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OKLAHOMA HtSTO»tC«fc
OKLAHOMA CtTT,
Siate-Wide Increase In Property Evaluation Is Ordered
OKLAHOMA CITY <UHIj —The! wil! be 10 per c-nt.
rlMe liouiil ot equalization today Ttie vole was 52 Only Slate Au-
ditor Andy Anderson, who is n
lormer county assessor, and Stale
counties but ran into a protest Examiner and Inspector John M
vu'.eil to hike property assess-
ment in most oi the stale's 77
from Mayes County officials,
who argued the raise was not
enough.
The action will result in higlu-r
taxes and Idgiter revenue lor lo-
cal government in the counties in-
Rogers' ofiice voted against it.
The board passed a similar or-
der last year, which was upheld
by the state supreme court.
The new order raises evalua
• ions in counties where eitlier rur
voiced The maximum increase al or city property assessment
Partly Cloudy
lull l*-luw the two-year slate aver-
age ratio ol 21 -it per cent.
Originally the lioard ha-1 plan
ned to use the liH i ratio of 20 83.
hut this was combined with the
IHtiO figure of 22 07 to come up
wuii the new average of 21.4-1. The
• atio is figured un the basis of
assessed values in relation to ac
I uni cash values
A total of (il counties lei I below
(In 20 0.1 figure t se ul the new
21.44 two-year average means act j lio in (be stale Mayes County
ditional counties will be affected Judge Cteekmore Wallace plead-
Tfie 10 per cent limitation on tlie'id with the bourd to order the
hike means that a county with a
-atio of 10 per cent would be rais-
ed only 1 per cent age point.
Mayes County officials %m-
dainecl their assessed valuations
county assessor to increase
assessment to the 2144 figure,
which would have I seen more than
a 5C per cent increase
Reaction of the state hoard was
are so low' the courthouse may that the county excise board had
mve to dose for lack of .'unds, the authority to do this
Al 13 44 per cent ratio, Mavas tiov. Howard Edmondson made
c'ounty has llie second lowest ra-(today's motion lui the statewide
order and praised all hoard mem-
bers who vote for it.
**l am for this." the governor
s ud. and I feel any member who
vote for it is for true local gov-
ernment. If we had followed
this policy over the* years, we
wouldn't have th<- problem in state
finances we have today.'*
He cited Mayes County as an
example where most of the
schools arc- financed by state aid
I-i-cause of a low local tax base.
Mayes County attorney Tom
Unit I rum told the hoard tax reve
nues due to low valuations cannot
finance the Mayes County govern
inent.
Landrum said his office tele-
phone was cut off for six weeks
asi year due to lack of funds and
the district judge's office hasn't
had a telephone lor months. He
said (lie sheriff was able to pay-
only one deputy.
' If we don't get some relief, we
are going to have to '-lose the
courthouse," Wallace said.
Landrum said some assess-
ments are less than 1 per cent of
actual value and most schools in
the county are on state aid. He
said the county assessor. Chanie
Bell, Pryor, lias refused to do
anything about it.
Tliere are only two counties in
the state which have a ratio on
both rural and urban property ex-
ceeding 21 44 They are Okmulgee
and McIntosh
However, some counties below
21.44 will not be raised if their
Ut61 figure is 10 per cent above
their 15)60 figure A tax commis-
sion official said it would require
several hours to compute the new
counties affected beyond the orig-
inal 61
SAPULPA — Partly cloudy and
warmer through Thursday High
today 80s Iaiw tonight lower 70s.
Sapulpa Daiiy Herald
♦ Says Here
A friend says he dropped a for-
tune in the market last week His
shopping bag broke.
V, I XLVI No 287 ★
I Section, 8 Pages
Sapulpa, Oklahomo, Wednesduy, August 16, 1961
5c Per Copy
'Creek County's Daily Reading Habit"
113 Guard, Reserve Units Alerted For Active Duty
Collins, JHE Rapped
By GOP Party Boss
Sen Everett Collins of Sapul | publican Chairman Henry Bell- uf illegal drinking clubs
pa. president pro tempore ut the man’s charge that Colima and'
senate, could not be reached for Gov How ai d Edmondson were
comment Wednesday on State Re-1endorsing "wide open operation
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By ED LIVERMORE
The rash of new insurance corn-) OKLAHOMA ( ITY 1L PI -
pat nos that have formed in recent State Crime Bureau Chief Ralph
months in Oklahoma gives rise
to the advice from the Commis-
sioner of insurance in Oklahoma
suggesting caution before Oklaho-
mans give their money to strang-
ers for speculative securities.
Most of these security salesmen,
by indirection, indicate that noth-
ing hut huge profits await the for-
tunate few who are being offered
a chance to purchase the new is-
sue and get in on the "ground
floor." Often times the ground
floor still is a couple stones above
those boys workuig in the sub-
basements.
Many times such investments re
turn huge profits But not in every
instance This should be kept in
mind There is nothing certain
about speculative securities. If a
person realizes this fact, then he
has no complaint coming when the
deal goes sour Too olten. stock!
is sold on (lie basis that a well-
known individual is a stockholder.!
thus giving the purchaser the be-
lief that if "it's good enough for
a smart guy like him. then it’s
good enough for me."
Venamon fired five agents today
and took off on vacation.
Venamon could not be reached
for comment, but newsmen learn-
ed names ol the dismissed agents
from some of the agents involved
Venamon's departure confirmed
an earlier story in the Tulsa Trib- Uve **JOUrnment
une that Venamon would not let Vlt0
the names out until he had lefl|, "ll*re are now jfws which ^
lown j low the courts to dose gambling
Discharged were Ivan Gates. ,'oin,s'"11*I'mon «**d- "lwt ille.8a{
Oklahoma City; Earl G Sellers. | ^ ^
Sapulpa; Sid Wilson Ponca City;
HiIIiikmi blasted (lie two tor
their failure to sign into law a bill
which Rcllmon said would have
allowed courts to padlock illegal
drinking dubs.
Collins and the governor were
not immediately available for
comment on Bellmen's charge.
Bellmon said that Edmondson
was negligent in leaving the state
without first signing the bill.
‘Kra/en Art’
"It was a brazen act when Sen-
ator Collins of Sapulpa re-fused to
sign the bill." Bellmon continued
Collins became acting governor
after !>«>th Edmondson and Lt.l
Gov George Nigh had left the,
state Hills not signed by the gov-1
emor within 15 days after legisla-
by pocket
veto
r
Propaganda
Of Soviets Due
To Climb Daily
WASHINGTON <L'PU - U. S
officials accused tile Soviet Union
today of waging a major propa-
ganda campaign to frighten this
i country's allies and create rifts
I aimed at weakening the Western
stand on Berlin.
Brandt Says
Time Gone
For Words
BERLIN <UPI>— West Berlin
Mayor Willy Brandt called or
(‘resident Kennedy today for
action instead ol words cm 'he
current crisis.
Addressing a rally of 200.000
West Berliners demonstrating
against Communist East German
closing of the East-West Berlin
They predic ted that Moscow ] border. Brandt said "paper pro-
would engage in more and more tests alone are not enough."
America may have experienced
a bit of economic recession the
past few months, but you'd never
guess it by the way security
salesmen flourish They never had
Lyle E. Powell. Durant, and Rob-
ert Bynum. Claremore.
A sixth agent. Kyle Morehead.
Oklahoma City, was transferred
from the agent's force to the ar
son division.
Brother Of
Scpulpans
Succumbs
COOKS TO BE—Shown above are several young Sapulpo girls being instructed in
the workings of a modern kitchen bv L'nda Lewis, left, OG&E Home Economist
The girls are part of one of two classes enrolled in the Jaycee-sponsored Junior
Miss Cooking School being held Monday through Fridov this week Five semi-
finalists from each doss will be picked to display their talent in o cook-off
with prizes for the winners (Staff Photo)
problem that the bill would have
h< l|ied combat.
"Both Edmondson and Collins
willfully let this bill die, which
would indicate to me that they
both endorse wide open operation
ot illegal drinking clubs.
"Collins, who i>. a lawyer." Bell-
mon continued, "said 'There were
adequate law - to deal with drink-1 A number of things, both good with an eye toward developing Tin- c ity manager said the tour
ing clubs' I challenge the accur-'and bad, were observed recent- an urban renewal program local was made with the idea in mind
acy of that statement Both thely when officials ot Thompson, ly, according to City Manager
Tulsa County attorney's office and Hudgins and Ball toured Sapulpa] Max Minor,
iSee COLLINS on Page 4) |
Urban Renewal Plan For
City Is Being Investigated
Seoul Post
To Tuller
Funeral services were held
Tuesday in Ada for Sidney Katz,
member of a prominent Sapulpa
family and well known Ada bust- Sapulpan Vernon Tuller has
ness man since 1926. I been named district Scout execu-
Mr Katz was the brother of' Uve of the Osage D.strict. Indian
it so good There must be a lot|four Sapulpans, Milton J Katz Nations Boy Scout council, ef-
of money that is just now coming Sigmund Katz. Miss Blanche 1<'<|,I'C S,‘|)’ 1 11 "as a,lllounce<1
to the surface. Katz and Mrs Florence Frisch
Others surviving are the widow
In buying securities a person „f jhe home in Ada. a sister Mrs.
should try to invest w-isely. If he
doesn't, the family savings might
go down the drain.
One Is Injured,
Damage Heavy In
Accidents Here
Two early morning traffic mis-
haps Wednesday resulted in hea-
vy damage to four vehicles, two
traffic citations and the hospital-
ization of a Sapulpa man.
The first occurred about 7 08 his bro(her Bt'n Katz. «fore
a m at the intersection of Lee wil1 continile the operation
Ben Levine, Chiekasha; and a
brother Ben Katz. Ada.
Services wen* held in Criswell
Funeral chapel, Ada. with Rab-
bi Joseph Levenson, Oklahoma
City, officiating. Interment was
there in Memorial Park.
Mr. Katz was born in Horse-
Cave, Ky. Aug. 27. 18116, and
came to Sapulpa with his parents
in 1910 when the Katz Depart-
ment store was founded here.
He operated establishments in
Fort Scott. Kan . Oilton and Bris
tow In-fore going to Ada to es-
tablish a Katz store there with
and Maple streets.
Drivers involved wenp Don Eu-
gene Potter, 421 S. Oklahoma
and Dclnyir Lambert. 1502 S
Water.
Potter was cited for failure to
yield the right of way and Lam-
bert was taken to Bartlett Me-
morial hospital where he was
treated for superficial cuts and
bruises about the head and
shoulders.
Both vehicles were totally de-
molished
of Ben and his sons, Alfred and
Henry.
today
Tuller for the past four years
has been district executive of the
Euchee district.
This is centered in the Bristow-
Sapulpa area of Creek county.l
New Explorer Satellite
Performing Job Well
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI1 — ly announced that Explorer XII.
A new Explorer satellite hurtled
through space today on an orbital
path that will give scientists vital
new data on radiation.
Although u was not yet official
Pair Is Ordered
with ti district unhiding I Ta \tAHf1 T»ja|
noil west Tulsa and part ol ■V
On Theft Charge
part
southeast Osage county.
L K Patten, president of the
council, said the move is a pro-
motion for Tuller. Under Tuller's
direction, the district has won
the president's membership tro
phv for two years and the district
has made record progress, the
council president added
Tuller. whose home address is
721 South Mounds, is a member
of the Sapulpa First Baptist
church and the Sapulpa Kiwan-
is club
He will move his wife and chil
dren to Tulsa.
Two Sand Springs men were
that the Oklahoma City firm's as
-isting the city in obtaining fed
eral funds to institute an urban
renewal program.
Minor said the tour was made
by Rex Ball, head of the firm's
urban renewal program. Joe Har-
ris, head of the engineering de-
pa! tment. and Jack Love, head
of construction. Accompanying
them was Jay Yeager, chamber
of Commerce secretary.
Ball made a presentation to
launclied here Tuesday night, had
achieved the deep elliptical orbit | th^Uy ^mnalsiw^’huTrgao'
Manned lor it. it became obvious (or wmc of Sa.
that it wa» performing its nusston pulpa.s problem areas and also
* explained the federal govern-
By 8 a m a sjwkcsman for the nvent's part in financing such a
National Aeronautics and Space
Vdministration said, the satellite
had sent back 31 tracking mes-
sages and 6.»)i minutes ol tele
metry data
NASA said stations at Johannes
program.
After a discussion, the city
commission told Ball that unless
the money the city and the
school system already has spent
within the last >ear on improve-
hurg. South Africa; Santiago, and ments could be counted toward
Chile Lima. Peru, and Ascension
ordered to stand district court] Nana had received information
trial on a grand larceny charge ^roai Explorir.
‘We are getting excellent sig
following their preliminary hear-
ing Wednesday morning before
Justice of Peace L H Childress
the city's share in financing an
urban renewal project, then Sa-
pulpa could not afford to par-
ticipate in such a project.
The city commission voted to
enter negotiations with the firm
nals,” a spokesman said.
He said there would hi* no of
filial data on the actual orbit oi with anticipation of making the
Jailed in lieu of $2,000 bond'iix* height achieved by the moon final decision on Aug. 21.
each following the hearing were |lt for perhaps another day. As a result of Ball's tour, he
David Colyn, 32. and Don l-eft | ] observed the following conditions
S..} ■
Rapidly growing housing devel-
of this propaganda warfare as the
Berlin crisis deepens.
President Kennedy held a
breakfast strategy conference
with Secretary of State Dean
Rusk. The meeting came as the
Allies sought to shape up a uni
fied response to the Communist
tiorder closings.
U. S officials were reluctant to
take drastic action that would in-
flame the crisis by triggering a
series of reprisals and counter-
reprisal*. For instance, the East
German Reds have threatened to
block allied supply lines to free
West Berlin if the West should
clamp a total trade embargo on
East Germany.
Kennedy and his chief foreign
policy adviser met 15 minutes |
earlier than their conference had
been scheduled. Rusk remained
at the White House for nearly an
1 See SOVIETS on Page 4‘
Kids Loop
Meet Slated
An important meeting to organ-
ize the O K Kids League for next
year is scheduled at 7 30 pm
Friday in the OG&E clubrooms,
according to R. C. Rodgers,
league president.
Rodgers said several import-
ant items are on the agenda, in-
cluding the election of officers
for next year.
The out-going president said he
hopes to have one or more mem
bers of the Sapulpa Recreation
Board present at the meeting to
discuss possible changes in oper-
ating the league.
Rodgers said the league has
grown so large that some sort of
major change is necessary so
that responsibility of operating
the league will not fall entirely
on the shoulders of one man.
He said changes being con
side red might include one speci-
fic group directing a league, with
play starting earlier and ending
earlier, with the elimination of
playoffs also included in any pos-
sible revision.
wich. 27, both of whom have told
officers they had served time
(8m PAIR on Pago 4'
JFK's Proclamation Approved In
Spite Of Last Ditch Cuban Attack
rUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay
<tTPI >—'The United States, strong
ly supported by Mexico and Ar-
The second mishap occurred Kootina, fought olf a last - ditch
about 8 a m in the 700 block on a,,ack b.v Cul,a today nod won
N 9th. solid approval for a proclam-
Drivers were James Mount, 833 tion that wi|l put President Ken-
N Elizabeth, and Opal Mae »edy's alliance for progress into
King. Rt 1
No injuries were reported, how-
ever both vehicles were heavily
action.
The agreement signaled the be-
ginning of a $20 billion war
damaged and Mount was cited! against poverty, Illiteracy an I ec 21 western hemisphere republics
for failure to yield. lonomic instability among the un j w ill convene for the last time to
d'Ttlcveloped nations of Latin
America.
A four-power committee — The
I'.'ited States, Brazil, Haiti and
Ecuador—meets later today to
polish the final re|K»rts of the
!ni**r-American Economic and So-
cial Conference. Quick ratification
is expected tonight.
Thursday, the delegates of the
sign the document enacting the
10-yeur alliance.
The Cuban delegation fought
the declaration to the bitter end
Cuba’s economic czar Ernesto
Guevara said: “Wc would like to
get an answer, cither from the
chairman of this conference or
from the delegation of the United
States whether we are in or out
of the alliance for progress "
The question was not answ ered I j
County Average
Will Be Hiked
County Assessor Vernard Mc-
Kinney said Creek county’s as-
sessed valuation average is lie-
low the amount recommended
hv the state and said property
owners can expert an Increase
in their I%1 taxes.
McKinney said Creek county's
if.erage is 151.35, with the rutul
average being a low 10.26,
while the average on city prop-
erty is 20.17.
The assessor said he does not
know how imirli of an increase
will be ordered, but an increase
ol two per cent on the average
would meun an increase of $2
per thousand dollars assessed
valuation.
Stale's Guard
Unit Isn't In
List On Alert
WASHINGTON (LTD— The
Army announced today it has
alerted 113 Army National Guard
and Army reserve units for pos-
sible call to active duty.
The Army said the units, which
consist of combat, combat sup-
port and port opt rational organi-
zations. will total more than 23.-
026 officers and men at full
strength.
The Army did not set a date
for calling the units hack to
service. It said that the time of
calling the units will "depend on
the developing situation."
Alerted were Army National
Guard units from 22 states — in-
cluding Arkansas. Colorado. Kan-
sas, Louisiana. Missouri. Nebras-
ka. New Mexico. Texas, and Wy-
oming.
Reserve units were alerted in
22 Mates including—Arkansas. Il-
linois. and Oklahoma.
The alerting of the 113 units
throughout the United States was
part of an overall Army program
announced by Army Secre'ary El-
vis J. Stahr Jr. to meet the Ber-
lin crisis.
The Army said these units will
receive trained reinforcements
from the ready leserve mobiliza-
tion pool to bring them to full
stnngth. It saiJ these units will
leceive additional weekend duty
training at their home stations be-
iSee GUARD on Page 4»
Incidentally
Security National Bank Presi-
dent Dwight Mauldmg reports
the bank has acquired three new
employes . . . they are Maxine
Earlier today r note from the Brite. Phil Henson and Sue Sim-
Soviet commandant in Berlin to inoni aj| of Sapulpa . . . Olen
Hemphill tells us the tire mart
is getting a new face lifting on
the inside, with their new re-
modeling project well underway
. . , Harry Smith and family
have recently returned from a
Colorado vacation trip . . . How-
ard Gilliam, Jr. was an early
morning visitor to the Herald
office Wednesday morning . . .
Don Pittman comments he has
some new glasses which are sup-
posed to be air plane proof . . .
Okie Walker walks along at a
trot 'most of the time . . . and
don't forget about those big bar-
gains to be found each day in
the Herald's classified section.
He said he had sent Kennedy a
letter today saying. "Berlin does
not expect words. Berlin expects
political action." He termed the
letter "very frank."
Brandt told the Communists:
‘ Do not let them turn you into
thugs. Act like human beings and
above all. do not shoot at your
own countrymen.”
The crowd booed and hissed
when Brandt said that West Ger-
many's b u n d c o t a g. the lower
house of parliament, was not
meeting in West Berlin to discuss
the crisis. The Soviets have pro
tested meetings of parliament in
West Berlin.
Blow al Workers
Brandt announced that West
Berlin is halting the currency ex-
change for some 150.000 West
Berlin commuters who work and
are paid in Ea^t Berlin The ac-
tion. in effect, will bar West Ber-
liners from working in East Ber
lin.
The city government announced
earlier it would not curtail move-
ment of West Berliners to the
East. But halting the currency
exchange, subsidized by the city
government, will destroy the liv-
ing basis of commuters because
East marks have little value in
West Berlin.
his western counterparts said the
Russians had no control over East
Germany and told die Wert to
stop "meddling" in East German
affairs.
The note from Soviet Col. A. S
Solovyev rejected a Western note-
delivered Aug. 3.
MEETING SCHEDULED
A meeting of all commercial
league bowlers at N’ale’s Lanes
will be held at 7:30 p m. Wednes-
day at the OG&E service build-
ing. Hobson and Oak. All team
captains and bowlers are invited
to attend.
opments, storm damage, some
repaired, some not, a number of
industries locating near the rail-
road system, a downtown section
which is compacted, looks busy,
no vacant buildings and fairly
adequate oll-street parking, Real-
izes the potential of the Tihben?
Road construction, which, in his
opinion, is a major contribution
to the town and should assist in
getting people in and out of the
downtown section, and a goal
many streets without curb and
gut lei's.
Minor said urban renewal rep-
resents community improvement
and is designed to help the com-
munity to help itself with the
emphos is upon private enter-
prise "As a result of urban re-
newal, live federal government
(See URBAN on Fage 41
Individual Incomes Climb
He said coaches and managers _ _
of last year's teams are invited RfiCOm HlGrlS 111 Julv
to attend the meeting, along with] IV ■*WVV/IU III JUiJ
anyone interested in the pro-' WASHINGTON (UPI) - The| lory, mine and utility activity hit
I Commerce Department disclosed a new high last month.
BULLETIN
NEW YORK UPI - Roger
Marls of the New York Yankee*
hit his 47th and 48th home runs
of the season today in (he first
three innings of the game
against the Chicago Whtte Sox.
Re hit his first home run of
the game in the first inning
with u teammate on base and
and his second in the third, also
with a teammate on. Both blows
rame oft southpaw Billy Pierce
and were the 12th and 13th home
runs which Muris has hit off
White Sox pitching this season.
Marls is now 16 games ahead
of Babe Ruth's puce when he
set the record ol 641 in 1927.
today the total of individual in-
V comes of all kinds climbed in July
to a new high.
Record industrial production
last month and the lofty money
gain reflected a strong mid-sum-
rrv r economy that is expected '.o
generate still higher output, in-
come and possibly employment in
tutumn.
The department said payroll
gams in July were "widespread
among industries," especially
in manufacturing, construction,
The board's index of industrial
production rose to 112 — erasing
the former record of 111 which
had stood for 18 months. The new
leading meant that industrial out-
put last month was 12 per cent
nigher than in 1957, the base vear
represented as 100 on the index.
One important dark spot stood
out in the otherwise bright eco-
nomic picture. Unemployment has
persisted at nearly 7 per cent of
the labor force, the rate reached
at the bottom of the 196061 re-
=4
trade, transportation and govern cession Labor Department econo-
ment. Increased defense spending' mists are hopeful it will come
promised more progress in the
next few months.
This report of more take home
pay for wage and salary workers
followed Tuesday's wo. d from *'.e
Federal Reserve Board that fac-
down to 6 per cent by the enl
of the year.
Fersonal income reached a rec-
ord annual rate of $419 2 billion
in July, the Commerce Depart-
ment said.
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