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OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL 3UIL0IHQ
OKLA. CITY, OKLA. 75135
Ford-Carter Debate Yields No Surprises
PHILADEIPHIA (UPI) President
h ard and Jimmy Carter traded charges
of incompetent leadership and im-
possible promises, swapped facts and
figures like pocket computers, and
broke no new ground on major
domestic issues in their first
presidential debate
In the first confrontation between
presidential candidates since the
Nixon-Kennedy clashes lfi years ago,
the Democratic and Hepublican con-
tenders Thursday used studied,
measured tones.
Occasionally they spoke sharply and
directly to each other on such issues as
tax reform, unemployment and in-
flation, but for the most part they
looked directly into the television
cameras, from the stage of the old
Walnut Theater, at an audience es-
The Editor's
Notebook
By ED LIVERMORE
AS IT TURNEDOUT.H seems to t* a
consensus the I* ord-Carter debate
produced a technical stand-off
this BEING the <as«“ we think both
candidates passed an opportunity to
make some ground with the large
‘'uncommitted” group of potential
voters
THE POLLSTERS tell as as many as
36 percent of the potential votes are in
this category. Who are they"' We’d say
they were voters w ho know little about
the Washington scene and could care
less We feel a huge number of them
would have been watching another
channel Hmrsday night had there been
a choice. We think they are the people
who come home from work, kick off
their shoes, grab a six-pack and keep
they head shoved up a tv tube- for the
rest of the evening They read the drunk
column in the local paper, and the
sports pages during football season.
They stay registered so they can vote in
the local sheriff’s race Hut that vote
counts as much as any other
AS SUCH these voters were "sitting
ducks” Thursday night The next two
debates will not draw the large
audience of the initial one. The
audience will dwindle off until its
contains primarily the ardent sup-
porters of both candidates
THERE IS VERY LITTLE that
either of Ford or Carter could do at this
stage to drive their support to the other
camp The election will be won by the
candidate- who gets into the un-
committed camp Thursday night was
the opportunity arid both missed the
boat, in our opinion
HOW COL LD they have done it" With
more venom and vitality’ Hither can-
didate could have been more forceful in
hLs attack on the* other Hither could
have won points by merely "mixing it
up’ and looking “like a fighter” to the
six-pack kids Six-packers don’t un-
derstand logic and figures . tliey go
for shuot-<>uts and jugular attacks
IT IS NOT ENOUGH to pass off this
observation with “that wouldn’t have
been dignified for a Presidential
candidate.” This ha- been a campaign
of pornography, sex pot and whose
daughter is on the pill
A MORt DETERMINED personal
attack by either candidate would have
won an important inruad into the un-
committed voter ranks
Saturday Slated
For Indian Meet
U.S. Hep led KLsenhoover will ap-
pear at an Indian community meeting
at the Indian Clinic in the old Forrest
park School Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday , according to Muse Cahwee,
program coordinator.
Cahwee said that a representative
from the Creek Nation will be there to
answer questions about the 352,300
Indian youth education grant, and
about the $30,000 adult education grant.
Cahwee urged all Indians from
Sapulpa, Kellyville, Bristow and Duck
Creek, regardless of tribe, to attend the
session. He said Kisenhoover will
discuss his plana for Indian education.
This clinic is located on Adams at
Cleveland.
★ Smile-Awhile ★
Perhip* psychiatrists who toll parents to
9«nd more Unit with their ktda are juat
trying to drum up bualneaa
lima ted at iuo million.
The 90-minute, prime time debate ran
into a technical snafu Nine minutes
before it was over, an amplifier
problem killed the audio portion for 2ft
minutes and left the candidates waiting
nervously to give their summations
The Ifoper organization polled 600
persons across the nation and found 39
per cent thought Ford did better, 31 per
cent thought Carter did. 30 per cent
called it a draw.
"I think we both did adequately,”
Carter told reporters afterwards. His
wife, Kosalynn, cut in and said, "You
can’t say it, but I think you won'”
Ford, grinning and waving to
cheering supporters at a postdebate
celebration, said: “From what I’ve
heard, we did all right. And when we
get to the next one and we talk about
national defense and foreign policy.
we’U do even better"
“We re at a turning point ... the
momentum is on our side.”
Ford said he has turned the economy
around, moved toward a ha lanced
budget, cut taxes and federal spending,
and restored confidence in government
Carter said Ford was insensitive to
human needs, permitting unem-
ployment to soar in order to fight in
flation
At times the debate got personal
"Mr. Ford, so far as I know, except
for avoiding another Watergate, has not
accomplished one, single major
program for this country.” Carter said
When Ford attempted to tie Carter
with what the President termed the
"big spending Democratic Congress,"
Carter came back with
PRHSIDENT FORD LISTENS to his challenger, Democrat Jimmy Carter
during the first of three live televised campaign debates Thursday night
(Herald Photo)
Sapulpa Reactions
Balanced On Talks
If the Presidential debate Thursday
night were left up to Sapulpans, Gov.
Jimmy Carter would be declared the
winner by a preferance 9 to 8. However,
eight other persons thought the out-
come was a toss-up, making no
selection
Only one registered voter out of the 26
contacted did not watch the debate
Hut if Carter was the choice by one
vote or about four percent, Ford in-
dicated that he had good support from
Democrats
Of the 256 persons contacted, 19 were
registered Democrats, three registered
Republicans. and four were
unregistered
Thus Ford picked up five votes from
registered Democrats. Carter got one
vote from a registered Republican.
Drum right Oil
F est Continues
DRUM RIGHT—Drumright's fourth
annual Oil Patch Jamboree is
scheduled Saturday with music, a
melodrama, costumes and a free
supper among the activities.
A beauty pageant at the ( entral Tech
seminar center Thursday night was the
opening event of the jamboree. Mindy
Woods of Cushing won the pageant
Teresa Richardson was first runner-up,
and winner of the congeniality award
Cindy Hrassfield of Stroud won the
talent competition
Saturday’s events begin at 10 a.m.
with a kiddy karnival on the parking lot
of the Oilfield Museum A melodrama,
“Curse You, Jack Dalton,” is scheduled
at the Room Town Theater at 1 p.m. and
a parade is planned at 2:30 p.m. on
Hroadway. Quarter-midget car races
are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. at the
Central Tech parking area; a free bean
supper is planned at 5 p.m. at Way
Park, with a country-western concert
at 5.30, beard judging at 6:15, costume
judging at 7:15 and rock concert at 8:15
p.m. all at Way Park.
BUI Watson is Oil Patch Jamboree
chairman
Temperatures
Friday noon 79
Thursday high 87
Overnight low 63
Late Stocks
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
was down 2.49 to 1006.31 at noon today;
volume was 10400,000 shares. For a
partial listing of today’s stocks turn to
page four.
Herald staffers made around 60 calls
to find 26 persons of voting age at home
The survey is not intended to be
clinically accurate only an indication
of voter preference. One of the 26,
although registered to vote, did not
watch the debate and had no [(reference
between the candidates.
Percentage-wise, it breaks down to 36
per cent for Carter, 32 per cent for Ford
and 32 per cent no preference, or un-
decided (This adds up to more than 100
per cent due to rounding, i 1311- figures
nationally show ( arter w ith more lead
over Ford but the undecift**.-
corresponds closely with the local
figures
Forecast
Oklahoma — Partly cloudy to cloudy
with widely scattered showers or
thundershowers through Saturday.
High today mostly 80s, low tonight
upper 50s northwest to 60s elsewhere,
high Saturday mid 70s northwest to
lower 80s south
"If he insists I should be responsible
for the Democratic Congress, of which I
was not a part, then I think he should be
responsible for the Nixon ad
ministration, of which he was a part, in
its entirety"
Carter ’s main attack came on Ford's
unemployment record. He said more
Americans are out of work now than
when Ford took office two years ago,
and he said the administration Is
"insensitive” to the unemployed
Ford's strongest attack came on
Carter's tax proposals. He said if
(’arter was elected he would "raise the
taxes on half the American people"
Following 12 questions posed by
reporters, both gave four minute
closing statements
The first debate was confined to
domestic issues. On Oct. 6 the two will
Sapulpa Daily
meet in San Francisco to debate foreign
policy and defense, and on Oct. 22 their
third meeting will be a free for all on
any subject
Responses on major issues included:
Jobs (arter would give "top
priority" to reducing overall em-
ployment in the nation to 4 or 4.5 per
cent in four years Ford said the best
answer to unemployment was to “look
to the private sector" and reduce taxes
Taxes Ford indicated tie would
sign the 1,500-page tax reform bill
passed by ( (ingress, but said the
measure does not go as far as he would
like in cutting taxes (arter said he
would cut taxes for low and middle
income wage earners while closing
loopholes that benefit the rich
Amnesty Repeating previous
stands. Ford said he opposes blanket
amnesty, while Carter he would grant
pardons — which he said means
forgiveness but not amnesty to draft
resisters
budget - Both men said they wanted
to balance the budget, but F ord said in
1978, while Carter said it would not
come until his fourth year in office
Intelligence Agencies F'ord said his
administration was the first to damp
down on illegal activities by the CIA
anti other intelligence agencies ( arter
said the government has too much
secrecy and too little personal privacy.
It was at this 12th and final question
that the sound faded away The
problem was in the television pool
sound line feeding out of the theater to
the three major networks It took 27
minutes to correct the problem
HERALD
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Vol. 63-No. 19-16 Pages
Sapulpa
Friday, September 24, 1976—SINGLE: COPY 15<
— To Black Majority Rule —
Rhodesia Gives In
SALISBURY, Rhodesia (UPI)
Prime Minister lan Smith, who 11 years
ago broke away from Britain and set up
a minority white regime, gave in today
to a U.S.-led diplomatic drive and
accepted black majority rule in
Rhodesia within two years.
In a nationwide radio and television
announcement. Smith made clear that
acceptance of the proposals drawn up
by Washington and 1 xmdon in close
collaboration with black Africa was
forced on him and that the conditions
were not all to his liking
But he urged his countrymen —6
million blacks, 275,000 whites and 29,000
mulatto®* to work to make the advent
of black majority rule a success.
Two Men Charged
In $3800 Burglary
Two Sapulpa men have been arrested
and charged in connection with last
weekend’s $3800 burglary at Freeway
Scr vice Station, 1 N Mission, according
police
Charles Karl Price, 27, and Charles
1-eRoy McCord. 33, both of 1316 H
Dewey, were arrested by police
detectives who also reported
recovering a large amount of money
Both men were later charged with
grand larceny; bond was set at $2,500
fur each man Price is now out on bond,
according to sheriff’s deputies
One of the suspects was given a
polygraph test, according to police
Price was employed at the station,
police said The two are brothers-in-
law
The proposals, providing their terms
are observed, would leave South Africa
as the only white minority-run soverign
country on the black continent.
Kissinger left it up to Britain to carry
the mam responsibility for negotiations
designed to end Rhodesia's white
settler regime and hand it over to rule
by its black African majority.
Kissinger was asked what were trie
major forces that persuaded Rhodesia
to accept black majority rule.
“It was a combination of factors,”
KLssinger said “The continuation of the
war, the Rhodesian assessment of
likely trends in that war. the par-
ticipation of South Africa and the
commitment of the United States
Government to a peaceful solution.”
Bristow Convict Dies
STRING TOWN, Okla < UPI) - Three
inmates, including Lionel Jones, 23, of
Bristow, are dead and five others in
hospitals today because they mixed and
drank a brew of smuggled shellac
thinner and soda pop, penal officials
said.
Officials said one of the inmates who
died apparently had smuggled the
thinner from the dining room at the
State Vocational Training School where
he had been on a painting detail
Tuesday
The dead inmates were
Gregory Dale Byrd, 25. serving
four years from Tulsa County on a
larceny conviction
William Pennington, 35. convicted
of drunken driving in Payne County and
sentenced to three years in prison
—Jones, who was serving three years
for grand larceny in Creek County
Bill George, public information of
fic-er for the department, said three of
the other five inmates were taken to
University Hospital in Oklahoma City
and the other two were sent to Central
State Hospital m Norman
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BTEWAET helped open the Sapulpa Republican
Headquarter in the unit block South Main Thursday and
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as Seen Sapulpa and Lonnie Sapp listened Volunteers are
needed to work at the office, which will be open on weekdays
end selected weekends. The phone number there is 227-0662.
(Herald Photo)
George said only one of the five.
David Eugene Martin. 29, showed signs
of having drunk the thinner Martin,
reported in fair condition, was serving
a 10-year sentence for robbery by force
in ( arter County
George said the other four inmates
came forward and admitted partaking
of the toxic brew, after the other in-
mates were taken to the hospital
Pennington died within an hour after
arriving at the hospital, and Jones died
about an hour later, officials said. Byrd
lived a little more than three hours
after reaching the hospital
County Bank Sold
DRUMKIGH’l The- Citizen's hank
of Drumright has been sold, according
to owners Walter J Hyestonc and
William A “Bill" Fowler
The bank was purchased by Bob
Walls. Bud Marrs. W J “Snookie"
Taylor, Paul Branch. Jim Marrs and
I hiyle W atson. all of I irumright, and by
FG Armstrong of Fairfax. Mick
( arinack of Oklahoma City and James
J Wasson of ( us lung
Officers for the bank will be an-
nounced later Hyestonc and Fowler
-aid they will retire from the hanking
business, but will serve as advisors
during the transition No personnel
changes are expected
Showers In Forecast
By United Press International
Slightly cooler air moved into
Oklahoma today and the forecast in-
cluded a chance of weekend showers
Incidentally
Congratulations to the F F A livestock
1 earn for placing first at the Muskogee
State F air and to Blake Stephens, top
individual judge students at Liberty
School are learning all about our
elec toral system .Todd Pfannestlel,
Tommy Berryhill Rhonda Ilham and
others were all excited about the
primaries today the study is being
conducted by teacher Judy Block .
belated birthday greetings to John
Thompson, Jim Huntsberger, Jackie
Cloud. Joan Karr, Jarrod Banks and to
Kelt Napier who celebrated her sixth
birthday Thursday . Happy Birthdays
today to Greg Moss and Teresa Brown.
.Go Chiefs Go. . .beat Sand Springs
tonight. . .Erode and Anita tell us its
hard to build cabinets with Glonn Carry
falling through. . .
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