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Vol. 64 No. 148
Altus, Oklahoma - home of Michelle Dennis
Sunday, June 22, 1986
News
French ex-hostages back home
briefs
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Shuttle chief
Has state voter
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Three are
injured
in wreck
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Refueling exercise under way
Altus/jackson County Crime
Stoppers will meet at 1 p.m.
Wednesday in the employees
lounge at the National Bank of
Commerce.
Three persons suffered injuries as
the result of a vehicle accident ri-
day afternoon one mile west and two
miles north of Martha on a county
road.
According to the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol, Paula R. Bustin, 29,
Harrah, was admitted to Jackson
County Memorial Hospital in good
condition. She received leg injuries.
Also injured were James R.
Sampler, 18, Martha, and Bennett F.
Bustin, 31, also of Harrah. Both were
treated at JCMH and released. The
OHP stated that Sampler received
abrasions to the forehead and a hand
while Bennett Bustin was the recei-
pient of head and shoulder injuries.
The collision occurred when a 1966
Ford pickup truck, which was driven
by Sampler in a westerly direction on
a dirt road, came to a county road in-
tersection and, the OHP related, fail-
ed to yield. It was then struck in the
right side by a 1980 Honda, driven by
Paula Bustin. The Honda was beaded
south on the county thoroughfare
Also on the county level, Jackson
County Sheriff’s Department officers
were informed Friday morning of a
break-in at the Duke School. At
presstime, further information, in-
cluding a list of missing items, was
unavailable.
In addition, Amol Payton, 63, 204
W. Nona, was incarcerated in the
Jackson County Jail Friday after-
noon on the complaint of unlawful
possession of an alcoholic beverage
with intent to sell. Plus, a warrant
month southward retreat. Daylight hours will begin
slowly growing shorter this week until day and night
become equal in late September. (Staff photo by Jim
Henson)
Around town_____
Happy birthday wishes to LIN-
DA MOORE... Belated happy bir-
thdays to LAURA PRATER and
ELLEN BROWDER...
The Altus School Board will
meet in special session at 5 p.m.
Monday in the Board of [duration
. conference room to consider E
roofing bids to repair damage
which occurred during recent hail Summery scene
storms.
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defends NASA
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — The space agency’s flawed
management structure must be overhauled in the wake of the
Challenger disaster but it should not be "gutted” and replaced with an
entirely new system, shuttle commander Robert Crippen said in a rare
interview.
Even so, Crippen, veteran of a record four shuttle flights and a major
force in the astronaut office, said improvements must be made to pre-
vent another disaster, which he said probably would doom the shuttle
program.
“I don’t want to see that happen again, I don’t want to lose a vehicle, I
don't want to lose crewmen, and I moreover don’t want to lose the pro-
gram and I’m afraid that’s exactly what would be the bottom line if it
happened again.”
Crippen orchestrated the Challenger salvage operation at the Ken-
nedy Space Center and now has been assigned to examine the shuttle
program’s management policies to identify areas that need improve-
ment.
The Rogers Commission report on the Challenger accident called for
(See ‘Shuttle back page)
There are still 17 kidnapped foreigners missing in Lebanon:
five Americans, seven French, two Britons, an Italian, an
Irishman and a South Korean.
The Americans are thought to be held by another group, the
Islamic Jihad, or Holy War, which has demanded the release
of comrades jailed in Kuwait for a series of bombings.
Chirac gave special thanks Saturday to Iran for help in
securing the release of the two Frenchmen, indicating a thaw
in relations between Paris and the fundamentalist Islamic
regime in Tehran.
“I would like to thank the civil and religious authorities who
used their influence to help us in this affair, in particular the
governments of Syria, Algeria, and, for sure, Iran,” Chirac
told a news conference.
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The June sun shines feebly through a thin cloud layer
as the City Reservoir shows only a few ripples from a
light breeze just after dawn. Summer begins in the Nor-
thern Hemisphere this weekend as the sun reaches its
northernmost point in the sky before beginning a six-
Olustee Woodmen of the
World will have a potluck dinner
at 7:30 p.m., June 23 in the
Olustee Community Building.
The Prairie Hill Alumni and
Community Reunion Association
will have its annual banquet and
mixer July 5 and 6 at the Duke
School cafetorium. The mixer will
be at 7 p.m. July 5. Any person
formerly of Prairie Hill Community
is invited. The banquet will be
held at 12:30 p.m. July 6. Reserva-
tions should be made by June 27 if
possible. For additional informa-
tion call 482-4265 or 648-2527.
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Pause to pray
Dear Lord, help me to
remember the importance of
prayer in my life. Remind me to
use it to draw closer to You and to
gain more wisdom. Amen.
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PARIS (UPI) — Two Frenchmen freed by their kidnappers Damascus, Syria aboard a government Mystere-20 jet to a
C . . .in Lebanon after more than three months in captivity arrived welcome home at Orly airport from Prime Minister Jacques
□urplus cheese, butter, nee home aboard a French government plane to an emotional reu- Chirac, whose conciliatory efforts toward Iran were said to
and flour will be distributed at 519 nion with their families Saturday, and France thanked Iran have helped lead to the release of the two men.
5. Grady from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for its role in securing their release. The former hostages hugged and kissed family members as
Wednesday. Distribution in other Following the release of the Frenchmen Friday night, two they stepped off the plane in a meeting shown live on French
communities is as follows- Blair - Cypriot students from the American University of Beirut kid- television.
Thursday 9 a m to noon at the napped two months ago were freed Saturday and flown by a “I’ve lost some weight but I was treated well," Rochot said.
2ICI!" m m 4 Lebanese government helicopter to Cyprus. “I want to thank everyone who came to Beirut to try to help
-ommuny buuon8i oiustee According to an official statement released in Nicosia, the us, and all the countries friendly to France that camerto our
Thursday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cypriots’ release was due to the intervention of Palestine aid.”
Community Building; Eldorado - Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat. No group The two, released after months of intense negotiations in-
Friday, 9 a.m. to noon at the had claimed responsibility for kidnapping the students, volving Iran and Syria, were members of a four-man televi-
TeePee Cafe; and Duke - Friday, identified as Panicos Tirkas and Stavros Yiannaki. sion crew kidnapped March 8 by a Shiite Moslem fundamen-
2 p.m to 4 d m at the Duke In Paris, French television correspondent Philipe Rochot, talist group calling itself the Revolutionary Justice Organiza-
Police Station Sponsoring 39, and cameraman George Hansen, 45, were flown from tion. The other two were still being held.
organizations are Southwest
Oklahoma Community Action
Group (SOCAG) and the Jackson
County commissioners.
The meeting place for the
Prudential-Bache Securities invest-
ment alternatives seminar has
been changed to the Ramada Inn.
The seminar will begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesday.
Classes for the annual
renewal of food handler’s permits
are set for June 23, 24 and 25 at 9
a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. each day
at the Jackson County Health
Department. Attendance at one
of the classes is a requirement for
keeping a food handler's permit
current. Any person employed at
an eating or drinking establish-
ment in the City of Altus must
hold a current permit.
Barbara Burge, Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. manager, will
be at the Headrick Co-op from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday to
handle telephone-related pro-
blems.
The BochASiPAefueingWing is 340th Wing participating
participating in the Strategic Air mu-wU•
Command's exercise, Global 2eeu
'86, which ends Monday. Ea
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last week and since then we haveEI
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the past weekend,” he said.
“The wing also supported us in
maintenance and other areas,” he
added.
The 340th AREFW’s part in Global
Shield includes extensive command
post and field-training activities
designed to improve readiness of the
unit to carry out orders supporting
United States national policy, should
deterrence fail.
Global Shield is also designed to
provide SAC aircrews realistic flying
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Altus vicinity - Today: Con- OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) — Yet McCartney is at a loss to ex- personnel, as it tests SAC plans and
tinued warm and humid with a 30 Residents of Oklahoma, the so-called plain why those conservatives would procedures for the employment of
percent chance of afternoon Buckle of the Bible Belt, recently vote in 1982 for horse racing, in 1984 SAC aircraft and missile forces,
thundorctnrmc HE in 21 Kadi, have passed state questions allowing for liquor by the drink and rush to Global Shield '86 is the eighth such
on c th *8", ic h horse racing and liquor by the drink sign petitions calling for a statewide large-scale exercise held by the com-
705 soutn winos 5 to 15 mph. and now appear ready to over- vote for a lottery. mand in as many years. The Global
Monday: Warm and humid with whelmingly approve a statewide lot- “I can’t answer that,” he said. “It Shield series bears no relationship to
scattered afternoon and evening tery. may be that people are desperate any current aspect of current inter-
thundershowers. High in the mid- However, opponents insist enough that they will grasp for national situations.
die 90s. Tuesday and Wednesday: Oklahomans still are “very conser- straws.” SAC units throughout the world,
Hot with isolated afternoon vative." , Mike Williams, president of an and selected Air Force Reserve and-,
thundershowers Highs in the mid "They re conservative politi- advertising firm that conducted Air Force Guard units, are par- A visiting B-52 from the 7th Bombardment Wing at Carswel
tnner90 cally, says Richard McCartney, a campaigns for the earlier statewide ticipating this year. Also par- Air Force Base Texas prepares to refue Lehind a Ke nr
toiuppe 90S .. M. . 02 staunch opponent of all three issues questions and which is handling the ticking are components of the U.S. f 5 ? L Pepares rerue . / KC .
Weather readings - High Friday and a spokesman for the Baptist Navy and Marine Corps, as well as from Altus Air Force Base during the Global Shield exercise.
90. Low Saturday morning 73. General Convention. (See ‘Voter back page) elements of the Canadian Forces. (Air Force photo by AIC Scott Richens)
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