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8 THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Tuesday, September 3, 1974
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provided another report which
helps answer the remainder of
the question It said beef pro-
duction in federally-inspected
slaughter plants in July was
up 15 per cent from the same
month last year
Pork output. reflecting cut-
backs in hog programs this
year, was down 11 per cent
during the first seven months
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prices in the low $30s (per 100
pounds) this fall," officials
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The president of Bacone Junior Col-
lege in Muskogee, Charles D. Holleyman, has been chosen in
dian of the Year by the Taisa Council of American Indians.
Holleyman, former president of the Oklahoma Education As-
sociation, will be honored Sept 20 at a council dinner in the
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NEW YORK (AP) - Moses
Soyer, a traditional American
painter who spent his child-
hood in Russia, is dead at 74
Soyer. who specialized in
representational portrait, col-
lapsed Monday while painting
a portrait of Phoebe Neville, a
dancer and choreographer
Soyer expressed a loyalty to
the shapes of nature and
avoided abstractions His
works hang in the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art, the Mu-
seum of Modern /Art and the
Whitney Museum of American
Art
His twin, Raphael, is also
an artist and the brothers re
mained close, frequently
painting each other One of
Moses Soyer's best portraits
shows him, Raphael and a
younger brother, Israel The
painting is in the Brooklyn
Museum
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Striking Western Electric plant
workers here headed back to the job today after union officials
announced ratification of a new contract in balloting across the
nation
Union workers at the plant had been on strike since last
month, when contract negotiations broke down
Glenn Nunn, vice president of the striking International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2021. said the approxi-
mately 3,500 members at the afternoon union meeting ratified
the local agreement by a 3-1 margin
He declined to disclose the actual vote figures, however,
saying those are to be withheld until results of the nationwide
contract vote are tabulated.
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the murders were committed
with guns, often the in-
expensive "Saturday Night
Specials"; most of those in-
volved on both sides of the
gun were black males, with
half of them single and 40 per
cent unemployed.
"But these conditions are
not unique to Detroit," said
Dr G Marie Wilt, who made
the study "You find them all
over the country. The prob-
lems are socio-economic."
Police statistics show that of
the 432 homicides through
July of this year, three-quar-
That was not a new trend,
however, since figures for
June had showed a similar
relationship a decline in feed-
lot output and an over all in-
crease in beef slaughter
Production Ip
The slaughter report also
helped bear out claims by
USDA that total beef produc-
lion is on the upswing During
the first seven months, it
said, beef production was up
seven per cent from January-
July last year Also, that did
not include veal which showed
a three per cent gain from a
year earlier
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LONDON (AP) — Hurricane
winds battered the southern
coasts of Britain for the sec-
ond day today and sank for-
mer Prime Minister Edward
Heath's $100,000 racing yacht
Morning Cloud
Heath was not aboard, but
two of the yacht's seven crew
men were lost
The Morning Cloud capsized
and sank as the crew was sail-
ing it down the English Chan-
nel toward Cowes, its home
port in the Isle of Wight The
five survivors spent eight
hours on a liferaft in the rag-
ing seas before they were
picked up A helicopter later
picked up the body of one of
the missing men
it was Heath's second rac-
ing yacht named Morning
Cloud, and its predecessor,
which Heath sold to a busi-
nessman. also was wrecked by
the storm today.
The Dorset coast in south-
west England was littered
with craft blown ashore, and
hundreds of trees and
chimneys were blown down by
the 80-mile winds Five plea-
sure boats were smashed at
Plymouth
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TULSA, Okla (AP) — Rep Clem MeSpadden continued his
campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Monday
by citing the Oklahoma Congressional delegation as his "job
references."
MeSpadden speaking before a group of supporters here, said
his congressional experience makes him a "natural" for state
leadership
The Chelsea Congressman, who is apposed by State Rep Da
vid Boren of Seminole, said he is “the only candidate far gov-
ernor with Congressional experience in Oklahoma's 67-year his-
tory."
Wilburn Cartwright served in the U.S. House from the 3rd
District for 16 years, from 1926 to 1942, before running in the
1978 governor's race from the 3rd District. And William H
"Alfalfa BilI" Murray was elected in 1812 and served as a U.S.
representative at large in "the 63rd and 64th Congresses.
Allbough nut claiming the endorsement of any of the dele-
gallon in the House. MeSpadden ticked off the names of Demo-
cratic members ol the House delegation and referred suppor
ters to them if they wanted to know of his qualifications
MeSpadden pledged "the best line of communication between
state and federal government” to Oklahomans if elected. He
said his 18 years in the state Senate have made him much bet
ver qualified than either his Democratic runoff opponent or the
Republican candidate Jim Inhofe.
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T)ETROIT (AP) - Charley
L Mathis took off his shoes
last week and was shot to
death when a friend didn't
like the smell of his feet
it went down on police
records as a fatal shooting
prompted by "allegedly odi-
ferous feet "
Joe Peoples, 64, tried to stop
a man stabbing a mongrel dog
on an inner-city sidewalk
"Shut up old man, or I'll
kill you." the stranger said
An hour later Peoples was
dead, knifed in the back
These two cases were
among 516 homicides com-
mitted in Detroit thus far in
1974, 27 above last year's
record pace, police said
There were 751 killings in
1973. an all-time record in this
city of 15 million that has
come to be known as the na
tion’s murder capital
Slayings involving out-of-
towners have been rare, and
convention officials say busi-
ness is up
A Wayne State University
study cosponsored by the city
reveals the typical killer dif-
fers little from his victim
The report, covering about
500 murders in 1972. shows
More than 75 per cent of
murderers were male; two-
thirds of the slayings followed
a quarrel with a relative or
acquaintance. 63 per cent of
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MCALESTER, Okla (AP) - Officials at the state penitentiary
said Monday they found a sharpened spoon which may have
been used in slaying of inmate Fred Butler
Butler, 34, was found slashed and stabbed to death in an
unoccupied cell Sunday afternoon
Warden Harold Wilson said the spoon was found in a ventila-
tiro shaft at the rear of a cell bousing one of four suspects
being questioned in the death He said, however, the spoon
could have been pushed into the shaft from two cells at higher
levels
Officials said the slaying took place about 2 pm Sunday, but
they were still unable to explain why Butler was in that area,
some distance from his own cell or his duties in the prison law
library
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By DON KENDALL
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Agriculture Department says
a larger flow of grass-fattened
cattle will be moving to mar-
ket this fall and winter, but
two recent reports suggest the
supply of nonfed beef already
is climbing rapidly
On Aug 14, USDA reported
the number of cattle on feed *
in seven key states the first of
the month was down 23 per
cent from Aug 1 last year
Further, the report said. mar-
ketings from feedlots during
July were down 10 per cent
from a year earlier
Figures Missing
Those figures speak for
themselves, but only to the ex-
tent that the grain-fattened
cattle supply was less (han it
was the year before They did
not indicate the total beef sup-
ply from all sources. in-
cuding "nonfed" cattle sold
for slaughter
Piney. "The more guns
around, the more homicides ”
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)
— Gen Anastasio Somoza
built up an expected over-
whelming lead today in slow
returns from Sunday's presi-
dential election
Reporting on less than 10
per cent of the estimated
700,000 votes, the national
electoral office said Somoza
had 60.907 to 3.080 for Ed-
mundo Paguaga of the Con-
servative party
Complete returns are not ex
pected for at least another
week, but the dictator whose
family has ruled Guatemala
for 40 years is expected to
maintain his 20-to-l lead
Somoza, a 46 year -old grid
uate of the U.S Military Aca-
demy. succeeded his brother
Luis who died in 1967 He re-
signed in 1971 to comply with
a constitutional provision pro-
hibiting a president from sue
reeding himself but turned
the government over to a
triumvirate that he controlled
Paguaga was one of the
triumvirate, and opponents of
the regime charged that his
presidential candidacy was or-
dered by Somoza to create a
meaningless semblance of op-
position
By The Associated Press
Two traffic deaths Monday boosted the state s Labor Day
weekend toll to 12. while the 1974 toll climed to 171, compared
with 509 at the same time last year
Angela Woods, a one year old Tulsa girl died Monday after
noon when the car in which she was riding slammed broadside
into another auto on Oklahoma 28 south of Spavinaw Officlals
said the car, driven by Ronnie G. Woods, 27. also of Tulsa,
failed to make a curve at a high rate of speed, slid 137 feet
sideways and hit the other car
The Highway Patrol said Darrel B Roden, 16. of Arkoma
died Monday when his car went out of control and crashed into
a tree on a Sequoyah County road east of Sallisaw in
vestigators said the car left the road after hitting a puddle
Others killed during the long holiday weekend were
Lenny Joe Gatton. 7. Bartlesville
Jacob W Meyers Jr., 23. Bartlesville
David U Pant. 23. Pauls Valley
Mien Irene t ampbell
Johnny Bond, 31. Seminole
Arthur N. Wilson, 78. Greenville, Miss
Evelyn P Wilson, 64. Greenville. Miss.
Alice W Payne. 68. Denison. Tex
Donald Smith, 28. Purcel
And. Glenn Jacksn, 4. Frederick
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ATLANTA, Ga (AP) — The
National Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan will run presiden-
tial and vice presidential can-
didates for the first time in
1976, and they have already
chosen their men
James R Venable. the im-
perial wizard, said Dale
Reusch, 35, of Lodi. Ohio,
grand dragon in Ohio, re-
ceived the presidential nomi-
nation and chose Scott Nelson.
35, of Houston, Tex , the impe-
rial wizard of the Texas Fiery
Knights, as his running mate.
They were chosen on Monday
as the Klan wound up its an-
nual convention
Venable said this is the first
time the Klan "has ever spon-
sored a candidate for national
office."
He said the Klan will cam-
paign against foreign aid. wel-
fare. the United Nations,
taxes, the present chairman of
the Federal Reserve Board
and the current system of "re-
gional government."
Venable said the Klan chose
its candidates early "because
we hope to comply with each
state's law and get enough
signatures."
"We ll get them on the bal-
lot by petition like George
Wallace did," Venable said
"We wanted to get ready in
time to have all our contacts
made for our petitions ”
About 250 persons attended
the klan meeting at Stone
Mountain, where the group
has met for the past 45 years
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ters were committed with Police ( hief l hilip Tannian,
guns and half of the killers who advocates gun control to
knew their victims stem the tide to fatal shooi
An example is medical ex- mgs says he is interested in 1
aminer's Case 8026 new policy in Baltimore in
The victim, a 45-year-old which a $50 bounty is paid i
black man. arrived home anyone turning in a gun
drunk After beating his 32- Tannian has asked the stat
year-old wife he threatened legislature for guncontrol leg
her with a handgun She islation, but he concedes it is
grabbed a shotgun and shot a very controversial subject in
him -• the state and that the pros
Why Detroit? pects of such 8 law is very
The most popular reasons poor
advanced for the homicide He says he sees no other
rate — auto assembly line way out
pressure, poverty. and narcot- According to Dick Ceyzyk, a
ics — are belittled by somt social worker at Detroit Gen-
experts eral Hospital, guns are a stat-
Dr Wilt says Detroit. with a us symbol
white-black ratio of about 50 "it's very big in certain
50, differs little from Amen subcultural groups to have
can cities with lower murder your own roscoe You're
rates She cites dope in New ready for anything and you
York, factories in Pittsburgh shoot from the hip
and poverty everywhere Police say they have no ex
Dr Emanuel Panay, a psy act figures but estimate the
chiatrist who has studied vio- number of guns in Detroit
lent death, says the answer is alone at between a 500,000 and
"simple and obvious Guns a million
"In England, if you get mad Police estimate that 11 per
at someone you choke them cent of the city s murders are
with your hands The aggres- drug -related hut Wayne ( oun
sor may lose his temper, but ty Medical Examiner Dr Wer-
he regains it before he kills ner Spitz claims it is closer to
his victim," 75 per cent
Dr Paney said gun-buying “Bullets are the calling
increased sharply following cards of the dope game," said
the 1967 not herein which 43 one city homicide detective
died He feels there is an up- “It's a big business, and
ward spiral which is unstop- with the auto industry laying
pable without gun control off, it's a lucrative business
"Tbe more murders, the for the unemployed, he said
more guns are bought,” said _
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USDA is saying that while
cattle slaughter is running
higher this summer overall,
the price situation for choice-
grade cattle from feedlots —
because they are in shorter
supply — is the brightest of
the lol
Price Better
“Choice steer prices may
average in the mid $40s (per
100 pounds), $4 to $7 higher
than in the spring,” says
USDA "But prices of cows
and grass-fed steers and heif-
ers are not fully sharing in
this price strength
Still Sought
MUSTANG, Okla ( AP) -
Rescuers renewed their
search today for a missing
crew member of a Frisco
freight train which slammed
head-on into another freight in
a fiery crash Sunday after-
noon
Albert E. Walker, 27. of Ok
lahoma City was the only
member of the trains' crews
which was not accounted for
immediately after the colli
sion
Fair Condition
Edward Cook. a conductor
on the westbound train, eng)-
neer Dave Baskett, 59 and
Gary Parks. 23. a brakeman,
were listed in fair condition in
an Oklahoma City hospital
today The crew of the other
train jumped in time to es-
cape injury in the crash
Meanwhile, workers pre
pared to confront the still
burning wreckage of crum
pled butane tankers and jet
fuel cars which blocked the
tracks
Flames spewed 20 feet in
the air through the cool damp
night as a ruptured butane
car and a leaking jet fuel
tanker continued to burn
Maury Atkinson, of the Hul-
cher Emergency Railroad
Services, an Illinois firm spe-
cializing in emergency rail-
road operations, said the po-
tential for an explosion re
mained high
Blast Possible
He said a wind shift could
cause the butane flames to be
drawn back into the shell of
the partially laden car That
could cause an explosion
which might detonate four re
owning undamaged jet fuel
cars, he said
Frisco special agent M R
Sanders however, said he and
other officials felt the danger
of explosion was dwindling
along with the flames of the
leaking tank cars
RA Rone. assistant gener
al manager of the Frisco
Railway Co., said workers had
dragged away nine of the orig-
inal 15 jet fuel cars Monday
night
After evacuating the area
after the crash, officials had
allowed all but one family to
return to their homes Monday
Although they had not deter
mined the cause of the colli-
sion late Monday, Federal
Railroad Administration offi-
dals and members of the Na-
tional Transportation Safety
Board from Washington, D C .
said they understood there
was a lack of communication
of schedule times between the
two Frisco trains which ran
between Oklahoma City and
Quanah, Tex
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