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77th Year — No. 281
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AMBULANCE ESCORTED
THROUGH PERRY
Sirens screamed through Ber-
ry early Sunday afternoon.
A Pawhuska ambulance was
transporting a patient from
Pawhuska to Oklahoma City
The ambulance was given an
escort through Perry by a po-
lice car Details of the need for
the emergency run by the am
bulance were not learned here
CITY POLICE COURT
CASES POSTPONED
Cases in city police court
were postponed the past week
because Ken Uran, police judge,
has been out of town on holi-
day vacation
Police court cases have been
continued and possible other
cases this week will be set for
hearing Jan. 4 upon Uran’s re
turn home.
CITY'S NEW PERSONNEL
MANUAL DISTRIBUTED
Printed copies of the city’s
new personnel manual current
ly are being distributed among
municipal employes.
The manual was prepared fol
lowing considerable study by
George Klein, mayor, Dan
Brengle, city coordinator, and
department heads and members
of the city council
The book puts in writing mu-
nicipal policies regarding em-
ployes, their conduct, vacation
and leave policies and require-
ments for performance of duties
The provisions set forth in the
book become effective Jan I.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TO
STAY ON THROUGH JAN. I
The city of Perry’s downtown
Oklah .1 ri • ci il Society
—HLatorical building
Oklahoma City, Okla. 73105
'If You Would Avoid Criticism, Say Nothing, Do Nothing and Be Nothing'
he Perry Daily J
Monday, Dec. 28, 1970
(UPI) Means United Press International
Your Home Newspaper
In Oklahoma
BROKEN GLASS LAMP—Michael Mikolajcik, Perry, shows a lamp he made in a housing and interior
design course at Oklahoma State university. He mounted broken glass on a sphere and installed
lighting fixtures inside. He is the son of Mrs. Don Bronson and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Beasley,
all of Perry.
1960-61 Class Reunion Attracts
Graduates Home for Holidays
urnal
Perry, Oklahoma
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Politically, '70 Was
fear of Democrats
By HARRY CULVER
I PI Capitol Reporter
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)
I Politically, 1970 was the year of cratic fold
the Democrats in Oklahoma
had been upset by Democrat
David Hall. All secondary offic
es had returned to (he Demo
Democrats had gained a state
When the new year opened, senate seat, to control the up
Republican Gov. Dewey Bart
lett was regarded as a near
per chamber, 39-9;
and one
I cinch for re-election. Republi
I cans could even justify hope of
adding to tile three secondary
state offices they held Republi
can registration was growing
Chances looked bright for boost
ing GOP strength in the legis
lature
When 1970 ended, Bartlett
house seat that gave them a 78
21 margin in the lower eham
her Democrats retained them
■I 2 congressional advantage
First Omen
First omen that Bartlet might
be in trouble came in a special
election last spring when a con
stitutional convention and $90
million industrial bond issue
both endorsed by Bartlett went
down to detent, the latter tor a
second time in less than a year
the Democratic legislature's
act in calling the convention
vote early in the year and plac-
ing both question on the same
ballot forced Bartlett ino a de
vastating political trap
It had been politically safe
for him to give lip service to a
constitutional convention and
had earnevi him brownie points
with certain urban interests
But when he had to follow
through in an actual campaign
it raised the anger of rural ei
tizens who with some constant
reminding from Hall, never for
gave or forgot
Detent of the bond issue, drug
down with the convention, was
a psychological blow to the po-
litical popularity of Ills indus
trial program
The industrial bond vote also
gave Democrats a vehicle to es
poti.se tax reform It was a field
in which they could hardly
claim to have excelled but could
safely pursue since Bartlett was
"in" as governor and they were
"out."
"Political Bird’s Nest"
Christmas light display will be A 10-year reunion of Perry my Davis and Mrs Terry (Kar-
turned on nightly through Jan. high school classes of I960 and en Milliron) Wilcox, changing
1. Dan Brengle, city coordina- 1961 was Saturday at the Perry the most; and Mrs Lorn Day
tor, said Monday Golf and Country club, ton. Mrs Tom Groom, Mrs
The lighted display, one of A dance featuring "The Com Calvin Lemons and Mrs Fred Alexander, Denver, Colo.;
the most attractive in many monwealth" band of Edmond Kukuk received door prizes, and Mrs John (Mary
years, was first turned on Nov. followed the buffet-style sup Raymond Coker is president Watson) Streller, Del City,
per Eighty persons attended of the I960 class and Max Webb Okla Mr and Mrs Lorn Day-
the dinner and 109 alumni and of Tonkawa is president of the ton. Hobbs, N’ M.: Mr and Mrs
guests were present for the 1961 class. John Golliver, Chouteau, Okla
dance Those registering were Mrs Mr and Mrs Tommy Davis,
Prizes were awarded to Bob Sue (Koch) Smith and Mi and Leesburg, Fla . Mr and Mrs
27.
Change Coming
In Area Code
405 Dialing
Insurance Experts
Blister FCIC Staff
By BERNARD BRENNER of the proposed reorganization
WASHINGTON (UPI) A steps are sound
task force of insurance experts. Planning is already under
in a blistering report charging way for adopting some of the
the governments federal crop proposals including separation
insurance corporation is over-of claim
stalled and has some employes
of dangerously low quality has
recommended a lar reaching
adjusting officials
David (Nancy Golliver) Wall,
reorganization of the agency
Agriculture department offici-
als who run the FCIC an
agency which currently writes
some $930 million worth of all
risk crop insurance programs in
about 1,400 counties say most
from the control of officials in
charge of policay sales
The changes, officials said in
a statement, should substanti
ally improve the organization,
management and operation of
the corporation, and provide for
increased economy in its oper
ations."
Spokesmen promised that
Omaha. Neb . Mr and Mrs.
Artie (Tommie Ruth Blades) |
and Mrs
John i Mary
Streller,
Mr.
Lee
Kansas Cars
Collide On
1-35 Monday
shifts involving any change in
the work force would be care
fully planned to minimize hard
I ships to individuals
1 The FCIC organization study
1 was ordered by Nixon admin-
istration officials because their
government run insurance
business has been a consistent
News of County Men
And Women Serving
In the Armed Forces
GARRETT COMPLETES US
EDUCATION AT FT. SILL
Army Spec t Marion L. Gar-
rett, 22. son of Mr and Mrs
Chauncey T Garrett, 226 Ash
street, recently completed his
high school education through
the Armed Forces Institute's
General Education Development
(GED) program at Ft Sill
Spec Garrett is a cannoneer
| in Battery A of the 14th artil-
i lery’s 4th battalion He entered
the Army in December, 1967,
Then came campus dissent in
May and the Turner Falls rock
festival in summer, and Repub
lican stock appeared to skyrock
el As Republican Attorney Gen-
eral G T Blankenship re-
marked at closed party meet
ing, "Turner Falls was a poll
tical bird’s nest on the ground."
Bartlett kicked off his fall
campaign with the claim that
he and Blankenship had set a
national precedent in padlocking
Turner Falls and had made Ok
lahoma sale from drug pushers
Until early fall, Oklahoma
employment continued to grow
The jobless rate, while creeping
upward was below the national
average the governor’s cam-
(Continued on page X)
‘ 1 ’ wo persons were examined money loser in live of the
completed basic training at Ft
Polk, La., and was last
tinned in Vietnam
ths wife, Jimmie, lives
Roosevelt, Okla.
sta
in
Cars Collide
With Glass,
Motorcycle
A large plate glass was brok-
on at 9 12 am Monday in an
automobile accident in front of
the Perry Auto Supply store at
613 Elm street
Police Chief Orlin Johnson
HASENFRATZ FINISHES
HELICOPTER SCHOOL
Army Second Lieutenant Dan
E Hasenfratz, 27. son of Mr
said the glass was struck at
low speed by the bumper of a
and Mrs Leo J. Hasenfratz, 408 1962 Buick driven by Wallace
Holly street, recently complet Albright. 46, who has an apart-
ed a 16-week helicopter pilot
course at the U S Army Pri
mary Helicopter school. Ft
Wolters, Texas
past eight years, claims pay
ments have topped premium re
ceipts; and the VCIC has been
consistently in the red n its op-
erating costs most of which
are covered by federal appro-
priations are considered in
and treated at Berry Memorial
hospital early Monday following
a two car collision 119 miles
south of Berry in the north
bound lane of 1-35 highway
Clyde R Ficklin, 21. station
ed at McConnell Air Force base
at Wichita, was treated for lac
erations of the head and of an
eye lid. Mrs Nell Wesley, 52,
Junction City, Kan, was exam
ined and dismissed. Ficklin,
who also was moved from the
accident scene to Perry Me
morial by lire department am
bulance, also was dismissed
Munday.
Trooper R S (Bulli Morgan
of the 135 highway patrol car
stationed at Perry, said Ficklin
had been driving north on 1.35
in a 1969 Volkswagen that
crashed into the rear of a 1965
Oldsmobile.
The north-bound Oldsmobile
was driven by Joe Wesley, 50,
Junction City, who had Mrs
Wesley as his passenger The
Volkswagen turned over follow
ing the collision. Damage esti-
mate was $1,100 for the small
er vehicle and $450 for Wesley’s
()Idsmobile.
Mildfelt of Washington, D.C., Mrs Fred Kukuk, Enid; Mi Skipper (Frances Hopper) Beas-
for traveling the farthest dis- and Mrs P W Kendle, Paw ley, Boulder Colo.; Mr and
lance for the event, Mr. and huska; Mr and Mrs Calvin Mrs Richard Streller, Dallas.
Beginning Thursday, Jan 7. Mrs. Richard Streller, the larg (Rhodora Alexander! Lemons Texas Mr and Mrs Richard
long distance calls dialed direct est number of children: Tom Red Oak, Texas, Mr and Mrs Janet Braden) Hileman, Ar
Beginning Thursday, Jan
from Perry and Red Rock to
other telephones within the 405
area code must be dialed with
out the area code
The change is part of a tele-
phone service - improvement
program
Mike Ritchey, district mana
ger for Southwestern Bell, said
some customers needlessly in-
clude the three-digit area code
when dialing a long distance
call within their home area,
405. These customers can save
time by omitting the 405 when
dialing.
"On direct distance dialing
calls to any area code in the
country except his own, the
customer dials 'I' to reach the
Congress Hopes
To Resolve Issues
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
91st Congress gathered today
with hope- it could resolve in
its final seven days issues it
has faced for months, including
whether to build the supersonic
transport and whether to
require food stamp recipients to
work
At noon.
Constitution
Las 4
Jan. 3,
says the
Kansas City, Kan ; Bob Mild
felt. Washington, DC . Miss Al
da Ley, Los Angeles, Calif ; Mr
and Mrs Jerry Scholz, Tonka-
wa. Mr and Mrs Lonny (Kay
Curtis) Wall, Mr and Mrs Rick
Craft, Mr and Mrs. Dennis
(Linda Cain) Bright, and Mr
the and Mrs Terry (Karen Mill
addition to the claims
ments
pay
ment on the west side of the
91st iron) Wilcox Edmond
t Mr. and Mrs. John (Karen
Congress must cease work no VanBebber) Bode, Stillwater
matter what it has or has not Mr and Mrs. Chuck Monroe,
resolved, but President Nixon Mr and Mrs Max (Sherry
has threatened to convene the Robinson) Adams and Mrs
new Congress immediately it Keith (Cheryl Dunford) Han
there is no action on his key sing, Oklahoma City Mr and
square Albright reported ho
misjudged distance as lie pre-
pared to park his car in front
of the building Johnson said.
The car did not move inside
the building and no one was in
jured
During the course, he was
trained to fly Army helicopters
and learned to use them in tac
tical maneuvers.
He next will undergo advanced
flight training at U.S Army
Aviation school, Ft Rucker,
Fire Burns
One-Car
Garage
Fire destroyed a one-car ga-
rage after 10:22 p.m Sunday at
the home of Mrs Ruby Lee
Johnson, 714 Fifth street.
Fire Chief Loyd Berger said
Monday cause of the fire had
not been determined Firemen
prevented the flames from
Ala.
Lt Hasenfratz entered
Michael Lumbers, 17, 910
South Brookwood drive, was
shaken but not seriously injur
ed at 9 30 a.m Sunday when
the
Army in November, 1965 The
Lieutenant’s wife, Patsy, and
daughter, Judy, lived in Miner
al Wells, Texas, during
training.
this
the motorcycle he was riding
collided with an automobile at
the intersection of Sixth street
and Fir avenue
The police accident investiga-
tion report said Lumbers had
been riding north on Sixth
street on a 1971 Honda
Driving south on Sixth street
in a 1964 Ford two-door was
GLEN ELLIOTT HOME
ON HOLIDAY LEAVE
HM-3 Glen Elliott is home on , . .. .
holiday leave visiting his par Larry Taulman, 16, 608 Noble
ents, Mr and Mrs Forrest street .....collision occurred as
Taulman was attempting a left
turn to Ilie east. Right front
programs, Mrs Dennis Hansen and Tony
The House and Senate voted Brown. Tulsa; Mr and Mrs
last week for the 92nd Congress Jody (Glenda Went i Flury,
to convene Jan 21, but Nixon Guthrie; Mr. and Mrs Allan
has the power to call an earlier O’Connor, Ponca City, Mr. and
session. I Mrs. Max (Wanda Powers)
House and Senate leaders Webb, Blackwell: Donnie Wilde.
Texarkana Ark
agreed to give priority con
sideration to Social Security Mr and Mrs Hal Pritchett,
and welfare legislation next Mr and Mrs. Tom (Nancy
year, and to make any Social Morgan) Groom. Mr. and Mrs
Security increases retroactive David Luthye, Mi and Mrs
to Jan. 1, 1971. Chris Cockrum, Mr. and Mrs
2 1 n Jerry Lowry, Mr. and Mrs
,But still pending was the Richard (Marvie Dauman) Han-
were enroute to the Marland major bottleneck to adjourn sing Mr and Mrs w C
ment,, a Senate filibuster da russel Kasl MP and Mrs.
against funds for the supersonic Dovle Balzer Mr and Mrs
transport The Senate voted Terry Leonard, Miss an Sandra
earlier to kill the SST project, Dilley, Mrs. Carol Shaw, La-
but House and Senate negotia- verne Knori, Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
tors agreed to include some mond (Flora Zelle Davison)
funds for the pane Senate SST Coker, Roger and Wiley Baum-
opponents said the conference
committee was loaded with pro
The Senate, tied up in a
monumental legislative logjam,
reconvenes today The House
DDD equipment, then the three- planned to meet Tuesday,
diget area code to reach the
desired section of the country,
and finally the seven-digit num- Bomb Case
ber to reach the desired tele-, H Pe t
phone," Ritchey said. C:LLAA
"But when dialing a long dis pignTe
tance call to a number with
the same code — 405 - you A = Mariano
need to dial only "I' and the *
seven-digit number. Do not dial
the area code on such calls.
Santa Fe railraod officials
"Up to now, customers who , .. ,
included the home area code area late Monday morning to
investigate a report of the
sighting of at least one bomb
on such calls could still com-
plete their calls. Equipment in
the telephone office ignored the
unnecessary digits," Ritchey
said.
UNUSUAL THEFT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (UPI)
—James W. Lowry, an embal-
mer, told police someone stole
12 pints of highly toxic
embalming fluid and a tape
player from his car.
Coming Events
Thursday, Dec. 31 — New
Years eve dance for Perry Golf
and Country club members and
guests, 9 p.m., at the club-
house.
Tuesday, Jan. 26 — Benefit
basketball game for Perry high
school basketball team featur
ing All American Red Heads
girls professional squad vs. male
faculty members at PHS; 8
p.m., John Divine hall.
case lying near railroad tracks
two miles north of Marland.
Empty bomb cases have been
found in this area before after
breaking loose from flat cars
as they passed through the
area. Clarence Koch Jr coun-
ty deputy sheriff, said the re
port ot the bomb or bomb case
was received from a farmer in
the area.
In the past finding of one
bomb case has led to finding
others.
RARE SPECTACLE
WAILUKU. Hawaii (UPI)
Hawaiians got a rare winter
spectacle Sunday when sleet
left icicles hanging from
telephone lines atop Haleakala
Volcano,
Although the tallest moun-
tains in the island usually get
a coating ol snow during the
winter, sleet and ice are a
rarity.
SST legislators, and they vowed
to talk the plane to death.
Efforts to invoke cloture and
the end the debate were
unsuccessful.
Another conference commit-
tee reached a compromise on
the food stamp program, but
Sen George S. McGovern, D-
SD. pledged to fight the bill
because it included a provision
requiring able heads of house-
holds to accept work in order to
receive the low cost stamps,
which may be redeemed for
food.
McGovern says he will ask
the Senate to reject the bill and
instead simply extend the
present program, due to expire
at the end of December.
gartner, and
Mr and Mrs
Fred Waltermire, all of Perry
HOSPITAL
* NOTES
(Memorial hospital visiting hours:
2 D.m. to 4 p.m.; 7 p.m. to 8:30
p.m.)
Perry Memorial
Admitted Monday for sur-
gery: Cathy Jerome, route one.
Perry, and Clyde, Floyd and
Vanessa Moses, 101 South
Eleventh street,
Dan Cooper, 817 Eighth street,
admitted Saturday for medical
treatment.
Dismissed Thursday: Mrs.
Henry Stackhouse, Red Rock
and Mrs. Bobby Gaines, 532
Noble street.
spreading to the house located Elliott, 5 Hillcrest
20 feet away. He arrived home Dec 19 on
State’s Economy
Shows Signs
Of Weakness
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) —
Oklahoma's economy shows
signs of weakness, the Oklaho-
ma Employment Security Com
mission said today.
In a monthly report, the com-
mission said its economic yard-
sticks covering 16 areas 'rank
as the weakest on record '’
The commission said 13 ol' its
16 economic indicators "mov-
ed in an adverse direction" dur
ing October, the latest period
for which figures were avail-
able.
The commission said its eco-
nomic indicators showed that
the situation is not likely to im-
prove in the near future.
"Specifically, the commis-
sion said, "the average work-
week of manufacturing produc-
tion workers, usually one of the
first indicators of an upswing
in business activity, fell during
October to 40.2 hours."
Chief Berger said the garage
was fully involved in flames
by the time firemen received
an alarm A quantity of food
commodities was stored in the
building and also destroyed and
heavily damaged.
The property is owned by the
Lilly Baird estate and is
partly covered by insurance.
Neighbors reported an explo-
sion was noted about the time
the flames were sighted. Chief
Berger said this possibly could
have been a can of gasoline ig-
niting after Ilie other fire had
started.
32 Attend
Festive Dinner
At Happy Hours
Thirty-two persons were pres-
ent for a Christmas dinner Dec
21 at Happy Hours senior citi
zens center.
The turkey was furnished by
Everett Fansler and those at
tending brought covered dishes.
Musical entertainment was pro-
vided by the Thompson broth-
ers during the afternoon.
A gift exchange was conduct-
ed around a Christmas tree.
Five table games were in pro-
gress at one time during the
afternoon Work was done on
ceramics and quilting.
leave that will last through
Jan 5 Hospitalman Elliott re
cently was promoted to his new
Navy rank, which is equal to
a petty officer.
He will return to his Naval
station at San Diego, Calif
where he will continue training
in pharmacy school He has
served in the Navy since An
gust, 1969.
Holiday
Death Toll
Mounting
A United Press International
count at II a.m. EST showed
492 persons killed in traffic
accidents since the start of the
weekend at 6 p.m local time
Thursday
A breakdown of accidental
deaths
Traffic 492
■ Fires 53
i Planes 0
Other 29
Total 574
California reported 48 traffic
deaths, Texas logged 41 and
New York and Missouri each
reported 24 deaths.
Ten states reported no
highway fatalities during the 78-
hour period.
area of the Honda collided with
the right rear of the automobile.
Damage estimate was $175 for
both vehicles
Weather
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 am. Mondey:
12 N. 46 1 p.m. 48 2 p.m. S2
3 p.m 52 4 p.m. 50 5 p.m. 47
6 p.m. 43 7 p m. 38 8 p.m. 37
9 p.m 36 10 pm. 34 11 p.m. 34
12 M 34 1 a.m. 31 2 a.m. 30
3 a m. 32 4 a.m. 28 5 a.m. 28
6a.m. 26 7 am. 26 8 a.m. 26
9 a.m. 26 10 a.m. 30 11 a.m. 34
Forecast
Local — Clear to partly
cloudy with little temperature
change today through Tuesday.
Light northerly winds today.
Highs today and Tuesday
around 51). Lows tonight upper
20s.
State — Partly cloudy through
Tuesday, Cooler northwest and
a little warmer east today. Lit-
tle temperature change Tues-
day. High today and Tuesday
50s north to 60s extreme south.
Low tonight near 20 northwest
to low 30s south.
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m. Mon-
day were: High 52, low 26. Tem-
peratures for the 24-hour period
ending at 11 a.m. a year ago
were: High 53, low 38.
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