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VOL. 92-NO. 35
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CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983
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Violence Spreads
Across Oklahoma
May Soon Face
Civil Lawsuits
Youth Services
Announce New
Group Formation
Signs To Buy
Midwest Tower
Truckers Strike Could
Be Over By Friday
Social
that
He added that the Payne
County District attorney has
interpeted the law to mean
sale of beer to 18 year olds for
drinking in taverns is legal
reportedly will show a larger
long-term deficit than the
commission predicted
new
from
One tornado in Acadia
Parish "just sat down and
took the house from around
them" as a family sat inside,
state trooper David Richard
said. "The only thing left
standing was one wall It's
amazing no one was hurt "
of Kansas City, Mo., :
Larry Brown, president
Midwest specializes
United Press International
Two truckers said shots
were fired at their rigs
Wednesday, and a third was
run off the road. as violence
continued to surround the
awaiting
forecasts
Security
for town clerk and treasurer
Walter Diekoff for Ward I
Sandra Hill for Ward 3 and
no candidate tor Ward 5
Anti-Liquor Leader
Challenges Bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPD
A statement by House
Speaker Dan Draper that it is
legal in some counties to sell
W hat the law is depends
on what the district attorney
says it is in your county."
Draper said
Chickasha subscribers who
miss service may get theii
Express by calling the (ir-
culation Department. 224-
2600, between 5:00 and 7:00
p.m. Monday through Friday.
or8:00a.m to 9:30 a. m Sun
day.
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higher highway-user fees
may "impose an excessive
burden on the American
trucking industry "
In Ohio, several hundred
truckers planned to stage a
"shutdown rally” today to
inform the public the strike is
not yet over The truckers
were to circle the Statehouse
in Columbus
Truckers also vowed to
circle the state Capitol in St
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Mostly cloudy tonight
Partly cloudy Friday and a
little warmer Local tem-
peratures: 12 noon today 32;
Wednesday high 46; Over
night low 36. Precipitation,
trace.
Draper’s bill would also
reduce the minimum from
21 to 19 for sale of beer in
taverns but insisted many
district attorneys have ruled
that 18 is the legal age now
Under that interpretation.
Draper's bill would raise the
minimum age to 19 rather
than lower it
Forty candidates filed for
34 municipal offices across
the county Four of the offices
received no candidates for
the April 5 elections Twenty-
four of the candidates are
unopposed
Residents in the county,
except Chickasha, have until
March 25 to transfer their
registration or to register to
vote
Candidates for the town of
Alex are; Glenda Ward for
town clerk and Treasurer
Paul, Minn, and by late
Wednesday, 100 big rigs had
gathered
John Seager, an aide to
Rep Peter Kostmayer D
Pa , said Parkhurst was
taking the congressmens'
message in the letter to his
membership
"I think there's every
reason to assume an end to
the strike within 36 hours "
Seager said
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inside unharmed A storm
moved up from Dixie today
and threatened the East with
heavy snow
Ram and hail flooded Gulf
Coast streets late Wednesday
and a new Pacific storm
endangered drivers and
knocked out power to hun
dreds of people
A storm centered in Missis
sippi and spreading ram
through the South began its
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In Texas, a half-dozen
twisters touched down in the
Houston and Beaumont
areas, but caused only minor
damage A seventh tornado
was reported near Pasadena
Wind gusts to 60 mph were
reported at Lufkin.
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NOT DUCKING THE ISSUE are the ducks in Shannon Springs Park And they're not exactly
suffering from cabin fever like we humans But warmer weather is just a couple of months
away. The weatherman has promised almost spring weather for the weekend But you should
remember, the ground hog did see his shadow in this area on Feb. 2, and according to the
weather maps, more storms are headed our way. (Staff photoby Nancy Kelley)
Pickle said that will
strengthen the need for
automatic general-revenue
borrowing or benefit curbs
for use in emergencies, but
will not alter the bill other
wise
House Democratic Whip
Thomas F oley of Washington,
who supports the commission
plan, said it has enough votes
to pass but he is concerned its
backers will walk away and
let opponents kill it
"I don't think the package
is all wrapped up and
delivered," he told reporters
Candidates for Tuttle of
flees are Mary Jo Haywood
lor town clerk Joe James l.
Woods and Pat Gourley
Boykin for Ward 1. Perry E
Jones for Ward 3 Lee F
franklin for Ward 4, and
David L Mizirl for Ward 5
Ronnie Taylor for Ward 1.
and Jo B Rayburn for Ward
3. for Amber; Ruby L
Garrison for town clerk Jack
Jermain for treasurer. J B
Parsons and Bill Lee for
Ward 1. and D R Browning
for Ward 3
collapsed into the structure
Al the height of the fire,
flames could be seen more
than a mile away from the
town, site of the Gettysburg
Civil War battlefied and
Lincolns historic address
There were no reports of
injuries to re! idents of the
building, whi h was con
verted in recen years to an
apartment complex with
about 30 units it is now
known as the Lincoln Square
Building
The building covered about
200 feet along one side of
Lincoln Square and also
housed offices and a mini
mall with 5 or 6 shops on the
ground floor
Candidates in Minco are
Clyde Ventris for mayor
Elizabeth Riley and Pat
Merritt for city clerk Keith
L Crim, Billy J Putnam.
Donald E Tracy, and Neal
Locke for chief of police.
Larry Brown for Ward 1
Office 1. Rex Hayes and
Jonny W Verser for Ward 2
Office 1. Edward Schutten for
Ward 3 Office 1 and Delvin
Albers and Dole Crim for
Ward 4 Office 1
Fire Chief Mel Goodwin said
At least six people have
died — most from exposure —
since an emergency was
declared on the reservation
two weeks ago because of the
quagmire created by rain and
snow
Rain, snow and strong,
gusty winds swept the Pacific
Northwest from Washington
through northern California
Wednesday Heavy snow was
reported in mountain regions.
“We just don't see a n end to
them," National Weather
Service forecaster Richard
Wagoner said of the Pacific
storms
At least eight tornadoes
ripped through south-central
Louisiana, damaging a
supermarket, a church, at
least three houses and two
trailers A car was blown off
the road near Opelousas, but
no serious injuries were
reported
southern Mississippi and
southwestern Alabama
Nearly 2 inches of rain fell at
Monroe and Shreveport. La
as well as Greenwood, Miss
About Di inches of rain
swamped Houston
About a foot of standing
water hampered travel on
■Oregon 62 between Medford
and Shady Cove Tire chains
were ordered for vehicles
traveling snow-packed
Interstate 5 across the
Siskiyous into California
Four inches of snow and 40
mph winds knocked oul
power to hundreds of homes
inKlamath Falls in the south
west corner of Oregon
Snow was scattered from
the Great Lakes across
Minnesota and northern Iowa
into the eastern Dakotas It
was mixed with freezing rain
over southeast Minnesota and
east-central Wisconsin
Flash-flood watches were
issued for Louisiana,
financing bill says a national
commission's package is still
the way to go
Social Security sub-
committee chairman J.J
Pickle, D-Texas, said he was
By DANA WALKER
United Press International
Truck drivers faced
scattered sniper fire and
vandalism on the nation's
highways but bigrig traffic
was returning to normal
today with a prediction from
Capitol Hill the 11-day in-
dependent truckers strike
could end as early as Friday
Many angry strikers, howe-
ver, accused Independent
Truckers Association
President Mike Parkhurst of
a "sellout" and vowed to stay
off the road
Four congressmen today
were to began circulating
among their colleagues a
letter calling for hearings by
the House Ways and Means
Committee on the truckers'
complaints The letter con-
demned strike-related
violence but said higher
excise taxes on trucks and
s Youth Services of Grady
I County, Inc , announced the
s formation of a support group
| for young people between the
■ ages of 14 and 19 having
। problems with drug and
I alcohol use Deborah Ruble.
5 MSW, family counselor, and
Dave Brown, assistant
director, will lead the group
which will begin meeting at
5:30 p.m Wednesday, Feb
16.
The group will be open to
; young people facing peer
: pressure to use drugs or
i having family members or
J friends using drugs as well as
5 to young people using drugs
| or alcohol themselves
Referrals will be accepted
from school counselors and
administrators, ministers,
law enforcement personnel,
social service agencies,
independent truckers strike
There were no injuries in
Wednesday’s incidents
The total of violent in-
cidents in (>k la homa since the
strike began Jan 31 rosetoat
least 17.
Bill R Pollard driving
through Pittsburg County for
Powell Trucking of Sallisaw
reported hearing a "ping as
he drove on U S 69 one-fourth
mile south of the Indian
Nations Turnpike shortly
after midnight Wednesday
He stopped at a truck stop
and found a bullet hole in the
passenger side mirror
Authorities said the shot
apparently was fired from a
rifle from a passing vehicle
parents and other young
people as well as self
referrals An individual in-
terview is required before
participation in the group is
allowed Youth Services of
Grady County personnel will
contact each person referred
to arrange the individual
interview
The group will focus on
problems faced by the par
tieipants, strategies to
resolve these problems,
social and peer issues and
alternatives to drug use The
sessions will be held from
5:30 until 7pm each W ed-
nesday at Youth Services of
Grady County, Inc, 620
Choctaw Avenue, Chickasha
Additional information can be
obtained from Ruble or
Brown at Youth Services, 224-
5315
repair work and upgrading ot
wood cooling towers at power
plants and refineries Before
the advent of concrete cooling
towers, most of the towers
were made of impervious
redwood, he explained
I nfortunately wind rots, he
observed, and our job is to
replace it with plastic or
fiberglass components
Another company division.
Midwest Forest Products, is a
licensed dealer for ( osmose,
a Georgia firm that
Street flooding was
reported throughout the area
High winds in Houston peeled
the roof off a metal building
and damaged houses at Cedar
Park Thunderstorms near
Austin produced golf ball-
sized hail
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the decade and close two-
thirds of its long-term cash
gap.
It also includes requiring
new federal workers to join
Social Security — a provision
Pickle emphasized would be
included in a bill despite
vociferous opposition by
federal unions
Pickle would not rule out
subcommittee approval of a
higher retirement age,
despite House Speaker
Thomas O'Neill’s announced
opposition to such a change
this week, but conceded there
would be a fight A com
mission majority, in an
unofficial supplemental
report, urged raising the 65-
year retirement age to 66 to
meet Social Security’s long
term cash shortage
in Verden Ward 3 lias no
candidate Margie
Talkington for town clerk
Nancy Bawden for Ward 1.
Duane Prather for Ward 2
Paul DeBoard for treasurer
and Wo Heavin for Ward 5
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPD
State prosecutors have
received the go-ahead to
begin filing charges and civil
damage lawsuits against
corrupt county com
missioners. State Attorney
General Mike Turpen said
Wednesday
Turpen said ( S Attorney
Bill Price has relaxed a
previous year long ban on
state prosecution while
federal authorities were
investigating commissioners
in western Oklahoma
Price also has promised to
share with state prosecutors
the evidence gained in the
federal investigation. Turpen
said.
"He has released state
authorities to do what they
think they have to do,"
Turpen said
Turpen said some commis-
sioners not charged by the
federal government with ac-
cepting kickbacks may face
state criminal charges
because the state has a longer
statute of limitations for
prosecution
And, he said, stale prosecu-
tors may file lawsuits to seek
triple damages from some
commissioners However, he
climb today, spewing snow in
the Appalachians Winter
storm watches for sometimes
heavy snow were posted from
the Virginias to southeast
New York
Army National Guard
crews in overhauled
helicopters were to begin
today another round of
airlifts to thousands of
Navajo Reservation residents
cut off from food, fuel and
water by a quagmire of deep
mud.
"There's no panic. These
people are used to living in
the mountains and used to
pretty well taking care of
themselves,” Navajo Tribal
By SHELAGH DONOGHUE
United Press International
More than a dozen tor-
5 nadoes wrecked houses and
g.; cars in Texas and Louisiana,
53 plucking a home from the
‘ .i? ground but leaving the family
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beer in taverns to anyone
over 18 has been challenged Fire Destroys
by an antiliquor leader _ .. . .
Ross McLennan, executive wettysburg Hotel
director of Sooner Alcohol GETTYSBURG, Pa (Upi
Narcotics Education, said Fire struck the old Get
Wednesday the attorney tysburg Hotel in the
main
general ruled to the contrary square of the historic town
last summer earlv today, authorities East Ninnekah has no
"He said it is illegal for reported candidates for town clerk or
taverns to sell to anyone About 250 firefighters from Ward 3 Tom Dunn, Tom
under 21 (for drinking on the four Pennsylvania counties "i lltams, and JohnE Clft
premises),” McLennan said and Maryland battled the Tor"ard 1. Jimmy Glass for
stubborn blaze The fire "ard 2 ard Joey Tannehill
Draper is author of a House broke out at 2:05 am and for Ward
bill that would raise the legal was still burning in the three
age for buying beer, from 18. story wood structure at 6:30 In Rush Springs, four of
to 19 in grocery stores am Authorities said the roof ficesareopen. Klayn Pendley
manufactures pressure
treated lumber
Midwest Tower was
founded by Harold Curtis of
Chickasha Other local
partners include John
Hudson, Brow n and Dan Wiltz
of L.ouisiana
Universal plans to expand
the Chickasha operations to
include fabrication of
modular housing and kiosks
for banks and credit card
operations so customers can
cash checks or withdraw
money Satellite disk
manufacture will also be
added at the local plant
l niversal, which Brown
termed a "super growth"
company plans to turn the
Chickasha plant from a local
concern to an international
firm
WASHINGTON (UPD
After listening to more than
100 witnesses on how to im
prove the Social Security-
system, the chairman of a
House panel writing a
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We Saw
Adam Tibbetts, celebrating
his third birthday Wed
nesday David Heath in a
telephone con
versation. Florence Jenkins,
out early Wednesday
morning Mark Crutcher, in
his usual cheery mood Brad
Kisner. with news about an
upcoming event Mrs W T
Dean and daughter, Maggie
grocery shopping Tony
Colbert, celebrating his 20th
birthday
Juanita Cook, talking about
nominations still being open
until March 1 for Chickasha
Business Woman of the
Year Mable W allace.
bringing a book to a friend
Bill Wallace, excited about
his book, "A Dog Called
Kitty, winning the Sequoyah
Award Melba Williams
with a friendly
greeting Joyce Dumas
talking about an ad in the
Chickasha Daily
Express Steve Noe. running
an errand Helen Roof
helping a friend
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said he did not want to
"overdo" what the federal
government had done in
making some commissioners
pay restitution
Turpen said there was a
possibility that some com-
missioners escaped federal
prosecution only because of a
three-year statute of
limitation in the federal law
He said Oklahoma's anti
kickback law has a seven-
year statute of limitation
Several materials
salesmen have testified they
paid kickbacks to former
Canadian County Com
missioner Gideon Tinsley of
El Reno. but he lias not been
charged Turpen said Price
told him the statute of
limitations was considered in
the Tinsley case
Turpen said he does not
know what evidence, if any.
Price has in the Tinsley case
Turpin said the relaxed
tederal ban applies only to
western Oklahoma, not the
northern and eastern
districts
State prosecutors volun
tarily complied with the
federal ban during the in-
vestigation and prosecutions
The attorney general said
he plans to call a meeting
soon of district attorneys in
western Oklahoma and
federal prosecutors to review
evidence and legal issues
District attorneys across
the state will be given the
opportunity to decide whether
they want to seek criminal
prosecutions or file lawsuits
against commissioners in
'heir area. Turpen said
"pleasantly satisfied" with
his panel’s three days of
hearings, and "encouraged”
about chances of passing a
rescue plan recommended by
the National Commission on
Social Security Reform
"No witness has said we
ought not to use this as the
base," Pickle said in a
telephone interview Wed
nesday. "It's amazing of the
100 witnesses no one
organization felt the best
course would be to scuttle the
plan and start over again.”
Pickle said he hopes to
begin drafting a bill next
week, although it might be
delayed by the Presidents'
Day holiday But he said he is
optimistic about holding to
congressional leaders'
timetable of getting a bill to
President Reagan by Easter
The commission said its
package, including payroll
tax hikes, a sue months'
benefits freeze and taxing the
better-off pensioners, would
carry Social Security through
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Drew, Charles C. The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1983, newspaper, February 10, 1983; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1869994/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.