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Friday
October 27, 1989
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Fall back
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
International Association of Fire
Chiefs is trying to make the
American ritual of resetting the
clocks into an annual lifesaving
event.
The occasion is the switch from
daylight to standard time, which
occurs officially at 2 a.m. Sunday.
For the record, turn the clock back
one hour.
For all but a few Americans this
is an event they cannot ignore
without the risk of being an hour
early for everything until next
spring.
The fire chiefs are promoting it
as an occasion to make sure they
are safe as well as on time by
putting a new battery in smoke
detectors.
While 80 percent of the homes
in America have smoke detectors,
as many as half don’t work
because the batteries are either old
or missing. A lack of the warning
that smoke detectors can give is a
major factor in fire deaths and
injuries, fire chiefs say.
Devil worship, kidnap rumors unfounded
By the Herald Staff
Rumors that satanic cults are
coming to Creek County to kidnap
children are unfounded, according to
Creek County Sheriff Doug Nichols.
Nichols said the rumors stem from
the syndicated talk show “Geraldo”
where cult members appearing on the
show reportedly said they would be
coming to Creek County to kidnap
youngsters for sacrifice.
He said his office has received
numerous calls from people asking
about the threat. He said he has heard
figures as high as 1,000 kids nation-
wide would be kidnapped by the cults.
“This whole thing is generated by
Geraldo’s sensational journalism,”
Nichols said. “That’s what keeps his
ratings up and he is doing it at the
expense of the people who believe it.”
Although callers say Creek County
has been named as a target by the cults,
Nichols said he has no confirmation
for those rumors.
Nichols said devil worship is going
on within the county but it is a small
group that shies away from publicity.
One caller to the Herald office
Thursday afternoon said there are
rumors of five mutilated bodies found
over the last few days in the Kellyville
area connected to a satanic cult.
Nichols said there have been no
bodies found or reports of any illegal
activity related to satanic cults.
“All I can say is Halloween is
coming up,” he said.
Brant Green of the Sapulpa Police
Department said SPD has also
received several phone calls asking
Today
Incidentally
Birthday greetings to 1-year-old
Megan Cacy... Allen Bowden,
Jefferson Elementary, Lone Star,
Creek Nations Head Start and the
City of Sapulpa Booker T.
Washington Recreation Center
will all be sites of Halloween
carnivals tonight ... Halloween
pumpkin painting will be offered
Monday at the BTW Center. Call
224-5770 for more information
and registration for children
kindergarten through fifth grade ...
The 1969 undefeated Kiefer High
School football team will be
recognized at halftime of tonight’s
Kiefer-Liberty game at Kiefer.
The squad, coached by Doyle
Carter, will also be honored with
a 5:30 p.m. reception at the high
school.
Weather
Tonight: Partly cloudy with a
low around 60. South wind 5 to 15
mph.
Saturday: Partly cloudy and
mild with a high in the mid 70s.
South wind 10 to 20 mph.
Sunday through Tuesday: A
chance of thunderstorms mainly in
the northwest on Sunday. Cooler
with a chance of rain and thunder-
storms over most sections Monday
and Tuesday. Highs will range
from the upper 60s to upper 70s
Sunday and from the mid-50s in
the Panhandle to the lower 70s in
the southeast Monday and Tues-
day. Lows will range from the 40s
in the northwest to the 50s in the
southeast Sunday and from the
mid-30s in the Panhandle to the
mid-50s in the southeast Monday
and Tuesday.
Index
Bridge..........................
Classifieds...................
........9
.....8,9
Comics........................
.........7
Crossword...................
.........7
Dear Abby...................
.........9
Deaths.........................
.........2
Lifestyles.....................
.........3
L.M. Boyd..................
.........9
Names in the News.....
.........9
Public Records...........
.........2
Religion......................
.....5-6
Sports.................................1
Rented first day
This house rented on the first
day it appeared in the Sapulpa
Daily Herald’s Classified Adver-
tising section.
ONE BEDROOM boose.
Newly remodeled. 01
East Mills X-XXX-XXXX
evenings.
For similar results, contact the
Herald's Classified Advertising
Department from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday at
224-5185.
NAACP youth
Members of the Sapulpa
NAACP Youth Group pictured in
Tuesday’s Herald participating in
the Drug Free Community meet-
ing were Gloria Pettis, Tanya
Nero, Delia Foshee, Risha Grant,
Kenya Barnes and Amadi Guess.
about the rumors.
“I called WGN, KTUL and Tulsa
Cable and they all told me that none of
the Geraldo shows they have aired has
ever said anything about satanists
coming to Creek County,” Green said.
“I even tried to contact the Geraldo
show, but it is on the road in San Fran-
cisco. I think this is all a rumor and
something should be done to put an
end to it”
National
drug bust
underway
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal
drug officials say they have names and
addresses of thousands of people
believed to be growing marijuana
indoors, and they plan to go after them
and their illicit crops.
See related story on Page 2
Halloween habitat
The Wes Thompson family, 11 Woodland Road, is making no bones
about the holiday with the decorations at right. Even apartment dwellers
have gotten into the goblin act as evidenced by the spooky spectacle above
found at 1402 E. Lincoln. More Halloween hauntings will be featured
through Tuesday in the Herald. (Herald photos by Danette Keho)
Sapulpa Arts publishes artists directory
By the Herald StafT
In a year of first, Sapulpa Arts has
continued to chart new ground by
offering a free Directory of Artists to
the community.
The directory project was chaired
by Anita Dugger and began with an
artists’ survey in fall 1988. Local
professional and amateur artists in all
areas were asked to give information
about themselves to be published in a
directory.
Those who responded have been
included in the first-ever arts direc-
tory, according to Julie Warden,
Sapulpa Arts executive director.
Areas included in the directory are
painting (watercolor, oils, pencil, and
pen and ink), sculpture, American
Indian artists, tole painting, music,
folk art and crafts, graphic arts, special
(photography, dance and other miscel-
laneous arts), theatre and creative
writing.
The four-page directory features
brief descriptions of the anists and
their work.
Copies of the directory are available
at the Sapulpa Arts, located in the
Chamber of Commerce building, 101
E. Dewey, at Harmony-Woodruff Inc.,
18 S. Park, CJ’s Book Nook, 719 S.
Mission, Indian Territory Gallery,
1030 E. Taft, H&H Glazing, 20 E.
Dewey, Flowers by Tracy, 614 E.
Dewey, and Sledge Studio, 4 S. Park.
Among the other first this year was
the summer arts program for youth.
Sapulpa Arts is a non-profit organi-
zation with more than 250 members.
Membership is open to anyone inter-
ested in promotion of the arts and
humanities in the community.
Sapulpa Arts Baord of Directors
include, Dianne Berry, Ph.D., presi-
dent; Lynn Miner, vice president;
Clark Wiens, treasurer, Mary Sage,
See Sapulpa Arts on Page 2
U.S. condoned death squads, soldier says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Salva-
doran soldier meeting with members
of Congress today says he was part of a
death squad responsible for as many as
72 murders ordered by top military
leaders and condoned by U.S.
advisers.
Cesar Vielman Joya Martinez says
he took part in eight of the killings
under orders to bring leftist guerrillas
“to justice.”
“My work was only to execute
these people,” said Joya Martinez, 28,
who fled El Salvador in July seeking
asylum.
The Pentagon, responding to Joya
Martinez’ allegations Thursday,
called claims of U.S. complicity in
death squad activity “patently
absurd.”
Martinez said that from April into
July, he was a member of a seven-man
special forces group. He said two U.S.
advisers, known only as “the Major”
and “William,” purchased supplies
and “had to know what was going
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on.
Two-night prison riot leaves 100 injured
CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — Police
stormed an overcrowded state prison
this morning to regain control from
inmates who seized hostages and set
fires in a two-night riot that left 100
people injured, authorities said.
Officers fired shots and tear gas in a
kitchen building, wounding one
inmate in the assault, said Ken Robin-
son, state Corrections Department
spokesman. All four hostages were
freed, he said.
Prisoners then began “coming out
and surrendering” by lying face down
on the ground, Robinson said. In
another courtyard, police in riot gear
and wielding shotguns pushed surren-
dering or captured prisoners to the
ground, holding them face-down in
the grass.
Rioters among about 1,900 inmates
who remained loose in their cellblocks
this morning were taken to a holding
area at the rear of the prison grounds,
Robinson said.
There was confusion about the
numbers of rioters, injuries and
hostages in the rampages that started
Wednesday night.
Robinson and other officials said
through Thursday night there were
eight hostages.
“We are trying to send the message
to all those people in the United States
who have been cultivating marijuana
that they are violating the law, they
will be caught, they will be prosecuted
and, if found guilty, they will serve
time,” said Drug Enforcement Admi-
nistration spokesman Frank Shults.
More than 100 people in 46 states,
along with 65 stores in 22 states
believed to sell equipment intended
for use in indoor marijuana cultiva-
tion, were targeted for raids Thursday
by the DEA. The raids included
Norman and Oklahoma City.
By early evening, 22 stores had
been served with search warrants, and
seven or eight boarded up as a result,
65 cultivation operations had been
confiscated and 119 people had been
arrested, Shults said.
Doug McVay of the National Orga-
nization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws, said the raids on stores were "a
publicity stunt, a largely ineffective
one,” and “silly, really silly.”
A federal enforcement official close
to the investigation said he expects
many more raids on stores and indoor
cultivation sites because "we have
thousands of these.”
E. Germans
get amnesty
BERLIN (AP) — East Germany’s
new leadership today declared an
amnesty for all citizens accused of
illegally trying to escape from the
communist nation, a move expected to
free several thousand people from
prison.
The amnesty also would allow tens
of thousands of East Germans who
have fled to West Germany through
Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland
in recent months to return home with-
out facing criminal prosecution.
The announcement came a day after
more than 100,000 people rallied in
Dresden and other East German cities
for democratic reform, and a Politburo
member began talks with a leading
opposition group.
The amnesty, which also covers
those who took part in illegal street
protests, is the firmest step toward
reform since Egon Krenz replaced
long-time leader Erich Honecker as
Communist Party chief on Oct. 18.
It was announced by the official
news agency ADN, which said all pris-
oners affected would be freed by Nov.
30. Although East Germany does not
release information on inmate
numbers. Western sources said the
measure would affect thousands.
Also today, the nation’s legendary
former intelligence chief, Markus
Wolf, called for greater openness and
expressed some sympathy for the refu
gees who headed West.
In an interview with parly newspap
erNeues Deutschland, Wolf said, “the
recovery of trust is demanded before
we can develop further," indicating
Krenz may be open to loosening some
constraints on the media and free
expression.
Roadways cleaner through two years of program
By DEBORAH LARGE
Herald Senior Newswrlter
If the highways and byways seem a
little cleaner today than they did two
years ago, thank an Adopt-A-
Highway volunteer organization.
The Oklahoma Department of
Transportation is celebrating Adopt-
A-Highway’s second anniversary this
month. Since the program kicked off
on Oct. 3, 1987, 1,270 groups with
25,000 volunteers have agreed to pick
up trash four times a year on more than
2,500 miles of state highways.
Sapulpan Barbara Berry, District 4
highway commissioner, said the local
effort to clean up highways through
the special program has been very
successful.
“I think the cooperation has been
just tremendous,” she said. “Every
entrance into Sapulpa four miles out
has been adopted. It has been quite
successful."
The Sapulpa Women’s Chamber of
Commerce was the first local organi-
zation to adopt a two-mile stretch of
highway on SH 66. The group chal-
lenged other civic organizations to
adopt highways.
Berry said approximately 10 groups
in Sapulpa have adopted highways.
“The continuing partnership
between ODOT and the volunteer
groups is keeping Oklahoma's ‘front
yard’ clean," said Joanne Orr, Adept-
A-Highway coordinator. ‘Together
we helped achieve a 23 percent reduc-
tion in litter and a 100 percent increase
in pride in the appearance of our
roadsides.”
Beny said the roads surveyed that
resulted in the 23 percent reduction are
not all on the system.
“That means the roads surveyed that
are on the system are cleaner as a
direct result of the program, but it also
means the others are an indirect result
because they are not an the system.”
she said. “I believe this means people
are more conscious of not littering and
we have educated people. It is making
a big impact."
While Snrulpa’s two-year contract
with Adopt-A-Highway is not up until
later next year, other groups across the
state are signing up for another two-
year term.
The Chickasha Kiwanis was the
first group to adopt a highway and the
first to renew its contract. Member
Phil Gordon said when they began
picking up trash on U.S. 62 east of
Chickasha in 1987, it took about four
hours to clean up the roadside.
“Now it only takes about an hour to
pick up all the trash, so we know our
efforts are paying off,” he said.
On April 8, the Adopt-A-Highway
program held its first Trash Off when
more than 10,000 volunteers from
across the state picked up 34,000 bags
of trash.
Beny also said the effort made by
the state legislature to enact more strict
litter laws also may be helping the
struggle to keep highways clean.
The anti-litter laws which went into
effect last year impose fines of $ 100 to
$ 1,000 for those convicted of littering.
Also, if a person reports a litter bug
and is prosecuted, the reporting person
can be given a reward.
ODOT officials said Oklahoma was
one of the first states in the nation to
implement a clean highway program.
Now, more than 24 states have similar
programs.
For more information on how to
adopt a highway, call 405-521-4037.
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