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OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HI 1 JR I CAL BUILDING
LA. CITY. OKLA. 73IG5
Sapulpa
Vol. 52 — No 278 — 2 Sections — 16 Pages
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Thursday, July 27, 1967
Weekdays 5c — Sundays 10c
BOWDEN School Improvements are underway after approval
of a recent bond issue, with five new classrooms being ad-
ded to the existing building (above). Interior remodeling (right)
also is in progress. (Staff Photo)___
Reds Unveil
New Rocket
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPI) -Communist
guerrillas using a new rocket
weapon today killed 11 Ameri-
cans and wounded 43 more in
an attack on the U.S. 1st
Infantry Division camp and
airfield at Lei Ke near Saigon.
Ifjotebooh
By ID UVIRMOM
Continuous reading of tourist
dollars that roll into various
Oklahoma communities because
of some particular attraction,
event, or recreational facility al-
ways make us wish something
as successful for Sapulpa.
This community has a world
of possible tourist attractions,
but we have yet to experience a
desire to get moving to grab
more of the vacationer’s dollars.
There is no area of the state
more rich in lore of the oil
country than Creek county; few
counties have more Indian
history than our own area; and
no county has as large a deposit
of clay for ceramic uses than we
have in Sapulpa.
Irving Bartlett tells of the little
berg in Kansas that for miles in
every direction extolled travel-
ers to stop and see "the world’s
largest rattlesnake.” Irving
stopped, went in a little wooden
bouse, and read the sign "Uncle
John died.”
This isn’t exactly our sugges-
tion for a community-type tourist
attraction, but it does indicate,
as Irving pointed out, what peo-
ple will do when they are on
vacation.
If we can come up with a good,
year-round tourist attraction in
the Sapulpa area it will pump
more fresh dollars into this com-
munity, sooner, than most any
type of ooouomic development
program we can muster.
We have a lot of top talent and
imagination inSapulpa. Let’s see
some of it get busy on develop-
ing our tourist potential.
Three (ounfles
Called Traffic
Disaster Areas
The Viet Cong within 25
minutes slammed 137 shells into
the base. Military spokesmen
said the Communists used
mortars and 122mm rockets, a
new addition to the guerrilla
arsenal.
It hurls a 30-pound rocket six
miles with deadly accuracy, the
U.S. spokesmen said.
The attack which caused only
light material damage to the
camp and planes on the airfield
35 miles north of the capital,
came shortly before Premier
Nguyen Cao Ky announced he
has asked President Johnson for
a seven-nation Allied summit
conference in October.
In other action, South Vietna-
mese troops slashed througt
guerrilla guard units and seized
a massive Viet Cong arms
cache in Saigon’s suburbs. And
Communists just above the
North-South Vietnam border
raised their artillery barrels
amid the ruins of a dramatic
U.S. Air Force B52 raid and
bombarded American Marine
fortresses just below the
frontier.
The shelling did little damage
and wounded only eight Ma-
rines.
But it apparently was the
Communists’ way of showing
they survived the first Strato-
fortress raid in three months
against North Vietnam. The big
bombers usually stay away
from North Vietnam because of
the threat from antiaircraft
missiles.
Further north, along the
Communist nation’s coast, U.S.
Navy planes and ships Wednes-
day teamed up for the second
time in two days and struck the
big Ben Thuy power plant. The
plant, near the panhandle city
of Vinh, furnishes power for the
port there and the nearby arms
smuggling harbor of Ben Thuy.
The heavy cruiser St. Paul
again led the attack, levelling
its eight-inch guns on the plant.
Overhead, U.S. jets from 7th
Fleet carriers streaked in with
bombs and rockets.
There was no immediate
damage report.
Near Saigon, U.S. strike
planes and fire-spitting helicop-
ters chased the guerrilla force
that struck the base and
airfield. But the guerrillas
apparently got away.
Intelligence officers had re-
ported the Viet Cong being
armed with the 122mm rockets.
But today’s raid was the first
major use of the weapon thus
far reported.
The Vietnamese troops near
Saigon caught a Viet Cong force
on a canal 10 miles east of the
capital. They killed four and
found hidden nearby six ma-
chine guns, 150 mortar rounds,
224 grenades, 220 pounds of tnt,
2,000 rounds of other ammuni-
tion and documents.
U.S. military spokesmen an-
nounced that 164 Americans
were killed and 1,442 wounded
in action last week.
Suspended Term
Revocation Eyed
Corn Denies
Any Bribery
In Will Case
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Former Oklahoma Sqpreme
Court Justice N. S. Corn today
flatly denied ever receiving a
bribe in a disputed $1,125 mil-
lion will case.
Corn’s denial climaxed a
hearing by Supreme Court Ref-
eree Welcome Pierson, who will
recommend whether the full
court should reopen the Dexter
Johnson will case.
Attorneys for Victor H. John-
son of Salinas, Calif., alleged
the court had been subjected
to undue influence and possibly
bribes in reaching its decision
in 1954.
Pierson asked Corn, "Did
you at any time accept a bribe
or anything of value from any-
body to influence your vote on
the Johnson vs. Johnson case?”
Denies Taking Payoff
"No, sir,” replied Corn, who
has admitted accepting payoffs
on numerous cases while he
was a member of the high
court.
Pierson’s question came after
John M. Amick, attorney for
Victor H. Johnson, had avoid-
ed the direct approach in ques-
tioning Com about whether he
had been bribed in the case.
Corn, who has served time
for income tax evasion, had al-
leged in a confession that O. A.
Cargill Sr., former Oklahoma
City mayor, would arrange to
have supreme court decisions
"fixed.” Cargill is free on ap-
peal of a perjury conviction.
"Did this arrangement apply
even when Mr. Cargill was not
an attorney of record in the
case?” asked Amick.
"Yes,” said Com.
No CoiAWct Made
"Did Cargill contact you or
anybody about the Johnson will
case?” asked Amick.
"Not to my knowledge,” said
Corn.
Valuation In County
Shows 1967 Increase
New Quakes Jar Turkey;
Heavy Death Toll Feared
ISTANBUL (UPI)-A series
of earthquakes smashed a 70
village area in central eastern
Turkey during the night,
apparently causing a heavy
death toll and extensive da-
mage. It was the second major
quake to hit Turkey in five
days.
The semi - official Turkish
news agency said today the
death toll by noon had climbed
to 70 and that each fresh report
from the devastated area south
of Erzincan brought word of
more dead. In addition nine
other persons were reported
killed in floods 150 miles north
of the quake area.
On Saturday an earthquake
smashed the western Anatolian
area of Adapazari, causing
nearly 100 deaths and more
than 200 injuries. Smaller
shocks were felt in the area for
several days afterward.
The new earthquake was
reported to have struck at 9
p.m. Wednesday, followed by a
series of lesser tremors.
Erzincan is in the middle of
the major earthquake area
stretching across Iran, Turkey
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and into Yugoslavia. In Decem-
ber, 1939, at least 23,000person
were killed by a quake. Only
last August 2,500 persons died
at Varto, 100 miles east of
Erzincan.
U-S.S.R.
Curfew Ends As America's
Worst Violence Subsides
By HOWARD FIELDS
DETROrr (UPI)-Tanks and
machineguns today stilled the
snipers of Detroit and Gov.
George Romney lifted a dusk-to-
dawn curfew imposed during
the bloodiest and most costly
Negro turmoil in modern U.S.
history.
The governor and Mayor
"It was not, to my know-^ jerome Cavanagh also appealed
ledge,” Corn said. "I have no f0 President Johnson for federal
"Was the Johnson case men-
tioned to you in any way by
number or on any list?” asked
Amick.
told the President.
Romney, in lifting the 9 p.m.
to 5:30 a.m. curfew, ordered
that bars and liquor stores
remain closed.
His directive came after five
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Over Year Ago
County Assessor Vernard Mc-
Kinney’s 1967 report to the coun-
ty excise board shows a valua-
tion of $42,324,394 for Creek
county's taxable property, a gain
of more than $2 million from last
year’s report.
The valuation was certified
earlier this week by the state
board of equalization.
Sapulpa’s valuation is listed
at $8,441,554, a gain of $911y-
544 over last year. Included in
the total are the following fig-
ures: $8,397,704 real estate;
$1,240,505 personal property;
$1,816,950 public service.
Homestead exemptions totaled
\ $3,013,605.
The valuation includes, in
round numbers $14.9 million lr
the cities and $27.5 rural. In-
tangible property was assessed
at $12,952,198, a gain of more
than $1 million over last year.
Cities in the county showing a
gain in assessed valuation (with
figures rounded off) include
Bristow $77 ,000, KellyvUle $18 r
000, Mannford $109,000, and Oil-
ton $14,000. Cities showing a
loss include Drumright $13,851,
Depew $483, Kiefer $2,770,
Mounds $4,350, Shamrock $4r
227 and Slick $471.
The figures given are for net
-w The figures given are ior nei
lights along streets In the not va2uatjon totaj ^jeh includes
zones. . . real estate, personal property
The toll of dead stood at 36, ^ public senrjce assessments
one more than the six-day MjK„p umAct.nH ovomnHnn
racial bloodbath in the Watts
district of Los Angeles in
An attempt to revoke the sus-
pended prison sentence of a
Creek county man accused of
burglary was begun in Super-
ior Court in Bristow Wednes-
day, with the case being continu-
ed until Aug. 16.
The district attorney’s office
filed motion to revoke the sus-
pended sentence of Jack Don
Turner Jr., 22, of Drumright,
on a March 1,1967, second de-
gree burglary conviction in Sup-
erior Court.
Superior Court Judge G. B.
(Chuck) Coryell meted a three-
year suspended sentence in the
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
State officials today declared
Comanche, Caddo, and Potta-
watomie counties as "traffic
accident disaster areas.”
Gov. Dewey Bartlett and
Safety Commissioner Bob Les-
ter said “drastic steps” must
be taken to reduce the number
of accidents in the three coun-
ties, and In the remainder of
the state.
Six special highway patrol
squads already have been MIAMI (UPI)-Negroes riot-
formed to work with local ing in American cities had Fidel
troopers in the three counties, Castro’s blessing today, but the
patrol Chief BUI Mayberry
said.
Four backup squads are be-
ing established to supplement
the other squads on weekends,
Mayberry added.
BarUett said Pottawatomie
County’s accident total was up
47 per cent from a year ago,
with an Increase of two deaths.
Legion Tourney
To Open Here
Action begins in the Dis-
trict 4 American Legion
baseball tournament
Thursday night at 8 p.m.
at the Legion field west
of Sapulpa. Squaring off
in the opening game is
Holdenville and Tish-
omingo. Sapulpa plays
Chandler at 8 p.m. Friday.
City officials say all
preparations for the tour-
nament have boon com-
pleted, with the entire
park sprayed for mos-
quitoes.
case.
Last week, Turner and two
other persons were charged with
second degree burglary in the
theft of six guns valued at al-
most $550 from the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith
near Bristow.
In Wednesday’s court hear-
ing on the motion, Coryell con-
tinued the case until next mon-
th, but with the provision that
Turner be held in the Creek
county jail without bond.
Turner also is charged in
Tulsa county with uttering a
forged instrument.
Preliminary hearing is sche-
duled Friday in justice of the
peace court for Turner, Ronald
Martin, 18, of Bristow, and Ken-
neth Keeling, 17, of Bristow, on
second degree burglary charges.
Slokely To Have
Passport Lifted
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
State Department says it is
going to lift Stokely Carmi-
chael’s passport when the black
power leader returns from
Cuba.
Press Officer Robert J.
McCloskey said Wednesday
Carmichael had violated restric
knowledge of having talked to
him about this case.”
Corn said he used part of his
bribe income to make loans to
his family.
"Of the money I got from the
Selected Investments case, I
loaned my son Lonnie some of
that,” he said.
In answer to a question from
Pierson, Corn said his son was
unaware the money came from
a bribe.
Fund Eliminated
From Senate Bill
WASHINGTON (UPI)- The
Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee voted today to eliminate
from the foreign aid bill a
revolving fund used by underde-
veloped nations to buy Ameri-
can arms on credit.
By a 12-6 vote, the committee
approved a proposal by Sen.
Frank Church, D-Idaho, to
delete a section providing the
fund which he said has been
used “to expand so rapidly the
program of selling arms
abroad.”
Since the revolving fund is
used to guarantee repayment of
loans extended by private banks
and the Export-Import Bank,
to President Johnson for federal
disaster aid. "It does not make
sense to refuse federal assis-
tance to the city of Detroit after
what has happened here,” they
minus homestead exemption.
Only three cities topped the
His directive came after five district of Los Angeies in milji()n^oUaI. mark, with Sapul-
days of violence which brought August of 1965. Victims included pa f0n0wed by Bristow at slightly
this city to the brink of 26 Negroes, seven whites and than 53 minion and Drum-
three persons listed as race ^ a, more ^ $1.6 million,
unknown.’’ School district valuations are
Along 12th Street on e m almost every case.
Side- where the riots began ^ county board ^
Sunday— Negro women c)ire >cnf?(|Vaiy scheduled to meet’
trays of coffee eod Friday to begin consideration of
to National .......... £iscal 1968 budgets submitted by
Berlin of 1945. “e couMjr-
devastated
insurrection. The city was
approaching nearly normal con-
ditions today.
Commuters jammed arteries
into the downtown area. Thou-
sands of autos crunched over
debris and glass from shattered
store fronts and shot-out street
Congress Opens Probe
Of Riots In Big Cities
WASHINGTON (UPI)-
Congress today swung into its
first investigation of the big-city
riots, and scheduled a variety of
other efforts to get at the
causes and possible cures.
The Senate government re-
search subcommittee launched
the initial hearings by calling
Whitney M. Young Jr., execu-
tive secretary of the National
Urban League. Young testified
that Newark officials gave
federal officials a virtual
blueprint of conditions that led
to rioting there.
Meantime, there were these
other Washington developments
touching on the crisis:
— Chairman James O. Eas-
tland, D-Miss., of the Senate
Judiciary Committee said a
wide range of legal experts
would be called to express
interstate travel for the purpose
of fomenting strife.
— Chairman Wright Patman,
D-Tex., called a special meeting
of the House Banking Commit-
tee Monday to consider emer-
gency help for those whose
homes and businesses have
been destroyed in the riots.
Algeria Favors
USSR Involvement
In Middle East
By WALTER LOGAN
United Press International
Algerian President Houari
Boumedienne favors direct So-
On the equally
East Side, Army paratroopers
from the 82nd and 101st Airborne
Divisions kept the peace.
Gas Jets Glow
Gas jets, never turned off,
glowed from the charred ruins
of firebombed buildings. Heavy
fumes hung over some neigh-
borhoods. But many businesses
opened for the first time since
the trouble began and the
streets were filled with mini-
skirted secretaries, an eye-
filling change of pace for the
weary riot troopers watching
the area
Whitmore Hearing
Re-Set August 16
Preliminary hearing today was
continued in Justice a!the Peace
Court until Aug. 16 for a 34-
year-old Sapulpan A J.Whit-
more, 116 E. McKinley, charg-
ed on two counts of knowingly
receiving stolen property.
Whitmore is charged on r_r
arate counts of receiving guns
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These were some of the grim stolen in the Bristow area from
statistics at mid-morning: homes of Clayton Smith ami
- Damage unofficially esti- Cecil Oaks. He has pleaded in-
mated at $500 million with the nocent.
long-range loss to the economy He is free on a total of $1000
of the nation’s fifth largest city bond,
ranging to $l-billion.
-More than 2,000 injured,
including 58 policemen. 19
guardsmen and 29 city firemen.
At least 1.30-1 fires set in five
days; more than 3,000 persons
arrested, most of them for
arson or looting.
The number of homeless—
constibitionality when vM« interior.inmy
xazusses ^
Mon “as he^ar rives TuITsoh! ^ ^ The meaSUre W°Uld "“T Sr^de ,'^ Rus'si^s refSed
--------the sources said.
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Rioters Have Castro's Blessing
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Cuban communist leader said
any suggestion he was connect-
ed with the disorders "would be
ridiculous.”
U.S. Black Power leader
Stokely Carmichael sat In a
place of honor— with Reds from
Latin America and Vietnam— as
Castro spoke for two and one-
half hours Wednesday night In
Santiago, Cuba.
The occasion was Castro’s
annual “July 26th” celebration
which this year is a prelude for
the parley of hemisphere
communists convening in Hava-
na next week to step up
guerrilla warfare in Latin
America.
The 25-year-old Carmichael is
attending the nine-day meeting
as an “observer.” But Castro
gave him special attention
Wednesday night, calling him
“the representative of the
Negro people of the United
States.
"American Negroes are re-
belling and are fighting because
they have been criminally
exploited and oppressed,” Cas-
tro said.
The man who is working to
trigger revolutions in every
Latin American nation said“the
flames of revolution” now grip
the United States.
Denouncing “Yankee imperia-
lists” for violence around the
world as well as within the
United States, Castro left no
doubt about satisfaction over
the U.S. disorders.
Boumedienne, pictured in
some reports as acting as a
spokesman in Moscow for the
Arab nations, was reported to
have outlined his position to
Yugoslav President Tito in a
Belgrade meeting on a stopover
from a Kremlin conference.
dispatches of the U.S. racial
violence and then - defending
the Negro rioters—said they
had been "defamed and vtlli-
fied” in news agency stories.
The July 26 celebration
disorders commemorates Castro’s abor- «.,™ ------ —----, .
“But of course’ it would be tive 1953 raid on the Moncada policy of peaceful ccM«istence
ridiculous to accuse Va of Army Barracks in Santiago. It with the West but that he
fomenting the rebellion and the is now revered in Communist Russians refused and counseled
of the American Cuba- on Castro’s orders - as the Arabs to try to avoid
Ne^’’7e siid marking the start of the further conflict with Israel, at
*58, rea? detailed news mvolutton. least for the time being.
The reports said Boumedienne
urged Russia to abandon its
★ Weather ★
OKLAHOMA - Clear to part-
ly cloudy west, mostly cloudy
east through Friday. Scattered
thundershowers, mostly central
l ne numoe. u. and east tonight and south ear-
entire neighborhoods lay in ruin ly Friday. A few afternoon and
_ were in the thousands. A evening thundershowers Pan-
conservative estimate from city handle. Low tonight 66 to 76.
officials was that 5,000 persons High Friday 90 northeast to 102
need shelter. _ southwest.____
Incidentally...
Proudly telling friends of his new son bom Wednesday
night was DAVE STROUP. who said mother andbaLy are
doing fine. . .a card from BERTHA MILLER NEWTON was
from EXPO 67 at Montreal and said she was enroute to attend
the national B&PW convention in New York City. .
his No. 2 daughter, BEVERLY in marriage last week JUDGE
LEO BLAKE says he will soon qualify as a professional Father
of the Bride. . .ROMA SCOTT says shes counting the days to
see son, RANDY and his family. . .JAN and the baby will come
a few days before Randy, who is on a business trip to Puerto
Rico for his company, Elliott Business Machines. . .MA
GILLILAND was out and about this morning taking care of
business for husband, JOHN. these cool mornings and even-
ings are wonderful. . .the weather’s just right for a garage or
patio sale. . .advertise it in the Herald classified* tor plenty
of customers!
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