The Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 2, 1971 Page: 1 of 8
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★Funnybone ★
Experience is what makes you
recognize a mistake when you
make it again.
The Sapulpa Daily Herald
★ Forecast ★
OKLAHOMA - Considerable
cloudiness and a little wanner
through Wednesday. Occasional
light rain, mainly east and
south, beginning late this after-
noon or tonight.
Vol. 57—No. 130—2 Sections— H Pages
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 740*6. Tuesday February I, 1*71
SINGLE COPY 10c
Intensive Investigation Opens
Bristow Teacher Dies In Pickup Explosion
By RON GRIMSLEY
Herald City Editor
An explosion apparently
touched off by a turn of the
ignition key killed a Bristow
kindergarten teacher early
Tuesday and reduced her pickup
truck to a pile of charred,
twisted steel.
Fern Bolding, 28, a kin-
dergarten teacher at Bristow’s
Washington school, was killed
instantly upon trying to start the
vehicle parked 15 feet from the
back door of her home.
Mrs. Bolding’s 5-year-old
daughter Kim, who was getting
ready to walk out the door to join
her mother, apparently was
uninjured.
City, county, state and federal
officers immediately converged
upon the scene at 525 E. Lincoln
in Bristow, roped off the area
and began trying to find out what
caused the blast.
Bristow Fire Chief Lloyd
Frump described the explosion
as “a substantial one” which
hurled the victim’s body 150 feet,
over her house and into a neigh-
bor’s yard.
Mrs. Bolding's husband Don,
who was at work in Stroud at the
time, was placed under sedation
after receiving the news.
Investigators said any type of
gasoline, butane or propane
explosion had been ruled out.
One investigator said the blast
was caused by some type of
explosive, “apparently under or
behind the seat” of the pickup.
The explosion occurred as
3L £Juora Teachers Get Raise
%teLoL Borden New Head
By ED LIVERMORE
Courting congressional and
public sympathy over their
financial state, the railroads say
traffic of the carriers includes 46
per cent of meat and dairy
products, 74 per cent of canned
goods and frozen foods, 71 per
cent of household appliances, 76
per cent of automobiles and
automobile parts, 40 per cent of
furniture, 86 per cent of pulp and
paper, 78 per cent of lumber and
wood, 63 per cent of chemicals,
and68per cent of primary metal
products.-! Beaumont Enterp-
rise)
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Two young postmen, who were
dismissed by the Annandale,
Va., postmaster for wearing
their hair down to their
shoulders, have been ordered
reinstated by the Post Office’s
Board of Appeals and Review.
After hearing the case, the
board ruled that “management
has not presented clear evidence
or set forth sound reasons
showing why specific limitation
of maximum hair length to one
inch above the shirt collar. . .is
necessary in order to promote
the efficiency or best interests of
the postal service.”
The ruling has, we think, the
stamp of logic and of common
sense. Shoulder-length tresses
are not our bag, but so long as
the male gets the mail through
what difference does it make?-
(Anderson (S.C.) Independent)
Warmup Will
Be Short One
By United Press International
A slow warming trend spread-
ing over Oklahoma won’t have
time to get much of a grip on
the state, the weather bureau
indicated today.
The weather bureau’s extend-
ed outlook calls for tempera-
tures the latter part of the
week to be much below nor-
mal.
Of School Board
Election of officers and an
unexpected pay raise for
teachers which will be
retroactive for the past year
were the top items of business on
a crowded agenda at the mon-
thly Sapulpa board of education
meeting Monday night.
Mike Borden, a two-year
member of the board and a
Sapulpa businessman, was
elected president of the board.
He succeeds Lester Henderson
who had served two terms as
president.
Ike Franklin was elected first
vice president and Henderson
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was elected second vice
president. All were elected by
acclamation.
Dr. Tom Palmer, superin-
tendent of schools, told the board
that in view of additional state
aid allocated by the state
legislature, he recommended a
$100 per year pay raise for all
teachers, and suggested the
raise be retroactive through the
1970 calendar year.
The board unanimously ap-
proved the recommendation and
voted to make the retroactive
$100 pay in one lump sum to all
teachers in the March payment
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Degrees? Sapulpa
Teachers Loaded
C. W. Mullen, assistant
superintendent of schools,
reported to the board of
education Monday on the status
of degree hours held by Sapulpa
teachers.
Mullen told the board that a
survey of teachers indicated 119
teachers hold bachelor’s
degrees, and 16 have 10 to 14
hours above a bachelor’s while
15 teachers have 40 or more
hours above the degree
requirement.
Fifty-seven teachers hold
master’s degrees. Seven have 10
to 14 hours above and 12 have 15
or more hours above.
In the area of adult education,
Mullen reported that 60 students
were enrolled in adult education
classes being held at the high
school, and four college credit
classes are being held by the
OSU extension.
Mullen said 81 persons had
recently taken the test for a
GED certificate.
Slater Heads Mounds Board
Elected president of Mounds
Board of Education Monday
night was Tom Slater. Serving
with him will be Keith Magee,
vice-president and Ralph Greer,
clerk.
Other members are Clifford
Patrick and Donald Burgess.
Burgess was elected Jan. 26 and
was attending his first board
meeting.
At the meeting the election
was certified and three prin-
cipals were rehired, S. D.
Carroll, high school; Dean West,
junior high and Frank Adams,
grade school.
Also approved were routine
monthly bills and payroll.
of salaries. This will cost the
system approximately $18,000.
The raise was made possible
by additional state funds
allocated to schools who did not
reach a $500 per capita ex-
penditure, not counting Title 1
funds.
Sapulpa was one of 43 school
districts in the state to qualify
for a share of the $1,200,000
allocated for this purpose.
Stall Approved
In other business before the
board, the administrative staff
was approved, and a treasurer,
clerk and school attorney were
alsq re-appointed.
Marie Garrison will continue
as clerk of the board. Howard
Gilliam Jr. was appointed for
another term as treasurer and
Tom Allen III was rehired as
school attorney.
There are no changes in the
administrative staff. It is as
follows: C. W. Mullen, assistant
superintendent; H. M. Bennett
Jr., Jefferson and South Heights
principal; Orville Brown,
Washington principal; John A.
Cockrum, high school principal;
George Collins, junior high
school principal; Kermit
Tilford, Booker T. Washington
principal; W. O. Denton,
Woodlawn principal; Eva Lee
Fubes, Oakridge head teacher;
Elizabeth Howard, Liberty head
teacher; Rasmus Hum-
mingbird, Garfield principal;
Virginia Sikes, South Heights
head teacher.
Election certified
The results of last week’s
annual school election were
certified in which a maximum
20-mill levy was approved by
Sapulpa patrons. The unopposed
election of Derwin Folger as the
newest member was also cer-
tified. Folger succeeds Bud
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Mrs. Bolding was leaving for
school at 7:46 a.m. She had gone
out ahead of Kim, who was a
student in her class.
Force of the blast damaged a
house next door and broke
windows in a residence across
the street. A neighbor who lives
a block away said the explosion
“rattled everything in the living
room,” and others several
blocks away felt the blast.
The back of the frame home
was charred and grass set afire.
The pickup’s bed was blown off,
leaving the chassis a pile of
rubble.
Bristow fire and police of-
ficers, and county sheriff’s and
district attorney's rushed to the
scene along with representatives
from the Oklahoma Bureau of
Investigation, state fire mar-
shal’s office, FBI and Treasury
Department’s Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms offices.
Bolding is the brother of
Tahlequah Police Chief Gene
Bolding.
Apollo 14
Spacemen
On Target
SPACE CENTER, Houston
(UPI)—Apollo 14 astronauts
made up lost time today as
they hurled through space for
Am“rir#Vstthird moon landing.
Their spacecraft docking prob-
lem had vanished mysteriously.
Space veteran Alan B.
Shepard and his rookie fliers,
Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart
A. Roosa, were the quietest
team so far in the Apollo
program. They had so little to
do that Mitchell suggested they
“could play a lot of tic-tac-toe”
on the pages of the flight plan.
A 10-second rocket burst sped
them on an accurate course to
retrieve the 40 minutes lost
before launch, so Shepard and
Mitchell can land on the moon
as originally scheduled Friday.
The landing in the ancient
Fra Mauro lunar valley at 4:17
am. EST was reconfirmed
when ground engineers conclud-
ed the mechanism which
couples the command ship and
moon lander now was “working
beautifully.”
But they still were puzzled
over what went wrong Sunday
night when the docking device
failed to work the first five
times the two spacecraft
bumped together. Ground ex-
perts speculated some kind of
foreign particle may have
jammed the delicate mecha-
nism, possibly a sliver of ice
which melted before the sixth
docking attempt.
Final Time
The coupler will be used for a
second and final time Saturday
to retrieve Shepard, 47, and
Mitchell, 40, after they return
from their 33Vs hours on the
muon.
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TWISTED STEEL was about all that remained of this pick up killed a 28-year-old Bristow woman. Here, investigators from state
truck after an early morning explosion at Bristow destroyed it and and county departments examine the wreckage. (Herald Photo)
Governor’s Tax Plan
Hearing Packs ’Em In
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
A record crowd of more than
1,300 persons turned out today
for a high - speed hearing de-
signed to produce a quick deci-
sion on Gov. David Hall’s pro-
posed $42.5 million income tax
increase.
A second hearing is schedul-
ed Wednesday on Hall’s propos-
ed $39 million tax increase on
natural gas.
leadership backing for fast
movement of the tax bills was
shown in that the house and
senate revenue and taxation
committees, headed by Rep.
V. H. Odom, D-Wagoner, and
Sen. Jim Taliaferro, D-Lawton,
respectively, sat jointly in the
hearing.
No Second Hearing
“There will not be another
public hearing when the bill
reaches the senate,” Taliaferro
eaid.
Virgil Tinker, house chief ser-
geant-at-arms, estimated “well
over 800 persons” were jammed
into the house chamber and
galleries and said, “We had to
turn about 500 away. It’s the
largest crowd we’ve ever had.”
Capitol oldtimers said the
crowd size rivaled that of the
prohibition repeal hearings of
1959.
Odom opened the hearing by
saying each side would be giv-
en one hour each. He urged the
pro and con speakers to divide
up their time and decide who
is going to speak — “When the
hour is up, you’ll be cut off.”
Supporters Speak First
The 16 speakers in favor of
Hall's program were allowed to
speak first and chose to divide
their time equally.
“That's one-sixteenth of an
hour each,” quipped Rep.
George Camp, R - Oklahoma
City.
Seven appeared in opposition.
State Supt. I^slie Fisher was
the first to speak for Hall’s
program and had barely finish-
ed his introduction when Odom
banged the gavel and said,
“Your tune’s up.”
Backers generally said Hall’s
tax program was fair and the
money was needed for schools,
colleges, roads and other ser-
vices.
Opponents generally said it
would harm business, place a
Two Fatalities
In Oilton Fire
Investigators awaited autopsy-
reports Tuesday in seeking the
identity of two persons killed in a
house fire in Oilton late Monday
night.
Officers said the victims were
burned beyond recognition but
one was believed to be an elderly
woman and the other a man.
Assistant District Attorney
Chuck Watson of Drumright said
preliminary investigation gave
no evidence of arson or foul play.
From the size of the remains,
both appeared to be adults, he
said, but there was no further
word on identification.
Watson and Deputy Sheriff
Morris McClain of Mannford
investigated the blaze, which
broke out in a one-story frame
house on Oilton’s West 3rd street
about 11:30 p.m.
Watson said the pattern of the
fire indicated it might have
started from the bed.
Remains of the victims were
sent to Oklahoma Osteopathic
Hospital in Tulsa for autopsies.
Emergency ‘911’ Urged
SAPULPA SCHOOL BOARD members Monday elected Mike Lester Henderson, retiring president and second vice president;
Borden (center) president for the next term. Board members are and Derwin Folger, newly elected member to the board. (Herald
tfrum left) Tim Hershberger, Ike Franklin, first vice president; Photo)
Plans for a proposed central
emergency telephone system to
serve the entire metropolitan
Tulsa area were outlined to
Sapulpa city commissioners
Monday night.
Tulsa Police Captain Bill
Melton told commissioners the
proposal is only in the planning
stages and a survey is being
made to see if towns in the area
are interested.
Basically, it would allow a
person in any of the cooperating
towns to dial a special
emergency number—911— and
be connected immediately with
the nearest police, fire or am-
bulance service.
Melton said 911 is being
promoted nationally and in-
ternationally as an emergency
number and the Tulsa city
council has asked for presen-
tation of the plan. It was
estimated it could be put into
effect within two years.
Interest Expressed
Sapulpa's commission ex-
pressed an interest in the plan.
No commitments were asked
until cost estimates are
available.
In other action, the com-
mission accepted bids from Gulf
Oil Co. on gasoline purchases for
1971 and from Sun Oil Co. on
diesel. Gulf’s winning bid was
.1139 and .1304 per gallon on
regular and Ethyl, respectively,
and Sun's diesel bid was .1170
per gallon.
Other bids included Con-
tinental .12 and .14 on gasoline
and .135 on diesel; Sun .1230 and
.1530 on gasoline; and Atlantic
Richfield .1252 and .1402 on
gasoline and .1300 on diesel.
Commissioners approved a
resolution regarding promotion
rules for the police department,
including written and oral
examination requirements.
Easements Granted
The commission accepted
easements from the Meadow
Brook Corp. and Oklahoma
Building Co. for opening the
eastern half of Brown street at
the site of the new Cherry Hill
apartments.
City Manager Rollin Snethen
reported some vandalism at the
new sewage treatment plant
northeast of town and said police
would be asked to make regular
patrols at the site. Windows
were broken, chemicals spilled
and water left running at the
plant last Friday, he reported.
Guy Bolin appeared before the
commission to ask consideration
of a change in a city ordinance
which prohibits persons under 18
years of age in pool parlors.
Bolin said he was planning a
family cue center in the unit
block North Main. No alcoholic
beverages would be served, he
noted. Commissioners agreed to
consider at their next meeting
an ordinance regulating family-
See Council, Page 8
heavy burden on taxpayers and
that it would be bad govern-
ment to use federal taxable in-
come as a base. This is one of
the bill’s principal features.
Odom, tongue in cheek, said
the bill represented a “bi-par-
tisan program ”
Resembles GOP Bill
“1 know some people will say
that isn’t so," he added, but
said the bill was nearly identi-
cal to one introduced by for-
mer Gov. Dewey Bartlett’s
house Republican floor leader,
James Connor of Bartlesville,
in 1969.
Odom noted that the 1969 bill
was written by a committee
appointed entirely by Bartlett.
Bartlett backed away from the
bill after it was introduced.
Just before leaving office, he
said he was for the bill provid-
ing it did not raise taxes.
Rep. Joe Musgrave, R-Tulsa.
insisted the Bartlett bill was
different from the current one.
The Bartlett bill was nearly
identical as to form and mak-
ing federal taxable income the
base of state taxes, but omit-
ted the percentages for levying
the tax rate.
Incidentally
In spite of the cold today Mrs.
J E. Robbins told us “its a
wonderful day for walking,". .
and Mrs Eva Mathewson said
we’ve got it made in regards to
winter weather because it didn't
look as though the groundhog
was going to see his shadow
today. . belated happy an-
niversary (their 37th) greetings
to Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Bennett. .
and happy birthday tomorrow
to Ralph Dixon down Bristow
way. . we hear (Aunt) Bertha
Patterson really celebrated her
birthday recently. . friends
brought her four birthday cakes.
have you noticed how pretty
those three new flag poles at
ANB look with their flags flying
in the wind’, we hear lunden
Street Christian church has been
busy with some pulpit
remodeling, renewing their ole
reliable mail subscriptions
recently were C. H Rambo at
Oakhurst. H. H. Harvey,
Depew and A. H. Lane, Bristow
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Livermore, Edward K. The Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 2, 1971, newspaper, February 2, 1971; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1494580/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.