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The Altus Times-Democrat
ALTUS, OKLA. (73521) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1970
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—Views Given—
Legal Officer
Water Board
Testifies in
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DR. OVERTON
(See WATER Page 8)
3 antiaircraft guns firing at the
Israeli Arms Promise
Cause Moroccan Worry
RABAT, Morocco (AP)
special concern—I may even king was canceled, and instead
Burns also said the slowdown Moroccan Foreign Minister Ab-
Rogers talked with craftsmen nique.
Several Jailed
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del Hafid Boutaleb met again
today with Secretary of State
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recommended to a Board, whose
aim is to influence the future of
water development in western
Oklahoma for years to come.
Kerr said, “Dr. Overton
brings to the Board a fresh and
new philosophy toward water
development... He believes that
transportating water holds the
key to the industrial and
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901 N Main
477-0880
Boutaleb gave a dinner for the
visitors.
tane rating than the average ac-
ceptable range of regular'
brands normally marketed, with
resulting damage to the en-
gines,” the commission says.
Car manufacturers consider
octane rating important enough
to specify in owners' manuals
the octane to be used in the en-
gine.
Generally, regular gasolines
have an octane rating of 94 or
95. Premium gasolines, which
cost about 5 cents more a gal-
lon, are rated at 99. Laminated
around the two major classifica-
tions are sub-regular gasolines
with a 91 octane rating, middle-
octane gasolines rate at 97 and
super octanes rated at 100.
p.m EST Sunday.
The fighting began when an
American helicopter was fired
on Friday. Government merce-
Israeli raiders.
Egyptian Foreign Minister
Mahmoud Riad said Sunday
night that the leaders of Egypt,
Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Sudan
—the nations manning the front
lines against Israel—had agreed
on recommendations submitted
to them, their foreign and de-
fense ministers. The leaders
were to hold a final discussion
today and then issue a commu-
say worry.”
Rogers also was to meet
Prime Minister Ahmed Larski
Dr. Ivan Overton, Altus
dentist, has been elected to serve
on the board of directors of the
Oklahoma Water Users As-
sociation, a state water group
headed by Bob Kerr, Jr.
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8 scoring direct hits.” The planes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
machine-gun clattering and pop-
ping of an automobile engine
during heavy acceleration is
more than a nuisance. It’s likely
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to be expensive.
The noises, called “knock” or
■ping,” mean the car is burning
the wrong gasoline. The result
can be a battered piston. Signs
that a car owner has been using
the wrong gasoline can void his
warranty.
Even if the engine noises
don’t tip off a driver, he can
still be using the wrong gaso-
line. There'll be no damage to
the engine, but he’d be spending
more money on gasoline than
necessary.
The key to a happy marriage
of engine and fuel is octane rat-
ing—the ability of a gasoline to
resist knocking
How easily a driver can find
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Kerr indicated that Dr.
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in business and employment is
not a recession, but a “readjust-
ment” which will continue in
the next few months with a de-
cline in housing and jobs.
“But I think it is a healthy
thing and I think it will lay the
foundation for stable growth in
the future,” he said.
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In a clash this morning being fought, is the farthest east
government spokesmen said, that the unit has been sighted,
two mercenaries were killed and The U.S. Command reported
one wounded and 16 enemy were that an American river patrol
boat with five U.S. Navy men
aboard strayed across the Cam-
bodian border Thursday night
and is being detained by the
current program of monetary
restraint are among the most
important factors infighting inf-
lation, he said.
Increased productivity, he
said, is the way to a restored
economy not a general increase
in the money supply. That
“could lead to a disastrous inf-
lation," Burns told the House
Banking and Currency Commit-
tee.
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American arms shipments to Is- Moroccan commitment to the Ahmed Ben Bouchta, gave him the army Cams. -Sae
raeL Moroccan sources report- Arab cause and U.S. support for two huge brass plates, a bellows spokesmen said the two MIGs
ed. Israel was considered the rea- and a brass-studded leather were hit by cannon fire at me-
There was no indication of son that the Moroccans gave the chest diumaltitude. ’ andthatoneex-
what Rogers said in reply. first American secretary of A ceremonial luncheon feast ploded in the air and the other
It was the third meeting of the state to Africa something less was given in a tent near a lake- crashed in flames. They said
foreign minister and the secre- than an an all-out welcome. side palm grove at Sidi Hrazem, one of the Egyptian pilots bailed
tary. Rogers told newsmen that Rogers and his wife were 10 miles outside Fez. Squatting out.
their first talk after his arrival treated to a colorful welcome on cushions in Arab style, Rog- Cairo spokesmen said the Is-
in Africa Saturday night was Sunday in Fez, Morocco’s an- ers used his fingers to dip into raeli Phantom was one of four
very friendly, with the Moroc- cient religious capital 120 miles spicy offerings of couscous and intercepted by Egyptian MIGs
can economy, North African af- north of Rabat. Escorted steamed lamb. near the raided area. It was the
fairs and the appointment of a through the 1,000-year-old city As he ate, Rogers watched third Phantom the Egyptians
new American ambassador by eight Moslem priests in flow- barefoot Moroccan dancing girls claim to have destroyed.
among subjects discussed. ing robes, the visitors walked perform to haunting tunes of At- It was Israel’s ninth reported
Rogers said the Arab-Israeli for an hour around the cobbled las mountain tribesmen. strike over the Nile Valley since
conflict was not discussed then, streets. The foreign minister gave a Jan. 7 and the first in 11 days.
But at a dinner party he gave Boutaleb met Rogers and his state dinner Sunday night in Ra- Israeli pilots reported a massive
for Rogers Sunday night, Bou- wife at the airport Saturday bat for Rogers. explosion at the target near Hel-
taleb said he intended to raise night but made no welcoming The secretary flies to Tunis wan. Cairo said 12 civilians
“subjects which provoke our speech. A state banquet by the late today. were injured.
out the octane rating of a specif-
ic gasoline is a point of conten-
tion
Oil companies say the infor-
mation is furnished to all their
dealers. The Federal Trade
Commission has a bundle of
complaints from drivers who
say getting the information
from a service station operator
is next to impossible.
As a result the commission
has proposed—in the face of in-
dustry opposition—that a gaso-
line's octane rating be clearly
displayed on filling station
pumps.
When a gasoline’s octane is
too low, the fuel in the combus-
tion chamber explodes prema-
WASHINGTON (AP) - Paul
W. McCracken, chairman of
President Nixon's Council of 88
Economic Advisers, says the 8
administration probably will act £$
to ease the tight monetary poli-
cies established to cool down the 888
economy.
“Clearly, a continuation 8
through 1970 of the rather re- S;!;
strictive policies that we had in
1969 would not be consistent 8
with the outlook that we indicat- 8
ed” in the President’s economic 38
report, McCracken said Sunday. 8
McCracken joined other gov-
ernment economists over the 388
weekend in declaring the ad- 3
ministration has succeeded in 38
slowing down the inflation spiral 3
and, with the proper safe- 3
guards, without serious threat 38
of a recession.
Treasury Secretary David M. 3
Kennedy, along with Me-
Cracken and Budget Director 388
Robert P. Mayo and Federal 38
Reserve Board Chairman Ar-
thur F. Burns, indicated the 388
economy will continue to coast 3
down for the next few months.
“Then,” Kennedy said, “we 38
will level out sometime this 3
year to a more sustainable rate 38
and then there will be an in- 388
crease in activity on a more 3
sustainable basis,” 3
Kennedy, McCracken and 38
Cambodian government A
spokesman said Washington has
asked the Cambodians to re-
lease the boat and its crew.
The incident occurred 100
miles west of Saigon, where the
Mekong River crosses the bor-
der.
After Incident
City, county and state law
officers found their work cut out
for them Saturday night when a
fracas broke out at the National
Guard Armory on Kellwood
Drive.
Several persons were taken to
Jackson County Jail and the city
jail for questioning regarding
the fight which developed during
a dance sponsored by a Spanish-
American veterans
organization Four men were
held in custody by Jackson
County Sheriff Joe Boaldin.
Charges of disturbing the
peace were filed against Cruze
Rosales, 31, Carlos Romero and
Jessie Romero, both of 519 E.
Commerce St Each was fined
$25 and ordered to pay court
costs on the charges when they
appeared before Special District
Judge Temple Bailey today.
Jessie Romero was also
charged with resisting arrest
and was fined $25 plus court
costs on the charge.
A charge of public drunken-
ness was being prepared against
a 17-year-old youth arrested
during the incident
(See INCIDENT Page 8)
Galley Case
FT. BENNING, Ga. (AP) -
The chief legal officer for this
infantry center testified today
that information leading to mur-
der charges against Lt William
L. Calley Jr. came from higher
headquarters in Washington.
CoL Robert M. Lathrop told a
pretrial hearing on defense mo-
tions that a sworn statement
pertaining to the case was for-
warded to him by the Army in-
spector general's office.
However, Lathrop said he
never received any instructions
in preparing charges against
Calley.
Calley, 26, is charged with
murdering 102 Vietnamese civil-
ians at My Lai March 16,1968.
Lathrop was called as a wit-
ness on a defense motion which
alleges that command influence
was brought to bear in the deci-
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Voting Age Issue chanEhrop said he discussed the
“ % case with the Judge Advocate
g । a General’s office in Washington
( gag pe e || „ I m ga ga w „ and was to Id “do nothing until
v I U U □ 4.) D IO CI Q V you hear from us." He added
T" I that he later was told the case
was "all yours”
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — “I fought and I didn't vote," “I went to the office of the
Arguments in favor of lowering he said. Judge Advocate General in
the voting age to 18 cropped up The students held an early Washington for assistance in
at the state capital today in morning news conference in con- drafting specifications, and
forms ranging from profession- nection with the release of a those specifications were sent to
ally produced brochures to hand- professionally produced bro- the student brigade in the event
written statements on notebook chure they said showed the re- they saw fit to press charges,”
paper. suits of a statewide survey that Lathrop testified.
And they ran head-on into re- covered more than 75,000 people. Calley was assigned to the
ality. „ Four-fifths of them, they said, student brigade at Ft Benning
“It s not going to pass, said were over 25 years old. at the time.
House Speaker Rex Privett of a The students said the vote was Lathrop said he received a
bill now in the legislature to let 2-1 in favor of lowering the vot- telephone call from a CoL Wil
the people vote on lowering the ing age and ranged to 4-1 in liam Chilcoat of the Judge Ad-
voting age. Cleveland, Grady, McClain and vocate General’s office and that
“The House considered that Pottawatomia counties. Chilcoat said, “Do nothing until
blooming thing twice (last year ) The brochure said the survey you hear from us.” He said this
and they couldn’t get 30 votes, was conducted at shopping cen- was in late August or early Sep-
Privett said. ters and downtown areas in va- tember 1969.
Privett then added his person- rious districts. The brochure "On the 4th of September, I
al benediction to what he sees said no single district in the received a call from CoL Chil-
as the impending demise of the state showed a majority in op- coat stating ‘it’s all yours’,”
measure. position to amending the consti- Lathrop continued.
“I'm against lowering it to tution to allow 18-year olds to Lathrop said he passed that
18,” said Privett. “They are not vote. information on to CoL Lon C.
stable. They are not ready, in The students said the low Marlow, Calley’s commanding
my opinion to make the deci- range was 1.5 to one in favor of officer at the time and now re-
sions." the move. tired.
“I know the arguments, he Quoted in the report were va- Calley was charged the day
said, “If you’re old enough to before his scheduled release
fight, you’re old enough to vote.” (See VOTING Page 8) from the Army Sept. 5, 1969.
Allies Kill 117 Reds
SAIGON (AP) - South Viet- naries led by U.S. Special killed Twenty-six North Viet-
namese spokesmen said today Forces made a helicopter as- namese were killed Sunday,
that U.S. and government forces sault into the area, about eight government spokesmen said. No
have killed at least 117 North miles southwest of Moe Hoa and American casualties were
Vietnamese and captured six in 60 miles west of Saigon, and reported.
a four-day battle still going on touched off a succession of run- The enemy troops are report-
in the western Mekong Delta’s ning fights. ed to be from the North Viet-
Plain of Reeds. Field reports said about 10 namese 88th Regiment one of
The battle in the savanna land government troops had been four North Vietnamese regi-
—dry at this time of year—was killed and a dozen wounded. The ments in the delta. It has oper-
the only sustained major fight- mercenaries and their Green ated near Chau Doc, 100 miles
ing reported during the Viet Beret officers are being sup- west of Saigon along the Cambo-
Cong's four-day Tet cease-fire ported by American helicopter dian border. Kien Tuong Prov-
which ended at 7 a. m. today—6 gunships and fighter-bombers. ince, where the current battle is
A 8 hit a group of moving Israeli ve-
Ahicles, the spokesmen said, and
4 8 also attacked Israeli tanks on a
, 88 main road in Sinai. All planes
THIS LEOPARD CAT is docile pet of Bob Henry, young Altus business 388 were reported to have returned
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Altus vicinity: Fair through
Tuesday with highs in the 60s
and the low near 30.
Weather readings: High
Sunday, 57; low, 30; noon today,
45. Barometric pressure: 30 48
agricultural future
turely, catching the piston in
mid-stroke and sending a severe
jolt into the car’s power system.
When the octane is too high,
there is no damage, but a driver
can be wasting from $30 to $50
in a year of normal driving.
Gasolines bear a vast array of
octane-related labels like “regu-
lar,” "standard,” "super,”
“premium,” “hi-test” or simply
brand names with no generic
designation
Besides being imprecise, says
the FTC, the labels cause confu-
sion for another reason. “In cer-
tain instances gasolines are
being marketed by the descrip-
tive grade name of regular’
which are in fact of a lower oc-
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38g Egyptian MIG21s, Egypt
Its voice is neither a mew nor the hoarse 38 claimed one Israeli Phantom,
cry of a Siamese or Burmese cat, but a 388 and each denied the other’s
throaty sound that sounds almost like a tall, g camp.
“Its purr when it is contented, is much like 88
that of a kitten but a little louder,” Henry The Israeli planes attacked
said. "It seems to enjoy human an army camp at Inshash, 12
companionship and makes friends easily.” 8 miles northeast of the Egyptian
„ .,.,2 . . 888 capital, and hit another camp
Henry is associated with his father in the ft; near Helwan, 15 miles south of
auction business here and is a former student 33 Cairo
of Altus Junior College before attending Just before the Sunday morn-
auctioneer’s school in Arkansas. Henry said ing meeting of Arab leaders at
he hasn t named his leopard yet. He wants to 8 Nasser’s Zahraa palace in sub-
know more about its personality and give it a urban Heliopolis, air raid sirens
name that J5 appropriate. . 3 wailed, windows were rattled by
Meanwhile it is simply fells bengalensis. an unexplained blast, and
residents heard the thud of
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14 38 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
3 Israeli and Egyptian jets trad-
( Sv ed strikes across the northern
88 Suez Canal today as the little
88 summit meeting of Israel’s
■ ,ue. 888 chief Arab foes drew to a close
«der“ 88 in Cairo.
* 88 Israeli planes made a 75-min-
884" 88 ute raid against Egyptian mili-
• —4 $;) tary targets in the northern sec-
tor of the canal, the military
88 command announced in Tel
■ 8 Aviv, and all planes returned
' safely.
Egyptian military spokesmen
8 in Cairo reported that Egyptian
W: fighter-bombers attacked "ene-
my bunkers and an encamp-
Mayo appeared on NBC’s Sun- 383 IH LEOPARD CAT is docile pet of Bob Henry, young Altus business 38 were reported to have returned
day interview program "Meet 38 man. Henry secured the three-months-old cub, a native of the Philippines, 3 safely.
the Press.” 3 through an importer. Israeli jets struck on two
McCracken didn’t say it, but 38 — s sides of Cairo Sunday during the
to carry out monetary policy 3 I ■ V T) | L * I ■ 38 second day of the Arab leaders'
changes will require the cooper- IT € "a EVE EPMuT% lx l i tX 38 conference called by President
ation of the independent Federal 3 | | •3 Cl l VII l •Y EEEI u | | 38 Gamal Nasser. The Israelis
Reserve Board and Burns. 33 • 38 claimed they shot down two
The Fed, as the board is s
called, operates on its own to 3 Anyone who thinks Bob Henry's kitten looks
control credit in the nation and 38 more like a leopard than a cat, isn’t having
therefore the flow of money in hallucinations. It isn’t a kitten, it’s a three-
the economy, affected only by 88 month old leopard cub.
the President through sugges- 38 Native to the Philippines and Southeast
tions and public appeals. 8 Asia, the leopard cat will be approximately 33
Burns, who served as a top inches long, exclusive of its tail, when full
Nixon adviser before being ap- 8 grown, Henry said. "Thats a few inches
pointed as Fed chairman, indi- 8 longer than a large size male of the domestic
cated to Congress Saturday he cat variety, but smaller than a bob cat."
may not agree entirely with 88 Henry secured the pet a week ago through
McCracken’s assessment of the 8 an importer, and believes it will make a
need for less restrictive mone- 8 gentle and intelligent pet. It already strolls
tary controls. 8 with him on a leash in the manner of a well-
Tight rein on government trained dog, and is able to obey simple
spending and adherence to the 8 commands.
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Hale, James H. & Goforth, Don. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 30, Ed. 1 Monday, February 9, 1970, newspaper, February 9, 1970; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2120194/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.