Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 300, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1977 Page: 1 of 24
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T>m Editor's
Notebook
By ED UVIDMORI
•INO CROSBY'S trademark Is Ms
cool, casosl aif. But we know he
woukki*t have stayed on top of the
entertainment world as long as he has if
it weren't for Ms steel-minded deter-
mination
Wt'VC SCKN Bing's resolve
aroused, though, when he feels strongly
about something. And he feels strongly
about growing pornography on TV
"I LOVE SHOW business Every
facet of it," he said recently "And I’m
extremely grateful far what it has done
far me I would be nothing without it.
But I'm warned now
"PORNOGRAPHIC pictures, dirty
books and magazines seem to be
beyond any kind of control Our local
paper carries two pages of lurid ads
every day pushing this cretinous fare
And even the producers of tag super
features seem to think It's necessary
that their films contain scenes that are
embarrassingly explicit. Personally I
deplore this, bat If anybody else wants
to pay Ms money to view such rubbish, 1
suppoae it's Ms own business and he can
do aa he pleases
"RUT TV I contend Is a very different
thing It comes into the home prac-
tically 24 hours a day It operates under
government concession
"IT Ik PORPORTEOLY controlled
by the Federal Communications
CommlaNon. and 1 firmly believe the
commission has done all in Its power to
mfhwice television to dean up its
program content Regrettably , without
much effect
"I WAS LAID UP for five or six
weeks lately-hospitalized and of
coarse, saw lots and lots of TV It
became apparent to me that very
Newly and very subtly, writers and
producers are working nudity, per
misslvenesa, irresponsibility,
profanity, seems of seiru-cspbcit sax.
provocative dialogue, smutty tn-
■ Himhims Into their
Riaral responsibility is almost
** MOW I ABHOR censoralup
do taabibty of caneorSMp to be ef-
fective wlD surely produce some sort of
boycott Already there are little groups
all over the country coups of con-
cerned people—who want to do
about the influx of par-
on TV before it's tea late
"LIT ME TELL YOU something If
they all get together and they become a
nationwide organisation of Ik or lk
million people, and they tell some of the
Mg advertisers on TV. some of the Mg
sponsors, that they will stop buying
their products unless they clean up
their shows-impact' You bet Now 1
don't condone boycott any more than I
do censorship But it could happen
"I HAPPEN to believe the family m
the basis of a sound society A goad
strong society makes for a good strong
community, and you get enough good
strong communities and you have a
strong nation
~irs MY FERVENT prayer that
responsible people in the business-
people of principle will exert their
influence in an effort to eliminate this
highly objectionable material
"I REALLY OISLIKE sounding a
gloomy note But I do leel strongly
there are some serious consequences
‘AFTER TALKING to a TV
recently and voicing my
sentiments, he said to me ‘We’re only
depicting life as it is.’ But I fear they
are denoting life m K is gai« to be if
ttoy are not diverted TMs seams like s
very i—ttrsrthw prospect to me "
(The above conumnt* were taken
from a recent article by Bing Ooaby >
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GRDABid US, Cuba Open
Rejection
Explained Business Avenue
CREEK COUNTY PAIR boohs, displayed by Carol McMastors of the 08U
Extemton canter In Sapulpa, era now available in preparation far the district
fair In Drumrifit Sept 10-17 and the county fair In Bristow Sept 22-14. Free
booklets provide s listing of all rules and exhibit and premium Information
Pair books are available at the OSU Extension center in Sapulps'i Berryhill
Building and the Bristow extension cento"; at all county chamber of commerce
offices, and at all bonks and feed starts in the county. (Herald Photo)
— But It's Still Dry —
August Among Wettest
Months Of 1977 Here
August traditianall) is one of the
drier months of the year, bat it was the
third mast productive rainfall month of
1*77 hi Sapulpa with a cumalative 3 14
Rainfall was escorted an M of the
month's II days, but mast of the
precipitation came last Sunday <1 63),
on Aug 23 i Mi and Aug 13 ( 431
Normal August rainfall for Sapulpa.
according to the 30-year average
recorded by the Oklahoma Water
Resources Board, ts 2 77 inches
Only May fk34i and March (4 24)
produced larger totals this year in
Sapulpa. as recorded at the water
treatment plant west of town
Sapulpa "s 0-month total rainfall at the
end of August was 23 30 inches, com
pared with 2S 39 normal It »s almost
the (ante as the first eight months
• 33 »> of 1974, Sapulpa s lineal year
since 1 an. The Iffk tey apeB came on
the heels of three years of above-
average precipitation
Here are the month-by-month
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) - Grand
River Dam Authority General Manager
Richard Huddleston said today the low
Mdder on a steam generating plant
flagrantly disregardsd specifications
Huddleston said the low firm. Bab-
cock and Wilcox, subsequently offered
to match the specifications, but the
attorney general advised it would be
illegal to negotiate such a change after
the bids had been opened and after
approval of another tad
Attorney General Larry Der-
ryberry's opinion said bids are final
when opened "
Huddleston replied to a letter from
Gov David Boren, who had questioned
GRDA's acceptance of a bid for the
steam plant that was Ik 7 million higher
than the Babcock and Wilcox bid.
Boren said he was not attempting to
pass judgment but seeking to be fully
informed "
The GRDA board accepted ■ bid from
Foster-Wheeler Energy Carp
Project engineers estimated com-
pletion mate would be $92,001 JU uder
the Babcock and Wilcox bid, and
S9k.7tk.166 under the Faster Wheeler
bid
“Four tads were received, and thr
engineers outlined the technical dif-
ferences. in public, at the regular board
session,'* Huddleston said. "The bidder
in question < Babcock and Wikoai
displayed flagrant disregard of
spsdflcafMns. being *12 to 22 percent
smaller than other openings ' The other
three tads addressed all technical
specifications, and were evaluated by
records
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the engineers, with FosterWheeler
receiving the recommendation and
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ultimate award by the board "
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Huddleston said
Wholesale Price Shows
Slight August Increase
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Wholesale
prices roae a slight 0.1 per cent In
August, reflecting the fourth consecu-
tive monthly decline in farm prices, the
Labor Department reported today
Although August brought the first
wholesale price increase in three
months, it was little cause for concern
Wholesale prices, a harbinger of
consumer price trends, have declined
at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in three
months
Farm prices dropped 4.3 per cent in
August, and processed foods were down
OJ per cent The prices of these items
have fallen at an annual rate of more
than 27 per cent over the past three
months.
Food price declines began faring up
on grocery shelves In July
The 0.1 per cent increase in all
wholesale prices compared to
decreases of 0.1 per cant m July and 0.7
per cent In June.
Inflation has cooled significantly
since Fehurary, March and April when
mtntMy wholesale price mcrewes
averaged 1 per cent — or a double digit
annual rate.
The Wholesale Price Index in August
was 104.6, reflecting a 9.9 per cent in-
wholesaie goods costing $100 a decade
ago. now coat $194 60
Industrial prices rose 0.9 per cent in
August, consistent with recent trends
And finished goote, probably the best
barometer of price trends, were up 0.1
per cent
Ataunistration officials have long
predicted a cooling trend in inflation
during the last half of 1977, partially
offsetting sharp price increases during
the early months of the year But in-
flation is expected to exceed 6 per cent
this year
Farm price declines were registered
In August for green coffee, cocoa beans,
eggs, livestock, plant and animal fibers
and grains and live poultry But fruit
and vegetable prices increased for the
second straight month.
Processed foods reflected farm
declines. Roasted coffee, animal feete.
fats, oils, perk, poultry and fish prices
teopped- But sugar prices were up for
the first time In four months Beef and
veal prices also roae
The biggest industrial price increase
was for lumber and wood Tran-
sportation equipment also rose as a
result of Mgher prices for autos and
safe parts.
WASHINGTON UPI) - The United
States and Cuba today <ipened direct
communicatians for the first timr in
nearly 17 years in a move wMch the
American representative called "a
beginning, not an end "
The two countries opened 10-person
' interests sections" in Havana and
Washington to directly represent their
business, although they have not
established full dipImatK re lea lions
In ceremonies at the Czech Embassy.
which has taken care of Cuban interests
in Washington. Undersecretary of State
Philip Habib said of the step
“It is not a tag one but it is a
significant one Just the same This is
not the end, but the beginning The
dialogue won't always be an easy one "
Ramon Sanchez-Tarodi. chief at the
new Cuban mission here, said the main
problem from the Cuban side was the
a lew
tho front woald move kttfe today and
Fritegr to bmUmhi sections of the state
Temperatures war* expected to
reach Mgfu today and Friday from 04 to
04 and tenatedgM hum • to 7».
Guy man to ■ at Ardmore. Laws early
today ware hum C$ at Gupniwi to 74 at
Grid Tickets Available Friday
Deway.
tickets far the
*e hare Friday
wil ba for aato
U» E.
are R
' buy tickets at school for
•oaaon tickets $10 » will
■Mill a.m. Frttey at the
Dewey, and after thnt until 3 30 pm
Friday may ha bewght at the high
continuing U.S "econonut and trade
blockade that currently exists against
Cuba "
He said thr elimination of thr
blockade would be a neceasary step
prior to re-establishing and nor-
tnalung official relations of all kinds
between < uba and the United Stales
"The Cuban government wishes to
express its readiness to analyze
those matters that the United States
government considers as issues of the
existing conflict tetween our two
countries." said SachezTarodi
Assistant Secretary of State for l^tin
America Terence Todman. a guest at
the opening reception here, luted three
main items that the United States
wants cleared up before there can be
hill diplomatic relations with the
Communist government of Fidel
Castro
Tulsa Chase Damages 5 Cars
He said Derryberry advised Mm the
law would not permit such a
modification after the bids had been
opened
Huddleston said news reports on the
bidding process had been "somewhat
exaggerated in favor of sen-
sationalism "
He said there had been a newspaper
article "concerning a reported letter
from Babcock and Wilcoa eight days
before the bid opening suggesting a
negotiation "
Huddleston said he knew of no such
letter, and there was no negotiation
"That was not done and is expressly
prohibited by the law and our request
for bid terms," Huddleston said "Any
reasonable person could realized that
we would be circumventing the entire
sealed Md system by such actions
before or after opening "
He said all bidders were treated
alike
Huddleston said on the basis of fur-
nace volume, the winning Md by
Foster-Wheeler was estimated to be
$0$1,000 to |»jm.m cheaper, but such
would be “a typical comparison of an
apple and orange.”
"How can we assume comparison
between one bidder 12 to 22 par cent
different than three other bidders,
while all were bidding on the same
specifications’” he said
"It is obvious to me,” Huddleston
said, “that Babceck and Wilcox
Msumed we would be forced into ac-
cepting a low Md, and disregarding
specificsHmm. bid what appears te the
general pubic to be a ‘comparable
Md; indeed, II wsdnteliEy will heat
water and predate steam. Bat II weald
i and rank to far. ter more
ratepayers the a a conservative,
rekabto beat Md. at ippirialfr mare
coat”
♦ Smile-A-While *
TUlJvA tUPI) - A pickup truck
tkiver who tried to run down several
patrolmen during a high-speed chase
was wounded today in the city 's north
side, police said
Authorities said a suspect was taken
to Hillcrest Medical Center, where he
was admitted with minor gunshot
wounds in Ms arm and abdomen
No charges have been filed
The 19-minute chase began when
Officer H.B Davis said hr tried to stop
Car Hits Bicyclist
A 17-year-old Sapulpa motorcyclist
was listed in "fair” condition in the
intensive cart a«l# of the St Francis
Hospital in Tulsa Thursday morning
The youth, Charles Montgomery
Carwell of 1219 S Poplar, was driving a
motorcycle which was struck by an
automobile in Sapulpa around t 39 p m
Wednesday on Mission Avenue near
McLeod Avenue
Carwell was taken to Bartlett
Memorial Medical Center and tran-
sferred to the Tulsa hospital's 1CU
facility
The car was driven by let Don Venn.
II. of 919 S Mission
Cyclist Injured
In Mission Crash
A bicycling Sapulpa youth was struck
by an automotaie Thursday around $ 99
p m on Line Street, seixhng thr 10-
year-old to Bartlett Memorial Medical
Center where he was listed in stable"
condition at noon Thursday
The youth was I«onard Waynr
James of 422 N. Fifth Street Hu bicycle
was hit by a vehicle driven by Carolyn
Sue Hunter, 2>. of 1421 Fiend ter
Avenue
s pickup truck allegedly being driven in
a reckless manner The officer said thr
man pulled over, but when he got out of
the patrol car. thr truck started again
backed into his patrol car and took off
Davis, who said the truck barely
mused Mm. fired two shots into the
truck and then resumed the chase as
the truck entered a residential area
Several oMwr officer* joined the chase
by setting up a roadblock but got out of
the way whet it became apparent the
truck was gang to ram his car He said
he also fired one shot at the truck as the
driver headed off into thr darkness
Another roadblock was set up and it
stopped the (kiver. but officers said
they had to fire additional shots before
the driver gave up
Five or six shots were fired and five
can were damaged during the chase
Anita May Miss US
BROWNSVILLE, Tex (UPli-
Hurncane Anita s winds intensified to
119 miles per hour Thursday and the
storm appeared headed for a possible
landfall in Mexico
it Forecast ★
Oklahoma — Partly cloudy and
widely scattered thunderstorms north
portions through Friday and fair to
partly cloudy south portions High
Friday 04 to 94 1-nw taught So to 79
Temperatures
Noon Thursday 17
High Wednesday *>
IjOW Mines da 73
Lsto Stocks
The Dow Jones Industrial average
slightly before noon Thursday was up
2 02 to $63 9! See a complete list of
selected stocks on page 2
Monday Holiday Will Incidentally
Alter Trash Pickups
Sapulpa trash collection routes will
be act back one tey next week because
of Monday's Labor Day holiday of-
ficiate said today
Residential routes normally picked
•p on Monday will ba collected on
Twdqf; routes normally colterted on
Tuatey will be picked up Weteesday
City offices will be dosed Monday
DAV Campaign Set
Sapalpa's Disabled American
Veterans (DAV) and amohary's annual
I Friday
in the downtown
go to the DAV prayam of
la war-1
E torse HeHman says there will br no
ceramics class Friday at the Sapulpa
Senior Citizens program Gladys
Rooks says the fact that Sapulpa has
two telephone prefixes makes far a lot
of wrong numbers Her phone number
is 224-0133 but she keeps getting calls
for Jefferson school, which has the
same last four numbers but a 227 prefix
... KdlyviUe senior dozens say HaraM
Vamwr • not only a good guy. but also a
fisherman- and he can really cook the
fish Happy anmveraary to kill and
Fat Owen, their 32nd ... two sets of keys
on feather keyrings, found in thr road in
front of Jonas Supermarket may be
dauned at the store . a Siamese kitten
haa been found and may be dauned at
324 S. Hickory ... Stortoy Breqan is one
of the Herald’s college subscribers
She’s at York College in Nebraaka ...
birthday Meetings to Lento km Gray,
her 1301... a tec to J stoma Lawrtmere
ts Tawy Jamas Ratesaaa at Brtetsw.
Ms 4th, aad to Backy Jaass „ Barbara
Lawmaa... Assy Jartea. her 130> ..Real
kcatt. har Mb .. and to FteyU and Lfeyd
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Livermore, Edward K. Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 300, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1977, newspaper, September 1, 1977; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1496201/m1/1/?q=coaster: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.