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PAGE TWO—Sapulpa (Okla.) Herald, Tuesday, June 27, 1989
Hain conviction
upheld by ruling
By the Herald Staff and
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Monday’s
U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld
Scott Allen Hain’s death penalty
conviction in the burning deaths of
two Tulsa restaurant workers.
An attorney for the only other Okla-
homa youth on death row affected by
the ruling said it is "utterly barbaric”
that the U.S. Supreme Court has
refused to prohibit the execution of
convicts aged 16 and 17.
“In my opinion, it’s utterly barbanc
to execute any 16- or 17-year-old,”
said Bob Ravitz, attorney for Sean
Sellers, who was convicted in Oklaho-
ma City of killing his parents and a
convenience store clerk in March
1986, when he was 16.
The high court voted 5-4 Monday to
uphold the death sentences of two
young killers in Missouri and
Kentucky. They were 16 and 17,
respectively, when they committed
their crimes.
Hain was convicted in Sapulpa of
killing two Tulsa restaurant employ-
ees in October 1987, when he was 17.
Ravitz argued that Sellers was
under the influence of Satan when he
killed his mother and stepfather,
Vonda Maxine Bellofatto, 32, and
Paul Leon Bellofatto, 43, and conveni-
ence store clerk Robert Paul Bower,
35.
Sellers has appeared on television
talk shows such as the Oprah Winfrey
Show and says he now is a Christian.
Hain was given the death penalty
for the deaths of Tulsa restaurant
employees Michael William Hought-
on, 27, and Laura Lee Sanders, 22. The
victims died of smoke inhalation and
bums after being locked in the trunk of
Ms. Sanders’ car in a rural area of
Sapulpa.
A1 Schay of the Oklahoma Appel-
late Public Defenders System also was
disappointed by Monday’s ruling.
Last year, ruling in an Oklahoma
case, the justices drew the allowable
line for capital punishment at age 16
when they voted, 5-3, to throw out the
death sentence of a killer who commit-
ted his crime when he was 15.
"My gut reaction is I’m disap-
pointed they didn’t extend it to cover
16-and 17-year-olds. I wish they had
set it at 18. That seems to be a sort of
consensus of the states. That’s when
they can vole or be drafted,” Schay
said.
The Supreme Court ruling regard-
ing the young offenders "relieves
them of an argument they could have
made before,” said Sandra Howard,
assistant state attorney general.
"I think we’re pleased from the
attorney general on down,” said
Assistant Attorney General Bob
Nance.
Nance said Oklahoma Attorney
General Robert Henry was disap-
pointed last year when the Supreme
Court ruling allowed William Wayne
Thompson to elude the death penalty.
“We thought that youthful age was
certainly a mitigating factor... So we
were disappointed at a flat rule that
said 15 was too young because there
are all kinds of 15-year-olds. Some are
immature but some are completely
mature and cunning about their
crimes,” Nance said.
“It’s real good news and the attor-
ney general is pleased,” Nance said of
the ruling.
Oklahoma’s death penalty law does
not specify a minimum age. The state
relies instead on a statute establishing
the conditions for trying a juvenile as
an adult.
A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature
proposing setting the minimum age at
16 is on the 1990 legislative calendar
after being passed by the House this
year. The Senate sent the bill back with
amendments.
Foul play suspected
in Bixby lake death
9*
Full bloom
C.C. Baker, 93, of632 S. Mounds, recently had his yard
fill up with 40 feet of flowering hydrangea. Baker said it
had been six years since all the plants had been in full
bloom. While the flowers were in bloom, Baker said he
was taking time out to enjoy the sight. (Herald photo by
Danette Keho)
BIXBY (AP) — Authorities say
foul play likely was involved in the
death of a boy whose dismembered
remains were found at a Bixby lake
during the weekend.
"Our first question was, ‘Could this
have been an accident?’” Paul
Renfrew, spokesman for the Oklaho-
ma State Bureau of Investigation, said
Monday. "But every indication is that
foul play was involved, with a delib-
erate attempt to dismember the body.
Medical examiners who earlier said
the victim was belweeen 10 and 20
years old narrowed their estimate
Monday to 11 or 12 years old based on
a dental examination, said John
Pojman, an investigator for the Tulsa
state Medical Examiner’s office.
Pojman said the boy was white and
had brown hair. The victim had a
surgical scar behind each car and
injury scars on the palm of his right
hand and on his upper lip, Pojman
said.
Investigators have received several
telephone calls since the remains were
found by fishermen during the
weekend, Pojman said, but officials
have no definite leads.
“We have no idea who it is,”
Pojman said.
Renfrew said a head and part of an
arm were among the remains found
Saturday on the western bank of
Bixhoma Lake.
Bixhoma Lake is about l‘/i miles
south of Leonard in south Tulsa Coun-
ty. Bixby Police Chief Harry Ekiss
said the body was found near a road
that circles the lake.
“We’re trying to nail down a very
sick person here, and I don’t want to
give out any more information than I
have to,” Ekiss said.
So far, officials don’t know when or
how the victim died, Ekiss said. Offi-
cials said the remains possibly were
several days old when found.
“We’re scouring the lake for clues
or other body parts, but I think we’ve
recovered all that we’re going to
find,” he said.
University requirements rise
News Digest
Commodities to be given Thursday
Commodities in Sapulpa’s emergency food program will be distributed
Thursday at the First Church of God Family Life Center, 1011 E. Hastain.
Doors will open at 6 a.m. and distribution will continue until noon or the
supply is exhausted.
Items on this month’s list includes flour, peanut butter, honey, beans and
raisins.
Persons with red commodity cards should bring their card and a sack when
picking up the foods. New applicants will be registered beginning at 8 a.m.
Volunteers from the First Church of God will be on hand to assist in distri-
buting the items.
Persons with questions about the program may inquire from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the church office by calling 224-0380.
Country club worker held in stabbing
EDMOND (AP) — Authorities say they are holding an Oak Tree Country
Club employee as a material witness in the stabbing death of another worker
outside the clubhouse early Monday.
Capt. Ron Cavin of the Edmond Police Department said Roy Maslin, 54, of
Arcadia, was taken into custody as a material witness late Monday in the death
of Phong Quang Le, 32.
Cavin said Le had been stabbed 30 times.
Cavin said the stabbings occurred about 5:30 a.m., shortly after the two men
reported to work.
STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST
NOON QUOTES
By BILL JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
EDMOND (AP) — Students seek-
ing admission to Oklahoma’s 10
regional universities after this fall will
be faced with higher admission
standards.
State Regents for Higher Education
adopted the new standards on
Monday, setting up a timetable that
will raise them gradually from the
1990-91 school year to the 1993-94
school year.
Beginning next year, students will
have to score in the top 66 percent of
students nationwide on the American
College Testing Program, commonly
called the ACT, or “a similar accept-
able battery of tests” to be admitted to
the regional universities.
As an alternative, the student could
be in the top 66 percent of his class
with a grade point average of 2.7.
As adopted, this would be raised to
the top 60 percent for the 1991-92
school year, to the top 55 percent for
the 1992-93 school year and the top 50
percent for the 1993-94 school year
and thereafter.
The grade ranking would be raised
to the same level as the percentage of
the ACT score, with the grade point
average to be determined annually.
Before adopting the higher stan-
dards, the regents heard only one
person speak in opposition as they
held the fourth and final public
hearing.
Regents were told by Jean
Manning, vice president of academic
affairs at Langston University, that the
standards “arc not sensitive to the
needs of minorities and high-risk
students.”
A report to the regents stated that
colleges must “remain sensitive” to
the issues of recruitment and retention
of minority students.
“The state regents will continue to
monitor progress in enrolling and
retaining minority students throughout
the implementation of this program,”
the report said.
“We believe a quality work force ...
must begin with high admission stan-
dards,” said George Gibson, who
represented the state Chamber of
Commerce.
The regional universities are Langs-
ton, Panhandle State, Central State,
East Central, Northeastern, North-
western, Southwestern, Southeastern,
Cameron and the University of
Science and Arts of Oklahoma.
In another report, the regents were
told that increased efforts were being
made to collect on defaulted loans
made under the national guaranteed
student loan program. These ranged
from sending letters to borrowers
“immediately upon notification from
a lender that the student is in arrears on
payment," to working “with institu-
tions on formulation of default
management plans,” regents were
told.
“Oklahoma’s default rales are
increasing in Oklahoma and are some-
what higher than most states; howev-
er, most of the defaults involved first-
time boarrowers,” the report said. It
also said that because of low educa-
tional costs, "a disproportionate
number of these first-time borrowers
compared to the national average
come from low-income families.”
All this suggests “that the default
rate may stem from the composition of
first-time, low-income students whose
educational aspirations are cut short
by factors relating to personal income,
ability to benefit and quality of the
educational choice,” the report said.
In other action Monday, the regents
hired the state auditor’s top assistant to
improve fiscal accountability at the six
universities.
Tom Volturo, who was instrumen-
tal in uncovering financial wrongdo-
ing at Southeastern Oklahoma State
University, will begin his new job by
early August.
Regents voted last month to hire an
internal auditor to comply with 1987
legislation requiring better fiscal
accountability.
“It’s another positive step in this
board’s attempt to increase oversight
and ensure public accountability,”
said Scot Fem, a former assistant attor-
ney general who was hired last month
as counsel to the board.
5* Parents
given tips
on children
By DEBORAH LARGE
Herald Senior Newswriter
Parents have to know when to ask
questions, share experiences or just
listen when dealing with a child.
Dr. Charles Cobb of Tulsa’s Hill-
crest Adolescent Unit spoke to a group
of Sapulpans Monday on that topic at
the second Sapulpa Drug Free
Community meeting.
“In helping children establish good
feelings about themselves so that they
don’t turn to drugs, you have to
express a certain amount of empathy
with them,” Cobb said. "Children rely
on a parent through understanding and
knowing what they are going through.
It is necessary that we express those
experiences.”
Cobb said developing a “sense of
self” is very important for children
throughout their lives.
“When we begin to lose a sense of
self, we feel crushed, we feel stiff and
we stop pushing,” he said. “All of that
is a signal that we have lost a sense of
who we are. In an attempt to recover
that sense of who we are, we may turn
to drugs or a number of things.”
He said children are willing to do
almost anything to regain their sense
of self.
Cobb said there are three ways to
interact with children to help them
develop a sense of who they are:
idealization, mirroring and twinship.
“Children need to know during their
development that the parent is there.
Parents are a safe and secure environ-
ment,” he said. “Because of the securi-
ty provided, children look up to the
parent. You have to allow that
idealization.”
Cobb also said that children need to
know the parent can understand what
the child is feeling. Parents have to be
able to share their own experiences
with the child (or mirroring) and let
them know they understand.
He said to say “I understand what
you are feeling" without sharing some
type of similar experiences is consid-
ered a cop out with children.
Thirdly, Cobb said there is a need
for children to act like a parent. At
times, children just want a friend to
listen to them on an equal level (or
twinship).
“It can be a task for a parent to know
which one of these the child needs at a
particular lime,” he said. “But, we
have to be willing to meet the children
where they are.”
Cobb said there are five myths of
parenting:
1. A parent needs to be in complete
charge and their decisions arc always
right. He said children must be able to
see that their parents are human.
2. A child must follow the rules and
not talk back.
3. Give children freedom and let
them find their own answers.
4. Children can adapt to anything. In
the process of adapting, however,
children may do anything to be
noticed.
5. It is quality not quantity that
counts.
“Number five is something we have
heard a lot in recent years,” he said.
“But, parents have to be available to
their child. We don’t know if the child
needs some kind of special attention
when we plan the quality time. We
have to be around when they need us."
Cobb said when parents arc there
for their children and are willing to
share and help them, the children are
less likely to turn to other things, such
as drugs and alcohol.
“Parenthood is not just giving
birth,” he said. “You become able to
be a parent by going through interac-
tion with your kids."
State oil rig count increases
HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say
drier weather is largely responsible for
the spurt in oil and gas exploration in
Oklahoma.
The number of working oil and gas
rigs continued an upward climb this
week, growing by 15 rigs to total 810,
to Baker Hughes Inc. said Monday.
Among major oil producing states,
Oklahoma saw the biggest gain with
19 additional rigs, followed by Loui-
siana, six; New Mexico and Pennsyl-
vania, two each; and Michigan and
Ohio, one each.
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POLICE RECORDS
Hit and runs—
A hit and run accident in the 700 block of
south Main Monday damaged the 1986
Chevrolet Celebrity owned by Lucille S.
Warrior, 62, Route I.
Terry Storer, 19, Route 1, reported $100
damage to a 1969 Dodge Charger in a hit
and run accident at the intersection of Main
and Dewey on Sunday.
Accident reports—
Sandra L. McCombs, 34, Mounds, was
cited for improper lane change after she
was involved in an accident on Main, north
of Taft, at 1:06 p.m. Monday with El
VanSchoyvcr, 62, Enid, Okla.
FIRE RECORDS
No fires were reported to the Sapulpa
Fire Department on Monday.
Death
Texas posted the biggest decline for
the week with six fewer rigs, followed
by Wyoming, California and Kansas,
two each; and Colorado, one. North
Dakota was unchanged from the previ-
ous week.
The increase in Oklahoma brought
the count for the state to 100 after
weeks of declines partly caused by
rainy weather. Last week’s count of 81
in Oklahoma was the lowest count for
the state since 1972.
Mike Coldren, executive director of
the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum
Association, said almost daily rain
somewhere in the state for several
weeks during mid June drenched
grounds in many areas.
He said that made it difficult to
move heavy drilling equipment.
The national increase marked the
fifth straight weekly gain for the
nationwide count, which increased by
four rigs last week.
State raises
utilities’ taxes
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The
slate Equalization Board has voted
unanimously to increase the property
tax rate of railroads and airlines by
roughly 50 percent.
The seven-member board on
Monday raised the tax rate for rail-
roads and airlines from 10.87 percent
to 15.33 percent. It also raised the
property tax rate for other public utili-
ties from 26.25 percent to 26.60
percent.
Bob Hartman, director of the Tax
Commission’s ad valorem division,
said the effect of the board’s action
would be to stave off an almost $4
million loss in property tax revenue.
Because of lower property valua-
tions, Hartman said the increased tax
rates will bring in only an additional
$82,000.
During the meeting of the board,
chaired by Gov. Henry Bellmon, Agri-
culture Commissioner Jack Craig
characterized the action as an "equali-
zation” effort involving different
utilities.
Information Furnished by Edward D. Jones k Co.. Sapulpa. OK
Jim Kirkpatrick. Mgr.
Dora Crockett
Dora Pcarlene Crockett, 65, 704 S.
Walnut, died today at Bartlett Mem or
iai Medical Center.
Services are pending with Smith
Funeral Home.
She was bom Dec. 5,1923, in Cush-
ing, Okla, and lived in the Sapulpa
area most of her life.
Survivors include sons Jeffery
Harmon, Kenneth Crockeu Jr., both of
Sapulpa, and Mike Crockett of Kelly-
ville; daughters Linda J. Ellis and
Mardcll M. Glaze, both of Sapulpa,
and Sherri Hockaday of Jennings,
Okla, brother Eddie Bell of San Jose,
Calif., and William Bell of Sapulpa;
sisters Mamie Snively of Temple,
Texas, Dormilee Roberson and
Mardcll Cates, both of Rockdale,
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