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OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL BUILDING
OKLA. CITY. OKLA. 73105
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Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 74066. Monday, November 16, 1970
Proposed Food Tax Cut
Could Leave City Gap
A proposal to exempt grocer-
ies and drugs from sales tax
would cut heavily into the Sa-
pulpa city budget — to the tune
of atiout $150,000 yearly — ac-
cording to City Manager Rollin
Snethen.
He quickly noted that the city
was not opposing the tax cut,
but wanted to protect itself.
“Our concern is that the
legislature include our city in a
program to replace the lost
funds, if the program is ap-
proved," Snethen said.
The exemption, proposed in
the Democratic primary by un-
successful candidate Bryce Bag-
3k* Cditor’s
Ifjotebooh
By ED LIVERMORE
Since the crash of the air-
plane carrying members of the
Wichita University football team
much of the cloak of obscurity Acres addition in southeast Sa-
of the Federal Aviation Agency pulpa.
Judge Approves
Plat’s Vacation
District Judge John Maley
Monday approved a plat vaca-
tion for a portion of Luker's
has been pulled aside.
The FAA has gone virtually
unnoticed for years as it con-
tinued to receive increased ap-
propriations and additional man-
power. But judging from the
amount of time it takes that
agency to spring into action,
and the loose manner in which
inspections seem to be handled,
it appears herein lies another
sprawling federal agency that
has grown so large it is un-
able to react.
Now comes the crash of an-
other charter flight, again carry-
ing players, coaches, and sup-
porters of a football team. The
most recent crash was credited
to a brush with tree tops on a
ridge rising in front of the air-
port runway. Rain had obscurred
vision, no doubt providing the
tiny margin of error that took
75 lives Saturday night in West
Virginia.
The Federal Aviation Agency,
if it is doing its job, most
surely can detect something as
obvious as the news reports de-
scribe the brush atop the ridge.
Air travel is on the increase.
The number of takeoff and land-
ings at every airport in the
country are increasing regular-
ly. It would seem the FAA is
having a difficult time living
up to its responsibilites. This
charge no doubt, will give the
faithful an opportunity to cry for
more funds, more people, so no
doubt they can produce more red
tape, more directives,more con-
fusion.
CityWoman
Critical
A Sapulpa woman remained
in critical condition at Tulsa's
St. Francis Hospital Monday
after a two-car collision near
Tulsa Saturday. Her husband was
in satisfactory condition. Both
were in the intensive care unit
of the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morgan, 1207
Maybelle Dr., were injured about
6:30 p.m. Saturday in a collision
about one-quarter mile east of the
Beeline on the Jenks turnoff.
Morgan is employed by a Tulsa
electronics firm and was
formerly a long time employe of
,OG&£ here. Mrs. Morgan, 33,
completed her college training
last spring and was teaching
school in Bixby.
The Morgan's daughter, Kel-
ley, 7, was also in the auto at
the time of the accident was
treated and released following
collision. The driver of the
other car apparently was not
seriously injured.
Warmer Air
Covers Slate
By United Press International
Southwesterly winds whipped
much warmer air across Okla-
homa today, and forecasters
said generally mild weather
would prevail throughout most
of the week.
Freesiac temperatures and
Host were reported ta ail parts
at the state early today.
Maley’s ruling pertained to
blocks 3,4 and 5 of the amended
plat filed Feb. 15, 1964, includ-
ing Smith St. and Henshaw Ave.
It did not vacate Forest St. and
Woodland Ave.
Objectors to the vacation gave
notice of intent to appeal the
decision to the state supreme
court.
The plat has been in dispute
Football Contest
Champs Deadlock
gett, was adopted in the general u (he state program should
election campaign by Democrat cease.
David Hall, the apparent gover- i„ round figures, the city has
nor-elect. a general fund budget of $600,-
The city currently gets one 000. Sales ta, provides $240,-
cent on the dollar, while the qoo of this total and about the
state collects two cents. Snethen same amount comes from water,
said the city does not have the sewer and utility funds, another
machinery to collect the one cent $10,000 in taxes, and the balance
from specialized taxes and fees.
Of the $240,000 which is pro-
vided by the sales tax, usually
60 per cent or more comes from
the food and drug purchases, or
somewhere in the neighborhood
of $150,000,
If this loss were taken on the
sales tax collections, without
some way to get the money
back, the city would be forced
into cutting and reducing some
services. “Because of state
laws, we have no way to raise
the money unless authorized by
the state," Snethen said.
Snethen said the cut would
probably cause police and fire
protection to be cut 25 to 50
per cent. Street lighting would
be reduced one-fourth to one-
third. Building inspection and
zoning would be eliminated and
street repairs would be reduced
some 15 per cent.
Tax collected on food and drugs
alone constitutes approximately
60 per cent of the sales tax
return in Sapulpa. In other
communities, as much as 90
per cent of the tax return is
on these particular items.
"We are not opposing any legi-
timate tax cut," Snethen said,
“we just want to see our needs
taken care of in any state pro-
gram which is developed."
more than a year since develop-
er Gene C. Reed filed the appli-
cation to vacate.
Several property owners in
the area joined in objecting to
the vacation.
Maley did not rule on a cross-
petition to the application in
which Mrs. Lena Luker sought
cancellation of the deed by which
she transferred the property to
Reed on March 16, 1968.
The judge set a hearing Nov.
23 at which time attorneys will
announce how they will proceed
on the cross-petition.
Coinput it Ion in tho Herald’s
guuss-the-winner football contest
last week was as close as many
of the games themselves, re-
sulting in a deadlock for first
place.
Sharing the prize are Press
Yarger, 1016 S. Oak, and J. V.
Osburn. 2337 t. Water; Randy
Taylor, 819 W. Cleveland; Bar-
bara Rogers, 410 S. Park, and
Steven Law, 205 W. Gordon.
A step behind with 15 or 20
correct predictions were W. J.
Taylor Jr.( Earnestine Me-
Clarty, Terry Lee Jones, Bill
Court Eyes
Loan Laws
Robert Largent, Dempsey, Lis-
tionality of a 1968 law that
lene Bennett and Michael Greer.
had identical predictions on the Taylor, Dennis J. Whittlesey, ru,e ,erm Qn ,he constltu.
"tie-breaker." ‘ "* ------
Yarger and Lancaster missed 4
predictions of the 20 games of-
fered, and both forecast a 21-7
victory tor Stillwater over Sa-
pulpa in the "tie-breaker" con-
test. Stillwater won, 21-0.
Checks may be picked up at
the Herald office.
Also missing only four pre-
dictions but finishing out of the
money because of being farther rr« D c _ ¥
off on the tie-breaker were Dolly 1 O D6 oW01*11 ill
crime on grounds the racket
"*“ provides the underworld one
This week’seontest,sponsored *lllniiA
by the Herald and
firms, is found on page 5.
Theft Clinic
Remains Open
Merchants or employes may
attend a shoplifting and bogus
20 Sanilna wl,ion doll*rs a ye4r to Profits.
*puip The provision was part of a
consumer protection measure
and brought extortionate loan-
New Lawmakers
transaction had no involvement
with interstate traffic.
The court agreed to hear an
appeal by Alcides Perez, of
Brooklyn, N.Y., convicted on
five counts of using extortion on
a borrower who fled back to
Puerto Rico to escape threats
made against him.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals divided on Perez’s
conviction, which had brought
an 18-month sentence on each
count to run concurrently.
The Justice Department list-
ed 27 persons indicted under
the statute in fiscal 1969 and 73
during the 1970 fiscal year,
which ended June 30.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Newly elected legislators meet
at the capitol Wednesday to be
sworn in for new terms prior to
the opening of the 1971 legisla-
tive session Jan. 5.
The 99 house members, elect-
ed to two-year terms, will take
check detection course tonight their oaths in the house Cham-
at the chamber of commerce ber at noon,
without making a reservation, Twenty . four senators, elect-
according to Noble Campbell, ^ tQ four . year termS| win re.
chamber manager. peat their oaths at 2 p. m. to
Campbell said those who would ^ M||ate lounge only half the
like to attend the clinic may do senators are newly elected, as
so by paying the fee at the time ^ terms are daggered, with
of the course. The class is electlons every two years,
scheduled from 7:30 p.m. until
9:30 p.m. at the chamber of- A special election will hav
fice to be called soon to replace
Fee for the class is $4 per Sen. Richard Romang R-Enid.
person. Don Decker, a retail w>>o will resign Dec. l. midway
and merchandising specialist to his term Romang has been
from Tulsa, will conduct the elected to the state’s new inter-
class.
At Last!
Election
Near End
Bring Back
The ‘Mini’
Dick Yocham, a department head at Liberty Glass Co., was
one of several disappointed last week when many of the office
girls showed up for work in dresses ranging from midi to maxi,
a move apparently to silence some male comment about the
latest iu fashion. The lowered hemlines belong to (bottom to
top) Jo Ann Helton, Margaret Smith, Sue Herrington, Rachel
Watkins, Maridell Johnson, Sue Matlock and Beatrice Conarro.
(Herald Photo)
Ward Fowler, assistant state
election board secretary, said it
would be at least Tuesday be-
fore the state returns are post-
ed.
Margin Is 2,189
Unofficial totals from the 77
ctunties showed Hall won in the
recount by a margin of 2,189
votes. This was a reduction of
630 votes from his original lead.
Final unofficial results from
the recount gave Hall 338,388
votes and Bartlett 336,149.
Hall called a news conference
for 2 p. m. today In the 89er Inn
here, his first since the day aft-
er the election. Bartlett, who
has held no news conferences
since the election, has Indicated
he may stage one Tuesday.
Bartlett, who had requested
the recount, conceded to Hall
Saturday night and congratulat-
ed Hall, his family and support-
ers.
Pledged Support
"I pledge my cooperation and
Insure an orderly transition be-
tween administrations, Bartlett
homa’s 63rd birthday, and sev- ^ »we will make available
en Sooners, including former m olHce for members of hU
Gov. Raymond Gary, were set staff. We will also offer to place
By HARRY CULVER
UPI Capitol Reporter
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Democratic Gov. • elect David
Hall won’t be officially certified
the winner of the Nov. 3 elec-
tion until Tuesday or later.
An unofficial tabulation show-
ed Hall victorious over Repub-
lican incumbent Dewey Bartlett
at the end of a recount In 77
counties last Saturday. But the
state election board must still
tabulate the official state re-
turns.
Seven In
Hall Of
Fame
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Today is Statehood Day, Okla<
Toll Could Hit 300,000
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Pakistan Disaster May
Be Worst Of Century
DACCA, East Pakistan (UPI) ees:
- Radio Pakistan said today the Noakhali District,
official death toll from a
cyclone and tidal waves that
smashed East Pakistan was
more than 41,000. Unofficial
estimates put it as high as
300,000 dead — which would
make it the worst disaster of
the century.
The government-run radio
said 20,000 bodies were counted
in the Barlsal District alone,
while another 10,000 were found
in Patuakhall District. It added
that “according to the latest
official figure" there were
more than 41,000 dead.
"A number of villages in the
offshore island have been
simply washed away," the
radio said.
The cyclone struck Thursday
night and early Friday. It
carried winds up to 150 miles
per hour and tidal waves which Applications will be taken
swamped whole islands with 20 Tuesday from families in-
to 30 feet of water. The area hit terested in hosting a foreign
covered 10,000 square miles of student in their homes for the
Southern East Pakistan and has 1971-72 school year, the Amer
150 miles
southeast of Dacca— the Dacca
Morning News, a government-
owned, English-language news-
paper, said 100,000 persons
were dead.
Hatiya Island 85 miles south
of Dacca, with a population of
about 180,000- a Pakistani ma-
gistrate estimated that hall the
people on the island, about
90,000, were killed.
Bhola Island, 70 miles south
of Dacca, with a population of
700,000- a flying club pilot who
made an aerial survey said
"there is practically no sign of
life" and estimated at least
50,000 persons died.
Patuakhall District, 150 miles
south of Dacca— national as-
sembly candidate All Ashraf,
who was in the area when the
cyclone struck, estimated 50,000
persons died there.
The worst disaster of the 20th
century was the North China
floods in 1939 which killed an
estimated 200,000 persons.
Reports from the disaster
areas said half a million head
of cattle were killed and one
million persons were homeless.
for Induction into Oklahoma's
Hall of Fame.
The 43rd annual ceremonial
banquet was set tor 6:15 p, m.
in the Imperii] Ballroom of the
Skirvin Hotel. Music fbr the
evening features the 62 • piece
U. S. Air Force Orchestra from
Dayton, Ohio.
Gary, elected governor in
1954, headed the list of indue- profe^e'
tees.
Born near Kingston in Mar-
shall County, Gary became a
state senator in 1941 and serv-
ed in that chamber 14 years.
Mrs. George Bowman of
Kingfisher, the only woman to
be inducted, has been a direc-
tor of the Oklahoma Historical
Society since 1957.
Willard Stone of Locust Grove
the father of 10 children, has
won international recognition
for wood carvings he produces
In a studio dug out of the side
of a rocky hill.
two members of his staff on
our office payroll to enable
them to become acquainted
vUb tea regular dakiea and
routine of the governor'a of-
fice."
Hall said he was "pleased
and relieved the recount Is
over.”
"This has been a long tedious
be said, "but we
are glad that any shadow of a
doubt has been removed from
the election. The people of this
state voted their convictions on
Nov. 3 and the Integrity of our
democratic process had been
upheld.
"We sought what was said to
be an impossible goal and
achieved it. I know that the
real credit goes to those who
had faith in ua from the stort-
and never wavered — and those
who joined us along the way.
We must now all join together
and work for the common goal
we all share — make Oklaho-
ma a better place tor all of us.
That is all any of us can aspire
to.’’
Foreign Student Host
Applications Awaited
Inductee Joseph A. LaFor-
tune Sr. of Tulsa retired from
Warren Petroleum Corp. and is
a major stockholder in the Gulf
Oil Corp. He served 30 years as |J§ TFOOD LcVCl
Warren executive officer and is *
known for his institutional con-
tributions.
mediate court of appeals.
a population of more than five
million.
Estimates are Staggering
As reports trickled in, esti-
mates of what the final death
toll might be were staggering.
Following are some of the
estimates from unofficial sour-
ican Field Service (AFS)chapter
announced.
Applications will be taken at
the AFS meeting Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. in the OGAE Electric
Living Center, 19 N. Main.
Mrs. Harold Bingham, Sapulpa
AFS chapter president, said in-
terested persons are invited to
attend the meeting. Further in-
formation may be obtained by
calling her at 224-6022 after 2
p.m.
The AFS is sponsoring two
foreign students at Sapulpa high
school this year. They are
Kjeld Sorenson, Denmark,who is
staying with the Tim Hersh-
bergers, and Bill DeLella,
Argentina, staying with the O.
R. Gordons.
Ward S. Merrick of Ardmore
is founder and chairman of the
Merrick Foundation, a charit-
able trust.
Dr. Hayden O’Donoghue of
Oklahoma City is international-
ly known as an ortophedlc sur-
geon who has pioneered techni-
ques for treatment of sports in-
juries.
Dr. Maurice H. Merrill of
Norman has been a University
of Oklahoma law professor
since 1936 and Is noted for legal
publications.
Ill-Fated Grid Plane Was Flying Too Low
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (UPI)
—A DC 9 jetliner that slammed
In flames into a deep valley in
the Appalachians, killing 75
persons and wiping out the
Marshall University football
team, was flying "too low for
some reason and sheared off
treetops, federal Investigators
said Sunday.
A 35-man Investigating team
attempted today to determine
why the twin-jet Southern
Airways plane, chartered to
bring Marshall back from a
game at East Carolina State,
fell more than $00 feet below
the normal airport approach
altitude before It crashed In
rata and fog Saturday night.
There was no Indication ad
any trouble aboard, but all
evidence showed the craft could
not have made it over a final
hill to the runway.
The plane skimmed two small
Mils, its jet engines apparently
ingesting wood from the trees It
sheared and plunged into a
foggy, wooded ravine about one
and one-half mtlos abort of the
Tri-State Airport, which has no
"glide path" instrument! to
advise the pilot of bln altitude.
It exploded on impact, turning
all aboard beyond recognition.
New* Stans Town
The news of tbs crash
stunned this Appalachian moua-
taln town and the campus of
9,100 weekend dates, parties
and beer-drinking at local
taverns ended nodfsnly as the
tragedy unfolded.
The victims, 36 Marshall
football players, five coaches,
the team trainer, five airline
crewmen and members of a
“booster club” Including
wealthy townspeople, were end-
ing a 40-mlnute flight from
Kinston, N.C. The team,
recently taken off a one-yaar
Mid-American Conference ms-
peonion tor Illegal recruiting,
lout earlier In the day to East
Carolina, 17-14.
Firemen, state police and
National Guardsmen worked tor
more than IS hoars removing
bodies from the wreckage to a
temporary morgue at the
National Guard Armory at the
airport
Walter RoUtaa, a mortician,
■aid ha ballnved “death waa
instantaneous tc every ooe on
the plane.”
"I’ve seen all 75 of them and
none of them were identifia-
ble,” he said.
Blackened, contorted bodies
were scattered. The cockpit,
nose down, was found behind
the twisted fuselage. The
wreckage burned for five hours.
Trees were hacked down so Are
trucks could reach the scene.
Fifteen bodies were identified
immediately from personal
affects, such as rings, but it
was sxpected to take a special
FBI disaster team three to tour
days to make positive Identlfl-
John Rood, chairman of the
National Transportation Safety
Board and hand of the
Investigating team, said it
would be "premature” to blame
the pilot, CapL Frank H.
Abbott, a 20-year veteran. More
will be learned from a badly
damaged inflight recorder and
a "very good tape” of the
cockpit conversation. Both were
recovered from the wreckage.
“As the plane kept hitting
larger trees, It became more
Impossible to recover tor a safe
l»wUm. Perhaps the plane’s jet
engines ware Ingesting the
wood from the trees," Reed
89LUL
He said the plane "sheared off
tree* about 65 feat beyond the
brow of the first MIL"
The pilot reported nothing
wrung during Ms final radio
contact with tba control tower.
It was the worst plane crash
in 1970 and the third in 10 years
involving a football team. Just
six weeks earlier 31 persons,
Including 14 Wichita State
University football players, died
in a crash In the Colorado
Rockies.
Two weeks ago, an Army
general tad two pilots were
killed while trying to make an
“emergency" landing at the
Tri-State Airport
Some 6,000 persona, moat of
them students, attended a
Memorial service tor the
victims Sunday night at the
acboot’s Held bouse.
"People are all tore to
pieces,” a gas station attendant
■aid. “It won’t bn tbs aunt, not
tor a long time."
Drops By 4,200
SAIGON (UPI)- American
troop strength in Vietnam
dropped 4,200 in the seven days
ending last Thursday, the
lowest level since Dec. 3, 1966,
military spokesmen reported
today.
As of Nov. 12 there were
363,800 American servicemen
remaining In Vietnam, 4,200
fewer than the total on Nov. 5,
military spokesmen said.
^^Incidentially |
We understand JERRY BAIRD
and TONY CORNELIUS perform
well as "Betties”... FRED A.
McCLURE says Friday thn 13th
caught up with him on Thursday
. . . MARY PACUAD, IDA STE-
EPLES, NITA HATHCOCK,
DIANE SWARTZLANDER, and
OPAL LUCAS all had 500’a It
Crystal Bowl the other night
. . . Belated birthday greet-
ings to DAY ID SHOUSE who cele-
brated Saturday ... wu hear
BILL MOONEY was somewhat
amused to learn his proper
"title" at home. . . friends
art happy to know EVERETTE
HYDER la home after n abort
stay in the hospital. . . JIM
EDELMAN took his bird dogs
out for some exorcise the other
day. . . said before they ware
through ha wu the one who really
needed tt.. .JACKARMSTRONG,
manager of Montgomery Ward
said ha ban almost Warned his
wav i
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