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VOL. 99—NO. 21
CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL4, 1990
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capped weeks of jockeying am-
ong senators over the legislation,
which was a compromise with
the White House.
Senators from the Northeast
and California sought to toughen
auto pollution controls but failed
in narrow votes. Several at-
tempts to cushion the Midwest
from the high cost of acid rain
controls also failed, as did an
effort to help coal miners who
could lose their jobs under new
pollution requirements.
Many senators expressed con-
cern over the bill’s cost, esti-
mated at about $21 billion a year
when it takes full effect toward
the end of the decade.
Mitchell acknowledged the
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plants that rely on high-sulfur
coal as well as miners whose jobs
would be jeopardized by new
measures to combat acid rain.
Dixon was among the 11 sena-
tors who voted against the legis-
lation. Four were from states
that would be hard hit by
stringent acid rain control pro-
visions.
“I cannot vote for legislation
that will destroy the livelihood of
thousands of hard-working men
and women ... that will bring
economic ruin to communities
throughout Appalachian and
Midwestern states,” said Sen.
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who un
successfully sought financial
help for coal miners affected by
the bill.
along with a pet or project ani
mal. The photo must be taken by
the 4-H member.
Photos will be judged by April
30 in time to display the winning
photographs for National Pet
Week, May 6 12. National Pet
Week is a special week set aside
to emphasize the importance of
proper animal care, responsible
pet ownership and to celebrate
the important contributions
animals have made to human-
kind.
For more information about
the contest, contact the OVMA
Office. 205 West Seventh Avenue,
Suite 201C. Stillwater, OK 74074.
405 377-0112.
Animal Hospital Sponsors Local
“Picture Your Pet” Contest
By HOWARD GOLDBERG
Associated Press Writer
The march toward national
acceptance of a holiday honoring
the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
debate over tougher air pollution
controls shifts to the House with
Senate approval of a sweeping
clean air bill imposing new
emission curbs on automobiles,
factories and electric power
plants.
The Senate voted 89-11 late
Tuesday to approve a far-
reaching bill aimed at reducing
urban smog, toxic industrial
chemical releases and acid rain
pollution.
The House Energy and Com-
merce Committee was working
behind closed doors today on the
House version of the bill. A final
committee vote is expected by
the end of the week.
President Bush called the Sen-
bill are:
—Tighter automobile tailpipe'
emission controls, requiring that
new cars run cleaner and reduce
1986, is an official state holiday in
some form in most states —
Idaho is about to become the
47th.
In Wyoming, which calls itself
the Equality State because it was
the first to give women the vote,
legislators supported a holiday
commemorating equal rights
but didn’t want it in King’s name.
A compromise created Martin
Luther King Jr. Wyoming Equal-
ity Day.
Idaho legislators gave final
approval Friday to an official
state holiday honoring King, but
only after a compromise added
Idaho Human Rights Day to the
designation. The bill has gone to
Gov. Cecil Andrus, who backs it.
Montana’s Legislature in 1987
approved a bill making Jan. 15 a
“day of observance” and cre-
ating Heritage Day, a floating
holiday that Gov. Stan Stephens
this year used to create a long
Thanksgiving weekend
Arizona is the most populous
state without a King holiday, but
it hasn’t attained that status
without contortions.
Gov. Evan Mecham in 1987 re-
scinded his predecessor’s cre-
ation of a paid holiday in King’s
honor and instead proclaimed a
Martin Luther King-Civil Rights
Day for the third Sunday in
January. The move added to re-
sentment that eventually re-
expensive to industry, but he ar-
gued “the costs of inaction will
be higher than the cost of this
bill.”
Health experts estimate air
pollution may account for 50,000
premature deaths every year
and add $40 billion a year to
health care costs, he said.
But to many senators, par-
ticularly from the Midwest, the
vote represented an agonizing
choice between cleaner air and
concern about the measure’s
impact on employment and elec-
tric bills back home.
“This bill will absolutely de-
cimate my state of Illinois,”
declared Democratic Sen. Alan
Dixon, whose state has utility
On Anniversary Of His Death
proved King Day as a paid holi-
day for state employees, and
Gov. Rose Moff ord signed the
will “affect generations to come
as we work to build a cleaner,
safer America.” The last time
either the Senate or House ap-
proved changes in federal clean
air laws was 1977 despite grow-
ing concern in recent years
about dirty air.
Senate Majority Leader Geo-
rge Mitchell, D-Maine, who un-
successfully sought over the past
decade to change federal clean
air laws, called the Senate bill “a
tremendous victory” and a sig-
nificant improvement over cur-
rent air pollution requirements.
“We can no longer delay. The
American people want action.
They demand action,” Mitchell
said.
on the calendar s cover.
Two area residents had entries
selected for the 1990 calendar.
Tamra Johnson. Ninnekah, had
an entry selected from open div-
ision entries. Dalee Adams, also
from Ninnekah, had an entry
printed from the 4-H division.
Prizes to be awarded by Com-
munity Small Animal Hospital in
the 4 H division include a savings
bond for first place and plaques
for second and third placings.
Prizes will also be awarded in
the open division.
Four H members are en
couraged to participate in the
contest. Their entries must in
elude a 4 Her in the photograph
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Daily Express/Les Wyatt
CHICKASHA firefighters and emergency medical technicians were
kept busy yesterday afternoon by attending extraction training
classes held at Gerald's Wrecker Service. Gerald's furnished three
vehicles to the fire department for the training exercises. Those
attending were schooled in the proper methods of extracting v ictims
who are pinned in their vehicles following traffic accidents. Classes
are scheduled through tomorrow.
Seriate Approves Clean Air Bill; House Debate Begins
WASHINGTON (AP) - The ate action “a historic vote” that The lopsided Senate voted new emission controls would be plants that rely on high sulfur _Among key provisions of the.
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Community Small Animal
Hospital will sponsor the local
“Picture Your Pet" photogra-
phy contest. This year’s local
contest has been expanded to
also include an open category in
addition to the 4-H division.
The Oklahoma Veterinary
Medical Association and the
State 4-H Foundation are co-
sponsoring the statewide “Pic-
ture Your Pet" photography
contest.
Entries are accepted through
April 15. Since “pets” can be
both large and small animals,
the entry categories are: 1) cats,
2) dogs, 3) farm animals, and 4)
other, less common pets (birds,
reptiles, etc.).
The contest is open to all ages
of amateau photographers (any
one earning less than 25 percent
from photography). Entries
must be color photographs taken
with a 35 mm camera. Seasonal
pictured in a horizontal format
are encouraged. Pictures of
wildlife are not accepted, and
photographs will not be
returned. A negative will be re
quired for winning photographs.
An entry form must be taped to
the back of each photograph. En-
try forms can be obtained from
Community Small Animal Hos-
pital or at the OSU Extension
Center.
On the state level, a panel of
judges will select 13 winning
photographs based on
originality, clarity and photo-
graphic composition. The grand
prize winner will receive $200.
The 12 first place winners will
receive $25. Winning photo-
graphs will be printed in the 1991
OVMA 4-H calendar The grand
prize photograph will be placed
Dampens
Peanuts
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -
Damp weather last month has
put Oklahoma’s peanut pro-
ducers behind schedule, with
field preparation reaching less
than half the normal level for
this time of year, officials said.
“Everything's pretty much at
a standstill because of all the
moisture,” said Joe Wilson, who
grows peanuts in Roberta in
Bryan County. “We still may
start planting on time but it will
have to dry out.”
The state Agricultural Stat-
istics Service said Tuesday
growers will not make sub-
stantial progress unless
Oklahoma sees some wind and
warmer temperatures.
The National Weather Service
reported Bryan and other
counties in southern and central
Oklahoma have recorded be-
tween 100 percent and 150 per-
cent more precipitation than
normal since March 1.
Last year, heavy rain in May
interrupted planting and caused
the 1989 crop to weigh in at 218.6
million pounds, a decrease of 2.9
percent from 1988.
For those growers not hurt by
the rain, however, weather con-
ditions produced exceptional
harvests. Oklahoma recorded a
record statewide peanut yield of
2,350 pounds per acre in 1989.
Wilson said growers in Bryan
and other southern counties hope
to begin planting by May 1 and
plan to have all late season vari-
eties planted by mid-June.
The USDA’s Agricultural Stat-
istics Board estimated Friday
that Oklahoma growers would
plant 100,000 acres of peanuts
this year, an increase of 2 per
cent over 1989.
DALEE ADAMS of Ninnekah had the above photograph selected for
the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association/4-H 1990 calendar.
Tamra Johnson, also of Ninnekah, had a photograph selected in the
open division. A local contest is being sponsored this year by comm-
unity Small Animal Hospital with both 4-H and open divisions.
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Verden Classes Plan Reunion
The Verden High School classes of 1938 through 1941 will hold a
reunion in the new school cafeteria on April 21.                 1
Any other alumni or interested persons are welcome to attend
the affair. Reservations should be made by April 10 by calling
453-7638 or 224 1031.
The class of 1940 will be the host class this year.
Health Unit At Ninnekah
The Grady Memorial Hospital's Health Unit will be at Ninnekah
High School Thursday from 9 a.m. til 12 noon to conduct blood
pressure and glucose levels. There is no charge for the tests and
the event is sponsored by the Ninnekah FHA and Extension Clubs.
Everyone is invited to attend.
City Museums Open Saturday
Both the Chickasha Antique Auto Museum and the Grady
County Historical Society will be open Saturday. April 7. for view-
ing by the public.                                   .
The Auto Museum. 18th and Chickasha Avenue, is open from 1
until4p.m.onbothSaturdayandonSunday. April8.             I
The Historical Society Museum’s hours for Saturday are 2 until 4
p.m . It will not be open on Sunday but will be open on the regularly j
scheduled third Sunday. April 15.
We Saw
Buford Thompson and P.J. Summers, competition bound... Judy
Parnell, in a telephone conversation...Carolyn Mason, enrolling
students in Chcikasha Public Schools Community Education
classes. Ann Rumph, gettingready fora meeting...Jeanie Single-
ton. picking up a photograph...Edith Linville, delivering some
news.
Dr. James Monk, talking about a winning soccer team...Day-
liene Saxon, in a telephone conversation...Debbie Johnson, with
curls. Jeanette Worden, getting ready for a rummage sale being
held by the Ninnekah Extension Homnemakers..Neysa Davis,
getting ready for the Creative Writing Program being held April
19 Rick Clark and Tony Gray, looking at a photograph.
District Weather
Tonight A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low of 47.
Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cooler
with a 40 percent chance of rain. High of 54. Northeast wind 10to20
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bill. But opponents managed to
get the law put on hold pending
its approval in a referendum in
November.
Some of the opponents were
upset by revelations about
womanizing by King or were
persuaded by efforts to tar King
as a communist. Others said
they did not oppose honoring
King but were angry the Legis
lature made room in the budget
for King Day by dropping
Columbus Day as a paid hol iday.
While a holiday costs overtime
pay for indispensable workers,
Mofford and others argued that
not having one could also be ex-
pensive. The state has faced
sporadic boycotts as a con-
vention and meeting site be-
cause of its lack of a King
holiday.
New Hampshire legislators
have voted down holiday pro-
posals first introduced in 1979.
After losing in 1989, backers said
they would try again in 1991, the
next time legislative rules allow
it.
“There are times when New
Hampshire can feel pride in its
unique posture,” said state Rep.
Deborah Arnesen. “However, I
feel that our unique status, vis
a-vis this holiday, does not
suggest a badge of courage but
rather a badge of intolerance
and prejudice.”
smog-causing pollutants.'
Cleaner fuels would be required;
for fleets and automobiles in
most polluted cities as well as for.
urban transit buses.
—A reduction in sulfur dioxide
emissions from coal-burning
utility plants by 10 million tons a
year, curbing acid rain.
—Reductions through the in-:
stallation of the best available,
control technology of toxic
chemical releases by industry,,
including controls on about 200
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gathered up Kentucky,
Wyoming and Idaho recently,
leaving only three states as hold-
outs today, 22 years after King’s
death.
“I think it shows that we are
making headway,” said Lloyd
Davis, executive director of the
King Federal Holiday Comm-
ission.
He expressed confidence that
Arizona, New Hampshire and
Montana would not hold out
much longer amid what he sees
as dramatic reverberations of
King’s non-violent philosophy as
far away as the Philippines,
China, Poland and East Ger-
many.
“What’s happening around the
world shows the universality of
King,” Davis said in telephone
interview Tuesday from Wash-
ington.
King was assassinated April 4,
1968, at age 39 while leading a
non-violent movement for racial
equality. In 1983, Congress cre-
rted a holiday to honor King on
the third Monday in January,
around his Jan. 15 birthday.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
first celebrated nationally in
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Signs Tax
Stamp Bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -
Gov. Henry Bellmon has
signed into law a bill that re-
quires sellers of illegal drugs
to purchase tax stamps for
their wares.
The House bill, which
passed the Senate on March
28. creates a fine of not more
than $1,000 and up to five
years in prison, or both, for
conviction of the law.
It also specifies that the
names of people who buy the
stamps are to remain con-
fidential.
Sen. Jerry Smith, R-Tulsa,
the Senate author of the bill,
told the Senate it would give
law enforcement officers an
additional tool in the fight,
against drugs. He said ffi-
’cers not ohly would be able to
charge drug dealers with pos-
session. they could charge
them with failure to possess
tax stamps if their illegal
drugs did not have the
stamps.
“Nothing in this bill legal-
izes illegal drugs,” Smith
said. "If you don’t pay the tax,
you’ll be prosecuted for a
felony."
He said Kansas has made
$180,000 from a similar law,
although he said much of that
came from stamp collectors
who purchased the stamps.
suited in Mecham’s
impeachment and removal.
Last year, the Legislature ap-