The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1980 Page: 1 of 8
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The Altus TIMES-DEMOCRAT
Vol. 56 No. 67
march 18.1980
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Joe Frederick
Seminar
Endorses YMCA
On Friday
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Briefs
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Melissa To Go on Tour
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Shaffer Hotel Bid Letting Set
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problems with the programs (software), has
forced the city staff to look at other systems.
One of the program problems. according to
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THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT still has a limited number of
copies of its 1980 Spring Cookbook and they can be purchased
at the circulation department for 25 cents each.
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THE PIONEER BOOSTER Club of Western Oklahoma
State College will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m., in the Hall of
Fame Room of First National Bank
BOB HITE WILL be the guest speaker at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church during the Wednesday night service.
Hite. who was prisoner of war in World War II. will speak
on forgiveness. Hite was held captive for 44 months in Japan.
The service will begin at 7:15 p.m. and the public is urged to
attend.
MAYOR LONNIE Bevers has proclaimed the week of March 23 through
29 as "Miss Altus Pageant Week.” The annual pageant will be on March 29,
at the City Auditorium. Special guest will be Miss Oklahoma 1980, Jill
Elmore. With Bevers are, left, Dannette Evans, pageant director, and
Janice Kirk, assistant director. Delta Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is the
sponsor.
JOE TATUM JR., 63. 1106 S. Baucum, was arrested Mon-
day on a complaint of public drunk and disturbing the peace
by Sgt. George Dickerson and Patrolman Carlton Grimes of
the Altus Police Department.
Authority (HUD). Federal isting structure, as well as the
funds amounting to about $14 purchase of the two properties
million have been requested directly to the north of the
from HUD to finance the pro- hotel, on Main Street.
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of quite a controversy. An assistant city ad-
ministrator preferred to stay with the IBM
system, but expand it to do more functions than
just utility billing, but the elected officials, ex-
cept two, decided to lease the NCR.
Problems resulted during the first few mon-
ths on the new system when the error rate on
the utility bills was high and council members
received many complaints.
Tom Cook, Shawnee, the head of Mid-West
Municipal Inc., a municipal data processing
program firm, Monday offered a package to
the city that officials feel will help eliminate
many existing computer program problems.
City Administrator Ron Bourbeau said this
Altus vicinity—Fair and warmer today. Increasing
cloudiness late tonight. High Wednesday near 70.
Weather readings—High Monday 60. Overnight low 32.
Noon today 61.
Belated birthday greetings to SUSAN MCMAHAN Hap-
py birthday today to PAM SIRMONS, GLADYS KING,
CLINT DRURY ...
Is PHIL GARRISON really 35 today9 ... JERRY and
MARY COCHRAN show how the "wearing of the green"
should be done...
Happy birthday also to JO ANN THACKER ...
A seminar on small cities
and rural development policy
will be held Friday at the Elks
Golf and Country Club.
The seminar is one of a
series being sponsored by the
American Association of
Small Cities.
The meetings afford the
elected and appointed officials
of small cities and rural com-
munities, as well as other
civic leaders, the opportunity
to exchange ideas and vital in-
formation with represen-
tatives of the federal govern-
ment, according to Bill
Holman, manager of region
six service center at Walters.
Registration for the day-
long seminar is $12.
Officials from several
federal agencies including:
Department of Transporta-
A SECOND TAILGATE sale is being planned by the Shor-
tgrass Arts and Humanities Council for March 29 on the park-
ing lot Western Oklahoma State College. A flea market will
be added. Paul Meacham and Harold Isbell will again be
coordinators and will be assisted by Tony Dengler and Al
Hubbard for arrangements and properties.
Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a charge of $5 will
be made for each participating vendor, if sales are made. If
the vendor makes no sales, there will be no charge. Dealers
and concessions are welcome, and no commissions will be
charged.
The parking charge will go the council’s Arts Festival fund.
troduced into general ledger program after the
payroll is computed.
"I feel that we have gone as far with this
system as we can. We have been trying to solve
the problems for four years, and we have had
no luck. We have had lots of promises, but no
results.
"We paid for things we never received," he
added. As an example, Bourbeau said the firm
was supposed to send city data processing
chief, Phil Rodriquez, to a programming
school, but did not.
The city administrator said the system has
Business
Altus is a “City With a
Future to Share" comprised of
many different peoples from
all walks of life.
Basically, however, there
are two distinct types of
Altusans: The businessman
and the customer.
With that in mind The Altus
Times-Democrat is beginning
a new feature page to help in-
troduce the Altus customer to
the Altus merchant. Beginn-
ing with today's edition and
appearing every Tuesday will
be "Business Retrospect-
Serving the City With a Future
to Share."
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The Young Men’s Christian
Association is an admirable
organization.
It has been tried and true
through many years now, and
the results of those ex-
periences are available to us
in Altus.
I am urging the people of
this community to support the
present YMCA drive, as I very
definitely encourage and sup-
port it myself.
For a good many years now,
I have worked with YMCA
programs and YMCA person-
nel and they have been
superior without exception.
Thank you,
Joe B. Frederick
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PATROLMAN GARY Rollins shows the new siren-light units that are
replacing the old single light units on many city patrol cars. The new lights
use high intensity halogen lamps, which are brighter and will require less
maintenance.
By DAVE HALE
Members of the Altus City Council's finance
committee Monday heard a proposal from a
vendor who is interested in providing the city
with a new computer system.
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CHICAGO (UPI) Ronald Reagan and John Anderson were 50s elsewhere. Democratic nomination. Before Illinois Reagan had 167, George a big crossover to the GOP ballot - with Anderson the likely
locked in a tossup race and President Carter was favored over Voters in both parties had two ballots to deal with. Each had a Bush 45 and Anderson 13 - with 998 needed for the GOP nod. beneficiary
Sen. Edward Kennedy in today s Illinois primary that probably preference vote - a “beauty contest" - and separate ballots The latest statewide public opinion poll, a Chicago Tribune Reagan had overtaken Anderson in the weekend poll, but the
won t eliminate anyone from the 1980 presidential chase. for national convention delegates. sampling taken Friday and Saturday, showed Carter leading difference remained within the survey’s 6 percent margin of er-
Election officials predicted 2.5 million of the state's 5.7 million The Republicans elect 92 district delegates and will select 10 Kennedy 56 to 23 percent. Reagan had a narrow 36 to 34 percent ror
eligible voters — a recent record - would turn out for what more at-large later at a state convention. Democrats elect 152 lead over Anderson in a home-state battle, while Bush trailed The big loser was Bush, who had dropped eight points in a
pollsters said would be another big victory for the Democratic delegates by district and will add 27 later based on the outcome with 12 percent. week. But he refused to concede anything, telling a Springfield
president and a tough, tight GOP race. of the statewide popular vote. Carter had lost six points from a poll one week earlier, but audience Monday
The weather was favorable - a forecast of sunny skies with Carter went into the primary well ahead of Kennedy - 303 to those flipped to the undecided column, not to Kennedy. Because Kennedy got his largest public exposure of the campaign Mon-
temperatures in the 40s in populous northern Illinois and into the 165 - in the race for 1,666 delegates needed to win the Illinois does not register voters by party, some said this signaled day. marching in Chicago's St. Patrick’s Day parade
Ckia. Historic al Society
Historical Buildig,,,
klahoma City, Ok. 73105
Several years ago, the city agreed to lease a city officials, is that the payroll and general
National Cash Register, NCR, system in favor ledger programs are not tied together. The of-
of the International Business Machines, IBM, ficials say additional work is created because
system that was installed. each payroll computation, including gross pay,
The leasing of the NCR was made in the mist deductions and net pay, must be manually in-
ting the American cotton industry. Toronto and Montreal, Canada, promoting cotton. ■
A senior public relations major at the University of "I enjoyed Montreal very much - even with the snow and 309
Oklahoma, Miss Mock is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. cold," she said. "It‘s truly an international city with both bak. Aux
Mock, Altus. English and French speaking factions. I used my Altus High
Her first overseas stops will be Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. French as well as I could and most French-speaking people A A
where she will be greeted by the Minister of International Trade were pleased that I even made the attempt." 6 AEkho)
and Industry and other heads of state. From Japan she will Visit in Washington, DC . untH March 22 when ■ Abb,,
Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore. India. < ireece and England All she returns to Altus for a few lay , In the natins capital he ; 4’
are major importers o co ton. meeting with kev congressmen and government officials sue t Admeseh.
The purpose t my tour. said M ss Mock, (s to focus alien- BL
tiononthebenefitsof S cotton and encourage its import Ot dne o V- uu., u. Btrgianu d
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cotton." today that Rep Tom Steed will host a luncheon Thursday for the
In each nation, she'll meet with finance, trade, transportation, MV
manufacturing and government leaders. (See MELISSA Page 8) MELISSA MOCK
Melissa Mock, 1980 Maid of Cotton, will depart the United Since January, she has traveled across the Cotton Belt from
States April 1 for a seven-week tour around the world represen- California to the Carolinas and has just completed two weeks in
CofC Supports
Crop Sprayers
Members of the Altus situation to the chamber com-
Chamber of Commerce mittee.
Agriculture Action committee The environmentalist group
went on record Monday sup- is seeking such extra controls
porting southwestern on aerial application of
Oklahoma aerial applicators pesticides as a 10 day public
who are facing criticism now notice before spraying of a
from national environmen- field, signed permission from
talist groups, all neighbors surrounding the
The committee voted to area and the establishment of
draft a policy statement and to a 1,000 foot buffer zone com-
send letters to the Federal pletely aroundithe area to be
Aviation Administration and sprayed, Sm>th says At this
to the Environmental Protec- rate, a farmer could only
tion Agency supporting aerial spray nine and1ahalf acresof
applicators and the job they do a 160 acre fieldif he complied
ini protecting crops in the U.S. with the . 1,000 foot buffer
. zone. Bob Kerr said.
Both agencies will hold "if we have to comply with
public hearings on the aerial this type of new regulation,
application of pesticides on aerial applicators are already
April 17 in Washington, D C. governed by a complete set of
The hearings are the result of state and federal regulations
protests filed by an en- on both flying and applying
vironmentalist group called pesticides, we might as well
Friends of the Earth, accor- decide not to use the airplane
ding to Bill Smith, Altus crop in the future to put on
sprayer, who explained the pesticides,” Smith said.
In the continuing effort to Chamber of Commerce, said pany of Oklahoma City. Ott-
renovate the Shaffer Hotel and bid invitations were sent to man said actual construction
Each week, "Business turn it into housing units for four state construction firms, should begin soon after the
Retrospect" will concentrate senior citizens, it was an- Those firms were also furnish- bids are let, perhaps in tbe
on local businesses serving the nounced today that a bid let- ed complete plans and next few months.
community. More than just a ting has been set for 2 p.m., specifications. Ottman also said all re-
review, Business March 31 in the architectural The firms include United quired plans, specifications
Retrospect" will help Altus offices of Loftis-Bell and Builders of Shawnee, S&T and other documents have
merchants introduce new Downing, Oklahoma City. Construction of Altus, Chap- been delivered to the
Bob Ottman, executive vice- man Construction of Lawton Oklahoma office of the Hous-
(See BUSINESS Page 8) president of the Altus and Dow Construction Com- ing and Urban Development
madhnhmbnhehudnbabehemdndeh
Local sponsor of the project tion of 43 rentable units, and
is Downtown Housing, Inc., one apartment to be occupied
but no local funds will be used, by the housing manager Of
The federal funds, if approved the 43 units, 21 will be efficien-
by HUD, will include the com-
plete renovation of the ex- (See SHAFER Page 8)
As college graduation time of success? the young man
approaches for those intellec- was asked.
tua!s of note a friend offers owned lad-
this bit of philosophy. ./ ...
A college graduate less than de
a year out of school was being The CSJ is brought to you by
complimented on his rapid the friendly workers at
rise in the business world. Borden’s Milk and Ice Cream,
“To what do you attribute Jack Barnes,
| your quick climb up the ladder distributor.-RKG.
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