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• WASHINGTON (AP) —
Gen. Carl C. Turner
used his position as the
Arthy's provost marshal
general to obtain hundreds
of firearms from the police
departments of Chicago
and Kansas City and sold
many of them privately, a
Senate investigator testi-
fied today.
Philip R. Manuel, a staff
investigator for the Sen-
ate’s Investigations sub-
committee, said Turner
told the departments he
wanted the weapons for
Army training and for dis-
play in the military police
museum.
•’ Manuel said many of
these handguns, shotguns
and rifles and others,
which he said Turner ob-
tained from Ft. Bliss,
Tex., were sold by the gen-
eral to a North Carolina
gun dealer.
Turner, who is now re-
tired from the Army, has
been mentioned frequently
in testimony Involving al-
legations he covered up
evidence against Sgt. Maj.
William O.. Wooldridge,
once sergeant major of the
Army. Turner Is expected
to testify Tuesday.
In the second week be-
fore the Senate investigat-
ing subcommittee, Army
witnesses are expected to
detail more about the dou-
ble life they said was led
by Wooldridge. '
Manuel testified that
Turner signed for some of
the weapons two weeks
Late Bulletins
B.
Secret Contacts Denied
< PARIS (AP) — A spokes num for the North Vietaam-
aa* delegation to the Paris peace talks denied Monday
that there had been any secret contacts between the
United States and Hanoi.
Referring to reports of such a contact, the spoken-
man described them as “a maneuver of the Nixon ad-
ministration in trying to elude the demands of U.S. and
world public opinion."
Israelis Claim 3 Planes
. , , TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli air force and ground
twits downed three Egyptian warplanes during aa at-
tempted attack across the Suez Canal into Israeli-held
territory today, the Israelis said.
Restraint ‘Must Continue*
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Treasury official said
Monday that economic restraint must continue until in-
flation Is under much better control.
* Murray L. Weidenbaum, assistant secretary of the
Treasury for economic policy, said that numerous signs
suggest that the administration policy of gradual re-
idraint Is becoming Increasingly effective.
Roger# Returning to UN
*
Ready, Aim
Fast
Draw
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State William
P. Rogers will return to New York Wednesday night for
hfo third round of talks at the U.N. General Assembly
session, the State Department said Monday.
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did get hold of Pound-mas-
ter'-Royal Burris, who has
sotae mther startling news:
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and beyond the normal call
of duty, he agrees to go to
your mother's home and
shoot the skunks if you will
call him when you spot
the critters.
he 2800 block of 8W 42, has
her property. They come
The latter part of March, 1 had M>me pictures taken
at University Hospital. Due to the fact that I had twins, I
was supposed to get two sets. The first set wa* in poor
table and the second set 1 never received. 1 have been
unable to get a refund or adjustment. Mrs. L. C. S.
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(Rer ACTION LINE—Page 2)
after he had officially re-
tired from the Army In
1968 ending four years as
provost marshal general.
The investigator said he
was told some of the guns
sold by Turner were des-
tined for delivery to a
group of revolutionaries on
the island of Haiti in the
Caribbean.
However, Manuel said
there was no evidence that
Turner knew what use
would be made of the guns
after he sold them.
Manuel said six hand-
guns obtained by Turner in
Chicago and one in Kansas
City were found in a five-
ton cache seized by federal
agents in Fayetteville,
N.C. in June.
Manuel said Turner ob-
Road Pact
Surprise
Spurs Flap
Ry Mike Hammer
R. R. Tway Construction
Co. of Oklahoma City was
awarded three contracts
on the west bypass by the
highway commission today
after mathematical errors
discovered in Tway’s origi-
nal bid resulted in that
company being the low
bidder.
1110 errors of nearly a
half million dollars
brought heated outcrys
from two other city con-
struction firms who were
lower on their bids until
the errors were found by
the highway department's
computer.
Amis Critical
Bill Amis of Amis Con-
struction Co. would not say
directly that the bid had
been tampered with but
did challenge the compe-
tence of Tway.
He said there were no
the
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Turner obtained permis-
sion in his capacity as pro-
vost marshal general to in-
spect and obtain whatever
weapons he wanted from
all of the arms collected
and confiscated by the Chi-
cago Police Department.”
“He obtained from the
department on four sepa-
rate occasions a total of
approximately 400 weap-
ons including handguns of
all types . . . both of for-
eign and domestic origin,”
Manuel said.
He said many of the
guns were found to have
been Sold to the Pine State
Gun Shop of Fayetteville,
N.C. The owner of the
shop, Manuel said, is cur-
rently awaiting trial in
(See GENERAL—Page 2)
Senate staff investigator Philip Manuel accuses Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner
of selling privately hundreds of firearms he obtained by using his position aa
the Army's provost marshal general. (AP Wirephoto)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -— — —— —• ■ ■ — —
tained a total of 400 fire-
arm* from the Chicago Po-
lice Department, 96 weap-
ons from Kansas City and
a shipment of 200 from Ft.
Bliss.
Manuel said Turner
came in contact with Chi-
cago police in April and
May of 1968 as commander
of the U.S. regular Army
troops which were sent to
the city during rioting fol*
lowing the assassination of
Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.
An Army spokesman
said Turner was not com-
mander of the troops in
Chicago but was the repre-
sentative there of
Army chief of staff.
“While in Chicago,’’ the
Investigator said. “Gen.
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24 PAGES—OKLAHOMA CITY. MONDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1969
Job Slump Biggest in 9 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Unemployment in Septem-
ber made its biggest leap
in nine years and rose to
its highest rate in two
years, the Labor Depart-
ment announced today.
The over-all unemploy-
ment rose from 3.5 per
cent in August to 4 per
cent in September, the
largest increase since ^Sep-
tember-October 1960.
The Bureau of Labor
Statistics noted that unem-
ployment normally drops
from August to September
as young workers return to
school—but it failed to
drop this year. Unemploy-
ment was up 365,000 over
the month, with two-fifths
of the increase among
workers in the 20 to 24 age
group..
A spokesman for the bu-
reau said the nation's level
of employment is at its
highest in history and that
the unemployment boost
signifies a slowdown in the
rate of employment
growth—mostly in the con-
struction and government
fields.
Over the year, unem-
ployment has risen by
350,000, reflecting an in-
crease of 150,000 for adult
women and 100,000 each
for adult men and teen-a-
gers.
The actual number of
unemployed persons in
September totaled about
three million. The 4 per
cent unemployment rate
was the highest since Oct.
1967, when It reached 4.2
per ceql. The trend this
year began with a 3.3 per
cent average in the first
quarter climbing to 3.5 in
the second and 3.7 in the
third.
The bureau said one ex-
planation for the sharp in-
crease might be that the
September survey was
taken early in the month,
perhaps before a large
number of youngs perfons
had yet re-entered school.
No Efforts Made to Intercept Plane
errors in his bid and that
“there should be none in
any of the others.”
He charged that Tway
had done bad work on
bridge* on 1-35 ih Moore
which delayed the opening
of 1-35 when that stretch
near Moore was widened
and resurfaced.
Slow Work (Mimed
Amis also charged Tway
with other slow work on
bridges on other project*.
Tway was not represent-
ed at the highway commis-
sion meeting this morning.
Jack Tway, president of
Tway, was not available
for comment at his office
early this afternoon. His
office manager declined
comment.
The bids for the three
projects on the west by-
pass, known as 1-440, were
let Sept. 19.
Tway Bld Fourth
Apparent low bidder at
the time was Amis with a
bid of $3,094,947.78.
Tway was fourth appar-
ent low bidder with a bid
of 13,426,556.89, Jack Nob-
litt, deputy director for en-
gineering, said.
* Noblitt said errors in ad-
dition and sub totals of
Tway’s bid caused the bid
to be much lower.
The final bid was more
than |7,000 under the high-
way department e n g 1-
neer's estimate. '
Noblitt said the figures
were checked by the de-
partment'* computer on
the evening the bids were
opened.
They were checked
(See ROAD—Page 2)
Local: Fair and cool
thrbugh Tuesday. Over-
night low near 46. High
Tuesday near 75. (Details,
MIG Slips in Under Our Radar
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon dis.
closed today that U.S. radars made only inter-
mittent contact with a Russian-made MIG17
fighter plane which a defecting Cuban officer
landed Sunday near President Nixon's aircraft
at Homestead Air Force Base, Fla.
The Pentagon said no American intercep-
tors were sent up to meet the plane.
The Pentagon declined to comment when
asked whether it was concerned that no effort
was made to meet the approaching fighter.
Jerry Frledheim, Defense Department
spokesman, said Homestead made intermit-
tent contact with the MIG17 when the plane
was 65 miles south of the base.
Nine minutes later the control tower crew
visually sighted the plane with Its landing gear
extended. The MIG dipped its wings in the In-
ternational sign of a requested landing and got
a green light clearance to land.
The plane was equipped with one 37 milli-
meter gun containing 40 rounds of ammunition
and two 23 mm cannon containing a total of
160 rounds.
Explaining the lag in U.S. detection of the
aircraft, Frledheim said the pilot flew most of
the way at an altitude of 30 to 40 feet above the
Gulf of Mexico which made it difficult for ra-
dar screens to pick him up.
Good News,
Gets Post
Non-Rioters jn yexas
Oklahoma apparently
could become the legal
testing ground for court
action to protect the right
of the non-rioting student
to pursue his education
without interference by
those who riot, take over
or otherwise disrupt class-
es.
A blueprint for legal ac-
tion by non-participating
students ortaxpayer*
against university offi-
cials, rioting students and
even sympathetic profes-
sors has been printed in
War Break
Hinted Again
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Senate Republican Leader
Hugh Scott said today
there may be a break-
through In the Vietnam
war in the next 60 to 90
days in either the diplo-
matic or military area but
that “1 would shade n a
little toward the military’
Scott was questioned in.
light of similar comments
on television Sunday, He
said White House reaction
to his television comments
had not been "unfavora-
ble.” Earlier Story, Page 2.
h Hall
the latest issue of the
Oklahoma Bar Journal, of-
ficial publication of the
Oklahoma Bar Associa-
tion.
Oklahoma State Univer-
sity officials have refused
to suspend classes Oct. 15
as requested by peace pro-
test-minded students. The
University of Oklahoma
apparently will follow suit.
The outline of campus
legal remedies indicates
non-rioting students can
sue for damages, or even
to force school officials to
keep order on campus.
It was prepared by
Americans for Effective
Law Enforcement, Inc.
(AELE). It is a national
organization of lawyers
dedicated to asserting in
court the rights of the
great mass of law-abiding
citizens.
The remedies outlined
pro-suppose that school of-
ficials will not utilize pres-
ent laws and enforcement
agencies to preserve order
on campus.
H. L. McConnell, assist-
ant attorney general who
is founding an AELE chap-
ter in Oklahoma, said
members of the national
organization have offered
to help if Sooner campus
(See Non-Rioters—Page 2)
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Seven of the eight Green
Berets who once faced
murder charges in the al-
leged killing of a South Vi-
etnamese agent have been
given reassignments In the
United States, the Penta-
gon announced today.
Capt. Leland J. Brumley
of Duncan. Okla., alleged
In the original charges to
have knocked out the vic-
tim with a shot of mor-
phine, will go to the
Army’s III Corps at Ft.
Hood. Tex.
No new assignment has
yet been decided upon for
the highest ranking mem-
ber of the group, Col. Rob-
ert Rheault, who was com-
mander of the Green Be-
rets in Vietnam until the
controversial case devel-
oped in July.
The Pentagon said
Rheault's new job is still
under consideration.
None ol the new jobs tor
the other men is with a
Special Force* Unit.
Capt. Robert F. Maras-
co, who was originally
identified in the murder
charge* as having shot the
South Vietnamese agent,
will go to the 24th Infantry
Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.
Winter Visit
Brief, Chilly
Ole Man Winter made
his first invasion of the
season into Oklahoma Sun-
day, bringing tempera'
ture* a* low a* 39 to the
northwest and good pros-
p e c t s for more nippy
weather through Tuesday,
the weatherman said.
A cold front responsible
for the cool snap also
brought light rain and
drizzle to much of the
state, the heaviest
amounts in the north cen-
tral section.
Nearly an Inch, .92, fell
at Pawhuska and nearby
Wynona recorded .73. Pon-
ca City reported .77 and
Burbank, .80.
Rain in the city was
heaviest in northwest sec-
tions. Lake Hefner had .44
inch and l^ke Overholser
.43. Elsewhere, Will Rog-
ers World Airport record-
ed .19 and southwest sec-
tions had less than .10.
Light to moderate show-
ers were still falling this
morning in two areas but
the rain was expected to
end throughout the state
by tonight, the weather bu-
reau said.
Clearing skies and con-
tinued cool weather was
forecast for tonight arid
Tuesday with warming
Tuesday afternoon.
Early morning lows
dipped to 39 at Gage and
Guymon and lows of 37
were predicted for the
Panhandle tonight.
Highs Tuesday will be
70s in the north to the
80'* tn the south, the fore-
cast said.
Other rainfall amount*
in the 24-hour period end-
ing at 7 a.m. today were
Allen. .82; Arcadia, .74;
Billings, .63; Foraker. .62;
Ingalls. .61; Nowata, 56;
Hominy, .52; Tulsa. .13;
Hobart, .12; Clinton, .08;
Lawton, .06; Altus and
McAlester, .03, and Gage
and Ardmore, .01.
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