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WEATHER
CLOUDY with a 40 per-
cent chance of rain and
thunderstorms. Cooler
with the high in the
lower 50s. Northeast
wind 10 to 20 mph. Tonight. Cloudy
with a 40 percent chance of rain.
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Thursday, October 31, 1996
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Vol. 82 - No. 41 - 12 Pages - © Copyright 19%
ITS YOUR DAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
| to Evans Chambers Bill
Spencer, 52; Anadale Dean,
10; and Tommy Lee Spears,
50.
If you want to wish someone
a happy birthday or anniver-
sary, call 224-5185 by 9 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. James Weaver
of Sapulpa have been Her-
ald subscribers for 52 years.
Incidentally
Halloween festivities con-
I tinue downtown tonight with
the 3rd Annual Haunted
House and trick-or-treating at
| downtown businesses.
Downtown businesses will
I distribute candy to trick-or-
treaters from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Dewey Avenue, from Main to
Elm streets, will be closed to
| insure the safety of children.
The Humane Society of
I Greater Creek County will
offer a haunted maze from
5:30 to 10 at 18 S. Water St.
The maze is designed for
children age 10 and younger.
| Admission includes a prize.
The haunted house, spon-
| sored by Sapulpa Main
Street, opens at 7 p.m. Pro-
ceeds will help fund the gen-
eral operating budget of
Sapulpa Main Street, a non-
profit organization.
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Index
| Bond denied
By thcHerald StafT
Creek County District Judge
I Bill Wilson has denied bond for
Bobbie W. Suter, 60, arrested last
week for solicitation of a 16-year-
old Sapulpa boy.
Following the arrest of Suter
Sapulpa police detectives found
the man had a 33 year history of
criminal child molestation and
kidnapping in California and Mis-
I souri.
In a complaint and information
I brief filed by the Creek County
District Attorney Suter also has
been charged with contributing to
a delinquency of a minor, sexual
battery and two counts of indecent
exposure.
The sexual battery occurred in
the Creek County Jail when Suter
allegedly grabbed the genitals of
another inmate.
The indecent exposure charges
stem from the solicitation of the
youth last September.
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Local humane
society reacts
to dog beating
By LORRIE J. QUINNELLY
Herald StafT Writer
Animal rights activists and humane
organization representatives have
pledged their concerted efforts to
locate a compassionate home for a
puppy who was beaten Monday with a
crowbar.
And they said they will back the
efforts to seek the maximum sentenc-
ing possible against the defendant in
the case.
“We will not allow that kind of ani-
mal abuse to go unpunished,” said
Sherry Smith, president of Spay, Inc.
of Sapulpa, an organization dedicated
to the humane treatment of animals.
James R. Adams, 37, of 610 N.
10th St. was charged Tuesday with
cruelty to animals after neighbors
reported seeing him repeatedly strike
a small puppy with a crowbar.
The black and tan female, terrier
mix, estimated to be 4 months old,
was found lying in the street motion-
less, bleeding from the her ear.
City animal warden Candie Russell
said it is the city’s intent to pursue the
maximum penalty allowable under
state law.
“The officers (Mike Pullen and
Tracy Griffin) involved said it was
such a cruel act they will definitely
recommend the city go all the way
with this,” she said.
Similarly, Smith said animal rights
supporters in the area want to see the
case “go the distance,”
“We will be following the legal
system to make sure (the defendant) is
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law,” she said. “This kind of action
will not be tolerated in Sapulpa, OK
Under Oklahoma State Law. Title
21, section 1685, cruelty to animals is
a felony. It carries a maximum penal-
ty of five years in the state peniten-
tiary, a year in the county jail and/or
$500.
The puppy is being treated for a
severe concussion and a broken leg, as
well as cuts and bruises.
The city is footing the cost of med-
ical expenses, Russell said.
“This is an ongoing case," she said
“She basically is a material witness."
Russell said the veterinarian waited
to set the puppy’s broken leg until
today because he did not want to put
her under anesthesia.
She said the puppy did stop breath-
ing once in route to the animal clinic.
“I thought we were going to lose
her,” she said. “But she’s got a strong
will.
“When we got to her, there was
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FAMED AVIATRIX’S TRUNK - Sapulpa auction-
eer Jeff Schwickerath and Lela Witmer examine a
label on a trunk that reportedly belonging to
Herald Photo by GREG LOWER
famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart. The trunk was left
at a farm owned by Witmers in-laws before
Earhart vanished in 1937.
Amelia Earhart’s trunk
listed in local auction
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Records...........2
Sports...........5
TV Listings.........2
j Today In History.....2
By GREG LOWER
Herald StafT Writer
A piece of history, literally unseen
in a closet, steps into the public eye
Saturday when a Sapulpa auctioneer
takes bids on a trunk that reportedly
belonged to Amelia Earhart.
The luggage was left at a home
north of Sapulpa before the famous
aviatrix of the 1930s disappeared
attempting to fly around the world.
Auctioneer Jeff Schwickerath said
the trunk is one of nearly 4(H) items
from Lela Witmer going up for sale
Saturday. The trunk has a label with
Amelia Earhart’s name on it, and
Schwickerath said he plans to talk
with experts and museums to confirm
if the trunk belonged to her.
“An auctioneer always dreams of
Absentee
balloting
begins
Registered voters in Creek County
who want to vote by absentee ballot in
next Tuesday's General Election have
missed the deadline to apply for a bal-
lot to be mailed to them, County Elec-
tion Board Secretary Joy Naifeh, said
today.
"They aren't out of luck however,"
Naifeh said.
Registered voters who want to vote
absentee still can receive and cast a
ballot by going to the County Election
Board on Thursday, October 31, Fri-
day, November 1, or Monday Novem-
ber 4. A two-member, bipartisan
Absentee Voting Board will be on
duty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist in-
person absentee voting.
”In-peison absentee voters will
complete an application form when
they arrive at the office. They arc not
required to state a reason for voting
in-person absentee," Naifeh said.
"They are required to swear that they
have not voted a regular mail absentee
ballot and that they will not vote at
Seel VOTES, Page 2
coming across something like this.'
Schwickerath said “There's no telling
what its worth.”
To protect the family until the sale,
the trunk has been secured at another
location. The trunk is now empty, but
Schwickerath said the trunk contained
blankets, quilts and bedding that the
family threw away when it started to
rot.
Mrs. Witmer’s husband. l.ouis H.
Witmer, was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L.H. Witmer, Sr., who were close
friends with Dorothy McBirney. The
Witmer family operated a 160-acre
dairy farm north of Sapulpa and had a
house in Tulsa. >t
“They were real good friends.'
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A melia Earhart was born
/V July 24, 1897 in Atchison,
XAKans., and the Ninety-
Nines, an international women’s
pilot association, plans to make
her birthplace into a museum.
In 1928, Earhart became the
first woman to fly over the
Atlantic, as a passenger and part of
a thrcc-mcmbcr crew. Four years
later, she became the first woman
to fly solo over the Atlantic.
She began a round-the-world
flight, flying westward from Oak-
land, Calif., in 1935, but the
attempt ended when her plane was
damaged while landing in Hawaii.
See ■ AMELIA, Page 2
Herald Photo by BOB SHERRILL
PUPPY IMPROVES - Rose Watkins with the Denham Veterinary
Clinic, Kellyville, checks the condition of a small puppy allegedly
struck repeatedly with a crowbar Tuesday by James Adams. Adams.
610 N. 10th St., faces charges of animal crulity.
Missing stopsign
blamed for wreck
Herald Photo by BOB SHERRILL
SAPULPA FIREFIGHTERS and Creek County Ambulance per-
sonnel struggle to free Eve Titone, 67, of Tulsa from her pickup
Wednesday night following a collision at the West 71st. Street and
South 161st. Street intersection. Titone said she was unaware she
was required to stop at the intersection.
By BOB SHERRILL
Herald StafT Writer
A missing stop sign has been listed
as a possible cause of an injury acci-
dent Wednesday night at a rural inter-
section northwest of Sapulpa.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop-
er, Antonio Porter, said Eve Titone,
67, of Tulsa sustained multiple
injuries in a two vehicle accident at
West 71st. and South 161st. West
Avenue intersection.
Titone reported she was east bound
on West 71st. Street and there was no
posted stop sign when she entered the
intersection.
The trooper said that in his investi-
gation he found the missing stop sign
in a ditch. Motorists traveling east or
west on West 71st. Street are ordinar-
ily required to stop at the intersection.
Although the woman’s injuries
were not considered serious, Sapulpa
firefighters were forced to cut the roof
off the 1986 GMC pickup to free
Titone.
The OHP said a 1995 Ford pickup
driven by Wesley Butler, 46, of Sapul-
pa was north bound on South 161st.
West Avenue when he collided with
Titone's vehicle in the intersection.
As a result of the crash the Titone
pickup became wedged in a deep
drainage ditch and firefighters spent
several minutes in the extrication.
Area residents at the scene
Wednesday night said they had com-
plained to Creek County Commis-
sioners about the dangerous intersec-
tion several times in the past.
One resident said even when the
stop signs arc in place, the intersection
had been the scene of several acci-
dents in recent years.
Harold Wicker, 7051 S. 161st. W.
Ave., said he and his wife had been
told by Darrel Newman, former Creek
County District No. 2 Commissioner,
they should get a petition of residents
if they wanted additional stop signs
erected at the intersection.
The resident said both he and his
wife work and they have not had time
to pursue a petition and question why
commissioners could not sec the prob-
lem themselves.
Wicker said the problem was vehi-
cles traveling north or south are not
required to stop at the intersection.
“It should be fixed so all vehicles
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