Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 92, No. 312, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1982 Page: 1 of 40
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Seasonal dips, GM layoff impact cited
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VOL. XCII, NO. 312
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Co-op program pushed
Sports
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Coming Up
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Military
widows
Hospitals
using new
antibiotic
Sooner provides help
to California disabled
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Things go better with pals
Happiness is • warm pappy — and a cold drink. Joey Ash,
4, of Tulsa, and his 4-month-old bulldog pal, Lamar, know
master’s degree this se-
mester. with honors,
and relinquish her job
— possibly to another
handicapped student
Weatherline/s2433n
Ferum Page
Johannes Steel
mustered 44,100 jobs more than the
1,159,800 employed in January 1981.
Mining, which includes oil and gas
extraction, added 19,800. Trade was
ahead 14,600 jobs.
ted he told FBI agents
in September 1981 that
material supplier Dud-
ley Williams had of-
fered him a kickback
on the purchase of a
grader shortly after he
look office in 1975.
Boston said he had
not remembered the In-
cident during his earli-
er testimony, but main-
tained that Williams
nevered actually of-
fered him money.
Boston said he was
trying to negotiate the
price. “He said, 'If I
bring it down that far
there will be nothing
left for you.' I said. 'I
haven't asked you for
nothing, let's let it go at
that.’ Then the price
came down."
Boston said he be-
lieved suppliers who
testified they paid him
kickbacks were honors
ble men while he was
doing business with
them. He repeatedly
said he was baffled as
to their motives for al-
Leeal: Clear to partly cloudy and warmer
through Saturday Low tonight 40s. High Sat-
urday 60s. Details on Page 5.
that sippin’ soda through a straw can be mighty pleasant
when there’s someone to share it with.
Federal employment statistics al-
so released today show oil and gas
and trade were the state'e biggest
employment areas and the center of
job growth last year. The oil and gas
industry employed 103,700 persons
in 1981, triple that of 10 years ago.
the report said.
Commission's research and plan-
ning department.
A close look at last month's unem-
ployment growth reveals that retail
trade lost 10,700 workers, cast off
after the Christmas shopping sales
peak. Construction, a seasonal in-
dustry that depends on good weath-
er, dropped 4,100 jobs.
Smaller employment losses were
attributed to transportation, public
utilities and finance, insurance and
real estate.
January's unemployment also in-
ON PAGE 8
Progess made
LEK ELIA’S TV eommericals are just fair
warning to Cubs' players — Pag® 20.
PICKING TOP nine golf holes In America
a tough assignment — Page 20.
down slightly
NORMAN — The number of University of
Oklahoma students enrolled this semester
dropped by 19 to 19,648, compared to last
year's all-time high for the same period.
The number of juniors, seniors and gradu-
ate students increased this spring, com-
pared to last spring, but freshmen and soph-
omores on the Norman campus decreased.
Astrologieal
Business
Bridge
Classified
Comies
Dear Abby
Deaths
Editorials
Swap Shep
TV Lag
Index
Amusements 18-17
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tax-exemption baa.
Reagan claims Internal
Revenue Service offi-
cials went too far in im- Q
posing the bar.
That caused such a
public outcry that the
administration has still
not put the new plan in-
toeifect, and has asked
Congress to pass a sim-
ilar ban.
However, Treasury
Department officials
say that if ft becomes
clear Congress will not
act, they will start giv-
ing tax exemptions to
racially biased schools
that otherwise qualify
for them.
By Gregory Seay
Seasonal workers sifting out of
the work force and the delayed im-
pact of some idled General Motors
workers shot the Oklahoma unem-
ployment rate up by a full percent-
age point to 4.9 percent in January.
The increase from last month's
3.9 rate translates into 71,700 per-
sons without jobs last month, com-
pared to 54,700 unemployed in De-
cember, said W.J. Bowman, chief of
the Oklahoma Employment Security
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Registrar Milford D. Messer said enroll-
ment figures indicate there is a growing
number of students taking energy-related
studies. The number of international stu-
dents dropped from 1,720 to 1,494.
Parks project debated
NICHOLS HILLS — Despite offers to fund
improvements with private contributions.
Mayor John Mee says the City Council
should not endorse a master plan for city
parks until the council is sure it has the
money to maintain the improved parks.
The council met in special session to re-
view a park master plan prepared by land-
scape architect Bill Renner. He told council-
men his proposals for improving the city's
36 parks would cost roughly 3500,000. Mee
said badly needed sewer line repairs could
See METRO—Page 2
REGULAR GASOLINE drop to 90 cents
predicted in Texas by summer — Page 4.
DOCTORS, NURSES delinquent in repay-
ing medical training loans — Page 11.
-WORLD-
POPE ASKS faithful to abandon tradition
of scorning infertile women — Page 3.
SALVADOR AID foes hit White House with
avalanche of mail — Png* 13.
—OKLAHOMA-
31.76 MILLION LAWSUIT filed by former
Inmate of Boley school — Page 13.
FARM, INDUSTRIAL Interests concerned
about proposed gas tax hike — Page 23.
—SPORTS—
By Mary Jo Nelson
A program much like
one that helped electri-
fy rural America in the
1930s could light a path
to home ownership In
today's stagnated hous-
ing market, officials
say.
One way to shoehorn
potential buyers —
those who can't afford
current prices, interest
rates and down pay-
menu — into a home is
a co-op It is envisioned
by the Oklahoma City
Neighborhood Develop-
miipt and Conservation
Center
By Steve Walden
Major County Commissioner William T. Boston
testified today he never received a kickback while
in office and that material suppliers who testified
they paid him bribes are "liars."
Appearing in his own defense at his trial on 55
counts alledging he received kickbacks, Boston
said he had never been offered a kickback on
county purchases and had never even heard that
other commissioners in the state receive payoffs
until he read newspaper reports on a federal in-
vestigation of corruption in the state.
“I never worried about the other man and his
business," he said.
Under cross-examination by Assistant U.S. Dis-
trict Attorney Bill Price, however, Boston admit-
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eludes the full effect of the second-
shift layoff Nov. 3 at General Motors
in Oklahoma City, Bowman said.
With the January layoff of GM's
first shift to show up in next month's
statistics, "I would have to assume
unemployment will be in the 5 per-
cent range," he said. February job-
less totals won't be released until
March.
Another factor is Texaco's recent
announcement to shut down its Tul-
sa refinery, adding several hundred
f
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Schools"
Pipracil kills infectious
bacteria by preventing
formation of new cells
during their normal
reproduction process.
It can't be used as a
penicillin substitute for
See DRUG-Page 2
about bribes.
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Trade employment advanced
14.600 over the year, an increase
scattered mainly among numerous
retail categories.
Other industries adding workers
were service, manufacturing, fi-
nance, insurance and real estate.
Construction, especially home
building, and transportation — spe-
cifically the sagging motor freight
industry — lost employment. Con-
struction employment was reduced
by 2,000 and transportation was
down 1,400.
workers to the jobless rolls, Bow-
man said.
When Oklahoma City and Tulsa
unemployment figures are released
next week, they are expected to mir-
ror the state's growth in jobless-
ness, he said. Typically, as the
state's major economic centers, the
two cities reflect swings in state un-
employment.
But even with more out of work,
Oklahoma's work force continues to
expand. State non-farm wage and
salary employment In January
held up
WASHINGTON (AP)
— A federal appeals
court has temporarily
barred the Reagan ad-
ministration's plan to
grant tax exemptions
to racially discrimina-
tory private schools.
The move is a set-
back for President Rea-
gan's reversal of an
11 %-year-old govern-
ment policy.
In a brief order, the
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Co-
lumbia said it was bar-
ring the administration
from granting the tax
breaks "to any school"
that discriminates on
account of race.
Thursday's Injunc-
tion will last until the
appeals court has more
time to consider a case
aimed at forcing the
government to revoke
more tax exemptions
from racially discrimi-
natory private schools.
The administration
informed the Supreme
Court on Jan. 8 it in-
tended to reverse the
284,595
DllyPaldCireuiatioi’
Merning-Evening .
Average for Last Week
By John Hopkins
A new antibiotic
which can cure infec-
tions in seriously ill
persons without the
harmful side effects of
similar drugs is now
available for use in Ok-
lahoma City hospitals.
The penicillin deriva-
tive is marketed under
the name Pipracil.
Unveiled last week in
10 major U.S. cities, it
has been hailed as a
powerful new weapon
against infections now
resistant to most other
antibiotics.
said. “I think it would
be a real challenge to
do again what we've
done here for the stu-
dent*."
institutions like the
University of Oklaho-
ma and Oklahoma
State University have
made great strides in
curriculum opportuni-
ties and access for the
disabled. But, she says,
there's "definitely need
for improvement."
She plans to do re-
search at OU and OSU
while she writes her
master's thesis.
Miss Birdwell is a
victim of Friedreich's
See VICKI-Page 2
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OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
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Final HOMC LOieST STOCKS________ Friday, February 19, 1982 25ft
By John Hopkins
When Vicki Birdwell
returns to Oklahoma
this summer, she hopes
to do for Sooners what
she helped accomplish
for California's dis-
abled.
Miss Birdwell, a
graduate student at
California State Uni-
versity's Northridge
campus, ia founder and
chief administrator of
the university's attend-
ant care service for the
severely disabled.
Miss Birdwell, 27. de-
veloped the service
with keen insight. She.
too, is disabled and
confined to a wheel-
chair and must rely on
the help of attendants
to do the most routine
daily chores like bath-
ing, dressing and eat-
ing
She will finish her
year-old Sherrie Davis ledgedly lying in their
a monthly check until testimony.
she graduated from col- Boston admitted
lege at 22. county contracts with
Now the government the suppliers often in-
has decided to renege eluded higher prices on
on that deal by cutting the materials than oth-
mo
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Vicki Birdwell
back Social Security er bids submitted
survivor benefits, says He said a low price
Linda Carns, Sherrie's bid on culvert pipe sub-
mother milled by S&J Compa-
Mrs. Carns, along ny. an undercover firm
with other military set up by the FBI, was
widows from across the rejected in favor of an-
country. will knock on Hee TRIAL-Page 3
congressmen's doors in
Washington next week y • • I f
mnentstthoseinetitse Hawaii beaches
The 1981 Omnibus
Budget Reconciliationrow
01 ticket hopes
President Reagan, . I
stop* survivors’ bene-
fits for dependent chil- ByAndy Rieger
dren when they reach A University of Oklahoma football trip to Ha-
18, instead of the for- waii 22 months from now may be a good recruit-
mer cutoff of 22 and ing tool for ’he team, but it could turn out to be an
| | for mothers when’their even better deal for the Texas travel agency that
wav to mirchasp hom4 Children turn 16, in- holds exclusive mainland ticket rights.
- J -VV ------ -IV---- stead of the former 18. The University of Hawaii is under contract with
• - The change is espe- Dallas-based American Group Travel. Tickets to
Ceter director Lin- ing co-op is a group of cially bitter for those the Dec 3, 1983. OU-Hawaii game cannot be
da Ivins will offer a individuals who form a who lost husbands and bought through the OU ticket office and are not
public seminar Satur- corporation, which pur- fathers in Vietnam offered to the public through the Hawaii school
day to unveil the merits ehasesandlivesinthe said Mrs Carns, who A limited supply of tickets to away games is
of cooperative home housing, Ivins Mid. has remarried. usually available through the OU office
ownership. A National Generally, each “It's not a question of Fans hoping to make the trip and see the game
Loop Bank MI trial ", member owns a share need; It was a promise must also make travel plans through the agency
eectu, te . a of the non-profit corpo- given to the men who for a minimum of 3800 to 3850. including airfare
ration, has a vote in were killed," she said The travel agency's owners could not be contacted
tonpongc., L. electing ita board and a "How can we pretend today, but an OU official said he understands
CooPer At responsibility in its to honor the men in the more than 2,000 requests have been received
. hare hin it is ratrh. management. military and strip them Season ticket holders were recently mailed a
ina on elsewhere It is For example, co-op in their graves of what brochure offering the agency's tickets and ser-
I Ke dirterent (rom ru-' members pool re- theywercprom’ised" vices. The Varsity O Club loaned its name to the
ral cooperatives that sourcestora isIPMrs.camns K oouroftenandamay get a cut it it is ‘ success, “
provide electricity and payment on an apart -oueasaid
help plant, harvest and meat building, with J t onGi, OU regents earlier this month unanimoudly ap-
market farm pr^ucts each participant own- -san" ° 55 16 proved the 12th game The National Colyggiate
"In principle, a hous- See CO-OP- Page 2 See TRIP—Page 2 See HAWAII —Page 2 “
Chief Justice Warren Burger wanted more
limelight, Richard Nixon couldn't function
without his altar ego, Bob Haldeman John
Dean lied a lot. And John Ehrlichman was
knee-deep in the potent politics and petty pe-
cadillos that marked Nixon's campaigns and
presidential years .
Those are among the pictures Ehrlichman
paints in "Witness to Power," the book writ-
ten from his White House Insiders' vantage
point A seven part series of excerpts will
begin Monday in the Times, continuing J
through Friday and March 1 and 2. 1
she helped train in at-
tendant care tech-
niques. After that, her
eye is on Oklahoma.
"We've got a long
way to go in Oklaho-
ma,” Miss . Birdwell
"We've had excellent
success here with the
drug and it shows great
potential in a number
of areas,” said Dr. V.
Ramgopal, Baptist
Medical Center's epi-
demiologist.
Ramgopal says
By Diane Host
LAWTON — in ex-
change for her father's
life lost in Vietnam. Un-
cle Sam promised 16-
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