Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 238, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1987 Page: 1 of 10
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June IS, 1987
Thunderstorms, high
winds skip across state
By The Associated Press
Thunderstorms packing high winds
knocked over a trailer and the frame of
a new housing development in south
western Oklahoma, while a lightning
strike at a baseball field in Coalgatc
killed one boy and injured two other
people Wednesday night, officials
said.
Severe thunderstorms ripped
through several parts of the state late
Wednesday afternoon and evening
producing large hail and very strong
WASHINGTON (AP) — A $605
million AIDS education, treatment
and research package sailed through a
Senate committee on a unanimous
vote, with iLs bipartisan sponsors
promising to follow up with an AIDS
testing bill.
The main bill, passed 15-0 Wednes-
day, declares AIDS a public health
emergency.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, chairman of
the Labor and Human Resources
Committee, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, its
ranking Republican, said their planned
follow-up bill would expand voluntary
testing and counseling. They did not
say when it would be introduced.
The legislation approved Wednes-
day would, among other things, give
states $ 150million for public infonna
tion programs and $100 million for
home health care, mental health
services, provider training and other
needs.
In the House, the Select Committee
on Children, Youth and Families was
holding a hearing today on the spread
of AIDS among teen-agers. Witnesses
included Surgeon General C. Fvereti
Koop.
In the text of an opening statement,
chairman George Miller, D-Calif.,
said more than 70 percent of American
youth arc sexually active before age
ENID (AP) — Federal investigators
say a defective aerial shell accidental-
ly ignited while being stored and trig-
gered an explosion that injured one
man at a fireworks distributorship
Monday.
K.R. Klepinger, resident agent in
charge of the Oklahoma City office of
the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms, said Wednesday inves-
tigators learned that from Stephen
Linn, an employee who was injured in
the blast.
Linn, 35, who was working in an old
railroad boxcar used for storage by
Western Enterprises Inc. at the time of
the accident, was able to run from the
boxcar and tell other employees to
take cover before the explosion.
“Basically, he said that he was
loading 2.5-inch aerial shells and that
winds. Gusts up to 70 mph were
recorded in the Lawton area.
Gcronimo Police Chief Tommy
Dale said straight winds damaged six
to eight trailers, including one that was
blown off its block foundation, trap-
ping a babysitter and four young child-
ren briefly.
“She had those four little babies all
wrapped up and in the closet, so she
knew what to do,” Dale said of the
babysitter.
The five were trapped when the
20. Though only 145 teens had AIDS
asofJunc 1, he said, “weface the seri-
ous likelihood of a large-scale infec-
tion of adolescents” given their level
of sexual activity and the 10 year
latency period of the virus.
Miller cited several studies indicat
ing many teen-agers have multiple sex
partners, don’t use contraceptives and
don’t even know they can get AIDS
from heterosexual sex.
In other testimony. Dr. Mary Ann
Shafer, a pediatrics professor at the
University of California at San Fran
cisco, said only 20 percent of girls
between 15 and 19 say condoms were
used during their last intercourse. She
also noted that sexually active teen
agers have the highest rates of sexually
transmitted diseases among heter-
osexuals of any age group.
AIDS is a contagious disease that
attacks the body’s immune system,
rendering it incapable of resisting
other diseases and infections.
Its chief victims have been
homosexual men and intravenous drug
users, although a small percentage of
cases are attributed to transfusions of
contaminated filood and heterosexual
contact.
As of May 25, AIDS had been diag
nosed in 35,980 Americans, of whom
more than half.
toward the end of the process one of
them accidently self ignited,” Klepin-
gcr said. “He saw a spark and realized
there was a problem, dropped it and
got out.”
Linn was in fair condition Wednes-
day and was scheduled for additional
surgery today.
Klepinger said the explosion will be
ruled accidental.
“Once we have established that it’s
accidental, then it’s between probably
Mr. (Jim) Burnett and the manufactur
cr," he said.
An Enid fire official said the preli-
minary investigation indicated Linn
was unloading 3- and 4-inch mortar
shells for storage in the boxcar. Fire
Chief Evcrclte Brewer said he had
heard that Linn smelled smoke and
also that he saw sparks.
metal steps to the trailer were blown
up, blocking the door. The babysitter
called police, who freed the group
through a back escape door.
Dale said there were no injuries.
Goal County Undershcriff Bill
Ward said lightning struck Timmy
Pickens, 11, of Coalgatc as he played
baseball Wednesday night at a city
park. Ward said it was not raining at
the time.
Officials at Mary Hurley Hospital
said Mel Ott, 12, and Fay Ratcliff, 27,
were standing near Pickens and were
knocked unconscious by the bolt. Ott
and Ms. Ratcliff were in fair condition
today.
Authorities said the winds knocked
down the frame of an 8-unit housing
development that had been completed
earlier in the day in Elgin. A second
frame was damaged.
Building supervisor Leon Chrisp
with Oklahoma State Development
was at the site when it began to fall
apart. He moved his truck and small
camper trailer behind a concrete build-
ing for the night.
“It was just a living experience. We
already know how to put it together. I
guess we just start over,” Chrisp said.
In Snyder, officials reported grain
was strewn over a wide area after a
grain bin toppled hours after high
winds moved through.
Bill Butler, a spokesman for the
Snyder Farmers Cooperative, which
owas the bin, said 260,(XX) bushels of
grain valued at $7(X),(XX) spilled. He
estimated damage to the bin at
S500,(XX). Butler said it wasn’t clear
what caused the collapse.
U.S. newsman
believed missing
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — American
journalist Charles Glass is missing and
feared kidnapped in a Syrian policed
suburb of Moslem west Beirut, securi-
ty sources said Thursday.
The sources, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said Glass disappeared
before noon Wednesday as he was
traveling back to Beirut from Sidon,
provincial capital of south Lebanon
If confirmed, it would be the first
abduction of a Westerner in Lebanon
since Syria sent 7,5<X) troops to west
Beirut on Feb. 22 to quell factional
fighting.
Glass is a veteran ABC correspon
dent who quit four or five months ago
and is believed to be working on a
book about the Middle East,
One source, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said Glass was
kidnapped by gunmen who inter
ceptcd him in a chauffeur-driven car in
Beirut's suburb of Ouzai, a stronghold
of Iranian backed Shiite Moslem
extremists. The area is policed by the
Syrians.
No claim of responsibly has been
made in his disappearance.
Eight Americans are among 24
foreigners missing after being
kidnapped in Lebanon in the past two
years. Also missing is Anglican
Church envoy Terry Waite, who
disappeared in Lebanon while on a
mission to negotiate the release of
hostages.
No group has claimed rcsponsiblity
for Waite's disappearance.
AIDS public health
emergency, bill says
Cause of fireworks
blast in Enid found
The winner
Two time national champion Ricky Oraham was the Graham, a Californian, won the dash for cash and the
big winner at the Miller Mid-America Motorcycle evening’s main event. (Herald photo by Dauane Raby
Nationals Wednesday night at Creek County Speedway. Jr.)
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Summer Education rocketry class helps some students Dauane Raby Jr.)
prepare for blast off. The class launched 13 student made
Channelization work to start
By HOLLY BENNETT
Herald Staff Writer
City officials plan to start the
second phase of channelization work
on Rock Creek this summer.
Sapulpa director of technical
services Joe Elliott said bids for the
project will be opened June 29 and
responses will be considered by the
city commission at their July 6
meeting.
Channelization consists of light
grading, snagging and clearing brush
;md vegetation in the creek, according
to Elliott.
He said trees and vegetation impede
the flow of the creek and reducing the
debris in the channel can lower risks of
flooding in the area.
“You can only do so much to a creek
because you don’t want to cause flood
ing downstream." Elliott said
Phase II ot the channelization
project will stall at k Tly Lane Park
and go west towards <; ■ Main Street
bridge, according to Elliott.
He said the first phase consisted of
clearing around the Hickory and Main
Street budges, which are Kith on state
right-of-ways
Tire second phase ol the project has
taken so long because property owner
ship next to the creek had lo be deter
mined so right-of-entry could be
obtained.
Elliott said the Floodbustcrs were
“instrumental in obtaining the rights-
of-entry so we could get access to the
creek on private property."
The project is being funded by a
S5(),(XX) grant from ti e Oklahoma
Gonscrvation Commissi , i for flood
prevention programs.
Elliott said the funds must be spent
by Nov 15 and plans are being made
lor the third phase of the project to
begin before the second phase is
complete.
Phase III consists of snagging and
clearing up the creek for as far as funds
will allow, Elliott said.
Anadarko may reroute river
ANADARKO (AP) — Local offi
cials say they are not sure who should
he responsible for rerouting the
Washita River after it changed course
when its floodwatcrs receded here.
A half-mile of the river, which used
to How through Randlctt Park in
Anadarko, now runs across Pete
Hammer!’s wheat field, northeast of
its original course.
Because of the change, Hammer!
has to drive 9 miles to get to a
"100-acre island” that has been
isolated from the rest of his property
by the rerouted river.
“It cut our farm half in two,” he
said.
The rerouted river also washed out a
county road and uncovered lines
owned by Oklahoma Natural Gas Go
and Southwestern Bell, Hainmert said.
Hammert said he has contacted the
local offices of the Soil Conservation
Service and the U.S. Army Corps of
Nigh says diversify
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Former
Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh, whose
state is also mired in the recession of
the nation's agriculture and energy
sectors, said it was important for North
Dakota and Oklahoma to diversify
their economies.
“We have similar problems, just in
different degrees,” Nigh said Tuesday
after addressing the North Dakota
Bankers Association. Oklahoma’s
energy economy probably involves
more dollars, but both states are feel-
ing the effects of low prices, he said
“Combining the two (agriculture
and energy), we’re not enjoying the
healthy recovery the rest of the coun-
try is enjoying,” said Nigh, an
economic development consultant in
Oklahoma City.
Judge sets bond
in murder case
By the Herald Staff
Bond was set at Creek County
Courthouse Tuesday for a man
charged with the May murder of a
Sapulpa man.
After testimony from three witnes-
ses was heard, Judge Bill Wilson set
bond for Billy Don Richmond, 35, at
$20,000 in connection with the May
22 murder of David Ray Bullard.
Bullard was shot in the head with a
shotgun while at a trailer park south of
Sapulpa.
Bullard was returned to Creek
County Jail following the hearing.
He and North Dakota Gov. George
Sinner have met several times to
discuss the two states’ troubles, Nigh
said.
“It’s critical in the area of agricul
turc to be international,” he said.
Trips abroad to promote American
products arc worthwhile even though
the rewards arc not immediate, said
Nigh, who has visited Japan and China
in an effort to sell beef and wheat.
Today
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Forecast
Tonight: Partly cloudy with scat
tered thunderstorms.
Friday: Slight chance of ram with a
high in the 90s.
Index
Bridge.................................2a
Classifieds.......................8,9a
Comics...............................7a
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Engineers at Tulsa to try to find out if
the river can he pul back on its original
course.
Caddo County commissioners hope
to meet with officials from the Corps
this week to discuss rerouting the
river, Commissioner Felix Long said.
But because the river is noi a man-
made flood control structure, Corps
spokesman Bob Bailey said he doesn’t
know if the agency will get involved.
In the past, however, the Corps has
corrected flood damage caused by the
river. Long said. He said he doesn't
know how much the project will cost
or what it would involve.
“That’s what I’m going to leave up
lo them,” he said. “Since the river is
crossing pnvaicproperty, it’sdcfinite
Iy not the county’s responsibility. We
can't gel on private properly."
The situation is a new one for Gary
VanDevcntcr, district conservationist
lor the Soil Conservation Service
"We don’t know what to do with it.
It was nature that did it,” he said
The cost of changing an act of
nature would be formidable, VanDc
venter said.
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Deaths................................2a
Living.................................3a
L.M. Boyd.........................4a
Opinion..............................4a
Public Records.................,2a
Sports..........................5&10a
Television...........................7a
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