Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 66, No. 168, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 30, 1980 Page: 1 of 36
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White House Decision
On Iran Situation Near
WASHINGTON (UPI) - State
Department officials expect the White
House to decide next week what steps it
will take on the Iran problem and they
say military force is not a likely
possibility.
The 50 American hostages have been
held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
almost five months now and there are
no signs they will be released anytime
soon.
While the White House has not an-
nounced its plans, U.S. officials have
said privately in recent weeks that
America’s options might include:
—Imposing an embargo on all trade
with Iran except food and. medicine.
This idea was shelved when there were
renewed hopes the crisis might be
resolved, but is once again under
consideration. Diplomatic observers
said the embargo would have little
impact, however, since most US. trade
with Iran has already been stopped.
—Reducing the number of Iranian
diplomats in the United States. There
were over 200 in America when the
crisis began, and most were ordered to
leave earlier, but substantial numbers
remain.
—Asking western allies to take
economic measures against Iran and
reduce the size of their diplomatic mis-
sions in Tehran. But diplomatic
analysts said America’s allies are so
dependent on Iran's oil they are
unlikely to adopt significant sanctions
U.S. policy, officials said this week, is
aimed at making Iran pay more and
more for holding the hostages —
economically and politically. Officials
said there appears to a growing
realization in Iran that the Khomeini
revolution is beginning to crumble
because of Iran’s isolation and the
hostage crisis.
The senior American official said
evidence indicates the hostages are
physically well but will be
“psychologically scarred” by their
ordeal.
He said that any harm to the hostages
— including psychological damage —
“would require a different level of
response” from the United States.
Search Ends For Survivors
123 Dead In Oil Rig Disaster
STAVANGER, Norway (UPI) -
Officials called off the search Saturday
for 83 men still missing from the worst
oil rig disaster in history, saying there
was no chance of anyone else surviving
the collapse of the 10,000-ton Alexander
Kielland ‘‘floating hotel” in the icy
North Sea.
The death toll from Thursday’s
disaster stood at 123. And officials said
the decision to end the massive air and
sea search at dusk Saturday virtually
assured that the toll would be per-
manent
There were 89 survivors.
Forty bodies had been recovered and
the rest were believed to be entombed
in the Alexander Kielland, a fourstory
living platform for oil workers drilling
in the North Sea 175 miles off
Stavanger, Norway’s principal support
base for its offshore oil operations.
Officials said there was no way
anyone could still be alive 48 hours after
the giant platform — longer and wider
than a football field — broke a support
leg and capsized during a gale.
‘‘It is not a question of them living in
air pockets,” said rescue official Per
Vasseboth. “(It is) the cold — both in
the water and the air. They could have
died in minutes ”
Coast Guard officials agreed, saying
that an hour or two was the longest even
a strong and very fit person could have
survived in the 41-degree waters
Norwegian officials set up a tem-
porary morgue in a green hangar at an
airport in Sola, Norway, but by
nightfall Saturday only a handful of the
40 bodies recovered had been identified.
Meanwhile, a dispute was brewing
between Norwegian authorities and the
Phillips Petroleum Company,
operators of the Alexander Kielland,
over the way Phillips kept track of the
people it had aboard the platform.
Norwegian police earlier this year
criticized Phillips for not keeping a
proper account of the men aboard the
platform at any given time.
When tne accident occurred, officials
said 208 men were aboard the platform.
Then the figure was revised to 228. On
Saturday Phillips changed the figure
two more times, settling on 212
Most of those still missing were
believed trapped in their rooms, in
dining halls or in a then ter where many
of them were sitting down to watch a
movie when, in the words of one sur-
vivor, they heard “ an almighty crack."
Banquet Set Monday At Ag Center
Awards earned by area 4H and FFA banquet hall of the new county fair
youth during the recent Creek County facility located five miles west of
Livestock Show will be presented at a Sapulpa on Highway 66 (one-quarter
banquet to be held Monday night. mile west of the Highway 33 junction).
The banquet, sponsored by the Premium money bid during the
Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce, is livestock show sale will be presented,
scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the along with other trophies and awards.
Meet Site Changed By Rail Group
Because of the increased interest
shown in bringing passenger rail
service to the Sapulpa area, the
meeting set for 2 p.m. today has been
moved from the Frisco Depot to the city
library, according to H.C. Cherry,
Frisco freight agent and member of the
Oklahoma Rail Passenger Association.
An open forum will be held to discuss
the merits of possible restoration of rail
passenger service between Saint Louis
and Oklahoma City. Such a route would
pass through Sapulpa.
Attending the meeting to give data
and the criteria used by Amtrak and the
U.S. Department of Transportation in
instituting such service will be Ronald
Coffman, Oklahoma City, representing
the National Rail Passenger
Association, Howard Thornton, Mid-
west City, R.C. Migliore, CollilnsviUe
and R.D. Ragsdale, Sapulpa
“With expected increases in the cost
of gasoline and energy shortages both
local and national concern is growing
for the fuel-efficient passenger train,”
Cherry said
Holy Week Activities Outlined
The Greater Sapulpa Ministerial
Association will sponsor traditional
Holy Week services March 31 through
April 4 from 12:05-12:30 p.m. at five
Sapulpa churches.
The Sapulpa Rotary club will attend
the Tuesday services at the First
Baptist Church, said a Rotary
spokesman.
Monday
First Presbyterian Church, 406 E.
Lee, Rev. Del Hunnicutt, speaker
Tuesday
First Baptist Church, 124 S. Elm,
Rev. Kim Smith, speaker.
Wednesday
First Nazarene Church, 303 S. Park,
Rev. Charles Southard, speaker.
Thursday
First Assembly of God, 201S. Water,
Rev. Kenneth Williams, speaker.
Friday
Linden Street Christian Church, 919
E. Lee, Rev. Howard T. Allen, speaker.
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CHECKING OUT THE SCORES in the first metric Olympic these students. More than 100 students took part of their ‘day
meet held by the Chi Alpha Mu math clubs at Sapulpa’s oft’ to compete in math skills and games dealing in metric
Junior high and middle schools Saturday was a chore for measurements. (Herald Photo)
Annual Retreat
Set April 17-18
Reservations for the 16th annual
Sapulpa Area Chamber of Commerce
Retreat which begins April 17 are due
by Friday, according to Information
from the Chamber offices.
The two-day meeting at Foun-
tainhead State Lodge will feature a look
at how life will be in Sapulpa in the
1980s and speeches by OU President
Bill Banowsky, Tulsa Mayor Jim Inhofe
and Second District Congressman Mike
Synar.
Chamber President Joan Mckenzie
will deliver opening remarks at 9 a.m.
on the first day. A ‘gripe’ session where
those attending will be allowed to
question city, county, school, vo-tech
and Chamber officials is also on the
opening day agenda.
Austin Neal, from the Tulsa Chamber
of Commerce, and David Moffet, with
the First National Bank in Tulsa, are to
give their views of how the economy in
the area will be during the coming
decade on Thursday following In hole’s
address.
Sapulpa police detectives say as
many as 100 charges may be filed this
week in connection with a February
vandalism spree which resulted in over
a hundred broken broken automobile
windows around the city
Detective Sgt. Richard Johnson said
Friday that a 19-year-old Sapulpa man
and four juveniles have made
statements linking them to the van-
dalism. He said the four youngest
boys—two 13-year-olds, a 16-year-old
and a 17-year-old—would be turned
over to juvenile authorities.
Misdemeanor charges of malicious
iniurv to property are expected to be
Clyde McMasters will report on the
social impact of changes that are ex-
pected to come about in the 80s and Ed
Livermore will give his views on
Sapulpa’s next 10 years on Friday's
program.
Synar and Banowsky are also
scheduled to speak on Friday.
In addition. Bob Pielsticker of Cities
Service Co., will address the subject of
energy in the 1980s on Friday
State Sen. John Young and Rep Don
Thompson will give legislative reports
on Friday also. Rusty Franklin,
chairman of the Chambe: ’s streets and
highways committee, will report on
road improvements needed durii.i the
coming years
But it isn’t all reports and complaints
at the annual retreat A nine-hole golf
tournament will be held on Thursday
afternoon and Dr. Richard De La Font,
popular Tulsa night club hypnotist, will
be the featured entertainment at the
dinner Thursday night.
filed Monday against the lS-year-old.
Sgt. Johnson said.
Windows were broken in over 100
parked automobiles during a van-
dalism spree on the night of February 1
The vandalism, apparently caused by
BB pellets, resulted in more than $3,000
worth of damage, authorities said
Police said they have recovered one
weapon believed used in the spree.
A reward of 1500, most contributed by
private citizens, had been offered by
police for information concerning the
vandalism spree. It was withdrawn
after several weeks after police
reported receiving few leads into the
incident.
Murder Trial Leads
Bristow Jury Docket
Police Have Suspects
In Vandalism Sprees
BILL BANOWSKY
Index
BRISTOW VALEDICTORIAN
honors for the 1980 school year
will be shared by three young
men who achieved perfect
straight A' grades throughout
their high school years. Jim
McGouran, Wellon Poe and Mike
Vincent will share the honors.
Rusty Iittlefield will be honored
as class salutatorian. 10A
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SAPULPA DANCERS won big
during the Oklahoma Dance
Masters of America annual
competition held recently at the
Civic Center Music Hall in
Oklahoma City with five first
place finishes in ballet and jazz.
Pictures of the contestants and
their trophies. . ,2C, 3C
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DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
TEA for the Sapulpa Reading
Club is being planned for April 1
at 1:30 p.m in the First United
Methodist Church Parlor. The
club, organized in 1905 has the
motto “To know the best that has
been said and thought in the
world."
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ED LIVERMORE strikes out
against the Oklahoma Supreme
Court ruling calling for a uniform
percentage factor in determining
assessment value for property in
Oklahoma. . .Editor I^arry Banks
writes about a study which
predicts the rapid growth of
tourism and retirement in the
Tulsa area; a growth which could
conflict with a rise in in-
dustrialism which the study also
predicts. . 4A
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Crossword Puzzle ...........7B
Dear Abby ...................6C
Half Inch Rain Felt Here
Rain returned to the Sapulpa area
late Friday and by mid-afternoon
Saturday had left nearly a half-inch of
accumulation, with more expected.
Records at the city’s water treatment
plant west of town showed Friday
rainfall at .06 of an inch; approximately
.40 was received before 2 p.m. Satur-
day, said a plant spokesman.
★ Forecast ★
Sapulpa and vlcInity-Clearlng
Saturday night, after a low tem-
perature in the mid-30s. Partly cloudy
and mild on Sunday with a high tem-
perature in the mid-Ms.
BRISTOW — Twelve civil and
criminal cases, including one for first
degree murder, appear on the trial
docket for a week-long jury term which
begins Monday in the Bristow Division,
Creek County District Court.
Over 100 county residents have been
called to serve jury duty for the Bristow
docket and during another court term
in Drumright later in the spring. (A list
of prospective jurors appears on page
2A of today’s Herald.)
The Bristow term begins at 9 a.m.
Monday.
District Judge Charles Woodson,
Drumright, and District Judge Lester
Henderson, Sapulpa, will preside over
cases on the trial docket.
One of the three criminal felony cases
on the Bristow docket is a first degree
murder charge against a Depew man,
29-year-old Eddie Gene Moore. Moore
is charged in the 1979 beating death of
his former girlfriend Diane Easley
Sadeghi, a 25-year-old former Lincoln
county resident whose body was found
buried last July in a shallow grave near
Edna in southeastern Creek County.
The murder case was to be tried on a
Sapulpa Division Jury docket earlier
this month, but a mistrial was declared
BRISTOW - A $250,000 school bond
proposal to finance construction of a
music education building at Bristow
High School will be put before voters
here Tuesday.
The new building would be equipped
for use by secondary school students in
vocal and instrumental music. Bristow
music students currently are taken by
bus each day to borrowed facilities.
For the past three yean, the BHS
band has been meeting in the local
National Guard Armory. Junior high
and elementary school choral classes
are being conducted in a classroom of
an old school auditorium on W. 10th.
If the bond issue passes, the new
band-vocal music building would be
built to south of the high school. It
would Include seperate facilities for use
by a 90-member band and a 75-member
choral unit. The completed facility
would contain approximately 5,500
square feet, with soundproof practice
rooms, a music library, office, storage
and restroom space, according to
general architect Locke, Wright and
Foster.
Bonds for the issue carry a five-year
maturity . and can be financed within
the sinking fund levy established by the
school board in 1973. Cost to the tax-
payer would be an additional $3.12 per
year for every $100 paid In property
during jury selection II was
rescheduled for the Bristow Division
docket
Jury selection is expected to get
underway Monday in Bristow for the
murder case, which will then be
brought back to Sapulpa for trial
Other felony cases appearing on the
docket are: State vs. Ronald White,
knowingly concealing stolen property:
and State vs William Dalton Crowley,
larceny of domestic animal
Civil cases on the docket include:
Jack Campbell vs. Fabsco Inc. et al,
personal injuries and damages; James
C. Fisher vs George C. Pendergrass et
al, personal injuries and damages;
Ellis Shamas vs George C. Pen-
dergrass, damages; James Marvin L
Bond vs. Independent Trucking Co
Inc., damages; Walter Towler vs
Phillips Petroleum Co et al, personal
injuries; Raymond Blevins vs. P J
Grummer and T. A McMullen,
promissory note; Keith E Dotson vs
James A. Alcorn, personal injuries and
damages; David Allen Miles vs. Nellie
Mae Seigle. personal injuries and
damages; Lu Ann Miles vs Nellie Mae
Seigle, personal injuries
taxes. (Anyone not paying property
taxes this year will not be charged
taxes on the bond issue next year.)
Voting in Tuesday’s election will be
at the school administration building.
134 W. 9th, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Any
registered voter in the Bristow school
district is eligible to cast a ballot
In order to pass, the bond issue must
be approved by at least 60 percent of the
voters.
Train Mishap
Injures Driver
The driver of a pickup truck which
was struck by a freight train west of
Sapulpa was reported in fair condition
at Bartlett Memorial Medical Center
where he was under observation
Saturday.
Authorities said Larry Fisher, 39, of
Beggs, was injured around 6:20 a.m.
Saturday when a half-ton pickup he was
driving collided with a Frisco
locomotive on Armory Road, just west
of the Sapulpa city limit. The train
reportedly was traveling about 40 miles
per hour when the accident occurred.
The pickup, owned by Lenhart
Bennett Inc., was damaged ex-
tensively, authorities said.
Bristow School Bonds
Due Vote On Tuesday
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