Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 134, Ed. 1 Monday, July 26, 1971 Page: 1 of 48
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Mrs. Dye said she and
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Business News
Classified Section
Comics
National Affairs
Obituaries
Our World Today
Sports
TV Tidbits
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Moon Shot Perfect;
Okianoma time when the
astronauts transfer to the
lunar module. The next TV
transmission will be Fri-
day ai 9:22 a.in. to show a
view of the landing site.
Saturday, a 6-hour telecast
of the lunar surface excur-
sion will start at 8:34 a.m.
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla.
(AP) — America’s Apollo
15 explorers rocketed out
of earth orbit today and
streaked toward the moon
on another search for lu-
nar secrets. They are to
conduct man’s first driv-
ing expedition on the sur-
face, a quest among tower-
ing mountains and along
side a deep canyon.
Col. David R. Scott, Lt.
Col. James B. Irwin and
Maj. Alfred M. Worden, all
Air Force officers, broke
away from the embrace of
earth’s gravity at 11:30
a.m. Oklahoma time as a
jarring rocket blast shot
them out of orbit and sent
them winging toward their
distant target and one of
history’s greatest scientific
explorations.
For nearly three hours,
the astronauts had circled
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A note with a picture of
a clock indicating a rendez-
vous time will be left to-
day on Casper Mountain in
Wyoming in a new attempt
to rescue 9-year-old Kevin
Dye, his still-hopeful moth-
er reported.
Mrs. Phillip Dye said
the note, along with a
sleeping bag and warm
clothing, was suggested by
I live under the water tower in The Village, and I
would like to know why the flashing light can’t be re-
placed on top of the tower.
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Kevin's teacher, Mrs.
Eleanor Walker.
A fear of his rescuers
has complicated the eight-
day search on the 8,000-
foot mountain for the for-
mer Oklahoma City boy
whose brain was damaged
in infancy, r
Search dogs with their
handlers coursed over the
mountain today, spurred
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tower, at Graystone and
Westminster, actually is in
Nichols Hills, and Mike
Drea, administrative as-
sistant to the Nichols Hills
city manager, Indicated
city hall didn’t realize the
light wasn't f
until we heard from you.
He says they will dispatch
a man to climb up and re-
place it. Incidentally, the
light won’t flash. J. W.
“Bill4 Grant, an FAA
safety Inspector, tells us
water towers don’t need
lights unless they’re right
by airports. Tower operators who choose to light them
are asked to use two steady red lights on a tower 150
feet tail or less and a red flashing beacon on one 150
to 300 feet tall.
LONDON (AP) — There’s a new greet-
ing for actress Elizabeth Taylor: Grand-
mother.
The 39-year-old American actress’
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Michael Wilding
Jr., gave birth Sunday to a 8-pound, 2-
ounce girl.
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Apollo on
A Tuesday TV broadcast
American two-man team
to land on the moon in two
years.
Scott, Irwin and Worden
were roused at 3:19 a.m.
lor a brief medical exami-
nation and the traditional
launch day breaklast of
steak, eggs, toast, colfee
and orange juice. ’’They're
in great snape" said Don-
ald K. Slayton, director ol
liignt crew operations.
Tecnnicians helped them
into tneir white spacesuits
witn the bubble helmets
and the American Hag em-
blazoned on the sleeves.
As the astronauts left
the crew quarters, they
smileu and waved at about
500 space workers and
newsmen who applauded
and shouted, “Good luck!”
Several members of
Worden s family were in
the crowd. The astronaut
blew them a kiss and
briefly shook hands with
his father, Merrill Worden
of Jackson, Mich.
The spacemen were
transported to the launch
(See APOLLC—Page 2)
What’s Inside
into earth orbit more than
100 miles high.
Half an hour after firing
toward the moon, the as-
tronauts separated Endea-
vour, pivoted around 180
degrees and gingerly
poked a harpoon like dock-
ing device into a connect-
ing mechanism in the nose
of the moon landing ship
Falcon, cradled atop the
third stage.
"We have hard dock,"
Worden reported.
The docking exercise,
relayed live on television
by the astronauts, went
smoothly, in contrast to
the Apollo 14 flight last
January, when the astro-
nauts made five unsuc-
cessful attempts before fi-
nally linking up on the
sixth try. The reason for
the problem has never
been found, but experts be-
lieve a tiny substance
might have temporarily
jammed the apparatus.
Endeavour and Falcon
were to remain docked
nose to nose until Scott
and Erwin separate the
landing craft for the de-
scent to the moon’s sur-
face Friday.
For three days, Scott, Ir-
win and Worden are to
soar across the vast ocean
of space and fire into lunar
orbit at 3:07 p.m. Thurs-
day.
On Friday at 12:48 p.m.,
Scott and Irwin plan to
steer the lunar landing
craft they call Falcon to a
precision landing in a bas-
in at tne base oi the Apen-
nine Mountains, tallest on
the moon with peaks rising
15,000 feet high.
They would be the fourth
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by fresh tracks of Kevin's
canvas shoes found Sun-
day night.
Foot searchers, except
for the dog handlers, were
banned from the mountain
search area today, the
sheriff’s office reported.
Mrs. Dye said she will
leave a sleeping bag,
warm clothes and a note
for Kevin in some likely
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Packed and ready to go, Apollo commander David
Scott waves a left-handed salute as he leads his fellow
astronauts to their moon ship.
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An Oklahoma City
plumbing company em-
ployee was buried for
more than 20 minutes to-
day when a wall of a
storm sewer he was dig-
ging collapsed and covered
his entire body.
Fire department rescue
squadmen and others dug
out the victim. Oxygen
was administered as soon
as his head was uncov-
ered.
The man was identified
as John Flickenger, an
e m p lo y e e of Budget
Plumbing, 5713 N Donald.
Flickenger, 29, lives at
2323 NW 10.
Sgt. Bob Taylor, fire de-
partment rescuer, said six
p e r s o ns were digging
around Flickenger’s body
when he arrived at the
scene at NW 10 and Holly
in Bethany.
Taylor said his men ad-
ministered oxygen al-
though the victim was un-
conscious.
Flickenger was in Bap-
tist Memorial Hospital
emergency room shortly
after noon with a concus-
sion and other injuries. He
was described in serious
condition.
A spokesman for Merritt
Ambulance Service, which
took Flickenger. to the hos-
pital, said it took between
20 and 30 minutes to dig
the man out.
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spot in the 640-acre search
area.
Sheriff Bill Estes said
the plan suggested by the
teacher sounds good to
him. ’’Anything is worth a
try at this point,” he said.
The boy’s mother said
the note she leaves for
Kevin will include the pic-
ture of a clock face telling
Kevin what time to meet
his parents back at the
same spot.
Estes, in his office early
today catching up on pa-
per work, said he was
heading for the mountain
immediately to help select frOm Apollo 15 will be
the site for leaving the from 6:20 p.m. to 7:05 p m.
cache and note.
Mrs. Dye, wife of a
Kerr-MeGee Corp, employ-
ee stationed in Oklahoma
City until two years ago,
said Mrs. Walker fears
Kevin, whose brain was
damaged at birth, is so
frightened he has been
“pushed into a pattern
and i^perseverating."
The dictionary defines
perseveration as "contin-
ual repetition of a mental
act ... especially as a
mechanism of defense;
going back over previously
covered ground; sponta-
neous and persistent re-
currence of something.”
The teacher feels a note
from his parents, with the
clock setting a rendezvous
time, might break through
the pattern.
Sunday’s search of the
mountain, by 175 National
Guardsmen and v o 1 u n-
teers, failed to find Kevin.
Mrs. Dye said she has
had many calls of concern
from friends in Oklahoma
City.
"Everyone, the sheriff’s
people, the CAP (Civil Air
Patrol), people from our
church, the Boy Scouts
... the response has been
simply overwhelming. The
love and concern that has
come out for this boy, we
just feel that he’s going to
be found,” she said.
"We can’t have gone
through all this, and
brought him through nine
years, to lose him now. We
know he’s going to be
found.”
Mrs. Dye said even with-
out his usual medication
she does not feel Kevin is
endangered by the mild
Local: Cloudy and not epileptic seizures he has.
quite so hot through Tues- "That is the least of our
day. Overnight lows 60’s;
highs Tuesday mid 80’s.
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‘Smooth,’ Says Scott
the globe in the command command ship Endeavour
ship Endeavour, checking
the craft’s hundreds of
systems before commiting
themselves to the three-
day outward voyage. Then
they reignited the third
stage of their Saturn 5
rocket and their speed ac-
c e 1 e r a t e d from about
17,400 to about 24,300 miles
per hour.
The Saturn 5 propelled
them away from their
home planet right on time
at 8:34 a.m. as an estimat-
ed one million persons
watched in the Cape Ken-
nedy area.
"Good job,” Scott told
the launch crew. “It was a
very smooth ride all the
way.”
All three stages of the
Saturn 5 fired precisely on
schedule and propelled the
spacemen riding in the
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of sightings. Kevin was,
last reported seen Satur-
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Prison Guards
Showers Splatter State
Fatal 1-35 Crashes
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Cool Front Spreads
Showers which splat- widespread showers in its
tered much of Oklahoma
today behind a southbound
cold front are expected to
fade away tonight but cool-
er temperatures will hold
through Tuesday.
The front dampened
Guymon with .09 inch of
rain as it drifted in from
Kansas and t g g e r e d
McCurdy's car slid onto
the median, striking
Reaves.
Both Reaves and Mc-
Carty were dead o.n arriv-
al at St. Anthony Hospital.
McCurdy, who listed his
address as Seven Seas
Apartments in Del City,
was charged with negli-
gent homicide and operat-
ing a motor vehicle while
under the influence of in-
toxicating liquor.
the wrecked autos.
"He parked his car a lit-
tle bit in front of the acci-
dent on the center median,
McGee said. "He stopped
to help someone who had
been hurt in the other acci-
dent.”
On his way back to the
accident, however, a van
driven by Ricky Joe Mc-
Curdy, 25, of Del City,
went out of control as its
driver was attempting to
avoid the flagmen.
behind the front during the
day across much of the
state. Highs in the 70s and
80s were expected.
Little chance of precipi-
tation is seen for Tuesday
but the cool readings are
to continue with lows to-
night dropping into the 50s
and 60s and highs reaching
only into the 80s again...
the guards entered the cell
area to serve breakfast.
Officials said the guards
were unharmed, although
the inmates were reported
armed with knives and
other weapons they appar-
ently had made from pris-
on materials.
The inmates demanded
a meeting with Mayor
Moon Landrieu, Sheriff
Louis A. Heyd Jr. and the
Panthers’ attorneys.
Landrieu and the sheriff
entered the prison at mid-
morning. Also at the pris-
on was the judge who is
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Two men died in sepa-
rate traffic accidents only
minutes apart on 1-35 near
SE 15 early this morning.
The second man killed
apparently was attempting
to help victims of the first
accident when he was
STATE TRAFFIC TOLL
1971 to date: 428
1970 to date: 412
*71 deaths under 21: 124
struck by a car which
went out of control trying
to avoid the accident
scene. Driver of the car
was taken to county jail.
Dead are:
RANDALL JOSEPH
McCARTY, 20, Dallas.
W. O. REAVES. 67. of
3235 NW 42. •
The fatal sequence be-
gan about 1:40 a.m. when
a foreign compact driven
by McCarty plowed into
the rear of a luxury car
driven by Gary Eugene
Denson, 27, Tulsa.
Highway patrol trooper
Bill Martin said Denson’s
northbound car was going
only 25 miles per hour at
the time. Denson was not
injured, and was cited for
failure to maintain proper
speed.
Within minutes, volun-
teer flagmen had stationed
themselves on the Inter-
state about 100 yards south
of the crash, Trooper Tony
McGee said. Then Reaves
pulled his auto off the road
and headed back toward
Taken Hostage
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -
Two New Orleans Parish
prison guards were taken
hostage early today by 30
inmates including several
Black Panthers being tried
on charges of attempting
to murder five policeman.
Prisoners said they took
the hostages, both blacks,
to protest conditions at the
42-year-old prison. One
Panther had earlier com-
plained that he had been
bitten by a rat while
asleep.
Prison officials said the
inmates apparently over-
came the two guards when
Blastoff of the Saturn 5 rocket for the Apollo 15 moon mission came only %
187 thousandth of a second past the scheduled time in a near perfect countdown.
(AP Wirephoto)
wake as it moved to the
south.
Widely scattered show-
ers also fell along the
southern and southwestern
edges of the State during
the day but exact rainfall
amounts were not immedi-
ately available.
The forecast ctdled for
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