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PA(«K TWO-A-Sapulpa (Okla.l Herald, Saturdav/Sundav, December 4/5 , I9W
Newspapers: 2 killed in bonfire collapse
legally drunk at time accident occurred
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Capitol Christmas
Twenty Liberty Elementary students pile m a bus for Oklahoma City where they were to decorate Christmas trees at the
state Capitol. Students were invited to participate in the decorating by state Supenntendent of Schools, Sandy Garrett
COLLEGE STATION. Texas (AP)
— Two of the 12 killed in the collapse
of the Texas A&M University bonfire
were legally drunk, prompting an
investigation by the state Alcoholic
Beverage Commission.
Toxicology reports released Friday
show the blood-alcohol level of two
male students killed in the Nov. 18
accident exceeded the legal limit, the
RrsanCollege Station Eagle and The
Dallas Morning News reported. The
level of one student was nearly four
times the 08 threshold, the newspa-
pers said.
School officials have stressed no
evidence points to student misconduct
as a factor in the collapse, which also
injured 27. ,
"A few students drinking could not
have caused that accident." said Bob
Wiatt. the university’s director of
security.
Tests show eight other students
who died had not been drinking, while
one former student had drank a small
amount. Toxicology results for the
12th student were not available on
Friday.
Leo E. Linbeck, a Houston con-
struction executive leading a separate,
five-member investigative committee,
said the toxicology reports will be
added to the data already under re-
view.
The committee met for the first
time on Friday.
Alcohol-related arrests long have
been associated with the lighting of
the bonfire, rather than the weeks
leading up to the event, Wiatt said.
But in the past decade, law
enforcement agencies cracked down
on drinkers and student leaders urged
other not to shatter the tradition with
drinking, he said.
Those who worked on the project
signed pledge cards promising they
would not drink and climb on the bon-
fire, he said.
Obituaries un memorial]
Ruby Pearl Bilby
Ruby Pearl Bilby passed away
Thursday. Dec. 2. IW9. at her resi-
dence at the age of 104.
She was bom April 22, 1895, in
Fontana. Kan She moved to the Tul-
sa area in 1913 and was a charter
member of the Allen Freewill Baptist
Church.
She was preceded in death by her
husband. William Harley Bilby, and
her daughters, Ruth Golden and
Dorothy Carter
She is survived by one son. Gene
Bilby of Sapulpa, and two daughters,
Lucille Leher of Tulsa and Maxine
Winklepleck of Catoosa. She had 14
grandchildren, 30 great grandchil-
dren, 30 great-great-grandchildren,
and 17 great-great-great grandchil-
dren
Her funeral services were to be
held at 10 a m. Saturday. Dec 4. 1999,
at the Allen Freewill Baptist Church
with Johnny Bilbv officiating Inter-
ment was to be in the Free Will Bap-
tist Cemetery under the direction of
the Smith Funeral Home.
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Ruby Pearl Bilby
Casketbeareres were Johnny Bilby
Jr.. Steven Bilby, Michael Hinds. Joe
Robert Ballard, Miciuel Bilby ft and
Larry Effinget
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Josephine Fisher
Josephine Fisher of Tulsa died
Thursday. Dec 2, 1999. at her resi-
dence at the age of 86.
She was bom Oct. 2, 1913, in
Kansas City. Mo. She was a home-
maker and had lived in Mannford
before moving to Tulsa.
She was preceded in death by her
husband. Frank Fisher, who passed
away in 1988.
She is survived by sons. William
Fisher and Woodson Fisher of Tulsa,
and daughters, Hollene Blackwell of
Tulsa and Karen Lockhart of Conifer,
Colo. Mrs. Fisher had seven grand-
children and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will he held at
10:30 a m Monday. Dec. 6, 1999. at
the South Heights Cemetery Chapel
with the Rev. Glen Hood officiating.
Interment will be in South Heights
Cemetery under the direction of the
Smith Funeral Home.
IPd 12-5-99
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Divers yet to locate
hog lagoon victim
LAVERNE. Ok la. (AP) — Divers
continue to search for the body of a
Laveme man whose pump truck
plunged into a hog lagoon in Ellis
County.
The truck, with its door open, w as
plucked from the lagoon by a crane on
Thursday, but divers were unable to
locate the driver
The accident occurred Wednesday
night at the Murphy Family Farms’
‘Tumbleweed-Sagebrush" site tour
miles south of Laveme.
Darra Johnson, spokeswoman for
Murphy Family Farms, identified the
truck driver as Jack Plain, 62, who
was employed by General, Inc.
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Today
in History
By The Associated Press
Saturday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of
1999 There are 27 days left in the year
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 4, 1783, Gen George
Washington bade farewell to his officers
at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
On this date:
In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia
was elected the fifth president of the
United States.
In 1942, President Roosevelt order-
ed the dismantling of the Works Pro-
gress Administration, which had been
created to provide jobs during the De-
pression.
In 1965, the United States launched
Gemini VII with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank
Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A.
Lovell aboard
In 1978, Dianne Feinsiein became
San Francisco's first woman mayor
when she was named to replace George
Moscone, who had been murdered.
In 1980, bodies were unearthed of
four American church women slain in El
Salvador two days earlier; five national
guardsmen later were convicted in the
deaths of nuns Ita Ford, Maura Clarke
and Dorothy Kazel and lay worker Jean
Donovan
Ten years ago: President Bush bri-
efed NATO leaders in Brussels, Bel-
gium, on the just-concluded Malta sum-
mit with Soviet President Mikhail S Gor-
bachev.
Five years ago: Bosnian Serbs re-
leased 53 of some 400 U N. peaceke-
epers held as insurance against further
NATO airstnkes.
One year ago: Space shuttle En-
deavour and a crew of six blasted off on
a mission to begin assembling the first
international space station.
Today's Birthdays: Actor-producer
Max Baer Jr. is 62 Actor Jeff Bndges is
50. Rock musician Gary Rossington
(Lynyrd Skynyrd; the Rossington Collins
Band) is 48 Actress Patncia Wettig is
48. Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 44
Actress Marisa Tomei is 35. Actress
Chelsea Noble is 35. Actor Orlando
Brown ('Family Matters') is 12.
Thought for Today: “People who
have what they want are fond of telling
people who haven't what they want that
they really don't want it.’
— Ogden Nash, American
humonst and poet (1902-1972).
Sunday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of
1999. There are 26 days left in the year
Today's Highlight In History:
On Dec. 5,1933, national prohibition
came to an end as Utah became the
36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment
to the Constitution, repealing the 18th
Amendment.
On this date:
In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity
in Amenca, Phi Beta Kappa, was orga-
nized at the College of William and Mary
in Williamsburg, Va.
In 1792. George Washington was re-
elected president
In 1848, President Polk tnggered the
Gold Rush of ‘49 by confirming that gold
had been discovered in California
I In 1932, German physicist Albert
Einstein was granted a visa, making it
possible for him fo travel to the U S.
In 1978, the American space probe
Pioneer Venus I, orbiting Venus, began
beaming back its first information and
picture of the planet.
In 1979, feminist Sonia Johnson was
formally excommunicated by the Mor-
mon Church because of her outspoken
support for the proposed Equal Rights
Amendment to the Constitution.
Ten years ago: East Germany's for-
mer leaders, including ousted Commu-
nist Party chief Erich Honecker, were
placed under house arrest.
Five years ago: Jubilant Republi-
cans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first
GOP speaker of the House in four
decades. President Clinton, on a whirl-
wind visit to the Conference on Secunty
and Cooperation in Budapest, Hungary,
urged European leaders to “prevent
future Bosnias."
One year ago: James P Hoffa
claimed the Teamsters presidency after
challenger Tom Leedham conceded
defeat in the union’s presidential elec-
tion. Former Senator Albert Gore Senior,
father of the vice president, died at his
home in Carthage, Tenn.; he was 90.
Today’s Birthdays: Singer Little
Richard is 67.P Actress Morgan Brittany
is 48. Actress Carrie Hamilton is 36.
Country singer Ty England is 36. Coun-
try singer Gary Allan is 32 Comedian-
actress Margaret Cho is 31.
Thought for Today: “Neither a lofty
degree of intelligence nor imagination
nor both together go to the making of
genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul
of genius '
— Attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791)
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