Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 80, No. 276, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 7, 1970 Page: 1 of 32
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Bartlett’s
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Criticized
Late Bulletin
Veteran Steps Up
OCU Selects
Dr. Whitten
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Workmen Start Without Incident After Haggling
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Boggs Bears 411!
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high number of accidents.
Bob Eastman, a mem-
ber and former chairman
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As usual, Action Line led Poundmaster Royal Burris
(See ACTION LINE—Page 2)
for a joint legislative
study.
Privett said the first aim
(See TAX—Page 2)
testified, but before they
knew what was happening,
Kennedy had jumped from
weren’t
in many other
out of the Inquest unless
Judge James
gave him more latitude in
questioning witnesses.
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Nerd help’ Write to Okla-
homa City Time*. PO. Box
25125, OkMboma City 73125
or telephone 232-3311 be-
tween 10 a.m. and 8 p m
Monday throuch Friday and
a»k for "Action Line."
channel and was well off-
shore.
What Markham and
Gargan did next wasn’t
made known.
Earlier, it was learned
that Dist. Atty. Edmund S.
Dinis threatened to walk
driving conditions across
the state and no new pre-
cipitation was included in
the immediate forecast of
things to come. The chill
index also was less severe
because winds were quiet-
er than the frigid blasts of
Tuesday.
The heaviest remaining
snow
in eastern and some cen-
tral areas of the state but
most highways elsewhere
were reported clear and
dry except for occasional
patches of ice in sheltered
places.
The Vinita district had
David Sarnoff Resigns RCA P<
NEW YORK (AP) — David Sarnoff announce!
resignation Wednesday as chairman of the board a
director of the Radio Corp, of America — RCA -
reasons of health.
Robert Sarnoff was selected to replace his fath<
chairman. Robert Sarnoff also will continue as pres
and chief executive officer.
Amusement*
Bridge
Business
Classified Section
Comics
Inches-Off Diet
Oil Reports
National Affairs
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Shivering Frank Boi
searches for polar be
in Alaska — by armct
“SselfW
Hinge
The source* said h
Kennedy took the st
Dinis began to quel
Sports
TV
Vital Statistics
Women’s News
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40 Pages—Oklahoma City, Wednesday, January 7, 1970
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Market Slips in Dull Trading
NEW YORK (AP) — In dull trading on the
York Stock Exchange Wednesday, the averages sli
a bit and advances among individual issues traded
not far apart.
The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials b
stayed above the 800 mark, dipping 1.85 to 801.81. ('
plete List of Closing Prices on Page 24.)
sists, on Wednesday
Saturday collection*.
Now, he says* only i
of wo
(See TRUCKS—Pag
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Forrest Keene, Oklaho-
ma City public works di-
rector, who was one of
those who talked with the
workers during the early-
morning haggling, said he
thought tempers had
cooled some in the last 24
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Red Infiltration Dips Sharplj
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Departmen
ported today enemy infiltration in Vietnam dro
sharply in 1969 to an estimated 100,000-110,000 men,
pared with some 250,000 the previous year.
Press officer Robert J. McCloskey said the fif
were “agreed current estimates by intelligence agei
in Washington.”
only a “t->mporary” facili-
ty, the cost is not justified.
The ramp, which the de-
partment claims Is solely
responsible for more than
100 accidents in a half-mile
stretch of 1-40 in the last
three years, has been in
use since 1964, and no
plans are under way to re-
place it.
Eastman lashed out to-
Get (A-Choo!)
The Point?
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At the outset, Boyle had
announced that he would
moning as the last witness- permit only testimony di-
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demically qualified but
also "is well prepared for
this position by hi* person- in
VOL, LXXX, NO. 276
reform proposals __
opposed by Gov. Bartlett
turned into significant is-
of politics and legisla-
tion today when house
speaker Rex Privett and
senate president pro tern-
pore Finis Smith said they
will push such a program
in the session which aMSMMMBMM
opened Tuesday.
The two leaders an- ‘ - Ww
conference in the capital
today they launch a
Smith j «
Smith Disappointed aHSBHHHHRn
In 1N8, when I made application for army service, I
told the recruiting sergeant 1 bad asthma but was last
treated at the age of 8. He said I should say that I had
no history of asthma and 1 followed his suggestion. At
the induction center, 1 had an attack. Three doctors
agreed 1 could not serve. I was reclassified and was told
that I would get a medical discharge. Now, the same re-
cruiter tells me I could be reclassified 1-A and subject
for the draft. I have married and have a chance for per-
manent employment I feel the army is treating me as a
draft dodger. W. R. 8. Chickasha.
Not so, said Col. Herbert Hope, Selective Service
chief. Hope said you were disqualified for duty on ac-
count of asthma. But because you have not been dis-
charged from the army reserve, you remain eligible
for the draft. However, he learned the reserve is proc-
essing your release papers, which ought to clear every- he joined Smith in the plan
thing up. f i " 2" "
came before work sta
A number of the i
men maintain that
are being asked to
form more work
Wednesdays and S
days than can be ac
plished in a normal
day. They declared
they are being aske
cover two routes.
Keene maintain* th
an incorrect assum]
The dispute dates
some time.
Until recently, the n
department was on a
day schedule. A full
p 1 e m e n t of wo
1-40 Ramp Closing?
“Classen Circle and,
Dead Man’s Curve also
are temporary e x p e d i-
ents,” he said, “and they
cost lives and hundreds of
thousands of dollars in
property.”
Dwight Hixon, state traf-
. lie engineer for the depart-
ment, said the only excuse
for the faulty design of the
ramp was that it was in-
(See DISPUTE—Page 2)
287,624 EveningMorning Dally At
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By Hugh Hall
Tax
es Kennedy, Gargan and
A. Boyle Markham.
But Judge Boyle, it wa«
By Shorty Shelburne
The weather man says
there’s going to be little
chance for you to lose your
cool before the weekend.
Temperatures plunged
to a bottom-bending one
degree below zero at Mc-
Alester early today and
things weren’t much
warmer
areas.
Despite the bitter cold
readings, considerable im-
provement was reported in
The day’s full schedule
of garbage trucks, each
with a complete crew,
rolled from the two garage
compounds in Oklahoma
City early today onto their
refuse collection routes.
Haggling over controver-
sial new work schedules
became sharp at times be-
fore workmen took their
trucks onto the routes, but
no overt acts occurred.
Police, who had pre-
pared quietly for the possi-
bility of demonstrations or
a forcible work stoppage,
were not evident in heavy
numbers at the garage
compounds at 2121 West-
wood and at NW 69 and
Classen.
After the trucks left,
off-duty officers at the po-
lice station went on home.
Lake rangers and airport
policemen, who had been
called to the station as re-
serves in case of trouble,
were dismissed to their
normal duties.
week.
He said he had received
a second letter from the
Whitten not only Is aca- governor rejecting Smith’*
invitation for the governor
to join with the legislature
‘ i changes Smith said
al strength and philosophy would yield $100 million
and his valuable strength
(See OCU—Page 2)
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hours, despite the still-
sharp exchanges.
The city's newest flare-
up over working conditions
in sanitation department
was touched off over the
weekend when the city an-
nounced a more ambitious
refuse collection schedule.
that Kennedy be brought
forward as the lead-off him:'Judge Boyle cut
witness in the inquiry that district attorney off
Dinis, they said, wanted opened Monday. eral times.
to bring the inquest to a At the outset, Boyle had Dinis protested
dramatic climax by sum- announced that he would
(See INQUEST—Pags
Uncertainty is evident among some workers as Clarence Taylor, center,
exhorts sanitation men to begin today’s rounds. Forrest Keene, right, also ad-
dressed the crews. (Times Staff Photo by Jim Argo)
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its faulty design has been charged the closing will
the cause of a dangerously create severe congestion
Problem Illustrated,
Page 14.
on the alternate routes out-
lined for the on-ramp traf-
fic.
The highway department
JU munuaZ ««««, ~ has said it would cost ---------------- . J
upon highway department cent of the people it affects $18,000 to make the ramp day at the highway depart-
- recommendation, that the are in Oklahoma City.” safe, and that since it is ment position.
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Appointment brings broad smile from Dr. Dolphus
•Whitten. (Staff Photo by George Tapscott)
Local: Partly cloudy and
continued cold through
Thursday. Overnight low
near 10. High Thursday
lower 30’s. (Details, Page
25.)
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City Garbage Trucks Roll on Schedul
The new schedule still plaint was aired today
requires only a five-day general exchange
work week, but workmen
every other week now are
required to split their days
off, getting Sundays and
Wednesdays off instead of
Saturday and Sunday.
In addition, a new com-
frosty
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PRIVETT JOINS SMITH
IN TAX STUDY PUSI
The source said Gargan
and Markham testified
that it wasn’t until the
morning after the accident
that they learned Kennedy
had not gone to police.
They said that after
_ searching unsuccessfully
the channel separating when he dived into the for Miss Kopechne around
Chappaquiddick Island channel,
from Martha’s Vineyard, a
source close to the case
said today.
Kennedy has said the al contents today.
Gargan and Markham under the dike bridge, they took Kennedy by car to the
testified Tuesday. The urged the senator to go to Edgartown ferry slip on
source revealed the gener- the police. Chappaquiddick, t h e
They said his failure to source said.
BLUE STREAK
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rectly related to whe
Kennedy or anyone
acted criminally cone
learned, ordered other- ing Miss K o p e c it n
But the 63-year-old judge wise. He said he would not death.
the car, dived into the did have the last word on keep a United States sena-
channel and was well off- the order in which witness- tor waiting and ordered
es would appear, two
sources close to the case
said.
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EDGARTOWN, Mass. two-Joseph F. Gargan,
(AP) — Two close friends Kennedy’s cousin, and
of Sen. Edward M. Kenne- Paul S. Markham, former
dy testified at the Inquest U.S. attorney for Massa-
into Mary Jo Kopechne’s chusetts—helped him
death that they believed search for Miss Kopechne
. Kennedy was going to the in the pond where his car
police when he,dived into fell and were with him
patches of ice on SH 34 in
Delaware County and near
Afton on U.S. 66. ,
Oklahoma City, which
remained cold today after worked half-days, hi
a morning low of 13 de-
grees, was promised some
thawing for the numerous
areas of ice and snow still complement
accumulations were - (See COOL-Page 2)
more revenue yearly.
‘Governor Unwilling*
“That simply means the
governor is unwilling to
even study the proposal
. . . to determine even if
there are any loopholes,”
Smith said.
“I might say,” he went
on in speaking of the gov-
ernor’s message, "that the
fat cats congregated in
their ivory clubs and cele-
brated last night.”
System ‘Rotten’
In making the tax re-
form proposals to the gov-
ernor, Smith charged that
the "fat cats” were escap-
ing their share of the state
tax burden.
Declaring “the people
are entitled to know how
. . . rotten our tax system
is," Smith then said legis-
lation would be introduced
in house and senate calling
for a joint legislative study
of tax loopholes.
“We will ask for crea-
tion of a special legislative
committee . . . and we
will study the system,’’
Smith said.
Privett, who previously
has made his commitment
to such a program almost
contingent on the gover-
nor’s support, added that
By Mary Jo Nelson
Dr. Dolphus Whitten Jr., Student Faculty Center for discrimination
twice acting president and the formal announcement,
for 12 years a guiding The decision was an-
force at Oklahoma City nounced jointly by Dr. Fi-
nis Crutchfield, Tulsa, pointed that the governor’s
president of the board of opening address to the leg-
“ “*• islature ignored the tax re-
r _ _ " * • form proposals the wnate
board of trustees, after board’s executive commit- jeader urged upon him last
Background Bread, Page A.
special selection commit-
tee* interviewed 18 appli-
cants for the job.
The unanimous board
action came at 1:10 p.m.,
and a delegation of stu-
dents went to the presi-
dent’s office to accompany
Whitten to the C. Q. Smith
do so reflected the great All were exhausted from
confusion and distress in , their rescue effort, they
which they believed him to
be.
Gargan and Markham
Kennedy Want* Testimony
Made Public, Page 21.
said that after searching
Kennedy’s submerged auto for Miss Kopechne, they
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Want Ad* 235-
Othwoll* 233-
University, was named its
12th president today.
Dr. Whitten was ap- trustees, and Luther T.
proved by the university Dulaaey^shairwnBn «Mhe
tee and selection commit-
tee.
Dr. Crutchfield said
City Ignored
By Howard Davis on-ramp to 1-40 at Byers Eastman and Dennis
Two city traffic officials Ave. be closed for a 120- Kyrk, assistant director of
charged today the state day testing period because city traffic control,
highway department over-
ruled and Ignored their
recommendations in clos-
ing a major downtown 1-40
access point, and predict- ,
ed serious city traffic of the city traffic commis-
congestion problems will sion, charged today the
result. commission was never
Die state highway com- consulted about the deci-
mission Monday ordered, sion, even though "90 per
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