Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 135, Ed. 2 Monday, July 28, 1975 Page: 1 of 9
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in Poland
Heavy rain left this water hazard for workbound motorists in this view looking west from NW 5 and Blackwelder.
Penn Central, other lines included
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The Commerce Department said
(See TRADE—Page 2)
Ludwyck told police he walked to
the rear to turn on the lights, and
was accosted by one of the suspects
as he entered the stockroom.
improved passenger train service on
16 other routes.
In the report, the U.S. Railway As-
owned by the railroads in the 17
states they serve should be aban-
doned or subsidized with federal-
state funds. That track carries about
2 per cent of all traffic on the seven
railroads.
Dixie Loter, manager of the ele-
phants with the Carson and Barnes
Circus, said the baby elephants, val-
ued at 110,000 apiece, were found
Sunday morning by Jack Ellis and
Travis Owens of Hugo.
Mrs. Loter said the two men had
been paid the $150 reward offered
for locating the elephants who es-
caped from the circus' winter
grounds 16 days ago and vanished
into a 1,300-acre block of heavy
brush.
Isa and Lilly had been the target
(See ELEPHANTS—Page 2)
Circus personnel and members of
a Paris, Tex., riding club tried to
drive them to the waiting elephant
handlers, but finally gave up late
Sunday evening when one of the han-
dlers suffered heart pains and a
driving rainstorm hit the area.
Charlie Beavers, 66, a retired cir-
cus worker living in Hugo, was re-
ported in stable condition today.
Hospital officials said they expect
him to recover.
Efforts resumed at daybreak to
capture Isa and Lilly, the baby ele-
phants.
The pair was located Sunday
morning in a heavy brush area by
two men.
By Mick Taylor
The manager and three employees
ambushed, bound, beaten and
robbed this morning by two men
waiting inside when the four opened
up for an Oklahoma City grocery
store for day.
The victims, all reported in satis-
factory condition, were taken to St.
Anthony Hospital after a customer
and two deliverymen came to their
rescue. The two pistol-wielding rob-
bers vanished on foot.
The robbery came just before 7
a.m. at Bestyet Grocery, 3726 N
Western, where police found evi-
dence that the assailants had cut a
hole in the tin roof, dropped into the
attic and gained entry to the store.
The manager, Douglas Manley, 32,
was admitted to St. Anthony after
emergency treatment. Police said
his skull was believed to be frac-
tured.
Police said there were 286 persons
aboard the All Nippon Airways jet,
including 11 crew members.
After the passengers disembarked,
against curbs and across medians in
the Linwood flooding focal point.
Side streets all were blocked from
Pennsylvania east to Blackwelder.
TOKYO (AP) — A 17-year-old stu-
dent at a private high school today
decided in midflight to go to Hawaii
and skyjacked a Japanese airliner
but was arrested when he let the
plane land to unload other passen-
gers, police said.
Police said that about 35 minutes
into the flight from Tokyo for Sappo-
ro the youth knocked on the cockpit
door and was admitted.
ground personnel uniforms entered
the plane and seized the youth, who
turned out to be unarmed, officials
said.
Police said the student told them
he bought a ticket a month ago for
the flight to Chitose, near Sapporo
on the northernmost main island of
Hokkaido and 500 miles north of To-
kyo.
The plan also recommended that
the remaining 2,000-plus miles of
track be sold to privately owned rail-
roads to allow those carriers to ex-
tend their lines and create competi-
tion for the proposed new railroad in
all major cities in the affected re-
gion.
The USRA program was developed
after months of public study. Con-
gress has 60 working days to accept
or reject the plan. If Congress does
nothing, the program automatically
(See RAILS—Page 2)
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Business News
Classified Section
Comics
Our Times
Sports
TV Log
Vital Statistics
Women's News
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Ludwyck raced toward the front,
but was caught by the pursuing
man.
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Student skyjacker overpowered
Keeping his hands in his pockets two policemen wearing airport
as if he had a weapon, he demanded
that the Lockheed Tri-Star bound for
northern Japan return to Tokyo, un-
load the passengers and then go to
Honolulu.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Because
of a big drop in oil imports, the Unit-
ed States had a record monthly
trade surplus in June of more than
$1.7 billion, the government said to-
day.
It was the fifth straight monthly
surplus in the surprisingly strong
trade sector of the economy, the
Commerce Department said.
The quantity of oil imported dur-
ing June fell 26 per cent from May,
to a low for the year of nearly 118.2
million barrels. It had been 159 mil-
lion barrels in May.
By importing less oil, the United
States saved $499 million over May,
as the value of oil imports declined
to slightly more than $1.3 billion,
also a low for the year. May oil im-
ports were valued at more than $1.8
billion.
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Fred Thompson, street mainte-
nance superintendent said flooding
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tion in American history.
For the traveling public, the plan
also called for the creation of an all-
passenger railroad line between New sociation told Congress that 5,700
miles of lightly used track now
Downpours spotty
Here are the 24 hour rainfall
amounts reported in the Oklahoma
City area as of 7 a.m. today:
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At the hospital, Mrs. Smith said all
four employees were forced at gun-
point to crawl some 60 feet from the
front of the store to the back, where
they were tied lying face down and
each was hit on the head.
Smith had opened the safe in the
store's office area, and were ap-
proached by the other robber.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal
planning agency recommended to-
day that the government consolidate
seven financially ailing northeastern
railroads into one 15,000-mile system
in the biggest corporate reorganize- York City and Washington and for
Rain sluiced down on the Oklaho-
ma City metropolitan area overnight
and then was topped by an early
morning cascade that caused wide-
spread temporary flooding.
The brief but severe flooding left
some cars stranded and promoted a
flurry of traffic accidents as torrents
overwhelmed the city's storm
drains. Amounts ranged up to 1.40
inches at a a fire station at 2500 S
Harvey and 2.50 at Yukon.
Worst tieup came between 6 a.m.
and 7 a.m. in the Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia, NW 10 and Linwood area,
where a huge wall of water spread
two to three feet deep. .. 9H
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Linwood, and drivers had to be res-
cued by a fire unit, which also
stalled. One driver managed to re-
start his own car, opened the door
and waited a full minute for water to
drain from the auto.
Other stalled cars careene d extended all the way from NW 16 to
Capitol Hill.
Such low spots as underpasses be-
low 1-40 at Reno and Walker also
were involved in the flash runoff,
which subsided by 7:30 a.m.
By 6:25 a.m., as rain moved north-
ward across the city, police asked
radio stations to warn workbound
drivers not to approach the down-
(See RAIN—Page 2)
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mid and warm through Tuesday
with widely scattered showers
and thunderstorms. Lows tonight
mostly 70s; highs Tuesday 90s.
(Details, Page 17.)
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"We know they're in the area.
They were seen several times Sun-
day afternoon," one searcher said.
"It's just a matter of driving them
from the brush."
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HUGO — Circus folks, officials
and others in general were hoping to
end Oklahoma's great elephant
search today.
The young female elephants which
escaped days ago and have eluded
searchers were believed cut off in a
50Gacre area this morning and cir-
cus handlers were hoping to get
close enough to fire tranquilizer
darts into them or lure them into
captivity in some other way.
"We've got people out and they've
been out all night keeping tabs on
them since the two were sighted sev-
eral times Sunday," a circus-spokes-
man said. "We're hoping to fire the
darts into them today and end it
all."
"They made us crawl on our knees
to the back of the store. They kept
saying, 'Don't get up. Don't get
up,' " she said. "Well you can't hard-
ly crawl that far, but I learned in a
hurry."
McCalib said the four were bound
(See BEATING—Page 2)
Released after treatment for head
wounds were Phillip Ludwyck, 31,
the produce manager, and two wom-
en employees, Mrs. Bessie O. Smtih,
64, and Mrs. Leo F. O'Brien.
All emerged from the hospital with
their heads swathed in bandages and
still wearing blood-spattered cloth-
ing.
The safe was looted, but "There's
a bunch of money scattered around,
so I doubt that they got very much,"
Detective Sgt. Charles Acox said. Of-
ficials still were trying to assess the
loss later this morning.
Detective Les McCallb said he was
told the four workers entered the
store together just before 7 a.m.,
and re-locked the door to prepare for
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for meetings
’ WARSAW (AP) — President Ford
arrived today for a two-day official
visit to Poland, the first in a series
of meetings with East European
Communist leaders.
The President was greeted at War-
saw's military airport by Polish
Communist party leader Edward Gi-
erek, President Henryk Jablonski
and Premier Piotr Jaroszewicz.
In his arrival statement, Ford ex-
pressed confidence that in "review-
ing U.S.-Polish relations we can
strengthen the traditional friendship
and improve perspectives for a last-
ing peace ... I'm certain we'll find
areas where our two nations would
be able to contribute toward peace."
Following the welcoming ceremo-
ny, Ford and Gierek left the airport
in an open limousine and drove
through streets lined with cheering
Poles to Ford's guest residence in
the royal Wilanow Palace just out-
side the capital.
After attending the European se-
curity conference in Helsinki
Wednesday through Friday, the
President plans to visit Romania and
. Yugoslavia.
Ford flew to Warsaw after talks in
Bonn with West German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt that focused chiefly
on Western economic ills, and a
symbolic visit to American and Ger-
man troops at a remote outpost
known to those stationed there as
"the Rock."
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