Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 191, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1971 Page: 1 of 66
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bile homes were capsized.
Some islands and coastal
NEW YORK (AP) -
The New York Shipping
Association today pro-
posed a new plan to avert
a midnight dock strike on
the East and Gulf coasts
that would tie up most
deep water ports in the
nation.
James J. Dickman, asso-
Bridge
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out utilities,
trees and flooding streets
and highways.
No injuries were report-
ed as the storm moved
onto the mainland from
the Atlantic and headed in-
land, although several mo- ing for land. Just off More-
ciation president, proposed
to continue an annual in-
come guarantee for the
18,000 longshoremen in the
Port of New York by al-
lowing them to become di-
rect employees of the var-
ious carrier and stevedor-
ing firms in the port rath-
er than casual laborers.
The urgency of the situa-
tion lay in the prospect
that all but the Great
Lakes ports would be
closed to dry cargo ship-
ping for the first time in
the nation’s history, with
only military shipments
exempted.
British Reveal Funtl Shift
Concerns
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telephone 232-3311 between 10
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member of the Soviet Trade Commission in London. It
named him as Oleg Lyalin, 34.
His defection placed into the hands of the British
documents that have led the government to issue orders
for the expulsion of 90 Soviets based in London and the
barring of 15 others from returning.
A Foreign Office spokesman said Lyalin is the man
supposed to have appeared in court this morning on a
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shoremen’s and Ware-
housemen’s Union on the
West Coast.
President Nixon, drop-
ping in on the West Coast
negotiators last week, had
indicated he would reluc-
tantly resort to Taft-Har-
tley and its 80-day injunc-
tion provision if the strike
on the Pacific Coast were
Wednesday morning, U.S.
Dist. Court Judge Jack M.
Gordon denied defense mo-
tions for a motion to dis-
miss the charges, a contin-
uance or a change of ven-
ue.
Defense attorney Wayne
Mancuso claimed the case
against Nix had been pre-
judiced by “singular and
unwarranted publicity.”
Draft Call
Before the trial began d^nken driving charge placed against him a month ago.
The London Daily Express said in a story published
before the Foreign Office report that it had learned the
name of the defector through the pending court case, but
his name in court records was given as Lialine.
Asked if the newspaper report identifying the defec-
tor was correct, the spokesman said only that the KGB
official named by the Foreign Office last week “is a
man named Oleg Lyalin and he was an officer of the So-
viet trade delegation.”
The tfaffic case came up this morning at Great Mar-
(See SPY-Page 2)
Local: Partly cloudy,
warm and windy through
Friday. Overnight low in
high 60s; high Friday in
high 80s. (Details, Page
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East Coast Dock
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Setting a pattern for the
future, the Pentagon is-
sued today a quarterly
draft call of 10,000 men for
the remainder of the year.
In announcing the call—
1 the first in three months—
a Pentagon spokesman
said Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird hopes to
make future draft an-
nouncements on a quarter-
ly basis rather
month-to-month as
been past practice.
The new call, covering
October, November and
December brings the total
number of men called this
year to 98.000,
MOREHEAD CITY,
N.C. (AP) — Ginger, one
of the largest and most du- areas were evacuated. By
rable hurricanes on rec- 11 a.m. the Red Cross re-
ord, slammed into North ported that about 2,500 had
Carolina today, knocking taken refuge in 15 shel-
uprooting ters set up by the Red
Cross in schools, National
Guard armories and
churches.
Ginger had drifted
around in the Atlantic for
three weeks before head-
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Amusement park ferris wheel was smashed today as hurricane winds whipped Morehead City, N.C. (AP Wirephoto)
Winds of hurricane
force, 75 m.p.h., were pre- i
dieted for later teday I
They said Ginger was along the middle and
headed northwest on a ’northern coastal areas of
North Carolina.
The weather Service
By Mary Jo Nelson
Oklahoma City’s urban
renewal director ex-
pressed concern today that
current public housing
funds may be spent in the
wrong areas, and thus en-
danger the city financially.
James B. White, who
heads the Oklahoma City
Urban Renewal Authority,
made a public appeal that
funds and authorization for
housing units be reserved
through next June for the
John F. Kennedy area.
White said his purpose
was not to criticize the
Oklahoma City Housing
Authority or anyone else.
“It is urgent that the
public be made aware that
Oklahoma City has a con-
tract to build 650 (public
housing) units in JFK and
the city could be in jeop-
ardy if this building isn’t
started.”
Oklahoma City's Kenne-
dy urban renewal program
is based on
agreement to
low-income,
subsidized housing.
“We already have spent
$6 million in federal funds
to clear the JFK area, and
Oklahoma City has to
match that with $3 million
in cash or by fulfilling its
contractural obligation of <
constructing 650 units in
that area,” White de-
clared.
He said the OCHA board
of commissioners “is un-
der great pressure” to
spend its current funds in
other areas of the city.
“The housing authority
(See FUND—Page 2)
I am 87 and in a rest home. On Aug. 25, 1 sent by-
insured mail an electric corn popper to a firm in Oklaho-
ma City for repairs. After 19 days, I wrote them again,
but got no reply and now I have lost their address. Can
you locate the firm and
see why thia delay? L. R.,
Cordell. P. S. It's now pop-
corn time.
Dickman made the offer
during a critical meeting ,
with high federal officials
and Thomas W. Gleason,
president of the AFL-CIO
International Longshore-
men’s Association.
Asst. Secretary of Labor
W.J. Usery Jr., and feder-
al Maritime Administrator
Andrew E. Gibson sought
the eleventh-hour parley.
The government official
appeared to be seeking the
parties final position on
expiring dontracts for
45,000 dockworkers before
Washington decides wheth-
er to seek a Taft-Hartley
injunction.
The probability of in-
junctive action came as a
result of failure by negu
tiators to settle a three-
month strike by 15,000
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP)—The federal gun viola- the iindepend"
tion trial of Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. ended in a mistrial
early today when the jyry could not reach a verdict.
Ufi. District'CdUrt Judge Jack M. Gordon declared
a misfrial at 3:30 a.m. when the jury reported it was
deadlocked. The panel had been considering the case
since 7:20 p.m.
Nix, the son of an Oklahoma Criminal Appeals Court
judge, is one of four men charged with the slaying of
New Orleans grocer Frank Corso.
He is scheduled to go on trial in Criminal District not terminated promptly.
Court on Oct. 11 on murder charges in the shooting
death of Corso, who was killed April 11.
In his federal trial, the government charged Nix
used false identification to buy a firearm and made a
false statement that he had never been convicted of a
felony.
The case went to the jury Wednesday night after
Philip C. Spedale, owner and operator of the Crescent
Gun and Repair Co., testi-
tied that Nix paid $99.95
cash for an M-l carbine.
He said Nix offered as
identification a chauffeur’s
license bearing the name
. of Tom Charles Ward and
signed that name to the. In-
ternal Revenue Service
form.
Spedale also quoted Nix
as saying he had never
been convicted of any LONDON (AP) — The Foreign Office reported today
charge for which he could that the Soviet KGB agent who defected to England was
have received a sentence al___________
of more than one year.
The government intro-
duced evidence to show
that Nix was convicted of
attempted bribery in At-
lanta, Ga., on March 14,
1969, and sentenced to two
years.
craft at 70 to 80 m.p.h.
Meteorologists at a spe- This meant the chance of
cial hurricane center es- high winds and tides in
t a b 1 i s h e d by the U.S. Virginia's coastal region
Weather Service at Nor- i
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head City it stalled from folk, Va., said the center duced,” the Weather Serv-:
dawn until midmorning be- of the storm made landfall ice said.
fore resuming its course
toward the beaches. Wind
gusts up to 90 miles per
hour were recorded for
hours. Maximum sus- headed northwest on
tained winds were report- track that would take it
ed by reconnaisance air- overland to the Rocky
Mount, N.C., area tonight. saj(] Qjnger Was expected
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10 mph, maintaining gale
(See GINGER—Page 2)
You bet it is, and Action
Line didn’t like to see the
chilly evenings coming up
without your knowing
whether you can expect to
enjoy some warm, buttery
crunching in due time. We
popped open the yellow
pages and had a crack at
Hohmann A Brown Appli-
ance Service, Inc., 535 N
Virginia first. Sure
enough, that's where your
popper went. They said be-
cause of the type of prob-
lem (it was leaking), the
popper was sent to the factory. A replacement is coming
(See ACTION LINE—Page 2)
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Jack Webb doing what he does best. (T lines Staff Photos by Hank Mooney)
His ‘Pitch’ Is to Win
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nickel will roll off every time,” he said. ,
Picking out a target, Webb stabbed into his
pocket for some nickels, assumed an easy stance .1
and grasped the coin with his special grip. t,
Webb holds the coin vertically between his
thumb and forefinger with the head of the coin fac-
ing the plates.
“Most people make the mistake of pitching
coins using a kind of sidearm wrist motion,” Webb
(See TOSSER—Page 2)
By John Gillie
On the average, one in eight persons attending
the State Fair of Oklahoma this year will win a
cuddly, stuffed animal on the midway.
But Jack Webb, no average fairgoer, plans to
win 320 persons’ share—40 such animals—before
the fair ends Sunday.
And if past performances are any indication,
the 40 animals are as good as his.
Webb specializes in tossing nickels at polished
plates. He has won the maximum allowed at every
fair for the past eight years.
There is considerable science involved, Webb
says. And he makes it pay. The animals, whose av-
erage wholesale value is $5.50, make gifts for rela-
tives and provide extra cash for Webb and his wife,
Teresa.
Last year’s bounty of 34 animals (the fair was
shorter last year) went for $6 each to acquaint-
ances and a local variety store.
“On the average I figure I toss 20 to 25 nickels
To win a stuffed toy,” Webb said Wednesday night
as he prepared to (nduiger—■ ■ !
Sometimes, he hits on the first or second try;
other times, he spends $4 to win one, as was the
case Wednesday.
As Webb made his way toward one of the nick-
el booths, an attendant saw him coming. ‘There
goes another animal,” the attendant moaned.
Webb pulled his glasses from his pocket, and
carefully looked over the plates before him.
“You gotta find one that’s fairly level or your
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 191, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1971, newspaper, September 30, 1971; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1787211/m1/1/: accessed June 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.