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VOL. U-NO. 235
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CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1980
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ministry since the takeover of an interview in Tehran
More Pay Is Favored For Teachers
suiting to see them being held pore-designate Marvin York.
U.S. Oil Price Tops That Of OPEC
elect himself - offered some with reporters from the deck
Exporting
prices
office
Try Fruit Juice
For Hangovers
Frosty Weather
Reaches Florida
Nancy Reagan
Seeks Privacy
Preservation Board
Saves A Three-Holer
A consul officer at Algeria's
Embassy in Tehran. Mostafa
Belhocine, contacted by
phone from UPI’s London
bureau, today confirmed the
visit by Algeria’s diplomats
Petroleum
Countries
Venezuela,
DOklahoma City, said "it is
too early to say," how much
appropriations should be
In answer to a question.
Reagan said the family ate
turkey, which Maureen said
he always carves.
Mike Reagan told reporters
he gave his father a book
Mrs Reagan said, “We got a
lot of things" in her brief chat
"As for their morale, they
seemed okay. Of course they
are wondering about what is
going on, especially how the
negotiations are proceeding
and this is the main questions
we had from them "
Bel Hossein said they gave
the hostages "a general idea
New York broke a 108 year
old record with a reading of 1
degree below zero in Central
Park A city hotline handling
complaints of little or no heat
was swamped with more than
2,000 calls by 8 a.m
Detroit's reading of 8
degrees below zero was the
coldest Christmas morning
since 1924, when the tern
perature dropped to minus 7
LOS ANGELES (UPD -
Nancy Reagan, apparently
aware that in another month
she will be living in what is
often compared to a fish bowl,
sought to make the president
elect's Christmas as private
as possible
Mrs Reagan instructed her
husband's chief West Coast
spokesman not to answer
questions about the family's
last Christmas celebration
before moving into the White
House
But daughter Maureen -
and eventually the president
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a
The Chickasha Express
Invites
HENRY E. JONES
to the Washita Theater to
see "ANY WHICH WAY
YOU CAN”
This coupon good far two
tiekets to see the above
pleture.
OPEC member that has been
selling oil for $34 per barrel,
just announced it will boost
its price to $37 as part of the
general OPEC increase
Mexico, which is not an
OPEC member, raised its
best quality crude price
Wednesday by $4 to $38.50.
as prisoners
"Obviously the families of
the 15 men and women are
pleased to know they are up
and around and seem to be in
relatively good health,"
Carter said, referring to the
Christmas film that showed
some of the hostages
"We'll continue to protect
our nation’s honor and work
for the hostages' release and
do everything we can to
protect them from any abuse
and to make sure they stay
alive and well," the president
said.
The Carters arrived from
Washington Tuesday to spend
Christmas in Plains with
their family They planned to
return to Washington later
today, then head for Camp
David to spend the rest of the
holiday season by them
selves
rise to erase any economies,
the officials said
Domestic oil prices are
expected to rise to the
prevailing world level after
Sept 30, 1981, when the final
price controls are lifted from
U.S. crude
"Oklahoma's Most Interesting—And Most Readable—Dally Newspaper"
a founding
Reagan today was to
continue work on putting
together his administration,
with the selection of a
secretary of education - the
only Cabinet spot yet unfilled
- the center of attention
Iran Would Consider Other
Suggestions From The U.S.
With some controlled
domestic crude now going for
just $7.37 per barrel, the
resulting increases could be
substantial. A controlled but
more recently discovered
crude classification called
upper tier or new oil is selling
for 115.21, the Bache report
said
recovering from the direct
toxic effect of alcohol."
So he recommends drinking
fruit juice, not coffee, to
combat the dehydration
People with moderate to
severe hangovers need a liter
of fluids immediately upon
waking up to counteract the
body's dehydration, said
Dexter Then within the next
24 hours they need to con
sume another liter more than
they normally would drink
An alcohol-irritated
stomach may keep a person
from eating so Dexter
suggested imbibers start a
forced fluid regimen of fruit
juices to offset the double
problems of dehydration and
stomach irritation.
Although intake of fluids
and nutrients counteracts
many of the effects of high
alcohol consumption, he said,
the body also needs time to
recover sleep that often is
disrupted by a high alcohol
intake.
Dexter explained a per
son's need for sleep the day
after a bout of heavy drinking
is evidence that normal sleep
patterns were disrupted by
the alcohol even if the drinker
seemingly had a full night of
sleep
Catching up on sleep, said
Dexter, when accompanied
by an adequate amount of
food and fluids. will help lead
to the end of the hangover
the U.S. embassy in Tehran
nearly 14 months ago
Carter did not not elaborate
how the location of the
hostages had been deter
mined
Carter spoke to reporters
while standing outside the
onestory four bedroom brick
house where his mother has
been living in Plains He is
considering using the house
as an office when he returns
to Plains as a private citizen
Jan 20 His father, Earl, died
in the house in 1953
Carter said he expects "a
more complete report" from
the Algerians on the hostage
situation this weekend.
Carter said the Algerians had
seen all 52 Americans
Asked if he knew where the
hostages are being held,
Carter replied "This is
known " Asked if it were in
luxury conditions, he replied.
"No."
“It's still imprisonment
They are not free. That’s the
most important single thing."
Carter said. "It's still in-
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in an apparent effort to
ease tensions with the United
States. Iran allowed two
Algerian diplomats to brief
all 52 American hostages on
the status of negotiations
today and said it would
consider any other U.S.
suggestions that would
guarantee the return of "our
money."
Mohammad Bel Hossein,
an Algerian foreign ministry
official, and Algerian am
bassador to Iran Abdelkarim
Gheraieb, who were blind
folded before being taken to
the secret location, said they
spent more than eight hours
with the captives
"They looked to us in good
health," Bel Hossein said in
of the preservation board,
said a site study will be made
and the determination will be
made not only on how old the
structure is, but also on what
was originally built on the
surrounding land
"Three does seem unique,"
she said
Each of the johns is
mounted on one heavy beam
of concrete and there are
three separate doors and
partitions that allowed
patrons privacy.
The United States has
warned that "serious"
c onsequences will follow if
any of the Americans are put
on trial
By HARRY CUIVER
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPD
Oklahoma legislators,
apparently anticipating a
large surplus next spring,
favor pay raises of 10 per cent
or more for teachers and
larger percentages for state
employees in the new fiscal
year
However, approximately
half of those responding
hedged their replies by
saying they need more in
formation on available
money and needs
Senate President Pro Tem
Clear to partly cloudy and
warmer through Saturday
Clear to partly cloudy and
mild through Monday Local
temperatures 12 noon today
50 Thursday high 32.
overnight low 18
But in late afternoon, the
president elect and his wife
wandered onto the deck of
their home that overlooks the
street 100 feet below, where a
handful of reporters had
staked out the Reagan
residence
"If you were in the place of
me would you believe a
piece of paper signed by the
President of the United
States’” Nabavi said
Earlier reports from
Tehran suggested the United
States might be ready to
reply to the financial demand
within three days
Asked if the captives were
optimistic, Bel Hossein
paused, sighed deeply and
said, "I think they are hopeful
but of course they are not
sure that this will end, that
the conclusion will finish
possibly very soon ”
The report of the Algerians
visit came after four clerics
including the Vatican re
preseantive in Tehran offered
Christmas services for some
of the hostages, and Iran
released a tape showing 12 to
14 of the captives on
Christmas day their second
Yule holiday in captivity The
hostages were seized 419 days
ago
Iran's official Pars news
agency said the two Algerian
diplomats would leave
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for colleges and common
schools, but this would not
loreclose further increases
next spring if a cash surplus
develops as expected
Legislative leaders,
recalling the trend in recent
years, also are expecting a
large surplus to develop (ne
veteran senator has pegged
the expected surplus at $250
million
The State Hoard of
Education has proposed a
$187 million increase in state
funds for common schools
and a 10 percent salary raise
for nonteaching and teaching
personnel to equal the ap
proximate increase in con
sumer prices, including a
$1,600 across theboard raise
for teachers to attain the
regional average
The Oklahoma Education
Association, representing
teachers, says a larger in
crease is needed to meet the
regional average
(if those legislators listing a
figure, most favored boosting
the school appropriation by
amounts ranging from *145
million to $187 million A
majority favored salary
raises of at least 10 percent
for school employees and
slightly higher percentages
for state employees
There appeared to be
growing sentiment to give
state employees equal or
greater raises than those
Soviet oil recently was
selling for $36, while high
quality Norwegian North Sea
oil could be had for *37.15.
The Energy Department, in
its latest weekly petroleum
status report, estimated the
weighted average world
crude oil price on Dec 5 at
»33.31. But the average barrel
the United States imported
cost *34.21, a difference that
amounts to about *4 million or
$5 million a day at current
volumes.
Agency officials explain the
United States pays more for
its oil because it imports
large amounts from North
African producers, who
charge the most because
their product is lightest and of
highest quality
U.S. refiners prefer quality
crude because it makes more
gasoline per barrel. U.S.
consumers use propor
tionately more gasoline and
less of other refined products
than those in other in
dustrialized nations
If the United States pur
chased cheaper imports,
refining costs simply would
Government price controls Jarvis, in a telephone con
were imposed on domestic oil versation Robert Craig,
in response to the 1973 Arab having no trouble staying
oil embargo Since those busy George Thomas III,
refiners who depended waving to a friend. .Ewin
mainly on higher priced Darby, stopping at the bank
imports could no longer this morning. Kenny Drew,
compete with those who had former Daily Express em
access to supplies of con- ployee and now of Texarkana,
trolled domestic crude, the Ark., visiting friends and
government invented a relatives here over the
system of subsidies that holidays W L. Riley,
equalized the acquisition stopping at the Daily Express
Little Rock, Ark, warmed
to a chill 25 on Christmas,
breaking a record of 27
degrees set in 1879
Charleston, W.Va., had a
low of 4 degrees, breaking a
record of 10 degrees set in
1906
But in the West, warm
balmy air drove tern
peratures into the 70s.
Casper, Wyo., broke a
record warm temperature of
51 set in 1950 with a reading of
56 degrees
Phoenix, Ariz., broke
records of 76 degrees set in
1933 and 1971 with a high of 78
degrees Tucson, Ariz , tied a
record with 77 degrees, while
Elagstaff, to the north,
climbed to 67 degrs.
Other record temperatures
were 63 degrees in Walla
Walla, Wash , tying a record
set in 1890 58 in Seattle.
Wash . breaking a record of
54 set in 1957 and 61 in
(ilympia, Wash . breaking the
1947 record of 54 degrees
But along with the warm
temperatures came heavy
rain in the Pacific Northwest,
swelling rivers over flood
stages
Portland. Ore . was soaked
in almost 2 inches of rain, and
flood warnings were issued
for Wahkiakum. Cowlitz,
Clark and Skamania coun
ties.
The Wilson River poured
over its banks Thursday,
forcing about 20 businesses in
Tillamook, Ore . to move
their wares to higher ground
"At the moment we’ve got
about 4 inches of water on the
highway ( 101 North) and we
anticipate more," said Mary
Priss, emergency services
coordinator for Tillamook
County
“Right now there are no
families having to evacuate
that we know of. but I'm sure
several houses have water
rising near them," she said
WASHINGTON (UPD
The uproar over the most
recent oil price hike by OPEC
may have overlooked the
current high price of
decontrolled domestic oil and
the probable course U.S.
prices will take during the
next year.
A statistical survey by
Bache & Co.'s Washington
Analysis Corp subsidiary
found newly discovered U.S.
oil now commands *35.88 per
barrel
That price compares with
the *32 benchmark price for
Saudi Arabian crude
following the *2 per barrel
Saudi price hike that set the
stage for a general increase
by the Organization of
TAMPA, Ela (UPD A
three hole outhouse may
become the next structure to
be saved by the Tampa Hills
borough County Preservation
Board
- The building, believed to be
more than 50 years old, was
discovered last week by
crews clearing off a heavily-
wooded area in Port Tampa
near where the Old White
Swan Bar stood about 60
years ago
Stephanie Ferrell, director
COLUMBIA, Mo (UPD
The customary cup of coffee
used to counteract a
hangover actually may
postpone a person's recovery
from the after-effects of too
much alcohol, says a
University of Missouri
researcher
A heavy bout of drinking
often produces dehydration,
said Dr. James Dexter,
neurologist at the University
of Missouri's Columbia
campus
Dexter, giving some
holiday season advice,
warned people often think
they can counteract the
problem by drinking large
amounts of coffee, but some-
times that will only make
matters worse
Coffee, he said, acts as a
diuretic, further adding to the
dehydration
"In a hungover state," said
Dexter, "you are really
Responses to UP I question
names sent to the 101 House
members and 48 senators
indicate strong support for
major increases for common
schools and state employees
There appeared to be less
enthusiasm for proportionate
increases for higher
education However, many
legislators responded that
they needed more facts
before making a decision,
rather than opposing fund
increases
Gov. George Nigh has said
he will recommend salary in
creases of 15 to 18 percent for
state employees
The governor is proposing
smaller percentage increases
about what was going on
about the answers and the
proposals "
In another move seen as an
effort to cool U.S concerns
about the hostages'
wellbeing. Iranian television
was expected to release film
showing most of the captives
sending Christmas greetings
to their families
The three major networks
in the United States reported
they were negotiating with
Iranian television to purchase
the film
The Algerians are the di
plomatic intermediaries be
tween Iran and the United
States in negotiations for the
captives
Behzad Nabavi, head of
Iran's hostages commission
and chief government
spokesman, said in an
unusualy frank and ap
parently impromptu news
conference that Iran would be
willing to consider U.S
counterproposals to its
demand that Washington
deposit *24 billion before the
captives are freed
We Saw
Warren Turner and Harvey
Salter, in a sidewalk con
versation this mor-
ning. Jerry Boyle, talking
about an "enjoyable"
Christmas Joe Green and
Don Martin, stopping at the
post office before going to
work this morning Mrs.
Pauline Layman, with a
friendly welcome Mrs. Neal
Carter of Tulsa, in town for a
look at her new grandson,
Garrett Ian Brink. Tom
Bobier, former Daily Express
employee and now of
Houston, visiting over the
holidays
Ralph Morgan, giving
Santa Claus an assist Wed
nesday afternoon...Ray
Tehran Friday Pars said "he
(Gehraieb) guessed that the
United States would place its
reply at the disposal of the
delegation within three
days "
Iran revived the threat of
spy trial for the Americans if
the I 'nited States did not meet
what Tehran called its
“final" terms, which in
volved the transfer of more
than »24 billion in gold and
cash to the Algerian Central
Bank as collateral tor frozen
Iranian assets in the United
stales and the late shah's
wealth outside Iran
Secretary of State Edmund
Muskie has said the Iranian
financial terms are
unreasonable ”
But a Tehran radio com
mentry ridiculed Muskie‘s
statement that President
Carter, as chief of state, did
not have the authority to
place the *24 billion deposit in
the Algerian bank "How
come he had the authority to
freeze 1 Iranian assets in the
U.S.) ... in the first place."
the commentary asked
It also said that it could not
believe that the United States
could be unaware of the
amount of the deposits of a
prominent person, like the
deceased Mohammad Reza
Shah’'’
The commentary said the
fate of the hostages was up to
the United States, saying
“Our revolutionary govern
ment has given its final an
swer. "It is now up to
American to choose between
submitting to the logical
demands of our revolutionary
nation or the trial at the spies
- hostages । "
Location
Of Hostages
Is Known
PLAINS, Ga (UPD
President Carter said today
he believes all 52 American
hostages in Iran are alive and
well and that the location
where they were being held
was known as recently as
earlier this week
Carter talked with
reporters after viewing a film
of hostages made Christmas
Day and hearing a report
from Algerian officials who
said they had seen all 52
hostages at an undisclosed
location
"Now, if this report is true,
and I believe it is true, it is
reassuring to know they are
all alive and well," Carter
said.
“It is now known where all
of them, all 49, were, at least
at one time this week."
Three hostages have been
held in the Iranian foreign
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Subzero temperatures
blamed for three deaths
snapped at the Midwest and
Northeast again early today
and the frosty air moved as
far south as Florida
Residents in the West won
dered if it was really winter
A blast of frigid air sent a
chill across the Plains and
from the Virginias to New
England on Christmas Day.
setting new records in at least
nine states and keeping icy
roads slippery and
dangerous
Temperatures early today
weren’t much better Pitts
burgh was at the zero mark,
and Washington National Air
port recorded 16 degrees
The cold front moved south
early today into northern
Florida, where a hard freeze
warning was posted for
temperatures in the 20s
Two homeless men died
Thursday morning in
Washington. D.C., where the
temperature dipped to 12
degrees Autopsies showed
both had died from exposure
An unidentified man froze
to death in Chicago, where
the mercury plunged to 8
degrees below zero Christ
mas Day, breaking a record
of 6 below set in 1924
A Trailways bus en route to
Wichita, Kan , skidded on a
sheet of ice overlaid with
snow and overturned
Thursday, injuring 25 of the
33 passengers, four seriously
Temperatures plunged
below zero in all six New
England states and set
records in Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts and Con
necticut
Low temperatures for
Christmas were set in
Burlington, Vt., 16 below.
Boston, 5 below Bangor,
Maine, 13 below, and Windsor
Locks, Conn., 11 below
Winds up to 40 mph knocked
out power to more than 4,000
homes in Connecticut and
Massachusetts for several
hours
Boston, Mass , had its
coldest Christmas in 108
years, with a high of only 2
degrees Portland. Maine,
was even colder, with a low of
8 degrees below zero and a
high of minus 5. Philadelphia
shivered in 9-degree tern
peratures
details.
Maureen and sister Patti,
along with brothers Mike and
Ronald Jr., attended
Christmas dinner at
Reagan's home in the plush
Pacific Palisades section of
Los Angeles
Also on hand were
Reagan s brother Neil Neil's
wife, Bess the presiden-
t' elect' 2* year-old grandson
and his two daughters-in-law
Mrs. Reagan, said
spokesman Joe Holmes, did
not want to disclose the
Christmas menu or presents
family membeis
gave.
"I can assure you that all 52
hostages- were seen. they
were all in good health.'
Belhocine said. His com
ments about a visit to all of
the hostages suggested that
all the Americans were in
Tehran something Iran has
not said.
Asked in a television inter
view beamed from Tehran if
the hostages were given
details of the negotiations.
Bel Hossein said, "The whole
details, no. but we gave them
a general idea about what
was going on — about the
answers and the proposals
"They looked to us in good
health," said Bel Hossein
"As far as their morale, they
seemed okay of course they
are wondering about what is
going on and especially how
the negotiations are
proceding and this is the main
questions we had from them
"Of course they hoped that
there would be a conclusion, a
good ending to the
negotiations, that this will
end soon.”
Bel Hossein said he and
Ambassador Gheraieb saw
three hostages at the Iranian
foreign ministry and were
then blindfolded before
visiting with the other 49
"somewhere else." The
report indicated the hostages
were in two sites the three
diplomats at Iran's foreign
ministry and 49 at another
site.
given teachers and other
school workers, reflecting
feelings that state employees
have been shorted in the past
Regents for Higher
Education have asked for a
*62 million increase in state
funds Most of those listing a
figure in their replies favored
from *50 to 62 million, but
more than half said they
needed more information
before proposing any figure
Sen Herschal Crow, D
Altus, a past chairman of the
Senate Revenue and Taxation
Committee, favored a 15
percent increase for teacher
salaries, 12 percent for state
employees, zero for non
teachers. He supported a $60
million increase in the college
appropriation
Sen. Gilmer Capps. D
Snyder, supports "about 10
percent for teachers and an
8 to 10 percent increase in the
common school ap-
propriation For colleges he
favors "no more than this
year and maybe less."
Sen Finis Smith, D-Tulsa,
known for his revenue exper
tise, said he favors “sub-
stantial increases as in
dicated after revenue and
budget studies
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