The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1978 Page: 1 of 20
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Citizen Committee Votes
'Independent' CP Staff
Airlines Apparently Not
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Activist on
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It took three weekly meetings and hours of discussion,
but members of the Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee on Citizen
Participation Tuesday evening took action on a goal
calling for independent staffing for whatever citizen
participation structure evolves as a result of the com-
mittee's work
The action came as committee members finalized a
listing of goals on Citizens' Participation for the 1980s As
adopted, the staffing goal calls for the City to provide to
the people the services of an independent staff that is
primarily accountable to the citizens rather than to the
City."
Controversy began three weeks ago when the goal was
first proposed for adoption Countering those favoring an
'independent' staff for citizen participation programs
were other committee members who argued that a City
Hall-based staff could prove more effective in maintaining
a "credibility” of the CP process within the existing
bureaucracy.
With the question unresolved after the committee's
meeting on October 2, the group gathered the following
week expecting to finish consideration of the staffing goal
[.leadership of the committee, however, apparently
seeking to avoid the controversy, altered the October 10
agenda and members were presented with a lengthy and
involved analysis of the multiplicity of existing CP
programs by City Development Director John Piercey
Members of the group's steering committee questioned
..URBAN LEAGUE IN ACTION - Marion M.
Taylor, the first Executive Director of the Tulsa
Urban League observes an eye screening clinic
sponsored by the League In the early M*s.
Supporters of the League are, second from left
Mrs. J.S. Mann, Johnnye Thornton Phillips,
The trial for a Tulsa man ac-
cused of armed robbery ended
Tuesday night in a hung jury but
not until attorneys for the suspect
Taylor, and second from right Mrs. Gertie
Crawford. The other three are unidentified.
.. Read about the Urban League in action and It’s
present and past history In the Oklahoma
Eagle’s Anniversary Edition on your newsstand
November 2nd.
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By DAVID M BREED
Oklahoma Eagle Staff Writer
By Charles J. Jeffrey, Jr.
Oklahoma Eagle Staff Writer
Blanch ie Mayes Injured
Mrs Blanchie Mayes, wife of Robert Mayes principal of Carver Middle School
was injured Tuesday night in a two car accident at the comer of Newton and
Union
Mrs Maves is librarian at Booker T. Washington High School. According to a
spokesman for the fanuly, she is in stable condition, but suffered internal in-
juries She was hospitalized tn Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital
Her younger son. Reggie, was in thecar, but was later released.
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the delaying tactic and. following last week's meeting,
decided to force the issue. The item was placed on the
agenda for this week with the stipulation that the matter
be considered until a resolution was reached.
Observers agree that the vote on the staffing question
amounted to the first real showdown among factions on
the committee
During Tuesday s meeting it took two votes to finally
dec ide the issue An early motion for adoption of the goal
as previously stated failed by a vote of eight to 14 Several
members, however, indicated when they voted that their
nay was cast in order to allow further discussion and not
intended as a rejection of the goal
A proposed "change in wording by conunittee chair
Gloria Huckaby to steer the goal away from the con-
troversy over staff independence was rejected and
members followed the lead of Sue Sloos and Donald
Dallmann in asserting that an independent staff was an
absolutely essential ingredient ' in citizen participation
And. answering criticisms of lack of responsibility and
"accountability" of a staff based outside City Hall,
proponents of the goal argued that any citizen par-
ticipation i staff i group would have a contract with the
City" outlining mutual obligations and tasks
When the final vote on the question came, on a motion
from Dallmann, only four members cast dissenting votes
Those voting against an independent staff included Hal
Allen of the Greater Tulsa Council; Carol Wyant, a
member of the Citizen Coalition for Community
Development; far northside representative Erank Horton
and Chairperson Huckaby
and Young
any mortgage over
not be acceptable to
Evidence continues to mount to
the effect that something is terribly
wrong with the airport authority's
position in the TAA-Douglas dispute
First there was the matter of
land prices being set for the land
upon which airforce plant number 3
stands which are not being applied
to the land adjacent to the airport
where hundreds of homeowners are
being routed out of their homes at
prices far below that TAA experts
Langston under Fire
In a weekend meeting with the
Board of Regents for Oklahoma
State University and the A&M
Colleges, Langston President Dr.
Samuel Tucker was attacked by
board member H. Harber Lampl
over financial and record-keeping
problems at the school
the Goodwin and Goodwin law
offices, noted that Beck had been
sent to Eastern State Hospital for
observation and treatment. While
there he was judged sane to stand
trial but was placed on the con-
dition that he continued using the
drugs prescribed for him.
Graham passed the trial to
Monday so that a determination
could be made concerning the in-
fluence of the drug on Beck.
McAllister argued that Beck was
not able to stay awake or com-
municate with him during the
proceedings which began last
See DRUGS
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ADVISERS MEET IN NORTH TULSA..
Members of Mayor Inhofe’s Ad Hoc Committee
on Citizen Participation came to North Tulsa this
week, holding their regular weekly meeting
Tuesday evening at the North Regional Library.
Ironically, members of the committee found
themselves expressing their views on citizen
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The Black Voice of Northeastern Oklahoma
Association Conference
banquet Monday night
His topic will be
A Point of
action in the library’s Story Hour Room.
..A key decision was made, setting a goal of
providing a staff for citizen participation
structures which would be based outside City
Hall. Some members of the advisory group
pressed for an ‘internal’ staff to give citizens
more "credibility" with Tulsa bureaucracy.
Use of Drug Treatments
Questioned in Tulsa Trial
Way to Tulsa
Dick Gregory, comedian and
social activist, will be speaking at
the Oklahoma Health and Welfare
awards
at the
With County Commissioner Terry
Young asserting that “the trust will
open up a new (housing) market
for middle-income persons,”
members of Tulsa’s Board of
County Commissioners voted
Monday to accept the role of
'beneficiary' for a trust to finance
mortgages for new housing at
below-market interest rates.
Members of the Commission were
assured that there would be no
financial obligation on the part of
Tulsa County for operations of the
trust which will sell revenue bonds
to make available mortgages at
about 8 percent. Market-rate
mortgages are currently ranging
between 10 and 10.5 percent
The action was exactly the same
as County Commissioners were
asked to take five years ago to
become a ‘beneficiary’ for a public
trust to construct and operate a
North Tulsa hospital. In that case,
however, they declined to take the
action.
At that time, Commissioners
refused the ’beneficiary' role for
tear that financial and other
obligations might eventually fall
back upon them.
la thia week's action, Cotn-
mWenen gave the go-ahead to a
program to form a board of
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challenged drug treatments used
on the man in connection with
psychiatric examinations and
treatment.
The trial of Herman Beck, 32
charged with the October, 1977,
armed robbery of the Denver Grill,
was delayed for five days last week
when Beck's attorney told District
Judge Haymond Graham that Beck
was so drugged he could not aid in
his own defense Reports indicate
that Beck, whose dosage of a
tranquilizer was increased just
before the trial, was having dif-
ficulty remaining awake during
proceedings.
Gordon McAllister, attorney with
trustees by "consensus" to oversee
the sale of an estimated $100
million in revenue bonds to be
placed with private lending houses
in Tulsa for the purpose of making
below-market interest mortgages
available to middle income families.
The ceiling amount for such
mortgages, however, remains a
matter to be decided.
In other cities, Commissioners
were told, ceilings on such mor-
tgages have ranged as high as
$50,000 to $100,000. Northside
Commissioner Lewis Harris noted
that "I'm not sure I could agree
with that (figure),
noted that
$30,000 would
him.
The actual ceiling figure, Com-
missioners were told, would have to
be decided by them in cooperation
with persons named to the new
trust.
Application for involvement of the
County in formation of the trust was
made by E. F Hutton He in-
dicated that the trust will handle
bond sales and disbursal of the
funds through established lending
institutions.
Five years ago, County Com-
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Camelot Inn
"Our Social Problems
Compromise "
Gregory first became known as a
comedian m the early 1960's, when
he became aware of the plight of
blacks in the southern states After
participating in the struggle for
civil rights in the South, he focused
his attention toward the Viet Nam
War
Several times during the war,
Gregory went on fasts to protest
the killing
Gregory has been one of the most
effective spokespersons on the topic
of civil rights, because of his ability
to weave humor into otherwise
serious subjects.
Tucker was told Saturday that his
performance as president was being
evaluated because of alleged in-
consistent record-keeping anc
"illegal awarding of financial aids
to students.” The charges were
made by Rusty Martin, chairman of
the board at a special meeting to
review the financial system of the
troubled, predominantly black
school.
Tucker asked for assistance from
the regents "to develop an un-
derstanding with the U.S. Office of
Education" concerning a demand
from the Department of Health
Education and Welfare that the
state refund $485,587 in federal
student loan and grant fundsi
because of inadequate bookkeeping
practices at the school.
Martin said that board had some
concern because of bookkeeping
practices in the university's
business and financial aid offices
which had been found by three
Independent investigations. The
investigations showed that some
students had not paid all their
tuition and fees; that daily bank
deposits had not been made; and
that Tucker had not made monthly
financial reports to the Board of
Regents. Members of the
board's financial committee, had
been berating Tucker for more than
30 minutes at a meeting Friday,
when Tucker replied that the board
shouldn't take pot shots at him for
problems that he had inherited
from his predecessor Dr. Thomas
English
Tucker also responded to charges
saying that most of the problems
were being caused by personnel
who were new to the job and have
inadequate knowledge to per
their duties properly. He also
that the business office was is a
state of confusion because of tits
investigations and audit* "The staff
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in Favor of Runway
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are telling the government the land
is worth and now there is additional
evidence that maybe TAA is trying
to shove a runway down the throats
of the airlines which they do not
need or want
If the land prices which TAA is
now quoting to congress hold as
the fair market value of the land
then the city is going to wind up
owing a lot of home owners a lot
of money since it is clear that
home owners were not treated
See AIRPORT
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Goodwin, Robert K.; Jeffrey, Charles, Jr. & Breed, David M. The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1978, newspaper, October 19, 1978; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1806503/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.