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the request ol an assistant manager,
backed by four police officers "bran-
Dwain Midget, assistant to the
mayor, said "the city has, lor the first
pressed areas," DcWitty said. “This
is the first time the city has shown an
interest in north Tulsa development.
“This allocation is a direct response
to my request and does say that this
situation," Siclcr said.
NAACP President Joe Williams
The intent is to
funnel as much as possible into north
Tulsa, he said.
“The funds may not be earmarked
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to examine the reasons why the riot occurred as objectively as possible.
Some mysteries still exist inc luding a section tom from file copies of The Tulsa
Tribune issue dated May 31,1921 that reportedly called for whites to action.
But other mysteries can and will be answered with this documentary, Lane
said, declining to elaborate.
“You’ll be surprised,” he said.
The hour-long documentary video will be entitled. “Little Africa, On Fire!”
It will include some surprises among the old photos, reenactments, news
artic les, TV footage and personal eyewitness interviews. Lane hopes to have it
aired on OETA Channel 11 in Oklahoma City sometime next year.
A screening is expected to be held at 7 p.m Aug. 31 at Rudisill North
INTO AFRIKA!-
Baba Ayubu
Kamau (c) and
Marjani Dele with
others during
INTO AFRIKA
Festival celebra-
tions last month.
The festival pro-
vided Tulsans front
all walks of life
with a glimpse of
African-American
culture. See story
page 13.
Juveniles accused of hitting
policeman with stolen car
Two juveniles were taken intocustixly on July 17, after they allegedly hit a
motorcycle officer with a stolen car
Two 15-ycar-old males were booked lor possession of a stolen vehicle and
assault with a dangerous weapon.
Officer Bill Winston was treated for minor injuries. The suspects were not
injured, police say.
According to police, Officer Winston observed a white Buick Riviera
traveling at 65 mph in a 35 mph zone in the 6800 block of East 21st Street at
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Donald Scott alleged driver
No witness places Jordan
behind the wheel
Jcrmell Jordan was bound over for trial on three counts of second-
degree murder, Tuesday.
The arraignment is set to begin 9:30 a m. Monday.
Jordan, 14, is accused of driving a van that crashed into a car killing
three people just after midnight May 6, 1990 at the corner of Peoria
Avenue and Third Street.
He faces three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Steve
Munson, Constance Tngalet, and Annette Trigalct.
Judge Brad Griffith said the issue of whom was driving the van at the
lime of the accident should be decided in a trial court. Testimony taken
in Jordan’s certification hearing as an adult raised questions about who
was driving.
Jim Goodwin, Jordan’s attorney, said Terrell Jackson told EMSA
amublance drivers that Donald Scott was the driver of the van. Jack on
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Crime Watch
By Mike Stanford, Staff Writer
TV Special on Jazz Vocalist
Vaughan
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of their friends, relatives or acquain-
tances.
About 20of the class, mostly black,
our people.
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Wounded “fugitive” still clinging to life
Family wonders why was he shot
Stephanie Gay says she didn’t know her brother was a fugitive until two
police officers opened fire on him as he hid in the closet of her apartment last
Wednesday.
Six days later, Douglas Gay, 22, was still clinging to life in the intensive care
unit of St. John Medical Center. According to police records, he was hit by at
least two bullets, with wounds to the arm and chest. His sister says he has a
"hole the size of a silver dollar” in his heart.
Gay pointed a loaded 380-calibcr semi-automatic pistol al a plain clothes
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Evidence doesn't support
shooting victim's statement
A shooting victim’s statement isn’t supported by evidence, police say.
Kevin Ray Morgan, 25, told police he was shot by an unknown assailant at
about 9 a.m. Sunday, when he went locheck on a vacant house he owns at 2541
E. 5th Pl.
After being shot in the chest, Morgan then drove to his home al 6042 S.
Madison PI., where he called 911, according to his statement to police.
Sgt. Regina Jolliff said policedid not find blood stains incilhcrof Morgan’s   DcWitty said. Certain criteria must
two vehicles, or at the alleged scene of the shooting.
She said police interviewed neighbors who live near the house where
Morgan said he was shot, and none of them had heard gunfire or seen anyone she said. The designed projects
at the house Sunday morning.
However, one of Morgan’s neighbors at 60lh and Madison PI. told police
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forts to access it.
“The money is inadequate to do
be met todelcrminc specific projects something of substance in all de-
fer which the money can be spent,
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subject to, the City Councils’ ap-
proval. “At that point, the project will
be facilitated," she said.
mountable amount of problems common to the “country al
large." Some of the increased problems plaguing the
program are “low income single parent families, teenage
pregnancies, child abuse, subst. ice abuse, illiteracy,
homelessness, financial dependence, and children with
problems caused by substance ibnse before birth.”
Tulsa County Head Start has added new services and
programs to address these needs: the Even Start Program,
Human Sexuality Program. Teach-a-Reader Program, and
Tulsa Public Schools’ Hippy Program.
Tulsa County Head Start Program served 764 children
and families from August 29, 1990 to July 19, 1991, and
received 67,852 volunteer hours.
Manskcr attributes the success of Tulsa County Head
Start Program to dedicated, qualified staff involvement of
parents and community support.
Edmond says she will be the primary writer of the grant.
“There is an opportunity to get federal money. The
federal guidelines are stringent,” she said.
Mansker is planning to make a presentation to her
advisory board for approval of the joint venture, Edmond
said.
She added that the final approval of the project will not
be available until mid-Octobcr.
could only comment on what he had the parents of the youth involved and
gathered had happened from his said an apology should be n order.
manager.                              “1 know both the parent and the girl
The assistant manager was not who called me and their credibility u
working Monday and his name was very high with me." he said,declining
to join hands on Head Start
TulsaCounty Head Start Director Juanita Mansker and
Marsha Edmond. Tulsa Public Schools, are discussing a
collaborative proposal requesting funds lor designing a
“Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition
Project.”
The funding will allow Head Start and Tulsa Public
Schtxils to implement a coordinated and continuous pro-
gram of comprehensive services r eligible children and
their families beginning in Head Star land continue through
the third grade of public schools
It will also allow for a determination of the impact on
childrenand families when comprehensive child develop-
ment services arc delivered over a period of time after the
child has entered elementary school.
Head Start's initial goals arc to get the child ready for
school by beginning a health screening system, building a
good self-concept, and promoting parental involvement,
Manskcr said.
The quality of the H ad Start program, as measured by
compliance with Head Start Program Performance Stan-
dards, is one of the requirements for receiving the grant.
The 26-year-old TulsaCounty Head Start program was
evaluated in January 1991 and had two minor items out of
' ompliance - classroom home visit files were filed in one
common folder instead of ineach individual child's folder,
and a “written bid" had not been filed in a cabinet, records
show.
Tulsa County Head Start is now faced with an insur-
Billy, according to the name tag he
wore.
Two incidents did prompt the as-
sistant manager to ask the kids to
ei leave or behave, Siclcr said.
One student did a cartwheel in the
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Native Tulsan to begin filming Race Riot documentary
Mitchell Lane, a notable actor, director and
producer from Tulsa plans filming the first
documentary about the Tulsa Race Riot of
1921 early in August.
Currently, he is looking for funds and actors
to finish the projcctcxpectcd to start production
August 7.
“We still know very little, if anything con-
cerning the worst major raedkiot on American
history,” Lane said. “Greenwood’s past has a
history that we can no longer ignore.”
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new form of government did inllu- District 1. DeWitty asked for S2 mil-
cncc this happening, it was the first lion for District 3, he said. “We only
lime that a councilor could negotiate got $1.5 million for depressed areas
with the may or during the budgetary that cover Districts 1-3 and 6.”
process for that specific consideration, Roberts says 1 and 3 are the most
she added." “It’s great having coun- depressed areas, but he will push for
cilors support it as a budgetary item as the bulk of that money to be allocated
well.”                                   in his district.
District 3 proposal           It could be months before any plan
DeWitty said the SI.5 million is set forth, although six proposals
should go toward creating jobs in her have been designed by Roberts’ cco-
economically-dcprcsscddistricl.’I’d nomic development “Task Force
like to see a very real commitment appointed last September, he said,
from power brokers and the support- Roberts stated he has been in con-
ing f unding for creation of jobs, in- fercncc with the Bank of Oklahoma
creased in per capita income. Access and First National Bank who have
to quality consumer service for north programs for depressed areas Roberts
Tulsa is essential,” she said. “I’d like says he hopes for an incubator pro-
to see those basic types of support gram in the UCAT area for small busi-
sy stems, like quality in education, job nesscs, as well as placing some kind of
training,good streets,and highways," center at Pine and Cincinnati. “Pine
she added.                           and Peoria could be cleared very rap-
District 1 proposal idly for economic development," he
B.S. Roberts, councilor District I, added.
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Bowling alley ejects BTW seniors
By Todd Knott           watchin other classmates bowl Ihe  phone interview with/he Oi/u/nvna
Staff Writer             assistant manager told them those not  Eag/e Tuesday. He stressed that he
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of 1992 may not ever go bowling at   area behind the bowlers and they co-
Shendan Lancs again nor might any operated.
The assistant manager then came
back and told those not bowling to
cither bowl or leave, several students
went to the alley about 10 p.m. Salur- said, and police arrived to force them not given. Students said his name was to identify w ho it was whocalled him.
day night, but 30 minutes later left at to leave, several students said. Billy, according to the name tag he Generally, the alley would like to
Dan Siclcr, general manager of wore.                                keep the business orderly and calm,
Sheridan Lanes, said the police were Two incidents did prompt the as- Sielcr said.
dishing billy clubs," said members of not called to throw out the youth and si slant manager to ask the kids to Race has little Iodo with throwing
the class.                              "had no idea why they had been ei leave or behave, Siclcr said. kids out, he said.
Management al the alley said the called.”                               One student did a cartwheel in the "Last winter, we were becoming a
kids were disruptive, a char the rhck.d •»     ’       ::!■ « wn, lobby and a male went into the hangout for youngsters mostof whom
BTW students deny.                  Sielcr said.                          women’s restroom, Sielcr said.       were white," he said. “We hired extra
Several students said there was no “They wcr: not . u „ c to rhe group as a whole was behaved security to get them out of here."
problem until some of them began my knowledge,” Si Icr said in a tel     ut “it turned into an all or-nothing
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City allocates $1.5 million for north
Tulsa’s economic development
Thomas J. Hale III           North Tulsa has been historically a
Contributing Writer        neglected community in areas of cco-
A new city allocation of S1.5 mil- nomic development.
lion for “economic development has
north side civic leaders and organiza-
tions planning and developing pro- time, made this kirid ol commitment
posals to ensure north siders receive to stimulate economic activity in a
a fair portion or bulk of that rcalloca- depressed area
lion, councilors said.
The $1.5 million was requested
funds from existing surplus funds
from the 1985 sales tax, says Dorothy exclusively in the black community,”
DeWitty, City Councilor District 3. Midget added.
“There was $6 million being allo- DcWitty said the intent was lor
catcd in the budgetary process, f saw widespread access The generic
that $1.5 million had not been dcsig- placement ol the $1.5 million in the
naled for reallocation. I sought to budget could produce widespread cf-
rcallocatc those funds for District 3,”
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The kid> were trkui
Sieler said.
“They wcr: not as*v<l tv : to
my knowledge," Sielcr said in a tele