Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 86, No. 259, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 2001 Page: 1 of 12
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Sapulpa Daily
Fnday, July 13, 2001
Award-winning daily
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Good afternoon
Friday
Scripture Thought:
So whether you eat or drink or
whatever you da do it all kx the
glory ot God
—IConrrthtarts 1031
New IrKenvihonal Vere»on
Who turned up the
It's your day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY to
OtenLee 31 Maltary AJsup 18
Jerwater Rjw«« 2. Kathenne
Jones Zac Wilhams 20 Barbara
Wallers Hume and Ashley
Lewman 6
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Mr
and Mrs Harold Oegraftenreed 1
year
If you want to wish someone a
hnppy birthday or annrvarsary
cak 224-5185 by 9 am
Incidentally
■ OKMULGEE A pubic
hoanny on Hie Crot* Natan s
fr>ree year plan lor spendnq trtwl
lodgment funds e. staled tram 9 to
Ham Saturday at the Green
Courtly Technology Center Semnar
Hocm located at 1100 N Loop 56
here
Interested cftzens are nvtted to
attend
■ The newfy-tormed Creek
Canty Teen-age ReputAcans
groi<> wA host a car wash from 10
am lo 1 pm Saturday at Sort
Banc
Donations am welcome Funds
W be used tor a recruitment party
Idler the year
■ The Sapu*» t-hgfi School
Ctass of 1960 w* host a mnw*
Lrion at 6 p m Saturday at
Frodttes
■ State health officials are sdc-
®ng comments from ndMduals re-
gandny tfie Special Sifjptemernal
Nutrition Program tor Woman
•ntants and Chtalren
Comments must be receded be
lore July 31
IndMduate ttalh oommonts
should contact Tom Freeman
Stale Orector WtC Servce
OWahorna State Department of
Health Shepherd Mai 2520 Via
Pmm St Oklahoma C<y OK
73107-2419 or can 1 888-655
2942
Area battles
wave of 100+
degree temps
H> s\K\|| | \y I OK HI OMt II l |i
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Herald Matt Writers
Mitanigh the weatN-r is predicted to
he cooler today. iNrc s no cu.uk lor
ihc heal aixl huniidily area residents
hju- experienced earlier ihis week
'We actually have a cold from com
mg in said Todd I .indies a meteor. >lo-
gisi wnh I he National Wealhci Vrv.ce
Lindlcy said that the cold front"
means that temperatures a:.- scheduled
tall ui ilk- lower tab
ll s probably 4 g».od 10 degrees
hruer than what »c »c had," he said
The I OH temperatures ihc region
experienced this week arc .ml) slightly
ahs.se ihe aserage lernperaiures this
lime .if seal and were |Usi part . .| j heal
wasr sweeping this ,wi ,.| ihc country
TV n.duals are atamt 0t degrees
l.t a high hui ihc record is like |(N su
(they werei n Highly eight in III degrers
ata.se the normal. I indies said Bui
" s by lot ihh iNu ahtkirrnai
ll ' nut unN-ard .4, ihai s he sure
The records are well user 110 i«»r ihc
ue\l lew doss
V* only has the heai Ncn high. IN
humidity has been high as well, putting
in Nai mdcs a! I l(w he seven! dass
I saw ia chrw p.mi ..I i 77 I degrees»
IN .kNi day tandley said V. ihai s
dune high That's whal really counts
sstien you rc outside Ihai s what you
realK base l>> watch
1 indies said the lores otters ai iN
National WeatNr Service in Washing
h«n hase Ncn prediclmg "aserage
See ■ HEAT Page 3
News Briefs
Septupiets, mom
in good condition
* xshington i \p( \
wsanon was in go.*! condition Indav
altergisinghinhinseptuplcts-
1'isc S.ys and two girls ln a
Washington hospital
Paula t ana a spokeswoman ai
Georgetown University Hospital,
said the seven hahies were delisered
hy t aevarcan section Niwcen 11 25
p m and 11 2K p in Ihursday
TN newborns are in the hospitals
ncMutal intensive eve unit TN
itkUNr. who has requested arums mi-
ly. is resting m good condition
I ana said IN hoNcs were Nmi
prcmalurely. in IN mother's 28th
sseek ul pregnancy
'Everything seems pretty calm
Thai s all I can say.” Eana said
Enday TN hospital scheduled a
nesss conference to release additional
details about the histone births
TN delisenes ins,4ved IN efforts
ol more than two dozen doctors,
nurses and otN-r medical pr\4evsum
als
IN hospital has set up a special
U-lepNme line lor people who wish
hi make a donalnm to tN lamils
202-784-3422.
Then- arc only tsso other sets of
surstsmg septupiets m tN wtdd.
one delivered in 1*48 to a womon in
Saudi Arabia and the other delivered
in November I9M7 to BofsN and
Krnnv Mci augNy in Carlisle Iowa
Nkcm i hukwu gave Nrth to eight
hoNcs in a Houston hospital in 1*48
one was N»m 12 days Nhmr the oth
erv One died a week alter Nrth That
was tN first time a woman had dr
lisctrd Using octuplrts They were 2
1/2 months premature and each
weighed levs than two pounds
Hv I OKKIt J. Ul |\M | | y
Herald Managing fdilor
^ktnlc iN Nal is altcctmg outdoor
working schedules, heal retailers hase
managed lo address the
situation with moderation
"I dim i like to go oscr
Nurd one was or tN .4h
cr. said frank Gierhart,
owner of Gahe's Otlice
Supply and The frame
SNpjv .lowmown I xtn-nk-s seem to
N what affects customers
Wc haven't had to make adiusi
nk.-nts rcallv It s hard to do that ireaci
to extremes m weatNt conditions!"
• ftNrs had similar comments
hot when tNy come in. that
Mi civic, in (hem
pul j Ian display right hy tt,.
Irxmt door and turn them »m. so there's
cooler mi Mowing »m iNm when
they come >n tN ckwv
ted Bjrik-s, assistant manger
at the Vhal Man Supvrt enter in
Sajxilpa, said tN st. .rc is on an en
orgy management program and
temperatures inside tN store are
controlled im tN eorporaic level
' So. we've made no ad|usimcnts ji
■ill N s.ud We're un cnorgv ii,.mag.
nk-nt 24 N^rrs a .lav V>< djN, a Scai
Oklahomans stmggled through an
.kN. das of triple digit Nat Thuisd^v
•A- II ciwnmcnis Nhcr dav ol tnple digit Nai I h
g ::r - *
Parents warned against leaving
children in sweltering vehicles
DALLAS (APl Sonwlinc-. . c.i.4 . i
H.4un and UN
fnsdenck. I aw ton
and (luthne It was
Kw* at Ointon. 107
at Oklahoma Cits.
103 at Ponca City
and 101 in Tulsa
IN're have been
no m«»rc heai-retai
ed deaths m ()klj
hi mu Ic.llowing two
I hat were reported
early this week
Meanwhile, par-
amedics w ith tN
Ijncrgcncv Ntexhcal
Services Authority
>n Oklahoma Cits
i.*ik rtuOers uito thru .«*n hands INirs
Jay and gave away a device called a
Sguee/e Brce/c which combines a
Cooling stations aid seniors
Bs (,KH, slONf
Herald Staff \S riler
IN ( enter- fur Disease (,mtr.*l and Prevention repon
*'***"*•'
'!*' r’Ur 41 n'k P«pk* * and older
nc-a! nnT^ t "**“*'' ^ reNf Iron,
new tripled,g,t temperatures more N* weather .s ,m tN
wav. and likaJ agencies and cammumty groups arv taking
See ■ SENIORS. Page 3
mot.-n/cd tan with a spray Nmlc INy
DAI I \s (APi Sometimes, j
child gets left in a sweltering car while
Minn or Dad stops for a gunk errand
(hher times tN child is hncllv forgot
tan. stropped into a cor scot
As nvss tN country, several children
already hase died in sehk lcs this seat
at least three of ihon this weet,
ahme - and safety advocates worn that
it takes only minutes in on overheated
car to kill a child
It s Basically a long. slow, torturous
process of death lor tN child - Nit it s
an eminently presentable iniurs ' s.,id
Vngela Mkkalidc. program director be
tN National SAFE KIDS campaign a
Washington organization dedicated lo
tN prevention .4 childNod intunes
chikl at day care and did tk4 realize tN
KiB> was in tN sal
According to the National s \l I
KIDs campa gn md Ci \|
at least I it! children died in hoi vehi
clcs inmi loutv thnnigh 7<<m
In a h»4 vehicle, a y.mng child's core
Nkly temperature can increase threx- to
live times taster than an adult's \t u»
degrees .Hitside even with a window
sracked (N temperature inside- d car
can reach I2< degrees in 2d minutes
and approximately 140 degrees m 40
minutes, said Amy ('anofl-Olwn. cv
ordinator ol the VlinnevHa s \f 1
KIDS Coalition
In a National S \Kf KIDS survey
cmducied last year 10 pereeni of all
* izzsxsss'*, sriME' “r- -
died Wednesdas after N accident ills ,A' S
shut himself in his Umily 's parked s.J.n., cfll'.'' “ '' ^^aNe to kraso
sp.« utility vehicle lor aNnii 20 mm
utas as tN temperature outside neared
100 degrees
That sank- das in Msweessillc. \ (\.
a b month old Niy dk-d alter Ning lelt
in a parked car for nearly six Nairs TN
toddler s latN-r said N (bought N had
dropped IN child of! at a sitter s tamse
In Minneapolis, a 4 month old N>s
was found dead in his lamils s minis an
w. w a*. W a, a. w. SStSiZSttSU
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young children al.vne in a car lor five
minutes About hall .4 tN- 7<ii parents
poNxI said tNy do n.4 hvL thru
parked vehicles at Mne
Simple Nhaviors are- hosing sush
devastating consequences Midcalidc
said My pica is lake tN habv h>Hnc
first It's simply n<4 worth tN risk ‘
Safety expe-ns ^ij jure-nts s-v....ij
sovss to tNir children to never play in
cars Also. tNs should alwavs kvfc'car
disirs and trunks keep tN kess ,mt .4
r<
-a*-
Business leaders use moderation to curb heat
WASHINGTON t AP) - Prues at
tN w hole-sale level plunged 04 per
i c ent in Jurk as record declines in res
idcntia! electricity and natural gas
prices and a big drop in gasoline
1 costs gave tN country the Nst per
lor malice on wholesale inflation in
more than two years
IN I.aNir Department reported
ihjt tN drop m its produce pnee in
dc-». which measures price pressures
Nlore tNy reach tN consumer, was
tN first decline- since last August and
IN biggest drop since a 0.3 percent
tall in Eehruarv 1*840
Analysis had been expecting that
I mltalnm would mode-rate alter sleep
increases earlier this scar driven hy a
Ng lump in energy prices TNy also
-aid tN sharp slowdown m economic
activity was Niptng to ease inflation
ary pressures as wage demands soft
en with tN rising unless rate
Meanwhile, a second report
I ridas showed that retail sales rose
<1 2 percent m June, pushed up hy a
strong I 3 percent surge in sales of
ik-w 4ors While tN overall numNr
was shghtly weaker than analysts had
Ncn expecting, the government re-
vised its estimate lor Mas sales
sharply higher to 0 4 percent, rather
Uun tN original estimate of a muc h
smaller 0 I percent gain
Beginning last summer. L’.S eco-
nomic growth has si.need dramatical
Is. with many analystc Nliesing that
growth in tN just completed April
June quarter will come tn at a weak
annual rate of 0 * percent, even
worse than the 1.2 percent growth
recorded in iN first three months ol j
iN scat
Still, tcoru'inicic Nlieve con
sumers will keep tN cvonnmv out ol 1
a lull-blown recession with their
spending eyx-cied to increase in
coming months, reflecting tN boost
provided by lower interest rates and
tN big tax cut passed hy Congress
TN Federal Reserve has cui intei
cm rates six times w tar this year, its
itkist aggressive credit easing in tN
next two decades, m an effort to
"uke sure that tN L S economy
d»ies n»4 tip into recession
Analysts said the g.Hid news on
inflation will give the Eed room to
cut interest rates turtNr it needed to
provide fuel for an economic rc
hound TN Fed s next meeting is
Vug 20.
Ken Mas land, chief economist at
( tear View Economics in Cleveland,
said that both iN Nmgn report on
wholesale prices and the moderate
gam in retail sales pointed to an
* economy that would reNiund in the
second halt ol this year
TNrc is reason to N- optimistic
oNhji tN economy's pr.^pect- We
are going u> he transitioning to con
-iderahlv Nttcr growth in tN third
quarter -aid May land, whose own
t"recast (kits overall ci.ointx growih
at a 3 percent rate in IN third quartet
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Quinnelly, Lorrie J. Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 86, No. 259, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 2001, newspaper, July 13, 2001; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1502430/m1/1/?q=Tine%2520Carr: accessed June 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.