sapulpa
manager.
The companies’ total county
property tax bill for 1968 showed
an increase of $50,823.47 over
1967.
The real and personal prop-
erty taxes assessed against the
utilities’ property in Creek
County account for the major
portion of the payment. The
intangible taxes, paid on out-
standing customer accounts and
ONG bank deposits, are only a
part of the total local taxes.
In addition, franchise or mu-
nicipal gross receipts taxes are
paid monthly by the utility to
various cities and towns in the
county.
Weather Forecast
OKLAHOMA — Fair today,
much colder southeast and con-
tinued cold elsewhere. Clear to-
night, colder extreme southeast,
not quite so cold Panhandle.
Fair and warmer Wednesday.
Low tonight 3 below northeast
to 13 south.
and he apparently escaped.
Rowe, unmarried, was cap-
tured on Oct. 29, 1963, as a 1st
lieutenant while serving as a
special adviser to the South
V ietnamese forces. He has since
been promoted to major—
Saigon announcements called
him a captain— and will have
more than five years of back
pay coming.
The Pentagon said be is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee D.
Rowe, 300 North 15th Street,
McAllen.
“We think he might have
escaped from the V.C. (Viet
Cong) and run into the South
Vietnamese, but we still do not
have any solid details," a
spokesman said.
The lieutenant’s name was
withheld until his next of kin
are notified. His condition
officially was described as
“satisfactory."
Units of the South Vietnamese
21st Infantry Division picked
him up in the forest, a giant
swamp on the southern tip of
South Vietnam dotted with Viet
Cong base camps and possibly
jungle prisons, during a search
for Communist troops.
The man’s green beret unit
apparently was one of the first
American contingents in Viet-
nam since the special forces
arrived In the country before
large-sized regular units came
in 1965
U.S. headquarters said there
was no connection between the
recovery of the lieutenant and
the release of American priso-
ners of war promised by the
Viet Cong.
Kennedy After Bigger Game
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Ed-
ward M. Kennedy has thrown a
famous name and a challenge
for change into an effort to
restructure the Senate's Demo-
cratic hierarchy. His eventual
sights may be raised even
higher.
The senator, last of his
Massachusetts political clan,
threw in doubt a previously
foregone leadership conclusion
Monday by announcing he will
contest Russell B. Long of
Louisiana for Assistant Demo-
cratic Leader—second-ranking
post in the Senate.
“I welcome the challenge in
goed humor," Long said In a
statement. But Long added that
“It is such a personal matter
that the vote taken should be
taken by secret ballot.”
The showdown between the
two comes Friday morning,
when Senate Democrats meet to
elect their leaders for the 91st
Congress which convenes later
in the day.
Aside from the Kennedy bid,
the only challenge to carry over
leaders from the 90th Congress
is in the House, where dissident
Democrats have mounted a pre-
session effort to oust John W.
McCormack as speaker. Their
candidate is Rep. Morris K.
Udall, D-Ariz., who is pitting
youth (46) against age (77).
In his statement announcing
the bid for Long’s job, Kennedy
said:
“I am seeking this office with
the support and encouragement
of Vice President Humphrey,
Sen. (Edmund) Muskie, and
many other Democrats in the
Senate who feel that the results
of the elections last November
have obligated the Democratic
majority in the Senate to offer
sound and new legislation in the
interest of all the people of the
United States."
Polled by UPI, some Senate
liberals quickly announced back-
ing for Kennedy,
A touring City Point, Wis.,
family of seven went on its way
Tuesday after being found un-
conscious in a Kellyvllle motel
room during the night.
Richard Kuffel, his wife and
five children were brought to
Sapulpa’s Bartlett Memorial
Hospital shortly before 1a.m.
Tuesday.
The attending physician said
the seven were treated for as-
Pueblo Hero
Tale Doubted
WINDER, Ga. (UPI)— Sen.
Richard Russell, D-Ga., out-
going chairman of the Senate
Armed Services Committee,
says he’s not convinced there
were any heroes aboard the
USS Pueblo.
Russell said Monday he plans
an investigation to determine
why the captain of the Pueblo
did not scuttle the ship to
prevent its valuable intelligence
equipment from falling into
North Korean hands.
The Democratic senator, who
will assume the chairmanship of
the Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee when Congress convenes,
also said in an interview that
the Israeli attack against
Lebanon Sunday was “ill-
advised.”
“I’m of the opinion that we're
wasting a great deal of money
sending these ships around the
world if they’re all going to be
handled like the Pueblo was if
any danger arises— I think we
would be better off to just bring
them home.” he said.
“It’s unfortunate that the ship
was not sunk.”
The senator said that a day
after the ship was brought to
port in North Korea last Jan.
23, “a couple of the largest
Russian freight planes came
there and flew away loaded to
the eyes with the equipment
that had come out of that ship.”
phyxiation and released shortly
“in great shape."
The manager of the Blue Top
motel in Kellyville summoned
George Montgomery of Owens
Funeral Home in Sapulpa to
bring an ambulance for the fam-
ily. He said someone apparently
became ill and called the man-
ager.
It was not immediately deter-
mined how the family was over-
come.
New Year
Baby Due
Bonanza
More than $100 in prizes
awaits parents of the first
baby born in a Sapulpa hos-
pital in 1969.
The search for little Miss
or Mr. 1969 begins at the
stroke of midnight when the
new year arrives Wednes-
day. The Herald and nine
sponsoring firms will make
it an even Happier New Year
for some lucky parents.
Sponsors include Levine’s
Department Store; Sears;
Green Hill Memorial Gar-
den; Humpty Dumpty Dis-
count Drug; American Na-
tional Bank and Trust Co.;
George Whitten Co., Olds-
mobile-Pontiac; Thriftway
Food Market; Gibson's Dis-
count Center, and New-
berry’s.
Here are the rules:
The baby must be born in
a Sapulpa hospital — either
Bartlett Memorial or Curry
Clinic. Parents must reside
in the 1st county commis-
sion district. Time of birth
must be specified by attend-
ing physician.
Included among the prizes
are gift certificates, mer-
chandise, offers of services
and other items. Advertise-
ment of the contest, listing
all prizes, is found on page
4 of today’s Herald.
day raid against the airport
which destroyed 13 Arab
airliners, half of Lebanon's civil
air fleet
The Beirut newspaper Le Solr
carried a front page story
headed “Flash: Resignation of
Yafi Cabinet.” But government
officials refused to confirm or
deny the report Yafi took over
on Oct. 20 to end Lebanon's
worst political crisis.
The Israeli raid into Jordan
apparently was in retaliation for
Arab commando attacks during
the night near the Sea of
Galilee and the Gulf of Aqaba,
It came as the commander of
the Beirut raid went before the
Israeli Parliament to express
"satisfaction with the manner
in which It was carried out.”
An Israeli army patrol killed
two civilians and wounded three
others today in Hebron. One
victim was a man who broke
and ran after he was found
loitering near the Macphela
cave, sacred to both Jews and
Moslems. The other victim was
a woman, felled with three
other bystanders.
There was speculation but no
confirmation in the Jordanian
capital of Amman that Israelis
aboard the helicopters kidnaped
the five men, members of the
Jordanian Security Forces, as
they patrolled a desert road
near Gharandal, 30 miles north
of Aqaba at the northern end of
the gulf.
The car was left in flames,
according to a communique
issued in Jordan. The commu-
nique did not make it clear
whether the helicopters landed
in Jordan as they did at Beirut
International Airport Saturday
when Israeli commandos inflict-
ed millions of dollars of damage
on Arab planes.
The Beirut raid was in
retaliation for an attack by two
Lebanon-based Arab Palesti-
nians against an El A1 Israel
airliner in Athens that killed
one Israeli passenger. The
Israeli attack against Beirut
has brought world wide condem-
nation of Israel.
Israel reported at least two
Arab commando raids from
Jordan during the night.
New Traffic Laws For New Year
Oklahoma motorists face four
new traffic safety laws in 1969,
three of which take effect Wed-
nesday.
These Include chemical tests
for suspected drunken drivers,
mandatory vehicle inspection
and driver re-examination for
chronic traffic law violators,
A fourth law, on new bail
bond requirements, takes effect
Jam. 13 when the new state
court system goes into opera-
tion.
The chemical test law per-
mits an arresting officer to
require a suspected drunken
driver to take either a blood
test or breathalyzer test or
face six months revocation of
his driver’s license.
However, the breathalyzer de-
vice for Creek county has not
arrived, Dist. Atty. David Young
said Tuesday. The state pro-
vides one such apparatus for
each county and others may be
purchased at the county’s option.
The mandatory vehicle in-
spection law, requires all ve-
hicles to be inspected for mini-
mum safety requirements be-
ginning March 1. Vehicles will
be inspected once per year for
such things as lights, horn muf-
flers and steering. If a car fails
the inspection the owner has 5
lays to correct the problem.
Another new law permits the
Department of Public Safety to
require re-examination at driv-
ers with frequent accident or
violation records. The law also
allows the DPS to require a
driver to complete a driver im-
provement school.
The bail bond law is part of
the court reform program and
allows a driver three choices
for making bail: One — Cash, a
cashier's check,certified check,
postal money order or travel-
er’s check. Two — a guaran-
teed arrest bond by an insur-
ance company, auto club or
trucking association. Three—a
driver may surrender his driv-
er’s license, for which the of-
ficer issues a receipt allowing
him to drive until the hearing
date, but not more than 20
days.
A driver may plead guilty
and pay his fine on the spot by
attaching cash to the ticket and
mailing it in the presence of
ihe arresting officer.
A new schedule of bonds also
goes into effect, ranging from
$25 for speeding 10 miles or
less over the limit to $200 for
operating a motor vehicle with-
out authority.
If a driver declines to post
bond or plead guilty, he will be
taken to the sheriff’s office or
jail and arraignment before a
A driver is not permitted to
plead guilty or make bail on
the spot for more severe viola-
tions such as drunken driving,
leaving the scene of an acci-
dent or driving while under
suspension or revocation.
We know two people who really
should celebrate today. . .New
Year’s Eve and all. . .Its the
birthday of CECELIA HACK. ..
and JUDI BYERS.. .and belated
greetings to LANTZ McCLAIN,
who celebrated yesterday. . .
and to BILL ARMSTRONG. . .
we’ve had word from two more
servicemen included on our
Christmas Card shower list, ..
PFC, JOHNNY KEEFER sent
word of appreciation for cards
and gifts mailed him while he
has been recuperating from
wounds suffered In Vietnam. ..
and from PFC. DAVID E.
SELLERS. . .DORIS TINCUP in
Tulsa sends money for a year's
subscription to the ole reliable
and says she certainly will be
glad to get the paper again. .
also set for another year's sub-
subscription are the BERT VAR-
NERS and the J. W. LEVERETTS
. . .out bright and early taking
care of business in spite of
the 4 degree weather were
CHICK TERRY. . .and TOM
WALLACE. . .HAPPY NEW
YEAR to you. . .you. . .and
you.. .see you in 1969‘
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