Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 1979 Page: 4 of 56
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Open water meter hole culprit
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Wednesday, February 21, 1979
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stumbled into an open water meter
hole on Nov. 30. 1977. Mrs. Brown
asked the city for $25,000.
The meter hole incident occurred
less than two weeks after Mrs.
Brown won $6,000 from the city for
damages caused when a city sewer
line backed up into her home. In
that case, she asked for $20,000.
"If you have witnesses who saw
About 2,600 municipal workers
will be affected if the city goes
ahead with its plans to replace So-
cial Security, a program adminis-
tered by the federal government,
with a private pension and disabili-
ty program.
The city told the federal govern-
ment two years ago it would with-
draw from Social Security on March
31, 1979. The switch will occur auto-
matically unless the City Council
decides to reverse its earlier deci-
Mrs. Brown told city officials she
injured her right foot, head, eyes
and shoulder when she fell into the
"That’s why the recommendation
was made. We thought the damages
were substantiated."
City officials have said they are
convinced a private program would
provide better benefits at a lower
cost to employees.
The City Council Finance Commit-
tee will meet with concerned em-
ployees to discuss the change at
6:30 p.m. today in the third-floor
chambers at city hall. A Washington
labor union official is scheduled to
show up to speak in opposition to
the switch.
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Only 15 months after she received
one of the largest sewage backup
awards in city history, a northeast
Oklahoma City woman has scored
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tor stepping into a hole.
The City Council voted unani-
mously Tuesday to pay Thelma
Brown, 2241 Hardin Drive, $1,500
for injuries she received when she
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fourth special-assign-
ment project involving
a foot patrol in recent
months to combat
crime. Earlier, officers
were ordered to work
street beats along NW
23 between Broadway
and Western and NE 23
between Lottie and
Eastern, and in the
Capitol Hill business
district.
Heggy said the exper-
iment will be continued
"until we see some re-
sults in reduced crime
figures."
Spring-like casualty
The lint rebin of spring might have been Just a birdbrain that never left
far warmer places. The first really warm day could be nethlng bnt beeby
trap to catch yen outside with no cent and turn icy again. Bnt there is one
Infallible harbinger that spring Is on the way. This kite, stuck In the branch-
es at Wayman’s Park, NW 19 and Drexel, seems tn be the season’s first
treetop flight disaster. Can the first hayfever sneeze be far behind?
apparently strayed across a medi-
an.
Police said traces of a mixed
drink were found inside the Mason
car, and he was cited on complaints
of driving under the influence of al-
cohol and transporting an open con-
tainer.
Killed in a similar wreck about
7:48 p.m. was Michael L. Gleason,
34, of 5908 Tiffany Circle.
Investigators said Gleason was
traveling north in the 4300 block of
Grand Blvd, when his car was hit
head-on by a south-bound car driven
by Robert Paul Tietjen, 18, of 1517 N
Harvard.
Tietjen had apparently switched
over to the wrong side of the road as
he approached the section of Grand
Blvd, which connects to the north
bypass of 1-240, police said.
Tietjen, who was not injured, was
cited on complaint of driving the
wrong way on a one way street.
Oklahoma City officials, faced
with a strong show of employee
resistance, will meet with municipal
workers at. 6:30 p.m. today to dis-
cuss plans to withdraw from the So-
cial Security system.
Almost 2,000 city
voted 2 to 1 Tuesday
proposed pullout. A
employees
against the
final tally
showed 685 workers in favor of with-
drawing from Social Security and
1,300 opposed
"We are putting offi-
cers on foot patrol dur-
ing the daylight and
evening hours in the
area to cope with what
we see as a problem,"
Heggy said.
"The officers will be
walking foot patrols
part of the time and
covering a wider area
in their scout car part
of the time, since we
don’t have enough man-
power to assign a foot
beat out there all the
time."
The move is
A 30-year-old motorist was killed
early today in a head-on crash on
the Northwest Expressway, the sec-
ond traffic death In less than five
hours involving a wrong-way driv-
’ ing situation.
Lynn Allen Anderson, of 11509 N
St. Charles, died about 1 a.m. at
Baptist Medical Center, of head and
internal injuries, 25 minutes after
the collision of his auto and a car
driven by Donald Charles Mason.
Police said Mason was headed the
wrong way on the Northwest Ex-
pressway at Meridian. Mason, 17, of
3144 NW 60, remained in critical but
stable condition this morning at the
hospital, with multiple head and in-
ternal injuries.
Officer James Highfill said the ac-
cident occurred in the 4300 block of
Northwest Expressway, when
Anderson's east-bound car was
rammed despite his attempts to
dodge the oncoming auto which had
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uncovered water meter hole at (Be
intersection of NE 23 and Miramar:
Two city water crew workers tes-
tified they saw Mrs. Brown lying on
the ground and "shaking all over
near the water meter box. She was
taken to University Hospital by
ambulance. •
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The workers said they had Re-
moved the water meter cover earli-
er that day while working on a near
by line break.
Mrs. Brown told officials she paid
$479 In medical bills and $425 in
nursing care bills as a result of the
mishap. She said she continues Co
receive medical treatment for ankle
and shoulder Injuries.
In her lawsuit, Mrs. Brown asked
for $25,000 in "actual, permanent
and future damages," but the ctfy
persuaded her to settle for $1,500
without going to trial.
City officials said the injuries
were substantiated by actual bills
and depositions taken from Mfs
Brown and the two employees.
The $6,000 sewage backup award
Mrs. Brown won in 1977 was one of
the largest the city has ever paid
Action on the claim was delayed fqr
months while officials debated the
size of the award. •
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police foot patrol
A special police foot
patrol beat has been
set up in the Gatewood
neighborhood of north-
west Oklahoma City to
combat an upswing in
crime problems, offi-
cials said today.
Police Chief Tom L.
Heggy said two officers
have been assigned to
"walk and ride" in a
small commercial zone
centered at NW 16 and
Indiana indefinitely fol-
^lojving continuing com-
maints from area resi-
/uents about vandalism,
.^ssault and theft prob-
lems.
drug case
Two persons police
suspect of seUing mari-
juana to high school
students were arrested
Monday night.
Booked on com-
plaints of marijuana
possession with Intent
to distribute were Al-
bert* Leon, 19, and Del-
• bert Nathan Bennett,
20, both of 2913 NW 28.
Investigators said a
large suitcase filled
with suspected marL
juana and drug para-
phernalia, a shotgun,
pistol and rifle, were
seized as evidence dur-
ing the raid at tbe Leon
residence near North-
west Classen High
School.
Detectives Jon Gus-
tin and Eric Mullenix
watched the house
Tuesday for several
hours. They reported
logging a constant flow
of teenagers between
the school and resi-
dence.
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Woman scores again with city claim
her do it. you can’t question what
her motivation might be," said Di-
ane Davis, the city attorney who
handled Mrs. Brown's latest lawsuit.
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