Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 112, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1992 Page: 1 of 8
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Sapulpa Daily
SUNDAY 750—DAILY 350
Vol. 77—No. 112—8 Pages
Copyright © 1992, Park Newspapers of Sapulpa, Inc.
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Sapulpa, Okla. 74066
224-5185
sday,
January 23, 1992
Today
Incidentally
Happy birthday to Angela
Matney, 14... Happy belated birth-
day to Carlene Jester who cele-
brated on January 18 ... Also
belated birthday wishes to Joe Lee
... Special thanks to Joe Marshall,
Lonnie Simonds and Ray
Herrington for their help in
getting a Herald reporter unstuck
Wednesday. “Good WORK guys!
Did anybody believe you?” ... Mrs.
Simmons says her carrier, Jennie
Easley, is the best carrier ever and
she has had several good carriers ...
Pet giveaways today include a
5-month old mixed breed, large,
male dog, good with k ids, available
by calling 224-3297.
Inside
Deaths.........................................2
Public Records..........................2
Lifestyles....................................3
Sports......................................4,5
Television...................................6
Classifieds..................................7
Dear Abby.................................8
Bridge.........................................8
Today in History.....................8
Weather
Today: Sunny. High in the lower
50s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Clear. Low 20 to 25.
Light northwest wind. Friday:
Mostly sunny. High in the mid 50s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Coming Up
The Sapulpa Police arc sponsor-
ing a neighborhood watch meeting
tonight at 7 for people in the Coun-
trywood, Chapparal Hills, Canyon
Hills, Eastmont and Raintrcc addi-
tions. The meeting will be held in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, 920 Pioneer Rd.
Lifestyles
B&PW donates cheek to library
... Five generations meet tor photo
... Stephanie Straight places in
contest ... See page 3.
Equipment stolen
Sports
By the Herald Staff
A Nebraska man had his vehicle
stolen Tuesday from a local motel with
approximately $67,000 worth of
medical equipment inside.
After a 6'/i-hour search, the vehicle
was found with its contents intact,
according to police reports.
Joseph Thomas Chiodo, 53, an
employee of Medical Devices Interna-
tional, Inc., reported his Chevrolet
Suburban taken from the Super 8
Motel parking lot at 1505 New Sapul-
pa Road about 8:15 a.m.
Inside, in addition to Chiodo’s
personal effects, were X-ray and
fluoroscopc machines and his personal
and company checkbooks. The total
estimated value of the theft was
$92,530, including the vehicle.
Law enforcement personnel found
the vehicle about 1:30 p.m. near
Pawhuska. No arrests have been
reported in the case.
2 women injured
By the Herald Staff
Two Sapulpa women were hospital-
ized early Thursday for facial and
other injuries resulting from an appa-
rent lieating by one of the women’s
live-in boyfriend.
Mary Bamosky, 37, and her daught-
er, Amy Baker, 20, were taken to Bart-
lett Memorial Medical Center about
12 a.m. By Creek County Ambulance
following the reported assault by
Bamosky’s boyfriend, George Butler,
59.
At approximately 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday, The three were drinking
and talking about a baby when Butler
became irate, turned over a table and
assaulted Bamosky, hitting her in the
face and chest, the report said.
Baker attempted to stop Butler but
was reportedly punched in the face
several times.
Butler was taken into custody by
Sapulpa police following a citizens
arrest by Baker.
Preliminary hearing emotional
By the Herald Staff
The mother of a 22-month-old boy
showed a great deal of emotion as she
testified in the preliminary hearing for
a Bristow man charged in the child’s
death.
Charles Keith Bickford, 28, has
been charged with first-degree murder
in the beating death of Jimmy Jones on
Nov. 22.
Maxine Hubble told the court that
Bickford had been living with her in
Bristow about two months prior to the
child’s death. Also living in the same
house was the child’s father, Tommy
Towler and Hubble’s other three
children.
She said Bickford was normally
pleasant to the children and often
volunteered to babysit when she had to
run errands.
She said she thought Bickford cared
for the children and she didn’t have
any reason to believe he would hurt
any of them.
Hubble said that on the fateful even-
ing, Hubble, Towler, Bickford’s
brother and another friend went out,
living the children with Bickford.
On her return, she said, about 11:30
p.m., she looked in on the children,
who appeared to be sleeping normally
on the bedroom floor.
She said Bickford didn’t tell her
about any fall or beating.
The next morning, when she tried to
wake the child, she realized he was
near death and mshed him to Bristow
hospital.
A medical examiner’s report said
rigor mortis had begun before he
arrived at the hospital.
Internal bleeding as a result of blunt
trauma to the abdomen was indicated
as the cause of death.
“My child was a good baby,” she
told the court, with tears streaming
down he face. "No mother could ask
for a belter one.”
After his arrest, Bickford gave
authorities a taped statement that said
he accidentally dropped the child on
the kitchen floor while he was
babysitting.
“I lost my temper and started hitting
the baby in the stomach,” he said.
Then he checked the baby’s head
for bleeding and put him to sleep on
the bedroom floor. He said he hit the
child three times.
Green house future uncertain
Bowlers honored ... Sec page 4
... Mounds, Kiefer, Liberty cagcrs
gain recognition ... See page 5.
Noteworthy
Gas line
TU LS A (AP) — A ONEOK Inc.
subsidiary began shipping natural
gas under the Red River to Texas
today, the first time the Tulsa-
based energy company has trans-
ported gas directly to its southern
neighbor.
The transmission also marked
the first time that OkTcx has used
transmission lines previously
owned by Lone Star Gas Co. for
this purpose.
ONEOK, the parent company of
Oklahoma Natural Gas and OkTcx,
bought all of Lone Star’s Oklaho
tna properties last year, including
1,(KX) miles of pipelines.
Referee finds
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
The state Supreme Court has been
given a court referee’s recommen-
dations on a lawsuit asking the
court to order a quick decision in
the legal issues in a sludge case.
Mcrco Joint Venture has
contracted with New York City to
dispose of city sludge. Mcrco
wants to spread the sludge on
28,(XX) acres of farm land in Custer
County.
Mcrco wants the Supreme Court
to order an Oklahoma City judge to
rule on whether the company must
obtain a permit from the state
Health Department. District Judge
James Blevins has said Mcrco must
exhaust all Health Department
administrative remedies before
seeking relief in court.
Blevins gave the Health Depart-
ment a Jan. 31 deadline to complete
a review of Mcrco’s plan.
Tulsa jail
TULSA (AP) — Tulsa police are
arresting more suspects than a jail
program can release, resulting in
the Tulsa jail being over capacity
with more than 700 inmates.
On Wednesday morning, 709
prisoners were being held in the
jail, 35 over capacity. Officials say
it was the first time the jail has held
more than 700 inmates.
“If we can go further, I'd be
surprised," said Undersheriff Bill
Thompson.
In the past, the jail has managed
to stay below capacity using the
county’s “New Day" pre-trial
release program, which allows
first-time offenders arrested for
non-violent crimes to be released
on their own recognizance.
By the Herald Staff
The old green Queen Ann Victorian
house at the comer of Elm and Thomp-
son is now the property of First Baptist
Church, which plans to use the proper-
ly for a parking lot, but plans for the
house itself arc less settled.
Both the church and the Sapulpa
Historical committee are working on
finding a way to move the house and
have it restored.
Sapulpa Main Street will aid in the
site selection process and provide
expertise during the restoration phase,
but Julie Warden said the organization
has not agreed to help financially.
Jim Hubbard of the Sapulpa Histori-
cal Society, said three promising sites
for the house have been located. He
said Tony Rodriguez will soon board
up the house to secure it until it is
moved.
Dub Enlow, chairman of deacons at
First Baptist Church, said the church
now has clear title to the house and it is
working with the historical committee
to find someone who can use it. The
church has offered to give the house to
anyone who can move and restore it.
“We want a good neighbor,” Enlow
said. “And we arc not in a big rush to
use the site.”
Enlow said he initially had about 15
calls, including one from Discovery-
land, seeking the house, but both the
church and the historical committee
feel the house should stay in Sapulpa.
“Right now the matter is just hang-
ing in limbo,” Enlow said.
Paige Cole, youth minister at the
church, said the church and historical
committee have developed some
criteria to aid in determining who gets
the house. Some of the factors are:
—Someone who intends to move the
house to a site in the downtown histor-
ic zone.
—Someone who can authentically
restore it.
—Someone who has the knowledge,
experience and funding to restore it.
Hubbard said non-profit civic orga-
nizations would also be favored.
Enlow said he has nine people who
have shown strong interest in the
house, but he would be glad to talk to
any other interested party.
He said any person or organization
interested in acquiring the house
should contact him or Cole through the
church office (224-4100).
Hubbard said anyone with site
suggestions should call Warden at
224-5709.
The historical committee will meet
again in February and the 60-day hold
will expire at that time. The committee
could at that time extend it another 60
days, but some provision will have to
be finalized by that point unless the
church chose to wait longer.
The house has not been occupied
since 1981. It was built in 1906 and
Edward J. and Iva H. Doty were its
first occupants. He was a fireman for
the Frisco Railroad.
By 1910, Alvin V. and Edna B.
Rupprecht occupied the house. He was
a conductor for the same railroad.
In 1922, Frank H. and Bessie P.
Kipps moved into the house. He was
owner of the F. H. Kipps Cigar Store in
the Berryhill Building.
Iva Doty moved back into the house
in 1924. Her husband had died by that
time and her son Ralph Doty, a
student, lived there with her.
In 1926, Mrs. Sara E. Spurgin and
Etta Grace Spurgin, both teachers at
Washington School, lived in the
house. They remained there for a
number of years with Sara living there
by herself from 1936 through 1946.
The owner for several years then
was Charles N. Baitcs, a welder for the
Texas Company.
In 1951, C. Claude and Maude E.
Wright moved in. He was retired.
The house was vacanmt from 1963
through 66. Donald Sloan lived there
in 1967, followed by Charles J. and
Elsicphinc Moncooyca.
In 1971, Toby Williams, an
employee of Liberty Glass Co., moved
in and lived in the house through 1980.
C.C. Wright moved back in for one
year in 1981.
Fed may sit on interest rates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite
another gloomy report on the national
economy, the Federal Reserve may
well decide to wait awhile before
pushing interest rates lower, many
analysts believe.
These analysts view recent
comments by Federal Reserve Chair
man Alan Greenspan and other Fed
officials as signaling that the central
bank is prepared to wait to assess
whether it has done enough to revive a
Balloon bust
Some of the hazards of flying a balloon were evident to a fourth grade
class which tried an experiment recently. Teacher Jerry Young (top right)
inflates a student’s balloon with a burner. The students worked three days
designing and creating their balloons for a science project. JanEtte Enlow
and Amber David (children in middle) watch as their balloon was one ol
many which Boated to the top of the gymnasium. One of the balloons,
however, which was built by Lee Grubb and Darrin Nance, caught fire
(bottom). No student was near the balloon when it crashed in flames. The
students attend Kcllyvillc school. (Herald photos by Jan Evans)
stagnant economy.
Fed policy makers meet again Feb.
4-5 to review the impact of previous
rate cuts. A key point of discussion at ill Tfc *
IsstuSmmXysz Thousands help Russians
sivc weakness around the nation and
an economy the report described as
“lackluster."
New DSU officers
New officers elected Wednesday by Downtown Sapulpa Unlimited were
(from left) Jim Gillette, vice president; Ted McAlister, president; Karen
McCracken, secretary and Lynn Rainwater, treasurer. The organization
promotes and supports downtown Sapulpa. It meets at 8 am each Wednes-
day at the Chamber of Commerce office. (Herald photo by Linda Williams)
The review, based on interviews
with business executives conducted by
the Fed’s 12regional banks, found that
the U.S. economy remained stagnant,
with little suggestion of a rebound
outside of some modest gains in hous-
ing sales and construction.
Manufacturing output was declin-
ing in autos and other key industries,
while retailers reported disappointing
Christmas sales and bankers said they
saw little demand for new lows
outside of a rush to refinance existing
mortgages.
The Fed’s surveys, done eight times
a year, have been growing decidedly
more pessimistic since August, and
analysts said there was no change in
the latest report.
* 'You can’t find any recovery in this
report," said Robert Dederick, chief
economist for the Northern Trust Co.
of Chicago. "All you can see are
reasons for further sluggishness."
NEW WINDSOR, Md. (AP) — Not
that long ago the Russians were the
nuclear-armcd enemy. "We almost
hated them,” recalls Jack Provost.
But now Provost, like thousands of
other volunteers and members of char-
itable groups around the country, is
intent on feeding Russian people who
need help to get through a hard winter.
"The Russian people are in deep
despair," said Provost, seated in the
tiny lunchroom of the warehouse that
is the central collection point for a
relief effort sponsored by the United
Methodist Committee on Relief.
A letter went out to 36,000 churches
across America asking people to
contribute very specific food parcels.
Each would contain 5-pound packages
of flour, sugar, pasta, rice and
powdered milk. Tea and shortening,
soup and canned meats, poultry or fish
also were included.
People were urged to go to moving
companies and obtain book boxes and
then to ship them to New Windsor,
located about 25 miles northwest of
Baltimore. At the warehouse, volun-
teers check each parcel and insert a
blue, postcard-size message that says
in Russian, “This food is sent from
Christians in America to Russian
Christians in an act of good will.”
Most of the parcels arc shipped to
the warehouse. But some people, such
as Carol and Ron Nelson, save the
shipping costs by driving a load to
Maryland. The Nelsons brought 54
boxes from the United Methodist
Church in Worthington, Ohio. It
totaled 2,052 pounds of food from
about 130 families.
On Friday, the first food shipment, a
40-foot truck trailer loaded with 960
boxes, will sail from Baltimore and is
scheduled to arrive in St. Petersburg
on Feb. 16. Provost said it will cost
between $8 and $10 to get each box to
Moscow.
Once unloaded in St. Petersburg,
church volunteers will drive the ship-
ment to Moscow where the parcels
will be distributed from a warehouse
donated by the Red Gross.
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