Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 174, Ed. 2 Monday, September 12, 1977 Page: 1 of 13
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Ben L. Abruzzo, 47. and Maxie L.
(Sec BALLOONISTS— Page 2)
Radio contact with the balloon had
been lost Sunday afternoon, but was
re-established early today.
wearing exposure suits and that the
gondola was considered seaworthy.
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man
Duncan resident drowns
DUNCAN — Victor Earl McBee, 23, Duncan, drowned on Clear
Creek Lake Sunday after he failed to surface when he dived off a
sailboat. A friend who jumped into the water after him was un-
able to rescue him, authorities said.
SASAKWA — Dan D. McCants, 59, Sasawka. died of electric
shock Sunday night when he picked up a downed electrical line
with both hands while standing on wet grass, the Oklahoma High-
way Patrol said.
McCants was checking an oil lease two miles north of Sasakwa
after a heavy thunderstorm when he found the downed power line
and picked it up.
The Air Force, which had an air-
plane from Iceland circling above
the balloon, reported the men were
Air lorce officials in Ramstein,
West Germany, the European head-
quarters, said the crew members
had reported they were running out
of fuel.
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The U.S. Air Force, in a dispatch
from West Germany, said it had sent
a rescue helicopter to the area. A
spokesman in Washington said a pa-
trol plane was following the balloon
and had radio contact with the bal-
loonists.
Leavitt said the U.S. Navy located
the balloon 80 miles off the north-
west comer of Iceland at midmorn-
ing. It had gained about 8,000 feet of
altitude and pushed free of an air
mass that had earlier kept the craft
bobbing up and down above the sea.
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Two
Americans attempting to cross the
Atlantic in a balloon decided today
to abort their troubled flight. Their
ground crew said the two would at-
tempt to reach Iceland, about 80
miles away, by nightfall.
At midmorning, a spokesman for
the tracking station had said that ra-
dio contact had been lost and the
balloon probably was down in 11-foot
seas west of Iceland. However, be-
fore noon, he said the balloon was
still airborne.
"The balloon doesn’t have enough
helium in it anymore," said Mike
Leavitt. "If they stayed out tonight,
the helium would cool off so much
that they would be forced into the
sea. They have thrown off all the
ballast they can."
will abort troubled flight
Bystanders aid an unidentified girl who was struck by a car Sunday
night at a Chicago school desegregation protest. (AP)
rallv leaves
four injured
CHICAGO (AP) — Eleven persons
were arrested and four others hospi-
talized, three in serious condition, in
a demonstration by.whites opposed
to a voluntary school busing plan.
Auti-busiug
Ten of those arrested in Sunday
night's incident were whites and all
the injured were white. The 10
whites were arrested on a variety of
charges ranging from disorderly
conduct to failure to obey-a police of-
licer*wtJrder to disperse, police said.
The injured were struck in two
separate accidents involving cars
trying to pass through a street
crowded with the Southwest Side
demonstrators.
Authorities said two teen-aged
girls and one teen-aged boy were
taken to Holy Cross Hospital where
both were listed in serious condi-
tions.
Michael V. Smith, 22, a black, was
arrested and charged with reckless
driving, leaving the scene of a per-
sonal Injury accident, driving with-
out a city sticker and not having
state license plates, police said.
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Storm front
Social problem studied
Wife beating on increase
Girl injured
by the woman to get back at her
husband, but after an arrest is made
they (wives) will turn on us or fail to
The fourth victim, an unidentified
man, was injured in a separate acci-
dent in which the driver was not
held. He was listed in fair condition
(See RALLY—Pag* 21
times each day In the Oklahoma City
metropolitan area.
But after the woman turned up se-
verely beaten and police were sum-
moned to investigate, the incident
entered a statistical category which
authorities agree is becoming an in-
creasing social problem.
"Wife beating is not a crime under
present laws and the only way the
police can step in without a signed
complaint is for someone to be
killed," said Lt. Russell Rigsby, po-
lice department information officer.
Officials say if a man is in his own
home "there is no way we can go in
and arrest him unless the woman
places him under citizen's arrest or
signa a complaint against him.
"The police are used many times
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Murning-Evening
Daily Paid Circulation
Average for Meek
nious assault complaints were inves-
tigated with slightly more than 2,000
resulting in arrest, records show.
"About SO per cent of the cases in-
volving husband-wife disputes which
come to court are dismissed because
the complainant fails to appear,"
said Wayion Simpson, municipal
court administrator.
Court records show only an aver-
age 15 per cent conviction rate dur-
ing the past three months on domes-
tic-fight cases, both where wives
were victims and where women co-
habitating are attacked.
Similar figures compiled by the
(See BEATING—Page 2)
Department statistics show police
answered 7,435 domestic trouble
calls during 1976, with the greatest
number logged during summer
months and holiday periods.
During the same period, 2,686 felo-
By Mike Ward
The fight started as a routine disa-
greement between the man and his
wife, a ritual repeated thousands of appear in court."
Figures indicate the problem has
grown two-fold in the Oklahoma City
area alone during the past three
years. It is being researched by po-
lice department analysts and a task-
force formed by the YWCA Wom-
en's Resource Center.
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state: Scattered showers ami
thunderstorms ending Tuesday
afternoon. Lows tonight 60 pan-
handle to 70 southeast. Highs
Tuesday 80s. (Details. Page U.)
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Women’s News
at bus stop
A 13-year-old girl waiting for a
school bus was seriously injured this
morning when A car driven by a
teen-ager went out of control and
struck her, police said.
Kay L. Loveless, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Loveless, 1433 SW
36, was taken to South Community
Hospital, where she was later listed
in stable condition.
Attendants said the Moon Middle
School student suffered at least one
broken leg, a concussion, numerous
cuts and possible internal injuries.
Police took a 14-year-old boy, iden-
tified as Charles Brock, into custody
within 10 minutes after authorities
found a damaged 1969 sedan in the
1500 block of SW 43. He was later
released to his parents.
still lingers
A sluggish storm front that pelted
parts of Oklahoma with rain and hail
Sunday remained stuck dead-center
over the state today, with more pre-
cipitation predicted for tonight and
Tuesday.
The unexpected storm system,
which caused flash flooding in south
Tulsa Sunday, is the work of a sta-
tionary warm front extending from
northwest Oklahoma to northeast
Lousiana.
More than three inches of rain was
reported in part* of northern Oklaho-
ma early Sunday, and virtually the
entire state was under a severe
storm watch until 9:30 p.m.
Drenching rains, accompanied in
some areas by golf-ball sized hail,
spread to scattered portions of east-
ern and southeastern Oklahoma dur-
ing the evening and night.
No precipitation was reported ear-
ly this morning, but scattered show-
(Ree W EATHER—Page 2)
Balloonists lose helium
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Cronin and Edward A. Wellington Jr., who in supenls-
ing the Chicago desegregation program. (AP)
A spokesman for the Justice De-
partment confirmed Sunday that the
division had received the study. But
he said its referral was routine and
did not necessarily indicate there
would be any prosecution.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jus-
tice Department's criminal fraud di-
vision is studying a new report by
the comptroller of the currency
which reportedly shows thaU Bert
Lance widely used bank-owned air-
craft for family and political purpos-
es.
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President Carter, meanwhile, was
said to be considering the post|x>ne-
ment until next week of a news con-
ference which almost certainly
would be focused on the financial af-
fairs of his budget director, includ-
ing the question of whether Lance
should resign.
Press Secretary Jody Powell said
today no final decision has been
made on whether to put off the ses-
sion, originally scheduled for
Wednesday. But he indicated the
President may want to wait until
Demonstrators burn effigies of Chicago School Supt.
Joseph P. Hannon, State Supt. of Schools Joseph M.
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Lance completes his testimony
scheduled to begin Thursday before |
the Senate Government Affairs Com- ,
mittee.
In Lance's native Georgia, the I
president-elect of the American
Bankers Association said today that ‘
the Lance affair "is casting a pall ,
over the banking industry ... it I
may give banking a black eye if it I
goes unchallenged.”
A. A. Mulligan, in a speech pre-
(See LANCE—Page 2)
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probes Lance acts
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Wife beating, a local and national problem,
will be explored in a three-part series, "The Silent Crisis," begin-
ning Tuesday in the Oklahoma City Times.
ment Friday.
Housing Police Sergeant Mor-
ton Stern said Mrs. Nieves, her
daughter Debra, 16. and her son,
Dionisio, went to Miss Hernan-
dez' apartment last November
because Miss Hernandez claimed
to have faith-healing powers that
would cure Debra, who is crip-
pled._______________________________
Once in the apartment, howev- •
er, Miss Hernandez and Torres
refused to allow the family to
leave. Mrs. Nieves subsequently
was allowed to run short errands
but was warned that her children
would be harmed if she attempt-
ed to escape, according to the
complaint.
Mrs. Nieves said that last Fri-
day while out of the apartment
on a brief errand, a friend per-
suaded her to run for it and tell
police.
Miss Hernandez and Torres
have also been charged with
grand larceny, unlawful Impris-
onment, endangering the welfare
of minors and illegal possession
of a dangerous weapon._________
NEW YORK (AP) - A Man-
hattan palm reader and her boy-
friend have been arrested on kid-
napping and assault charges for
allegedly holding a widow and
her two teen-aged children cap-
tive in a Lower East Side apart-
ment for almost nine months.
While holding her prisoner, the
couple shaved the woman's head,
the widow, Marie Nieves, 37, to
sign over $5,000 in Social Securi-
ty checks to them.
The suspects, Mary Hernan-
dez, 28, also a resident of the
Wald houses, and E I e u t e r 1 o
Torres, 27, were arrested after
Mrs. Nieves, wearing only a
raincoat and a pair of shoes, left
the Hernandez woman's apart-
Manhattan palm reader, boyfriend arrested
Widow, two children held captive nearly nine months
beat her with a baseball bat,
burned her with cigarettes and
would not allow her to bathe for
months at a time, according to
the complaint filed with the city
Housing Authority police, respon-
sible for law enforcement in the
city-owned Wald housing project
where the widow lived.
Police said the pair also forced
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