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Oklahoma voters go to the polls
Tuesday in the first round of the
1980 elections with 70 state contests
to be balloted on in the first prima-
News Agency, hardly came as a sur- vately today in quest of that exact
prise in light of Reagan's call for an meaning, and planned to issue a fet-
up for tomorrow's race.
Scattered showers forecast for the
north and northwest may give vot-
ers in those sections cooler weather
for the trip to the polls, but a high of
102 is expected in the rest of the
A faulty electrical cord on a food
freezer short-circuited and started
the fire, said Capt. Robert Bearlund
of the Calumet City fire department.
On the West Coast, meanwhile,
Reagan's GOP running mate,
George Bush, returned from a three-
day trip to China characterized as a
flop by his hosts. That reaction, ex-
pressed by the official New China
' CALUMET CITY, III. (AP) - As
flames raced through James Sti-
Barbwire injures Marines
A U.S. Marine grimaces while receiving aid from a
fellow soldier after the two were struck by flying
barbwire during training exercises at Camp Pendleton,
Ranger of year named
State ranger Joe Hutchison, Spa-
vinaw, veteran of 11 years of game
enforcement work in Mayes and
Delaware counties, has been named
Ranger of the Year by the Oklaho-
ma Wildlife Conservation Commis-
(Please see STATE—Page 2)
Voters make choices Tuesday
ByJim Young 12 years in office. Eleven Demo- Waiting to join the candidate field than the Senate contest will be Dem-
crats and five Republicans are lined in November is a Libertarian and ocratic primaries for two corpora-
tion commission seats. Incumbent
Hamp Baker is going for a full six-
year term against Gary Gardenhire,
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“The kids were crying and holler-
ing and I looked out and saw the
flames," said Stigall’s sister Dolly
E. Cozee, who lives in a bungalow
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to 61.4 million barrels a day
through June, the Journal said.
The weekly business magazine at-
tributed the surplus to “declining
Waiting to join the candidate field
in November is a Libertarian and
two independent candidates.
Another hard-fought primary is
being waged in the 4th congression-
al district where Rep. Tom Steed,
Shawnee, 32-year veteran of the low-
er house, is stepping out. Five Dem-
ocrats and two Republicans are con-
state Tuesday.
Because of the size of the field, it
is apparent there will be a runoff
contest Sept. 16 when the two top
candidates in each race will meet
for the nomination.
President Carter is ready to side-
step both John Anderson and recent
tradition in his bid to have an early
debate with Ronald Reagan. But for
Reagan, the immediate priority is
getting things straight with his own
running mate and the world's most
populous nation.
White House Chief of Staff Jack
Watson said Sunday that while Cart-
er remains prepared to take on
challengers other than Reagan, he
will insist that the first debate of
the fall campaign be “one on one."
And that, said Watson, might en-
tail finding a sponsor other than the
League of Women Voters, the tradi-
tional organizer which already has
slated three debates, possibly in-
cluding Anderson, with the first
scheduled for Sept. 18 in Baltimore.
Already, Watson said, the White
House is evaluating offers for a
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Carter-Reagan confrontation prior
to that date.
GUTHRIE — Logan County Asso-
ciate District Judge Bob Ward is ex-
pected to rule this week on a motion
to dismiss a $14 million pollution
suit brought by the city of Guthrie
against Oklahoma City.
The motion was taken under
advisement after Oklahoma City at-
demand, continued high production
by Saudi Arabia, and production in-
creases by major non-Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
sources such as the United States,
the North Sea and Mexico.”
Calif., on Sunday. A passing personnel carrier had
caught the wire and entangled the two Marines, who
were setting up a mortar launcher.
The two were in good condition at
St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond,
Ind., just across the state line from
the Chicago suburb.
But Stigall, 57, an auto assembly
worker, and his daughters, Sheila,
13, Mary, 12, Emma Jean, 8, Bonnie,
3, and Samantha, 15 months, were
found dead amid the burning debris.
Firefighters found Stigall’s body
covering the baby's.
Stigall’s wife was out of town at
the time of the blaze, officials said.
TULSA (AP) — A worldwide over-
supply of crude oil caused produc-
tion to decline in the first six
months of the year for the first time
since 1975, The Oil and Gas Journal
reports.
The surplus of oil on international
markets is estimated at as much as
3 million barrels a day, the maga-
zine said in its Aug. 25 issue.
That surplus is responsible for the
production decline from 61.8 million
barrels a day in the first half of 1979
faced with the costly and controver-
sial alternative of having to con-
struct a reservoir on Bear Creek.
Voters, who already this year have
twice rejected bond issues to fund
the reservoir, will return to the polls
a third time Oct. 7 to vote on a $7.75
million proposal.
Clayton mayor lonely
CLAYTON — For the mayor of
this Pushmataha County communi-
ty, it’s lonely at the top, and turbu-
lent too.
Norma Eagleton, Tulsa, appointed
to the commission by Gov. George
Nigh, is facing three other Demo-
crats in the race to finishing the re-
maining two years of the term. Ea-
gleton was appointed as a replace-
ment for Jan Eric Cartwright, who
resigned when he became state at-
torney general.
Democrats will be balloting In 52
races with 47 of the primaries for
state house and senate seats. Re-
publicans will, have slim pickings
Tuesday with a total of 17 primaries
on the ballot, 14 of them for legisla-
tive spots.
Eleven of the GOP legislative con-
tests are in Tulsa and Oklahoma
counties.
Political observers see Robert S.
Kerr, Oklahoma City attorney, and
Andy Coats, former Oklahoma Coun-
ty district attorney, as likely lead-
ers in the Democratic senate race.
John Zink, Tulsa industrialist, is
rated the leader in the Republican
field with Ed Noble, Tulsa, given the
nod over Don Nickles, Ponca City
state senator, in a close contest for
second place.
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Jack H. Anthony was sentenced in
federal court today to three years in
prison following his conviction for
tapping the home telephone of psy-
eholegist Richard Sterniof. Howev-
er, U.S. District Judge Lee R. West
suspended all but six months of the
prison term. An appeal will be filed,
the judge was told.
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Mayor W.O. Cartwright is the only
remaining member of the town
council after police firings and oth-
er personnel disputes prompted the
resignations of all other members.
Cartwright said he plans to appoint
new members during a one-man
meeting tonight, a proposal which
the last resigning council member,
Claudia Hall, vows she will fight be-
cause Cartwright does not represent
a “majority” of the council.
behind the house. “It even killed the
family dog."
The fire broke out shortly after 3
a.m. Sunday, shot upstairs, trapped
most of the family inside and even-
tually caused the roof and second
floor to collapse.
A bartender and some of his cus-
tomers from a tavern next door
pushed a ladder up to a second-story
window and brought Ila Stigall, 17
and seven months pregnant, and her
9-year-old sister Lisa to safety.
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Amusements
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Business News
Bridge
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Comies
Dear Abby
Deaths
Johannes Steel
Sports
Swap Shop
TV Log
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—Story, Page 17
The big attraction tor the Senate
resulted from the announcement by
Republican Incumbent Henry Bll-
mon that he is stepping down after
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ry.
The feature races are for spots
held by two well-known political fig-
ures who are retiring.
State election officials predict
that 600,000 voters will have ballot-
ed before polls close at 7 p.m.
This is an off-year election in the
state with only three Democratic
and two Republican statewide con-
testa. The highlight contests for
both parties comes in the U.S. Sen-
ate race where Democrats and Re-
publicans will start picking nomi-
nees for the November election.
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Gasoline price cuts urged
tenting for the post.
David McCurdy, Norman attor-
ney, and Jim Townsend, Shawnee
state house member, appear to be
headed for a runoff in the race for
Steed's seat. Howard Rutledge, Nor-
man, a navy veteran who was a Viet-
namese prisoner-of-war for 87
months, is expected to get the nod
from Republicans.
Other congressional races are
Democratic primaries in the 3rd
and 5th district, a Republican con-
test in the 6th and a Libertarian se-
lection in the 5th.
The only statewide races other
State: Widely scattefe
showers tonight and Tuesdy:
Lows tonight 60s to 70s. Highs
Tuesday 80s to 102. (Details,
Page 7).
gall's wooden house, he leaned from
an attic window and screamed to
horrified onlookers, "I’m not com-
Hng down unless I can save my chil-
dren first." Only two of his children
escaped the blaze, and he perished
along with five daughters.
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official U.S. link with Taiwan at the
same time Bush was trying to as-
sure the Chinese leadership that no
such thing would occur.
Reagan’s public statements "can-
celed out” the commitments offered
by Bush, the New China account
said. Chinese authorities also
warned that any change in the U.S.
stance toward Taiwan could jeop-
ardize a developing anti-Soviet alli-
ance, and perhaps even result in a
breakoff of Sino-American rela-
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The wooden, two-story house
was run-down, and neighbors had
worried for some time that it might
catch fire. A group of neighbors
went to the city council in June to
warn officials about the dangerous
condition of the house and others in
the area.
Bush ducked reporters upon his
arrival at Los Angeles Sunday, but
he suggested earlier in Honolulu
that the whole controversy
stemmed from semantic confusion.
“You gotta know exactly what you
mean," he declared.
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torneys argued during a hearing
past week that the court here lacks
jurisdiction in deciding the case.
The reverse condemnation suit,
filed in November 1979, alleges Cot-
tonwood Creek can no longer be
used as a municipal water source by
Guthrie because of contamination
from an Oklahoma City sewage
treatment plant. It asks the court to
assess damages.
For the record, Bush noted to the
Chinese leadership that the ad-
ministration is barred by law frmi
establishing a government liaispi
office with Taiwan. Reagan, mead-
(Please see RACE-Page 2)
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Dad refuses to leave burning home without children*
neighbor Stephen G. Janowiak. "It's to a second-floor window and we
no wonder it went up like a match- know he helped that pregnant girl
box. out," said Fire Capt. Roland Redd-
Three people, whom police said ington.
had been drinking at the tavern
next door, were arrested and One of those arrested, Robert D.
charged with disorderly conduct Thellman, 27, of Hammond, Ind.,
after they tried to run into the infer- said he scaled the ladder to the roof,
no to save the family. "I shouted, 'If anybody's in there,
come out the window,' ” he said.
“They couldn’t have saved any-
body in the shape they were in," And police identified another res
said police Sgt. Ronald J. Smolinski. cuer as Michael Sommers. The bar-
tender was not identified by author-
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Dow off 4.61 in early
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"Most OPEC members — their
prices high and policies already
leaning toward resource conserva-
tion — responded to the growing
surplus with production or price
cuts," the Journal said.
Only Saudi Arabia and Iraq
among the OPEC members pro-
duced more oil in the first half of
1980 than in the same period in
1979, the Journal said.
OPEC’s first-half production, at
28.5 million barrels a day, was 5.5
percent less than its level during
the first six months of 1979, the Tul-
sa-based magazine reported.
In October 1975, OPEC produced
26 million barrels a day, its lowest
monthly output since the Arab em-
bargo of 1973-74.
Production in Communist coun-
tries was up 2.9 percent to 14.5 mil-
lion barrels a day, the Journal said.
The Soviet Union, the world’s big-
gest producer, increased production
by 3 percent to slightly more than
11.9 million barrels a day.
Production from the United King-
dom and the Norwegian North Sea
increased 13.4 percent to nearly
2.15 million barrels a day.
Mexico boosted output to more
than 1.9 million barrels a day dur-
ing the last two months of the peri-
od. It averaged 1.83 million barrels
a day for the first half, the Journal
said, an increase of 30.9 percent
from first half production last year.
U.S. production, nearly 20 percent
of it from Alaska's North Slope, was
up 1 percent over last year's first
half output to nearly 8.6 million bar-
rels a day, the Journal said.
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