Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1997 Page: 1 of 8
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
to Charles Gardner, 71; Kim-
berly Whitetree, 36; Barbara
Mellenberger; Bridgette
McGuire; Ned Turner; and
Terri Hoover.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SATUR-
DAY to Pat Peyton, 50.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTH-
DAY to Alma Miller and
Bradley Tucker.
If you want to wish someone a
happy birthday or anniversary,
call 224-5185 by 9 a.m.
Incidentally
Kiwanis basketball at Sapulpa
schools scheduled for Satur-
day has been cancelled due to
inclement weather conditions.
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Watson named
Drumright City Attorney Charles
D. Wilson, Jr.
sworn in as a
member of the
Oklahoma Bar
Association Offi-
cers and Board
of Governors on
Jan. 17 in the
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Courtroom at the
State Capitol Building.
Watson has practiced law in state
and federal courts for 27 years and
served as a captain in the U.S.
Army Reserve (military intelli-
gence). He served as a part-time
assistant district attorney in Creek
County for 17 years and currently is
a partner in the firm of Watson and
Watson based in Drumright.
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Wants probe
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A
state legislator wants the Legisla-
ture to appropriate $500,000 to help
pay for an investigation into the
bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building.
Rep. Charles Key, R-Oklahoma
City, filed House Bill 1492 on
Thursday He noted that Oklahoma
County District Attorney Bob Macy
has said he does not have the
money to conduct a grand jury
probe into the bombing.
Key said his bill seeks funding
left over from last year’s budget.
... at Denver
Defense attorneys returned to
court today to ask a judge to throw
out statements by a witness prose-
cutors believe will help link Timo-
thy McVeigh to phone calls made
five days before the bombing.
The debate over the defense
request followed 1 1/2 days in
closed meetings with U.S. District
Judge Richard Matsch at which
attorneys discussed jury selection
and evidence issues.
At issue was a deposition given
by Thomas Manning, who sold
McVeigh the car he was driving
when arrested.
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Church........
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Comics.......
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Dear Abby......
Classifieds.....
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Lifestyles......
Obituaries......
Sports........
TV Listings......
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Today In History..
Despite concerns of national
church leaders, local youth min-
isters don’t think ABC’s “Sabri-
na, the Teen-age Witch” TV
show is having much effect on
area young people.
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SPORTS:
The first day of tournament
i action for Sapulpa’s boys
! and girls was a good one,
j as each team won games
| on Thursday.
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MORE SNOW: High in the
20s Tonight: A 20 percent
chance of light snow after
midnight. Cold with a low near
8 above Saturday: Mostly
cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of light snow Continued cold with
a high in the upper teens
Sapulpa Daily
SUNDAY $1 - DAILY 50$
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No indication of trouble before plane nosedives
MONROF, Mich. (AP) A pilot
gave no indication lliat a commuter
plane was in trouble before it nose-
dived into a snowy rural field, splin-
tering into thousands ot pieces and
killing all 29 aboard.
“It didn't skill at all. It went straight
into the ground,” said 14 year-old
Cathy Conner, who was gelling off a
school bus just as the plane crashed
Thursday afternoon “ll was just like a
blur, it was going so last t hen I saw
the explosion anil flames |ust went
everywhere.”
Investigators worked today to
determine what caused Comair flight
4272, a twin-engine Tmbraer 120, to
crash cn route trom Cincinnati to
Detroit while trying to land in a snow
siorm
I he Detroit News today quoted an
unidentified federal investigator as
saying the investigation would focus
on weather conditions and propellers
“We can't ignore that fact we've
had two other crashes with T.mbracr-
madc planes that were caused hy pro-
peller problems," the investigator
said Those crashes occurred in 1991
and 1995.
The plane had no serious mainte-
nance problems since 1992, according
to IAA records. The records show 22
See ■ PLANE, Page 2
Auto crash kills
one on turnpike
By MARY HALL
Herald Staff Writer
An attempted U-turn on the Turner
Turnpike Thursday afternoon left one
man dead and his mother critically
injured
Robert Tdwin l ee, 47, Sand
Springs, was apparently heading west
on the turnpike when he decided to
make a U-turn at a break in the cement
barriers designed for emergency per-
sonnel only.
According to a report filed with the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the vehi
clc directly behind l ee could not stop
in time and struck the rear driver's
side of his vehicle.
Lee, not wearing a safety belt, was
thrown from the vehicle and struck
the cement barrier.
Also in the vehicle at the time of
the accident was Ldna Icc. his moth-
er. She suffered multiple injuries to
the head and body and was transport-
ed by l ife f light to St. John’s Hospi-
tal in Tulsa.
Friday morning, she was listed in
tair condition with possible spinal
injuries and fractures from the trauma
to her lace and head.
According to the trooper's report,
Scott Allen Ward, .19 of Norman was
driving the 19,SK Cadillac Seville that
struck Fee's 1990 Chevy I.umina.
Although Ward's ear sustained
major damage in the wreck, he was
not injured The report states that
Ward was wearing a safety hell
While road conditions along many
Creek County roads were less than
ideal Thursday, road conditions did
not appear to he a factor in the 3 p.m.
See ■ FATALITY, Page 2
Herald Photo by MARY HALL
Emergency workers and area law officers assist lyville gate Thursday afternoon. The driver was
Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers working a fatal thrown from the car and killed. A passenger was
ity accident on the Turner Turnpike west ot the Kel- critically injured.
More white stuff arrives
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By BOB SHERRI FI.
Herald Staff Writer
Mother nature gave area residents and motorists a
sneaky punch Friday morning as a “light dusting" hy
forecasters turned out to he a about a inch of sheet ice
on roads and bridges.
Already weary sand crews had found themselves
out working the predictable trouble spots in eastern
Creek County and Sapulpa.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers responded
early in the morning to a multi car crash on ice covered
Hwy. 33 west of Sapulpa.
One trooper told Creek County Sheriff’s Depart-
ment dispatchers to get a sand truck on the road as
soon as possible.
Hwy. 75 north of Ik'ggs was closed by a traffic
accident which w as blamed on the snow-covered road.
Hwy. 117 became an icy trap for many vehicles at
the Polecat Creek Bridge.
In one instance, a Creek County sanding crew
apparently forgot the sand according to one report
from a Sapulpa police patrolman.
The patrolman said he was following a county truck
who was plowing the snow but not dispensing any
sand.
The patrolman reported to headquarters the drivers
efforts were turning Hwy. 117 and South 49th West
area into a solid sheet of ice.
Sapulpa motorists fought to get up the "hill" on
North 9th Street and the current road construction of
Hwy. 97 aggravated drivers' efforts.
See ■ SNOW, Page 2
Groundbreaking
ror Salvation Army
Community Center
Herald Photo by GREG LOWER
Snowfall has given area artists like Stella Edmerson
inspiration to try their hands at making a snowman. Fri-
day morning’s additional snowfall freshened the supply,
and cold temperatures promise more permanence.
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From Special Reports
A long-anticipated groundbreak-
ing is scheduled Sunday at 3 p.m. in
Sapulpa.
The Salvation Army will begin
the second phase of their $f>.6 Tulsa
area expansion program when they
(break ground for the new Sapulpa
[ Boys and Girls Club/Corps Commu-
t nity Center at 1721 S Hickory.
"I've been working on this for
five years,” said Ton T. Jackson.
He said the center will be a
tremendous asset to the community,
f 'Tm really excited about it"
He said centers in Sand Springs
land Broken Arrow serve 1.5(H) peo-
ple a day.
“It's something Sapulpa really
needs,” Jackson said.
The project has increased from
$1.2 million to $2.3 million, and he
said it w ill be a first-class project.
“Every things going to he new."
he said. "We're going to have all the
things that we w anted "
Jackson said he expected the cen-
ter to be completed in the fall, prob-
ably October.
A real compliment to the city, he
said, is the support the public gave
in raising money.
"That's what made it possible,"
Jackson said.
After a couple of setbacks on
land location, the new $2.2 million,
23,795 square-foot facility will he
erected on a six acre plot.
Included will he a heated and air
conditioned 300-seat gymnasium
with an indoor walking tract, indoor
Olympic swimming pool, fitness
room equipped with Nautilus type
equipment, administrative offices,
indoor games room and a Chapel
with a seating capacity of 240.
Space also has been allotted for
future additions of handball and rac-
quctball areas.
Meeting rooms will be available
for community use as is the facility
with its extensive recreational pro-
grams for individuals and families.
Across the street on another 23
acres, a sports complex containing
football, baseball and soccer fields
also will he a part of the project.
Coleman-lrwin Architects and
Flintco are contractors for this
expansion
"The ground breaking for this
facility is the beginning of a new era
for the multitude of hard working
people of Sapulpa," said Major
Henry Arrowood, Tulsa area com-
mander.
Victim home from hospital
Herald Photo by DON DIEHL
The wintery snow that has fallen on Sapulpa the including the Doodles Hallmark Store in downtown
past two days has given everything an outline Sapulpa
By Herald Staff
Evaristu Tobias, the victim of
Wednesday night's brutal beating,
returned home from the hospital
Thursday evening, sources said.
Tobias, 55. was apparently beaten
and his throat slashed in a robbery
attempt about 9 p.m
According to police reports,
Tobias’s assailants left his home and
went to another Oakhurst residence
where a second victim Jose Gonzales
was shot and killed.
The motive was believed robbery.
As of press time no arrests had
been made.
City manager debate continues at Glenpool
By GREG LOWER
Herald Staff Writer
GLENPOOL - A special meeting
to set salary and car privileges for the
newly-appointed interim city manager
here became an hour-long debate for
the Glenpool City Council Thursday.
Council members voted 3-2 to pay
interim city manager Dan Gibson
$3,556 per month and to allow him
use of a city-owned car, contingent on
insurability, reasonable premium cost
or insurance coverage by Gibson.
The vote came after lively discus-
sion among the divided council about
Gibson’s driving record and charges
of alcohol abuse.
“I don’t want him here, and it’s
very obvious,” said council member
Louise Johnson.
“If you’ve been reading the papers,
everything I say has been twisted and
construed,” said Mayor Don Bahn-
maicr.
He said published reports have
made the council look like a hunch of
criminals.
Councilman Keith Robinson said
he considered the council's actions
illegal and recommended the council
table the salary and auto allowance
measures until the legality could be
determined.
Before voting to allow Gibson a
city-owned car, the council turned
down a proposal that would not allow
him a city-owned car as well as a mea-
sure that would have given him a car
hut limited its use to inside Tulsa
county.
The meeting began with Johnson
asking Gibson if he had contacted
Robinson in November in anticipation
of the job opening. Gibson said he
actually called Robinson four months
before.
Gibson, who served previously as
Glenpool city manager, was hired this
month after then-city manager Jim
McClain resigned.
Gibson said he was not soliciting
Robinson's vote but asked for his sup-
port if there was an opening
Robinson said he understood Gib-
son had the support of Bahnmaicr and
another councilman.
City attorney Phil Frazier said he
had been instructed by Bahnmaier and
councilman Curtis Kilian to negotiate
a salary and car allowance. Frazier
presented three options, to deny a car,
to provide a car or to limit the car to
the county.
The salary Frazier presented was
the median between McClain’s salary
and Gibson’s salary when he previ-
ously served as Glenpool city manag-
er. Johnson opposed the salary mea-
sure, and Robinson abstained.
Johnson made the motion against
allowing a car because of Gibson's
arrest in Lincoln County.
“We know up front and before hand
that we have hired an alcoholic,”
Johnson said in the public meet inti.
She cited a Daily Oklahoman report
that Gibson had a blood alcohol level
of .24 at the time of his airest follow-
ing a car collision in a city-owned
vehicle. Oklahoma’s legal limit is .10.
Gibson was not convicted in the
incident, hut Frazier said Gibson’s
license was suspended on a chemical
revocation.
Gibson said he has a letter stating
that he was evaluated and has no ten-
dency toward alcohol abuse.
“I haven't had a drink in several
Seel
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