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Sapulpa (Okla.) Herald, Friday, January 1,1999, 1998-PAGE THREE
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News
wrap
Deputy dies from crash injuries
By The Associated Press
A Bryan County sheriffs deputy has died of injuries he suffered last week
when his patrol car ran beneath the rear of a tractor-trailer rig in southern
Oklahoma.
Deputy Mike Pace died Tuesday, a week after the
accident on U S. 69-95 in Durant. Sheriff Bill Sturch
aJ%\il%VP said Pace was apparently on his way home after his 5
p.m. to 2 a.m. shift when a truck loaded with steel made
a left turn across Pace's route.
"Pace apparently saw the truck because he swerved his patrol car, catch-
ing the back of the trailer and shearing off the top of the car," Sturch said.
Pace had been hired in 1996 as a Drug Abuse Resistance Education offi-
cer. "All the kids in the county schools will always remember him," Sturch
said. .
He had worked in the Bryan County Jail in 1993 and 1994 as a jailer and
dispatcher and then was hired as a Colbert police officer.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said James Simpson, 22, of Rush Springs
died Wednesday morning when his pickup truck collided with a train at a
Grady County crossing south of Rush Springs. Simpson was thrown from his
truck.
Nevada fastest growing state in U.S.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U S. Census Bureau has confirmed what many
people here already know: Nevada is the fastest-growing state for the 13th
straight year, mostly because of the migration to
|k| _ booming Las Vegas.
IvQlIOiI "Wc ™cded a change of weather, venue, of
1 opportunity,” Nick Muradian, 41, said as he and
wife Bca unpacked boxes in their Las Vegas garage
on Wednesday. "Wc moved out here to find a new job.”
While Nevada's growth rate dwarfed that of the other 49 states, its rate of
increase did slow to 4.1 percent between July 1, 1997, and July 1, 1998,
down from 4.9 percent from the previous 12-month period.
Still Nevada's population has grown by a phenomenal 45.4 percent since
April 1, 1990, increasing from 1,202,000 to 1,747,(XX) and helping the West
become the fastest-growing region, according to the new figures.
Residents point out that the job market is humming. Four new resorts will
open next year, bringing 38,000 new jobs. Sunny weather is always a big sell-
er and relatively cheaper prices attract many.
"Las Vegas has become an attractive retirement location for people, said
Keith Schwcr, director of the economics department at the University of
Nevada-Las Vegas.
Disasters, babies, football top Oklahoma news in 1998
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homa's skies and the green from its grass It stole tie on a sentence at the start of 1998. fi federal judge ™ Novembcr
cotton and corn and ponds and cattle. It took the gave him life in prison.
lives of 22 ncoole Fellow bomber Timothy McVeigh lost his first
Drought and deadly heat also took the summer of appeal. And Michael Fortier an insider turned gov-
1998 to a spot long held by the spring of 1995. ernment witness, received 12 years in prison for
For the first time in three years, nature's devasta- failing to do anything to stop the bombing,
tion overshadowed the Oklahoma City bombing as Meanwhile, a grand jury assigned to explore
the state's No. I news story, according to a vote of claims of a wider conspiracy heard month after
• r month of testimony behind closed doors. It had yet
to issue a final report as the year neared an end.
At the bomb site, families of the 168 victims
helped move a chain-link fence laden with visitors'
mementoes so work on a permanent $24.1 million
memorial could begin.
Manmade disaster took a backseat to nature in
Oklahoma City in June.
members of
Oklahoma newspaper and broadcast
The Associated Press.
Tornadic fury, election year flurry and a Univer-
sity of Oklahoma football coach swept out the door
also captured the headlines and newscasts Five
babies, a tobacco deal worth billions, the fall of oil
prices, the rise of two Oklahoma congressmen and
more trouble at the Cherokee Nation all were top 10
newsmakers.
But no news story touched so many Oklahomans
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popularity and lost in November.
Too many losses accounted for the state's No. 5
news story of 1998.
The University of Oklahoma fired head football
coach John Blake a day after the Sooners ended the
season 5-6, leaving Blake with a 12-22 record in
three seasons.
His replacement, Florida assistant coach Bob
Stoops, welcomed the pressure of big expectations.
"I know we’ll operate with no excuses," he said in
taking the job. "There are no excuses. You succeed
or you don't."
A Moore couple brought their own team into the
world and the state its first quintuplets.
The births of Jonathan Wayne, Jackson Poe,
hmMornad^s touched down in the state capital, Hunter James, Abigail Denise and Madclynn Paige
injuring several people and causing millions of dol- Goodin came prematurely in September. But by
But no news story touched so many Oklahomans injuring several people and causmg m,m«,ns o. _ i r celebrate with
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crops and thermometers stuck in triple-digits
Temperatures soared to 1(H) degrees or more
nearly 90 times in some parts of the state. Swim
ming pools sizzled Roads buckled. Cooling units
churned non-stop and electric bills skyrocketed,
sending needy residents clamoring for a piece of
$6.8 million in federal emergency relief.
Most of the 22 people who died were elderly and
lacked air conditioners.
For Oklahoma farmers, the torrid temperatures
simply finished off the crops drought had no'
already taken.
The April 19, 1995, bombing of the Oklahoma
City federal building certainly wasn't forgotten.
It ranked No. 2 as a second bomber learned his
fate, a grand jury continued its work and a city
sought to memorialize its losses.
at a theme park scurrying for cover.
But the day that helped make tornadoes the
state's third top news story came in October.
Twenty twisters descended on the state in one
day, the most ever reported in a single October out-
break in the country.
The storms caused widespread damage but no
deaths or serious injuries.
Whirlwind campaigns and election year promis-
es gave the state its No. 4 story of the year.
Gov. Frank Keating became only the second
their parents and 3-ycar-old sister.
The state's No. 7 story promised more special
deliveries.
Oklahoma stands to make $2 billion over the
next 25 years through this year's settlement with
several tobacco manufacturers. Attorney General
Drew Edmondson said. Oklahoma was among 46
states that sued to recoup costs of treating tobacco-
related illnesses.
By year's end, per-barrel prices had dropped in'o
the $8 range. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact
Gov Frank Keating became only tne seconu me ............... ----
Oklahoma chief executive to win successive terms. Commission said the reductions had cost Oklahoma
And victory by Sen. Don Nicklcs and all six U.S. as many as 5,000 jobs, with 25 percent to 35 percent
House members maintained Republican domination of wells being idled^
in Conoress Also mak,n» -l16 toP *0 wcrc hlds RcPs ^lcvc
The most contentious race came in the 3rd Con- Largent and J.C. Watts for leadership positions in
gressional District where former state Rep. Walt the U.S. House.
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The credit is reduced by $50 for
every $1,000 a family's adjusted gross
income exceeds $110,IKK) for joint til-
ers, $55,000 for married couples filing
separately, and $75,000 for single fil-
ers.
There are several other changes for
1998:
■ Education credits of up to
$1,500 per child arc available for the
first two years of college, subject to
certain income limits, and student
loan interest payments are again
deductible in some cases.
■ Assets such as stocks and bonds
held for just over a year, instead of 18
months, now qualify for lower capital
gains tax rates. The details and a
worksheet are found on the Schedule
D form.
■ Self-employed people can
deduct 45 percent of health insurance
premiums they paid in 1998, up from
40 percent the previous year. The pre-
miums become fully deductible in
2003.
This year. Congress took steps to
ensure the child and education tax
credits don't force some middle-class
people to pay the alternative minimum
tax, which is intended to ensure high-
er-income people don't completely
escape income taxes through credits
or deductions.
But that exemption is only tempo-
rary, meaning lawmakers will have to
revisit it to avoid the problem next
year.
Taxpayers will have several new
ways to send their return to the IRS
Last year, 24 million returns were
filed electronically.
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Continued from Page 1
designate Bob Livingston offered
himself as an example for the presi-
dent - promptly resigning over his
own extra-marital affairs.
2. SLUGGER RECORDS. The
joy-filled home run race between
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa also
challenged the national imagination.
Even those indifferent to pro sports
felt inspired by their drive, courage
and gracious rivalry. Without bluster
or arrogance, McGwire of the St.
Louis Cardinals and Sosa of the
Chicago Cubs slugged it out to break
1 Roger Maris' single-season home run
record of 61 set in 1961.
McGwire was first. Yet they both
kept going. In the end, the mighty
McGwire hit 70, Sosa 66. "This is a
season I will never, ever forget," an
emotional McGwire told a roaring
hometown crowd at Busch Stadium,
I hoDc everybody in baseball
never forgets."
3. ECONOMIC TURMOIL. As the
year opened, Asia's economies were
already in trouble. Then Asia's crisis
became Russia's, Latin America's —
and the world's. Instability threatened
the U.S. economy. Lenders stopped
lending; the Federal Reserve cut inter-
est rates three times. The stock mar-
ket, after reaching record highs and
peaking in mid-July, tumbled hard and
fast in the fall, causing alarm; it
recovered by year's end.
4. HURRICANES. First came
Georges. The September hurricane
plowed over 17 Caribbean islands,
killing at least 400 people. As torrents
became floods, Georges destroyed
tourist income along with the basics.
"Hurricane mash up my life," Verna
McHenry reported through tears, amid
mins of her home on Antigua.
A month later, Mitch arrived. Esti-
mates of dead ranged to 9,000 people.
HURRICANE MITCH HIT in October, killing an estimated 9,000 peo-
ple, as it churned across Central America.
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helping make responsibility a reality for him or her. Active
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more than half in Honduras, where
President Carlos Flores lamented loss
of "50 years of construction of the
country's infrastructure."
5. IRAQ SHOWDOWN. All year,
Saddam Hussein double-dared United
Nations weapons inspectors and the
countries backing them. U.N. Secre-
tary-General Kofi Annan tried to culm
tensions by promising efforts to lift
sanctions against Iraq, but that didn't
last. In November, the United States
and Britain deployed forces to the
Gulf. In December, they launched a
four-night barrage, bent on damaging
Iraq's ability to make weapons of mass
destruction, ,(tlod will repay well and
crown your heart with clear victory,
which will be attested by your ene-
mies,” an unbowed Saddam told his
countrymen.
6. GOP SLIDE. In mid-term elec-
tions, Democrats made unexpected
and highly visible gains in Congress
and state elections. Most notably, they
narrowed the Republican majority in
the House, prompting Speaker Newt
Gingrich to give up his gavel, and then
his scat. GOP regulars blamed Gin-
grich's lack of focused issues — and
avid pursuit of impeachment against a
popular president.
7. EMBASSY BOMBINGS. Secu-
rity at home seemed suddenly fragile
when, in early August, half a world
away, car bombs shattered U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
The terrorist attacks killed 224 people
and injured nearly 5,500. They also
catapulted exiled Saudi millionaire
Osama bin Laden, the alleged master-
mind. into notoriety. In reply, the
United States fired cruise missiles at
targets in Afghanistan and in Sudan.
8. DEADLY CHILDREN. Are
schools and children only safe when
locked up tight? There were no clear
answers for Jonesboro, Ark., where
two boys, ages II and 13, killed four
girls and a teacher. Or for Edinboro,
Pa.; Fayetteville, Tenn; Springfield,
Ore., where classmates, parents and a
teacher died in gunfire - allegedly
from teen-aged boys.
9. HERO GLENN. With elegant
symmetry, 77-year-old John Glenn
returned to space 36 years after
becoming the first American in orbit.
In between, he spent 24 years repre-
senting Ohio in the Senate. Amid
national cheers and parades, his
hometown of New Concord celebrat-
ed his courage as it had in 1962. "It
takes a lot of nerve, I believe, to make
a trip into space at his age," said Jim
Hall, among Main Street greeters. "It
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