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OKLfi.HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL BUILDING
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73105
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Sapulpa Daily
SUNDAY 65*—DAILY 35*
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Sapulpa, Okla. 74066
Friday
March 23, 1990
Today
Incidentally
Birthday greetings today go to
Debra Taylor and Jessica Dawn
... A male, golden Tabby cat is
available for giveaway at
224-4616 ... Free Chow Chow
puppies are looking for good
homes at 227-3652 ... A three
month old female, Manx kitten is
available for giveaway at
224-1298.
Weather
Tonight: Mostly cloudy,
breezy and much colder with a 40
percent chance of light rain. High
between 45 and 50 this morning
with steady or falling daytime
temperatures. Northeast wind 15
to 25 mph.
Tonight: Occasional light rain
and a few thunderstorms. Cold
with a low between 33 and 36
Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph.
Saturday: Continued cold with
a 60 percent chance of light rain.
High between 42 and 46. North-
east wind 15 to 25 mph.
•5 Court denies
mental exam
Index
Astro-graph.................
Celebrity Cipher..........
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Citizen of the Week.....
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Classifieds...................
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Comics......................
Crossword Puzzle........
.........8
Dear Abby....................
Death............................
Lifestyles......................
Public Records.............
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Religion........................
.....4,5
Social Calendar............
........3
Sports...........................
Stocks...........................
House damaged
Sapulpa firefighers work to contain a house fire at 215 about two hours to extinguish the blaze. The cause of the
W. Portland Thursday. Three units were dispatched to the fire is under investigation. Damage estimates have not yet
Michael Zein residence at 1:50 p.m. Firefighters worked been determined. (Herald photo by Steve James)
IRS can’t answer questions
By the Herald Staff
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal
Appeals this week declined to accept
jurisdiction for a competency hearing
of a Sapulpa man charged with abduct-
ing two Tulsa women.
Johnny David Washington, 29, is
charged with assault and battery with
intent to kill, attempted first-degree
rape, two counts of kidnapping and
possession of a firearm after a former
conviction of a felony.
In January, Washington’s prelimin-
ary hearing was postponed in Creek
County District Court after the state
appeals court issued a stay in the case.
Since the appeals court decision
was announced this week, Washing-
ton is expected to appear for a preli-
minary hearing in district court April
A competency hearing for
Washington was held Jan. 12 in
district court where Judge Bill Wilson
declared him competent to stand trial
and assist in his own defense.
Washington’s attorney, Barbara
Ward, said she believed Wilson’s
ruling was not appropriate.
According to Ward, Oklahoma law
allows the defendant to appeal against
a final order given by a judge. She said
Wilson closed the door to any
psychiatric examination of Washing-
ton when he denied the request for an
examination.
In her application, Ward said the
federal courts have stated that a deter-
mination of competency of the
accused after arret and prior to trial
should be made by the district court
only after it has the benefit of a
psychiatric report on the accused’s
mental condition, unless it appears
that the motion for mental examina-
tion is frivolous and not made in good
faith.
Washington allegedly abducted two
women at gunpoint from their vehicle
in Tulsa, forced them into his vehicle
and drove to a rural area near Sapulpa.
He reportedly cut off the clothes
from one woman, choked her with a
belt and attempted to rape her before
she escaped. Die second woman, still
in the vehicle, also managed to escape.
Washington was captured by police
in a Moore motel. He is currently
being held in the Creek County Jail on
a $1 million bond.
Today in History..................2
Fast sale
The vehicle sold to the third
caller on the first day the adver-
tisement appeared in the Herald.
1977 Capri V6, $200.00.
XXX-XXXX.
3 rooms, BILLS PAID.
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For similar results, call the clas-
sified department at 224-5185.
Turnpike
meeting
By the Herald Staff
KELLYVILLE — The Kelly-
ville Public School Systran and the
Creek County Family Community
Leadership team will be sponsor-
ing a public forum March 29.
The forum will center on poten-
tial growth in the community as a
result of the planned opening of
the Turner Turnpike gate at the SH
66/33 junction.
Sen. Ted Fisher, D-Sap., Rep.
Bill Gurley, R-Depew, and other
community members will partici-
pate in forum discussion.
The meeting will be held at the
school cafeteria at 7 p.m.
Teacher draft
By the Herald Staff
Recruiters will converge on the
University of Tulsa next week to
attract prospective teachers to
classrooms in 11 states and the
District of Columbia.
The recruiters will schedule
interviews from a field of400-500
Oklahoma teachers and prospec-
tive graduates at the Education Job
Fair, to be held Monday and Tues-
day from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Allen Chapman Activity Center.
According to Pete Mann, direc-
tor of the TU Career and Personal
Development Center, recruiters
are looking for new education
graduates, current teachers and
retired teachers who want to teach
while receiving their Oklahoma
pensions.
For more information, contact
Mann at 631-2549.
Siren test
By the Herald Staff
Eight of the city’s 11 emergen-
cy warning sirens functioned
normally during Wednesday’s
test, according to Assistant City
Manager Tony Woodall.
Woodall said two of the sirens,
one located along Woodland Road
and one located near the intersec-
tion of Cleveland and Adams, did
not sound.
Another, located in the Timber
Ridge addition, sounded but did
not route, he said.
Woodall said every siren would
be checked for problems and
repaired. The sirens will he
retested next Wednesday, weather
permitting.
He said retesting will continue
“until we feel the problems are
solved."
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Inter-
nal Revenue Service blames a budget
squeeze for its inability to answer two
of every three taxpayer telephone calls
for help.
But if you can get through to the
agency, you have a better chance than
last year of getting the correct answer
to a tax question. The General
Accounting Office says IRS employ-
ees give the right answer 78 percent of
the time, up from 66 percent last year.
The bad news is that only 34 percent
of callers are getting through to the
IRS, down sharply from 61 percent in
1989, Jennie S. Stathis of the congres-
sional investigative agency told the
House Ways and Means oversight
subcommittee Thursday.
"It bothers the hell out of me that
taxpayer service has declined that
way," IRS Commissioner Fred T.
Goldberg testified. He said the inabili-
ty to take phone calls resulted from a
decision by the agency to cut its
service — rather than the quality —
because of a shortfall in its 1990
budget.
He said the IRS is also getting calls
from 7 percent more taxpayers than
had been expected.
Goldberg said the IRS budget that
President Bush proposed for the fiscal
year starting Oct. 1 is reasonable. He
cautioned that any reductions would
harm efforts to collect $80 billion of
delinquent accounts, force more cuts
in taxpayer services and lead to further
deterioration of a computer system
that already has outlived its
usefulness.
The only hope we have of meeting
legitimate taxpayer expectations in
dealing with their government is to
modernize our systems," Goldberg
said.
The administration has proposed a
$6.1 billion budget for the IRS, up 12
percent from the 1990 fiscal year.
But Goldberg said the agency is still
suffering from previous tight budgets.
“I am afraid that the tax system will
continue to pay the price of the
1989-1990 hiring freeze and failure to
provide adequate training and support
for our employees for years to come, ’ ’
he said.
Ms. Stathis gave this rundown on
how the IRS is doing this filing season:
—The GAO telephoned 20 tax
questions to 29 IRS offices and scored
1,261 responses; 78 percent were
correct.
—Through March 17, taxpayers
had called the IRS 31.5 million times
and the IRS had picked up the phone
10.7 million times. During a similar
period last year, there were far fewer
calls — 19.3 million — but 11.8
million of them were answered.
—Processing of returns is 12.5
percent ahead of last year’s pace;
returns received are up 3.5 percent; the
number of refunds is up 16.7 percent.
—The percentage of returns with
taxpayer errors or IRS processing
mistakes is dropping, from 16 percent
last year to 14 percent this year.
—Ordering forms and publications
by phone can be as troublesome as
calling with a tax question. But once a
caller connects, the IRS is prompt in
mailing requested items within the
promised 14 days. The agency is not as
reliable for items ordered by letter.
Youth arrested for
break-in at school
By the Herald Staff
Seven juveniles were arrested
Thursday at Liberty School after they
allegedly attempted to steal approxi-
mately $100 worth of school
equipment.
Police responded to a burglary
alarm report at approximately 3:30
p.m. Upon arrival, the officer found an
open door on the back side of the
school.
A 10-ycar-old boy and a 12-year-
old boy were apprehended as they
attempted to flee the building. A
9-year-old boy, a 10-year-old boy, a
15-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl
were all apprehended near the
building.
Another suspect, a 12-year-old boy,
fled the building on a bicycle, but was
apprehended a short distance away.
The suspects gained entry to the
building after one suspect, who was in
the building while a custodian was
working, wedged pieces of gravel
under one of the doors.
After their arrest, four of the seven
suspects retrieved the majority of the
stolen items which were returned to
authorities.
All seven were released to their
respective guardians after the guar-
dians signed promises to appear in
juvenile court.
Kremlin pressures Lithuania
Fetus death trial to
break legal ground
VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. (AP) — After
Soviet armor rumbled through
Lithuania’s capital, leaders of the
breakaway republic issued a worl-
dwide appeal for support and express-
ed concern that increasing Kremlin
pressure would lead to violence.
The appeal came Thursday, follow-
ing the Red Army maneuvers through
Vilnius and Soviet President Mikhail
S. Gorbachev’s call on Lithuania to
stop signing up its own volunteer
forces.
A day earlier, Gorbachev told
Lithuanian citizens to hand over all
their firearms within a week.
The Kremlin has said it would not
use force to bring Lithuania back into
the fold after its declaration of inde-
pendence March 11. But Lithuanian
officials were afraid that an effort to
round up deserters might give
Moscow such an excuse, said Algirdas
Saudargas, head of the Lithuanian
Parliament’s foreign affairs
committee.
Many young Lithuanians have
deserted the Soviet armed forces to
return to the Baltic republic, and they
have been ordered to return by
Saturday.
“It is clear that another republic is
going to use force against Lithuania
and its citizens," said a Lithuanian
government appeal to the world issued
late Thursday. “We are asking people
to prevent this by protesting the possi-
ble use of violence against a member
of the world community, against
Lithuania and its citizens."
“We need support, we need help,”
said Ludwigas Sabutis, the republic’s
parliamentary secretary.
Lithuania’s president, Vytautus
Landsbcrgis, told the Supreme Coun-
cil legislature that the republic would
not use weapons, even if the Soviet
Union crushed its drive for full
independence.
’ * If tanks are sent to take away shot-
guns and hunting rifles, we won’t
shoot at the tanks,” he said. "Our
resistance will be non-violence.'
OKEMAH (AP) — The court-
ordered trial of an Okemah man on
charges involving the death of a
2-month-old fetus could break new
legal ground in Oklahoma and may
carry new questions concerning abor-
tion into the courtroom, officials say.
Associate District Judge Frank
Rahhal on Thursday ordered Ronnie
Smith, 22, bound over for trial on
charges of first-degree rape and first-
degree manslaughter.
Smith is charged with jumping on a
pregnant woman’s abdomen with his
knees after she refused to have sex
with him. The woman testified Smith
was the fetus’ father.
"This appears to be a unique ques-
tion under Oklahoma law,” said Ed
Frock, assistant district attorney.
Authorities said one day after the
alleged attack, the woman miscarried.
Smith’s court-appointed attorney,
Joel Butterworth, argued the fetus was
not legally alive and that manslaughter
could not have occurred.
The case may hinge on whether the
fetus was capable of movement. The
woman testified she never felt the
fetus move inside her, but doctors
testified it was capable of moving.
Frock said Oklahoma’s manslaugh-
ter law covers the killing of unborn
children with movement, although he
said a state court has not ruled on the
definition of the word in this context.
The case could be important in the
battle over abortion because any court
ruling on the issue could be used to
specify viability, both attorneys
agreed.
City commission candidates ready for election day
By STEVEN JAMES
Herald Staff Writer
Voters in Wards 1,2 and 4 will go to
the polls Tuesday to elect three new
City Commissioners.
In Want 1, Gearl Barkley and John
Sutrick will seek to fill the post
vacated by Ja Ella Vanatta.
Linda Broaddus and Timothy Edd
Grant will square off for Phil McCor-
mack’s Ward 2 position.
Voters in Ward 4 will choose
between incumbent Vice Mayor
Howard Brown and David Sheffel.
WARD I
Gearl Barkley: Barkley moved to
Sapulpa in 1944. He owned and oper-
ated Gearl's Market for 38 years
before retiring in 1981
He completed the ninth grade at
Paden High School.
Barkley
served on the
Lone Star
School Board
for 21 years and
has been a
member of the
Creek County
Rural Water
District since _ ..
1975. Gearl Barkley
He is a life member of the VFW,
DAY and the American Legion and
also was involved In the Sapulpa
Masonic Lodge, the Sapulpa Elks
Lodge and the Lions Club.
Barkley decided to run because “I
just decided I wanted to see what it’s
all about. I figured the commission
needed a little combread in with the
steak.”
If elected, Barkley said he did not
want to make any promises, but “if I
get in, if anybody wants to call me. I’ll
be glad to tell them what I know.”
John Sutrick: Sutrick was bom in
Sapulpa and graduated from Sapulpa
High School. He left the area to attend
college, served 10 years in the U.S. Air
Force and returned to the city in 1979.
He earned a
master’s degree *
in mechanical
engineering at
the University
of Tulsa and
works as a
systems engi-
neer at Ameri-
can Airlines. John Sutrick
Sutrick said he decided to run
because he believed “the City
Commission's been doing a good job
during the last four or five years. I
wanted to become part of that team.”
If elected, Sutrick said his main
priority will be making sure Sapulpa
continues on a course of “responsible
growth.”
WARD II
Timothy Edd Grant: A Sapulpa
native, Grant is employed as the mana-
ger of the Vista Plan Apartments,
owns Grant's Vending Company and
is a claims investigator far Colbert’s
Law Firm.
He earned
credits in real
estate and busi-
ness at Tulsa
Junior College
and is a member
of the Sapulpa
chapter of the _
NAACP. Timothy Grant
Grant said he decided to run
because “being raised in Ward 2,1 can
see some slight changes have been
made, but with a good understanding
between Ward 2 and the City Commis-
sion, we can move forward and solve
some of the problems that remain.”
He said his main concerns, if
elected, will be to clean up not only
Ward 2 but the city at large, to improve
basic city services and to establish
programs for Sapulpa youth that will
help them improve their lives.
Linda Broaddus: A 24-year Sapul-
pa resident, Broaddus works as a trans-
portation specialist with the Oklahoma
Department of Transportation.
She attended
Oklahoma
State Universi-
ty and Tulsa
Junior College,
earning credits
in engineering,
computer prog-
ramming and
accounting.
She is president-elect of the Sapulpa
Business and Professional Women’s
Association and serves as a tutor for
the Creek County Literacy Program.
Broaddus decided to run because
I ve ^ lived here a long time and
haven’t had a chance to be involved,
and I decided I want to become
involved in the workings of the
community.
If elected, she said she wants to
make sure bond issue funds are spent
properly, to continue improving the
city’s water system, to improve Sapul-
pa’s park and recreation facilities and
to ensure that BOCA code interpreta-
tions are “based on citizens’ needs and
desires."
WARD IV
Howard Brown: Brown has been a
Sapulpa resident since moving here
from Tulsa in
1958.
He earned a
degree in busi-
ness admi-
nistration and
economics
from the
University of
Tulsa. Howard Brown
Brown is the managing broker of
the real estate department at the Lon T.
Jackson Agency, and serves as a vice
president of the corporation.
He is a former member of the
Jaycees, a former president of the
Kiwanis Chib and a former member of
the Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors.
He said he decided to run because “I
wanted to continue being a commis-
sioner as long as the Skiatook Raw
Water Project is being completed. I
love Sapulpa and I want to continue to
help improve the quality of life in
town."
If re-elected, Brown said he would
like to see the Line Street overpass
completed, the upgrading of the city’s
water and sewer systems and
continued improvement of city streets
and the municipal golf course.
David Sheffel: Sheffel was bom
and raised in Sapulpa and is a Sapulpa
High School graduate.
He owns and
operates
Morton’s
department
store and is
active in sever-
al community
organizations,
including the
Rotary Club. David Sheffel
He also is treasurer of Downtown
Sapulpa Unlimited.
Sheffel decided to run because “I
thought I could contribute to the
continued growth and improvement of
Sapulpa by serving on the
commission."
If elected, Sheffel said he wants to
avoid tax increases and new bond
iamea by seeing what can be cut from
existing city finances.
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