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Sapulpa Daily Herald
PAGE TWO
Monday, January 9, 1984
Reagan may seek aid in restraining Koreans
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Reagan ad-
ministration will explore
with Chinese Premier Zhao
Ziyang this week the use of
Chinese influence to rein in
what Washington views as
a "murderous” and in-
creasingly dangerous
regime in North Korea.
"The whole issue is so
important that we keep
looking for new openings,”
said one senior U.S. of-
S.O.S
tidal.
‘‘We hope something
positive could be nudged
along” (with China),” he
said. “But it is such a
difficult problem that you
can’t get your hopes up.”
China has long supported
communist North Korea
and its leader, Kim II-
Sung.
But independent analysts
report that Peking was
"aghast” and "appalled"
at the attempted
assassination of South
Korea's President Chun
Doo-Hwan in Rangoon,
Burma, last Oct. 9 in an
attack that killed senior
members of the South
Korean Cabinet.
The senior U.S. offidal,
who discussed the issue on
the condition he not be
identified by name, said
there have been numerous
diplomatic exchanges on
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Public schools must adjust to the
needs of our rapidly changing socie-
ty, he said, or the society will turn
hlsewhere for its educational needs.
Annison suggested a number of
trends that are profoundly impac-
ting the future of public education.
\mong the issues the futurist
iiscussed: the “electronic revolu-
tion,” the growing dependence of
American business on foreign trade,
and the modem “multiple choice”
culture that has Americans living in
a kaleidoscope of differing lifestyles.
Annison was optimistic about the
future of the American economy,
stating, “now is an unbelievable
time of opportunity.” He predicted
that by 1990 there would be more
Education
Vanatta supports “across the
board” cuts in all state agencies.
However, Vanatta explained that
cuts in state education agencies does
not necessarily mean cuts in state
funding to local schools.
Vanatta returned to his Oklahoma
City office today to find documents
from still another group calling for
greater school funding.
The Sapulpa High School student
council last week prepared a letter
to state representatives, which
students took home for parents to
sign. According to council president
DeEUen Davis, approximately ISO
copies of the letter were signed and
forwarded to Vanatta's office.
The letter, authored by Davis,
states, “I’m concerned. The citizens
of the great state of Oklahoma are
concerned and worried that educa-
tion may be placed in the back seat:
a back seat lined with budget cuts.
“I am firmly resolved that any
budget cuts in the area of education
will be deeply detrimental to the
citizens, teachers and students of
Oklahoma,” the letter continued.
Davis, a senior planning to study
business communication at the
University of Tulsa, said she wrote
Schools
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Howell said.
A 7.2 percent reduction would put
roughly 2,500 teachers in danger of
being laid off, Howell said.
“I know some school superin-
tendents may just give notice to
every teacher they've got," Howell
said. "Some may use this to get rid
of teachers that have been giving
them problems for years. It could be
abused.”
Howell said in the last four years
the state has increased ap-
propriations for schools by 63 per-
cent, when last year’s 4.1 percent
cut is subtracted.
A 7.2 percent reduction in the next
fiscal year would still mean state aid
to school districts is nearly 56
percent above its level four years
ago.
“There are several school
districts that are kind of top heavy
at the administrative level,” Howell
said.
Another area some school
districts could cut back on to avoid
teacher layoffs Is busing, he said.
“One of the favorite programs of a
school district is Its busing
program,” he said. "The state
doesn’t mandate that. Schools do it
on their own because the patrons
appreciate It so much.”
But a funding reduction will hurt
the schools, Howell said,
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However, public education is not
now structured to equip the future
work force for these new jobs, he
warned.
“The world shifted, and schools
are going to have to shift to meet
‘Jut new reality,” Annison said.
The remaining four installments
of this series will focus on Sapulpa’s
public schools. What is Sapulpa cur-
rently offering its students? How
successful are Sapulpa schools?
How does the present educational
menu in Sapulpa compare to what
experts say is necessary for the
future?
These articles will include inter-
views with Sapulpa superintendent
Dr. Randall Rabum and assistant
superintendent Dr. Charles Dodson.
• • •
the letter because, “Education is
one of the most important things
that state funds can be spent on. Our
future depends on it - the future of
our state and nation.”
No further petition drives are cur-
rently planned by Creek County
teachers, according to Romine.
“We're just going to go by what hap-
pens in the state legislature,” she
said.
However, the Oklahoma Educa-
tion Association is just beginning its
overall lobbying campaign in behalf
of public schools. The next effort
comes Tuesday night, when the OEA
throws its annual “Legislative
Hoedowm” at the Oklahoma City
state fairgrounds.
Some 1200 educators from across
the state are expected to come to
meet with state legislators for
barbeque, a western dance and a
program that will focus the politi-
cians’ minds on education.
Gov. George Nigh, Senate Pres.
Pro-Tern Marvin York, Speaker of
the House Jim Barker and OEA
president Weldon Davis are slated to
speak at the event.
Vanatta said he would attend the
hoedown, stating he looks forward to
the opportunity to hear the views of
state educators.
threatening to push education in
Oklahoma back to where it was a
decade past.
A study released by the U.S.
Department of Education showed
Oklahoma with the 17th lowest pupil-
teacher ratio in the nation in 1982 —
17.5 pupils per teacher.
The pupil-teacher ratio in 1972 was
23, according to the report.
The state ranks 35th in the nation
in its average teacher salary —
$19,000 a year including fringe
benefits — authorities said. In 1972
Oklahoma ranked 40th.
“You’ll remember just a few
years ago we were losing a third of
our students between the 9th grade
and the 12th grade," Howell said.
Now Oklahoma is graduating
more students from high school than
the national average — 78 percent in
the state, 73 percent nationally
"I think we've done more than just
thrown money over the transom,”
Howell said.
In 1962, the average score of high
school seniors on the American
College Test, a university entrance
exam, was 17.6 in Oklahoma,
placing the state at 21st place among
28 states where the test is
customary.
The average score for Oklahoma
in 1972 was 18.7. Although the
average in Oklahoma declined, so
did the overall national average, the
report showed.
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the question between
Washington and Peking.
He would not discuss
these approaches but said
that the United States does
feel that “the Chinese have
been acting to reduce
tensions and the possibility
of war in the (Korean)
peninsula.”
“They have an interest in
so doing,” he said. "The
Rangoon atrocity un-
derscores just how mur-
derous and serious the
North Korean government
is.”
He added: “I think the
Chinese have influence,
and it’s worth exploring.
We certainly intend to do
that during the visit.”
Premier Zhao is
scheduled to confer with
President Reagan at the
White House on Tuesday
and to meet with a number
of other top U.S. leaders.
including Secretary of
State George P. Shultz and
Defense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger.
The Chinese leader
arrived in Virginia late
Sunday and was expected
to spend part of today
sightseeing at Colonial
Williamsburg before flying
to Washington this af-
ternoon.
The October bombing in
Rangoon killed 21 people,
including South Korean
Deputy Premier Suh Suk-
Joon and Foreign Minister
Lee Bum-Suk.
Burma severed
diplomatic relations with
North Korea over the in-
cident after a trial in which
two North Korean army
officers were convicted for
the murders and sentenced
to death.
One of those convicted
confessed he had acted
under orders from senior
North Korean military
officers. The North Korea
government has denied
any such attack was or-
dered.
The senior U.S. official
said that the United States
believes the South Korean
government came out of
the incident well, exer-
cising restraint and
“converting a real tragedy
into a diplomatic coup.”
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to
Zhao to meet
with Reagan
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.
(AP) — Chinese Premier
Zhao Ziyang visited this
restored colonial capital
today on the second stop of
his eight-day visit to the
United States.
Zhao, who is to meet with
President Reagan on
Tuesday, is the first
Chinese premier to visit
the United States since the
People’s Republic of China
was formed in 1949, and the
first high-ranking Chinese
official to visit the U.S. in
five years.
Zhao arrived at Langley
Air Force Base in nearby
Hampton at 11:20 p.m. EST
Sunday after a flight from
Honolulu, and was greeted
by Selwa Roosevelt, U.S.
chief of protocol.
He traveled by motor-
cade to his accomodations
in Providence Hall in the
historic area of William-
sburg, a popular stop for
world leaders visiting the
United States and site in
May of the Summit of
Industrialized Nations.
Obituary
WORKERS INSTALL a fire escape on the west side of the Sapulpa Historical Museum,
as construction on the building nears completion. Renovation of the building, which was
formally the old YWCA, began about three years ago. The second floor of the building is
now open and the third floor is expected to be open for the museum’s annual membership
dinner, Jan. 24. (Herald photo by Terry Hull)
Teenage marijuana use
is declining, study says
NEW YORK (AP) —
After peaking in the late
1970s, marijuana use
continues to decline among
American teen-agers, who
experience less peer
pressure to "turn on” and
are wary of how pot will
affect their health,
government and private
studies say.
“We’re finding sur-
prisingly little drug use
among teen-agers in the 14-
18 age range. They haven’t
done drugs and don’t want
to do drugs,” said Amy
MacDonald, an editor at
TeenAge magazine in
Lowell, Mass.
Ms. MacDonald, whose
magazine is doing a survey
on teen-agers' attitudes
toward drugs, said, “The
most common comment is
that they don’t want to ruin
their bodies."
Heather Hanson, 16, a
junior at Wheeling Park
High School in Wheeling,
W.Va., said there is plenty
of marijuana available in
her school. “I could get it
free,” she said. "I have so
many good friends who
have surplus.”
But Heather said she has
never even tried
marijuana.
A new Gallup Youth
Survey of 542 respondents
ages 13 to 18 said 19 percent
reported smoking
marijuana at least once,
down from 40 percent in
1980.
The government's latest
statistics, compiled from
surveys of 17,500 high
school seniors, indicated
that 6.3 percent smoked
marijuana daily in 1982,
down from the peak of 10.7
percent in 1978.
"But that still means
that 1 of every 16 high
school seniors smoke
marijuana daily," said
Carol Sussman, a press
officer at the National
Institute on Drug Abuse.
“That’s a lot.”
About the same number
— 1 in 16 — report that they
drink every day, she said.
The percentage of high
school seniors who say they
have tried marijuana — 6
of 10 — has remained the
same in recent years, but
those who say they had
smoked pot in the last
month declined from 37
percent in 1978 to 29 per-
cent in 1962. Those who
said they had used
marijuana in the previous
year dipped from 50 per-
cent in 1978 to 44 percent in
1982.
Reprisal taxes hurt truckers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(AP) - Retaliatory taxes
charged in five states have
created a hassle for
Arkansas truckers, Gov.
Bill Clinton says, and he
wants to do something to
alleviate their problems.
The governor supports
measures to reimburse
Arkansas truckers for such
retaliatory tans, Clinton
said Saturday In an in-
Oklahoma, Florida,
Georgia, Nebraska and
Clinton said he would put
a two-part program before
the Legislature to ease the
burden. On Friday, Clinton
said he could not agree
with a suggestion by state
Rep. David Matthews, D-
Lowell, for a state income
tax credit for the truckers,
saying it would be inap-
propriate for the money to
come from general
revenues.
The Arkansas tax covers
trucks weighing more than
73,280pounds and has a cap
of $175 Mutually.
Soma Arkansas;
“Any move by Arkansas
industries to license their
trucks out-of-state would
be harmful,” he said, “In
that it would take away
property taxes and
revenues from the general
fund in addition to the
licensing fees."
von Gonten
Services for Mrs. Fred
(Thelma) von Gonten, 76,
will be held at 2 p m
Wednesday in the Smith
Funeral Chapel with the
Reverends Robert Audd
and Alvin Hedin
officiating.
Burial will follow in the
South Heights Cemetery
under the direction of the
Smith Funeral Home.
Mrs. Fred (Thelma) von
Gonten, 111 W. Davis, died
Sunday at Bartlett
Memorial Medical Center
following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. von Gonten was
born Nov. 1,1906 in McGee,
OK and moved to Sapulpa
in 1955. She was employed
for 22 years at the Educa-
tion Service Center of the
Tulsa Public Schools. She
was a member of the First
Baptist Church.
Survivors include her
husband, Frederick, of the
home; two sons, Charles
Lee Moore of Novato, CA
and Richard Wayne Moore
of Denver, CO; one sister,
Mrs. Carl (Iva) Baker of
Tulsa; six grandchildren.
Speakman
Funeral services for
Mrs. Streeter Speakman,
Sr. were held at 2 p.m. to-
day in the First
Presbyterian Church with
Rev. Thomas Eggebean
officiating.
Burial followed in the
South Heights Cemetery
under the direction of the
Owen Funeral Home.
Mrs. Speakman, a
longtime resident of
Sapulpa, died Friday at the
Pleasant Manor Nursing
Home.
Serving as casket bearers
were Gerald P. Naif eh,
Don McMasters, Clyde
McMasters, Russell
Franklin, Herbert P.
Johnson, Marcus Horn,
Howard Eden and Charles
Briggs.
Knollenberg
Services for Lester J.
Knollenberg, 89, will be
held at 11 a.m. Wednesday
in the Smith Funeral
Chapel with the Reverends
Horny Alloway and Fran-
cis Boyer officiating.
Burial will follow in Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa,
under the direction of the
Smith Funeral Home.
Lester J. Knollenberg of
Sherman, TX, formerly of
Sapulpa, died Sunday In
Sherman.
Mr. Knollenberg was
bom Jan. 16, 1895 in St.
Louis, MO. He was a navy
veteran of World War I and
was employed 45 years by
the Atlantic Richfield Oil
Company. He was a
Methodist and a member of
the American Legion.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Dennis
(Joan) Baker of Sherman,
and Mrs. Gaylord (Alice
Lou) Holman of Geuda Spr-
ings, KS; one brother,
Elmer Knollenberg of Col-
linsville; two sisters, Mrs.
Bert Griffith of Winfield,
KS and Mrs. Helen Gray of
Muskogee; four grand-
children and eight great-
grandchildren.
Record
Services for Francis
Record, 77, will be held at 2
p.m. Tuesday in the Pickett
Indian United Methodist
Chapel with the Reverends
Earl Dunson and Joe Lowe
officiating.
Burial will follow in
Green Hills Memorial
Gardens under the direc-
tion of the Smith Funeral
Home.
Francis Record, Route 2,
died Sunday at Clare more
Indian Hospital.
Mr. Record was bom
Feb. 11,1907 in Sapulpa and
had lived here all his life.
Before his retirement, he
was employed as a painter.
He was a member of the
Pickett Indian United
Methodist Chapel.
Mr. Record is survived
by his wife, Ruby, of the
home; one son, Doug
Yarholer of Oklahoma Ci-
ty; one daughter, Peggy
Webb of Oklahoma City;
two brothers, Lee Record
and Alfred Record of
Sapulpa; four sisters,
Anita Harris of Plainville,
KS, Mary Fields of
Oklahoma City, Julina
Hughes of Sapulpa and
Mae Cumings of Coalgate;
seven grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
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