The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 48, No. 277, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1974 Page: 1 of 40
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974
100 Airman Units Planned
Base Housing Funds Inked
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Pep Members
Mysterious Object Seen
Quartz Park
Paving Gets
Boat Ramp Bids Okayed
(See RAMP Page 12)
The United Way
WOSC Regents Reject Section 2 Bids
(See BIDS Page 12)
negotiate the bid amounts downward. The only thing we can do month," Appleby said
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A chartered bus with Altus
High School Pep Club leaves for
Tulsa at 2 p m Friday it will
carry one of Oklahoma's most
enthusiastic and dedicated
service groups
Plans for this year s ac-
tivities began last spring as the
year ended and juniors and
sophomores suggested means
of adding to the participation
by all students and adults, and
making the Pep Club a year-
long support organization for
school events.
When sophomores enrolled
from the three junior highs they
were invited to join the Pep
Club, as were new students at
Second Class Postage
Paid Al Allus, Okla
State Okay
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Tickets are on sale at Altus Schools for "Jack and the
Beanstalk," the children's opera which will be presented at 2
p.m Friday at Eula B Peterson Auditorium
Admission is 25 cents with one price for children and
adults
Pep Rally Begins at 6 p.m.
A gigantic, giant pep rally and bonfire featuring dancers,
singers, bandsmen, players and coaches of the Altus
Bulldogs is slated for today at 6 p.m. at Bunker Hill Park
near the tennis courts
Auger Truck Stolen
A 1960 two ton Ford truck with an auger on the rear was
reported stolen on Wednesday from the Martha Cotton Gin.
The truck is owned by Pete Pierce. The truck’s teg number is
493-737.
Also reported stolen from the gin was a license plate with
the number 283-053 The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is
investigating the thefts
Around Town
We hear that BUDDY WARE has passed that golden year
of birthdays. JIM PARRISH JR. (not “TOM," although
verbage is similar) says that FNB’s employe DARILL
LEVERETT owes him 610 in “thank you’s”..
PAUL LONG’S friend JERRY EVANS discovered a new
branch to a Kiowa County creek recently WEAVER
CREED wants to nominate BUEL GARVIN’s beautiful trees
for an “autumn foliage contest” JOE WATT says no (again)
to officialdom. .
The Weather
Altus vicinity — Fair to partly cloudy and mild through
Friday. Southwesterly winds 8 to 16 mph. Low tonight mid
40s. High Friday low 70s.
Weather readings - High Wednesday 65. Overnight low 38.
Noon today 65.
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United Way Nears Goal
Leo Houck, United Way chairman, told The Times-
Democrat this morning that the campaign has reached
675,000
The goal is only 677,000 and if we could just get a few
more cards worked, we will have made our goal," Houck
said.
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BY DAVE HALE is redraw the plans, which will mean sacrificing quantity and The Altus architect said that Dr Dunlap has agreed to to help
At the Western Oklahoma State College Board of Regents quality, and readvertise for bids the college get more Oklahoma City contractors to bid on the job
meeting Wednesday night, the board agreed to reject all con- The architect said that WOSC was not alone in having bids the next time that it is advertised
struction bids for section two. The bids for section two, which that were too high, and that inflation was the reason. “Since the Appleby said the plans will have to be redrawn, and that about
includes the completion of the shell structure erected in section price freeze ended, construction costs have shot up almost 65 per 6200,000 could be cut from the project He cited as examples
one, were opened on Oct. 29, and they were higher than the cent. But I think that if we advertise for bids in December and eliminating the basement from the student center would save
architect’s estimate. have the bid opening in January, that prices will be coming 650,000 in construction costs, and by changing electrical and
The college has 61.25 million for section two construction. The down. mechancial plans, an additional 6160,000 could be saved. By
lowest bidder for the project was a joint bid of 61.74 million by One of the things Dr Dunlap said he wanted was more making these cuts, the heating and air conditioning units would
J. J. Cook Const. Co. and R Johnson Inc. Oklahoma City, bidders from Oklahoma City I thought we were going to have be changed and the piping routes would be altered
The bids were reviewed by Dr. E.T. Dunlap, chancellor of the nine bidders this last time, but five dropped out. I am sure they I am afraid we are going to cut quality and quantity through
state regents for higher education, and the state regents dropped out because they could not get firm commitments on deletions and changes, and they will be more than I would like to
rejected the bids. prices from subcontractors and suppliers. I have also heard in change,” Appleby said
William Appleby, college architect, recommended that the the last few days that contractors are now able to get firm bids in other construction related matters, the board approved, on
WOSC regents reject the bids. "There is no way that we can on materials. I think that things will be improving in the next
Bids were opened Tuesday parent lowest and best bid. Next low was Westhoff miles north of Mountain Park registration last August
morning at the Bureau of Higgins agreed to build a Brothers, Great Bend, Kan., and one mile west. The road Mrs Susan Pettit, sponsor.
Reclamation office here for graveled access road from a 5292,403; R.R. Tway, Inc, will begin at a pant near where works closely with unit cap-
work on the recreational area county road westward into the Oklahoma City, bid 6309,395 the present Frisco Railroad tains, and officers of the big
northeast of the Mountain Park recreation area, build an 80-car and Glover Construction Co., line crosses the north-south organization Each week
dam. parking area and build a boat Poteau was highest at 5338,325. section line one mile west of during football season one of
Four bids were received and ramp. Higgins' bid was Engineers' estimate was U.S. 183. the units has been responsible
opened with Higgins, Inc. of 6214,793.00 for the three-part 6258,076 , „ I See PEP Page 12)
Oklahoma City being the ap- package. The recreation area is two "586 ramp •ae 1
1 11'i < . i The House Appropriations men's use which will greatly library; 6215,000 for an aircraft base commander, has been in projected cost of about 69
Elel\ "i7Ki1 Committee approved the ease the rental problems in maintenance shop and 627,000 Washington, D.C., for the past million. This would be con-
A’ Mt) military construction ap- Altus for these young families for an aircraft engine shop. week working to get the 100 sidered for the fiscal 1976
I “*mK‘‘A propriations bill totaling c . ,m,m The bill is expected to come housing units. Burleson was military appropriations
S 63.383,000.000 fa fiscal 1975. Steed a.50,tod nes before the full house later this hired recently by the Can- budget
Included in this bill according „ ocrat tnat A dehcieney month. Authorizing legislation mittee of 100 to develop federal According to Congressman
° to Congressman Tom Steed will allocation 8362,000 was added is still before a house-senate funds and industry to Altus Steeds office, a total of
be construction of 100 housing -omegproscgcaAmusAb conference committee Burleson has also been 61,140,607,000 will be available
g units at Altus AFB approved during fiscal 1974 Aaron Burleson, retired waking on another project to fa all housing unite at the
These units will be for air- These include a 6120.000 fa a colonel and former Altus AFB seek a new base hospital at a different bases
— _ That Altus Band Plans Big Show
#} tK I When That Altus Band moves said the band will enter from for a four company front stride steps in five yard Music "Lassus Trombone" featuring
EF A l onto the field at Skelly Stadium the Tulsa side of the field facing diagonal drill will be “Semper Fidelis the trombone section. Members
EMAU/——WMaa-- in Tulsa Friday night the the home stands playing Then the Tulsa audience will Ten counts to five yards is the are Chris Biles, Jamea Boler,
N eastern Oklahoma spectators "Carmina Burana" instead of have an opportunity to see the next drill, and the most difficult Robert Baldwin, Skipper Cox,
will have their first opportunity the usual fanfare. marching contrasts which got toperform Everything s All William Haley, Doyle Hunt,
to see the band which won the As the band steps off with a high praise from judges and Right" is the music with a 5-4 David MeElney, Steve Per-
3 THE ALTUS Bulldoas are all set at Tulsa See Special Bul Idog Section outstanding 4-A band" award high knee lift, "Heaven on continued applause from meter dicaris and Brian Rojas
psaqbieungsn F idav teatued^ earlier tins month at the state Their Minds" from the Jesus audiences. The band will Bravura by Duble takes the The band then will exit to the
atocage Tulsa Hale at 8 p.m. Friday featured in today s edution: marchingfinals. Christ Super Star" opera is change from its eight chop- band into concert formation sidelines playing "Altus
I arryHarris, band directors, played, and will be continued steps every five yards to six with music then merging into Bulldogs."
Log 10-22-Possible UFO BpoSst spirit
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Folks, either Santa Claus is using a new mode of tran- Paul Kackley, information officer at the base, confirmed that
sportation in a preliminary check of his Christmas route, or its AAFB personnel received the report and tried to find it On radar
A, ____„ 2 the beginning of a new UFO season There was no repat of a find on any of the radar screens,
Altus, announced.tday that Early Thursday morning the Jackson County Sheriff’s office Kackley said.
two paving projects nave oeen received a call from the Altus Air Force police that they had a The UFO sighting is the first such incident in some nine to ten
approved tor uart Mountain report of a plane on fire that may have crashed some two miles months. Around this time last year, UFO incidents were
Saenak. tL ingy7, to four miles south of Mak's feed lot An Altus Police Depart- reported through Oklahoma as well as the rest of the nation
ine projects, wmcn involve ment log report finally listed the item as "10-22 (no further in Altus, several such UFO incidents were reported with some
an 4ccegsu Parng acte action needed), possible UFO.” fairly responsible people saying they "saw something '
norm ot hicks Mountain and Chuck Paris, Jackson County undersheriff, said that what One such sighting near Altus was from college students on
an access oad to a boat ramp appears to be the "Unidentified Flying Object” resulted in their way to Western Oklahoma State College from the Blair
located on the west shore near several deputies searching the area fa what was believed to area That repat included drawings of the purported UFO.
Granite, will both involve, hard have been a crashed plane. Paris added that the search was UFO sightings are now the subject of an upcoming movie
surfacing of existing roads, called off around 4 a.m. after no fire a indication of a crash was concerning the recent incidents and reportings from Air Face
The work is to be done on a found personnel and other responsible parties,
cooperative basis between the
division of State Parks and the
State Highway Commission.
The total amount of funding
is estimated at $10,090.
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Hart, Sandra. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 48, No. 277, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1974, newspaper, November 21, 1974; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2121684/m1/1/?q=coaster: accessed June 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.