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I'WJK THRU—Sapulpa tOkla.) Ihursda'. Jan. 24. 2002
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Police make huge drug
KEYES (AP) Police in ihis Oklahoma Panhandle town of about
450 made the largest drug bust in Keyes' history during a routine traffic
slop.
*5l t pi fY Police Chiel William Jones look Isaac C.
ULUlV- Osborne. 24, and Mario I. Grumpier. 22. both of
Cidumbus. Ohio, into custody about 12:30 a.m.
Sunday, lie slopped them on allegations of speeding on U.S. 5b.
Jones said he lound almost 5 grams of marijuana and more than
SI5.000 in cash inside the car.
The arrests may not have happened had Jones, who started as police
chief m July, not worked past his shill, which ended at midnight. He de-
cided to hang around because of a local dance that night
I decided I'd better work past that." he said.
Half an hour later, he made the bust
On Tuesday, the C imarron County district attorney's office tiled
charges of possession of mari juana with the intent to distribute, posses-
sion ol drug paraphernalia and possession of drug proceeds against the
men.
Grumpier was also charged wuh driving under license suspension and
speeding.
Commissioner investigated
LAWTON (AP) A Comanche County commissioner said he had
no idea he was being investigated for alleged misuse ol county equip-
ment and employees.
Prosecutors say David Pope, the central district commissioner, was
spoiled by local residents in the alleged wrongdoings. They brought it to
the attention of Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley.
"Till not aware of anything ... not one word." Pope said Wednesday.
Stradley declined to look into the matter because he fell it was inap-
propriate for his office to do so. Ile wrote to ( oinanche County District
Attorney Robert Schulte and asked that Ins office handle the matter.
Schulte asked to he recused from the probe because he has a statuto-
ry duly to represent both the sheriff's department and county commis-
sioners
The state attorney general appointed Jackson County District
Attorney John Wampler in mid-December to handle the investigation.
"I have no idea how long it will take or even what might come I mm
it." Wampler said.
Puppy needs home
OKLAHOMA CITY (API A puppy who survived a house lire
needs a new home.
Elvis, a 3-month-old pit hull mix. is up for adoption, said Darlene
Fletcher, the veterinarian who is caring for him at The Blue Paw
Emergency Center in Moore.
Elv is had emergency surgery Sunday, but is recovering. Fletcher said.
"He is a little bit more chipper, and his burns are healing." she said.
Fletcher asked Elvis' owners to give him up because they could not
give him the long-term care and attention he needed while caring lor
their other two dogs and dealing with the lire that gutted their home.
The Blue Paw will accept adoption applications from b p.m. to mid-
night Monday through Friday and from b a.m. to midnight Saturday and
Sunday.
Elvis' medical bills resulting from the lire will be covered by dona-
tions, but the adopting family will have to pay for at least two rounds ol
vaccinations w hen he gets older.
Authority approves dome bonds
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement
Authority voted unanimously on Wednesday in lavorot issuing $5 mil-
lion in revenue bonds to complete the Capitol dome.
The 6-0 vote came over objections of opponents ot the capital im-
provement bond issue authorized by the Legislature two years ago.
The issue still faces action from the Executive and Legislative Bond
Oversight Commissions, plus validation by the Oklahoma Supreme
Court.
Among those speaking out against the bond plan Wednesday were a
representative ol Common Cause, the citizen lobby, and an attorney for
Stroud resident John Cassidy Jr., who has filed an Oklahoma County
District Court law suit challenging the legality of the bonds.
Attorney Richard James argued the SI57 million bond package that
includes the dome funding is unconstitutional because it involved ihe
Legislature abdicating its spending authority to the executive branch.
Clov. I rank Keating, who is chairman of the Capitol Improvement
Authority, had pushed for approval ol Ihe bonds to prevent a delay in
constructing the dome, which is being financed by a combination ol
bond money and SI7.5 million in private donations.
In a statement. Edwin Kessler of Common Cause said the dome
bonds appear to he "improper to us prirna facie" because the project
"must involve the taking of lease money from some other project and
apply ing it to the dome project.
March 6 hearing set
TULSA (AP) —- \ convicted sex offender accused of killing an eld-
erly woman and raping another woman faces a March b preliminary
hearing.
Tulsa County Special District Judge Cliff Smith scheduled the hear-
ing during a court appearance Wednesday by David Chey Arkinson. 30.
Prosecutors charged Arkinson with first-degre murder for allegedly
choking and beating Gwen Gershon. 75. She was found in her home
Jan. 15.
When Gershon was killed. Arkinson already had been charged with
two counts of first-degree rape and one count of forcible sodomy stem-
ming from a Jan. 7 assault on a 56-year-old woman at her apartment. He
was arrested Jan. lb.
Arkinson is a registered sex offender w ho was convicted in Illinois in
1992 ol aggravated sexual battery, records show.
He was charged in Tulsa County in 1998 with four counts of sexually
abusing three child relatives and was accused in one count ol tailing to
comply with the sex offender registration act.
During his appearance by video. Arkinson indicated he had difficulty
hearing the proceedings and needed a sign language interpreter.
In an affidavit he signed in that case in May 2000, Arkinson said he is
"60-68 percent deaf and I need a sign language interpreter because I
have a very hard time understanding what's being said."
U.S. soldier
shot; weapons
cache found
KABUL. Afghanistan (AP) --
U.S. special forces attacked an al-
Qaida cell in southern Afghanis-
tan on Thursday, capturing or
killing a number of Osama bin
Laden's fighters, U.S. officials
said. One American was wounded
in the ankle.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan,
threats of clashes between rival
warlords menaced the fragile
peace, and a local governor ac-
cused Iran of sending vehicles and
weapons into the country to tin
dermine the new interim govern-
ment of Hamid Kar/ai.
In Washington. Pentagon oili
cials who spoke on condition ol
anonymity said the firelight took
place about 60 miles north ol
Kandahar when U.S forces at-
tacked an al-Qaida "leadership la
ci lily."
An AC-130 gunship destroyed
a large cache of weapons and am-
munition, and troops captured 27
people, a Pentagon official said.
The soldier, who was not iden-
tified, was hit in the ankle by ene-
my lire Wednesday afternoon dur
mg the clash, said Navy C’mdr.
Dan Keesee, a Central Command
spokesman in Tampa. Fla. He was
evacuated to a medical facility in
the area and is in stable condition.
In Kandahar, a statement by
the U.S command said the soldier
was wounded while "conducting
combat operations in support ol
Operation Enduring Freedom.'
The injury was the first
American battlefield casualty in
Afghanistan since Army Sgt. 1st
Class Nathan Chapman was killed
Jail. 4.
In the southern city of
Kandahar, the local governor. Gul
Agha. accused Iran of sending ve-
hicles and weapons into Afghanis-
tan to undermine Kar/ai’s govern
ment. Iran is allied with warlord
Ismail Khan, a longtime foe ot ihe
ethnic Pashtuns who rule
Kandahar.
Also. Agha denied claims that
he has sent fighters toward Herat.
Khans stronghold, in western
Afghanistan.
"We know the Iranian govern
ment is sending in vehicles ami
weapons against Afghanistan.1
Agha told a pro-democracy rally
attended by about 5.000 people.
"We haven’t sent any militias
against them. We are waiting for
the interim government of Prime
Minister Kar/ai. I have been in
contact with him. Whatever he
says, I w ill do."
The United States has warned
Iran to not meddle in Afghanistan,
citing reports that Tehran has sent
pro-Iranian fighters and money
into the country that would desta-
bilize the U.S.-backed central
government in Kabul that is still
struggling to find its leel utter a
month in power.
ENROLLMENT
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I think that the budget cuts
have kind ol got us down to the
bone. Berron said. "We do a lot ol
teaching, and we really stretch the
taxpayer dollar."
Stretching taxpayer dollars even
more is complicated because ad-
ministrators don't want students to
feel the effects of the cuts.
Administrators want higher en-
rollments, but some schools are
reaching the breaking point. The
University of Oklahoma has the
largest enrollment in the state w ith
28.954. That number rose from last
year's 27.707. breaking all previous
enrollment records.
In the face of more budget cuts,
colleges and universities may not
he m a position to expand facilities
and add classes, officials said.
"We don't want to grow much
more than w hat we are now." said
Jeff Hickman, press secretary for
OU President David Boren.
"We don't want to become a
Texas or a Texas A&M with 60,000
students. We want to make sure that
our resources can keep pace with
our enrollment," Hickman said.
DUI ARREST
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bile intoxicated, and the charge
as changed from a misdemeanor
a felony. In addition, the suspect
as charged with speeding, failure
pay taxes due the state and no in-
irance verification.
McKelvey said the suspect also
ecs two municipal bench war-
ms for his arrest from Sapulpa for
total of SI, 114.
At the park
Three-year-old cousins, Judith and Cherokee Foote of Okmulgee, hold hands as they climb the ladder to
the slide in Liberty Park earlier this week. Forecasters are predicting mild weather for the rest of the week
Greenspan says recession could end soon
WASHINGTON (AP)
federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan told Congress Thurs-
day dial he saw encouraging signs
that ihe country's first recession in
a decade could soon end and ad-
mitted he hail made a mistake in
sounding too pessimistic two
weeks ago.
"There have been signs recent-
ly that some of the forces that
have been restraining the econo-
my over the past year are starting
to diminish and that activ ity is be-
ginning to firm." Greenspan told
the Senate Budget Committee.
Economists viewed Green-
span's remarks as a clear signal
that the central bank is now more
confident it has done enough to
spur an economic rebound. They
predicted the central bank, which
cut interest rates I l times last
year, will not cut rates at its next
meeting on Jan. 29-30
"Chairman Greenspan chan-
ged his tone significantly from
downbeat to upbeat." said Sung
Won Sohn. chiel economist at
Wells Fargo in Minneapolis. "I
think the bed's easing cycle is el
fectively over."
Wall Street, which had (alien
when Greenspan talked about
"significant risks ' to ihe economy
in a Jan l I speech, rallied strong
lx on his more optimistic com
incuts Thursday. In late mornine
trading, the Dow Jones industrial
average was up by about 100
points.
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