The Elk City Daily News (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 254, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 19, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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WEATHER '
High O low 68 Srecast—Pittly
cloudy today with widely scatter-
ed late afternoon and nighttime
thunderstorms Highs today in
60s Scattered thunderstorms and
little change in temperature thru
Monday:
Single Copy: Daily 5c Sunday be
FIRST CUSTOMER at the grand opening of the Farmers National Bank 'drive-M
Saturday was M Opal House third grade teacher at Fairview Mrs House was at
the window of the new drive-in fac'lity when it opened at j0 a m Saturday
addo County Rey Otto Perry Due VacationMall
56' Job Due To Study Coutéling Tips Released
ontract Bids At Nazarene College As Patron Aid
Caddo County
'66' Job Due
Contract Bids
The lion 's share of 1-40 construc-
tion set for Aug 4 bidding will be
on a 65 mile faction in Caddo
County beginning some 55 miles
must of iSH 58 Junction at Itydro
and extending east to within one
mile of US 231 at Minton junction
Oene Orubits teventh district
highway commissioner- an' noun ced
Saturday " "
' Orubits working With Commis-
sioner J C Kennedy LawtenM
whose district the road isblocated
last" week had the stretch added
to the August bidding after it was
discovered that it was the only
section of U S 68 on the 4-lane
program not let Jor contract be
tween the Toms line at Textile
and the new South Canadian river
bridge east Of Bridgeport
Orubitz said the estimated cost
of the project is $1275649 which
eonsiste of 6715978 for grading and
drainage $408381 for four coni
crete culverts of 300 349 353 and
546 feet lengths and $151390 for
two underpasses 100 and 1101i feet
In length The M6-foot concrete
culvert- on 'this jobis the largest
structure of its type ever built in
Oklahoma Previously a 423-foot
structure near Weatherford held
the record
Another 1-40 prbject listed on
the August biddinvis a project in
Pottawatornie county consisting of
four overpasses and two underpas-
ses at an estimated cost of $307
335
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Ben Dye AttepAs Job
With Music Furniture
Ben Dye veteran floor covering
Installation man hal accepted a
position here with Musiu Furniture
according to an announcement by
Bill Music—
Dye has been in the floor cover-
ing bit'siness since 1934 and was
employed for a number of years
by the Charles P Cochran Co Of
Los Angeles
Dye was raised in the Delhi ar-
ea and his wife is a former refit
dent of Erick They have establish-
ed a home here at 108!4 E Thorn-
ton Lane
"We're indeed happy to have
Ben Dye with us lie is an excel-
lent floor covering man and we
Invite everyone to stop by to get
acquainted with Ben" Music said
Lee Wells Kin Suffers
Heart Attack Saturday
Lee Well4 Elk City early Saha-
day received word that his Sit-year-
old mother Mrs A L Wells Min-
'era) Wells Tex had suffered a
heart attack and was pronounced
in critical condition
Wells left Elk City Saturday for
the Texas city to be'with his mo-
t ther
Mil Wells is a former Elk City
resident
BRINKS TIIOMPSONS
HAVE GUESTS
Cluevta In the L D Brunk wand
Jemit thompann hornea over the
weekend were A J DOVin and
Mr and Mn Alanan Forber of
flatter and Mr and Mn s Oeorge
Bitwen of Archer City Tn
UPI Service
Rev Otto C Perry pastor of
the Church of the Nazarene has
accepted a scholarship for a course
In pastoral counseling at Bethany
Nazarene 0 colicky wcheduled for
July 30 through at a r '
The course will consider some of
the many phases of problems aria
ing out 0! our complex living Rev
Perry told
The Nazarene pastor beanin his
studies in psychology and counsel-
ing a number of years ago and has
continued the studies through the
years At one time he was a stud-
ent under the noted Rolla May In
the art of counseling at Southern
Methodist university
Rey Peary says twit as a pas-
tor nothing brings more joy and
return than that of counsling
with those who are baffled by per
plexing problems
Pioneer El Reno
Physician Dies
Word has been received here by
relatives of the death of Dr H C
trown pioneer El Reno physician
who died Tuesday in a hospital
there after having been ill since
last September
He was a brother-In-law of Mrs
Ben Jones of 924 North' Adams
Elk City and also Mrs D C' Mc
Daniel of Hammon
A captain in the Army Medical
Corps in World War I Dr Brown
later became associated with the
late Dr T M Aderhold The two
physicians and surgeons operated
the El Reno sanitarium for many
years
' Final rites were held Thursday
at ths First Presbyterian church at
El Reno with burial there:
FBI Agent Found
Dead In Vehicle
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EL RENO — — An rat
agent who had been in failing
health wan found ahot to death in
Ms car Friday on a Canadian
county road west of her
Canadian county authorities and
officials of the FBI identified the
victim an Earl 8 Craig 38 Okla
horns City He had been shot once'
In the head and a run was found
on the seat beside him
The body was discovered by
Marvin Coker Hinton and W E
Dent Clinton
Wesley Otani) FBI agent" in
charge in Oklahoma City mild
Craig had Leen In poor health for
several years He said he will
leave the case in the hands of
county officials
County Attorney John Whelan
said he has aaked the state Crime
1flrPaU to make testa to determine
fised the gun himself
IIERRINO FAMILY
ON VACATION
Mr and Mrs L B Iterr Ing and
Kona Larry and Brent left Wed-
ne4dity on I acation trip to the
Gulf Coast area '
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LARGEST MAIL AND CITY CIRCULATION Or ANY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN ozwutomA
Published every afternoon except Saturday and Sunday morning (rootage Paid) at Elk City Okia100 West Stroadway Second-ohm
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Ptistsnaster General Arthur E
aummerfield has listed the
ing malting tips for vauationers:
Don't let a stuffed mall boa
advertise your absence to house-
breakersAalt a neighbor to emp-
ty your Irian box and hold your
mail If this cannot Ise 4teransook
your postmatttlf Mast-bold your
mail for a limited time Upon writ-
ten request
2: If you want to get your roan
while you're away tile a forward-
Mg order with your poelmaster
Lot him know when you get back
though Forwarding first class mail
dies not relluire additional postage
Other classes will need more pos-
tage but you can guarantee pay-
ment of this postage by so indicat-
ing on the forwarding order you
fill out
3 Use your full and complete
vacation address and give it to the
people who may writs you
4 Use enough postage Regular
size post cards fake 3 cents jum-
bo size cards 4 cents and first
class letters 4 Anti an ounce
5 Don't send cash In letters: use
postal money orders and register
letters containing valuable Items
8 Package tarefully When en-
dini perishable fragile or unusual
Items by parcel post It 13 beet to
check the local postoffice on their
mailability
1 Buy books of stamps at near-
est postoffice to avoid unnecessary
retum' tripe -
Altus Trooper Slayer
Given Death Reprieve
OKLAHOMA CITY — (UPI) --
Ray Allen Young condemned
slayer of a highway patrolman
WI' granted I 58-day stay of ex-
ecutlon Friday by Oov Ilowatt
Edmondson '
Young'a attorneys requested the
delay inorder to appeal the death
sentence invoked by a district
court Jury at Altus
Ile was scheduled to die In the
electric chair at McAlester pent-
tentiary July 22 The new data for
the executtm la Sept 18 and it Is
likely this will be extended pend-
ing final rulings' by the courts and
the pardon and Parole board
Young was convicted In the
shooting of 'patrolman John Bar
ter
OC TotRrownsIn Pool
'ELK CITY OKLAHOMA
' OKLAHOMA crr — (um —
A little girl died of drowning Fri-
day night in a 11191111Mine pool lb
northwest Oklahoma City
The victim was Mary Ann Hal-
leY 2 the daughter of Mr and
Mrs John Halley Jr Oklahoma
city The parents told police they
were at the swimming pool at
the Branding Iron club and miss-
ed their daughter A lifeguard
Jim Low found the body on the
bottom of the pool in 10 feel of
water
If and Mike Woolley alternate
ty tried mouth-to-mouth artificial
respiration on the child to no
after and applied a resuacitatOr
until the child reached Baptist Me
mount hoemital where she was re
ported dead osi arrival
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Custer Board Set
To Conduct ASC
Committee Ballót
The Custer county election board
which supervises the selections of
1040 ASC community and county
committeemen has named mem-
bers of the community election
boards 'Alton R Patrick board
chairman has announced
The county election board is com-
poeed of Patrick extension serv-
ice chairman Lloyd 0 Turner
Farmers Home Administration
Con Burgtort Farm Bureau Jes-
se Stratton sr Farmers Union
and A P (Mincer SCS all mem-
bers Duties of the Cmununity Elec-
tion board are to name the nomin-
ees who names will appear On
the ballot for each community to
be voted upon by the eligible far-
mers in each community for 1160
community committeemen
The community committee nom-
inees will be named by the com-
munity election board members in
a meeting in Pop Mcka cats in
Clinton on July 22
County delegates will elect the
county committee in a meetine
set cox Oct 30 1950 in county
convention Delegates to the con-
vention are those persons 'that are
elected chairrrien of the commun
ity committees
After the nominations have been
made for community conunittee-
men by the community election
boards ballota will be mailed a-
round Sept 25 to all eligible vot
era in the county Oct 2 1959 is
fixed as final date for return of
ballots
Rusaell Z Dill wasAtiarned sae-
retail end the following persons
were blame tep earnenaetaat etee4
tion board&
Distrk1 A—John Flick' chairman
Arthur Crawford vice chairman:-
Leonard Taylor member'
ence Pratt first alternate and
Wayne Vignal aeCond alternate
District B—Clyde Goodall chair
man George Higgins vice chair-
man Jack Barnard member: Carl
Paris first alternate and W a
Vilna oecond alternate
District H—Albert Stineon chair-
man Olen Peterson vice chair-
mann Riley Tippens member Al-
va Schonee first' alternate and
James B Allen second alternate
District I—Arthur Easley chair
man Glen Hutson vice thairman:
Bud Bellew mtmber O V Lee
that alternate and J W Pinter
1second alternate
District J— Sam LaRue chair-
man Frank Hunnicutt vice chair
man E A Auxier member: Ledd
Johntions first alternate and Gene
Miller second alternate
Distri K— Jease Stratton jr
Ichairman Willard Faganj vice
Ichairman Kenneth Snider mem-
ber Howard Baxter first alternate
and George Meacham Jr rcond
terViateNs
Dlitrict le—Walter Harms chair-
man Ernest Bawatzky vice chair-
man Virgil His member Howard
Manion first alternate and Glen
Ingram second alternate
SAC MOTiiRcidoi Group
From OC To Joplin' Mo
OKLAHOMA CITY — (UPI) —
A detachment of the 10th Radar
Bomb Squadron of the Strategic
Air Command will be moved froin
here to Joplin Mo next weeito'
Maj IL R Butler detachment
commander mid the first of 10
semi-trailers of equipment would
leave Monday and all should be
gone by Tuesday The move In
volves two officers and 28 airmen
Itity FAMILY IMRE
s
Mr and Mrs Dan Kay and chil-
dren of Wolf Point Mont were
guests this past week of her sla-
ter Mn Paul Stout Mr Stout
and children
Mr Ray and son Calvin kft
Saturday for Echo Alone Wyo and
Mrs Ray and Kay LarrY arid
LYnn remained for a longer viall
in the Stout home and with her
parenta Mr and Mrs IL W Wil-
son of Hammon
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GENE SMITH JR
HAM 011EATS
Ronnie Smith end Dill Everhart
of Amarillo Tex are spending
the weekend with Oen Smith Jr
SWARTZ FAMILY RETURNS
Mr and Mr Lyle Swartz and
children Kay and Dean returned
home Friday front a two-iveek Va-
cation trip to Florida
eNotammES
Dischsrged Friday from ittf:nor
IQ hominid wets Mn A B Mc
Donald and infant daughter
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SUNDAY JULY 19 1959
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1TY DAILY HINTS
MilMaMMlb
VOL XXIX No 254 HOME EDITION
Governor Signs Controversial True
Weigh!: Act Wields Veto Pen
4MIPMEdliMMilimwMP
Highway Commission Schedules
$6884423 Road Construction
Bid Openings-Tuesday-Aug 4—
OKLAHOMA CITY — State highway commissioners
will open bids Aug 4 on interstate highway construction
projects estimated to cost $6884423 'Comer Bittle acting
road director announced Saturday
The propects include more than 35 miles of either grad-
ing drainage or paying and 45 bridges or other structures
Seveci miles will be on Interstate 40 which runs east and
west across the state and 28
ties on Interstate 35 tiles in Kay and Noble coun- r
a
Blatt said the commission also Lou Commissioner Leader Raps
will take bids at that time on 38
altetrient patching jobs and seven
'xi° uvinty commimioner road Pc Governor's Plans For Road fuhds
Noble and Kay county Interstate
collstruction Bittle said will cost I OKLAHOMA CITY — UPI — Oklahoma farmers an
kl
an elumated 85301148 Bib will ranchers will be back in the mud again if Gov Howard Ed
b on more than Mx Miles of pay mondson succeeds in having county road fund spenda
Inc 21 1 miles of grading and
draint imle
ageanpdav3intgaple
trurocteutre bi s In No Saturday
to the state a county commissioner leader Sail
m
ble county runniny from a mile Lewis W Gardner Mooreland secretary-treasurer o
and a half north of the Payne
county line to VS 61 west of Perry the Oklahoma County Commissioners Association lashel
with a cost estimate at $1403697 out at the governor's plans to carry the Atansfer plan to th
It will have a water proofed people via
crushed 'rock base from six to 12 1Initiative pen-
'
Inches thick and carry four inches tions I I llt Stildl
of asphaltic concrete surfacing The proposal would Put the Cotlit trithOtiS
a WoPee entsnly I I mite stretch te thed tosertst Meet tag Stata 1 I
at IllarVIvg &Mt druAneite eremeed t Ittellway Depertment inee4 el bt — ‘00 0 0
by It 614w:tures van be built trotn the hshde of the eehhelesitslere-
AM of 118 ea and 77 west of The plan was one which ltd- ell 111161Deliti
Perry enroute north Guiding and mondson had boosted from the
drainage will cost an estimated early days of the past lesialative
se6240 and five underpasses four sessim but It wall defeated In a I Bids on the construction of
overpasses and two bridges are es- speech Thursday he said he now tew 'Elk City Methodist chu
Limated at 1862389 ' plans to make it possible for the will be studied and reviewed M
A )oint Noide-Kay county job be- people of Oklahoma to write some f day Voning fonoeing the open
gine south of EH 15 and runs north laws for themselves" by pushing of bida Friday night at the To
for 79 miles It includes grading an initiative petition House restaurant
and drainage "even highway-high Ambitious Chamber The Board of TrILIteel and t
way underpesses and two highway '116 g o v or n o f a comments I Building committee is not in a t
r a I I w a y overpasses Roadbed Thursday should be' popular with antion yet to definitely determIt
'Ault Is estimated at 1570253 and the Oklahlina City chamber of the low bidder on thft overall col
the structures are estimeted at commerce" Gardner commented struction with further clarificatic
1447186 "That group has ambitious road- of some of the bids and especial!
Confined to Kay county la a 6941 building plans and counts on the alternate propossia it was annout
mile grading and drainage job es 'iovemors help ced jointly by Prank Whitnel
Omitted at $731464 to be crossed More dollars were spent on chairman of the Board of Trustee
by six underpasses four °vol m
tam Oklahoe county roads the past and Paul Wade chiirman of th
CI and two bridge type culverts es- four years than during all the Building committee
timeted at 1838731 states previous hiatary In addition to numerous sub
Caddo county's Interstate 40 is 'Yet Oklahoma Cily's ruling contractor' who turned their bid
slated for six and a half miles of clique atilt isn't satisfied" directly to the general contractor'
'riding and d r a in a it e from tili He charged the governor 'would there were six general contractor
miles east of 1311 88 ending a half put the county funds in the "hands who bid on the construction of th
mile east of US 281 estimated at of his political appointees on the
new sanctuary and educations
$7159'48 Pour bridges and Our um- state Highway Cominimion"
building to be erected at Boon
derpasses will cross this section Gardner said the "hand-picked"
Ind Country Club boulevard
Their estimated cost is most or highway gmup would have to fol
General contractors who supplie
a total of 11275649 for We road low Edmxtrison's plan or get fired
bids were: Culwell Constructiol
bed and structures ' Income' Logi°
The bridges are mammon size "We counky commissioners got Co Dave Martin 'C o Benntore
A
concrete culverts ranging trOtn so rural Oklahoma out of the mud' It Inc ' Douglas Co all of Oklahottil Dunning Construction Co W
to 548 in length The latter is the he said "The surest way to put o
city mid Constructors Co tor
largest structure of its kind ever the state's farmers and ranchers
built t In Oklahoma oepartment back in the mud again would be to man ' ?
bridge enitneers say Currently a eive all their rural road money to
423-footer near Weathenord On the the governors hand-picted High
same highway is the biggest way Commission"
Cost is esti t W
mated a1136 on a- 1-The - commisstonerlofficittiz said - S
Pottawatonde project for approxi the governor was not tieing correct - couting '
mately a mile of gring drain logic '
age four overpasnes and one un 'He claims to be saving multi- I ' Area O il
ow
derpass from seven and a half plied miLlions for the taxpayers '
miles east of the Oklanoma county yet his need for additional money
line east to include the US 270 in is treater than any former timer-red Morgan & M H Alvare
terchange nor's If the great savings he No 1 Thomas in C SW SE of 2
E
" Associated with the project is 'a Claims are actually being ' made 10n20 northeast of the lk Cit!
US 70 job east of Dale1lo the 140 why the constant demand by Oov oilfield and 4l'a southwest of Ca
interchange COMOMN' of grading Edmondson for more money from note in Waahita county was rig
and drainage for two 59-foot lame every possible source ging up rotary tools
estimated at 1118902 and 1236 'The Edmondson savings will Sinclair No I Cooper in C illA
miles of grading and drainage on turn out to be just as mythical as
NW of 9-9n-22w in the North Car
the same road for two 49-foot lanes the Edmondson reloOms" he con
ter area of Beckham county wai
from the 1-40 interchange southeast eluded drilling below 7653 feet in lino
to the Shawnee ty-pitits estimated
and shale
at 134861 r Beainners Band Classes - Fitipit rot Wn 9 Vivd Sheind It
TUOMPSONts RAVE GUESTS
Mr and Mrs M S Thompson of
Albuquerque Ps' M and R E
Thompson "of irt Worth Tic are
here visiting their 'brother and
sisterin-iew Mr and Mrs Jess
Thompson
10 Counties Plan Rood
Construction Projects
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OKLAHOMA CITY — (UP!) —
Forty miles of road construction
are involved in isrmto market
projects filed for constructihn con
tracto by 10 counties
Otrarge L Johnston state farmto-market
road engineer riald the
projects are estimated at $550750
He said 25 miles of the 40 are
paving The federal Bureau of
Public Roads which contributes
130 per cent of the cost must ap
prove the plane before the projects
can be let to contract -
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OKLAHOMA CITY --- UPI — Oklahoma farmers and
ranchers will be back in the mud again if Gov Howard Ed-
mondson succeeds in having county road fund spenda g
transferred to the state a county commissioner leader said
Saturday
Lewis W Gardner Mooreland secretary-treasurer of
the Oklahoma County Commissioners Association lashed
out at the governor's plans to carry the Atansfer plan to the
people via initiative peti-s
I early days of the -past keislative
sessian but it wall defeated In 11
speech Thursday he said he now
plans to make it possible tor "the
people of Oklahoma to write some
laws tot themselves" by pushtng
an initiative petition
- Ambitious Chamber -
- "116 goverhe CI comments
Thursday should bi popular with
the Oklahoma City chamber of
commerce" Gardner commented
"That group has ainbitious road-
building plans and counts on the
'governor's help
More dollars were spent on
Oklahoma county roads the past
four years than during all the
states previous history
'Yet Oklahoma City's ruling
' clique still isn't satiated"
He charged the governor 'would
put the county funds in the "hands
of his political appointees on the
state Highway Commimion"
Gardner said the "hand-picked"
highway Imup would have to fol-
low Edmondson's plan or get fired
" Income' Logic
"We county cornmisaloners got
rural Oklahoma out of the mud"
he said "The surest way to put
the states farmers and ranchers I
back in the mud again would be to
give Il their rural road money to
the governors band-picked High-
way Commission"
7The Commimitoner: officholz said
the governor was not using correct
'logic -
'lie claims to be flaying multi
plied miLlions for the taxpayers
yet his need for additional money
I is greater than any former gover-
nors If the great savings he
'Claims are 'actually being "'made
why the constant demand by Gov
Edmondson for more money from
every possible source
"The Edmondson savings will
turn out to be just as mythical as
the Edmondson reloOms" he con
cluded
Beginners Band Classes -
Resume Study This Week'
The Beginners band summer
program will be resumed this week
Colbert !tackler " Imitructor an
nounted Saturday '
Wind band members will meet
on Monday' Wednesday and Fri-
day and the string clam on Tues
day and Thursday
Heckler said meetings of each
class will be at the regularlysche-
duled hours '
PEELERS HAVE GVESTS
- Weekend 'orate of Mr and Mrs
Ed reeler and children are their
on and familiv Mr' and Mrs
Johnny Tomlinson and eon Kel-
ly of Stillwater end their daugh-
ter and family 'Mr and Mrs Sid
Coffman and son Steven Edward
of Alamogordo 1Y M
The Johnny Tonilinstme are also
visiting Mrs Toinlinson's ' parent
Mr and Mtge Olen flefftnWn -
Bids on the construction of the
iew 'Elk City Methodist church
will be studied and reviewed Mon
day veining following the °pilling
of bida Friday night at Um Town )
House restaurant
The Board of Trustees and the
Buildin 1 committee is not In a Po-
Avalon yet to definitely detennige
the low bidder on tht overall con
struction with further clarification
of some of the bids and especially
alternate proposals it was announ
ced Jointly by Prank Whitney
chairman of the Board of Truatees
and Paul Wade chiirman of the 1
Building committee
1
In addition to numerous sub I
contractors who turned their bids
I
directly to the general contractors I
there were six general contractors
who bid on the construction of the i
new sanctuary and educational I
building to be erected at Boone I
Ind Country Club boulevard I
General contractors who supplied I
bids were: Culwell Construction 1
Co Dave Martin 'Co Ben:Imre
Inc Dunning Construction Co W
D Douglas Co all of Oklahotna
City wild Constructors Co hot' I
man i
lIred Morgan & M 11 Aivaret
No 1 Thomas in Q SW SE of 2-
10n-20 northeast of the Elk City
oilfield and 41i southwest of Ca-
nute In Waehita county was rig-
ging up rotary tools
Sinclair No I Cooper in C SW
NW of 99n-22w in the North Car-
ter area of Beckham county was
drilling below 7653 feet in lirne
and shale u
Shell Oil No 2 Fred Shadid
0 NW SW of 94n-22w in the North
Carter area of Beckham county
was still waiting on cement after
cementing 7-inch eltzling to the to-
tal depth bt 0293 feet before re-
suming drilling
Shell-SIM:lair 'No I Hall In C
SE NW of 36-7n-I3w near Carnegie
in Caddo county was drilling be
low 5359 feet in shale and Lime
Texaco Inc No I Carter in C
NW SW of 39-9n-2Iw at 2 miles
east or Carter lownalte in Beck-
ham county was at total depth of
6515 feet No data was available
on Fridays drill-stem teat
Truck Load Boost Rule important-
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To Sooners t IndustriaExpanston
OKLAHOMA CITY — UPI — Gov Howard EdmondSon
Saturday signed the controversial truck weight bill and i
vetoed the remaining 16 measures left on his desk when
the Legislature ended 15 days ago
In addition to the bill raising the gross- weight limit on- --
trucks to 73280 pounds Edmondson okayed a measure to
allow the movement of overweight and oversize road Ina- t'
----schinery on the s interstate
highway system by obtaining -
ner Leader Raps spgma1 rErniti12 unted" ( hi'11 decI
along On the 'bills in a special
preen conference a few hours
For Road fulids ahead of the 8 p tn Saturday
deadline for taking action on
measures passed in the 27th law-
?' — Oklahoma farmers and making session '
ud again if Gov Howard Ed- College Rills Killed ' ' ''
Five of the Vetoed measures
county road fund spendu g would have allowed'regente of all
nty commissioner leader said state colleges and universities to
build additional buildings through
self-liquidating bonds 'Edmondson
eland secretary-treasurer of questimed whether the bills Were
kissioners Association lashed needed to Meet campus needs He
&aid they did not have enough re-
carry the Aransfer plan to the
strictiont ''" " ' - '
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The truck 'Weight bill does not
hA it I Increase the axle load limit or the
ethottittsSittri Likmirts°n ths::!Idth an4 pl:tligt!lopoel ' T
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liewChurcifillili 11-r trua
welatt4tcsveatti t
the s vIs
pileeev11t t 6
pound maximum
Bids on the construction of the The legislation ' is necemary :-
iew 'Elk City Methodist church for an important induetry in Okla-
will be studied and reviewed Mon home the governor 'said "It is I
day evening following the opening needed to keep the trucking Indus- I
of bids Friday night at the Town try eompetitive as It effects corn
House restaurant Petition with other voice" -
The Board of Trustees and the Limits re Mt regaled
Building committee is not In a Po-
' Edmonchson sold he would direct -- -
anion yet to definitely determine the 'eat highway department 10 -
I bad limits on ell bridges In
the low bidder on tht overall MA Olt
the state not deafened to carry' the '
struction with further clarification
heavier loads Ile said state en-
gineers estimate that about one
of some of the bidt and especially
third of the bridges on state high
alternate proposele it was announ
ced Jointly by Frank Whitney
chairman of the Boardof Truatees waYll cannot carry the 73280
pound loads' -
and Paul Wade chairnian of the
mon
Eddson also killed a Mess-
Building committee whi ld o
h hhed
In addition to numerous sub-
ure c wou ave requ
both purchasing authorities and
contractors who turned their bids
individuate' selling goods to state
directly to the general contractors county and other subdivisions of
there were six general contractors government to sign affidavits that
who bid on the construction of the Uie Items had been delivered He
new sanctuary and educational said the Measure would' conflict
building to be erected at Boone
bict7 wee with the central purchasing pro-
Ind Country Club boulevard gram which the legislature had
approved and which Is now being
rl contractors who upup culloend
put into effect 1 I'
Co Dave Martin 'Co Denznore Other Vetoed bill '
:
Inc Dunning Construction Co W Other bills vetoed would have
'
D Douglas Co all of Oklahotna simplified the title examinatioC
man author Rep John Levergood tYl Wild Constructors Co or law Edmondeon said the principal
Shawnee agreed that it would
cause additional litigation
S
1 a Set up sheriffs as Issuing agents
1 Scouting for overweight truck permits Ed----- -
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mondson said the safety depart-
ment is better equipped to handl
' e
11 ' Area Oil this businees
Pay prisoners 120 upon toeing ft-
1op0p termed from state prisons The '
F & governor said no appropriation to -
M H Aimee
governor -
cover the additional expense had'
N red Morgan o 1 Thomas in C SW SE of 2- been pamed
s
10n20 northeast of the Elk City Require students seeking to
oilfield and 41's southwest of Ca- tratialer to another school distrkt
mite in Wathita county was rig- to obtain permission from the
Ring up rotary tools
t
school board from which they
Sinclair No I Cooper in C SW Edmondson said
would transfer
h'W of 99n22w in the North Car his would slow down school con
ter area of Beckham county was sondationto
drilling below 7853 feet In lime Set up a surveyors certifying
end shale - - the purpose of the bill the gover-
said "
Shell Oil No 2 Fred Shadid In nor
W SW of 94n-22w in the North geoney tatiuns -
Carter area of Beckham county Require the state highway de"
waa still waiting on cement after partment to lay aephaltio concrete
cementing 7-inch Ceznng to the to- surfacing on county roads brought
tal depth at 0293 feet before re- up to federal standerda with coun-
bombe drilling ties furnishing the Materials Ed'
Shell-Sintlair No I Hall In C ItheictsOn said the state doesn't
BE NW of 387n43w near Carnegie have the money for such work
In Caddo county was drilling be Put Musktwee and Tuba county
low 5359 feet in shale end lime voters under the same reidAration '
Texaco Inc No I Carter in C hien ePPIYine to all other couniim
two counUes chaotic Edmondson
NW SW of 39-9n-2Iw at 2 miles A technicel flaw would have made
paid -)
Lek legislators who have brrn
mut or Carter towneite in Beek the registration situation In the '
teachers contribute to tbe iesitpr '
enetimie county owedsaatat total edvespitihebolef
retiremenVerogram On the toriAll ot
On Friday's drill-stem test
FORMER RESIDENTS '
VISIT HERE their legislative pay Eantonti14‘ti
said he &we not favor a 1-Clict
Mr and Mrs O C Jones of mint program for e epeeist grke4
Chula Vieta Calif lift Friday to of lawmakers
return to their home after a three Authorise county
weeks' vacation visiting relatives to um county tent flmils to
and friends in Bale Idaho Ada trucks for the tranN i fit 1:-ro
and Elk City The Joneses are for conunodities Edmond
iner Elk Cityans (Connected 0n tiqd 0
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