Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 181, Ed. 2 Friday, September 18, 1970 Page: 1 of 15
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ma City police headquarters.
There sat William 'Diomas Fields Jr.. 50,
in a jail cell, as he did so many times during
prohibition.
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State: Partly cloudy and
warmer through Saturday
with slight chance of wide-
ly scattered showers east
tonight. Overnight lows In
60 s; highs Saturday 85 to
94. (Details, Page 26.)
Keene, city public works
director, says It’s the state
highway department's
baby and J. M. Copeland,
department maintenance
engineer, says state re-
sponsibility starts farther
east. But Copeland got to
thinking about it and per-
sonally inspected the area
for you and Action Line.
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on complaints of posessing amphetamines
and marijuana.
Police said a plastic bag of marijuana and
eight pills described as dexedrine were among
illicit items found in » raid at the station
Thursday right. Detective! Bennie Ixivctt and
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Only Tuesday, police had confiscated 470
bottles of whiskey and wine at the station alter
a detective had been sold a bottle illegally on
election ddy. Another Fields employee was ar-
mlne possession complaints was John Charles
Sacotte, 24. of 1537 SW 37, an employee of
Fields.
TAFT MAN KILLED
IN WATER BILL FUSS
Court Refuses to Charge
Shipping Magnate in Death
Perfect Football Day Likely
shootings but a spokesman
in his office said the probe
had not been completed.
A Taft resident said the
dispute which led to the
shootings was a “drive to
force the city to lower wa-
ter rates."
“They figured if no one
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ATHENS (AP) — A panel of lower court judges re-
jected today a public prosecutor's proposal that Greek
shipping multimillinaire Stavros Niarchos be indicted
in connection with the death of his wife.
The prosecutor said he would appeal the decision to
a higher court.
Prosecutor Constantine Fafoutis, who has been han-
dling the case since Eugenia Niarchos died on her hus-
band's private island last May 4, said he would file an
ported that he was shot in
the neck and in the leg.
Authorities said Grim-
mett underwent surgery at
the Muskogee hospital
Thursday night.
District Attorney Paul
Ferguson in Muskogee was
reported investigating the would pay their water bill,
the cutoff point, he said,
and the dispute flared into
violence.
A spokesman at the Taft
postmaster critically Post Office where Grim-
mett has been postmaster
since 1945, said it was re-
By Shorty Shelburne
TAFT — A town dispute
over water service erupted tempting to pipe around
into a blazing round of
gunfire Thursday night in
Taft which left one man
dead and the town’s veter-
an
wounded.
Two other men who re-
portedly exchanged shots
during the fight, but were
not hit, were jailed in Mus-
kogee. Sheriff Bill Vinzant
said one was held as a sus-
pect in the two shootings.
The other man being
held was suspected of fir-
ing shots at the slaying
suspect, the sheriff said.
James Martin, an ampu-
tee who had one leg miss-
ing, was killed and Post-
master C. R. Grimmett
was wounded, Vinzant
said.
Officials at Muskogee
General Hospital reported
Grimmett in critical condi-
tion. He reportedly was hit
by at least two shots.
Sheriff Vinzant said Sion
Lowe, identified as a town
employee, was jailed as a
suspect in the shootings.
The sheriff said Ezra
Gaines, tvho allegedly ex-
changed shots with Lowe,
ice earlier. Lowe later
found several men at-
the town would have to cut
the rates,” the resident
said.
Sheriff Vinzant said two
of the 12 home owners
where service was cut off
paid their bill later but
that 10 others refused and
this added to the dispute.
appeal within the next 10 days in accordance with Greek
legislation.
The three-man lower court panel rejected a recom-
mendation that Niarchos be indicted on charges of caus-
ing bodily injury leading to his wife's death.
A board of medical experts had previously ruled that
Mrs. Niarchos, 42. had died from an overdose of barbi-
turates. But Fafoutis based his recommendation on the
allegation that there were numerous bruises on iftrs.
Niarchos' body at the time of death.
ciliber pi>.o!s and one .22 caliber pistol, a
transistor radio tuned to police broadcast fre-
quencies, five rings with set* that could be dia-
monds and six rolls of pornographic movie film.
Also booked on marijuana and asnpheta-
aUrged bootleg whiskey and wine, confiscated
at t'ne same old stadd—a two-pump. 24-hour
service station at 2120 Exchange.
In a new twist this time, the longtime po-
lice character and former convict was booked
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Apparently tha, stretch
is an orphan. Forrest
Weatherman Casts a Dry Eye
‘Take >!<» to Your Leader9
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Football Play
Fatal to Youth
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drrn waiting along the
road.
Upon their arrival in
Jonesville the mothers told
Ix*e County School Supt.
Robert Stickland they con-
sider the cight-mlle route
over the mountain danger-
IX)S ANGELES (AP) -
A Trans World Airlines 747
jetliner landed safely at
Los Angeles International
Airport after losing one of
its 18 landing-gear wheels
3.000 miles back.
'Die wheel spun off after
takeoff Thursday at Ken-
nedy International, Airport
in New York. It crashed
Into an unoccupied car.
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What’s Inside
About a quarter-mlle west of Eastern on the North-
east Expressway, a deep ravine is eating toward the
pavement of the eastbound lane. From the car it looks to
be four or five feet wide. There is no guard rail at this
. dangerous spot. Slick highway or reckless driving could
cause a serious accident. I
called the highway main-
tenance people about this
and nothing has been done
as a warning. Mrs. K. P.,
Spencer.
Hark... i hear armine
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WARD TH'PAVEMENT/
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) —
A policeman was fatally
shot early today in his pa-
trol car. A short time lat-
: ' er, police said, snipers be-
gan firing from the nearby
Black Panther headquar-
ter and police surrounded
the building and returned
fire.
I Patrolman William Mis-
i cannon was patrolling in
I the predominantly Negro
inner city when slain.
His p a r t n e r, Walter
I • Shaw, said a Negro ap-
was held on suspicion of
assault with a deadly
weapon. Neither man had
been charged.
The gunfight broke out
in front of the Willie Un-
derwood home. Vinzant
said, after water service to
12 homes had been cut off
because the residents re-
portedly had failed to pay
their water bills in protest
to what they considered to
bp high rates.
. “The investigation indi-
cates that an attempt was
being made to pipe the wa-
ter around the cutoff valve
in front of Underwood’s
home when the shooting
started," the sheriff said.
Vinzant said Lowe re-
portedly had been directed
to turn off the water serv-
While on Patrol Duty
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several persons from the
building who scattered to
firing positions in other
buildings.
Two persons were shot
and wounded as they fled,
according to police ac-
counts, and a third was ar-
rested at the scene.
Others remained in the
building firing early today.
Police said they were
uncertain how many were
in the building, which was
surrounded by police
cruisers, search lights and
police armed with rifles.
Joan Melvin Mc-
Clellan, 26, of Toledo, was
arrested nearby and
charged with murder of
Miscannon.
Police Chief Anthony
Bosch says he does not be-
lieve Miscannon’s death
was instigated by Black
Panthers but suspects
those firing took advan-
tage of the situation.
He said he was not sure
those who opened fire
from the Panther head-
quarters were Panthers.
“I have no knowledge that
they are yet," he said, "I
have a little reason to be-
lieve that, but I haven't
determined it as of yet."
Shortly beforA midnight
Thursday about 20 Ne-
(See OFFICER—Page 2)
Forecasters said there's
an offchance of more raiq
proached their car. said,
"Hey baby, I’ve got some-
thing for you" and fired a
pistol through a window
into the officer’s head. The
assailant fled in a car.
Shaw summoned aid and
when an ambulance ar-
rived, officers said, the
snipers began firing. Shaw
was taken to a hospital
suffering from shock.
Some 30 policemen con-
verged on the scene,
lobbed tear gas. into the
headquarters and flushed
ous. especially during win-
ter months of ice, snow
and early darkness.
Stickland called a meet-
ing between the parents
and the school board in an
attempt to settle the dis-
pute.
Any moisture on the new
University of Oklahoma
artificial turf Saturday aft-
ernoon will be honest per-
spiration and not rain if
the weatherman has any-
thing to say about it.
Broken clouds and top
readings in the high 80 s
are forecast for Saturday
afternoon when the Soon-
ers host Wisconsin at
Owen field. Showers are
positively not predicted.
Fog shrouded much of
the state this morning, as
the week’s rains began a
rapid fad^out at the state's
east edge where 24 hours’
worth of downpours left up
to *GLr inches and more.
Ashland, in Pittsburg
County, had the champion
cascadea, at 4.77 inches.
Other whoppers were
4.50 at Bengal, 4.08 at Wil-
burton, 4.30 at Fanshawe,
3.44 at Heavener. 3.28 at
Poteau. 3.34 at McAlester,
and 3.68 at Wister Reser-
voir.
In the one Inch to 2.50
category were Burbank.
Checotah. Hominy. Lena-
pah, McCurtain. Quinton,
Sallisaw. Spiro. Zoe, Eu-
faula, Daisy, Tuskahoma.
Centrahoma, Clebit and
Coalgate.
Most of
DALLAS (AP) — Greg
Conner, 13. died Thursday
after being tackled by sev- .
eral youths while playing
football with older boys on
the lawn of a Baptist
church.
A Presbyterian Hospital
spokesman said the youth
apparently died of Interna-
tional injuries. He was
dead when hp reached the
hospital.
Moms Hijack School Bus
JASPER, Va. (AP) —
Elevan irate mothers re-
sorted to hijacking — a
bus — in their eflort to get
this community's elemen-
tary school reopened.
The Jasper Elementary
School has been closed and
the students assigned to a
school eight miles away.
The mothers, who object
to the daily travel, com-
mandeered a county
school bus Thursday when
it stopped to pick up their
children and ordered the
driver to take them to the
school board office in
Jonesville, some 25 miles
away. TTiey threatened to
hold the driver aboard the
bus until ho complied.
They lct*_him take the
scheduled rnulo across the
mountain to pick up chil-
slacked off after midnight,
although a few light show-
ers skittered along in the both scattered
cast early this morning, skimpy. The Will Rogers
World Airport share was Highs generally are pre-
just .17 inch. dieted from 85 to 94.
Jetliner Lands
Minus a Wheel
there tonight. Football fans won’t be
Amounts elsewhere were the only ones sweltering as
both scattered and a high pressure area dries
up the state Saturday.
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The 11:30 p.m., raid was made with a
search warrant.
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cial radio from Amman, the capital. It said:
“In view of the growing number of brother comman-
dos who are joining the royal armed forces, we have or-
dered the armed forces to cease-fire temporarily to give
the fedayeen a chance to join the ranks of the armed
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{ cease-fire today to give guerrilla forces an opportunity
j to surrender without further bloodshed.
‘ • Ma jail’s statement was broadcast by Jordan’s offi-
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line with Israel, where they could fight "the common en-
emy.” > .
The official Amman radio said the cease-fire or- 1
dered by Majali will provide the guerrillas with an op- ‘
(See JORDAN—Page 2)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Field Marshal Habis Ma- forces. We hope the fedayeen will make good use of this
jail ordered the Jordanian army to observe a temporary chance.”
,The fedayeen are the Palestinian guerrillas.
The cease-fire order came in the second day of
sharp fighting in Jordan. It spread into northern Jordan
near the Syrian border during the day. The army
claimed it was in control in Amman and the former
guerrilla stronghold of Zarqa, 15 miles northeast of Am-
man. '
A military communique said King Hussein’s forces
controlled 16 Amman districts and were carrying out danian government on Wednesday. Fighting broke out
mopping up operations. shortly afterward.
There remained no word about the Wahdat area in T^e t0P guerrilla command rejected Majali’s cease-
the outskirts where 54 hostages from last week's air hi- fire offer on Thursday. The terms included acceptance
jackings are believed held. Neither side has mentioned by the guerrillas of an army safe conduct to the front
the hostages in the past two days.
The wording of Marshal Majali’s cease-fire order
made it clear he was not prepared now to negotiate with
the guerrillas on the terms he had offered them on
Thursday. King Hussein named Majali to head the Jor-
• He sees no need lor guard rails, which he says some- ini
' times increase a hazard. However he had his engineers
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