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■ Robert Cowan
wants to use a goat
antibody to treat AIDS.
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Garner's mother said her son is
innocent.
“I know my son's not guilty. He's
a marvelous man and I'm real proud
of him," Mary Garner of Catoosa,
Okla., said Wednesday.
to out-of-state pet stores and reptile
dealers.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says
the men pleaded guilty Tuesday to
allegations they transported the tur-
tles to a flea market in Canton
Texas, in 1995 and 1996
Law enforcement officers confis-
cated 821 box turtles in August 1996
as part of the case. Two defendants
were charged with misdemeanors
The third was charged with a felony
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lion, covering seven miles.
An additional $4 million is
Jeff Nix, who also represents
Cowan, said the FDA has been
dragging its feet while his client
in an attempt to destroy the
virus that causes AIDS. Davis’
specialty is geriatrics, Nix said.
Cowan’s body does not toler-
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charged in murders
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — James
Garner appeared in district court on
Thursday and was formally charged
with three counts of first-degree
murder in the shooting deaths of his
wife and her parents.
Garner, who is being held without
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it’s the FDA, whether it’s politi-
cians, whether it’s the court,” Nix
said Thursday. “Somebody has
to acknowledge Bobby
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Garner called 911 the morning the pleaded guilty in federal court to
bodies were found. smuggling thousands of box turtles
It just seems to be turning out Wednesday,
this way,” Cowan said Thursday.
“I’m basically trying to save my
life.”
His attorneys on Wednesday has no time to spare.
TULSA — A man suffering appealed the recommendation
from AIDS wants to try curing his made Jan. 15 by U.S. Magistrate allow this treatment
disease in an unorthodox fashion Sam Joyner, who expressed sym-
— with an antibody derived from pathy for Cowan.
goats. But, Joyner said, the law dic-
But
Turtle smugglers may
bond in the Douglas County Jail, was go up the creek
ordered to appear in court again Feb.
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Officials estimate it will
an average toll increase
feet state museum on one of valuable historic treasures,
three possible sites in the Historical Society officials said.
Oklahoma City area. Dr. Bob Blackburn, deputy
Officials said the project executive director and project
would require a minimum of manager for the proposed new
eight acres to allow for ade- museum, said the museum cur-
quate parking and future rently attracts 80,000 to 90,000
months of Surveys, focus groups expansion.
and planning, the Oklahoma The current
Historical Society announced
Thursday that it would present Historical building immediate-
its proposal to build a new, ly southeast of the state Capitol
much larger museum to the
state Legislature next month.
Historical Society officials
said they will propose building ing does not have the latest
a $46 million, 204,000-square- technology designed to protect schoolchildren.
8:30 am - 10:30 am
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Historical society proposes
new, larger museum in city
■ The new building
would cost $46 mil-
lion.
federal magistrate tates that Cowan cannot sample got
believes that Robert Cowan’s doc- the treatment until Davis fulfills Cowan s right to life,
tor is legally required to get clear- FDA requirements for testing,
ance from the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration for such an
experiment. Attorneys for
Cowan, 42, are seeking a
restraining order against the
FDA for interfering with the
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Gov. Frank Keating was gram of the Oklahoma
among those voting for the pro- Department of Transportation,
jects as chairman of the executive Of the $603 million, $355 mil-
bond plan. lion is set aside for a 26-mile exten-
The action expands the sion of the Creek Turnpike in the
Oklahoma turnpike system to Tulsa area. Extending the
600 miles, the second largest sys- Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma
in the nation behind City for 15 miles will cost $174 mil-
Attorneys contend that the
doctor was attempting to heal them and inject them into Cowan
one man, not engage in inter-
state commerce.
“In such a situation the FDA
has no statutory authority to
treatment Dr. Gary Davis of interfere with the i
Tulsa recommends. treatment,” R. Scott Scroggs
“I’m not trying to blaze a trail, wrote in the motion filed
to proceed with a series of urban
turnpike projects that will add
48.11 miles to the toll road sys-
tem and double the OTA’s bonded
indebtedness.
Construction costs are esti- on
mated at $603 million. next five years. The Legislature
The bond sale will be competi- approved a $1 billion road con-
tively bid. In the past, bonds were struction program last year that is would likely result in higher
negotiated in addition to the regular $1.2 bil- interest rates than
lion five-year construction pro- sale.
visitors and the research center
30,000 visitors each year. About
30,000 of those visiting the
museum are children, he said.
Blackbum said the project’s
consultants have estimated
square-feet of useable space, that a new, larger facility would
Built in 1929, the current build- attract 150,000 to 300,000 visi-
tors, including about 100,000
■ The sale of tax-
exempt bonds will
fund the expansion of
Oklahoma's turnpikes.
ASSOC.IATFDPRESS
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two tem in the
oversight panels have given the Pennsylvania. bon.
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Officials estimate it will The program also calls for
the final green light to sell $724 require an average toll increase extending the H.E. Bailey
million in tax-exempt bonds to of 15 percent throughout the Turnpike spur, running from near
expand Oklahoma’s vast turnpike turnpike system to finance the Mustang Road at Oklahoma 37 to
system. debt. Oklahoma 9 in south Norman.
The legislative and executive But Neal McCaleb, transporta- That project would cost $70 mil-
bond oversight commissions tion secretary and the OTA exec-
voted unanimously on Thursday utive director, said a final deci-
sion on the increases will not be being set aside for right-of-way
made until 2000. acquisition for the Muskogee
Approval of the projects increas- Turnpike corridor extension in
es to almost $3 billion the amount anticipation of future growth in
of money Oklahoma plans to spend the Poteau and Stigler areas in
highways and turnpikes in the eastern Oklahoma.
State bond adviser John C.
Joseph said a competitive sale
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Ratcliffe, Heather. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1998, newspaper, January 30, 1998; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1820386/m1/5/: accessed July 3, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.