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PACK fow l m#M (OkU.) HeraM, ItanOj, May M, Ml
Scientists Move Hands To 11:53
Doomsday Clock Is Ticking Once Again
By Tom TMt
CHICAGO (NEA)-There's a
curious clock in the chemistry
building at the University of
Chicago that tells not the time
of day. but of history. It is now
set at a scant seven minutes
before the moment mankind
may be engulfed by a nuclear
holocaust.
It’s the Doomsday Clock
the melancholy symbol of an
otherwise little-known publi-
cation called The Bulletin of
The Atomic Scientists. The
clock has appeared on the
cover of the magazine since
the dawn of the nuclear age. Thev are like "drunks who advanced from seven minutes
In this time it has come to continue to insist that the to three minutes before
represent the fears of millions drink being consumed is posi- midnight. Four years later the
in an unsettled world
And the clock is ticking.
Last year the hands were set
at nine minutes to midnight.
But events in Iran and else-
where changed that. The
Bulletin’s board of directors,
comprised mostly of men of
science, believe the irrational-
ity of international activity
has increased the risk of
confrontation.
Not that the protracted
ordeal in Iran is likely to
bring about World War III by
itself. But the Bulletin's pub-
lishers think any spark can
cause a larger fire. Since Iran,
the Russians have invaded
Afghanistan, the SALT II
talks have been shelved, and
East-West detente has virtual-
ly collapsed.
And all the while the mis-
siles are poised in the silos.
Bernard Feld, the Bulletin's
editor in chief, says the Soviet
Union and the United States
have become "nucleoholics.”
. superpowers introduced
tively the last one — ana hydrogen weapons, and the
thU'Sth^llVheisjwavTin«rtehe !,ands of ** c‘ock w*re at Harmful psychological effects;
U! two mmutes t0 m,dn,*ht ” even chief editor Feld worries
bomb was invented, Feld
adds He is an MIT physicist been
who worked on the Manhattan jn ^ _________
the closest they have ever ^t“ [{“promotes a sense of
in 1*0. * U* Cold War impact.
overly simplistic, and mea- So it is that the clock has
sures nothing more than the normally remained at one
opinions of the publishers of position or another for long
one obscure magazine, periods It changed twice in
Furthermore, it tn»v haw* 1968-1969. to reflect both
good and bad news in the
world, but otherwise it has
averaged one move every
four years Before this year's
move, the clock had been at
11:51 since 1974
tists. He notes with regret j9g3 when the superpowers
that when the Doomsday agree(j (0 prohibit certain
Clock was created three dec- tests yje clock Was
ades ago, it was set at 11:53, fixed at 11:48 Since then the
the same as it is today. hands haven't been further
When the clock was creat- than 12 or closer than seven,
ed, actually, the world may in all they’ve been changed
have been more secure than it nine times,
is now. World War II had end- Each change has been
ed and the United States was gravely announced in newspa-
the only nuclear nation. The n«rs throughout the world,
academic group that estab- Though the Bullei
Bulletin
a good deal
_____goes i
sion to alter the hands. When
one of the 15 people on the
But the next change may be
__ imminent Feld says the board
. , °f directors will meet this
Bulletin s board of dir month and the clock will be on
wants to change them, the
lished the Bulletin was wor
ried about the atomic ax. but
hoped the world community
would act sensibly to contain
it.
Then in 1949 the Soviet
Union tested its own bomb,
and the Doomsday Clock
hough the Bulletin remains a
relatively small publication
(25,000 circulation), its logo is
widely recognized. For many,
in fact, the clock is the single
most important barometer of
the international condition.
As such the clock has some
detractors. Critics say it is
others are asked their reac-
tions. If there is sufficient
support, they meet to discuss
it Further.
The discussions are often
spirited, Feld says The
magazine's board includes
people of sundry political
philosophies, and wide intel-
lectual opinion. Usually, they
seek a unanimous vote Ruth
Adams, the Bulletin’s editor,
says if one director objects
strongly enough, "the hands
are not moved "
the agenda He says the
increasing belligerence of the
Russians is one reason. And.
for the first time since 1975,
the United States has lost
troops overseas (in Iran).
The clock will probably not
move right away, even if the
directors agree The June
issue of the Bulletin is already
in progress, and there are no
July or August issues But it s
possible that come the
autumn the hands of the
Doomsday Clock may move
even closer to striking
throughout the world
Public Notices
Pukli«lt*a I Or Ik* >wpOM •< pro-
t*ctinf Ika public inltnil in affair*
By Tom Tiede
in which »h«y may hawa a »*aha
Are US A-Bombs Adqu&tely Guarded?
Scudder Death W orries Officials
SLEEP
INCOOL
COMFORT
TONIGHT
with
Published In Sapulpa Herald
May8,15,22,29,1980
NOTICE OF RESALE
OF REAL ESTATE
FOR TAXES
Creek County,
State of Oklahoma
Notice is hereby given that,
under authority and man-
datory requirement of 68 O.S.
1971, 24329 and 24337 in-
clusive, each of the
hereinafter described lots,
tracts, and parcels of real
estate, all situated in Creek
County, State of Oklahoma,
will be sold at public auction
to the highest competitive
bidder for cash, provided that
for each parcel or tract, other
than vacant lots, located in
'imy etty w tow*, or in any
, addition to a city or town, the
bidder offers a sum equal to
or greater than two-thirds of
the assessed valuation of
such real estate as fixed for
the current fiscal year of
1979-80, or the total amount of
taxes, ad valorem and
special, penalties, interest
and costs legally due on such
property computed to and as
of June 9, 1980, whichever is
the lesser; said sale to be
held at the office of the
County Treasurer in the
Courthouse at the county seat
of Creek County, State of
Oklahoma, beginning on the
second Monday in June, 198Q,
between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and
continuing from day to day
thereafter between the same
hours until said sale has been
completed according to law.
It is hereby stated that
each of said lots, tracts, and
parcels of real estate
hereinafter listed was sold to
the county at delinquent tax
side in the absence of bidders
therefor, has remained
unredeemed for a period of
more than two years from the
date of sale, and no person
has offered to purchase the
same for the taxes, penalty,
interest and costs due
thereon; that in the schedule
below appears under caption
indicating Lands (by Section,
Tbwnship and Range), City
or Town, or subdivision
thereof, in which located,
following each described lot,
tract, and parcel of real
estate, in the order herein set
out, the name of the owner as
shown by the, last tax roll
(1979) in the office of the,
County Treasurer, the date
on which said real estate was
sold to the county for
delinquent taxes, the year or
years for which taxes have
been assessed (dash in-
dicates first to last year in-
clusive) but remain unpaid,
the total amount of all
delinquent ad valorem taxes<
costs, penalties and interest
that have accrued thereon
and remain legally due and
uipaid as of the dike of first
publication of notice of
resale, the total amount of all
delinquent special
assessments, costs, penalties
and interest that were made
the basis of or were included
in the original sale and that
since accrued thereon and
remain due and unpaid as of j
said Arst publication in May,,
me aaie ot said resale, and
the total due. On resale date
one per centum further
penalty will have accrued.
The above notice applies to
the following lots, tracts, and
parcels, to-wit:
SAPULPA CITY
Original Town
Tom Carver, “I” So. 50’,
Lot 4, Block 59, Ad Val 76-79,
10-3-77, total due $342.53.
SAPULPA CITY
Beard Addition
Mike P. and Jo Ann
Whitehead, “U” W. 130.24’ of
E. 260.49’ of Tract desc. in
Book 1089, page 134, office of
Co. Clerk, Block 1, Ad Val. 75-
79, 10-4-76, total due 49.17.
SAPULPA CITY
Basinets Mens Addition
Vanilla Brown Scott, “I”
Lot 8, Block 5, Ad Val 76-79,
10-3-77, total due 162.2S.
SAPULPA CITY
Burnett Addition
Marion O. and Mary
Smellier, “U” Bal. Lot 6,
Block 2, Ad Val. 76-78,103-77,
total due $14.00.
SAPULPA CITY
North Heights Addition
C.H. Jr. and Blanche
Hartman, "U” Lot 4, Block 5,
Ad Val. 76 8c 78-79, 103-77,
total due $9.04.
C.H., Jr. and Blanche
WASHINGTON (NEA) -
When Marine Pvt Timothy
Scudder was killed on duty
three years ago, the service
sent him home for burial, held
a quiet investigation into the
cause of death and was
relieved when no further
questions were asked about
what seemed to be a some-
what routine matter.
It was anything but routine.
Scudder apparently was mur-
dered while guarding a nucle-
ar weapons storage facility at
an obscure base in the state of
Virginia. He thus became the
first American known to be
killed while protecting some
of the nation's numerous and
widely scattered atomic
bombs.
At a time of increased
world tension, the significance
of the Scudder case is sober-
eventuality Some of the
nation's older bombs have
been stored for 30 years, and
they lack detonation safe-
guards. If Scott had stolen one
of them he could have located
sundry people with the techni-
cal competence and the politi-
cal resolve to use it.
Officially, Pentagon author-
ities give little credence to
this second possibility. They
point out that atomic weapons
are normally housed in steel
containers and locked within
locks. Besides, if Scott had
gotten hold of a bomb he
would have tripped electronic
signals to alert the entire mil-
itary compound.
Authorities say more than
$400 million is budgeted each
year to protect nuclear stock-
piles. And on average there is
one guard for every nuclear
warhead in the nation’s keen
As a result, the Pentagon
ing. The United States pres- adds, there has never been a
ently stores more than 20,000 nuclear weapon stolen in
nuclear warheads at some 600 more than three decades of
locations around the globe. U.S. stockpiling.
Pvt Scudder’s death is a But there have been various
grave illustration that securi- untoward occurrences. One
ty for the arsenals may not be count suggests there are an
what it should. average of 15 threats to nucle-
According to military ar stockpiles a year The mili-
sources, Scudder was guard- tary says the threats are usu-
ing naval explosives along ally trivial (such as crank
with Pfc. Milton Scott in phone calls) but not always.
March of 1977 Scott at first As in the Scudder case, some
said Scudder was killed by of the incidents have been
distant sniper fire, but wholly alarming,
changed his story at a court- I" 1967, for example, Greek
martial. He was found guilty soldiers surrounded U.S. posts
guards asleep on duty, arsenal
doors left open and the use of
drugs among some of the men
protecting the atomic equip-
ment.
And so the guards them-
selves may be the least reli-
able element of the stockpile
protection system the
Department of Defense esti-
mates that since 1975 more
than 1,000 nuclear sentries
have been relieved of duty for
know of it. Senate investiga-
tors complain that nuclear
arsenals are often guarded by
teams consisting of as few as
two people, and in some cases
these men do not have the
training or aptitude for the
responsibility.
Pvt. Scudder, for example,
was a 17-year-old high school
dropout. He was only a short
while out of boot camp when
he began protecting magazine
of shooting Scudder six times and nuclear stocks during a "dve ne Dfgan protecting magazine
time of pobUcal^nrat injlat £^-5“^
and received 30 years
on. country.
Here then is the chilling said to be merely warning the
aspect of the incident. When U.S. to remain neutral, but
Aa vai. /b & /8-79, 10-3-77, warheads. Military officers to capture hundreds of the
total due $6,54. say that if Scott had been of a explosives.
B.G. Hartman, “U” Lot 14, mind to he could have broken Five years later, in 1972, a
Block 9, Ad Val. 76 & 78-79,10- into the weapons cache, van- pair of illegal aliens stumbled
3-77 total due $6 54 dalized the toxic materials, freely into what was supposed
r’o Hartman “ii” is** is «r. possibly, absconded with to be an impenetrable nuclear
RWir q JL if*,!?’ a" atomic device bomb reservation in the U.S.
!?77 ,9,’ 7®‘79> 10“ A weapon may not have Southwest. Records indicate
„’ 0 a _ „ done Sc°tt much good, of men wandered around the
Henry Groth, U Lot 5, course. Many of America s facility for nearly an hour
Block 23, Ad Val. 76-79, 10- modern nuclear shells are before they were spotted by
3- 77, total due $10.00. equipped with mechanical an elaborate electronic secur-
L.G. Hartman, “U” Less Permi*s‘?n that prohibit jty network.
strio to State Lot 17-21 Inc unauthorized firing. This is to Finally, there have been
Rlnck 41 AH Val 7fi A tilto’ sa^ the ,W1 times when the security
10.7.77 i'i i/i. tun ’ explode unle» they re mated threats have been occasioned
10-3-77, total due $11.11, wiih codes held by ranking ^ securjty itself. Congress-
SAPULPACTTY commanders or the chief men who ^ave toured U.S.
Tiger Addition executive. nuclear depots in Europe have
Irene Cemmr, "V" LM 3. U Mtoi b«n !hocked 10 h“r 01
Block 18, Ad Val. 76-79, 10-3-
79, total due $81.45.
Annette Robinson, “I” Lot
5, Block 45, Ad Val. 75-79, 10-
4- 76, total due $370.36.
RURALLOTS
Taneha Addition
Carl D. Duncan, “U” Lot
32, Block 20, Ad Val. 76-79, 10-
3-77, total due $9.17.
BRISTOW CITY
Johnson Addition
Joseph D. and Cheryl
Gabriel, “I” Lot 5, Block 4,
Ad Val. 76, 77 & 79, 1W-77,
total due $203.94.
DRUMRIGHT CITY
Wheeler Addition
James L. and Edura
Pinson, “I” Lots 17-18, Inc.,
Block 10, Ad Val. 76-79, 10-3-
77, total due $417.03.
SUCK
Original Township
James Lewis, “U” Ix>t 51,
52,53, Block 1, Ad Val. 78-79,
10-3-77, total due $17.91.
LAND
Tom Scherer, Inc,, “I”
Beg. at pt. on Sec. line 362’ N
of SW Cor. NW N 89 deg 40’ E
500’N 0 deg 25’W 306’S 89 deg
40’W 500’80 deg. 25’ E 306’ to
pob, Sec. 9, Twp. 17, Rng. 7,
Ad Val. 76-79, 103-77, total
due $85.93.
Witness my hand this 23rd
day of April, 1960.
NADINE THOOS
Creek County Treasurer
found to be security risks
Hence the Tim Scudder
case continues to worry mili-
tary and civilian officials who
Critics say he probably
shouldn’t have been guarding
A-bombs; neither should the
man who shot him dead
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GROWING OLDER
Lou Cottin
Special tax lor seniors?
By Lm Cottta of course. It’s quite another to
mandate this right by levying
Young people get what they taxes whose receipts are ear-
pay for. We seniors get only marked for seniors only,
what we fight for. Look at it this way: Tue
The amount of tax money school tax la a separate item
allotted to senior services is in most political jurisdictions,
seldom mandated. What ser- Why not enact a similar
vices ore seniors get depend single-purpose tax to raise
largely on how our elected money for senior services?
officials analyse the priorities
of their constituents Two villages near Cincin-
We become easy prey when nati, Ohio, dia just that,
these authorities start looking One ia the village
for ways to save money. Mariemont. Twenty percent
They need to recognise that of its population of 5,000 is 80
we seniors have continuous or older,
and growing needs. They Mariemont’s older residents
should not be permitted to
give into the temptation of
budgets for services
to meet our needs,
the ones who built
our cities, towns and villages.
In bad economic times, we
seniors should not become the
first losers. Neither should we
be made to feel like secood-
class citizens seeking special
favors.
Manly to recognise our
theoretical right to a share of
local tax money Is one thing,
went to the polls. They
since older
proposed a half-mill levy
(1 /20 of a cent) for senior citi-
sens as part of their village’s
taxprogram.
They went
won. Naturally,
people vote more regularly
than do younger people.
The second esse is North
College Hill, shout 16 percent
of whose 12,000 residents an
over 00.
Recent efforts to Increase
school budeets had failed.
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