Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 304, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 6, 1977 Page: 1 of 10
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OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL 91MLDINQ
OKLA. CITY, OKLA. T5103
— Treaties Ready; Senate Fight Due —
Torrijos: Canal ‘Historical Mistake’
WASHINGTON (UFI) - US and
Panamanian negotiator* today
initiated the teat at the controversial
Panama Canal treaties as Panamanian
itrongman Omar Torrijos went to the
White House to meet with President
Carter.
The mMEmoming meeting between
Carter and Torrijos came as presidents
or top officials from M Latin American
nations arrived in Washington for he
formal signing ceremony Wednesday
But the two treaties must be ratified
by the Senate, where there is strong
opposition to handing over the canal to
Panama by the year 2000 while
retaining UJS protective righto of the
key waterway
Torrijos said Monday the new
treaties, which tout 62 pages, would
correct "a historical mistake "
Today's initialing by the two
negotiating teams in a low-key State
The Editor's
Notebook
By ED LIVERMORE
SEVERAL MONTHS ago we read a
prediction by a writer with foreign
relations credentials that Soviets would
soon soften their attitudes toward
religion with the view ui mind of im-
pressing western Christians that
"things aren’t as bad as we always
back of the Iron Curtain
Department ceremony means that both
sides agree that the tat is closed, and
will be offered for ratification in its
present form Apart from fixing the
language, it has no other force ui law.
“This is a case where the pen is
mightier than the word,” said U.S
negotiator Ellsworth Bunker at the
initialing ceremony
“We want to welcome you," he told
the Panamanians "We've come to the
end of a long road here ”
“I'm very happy," responded chief
Panamanian negotiator Romulo
Escobar.
The tat was initialed by Bunker and
his co-negotiator. Ambassador Sol
I mow its InUalling for the Panamanian
side were the two chief neogtiators.
Escobar and Education Minister
A ns tides Royo
The first treaty deals with the future
operation and defense of. the canal, and
its associated territories and agencies
The second treaty assures the per-
manent neutrality of the canal, and
a cor ckng to the text, will be open to
signing by all nations of the world
Torrijos flew here Monday afternoon
The Organization of American States
will hast the dignitaries at a reception
tonight at the Pan American Union
The treaties, facing tough opposition
in this country, would turn over the Mi-
mile waterway to Panama by the year
2000 while retaining the right of the
United States to defend It subsequently.
and increase immediately the amount
of rent and tolls paid to Panama
The treaties will be signed by
Torrijos and Carter in a nationally
televised ceremony Wednesday night at
the OAS building not far from the W hite
House
Torrijos was met by Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance at Andrews Air
Farce Base and lauded Carter for
“having the courage to take a decision
of making Justice instead of per
pet ua Ung a historical mistake
“We knew that someday a team of
American leaders would listen to our
aspirations and you i Vance i did under-
stand them. ' Tornjos said
He made no statements about what
would happen if the U.S Senate fails to
ratify the parts
‘ The negotiations for the trestle*
were difficult for both parlies but
finally we reached acceptable terms for
both countries." Vance said The
United States is sure the canal under
Panamanian administration will
remain neutral and open to all ship-
ping '
Torrijos, wearing civilian clothes,
arrived with a large party including his
wife and three sons
The first head of stale to arrive was
Sapulpa Daily
HERALD
Sapulpa ' A la «•**
VpI. O—No. m-M Pages
Sapulpa
Tuesday. September 6, 1*77—SINGLE COPY Ur
THIS OF COURSE would have the
outfall of a blow at the free enterprise
system It would be a left-hand way of
selling the socialist state, etc
WE THOUGHT of this article wish
we'd kept a copy as we listened to the
ratsptton given Rev Billy Graham in
Caamamt-controlled Hungary There
Is MMke dotet W ear mind Rot refi#«
par « has rat attraction to psopte
the Iren Curtain If only their
ive social systems would lift
of the rula against public
individual rights, etc.
WE ARE NOT In a position to con-
sider the Graham visit to Hungary as
an outright piece of deception on the
part at dever Communists But we
cannon help but question what has
produced the permission for the famed
evai^eUst to take his story behind the
wall of secrecy that has existed to
Communist country
TIME WILL TELL if this is a
manifestation of President Jimmy
Carter11 plea for mare human rights in
sD parts of the world If the invitation to
Graham to a sincere effort on the part
of the Communist leaders to recognize
the need to end harsh oppremicn. then
indeed it's s rat day far humanity
SURROUNDED by a mountain of textbooks is Creek County
Superintendent J V Frazier Thousands of books passed
through his office last week on their way to dependent
schools throughout the county. I Herald Photo i
Index
A “FLAWLESS" launch and
first day sends the Voyager 1
spacecraft hurtling towards
Jupiter and Saturn to explore
the secrets of the outer
pie nets. Page 2.
LABOR DAY. the holiday
which traditionally marks the
end of summer, was scarred
by death and violence on the
highways and in North
Carolina where a sniper raked
a church picnic with rifle fire
Page 4.
BABE was relatively mild
as hurricanes go, but one of
several tornadoes formed by
its remnants cut through a
southeast Louisiana town,
deatroyti* homes and scat-
tering cars Pace J
IT WILL BE another busy
weak for ana football teams.
Sapulpa Junior High's Little
ssssanL-s
Cuahtng last weak, play (hair
home opener Thursday
against Stillwater Sparta.
ease 6.
United F und Crew
Training Session Set
★ Forecast ★
Eight division chairmen and business
division volunteer workers will meet at
7 30 am Wednaday for a training
session in preparation for the Sapulpa
United Fund campaign which begins
next week
David Main. 1978 drive chairman,
will conduct Wednesday’s training
session at the chamber at commerce
office, IS E. Dewey
Sapulpa's 1178 United Fund goal is
$55,155, with the drive scheduled Sept
12-30
However, one contribution—from
Gabe's Office Supply—has already
arrived in response to a mailout type of
card used this year (or the first Ume
Self-addressed return envelopes with
United Fund pledge cards have been
mailed to many businesses and
professional people in order to save
them time. Main said
Division chairmen include Dr Dennis
Moms, business; Chief Eaton, payroll;
Don Pfarmestiel advance: Dr Jerry
West, professional; Bill Berry, in-
dustrial payroll; Vance Morrow,
outiyutt areas. Kay Vail and Ron
Sierer, residential; and Dimple
Anguish, clubs
Business division volunteers also
have been invited to Wednesday's
training session
They include lin Herod. Helen Main.
Alberta Irvin. Brian Grogan. Jessy
Sullivan, Steve McCormick. Bob
Harrison, Calvin Collins, Morris
Galloway. Stan Taluc, Jack Walters. A1
Copen, Larry Bayouth, the Rev
Howard Allen. Howard Jams. Harry
Hewlett, Rex WWtetree. J.E. Williams.
Denton LaFevers, tester Wright. Capt
Don Bur lock, Dr J.D Marketic. Neal
Whitlev, Frank Burzio and Virginia
Collins
Oakridge Pair Plead Guilty
An Oakridge couple entered guilty
pleas in Sapulpa Division District Court
to felony charges stemming from a raid
earlier this year in which a large
number of firearms and suspected
illegal <fc~ugs ware confiscated at their
eastern Oeek County residence
Both Douglas Eugene Sanders and
his wife, Wills Davis Sanders, pleaded
guilty Friday before District Judge
Kenneth Hugha to charges of
knowingly concealing atotaa property
each charge; the sentences were to run
concurrently.
Mr*. Sanders received a five year
suspended sentence for each charge.
The couple was arrested following the
May 14 raid by officers of the Federal
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms unit.
Creek and Tuba County sheriffs
deputies and Janks policeman.
Confiscated in the early morning raid
were approximately 46 firearms at
least few which proved to have been
Oklahoma — Fair northwest,
va ruble cloudiness elsewhere tonight
with scattered showers and a few
thunderstorms mainly southeast Fair
to partly cloudy Wednesday A little
warmer afternoons
Two Men Injured
In Fight At Club
Two Sapulpa men were wounded
une of them seriously-tn a knife fight
which took place early Tuesday mor-
ning inside Gamblers Motorcycle Club,
located at Johnson and Burnett, police
said
Oscar Brown. 24. 319-A W Johnson,
was reported in serious condition
shortly before noon today following
surgery at St. Francis Hospital, where
he was taken by ambulance after the
altercation Also injured during the
scuffle was Ivory Robinson. 45, 618 N
leonard. who was treated and released
St Bartlett Memorial Medical Center
Police said Brown was stabbed several
times in the chat and back and that
Robinson received numerous cuts
which required approximately 18
stitches
Police said that the incident began
shortly rfter midnight while there were
still several persons at the tavern
Robinson and Brown reportedly argued
and then began fighting and wratling
inside the dub
President Ape net o Mendez of Uruguay,
who aald "I hope theer treaties will
reinforce the good relationship between
all our countries in the hemisphere "
But he was preceded the day before
by the Mexican foreign minuter.
Santiago Roel Garcia Mexican
President Jose l-opez PortiUo sent
regrets, citing heavy domestic duties
Gen Alfredo Stroeeener of Paraguay
was met at hts hotel by about UK
Paraguyans. who spoke with him in the
Indian language. Guarani
Others arrriving Monday included
Gen Francisco Morales Bermudez.
Peru, Almirante Alfredo Poveda.
Ecuador. Prune Minister Eric Gairy.
Granada, Foreign Minuter Edner
Brutus. Haiti, and Praidrnt Augusta
Pinochet of Chile
Canadian Prune Minister Pierre
Trudeau also was expected for the
rerun uruev although Canada u not a
member of the OAS
Road
Funds
Sought
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPIi - Tran-
sportation Director Richard Ward said
today his department will request a $40
million increase in stale funds, equal to
an increase of 2.5 cents per gallon in the
gasoline tax. for next year
Ward did not recommend the
gasoline lax increase but luted it for
comparative purposes
“Our somewhat frightening financial
condition has continued to worsen."
Ward told the monthly meeting of the
Transportation Cammiastan, ' and our
Inability to slow the rate of
drtonorattan of our vital transportation
network is mcreasiigi with every
passing day "
The department received 139 million
in general fund appropriations for the
current fiscal year and will receive
more than $70 million additional funds
from earmarked gasoline taxes
The last legislature considered a bill
by Rep Bill Wiseman. R-Tulsa. to peg
the gasoline tax to a percentage at
price, similar to the sales tax. but the
proposal failed to pass the House and
was held over ui committee
Ward proposed increasing the
general fund appropriation to nearly
$80 million for next fiscal year Gov
David Boren will review the request
then make his own recommendation tt>
the legislature
' The additional $40 million we have
requested is equivalent to about 2 5
cens per gallon gasoline tax increase."
Ward said "We have currently the
third lowest gasoline tax rate In the
United States and there has not been a
permanent increase ui the gasoline lax
in Oklahoma in over a quarter of a
century
"The increased revenue we ask will
not cure all the ailments at our highway
system, but it might well let us reverse
the trend "
Ward said inflation is the primary
cause of the problem Hr said the
department recently stretched its
timetable to seven years to complete a
previously approved five-year
program
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Sanders was sentenced to live years,
with three years to be amended. on
Federal and Tutaa county charges
Temperatures
Tuesday noon
Monday high
Overnight low
Late Sleeks
The Dow Jonea Industrie
wm down 433 to M7 W at noon today
(CUT); volume was 9,400.000 shares
For a partial listing of today * stocks
see page 10
Drumright Project
On State Road List
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPIi - The
Transportation Commission today
voted to seek bids on $18 4 million worth
of construction in October, including
$11.3 million on an Oklahoma City
expressway project
The latter includes $1 million for
utility relocation and $10 3 million for
construction and paving on 14 miles of
Interstate 140 between May Avenue and
Belle Isle lake
The October letting also includes a $3
m*iw» paving project on a U5 7$ ex-
pressway project In Tulaa from
Interstate 344 to Apache Street
Another project far $1.2 million, will
be for construction end paving on a
truck bypass at Drum right on
Oklahoma S3
*Smile-A-While*
V a Mr•<*><* «MU t teas. Ua kaUar »
Lance
Wont
Quit
WASHINGTON (UPIi Embattled
Bert lance indicated today be has no
intention of quitting us federal budget
director despite calls from two
powerful senators far his resignation
lance spoke briefly U reporters en
route to work as two congressional
committees prepared to meet today on
Ns controversial personal tank loans
and reports he and his fanuly overdrew
their checking accounts by $450.00/
He said he would appear bef ee the
Senate Governmental Affairs Com-
mittee Thursday then gel back aboil
the busines of running OMH 1 the Office
of Management and Budged"
"I believe the American people
believe in a senae at fairness, lance
said
Sens Abraham Ribicoff DConn . and
Charles Percy, Rill . met with
Praidrnt tarter Monday and said
lance should quit because of new
“serious allegations of illegalities
Ribicoff chair* the Governmental
Affairs Committee
A spokesman far lance said today
that Carter's longtime persona! friend
had hired prominent Washington at-
torney and former Defense Secretary
Clark Clifford to represent him at the
committee hearings
A House banking subcommittee was
to meet at mid-morning to consider
changes in banking laws which allowed
lance to borrow some $6 million from
banks in New York and Chicago while
he header! two Georgia banks
The Governmental Affair* Com-
mittee scheduled an afternoon meeting
to ducue* the now allegaUana at
wrorgd 4ng against lance - alWatim*
which Ribtucoff declined to duruas
Sunday The committee opens public
hearings Wednesday with Lance
scheduled to testify Thursday
“I'm going to appear before the
Senate committee and answer any and
all charges that have been leveled at
me," lance said today
“I think the American people believe
tn a sense of fairness They want me to
have my chance to answer the charges
and that's exactly what I intend to do —
and get back about the business of
running OMB "
"It would be wiser for Bert lance to
raign." Ribtucoff told (arter Monday
Ribicoff and Percy - the ranking GOP
member of the Governmental Affairs
Committee, met with Carter for 45
minute at the White House to discuss
serious »negations of illegalities"
against lance that were turned up by
the panel s staff during the past two
weeks
It was the first mention of possible
illegal actions The comptroller at the
currency's recent report said lance s
banking practices may have been
“unsafe and unsound" but that be had
done nothing criminally wrong
Ribicoff sumnumed members of his
committee to a special meeting this
afternoon to reveal the nature at the
allegations It was not known if the
meeting would be public
The Senate Banking Committee
chaired by Sen William Proxmire. I>
Wu . a lance critic, begins hearings on
lance-related matters later this month,
and at least one other committee
meeting was being scheduled
Incidentally
Thelma Martin tells us she's rally
blowing and going but she'a getting
there juat the same and that she's being
assisted by Bonnie Chapman ...
Lahoma Langston and Edna Strain in
sale of properties at the former
Women's Butlckng at old Sapulpa
Fairgrounds happy birthday today to
MaroM Chastain ... Chester Matey and
to Melon Dickens... if you're looking for
a pet there's a two-month old puppy for
giveaway at 234-4554 ... Shirley Breaks
saya the Creek County Health
Department. 23 N Main, haa plenty of
scrap paper if anyone is conducting a
paper dktv* and wants to pick it up
She's at 2244531 .. Clevde Thompson.
IS W Jackaon South, says it’s nice to
know there are (till hornet people
WNle riding tta three-wheel bicycle he
dropped his billfold but dlrto't realize it
A short while later a man knocked on
Ms door and retimod the wallet intact
... and wouldn't accept any reward ...
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