The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 66, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1979 Page: 1 of 14
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A gunman fled the
Citizens National Bank here Tuesday of an
undetermined amount of cash. Gary Bartlett,
assistant vice president of the bank, said the
gunman reached over a counter into a teller's
window, grabbed some money, and then fled
with a woman companion. Authorities said the
pair then drove off in a car with Louisiana
license plates. No one was hurt in the robbery.
Railroad stopped
EL RENO (AP) — Operations of the Rock Island
Railroad in Oklahoma were said to be paralyzed
Tuesday as some 200 clerks joined in a nation-
wide strike against the line Picket lines went up
in El Reno, a railroad division point, and at
Oklahoma City. Union officials said members of
other unions were refusing to cross the lines.
The strike by the Brotherhood of Railway,
Airlines and Steamship Clerks brought traffic
over 7,200 miles of track in 13 states to a halt.
About 15 union clerks are employees in
Oklahoma City and some work in Shawnee
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RR clerks strike
CHICAGO (AP) — About 1,800 clerks struck the
Rock Island Line railroad Tuesday, disrupting
movement of grain, perishable produce, coal and
industrial goods on Its 7,200 miles of track in 13
states. The union's picket lines were honored by
other workers throughout the system and only
one train got out after the strike began, said
Chris Knapton, vice president for public rela-
tions. The strike was called at 6 a.m. after talks
broke down in a long-standing wage dispute
Knapton said 60 to 70 veteran engineers were
flown from Chicago to get the trains moving
again and supervisors would take over as swit-
chers and brakemen.
Concert bombed
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — In another blow of a
widening IRA terror war, a bomb blast Tuesday
tore through an open-air stage where a British
army band was preparing to give a concert for
tourists in Brussels’ historic Grand Place Eleven
spectators and four bandsmen were injured,
police said. Mayor Pierre van Halteren said the
Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for
the bombing in a telephone call to city hall. Irish
guerrillas have attacked other British targets in
Belgium and the Netherlands in recent months
The bombing in the Belgian capital came just a
day after IRA bombs killed Britain's Earl Mount-
batten of Burma and three other people in the
Irish Republic and 18 British soldiers in Northern
Ireland
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Ballerina returns
MOSCOW (AP) — Bolshoi ballerina Ludmilla
Vlasova stepped from a long-overdue jet into the
arms of her weeping mother on Tuesday, then
told interviewers her 73 W hour delay at Ken-
nedy Airport was "madness." Her government
accused the United States of "anti-Soviet" plot-
ting. Crowded by reporters and security men,
the 36-year-old brunette walked from the plane at
Sheremetyevo Airport, embraced her mother and
said: "Please, Mama, don't cry, I'm back."
Later, Miss Vlasova said in an interview broad-
cast on Moscow Radio: "I consider (the
Americans') actions to be arbitrariness because
they occupied our plane by force. They got in-
side with guns and handcuffs to guard me. It
was just madness. I am very happy that I set foot
back on native soil.”
UOSA President Richard Wintory (left) and
Norman City Councilmembers Lillie Mae God-
dard, Rod Talley and Sam Chapman discussed
Norman housing problems at a city council
study session Tuesday. OU student Greg Lor-
son (right) complained about inadequate
maintenance at his apartment complex during
the meeting.
Tower the problem seems to be in finding your bike
in time to make It to class.
not learning any less out here than we do in there,"
said Bill Van Buren, one of the boycotting pupils.
Several said they had been forced to sit with their
heads down on their desks for the whole school
period.
School officials said 1,281 regular teachers were on
the job Tuesday, compared with 1,237 who reported
to work on Monday — the first day of schools.
American Federation of Teachers officials have
hotly disputed figures released by school officials,
claiming the strike has much more widespread sup-
port.
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By Cheryl Hammer
Norman City Councilman Charles Schindler blam-
ed Norman housing problems on the university at a
study session held Tuesday night before the Norman
City Council meeting.
‘‘The problem stems from the university,”
Schindler said.
Schindler said the problem is one of supply and de-
mand. He said the university is leasing otherwise
available campus housing to the Postal Service and
the Federal Aviation Administration.
He said the university should be approached and
perhaps limit enrollment to its supply of housing.
Ward 4 City Councilman Rod Talley, who initiated
the study session, said the problems of rental housing
in Norman are ones of unavailability as well as price.
He said he would consider rent control as a last resort.
Talley said individuals have the right to withhold
rent until city housing code requirements are met.
Standardized lease agreements set by the city or
university to equally protect the landlord and tenant
plus a tenant union handbook listing minimum code
requirements are part of a plan to improve Norman
housing conditions and help landlord-tenant rela-
tions, Talley said.
There has been no development of housing in Nor-
man in four or five years, Talley said. Industrial as
well as university growth has contributed to the hous-
ing shortage, he said.
UOSA President Richard Wintory said there were
three areas of major concern. He said investors
should have the opportunity to gain a significant
marginal profit, existing poor housing conditions
should be improved and rental rates should be kept in
control.
UOSA Commuter Congressman Mike Avant-
Pybas said a recent act of legislation passed by the
state was the Landlord-Tenant Act which provides
liberal provisions for tenants.
A tenant may notify his landlord of an improve-
ment to be made, and if the improvement is not made
within a given time period, the tenant has the option
of withholding his rent.
One person spoke on his experience with such a
problem. He lives in an apartment where the roof
leaked. When he complained to the manager, he was
told his rent could be reduced or he could withhold his
rent until the repairs were made.
He decided to withhold his rent. Meanwhile, the
apartment was bought by a new owner who said he
owed back rent payment plus the current rent. He is
presently under eviction notice since he refuses to
pay.
Ed McCullough, a housing owner, said he has
bought property within the last six years from older
people who are selling their homes around the univer-
sity area. McCullough said it takes time and money to
renovate property.
‘‘We have to do it as we can. The world wasn’t
turned over in a day,” he said.
One of the problems pointed out by Commuter
Center President Larry Jordan was rent increases
without improvements.
He suggested tenants check the re-activated file
which lists complaints against individual landlords.
The file is at the office of the Commuter Center presi-
dent.
Bob Bush of the Norman Housing Authority said
the main problem with the shortage of housing was
the difficulty for developers to earn money. Bush said
it is not feasible for developers to build because the
government programs don’t allow enough money.
Also, because of lax regulations in the past,
builders are confined by stricter regulations and
rules, Bush said. If developers could expect a return it
would help get rid of the deplorable situation, he said.
The Norman City Council Tuesday night accepted
a $387,500 contract allowing an Oklahoma City con-
struction company to begin an emergency project to
relieve sewer flooding in Woodcrest Addition north
of Norman.
In order to comply with State Health Department
regulations, the city will construct a force main pipe
system, replace the existing sewage pump with a
larger one and build a temporary holding pond, or
lagoon, to handle storm and sewage water which fre-
A« students have come back to Norman to start a
new school year, the bicycle population has ex-
panded along with the people population. At Walker
Students join striking teachers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of
students in Oklahoma City schools walked out of
classes Tuesday in support of more than 1.000 strik-
ing teachers.
About 250 students who walked out of Southeast
High School blockaded a major southbound street
for part of the afternoon before dispersing.
Earlier in the day, almost 200 students abandoned
classes at John Marshall High School. Small groups
o students also boycotted other schools in the system
as the teacher strike extended into its fifth day.
Some of the boycotting students said they were
dissatisfied with substitute teachers and intend to stay
away from classes until the strike is resolved. “We are
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Robertson, Stephen. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 66, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1979, newspaper, August 29, 1979; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1830500/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.