The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 55, No. 242, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 16, 1979 Page: 1 of 10
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An All-American City With a Future to Share-Home of Anita Hamel
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The Altus TIMES-DEMOCRAT
October 16,1979
Vol. 55 No. 242
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Bid opening dates for the
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Plans Altus Appearance Bid Date
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MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION SALES began this week at
both Southeast and Northeast Junior High School. Proceeds
go to the special activity funds including purchase of library
books in addition to those purchased by the school district.
OKARCHE, Okla. (UPI) -
A Baptist minister and his
wife were shot and killed and
their two children wounded
late Monday in their rural
home by attackers suspected
of stealing a car and robbing
another rural family earlier in
the day, officials said today.
The bound bodies of the Rev.
Richard Brooks Douglass and
his wife, Marilyn, were found
on the living room floor of
their house about five miles
southeast of Okarche, officers
ALTUS SCHOOLS WILL recess for the state teachers’
meeting at the end of the regular school day Wednesday.
F ull-time classwork will be resumed on Monday, Oct. 22 The
meeting is in Oklahoma City this year.
INCIDENTS ON THE police log included non-injury ac-
cidents at the intersection of North Park Lane and Scott
streets, in the 1100 block of East Pecan and in the 800 block of
North Main.
A forgery was reported at the National Bank of Commerce
and someone left John's Shamrock Services Station without
paying for $14 worth of gasoline.
OFFICERS FROM INDIA Temple Shrine will be at the
local Masonic Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. All Scottish Rite
Masons, Blue Lodge Masons, and spouses, and anyone in-
terested in Masonry is urged to attend. Light refreshments
will be served. All Shriners should be present, as activities of
Masonry and its various branches will be presented.
THERE WILL BE a local basketball officials meeting 7:30
p.m. Wednesday at the Friendship Inn Restaurant. All local
basketball officials are urged to attend the meeting.
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218120 West Con. nerce, Altus. Okla 521
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The commissioners were
asked to sign a letter listing all
of the businesses that the,
may have a direct financial in
terest in and that also e-
ducts business with Jackson
County. The letter is required
for Jones, Bryant and Co. Ie,
who are the auditors for
Jackson County. All three
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"Bearer of the Morning,”
The Jackson County Com-
missioners held its regular
meeting Monday at the County
Courthouse.
The commissioners ac-
cepted the resignation of
District 3 Jackson County Fair
Board Member Jerry Gunkel.
The commissioners
authorized Chairman Jim
Bradford to complete and sign
a notice of cancellation of the
County Treasurer’s Bond.
Okla, Historical Society
Historicnl Buildig
-klahoma City, Ok, 73105
Tuesday
gEconomists rom the in inflationary pressures. ty. was outlined by Or Cacy. He rates would discourage bor-
sderay Fesc eBankioiKan v^°r to the policy the New The speakers were Dr. J. A. pointed out that the money rowing and reduce“he de-
Oklahoma bankers Mondav at York.prime rate, which was Cacy and Dr. Glenn H. Miller supply has been expanding at mandformoney.Theseac-
Quartz Mountain s.)0 l daya cheapest money available Jr., vice-presidents; and Dr an excessive pace, more rapid tions have not been effective,
*teMnntstnstameLodge: tobig corporate borrowers Marvin Duncan, assistant than targeted by the Federal however, in slowing monetary
takepAtuswassponsred.by The ideas of the Federal Lonnie Farmer, member of "ff that growth were allow. FederaiRservedeiddtin
Don Bankers kerssAsecia- short-term big borrowers. OBA and chairman of the flation and would in the long approach to conductin
tonnBanke deseHbthree the corporation, con- Davidson First State Bank, run reduce the prospects for a monetary policy. This Ap
economists desertbetsan sumers .have already been represented the OBA. strong economy. proach focuses more on con-
tharasterizedbygeriousinfla- term monthly installments in william G. Evans. vice- theFederafReservehastaken moneyand 2 Xly
tionwhichcasforsirmand their lifestyles using credit president in charge of the a number of steps to reduce rather than on bringing about
Federal Reserve intends to cards. l 1 Federal Reserve Bank's monetary growth. Until predetermined interest rates
remera Reserve intends to The speakers prescribed Oklahoma City Branch. recently, the Federal Reserve levels»
permit monetary growth con- moderate and balanced rates The background of the attempted to bring about Cacy said that the Federal
sistent with a balanced of economic growth as the key Federal Reserve’s early Oc- predetermined increases in in-
economy and with a reduction to longer-run economic stabili- tober anti-inflation actions terest rates so that the higher (See BANKS Page 11) :
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By BRENDA NEBLING was received from Montgomery Elevator Co., Moline, Ill.
when the WOSC regents meet Jackson County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, at the can
when she comes to Altus for a Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the reguar Monday night meeting, approved final bids for major Appleby also opened bids for third floor hardware with the ’
guest evening at the First WOSC campus. purchases totaling almost 300,000. apparent low bid of $1,969 coming from Miller Hardware of
Methodist Church, at 7:30 Also to be covered are ap- -he bidswere for the ICU-CCU monitoring equipment and for Lawton. Another bid of $2,200 came from Reese Builders Hard.
Pm-N°vl- proval of previous meeting a sintilation camera system. ware of Wichita Falls.
Among the thousands who minutes, financial report and .pa consutant Ben Kline of Oklahoma City explained Board members approved the purchase of four pieces of.
echoed praise of Te Ata was president’s report and recom- “T atthelas board meeting, when bids were originally open- equipment, three of which will be replacements.
Eleanor Roosevelt, as she mendations. ed.thenbtdorkewittt-Pa kard Company had not arrived, Hospital administrator Peggy Risinger said new cassettes
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Te Ata is a Chickasaw In- have a large classroom. Two from Hewlett-Packard, the total cost would be $142,607.31, still Memorial, participatestin the cYstssping rwton, which, —ke-
dian born in a small Indian other classrooms are also under the next highest bid. Glrisirpayepesnmecasm 8.ser e , _g
village in Oklahoma. She has planned along with four in- Board members gave approval to the purchase of the blood together to obtain better prices for supplies ivghospital sgoing
devoted her life to a dramatic dividual practice rooms. pressure monitoring accessory, pending approval by the hwpitals in the program with a total
mterpr etation of the folkhre Besides the lobby and Oklahoma Health Planning Commission, stretch from nug in eastern okfhohadsthethosprtais
of the American Indian She storage room for instruments, Bids on the scintillation camera system were also opened at southwestern Oklahoma, to Thomas in west central Oklahoma
presents native legends, there will be four offices for the last meeting Kline said after more study, it was discovered There are two participating hospitals across the Red Rim in
dances, myths, chants and old the music and drama instruc- that the apparent low bidder, General Electric, was not in fact Vernon and Denison, Texas ’ ‘ -
rituals from many tribes, tors; public restrooms; the lowest bid. He said several accessories and alternates were The firm employs 20 full-time people and two part-time '
while dressed in a variety of janitor supply room and not included in GE s base bid, although they were included in the Memorial will soon begin having booklets with fuj color
authentic Indian costumes. mechanical room. specifications. ... cg. photographs printed giving information about the hospital. Mrs.
She received her bachelor of A prop room will be located 1 h 10" hdturne out tobe from Greb for Picker equipment, Risinger explained that the local printing companies are not
arts from the Oklahoma Col- behind the stage along with a 4a tota o 114185, including $18,335 for whole-body scanning, equipped to do the kind of work needed. It was decided to have
lege for Women (Now the special fireproof room for his Nid Was accepted, again pending approval by the health the booklets printed by Hospital Publications, Inc., of Cleveland.- '
University of Science and Arts paint storage. planning.commission for the whole-body scanning. Tenn. "m5n"
of Oklahoma) at Chickasha, There will also be a makeup ptherbidswere: Ohio-Nuclear, $118,915, and GE, $116,334.40. Cost will be $7,810.46 over a two-year period. This is based on
# and her flair for drama led her room between the men’s and csporrdsmembersnapprovedithezpurhaseofa number of ac- average number of admissions and wiU cost the hospital about
to continue her studies at the women’s dressing rooms that Bids were theeanera tota Zf 14,180. . 75 cents per patient. Mrs. Risinger noted that the cost wiU not be
13 Theatre schoolatcarnegiein- canbeused as afoomforper- chsoFanelevatortromhrheemerenamramptebteniharur raisedduring thetwoyears, eventhoughadmissions are onthe
I (See Rins p- . addition. The bid of Esco Elevator, Inc., of Wichita Falls, Texas, In routine business, board members approved bad debts in the
ag ) was accepted in the amount of $13,810. A second bid of $18,400 amount of $22,492.98 and charities totaling $9,670.
iSSEE Classes Out for OEA Conclave
preached at the Elmer Baptist _* " “ " “ • " “
Church in his youth. His wife, asSes"Lb dismissed at in helping present a wide textbook publishing in sions and exhibit booths will sion of the classroom teachers
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Douglass was pastor of Put- tendtsondanomnaunazauan Sion tor" Ite'gSdliid Ag“gRenaig”ssndn mlHnclute Zack aements. Ptoenix. Aria, who teads a
. Baptist Church in Association mconvention and the handicapped child and and its "Continuoi^ Progress assneleteprofessnraofedvea- management .raining pro-
Their children. Leslie, 12, Ahersdgstnaaaschpduiydon motimating the average chuld inspeline" wiich hasbeen moot, Burlington, who ad- Members of the OEA will
and Richard, 16, also were Oklahoma Citv acde used m Altus fourth, fifth and vocates school as a place vote for their choice for
shot and were hospitalized in Oklahoma State Depart- on neaofsthenspe aldisplays sixt grades for several years, where all students have an op- president-elect and vice pres
Oklahoma city. They were in mentofEdmcationtsspecsnists “nindbviduhjzsdointstructmn wonyention headquarters portunity to experience the joy dent. The classroom teachers
BelatsdhappybiribdayxishestoPATBEACh.Hepoy sttscgmasanearkrteumas wiljonthosedr ocher saies memorating a haU<entury of tury Hotel, and general ses- Speaker for Ite^Xal ses- alectanavicepnanarszdeme
brtodemSJERRYDONHENRYand RANDY MOSShavea andrichardonce,hospitalor-
litlescontest going. “bebeve some items
Congrats to "Super Pigskin Prognosticator" DICK were taken from the house,
COATES, who made up ground in a hurry with a first ever, but friends of the family were
perfect 14-0 record ... examining the house early to-
day to try to determine if
anything was missing,
Canadian County Under-
sheriff Jerry Russell said.
i j .He said officers were told
Altus Vicinity-Partly cloudy to cloudy through tonight, the attackers were "let in
Turning .cooler with a slight chance of and underfalspretnses.»
thunderstorms through tonight. Fair to partly cloudy
Wednesday. Winds southerly 8 to 18 mph shifting to northerly A Highway Patrol
8 to 18 mph this afternoon and continuing through Wednes- spokesman in Enid said
day. High this afternoon mid 80s. Low tonight mid 50s. High earlier Monday a car was
Wednesday mid 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent through taken from an oilrig site near
tonight, the intersection of Oklahoma
Weather Readings-High Monday 75. Overnight low 58. 132 and Oklahoma 51 near
Noon today 68. Hennessey in Kingfisher
County.
About six hours later, a cou-
ple returned to their farm-
house seven miles southwest
The title of today’s edition of down crossings between here ofHennesseyandwere met by
your mini-newspaper might be and other points, and the t use, officers
labeled, "what a difference a railroads seem to be winning n, .
a., m‛ke , Li n. The men locked them in a
For akes. vears city officials closet and took money and two
argued with railroad officials The CSJ a brought to you by shotgunsotheysaid The ________________________
The Highway Patrol set up WayaTTECCATESAHONORING 00 participation in the United Way were presented by United
Today the argument is Ice Cream, Jack Barnes, roadblocks, but no onewasap- Crete: Penick' Kennaneyonerenickto,from left, Cerrol Thacker. Safeway; DawsonEnsey, City Con- Eommiss ioners did not liat *
whether the railroads can shut distributor.-RKG. prehended, they said. 3-Way Constrctorsneth Hoepfinger, Red River Aggregate; Jim Shepherd and Dale Montgomery,“ that they have a
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Hart, Sandra. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 55, No. 242, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 16, 1979, newspaper, October 16, 1979; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2123210/m1/1/?q=del+city: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.