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Belt in the Rockies,
drilling rigs are being
set into place as quick-
ly as they can be built.
“It's just straight old
economics," says Phil-
lip Marcum, executive
vice president of MGF
Oil Co., whose 1980 an-
By Dan Bals
MIDLAND, Texas —
lage gymnasium for a dance mara-
thon. A local muscular dystrophy
group supplied posters, T-shirts and
sent letters to businesses.
About a dozen businesses donated
prises, including free meals, dance
lessons and car tuneups.
Calusinski, who works for a local
eral smaller properties
nearby to have parking
for my tenants when
the buildings are re-
stored.
“Every time I get two
dimes together, I spend
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Comies
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be the guest of honor.
“He was real excited I had picked
him to come," Calusinski said.
On the night of the dance, Calusin-
ski brought his own stereo system to
the gym, along with records by
Chubby Checker, Glenn Miller, the
Beatles and others.________________
thousands of motorists
were turned away.
What looked like an
oil embargo nightmare
reminiscent of the one
in? Almost 30,000 people and no-
body wants to come."
His idea for the benefit stemmed
from a childhood accident that
forced him to spend years In casts
and a body brace. The experience,
he said, gave him the urge to help
the handicapped.
“I raised $50 for muscular dystro-
phy in my neighborhood last year.
And this year I wanted to do some-
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capped man waited for the dancers
to start showing up. They waited for
5% hours before giving up.
"My mom and a neighbor across
the street came by to see how things
were going," Calusinski recalled.
"That was all."
He brought the leftover beverages
to the Addison police station where
sympathetic officers chipped in $50
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—NATION-
ANOTHER FIVE SLAYINGS shock Ne-
braska's "All-American City" - Page S.
REAGAN NOT INVITED to participate in
New York's Labor Day parade — Page 1.
—WORLD-
LIBYAN AIDE says reconciliation possi-
ble if US. "reduces pressure" — Page 4.
GOVERNMENT EXECUTES 50 leftists;
assassins kill three mullahs — Page 14.
—OKLAHOMA-
PLEASURE BOAT explodes at Lake Texo-
ma marina, injuring four--Page IB.
STAY HAYS’ EXECUTION, group tells
Nigh, or vigil ahead —Page 4.
— SPORTS.
DEFENSES DOMINATE as Kansas spoils
Tulsa's opener — Page 11.
DALLAS COWBOYS, lead by Tony Dorsett,
defeat Washington Redskins — Page IB.
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gasoline!
OAKLAND, Calif.
(AP) — The lines at the
service station were so
long that some cars ran
out of gas waiting, and
72year-old
stomped to death
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ADDISON, IU. (AP) - A dance
marathon to raise funds for muscu-
lar dystrophy research only suc-
ceeded in lowering Robert Calusin-
ski's opinion of his neighbors.
When no one showed up for the
dance, Calusinski was left holding
the bag, as well as a bunch of donat-
ed prizes.
“It kind of hurt me,” Calusinski
said. “What kind of a town do I live
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one-man restoration of
Broadway totally blind.
He is talking to a Dal-
las developer and pos-
sible contractor for the
restoration-addition
work he's mulling. The
Coming Up_____
Whether the child lives only an hour or In-
to the teen years, his or her death will haunt
even the strongest of parents for the rest of
their lives, creating a vacuum that some say
can never be filled again.
A four-part series beginning In Tuesday's
Times tells the stories of some Oklahoma
City area families who have had to face the
death of one — or more — of their children.
In addition, “When Children Die” will give
helpful suggestions on how to approach a
friend or relative in their time of grief. .
them to buy."
Despite his lack of a WrAWM
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States drilling
may double '80
LONDON (AP) — A woman with two wombs has
given birth to two healthy baby boys at a London
hospital, it was learned today.
British newspapers called the mother a “mum
in a million." , , .
Officials of Guy's Hospital, in central London s
Southwark district, said 22-year-old Theresa
Ebers gave birth to the children — Nicki, 6
pounds, and Simon, 5 pounds, 8 ounces - last Fri-
day. A spokesman said, "she's in fine condition,
and so are the babies."
"It is very rare indeed for a woman to have two
wombs and rarer still to have a pregnancy in each
one," said the spokesman. Gynecologists estimat-
ed the chances at one in a million.
"I just cried with joy when I saw my two little
babies," Mrs. Ebers said. "’I have to keep pinch-
ing myself to make sure it really happened."
She and her husband George, 23, who live in the
southeast London suburb of Orpington, were told
four years ago that because of her unusual condi-
tion she could never have children.
"We were even planning to adopt children, and
then we learned that Theresa was pregnant." Mr.
Ebers said.
When I heard that Theresa and the babies were
OK, I just broke down with relief. The babies are
beautiful. It gakes life worth living."
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no one shows up 8
Del City and Mill-
wood head the Times'
first All-City high
school football ratings
of the season.
Del City whipped
John Marshall, 48-7, in
its opener Friday night
and is ranked No. 1 in
the Big All-City ratings
of Class 4A and 3A
schools. Putnam West,
Midwest City, Putnam
North and Moore round
itself a form of racial discrimination, time oil company just a
Although the lower court ruled as the Justice block south, has been
Department had urged, a department official said fully restored north of
Sunday that department lawyers no longer are NW<
persuaded statewide denial of local options to use Lobb said he also is
OK LAHOMA CITY
September 7, 1981 Contents Copyright, 1981, The Oklahoma Publishing Co.
" Obsession’ spurs
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unconstitutionally segregated. roof. It was planned for
Opponents first tried vainly to block the Seattle more stories,” he said.
plan in state courts. Then they pushed the state- It bothers Lobb that
wide referendum to block any busing not done un- Broadway, one of down-
der court order to cure illegal past segregation. town's broadest streets,
Voters passed the referendum in 1478. The 9th has sort of missed out
U3. Court of Appeals ruled last December that on building redevelop-
the referendum had singled out busing to be ment Only the Magno
banned only when It involved race, and thus was lia, a five-story one-
out the top five.
Millwood spanked K
State Report .
Holiday toll
reaches eight
Three overnight accidents brought to
eight the number of persons killed on Okla-
homa roads over the Labor Day weekend, in-
cluding an attendant who was run over at
the Oklahoma City gate of the Turner Turn-
pike, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report-
ed.
The patrol said Gerald A. Hendricks, 45,
Stroud, died Sunday when he stepped in
front of a refrigeration truck whose driver
apparently did not see him. The truck left
the scene of the 9:35 p.m. accident.
Judy Van Winkle, 30, Nowata, was killed
by a pickup truck at 10:25 p.m. Sunday while
she was walking beside U.S. 40 just east of
Nowata, the patrol said. A one-car crash on
I 1-40 east of Warner at 3:30 am- today
claimed the life of a westbound motorist
whose name was being withheld, pending no-
। tification of relatives.
Tulsa racer critical
TULSA — Race driver Gene Daniel re-
mained hospitalized in critical condition to-
day following a weekend crash at the Tulsa
I - Speedway before more than 5,000 fans.
1 Daniel's car pinwheeled through turn
three and flipped at least 10 times Saturday
' night before plunging over the concrete
I guard rail and landing near the track and
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val Star-Spencer, 27-7, 1
and is ranked No. 1 in I
the Little All-City rat- 3
ings of schools in Class I
2A, A and B Newcastle. I
McGuinness. Deer I
Creek and Jones com- K
plete the top five I
among the smaller
schools. Details on I
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A Editorials
nek Anderson
I Johannes Steel 4 Morning-Evening
Sports 14-33 Average for Last Week
By Mary Jo Nelsen ings.” explained the
J.D. Lobb made no one-time antique car
scientific survey of the dealer, whose Broad-
need for downtown of- way string of buildings
flee space before he between NW 8 and NW
bought five North 10 grew to five last
Broadway buildings to week.
restore and turn into His collection of
commercial space. deeds includes three
"I mainly just want- corners of the NW 8 and
ed to save the build- Broadway intersection,
ings. I like old build- another corner at NW 9
smile. They know
there's never been a
better time to live here.
Almost 500 oil and
gas drilling rigs are at
work in the oil fields
that stretch west from
Midland into New Mexi-
co. By the end of the
year, more than $15 bil-
lion will have been in-
vested in the hunt for
new oil and gas in the
Permian and Delaware
basins.
Midland is not
unique: U.S. energy
companies, from the
majors down to the
smallest independents,
are expected to break
all drilling records this
year in their pursuit of
oil and gas.
In the first six
months, more than
33,000 wells were
punched into the
ground, according to
the American Petrole-
um Institute. By the
end of the year, more
than 75,000 wells are
likely to have been
drilled. These compa-
nies are drilling more
developmental wells,
more wildcat wells and
deeper wells than at
any time in history.
From the Williston
Basin in Montana and
North Dakota to the
Anadarko Basin in Ok-
lahoma to the Tus-
By Mary Jo Nelson
Oklahomans had become almost insensible to
oil booms by the mid-1950s, when the drilling
record that was to stand for almost 30 years was
hit. Orlan Lago, with Petroleum Information Co., i
believes that's partly why many Oklahomans 4
don’t comprehend the scope of today s record ...
boom.
A previous record for rig operation — 375 — 3
was reached in October 1955. That fell in 1980, J
when 5,240 wells were completed. But this year |
could double 1980, Lago said.
Presently, more than 10,000 wells have been
staked or are drilling or operating in Oklahoma.
Thus far in 1981, his agency has records on 6,648
completions. ,
Only Texas has more exploration activity than g
Oklahoma.
During 1981, the U.S. oil industry has budgeted )
$30 billion for oil and gas exploration. To under- 3
stand what's happening in Oklahoma, almost one-
tenth of that amount, something over $2.5 billion. .
was spent during 1980 in the Oklahoma's Anadar-
ko Basin alone. 22
This year, Lago estimates at least one-fifth of
the national total could be spent for drilling in «
and still another at NW
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"It’s been my obses-
sion to acquire corners. F
"I’ve bought up sev- F
Phene for lecal reperte, fereeasts
A 24-heur service of the Times
State: Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday.
Lows tonight mid-508 in Panhandle, low 60s
east Highs Tuesday mostly 80s Details on
thing bigger and better." janitorial service, invited a 24-year-
He obtained a permit from town old muscular dystrophy victim from
officials last month to use the vil- - a localhome for the handicapped to
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WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration is Dallas company also is
ready to send a strong signal that it supports completing feasibility
state attempts to limit busing of children beyond studies of Lobb's ideas,
neighborhood schools. For one thing, Lobb
Department lawyers are expected to hint at the wants to strip away all
new position this week in papers they are filing false fronts added to
with the Supreme Court. At this point, they are not the buildings over the
expected to say outright that the government is years and uncover the
switching. , original facades. For
Instead, they plan to ask the court to settle a another, he said at
major test case involving mandatory busing in least two of his five in 1974 was actually a
Seattle. They will suggest that a lower court rul buildings have original cheap gas promotion
ing protecting the busing plan there raises serious foundations strong for Oakland radio sta-
questions. enough to withstand tionKDIA.
At Issue In the case is a statewide referendum addition of several Thousands of cars
by which voters sought to undo the Seattle busing more stories, if such jammed streets for
plan. Lower federal courts have struck down the additions would be tea- blocks around the
referendum. sible. downtown Oakland
The Seattle plan adopted three years ago is un- "One of the struc- gasoline station for a
usual because it was voluntary effort for racial tures already has the chance at the fuel —
balance. The city's schools have never been ruled steel coming out of the selling for 13.1 cents a
Oklahoma.
"And that's conservative. We really have a con- 6
centrated boom going on."
Swap Shop 1b
TVLog 17
Vital Statisties 4
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gallon — offered to
those with a KDIA
bumper sticker. KDIA's
broadcast frequency is
1310 on the AM band.
But only about 300
cars managed to fill up
before the deadline ex-
pired.
“Some people ran out
of gas waiting In line,"
said station spokesman
Candace Walker. "They
had to push their cars
to the pumps. # 4 • •
for the charity. That was the onlyj
money he raised.
—Ernest Klepmeier, program eoor-ffl
dinator for the Muscular Dystrophy _
Association in suburban Lombard, 3
said Calusinski’s fund-raiser appar -d
ently was doomed by a lack of ad-8
vance planning.
Despite the outcome, Calusinski 59
said he will try again. __________. -
J D Lobb who says be just likes old bulldings, way for renovation — including this building on
has obtained three struetures at NW 8 and Broad- the Anterseetion’s southeast corner.
nual report describes
this as "a magnificent (
period" for the drilling ■
industry.
“The gap between
price (about $32 a bar-
rel) and cost ($13-$15 a
barrel) is enough that ■
everyone wants to go
out and find oil."
Labor for the oil
fields is in short supply,
despite an influx of
northerners with expe-
rience on the assembly
lines in Detroit or the g
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