Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 86, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 14, 1979 Page: 1 of 12
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OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OELAHOEA CITI 5, ox. 73105
Outlook
The nation may be heading into a recession but things still
ook rosy at Ditch Witch, Ed Malzahn, president and general
manager of the Charles Machine Works, told Perry Rotarians
Monday evening.
."It is too early to tell if we will be affected by an economic
downturn," he said, ad<un« that production is booked solid
through September.
hi there is a fall-off of five1015 percent, we can take it in
stride," Malzahn said. In 1974 the local plant’s downturn
menented to about 30 percent during that economic readjust-
The firm projects a growth of 15 percent per year, although
at the present time expansion is at the rate of about 10 to 11
Bright At CMW, Malzahn Says
percent annually, the speaker said. Ditch Witch has manufac-
tured one-half the trenchers made in the United States since
1970.
This week Ditch Witch has a total payroU of 708, compared
with over 800 in March. The present lower figure is the result of
summertime help leaving and Malzahn predicted a staff of
about 850 by the end of the year.
Seventy-five percent of employes live in the city of Perry, he
said. Twenty-five percent are engaged in active farming,
although some of these are city dwellers while pursuing
part-time agricultural activities. Twenty percent are women, an
area which has been expanding the last three or four years.
Many employes come from surrounding communities.
Seven or eight percent live in the Mulhall-Orlando area. Others
commute daily from Guthrie, Stillwater, Covington, Garber,
Billings, Blackwell, Ponca City and Douglas, Malzahn contin-
ued.
This year CMW has adopted a screening process for
prospective employes with the help of the Oklahoma Employ-
ment Security service. This is being done, Malzahn said, in an
attempt to cut down on turnover by emploring aptitudes in
advance to weed out those whose tests indicate they might not
adapt to the type of jobs available.
Earlier records indicated that 60 percent of those who left
had worked for Ditch Witch less than one year. Although the
testing process has been in operation only six or eight months,
the speaker said the rate of turnover has already been cut in
half.
Absenteeism, another problem at CMW, amounts to about
four and one-half percent. Although this figure is high, it is only
about one-half the rate experienced by many larger employers
in the Oklahoma City area, he said.
In response to a question, Malzahn reviewed the dealership
system through which Ditch Witches are marketed.
The firm has 80 dealers who operate about 100 outlets
throughout the nation. These dealers sell CMW products exclus-
ively and in return the firm helps them train their organization
in the fields of accounting, financing, selling and generally
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USING AN AUGER to pick up spilled wheat was underway Monday afternoon at the Farmers
Exchange Cooperative elevators, after some unidentified person opened gates to storage bins
above. Thousands of bushels of grain came tumbling into lower areas including the basement and
a door was sprung open to leak wheat onto the ground. Operating the tractors are Darrell Stanley,
left, and Gene Koch. (Staff photo.)
‘It You Would Avoid Criticism, Say Nothing, Do Nothing ond Be Nothing'
Perry Daily Journal
• (USPS 428-280) •
86th Year — No. 164 Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1979
(UPI) Meons United Press International
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TRUCKLOAD MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN
Wheat Being Angered Out
Of Co-op Basement, Tunnel
Meet A
New
Teacher
Teaching vocal music at Per-
ry elementary school this term
will be Miss Cynthia Lamle,
who is a native of western Okla-
homa.
Miss Lamle is single and is a
1975 graduate of the Aline-Cleo
Springs high school at Aline.
She graduated in May, 1979,
from Oklahoma State univer-
sity at Stillwater with a bache-
lor of music education.
Her hobbies include playing
the guitar and piano, composing
music, reading, fishing, hiking
and swimming. She is a Metho-
dist.
BEEN INDICTED
TROY, Ohio (UPI) - Police
said Monday William E. Rose,
43, Troy, has been indicted for
aggravated assault in connec-
tion with a stabbing that
occurred during an argument
at a Pony League baseball
game.
Workmen at Farmers Exchange cooperative Tuesday con-
tinued to try to remove wheat dumped from above Monday
morning. The spill possibly started over the weekend.
Roy McKinzie, manager at Farmers Exchange, said
there is a chance a truck load of wheat may have been
stolen from the elevator over the weekend. Officials have
determined a gate was opened by an unknown person. A
truck could have been loaded from a spout after opening of
the gate, he said.
However, the grain continued to come down from bin stor-
age in the main elevator on the west side. Some 15,000 to 20,000
bushels have fallen into the elevator basement, the underground
tunnel and pushed a west ground level door open. The wheat
pushed its way out onto the ground on the west side of the eleva-
tor.
Some wheat was augered into trucks. Some 3,500 bushels
have been transported to Union Equity at Enid. The wheat that
has been dumped has flooded into elevating equipment to
prevent returning it to storage bins. Because of this, the grain is
being hauled to Enid for storage.
McKinzie said a special type vacuum machine has
been employed to remove wheat from the basement and
tunnel. It is expected to arrive Tuesday afternoon from Ta-
loga.
McKinzie said workmen have not been able to inspect
elevating equipment buried in wheat to determine if damage
has been done. The machinery that has been put out of action is
at the cooperative's main elevator.
On Monday, it had been feared someone could be buried in
the wheat. However, that fear has all but been discounted. All
co-op employes are accounted for and there are no missing
persons reports in Perry.
Coming Events
Wants Limit On Judge Tenure
Boren Proposes Fewer
Miss Your
JOURNAL?
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Weekdays 6 to 6:30
Saturdays 3 to 3:30
Friday, Ang. 10 — Friendly
Community Fellowship, regular
meeting, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Metho-
dist youth building. Sack lunch
at noon, coffee and tea pro-
vided. Public invited.
Monday, Aug. 13 — Visit of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile,
1:30-6:30 p.m., Methodist youth
building.
Monday, Aug. 13 — Picnic
meeting of Perry Sportsman’s
club, 7 p.m., at main shelter at
Perry Lake park.
Monday, Aug. 13 — Meeting of
the executive directors of Perry
Classroom Teachers associa-
tion, 9 a.m., Stillwater Savings
and Loan.
Tuesday, Aug. 14 — Visit of
the Red Cross Bloodmobile, 9
a.m.-2:15 p.m., Methodist youth
building.
Friday, Aug. 17 — House and
personal property at public auc-
tion, 206 Fourth street, Morri-
son, Okla., 5:30 p.m. Estate of
Homer C. and Pearl Notley,
owners.
Saturday, Aug. 18 - Blaine
school reunion celebration,
Camp Tan Da Ko, 10:30 a.m.-3
p.m., formal registration and
picnic; and women's fair build-
ing, 7:30 p.m., banquet.
Saturday, Aug. 18 — Three
bedroom home at public auc-
tion, 1414 Jackson street, 10
a.m. Robert and Loretta Speik-
ers, owners.
Sunday, Aug. 19 — Blaine
school reunion celebration, Mt.
Olive AME church, 11 a.m.,
worship service in charge of
former Blaine student, Rev.
Avery Bottoms, Oklahoma City.
Monday, Aug. 20 — City prop-
erty at public auction, 615 Ivan-
hoe street, 6 p.m. Leota Bulling,
owner.
Tuesday, Aug. 21 - Home,
acreage and personal property
at public auction, 5 miles east of
Morrison, 1 p.m. Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Moelling, owners.
Tuesday, Aug. 21 — Free
blood pressure clinic, 9-11:30
a.m., Happy Hours senior cit-
izens center, under direction of
employes of Perry Nursing
home.
Saturday, Aug. 25 — 80 acres
Noble county land at public
auction, four miles west on US77
and two and one-quarter south,
10 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Barker, owners.
Thursday, Sept. 6—Perry
Arts and Humanities Council
presentation of Danny Gaither
gospel music concert, 7:30 p.m.,
high school auditorium.
HAPPY HOME HOSTS
GREEN VALLEY BINGO
Members of the Happy Home
homemakers group sponsored
free bingo Monday for residents
of the Green Valley Nursing
center.
The women had charge of the
bingo play and gave prizes for
winners. Participating in the
event were Mrs. Ernest Karch-
er, Mrs. Ruth Guthrie, Mrs. Roy
Lighty and Mrs. Everett Lighty.
LIBRARY HOURS TO
REMAIN THE SAME
Hours at Perry Carnegie li-
brary will remain the same
when the new term of school
starts Aug. 20.
Mrs. Jerel Bedard, city li-
brarian, said the library oper-
ates from 12 noon to 9 p.m.
Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesdays through Satur-
days. The library is closed Sun-
days and Mondays.
FIRE TRUCK ON DRY
RUN TO HOSPITAL
A city fire truck was dis-
patched to Perry Memorial
hospital at 12:29 a.m. Tuesday,
but there was no fire.
A nurse noticed what appear-
ed to be smoke coming from an
air-conditioning vent in a pa-
tient room. Investigation show-
ed all was well. The cool air
coming from the vent was
condensing to give a smoky
appearance.
ROY JONES PLANS
SERVICES IN PERRY
Roy Jones and Dan Tidwell,
both formerly of Perry, will
conduct evangelistic services at
8 p.m. Aug. 20-26 in the court-
house park.
Jones is pastor of the First
Baptist church at Del City. He
grew up in Perry, attended
Perry schools and once worked
here as a policeman. Tidwell is
pastor of the Baptist Temple at
Bartlesville. Tidwell is a former
pastor of the Calvary Baptist
church in Perry.
Jones will be evangelist for
the services and Tidwell will be
soloist for the music.
$421 IN FINES IN 28
POLICE COURT CASES
A total of 28 cases were heard
in city court the past week
before Jack Dorl, police judge.
There were 22 cases involving
adults and six involving juven-
iles. A total of $421 in fines was
ordered.
Charges and the amounts
were 16 cases of speeding, fines
ranging from $11 to $20; public
drunk charges, two for $20
each; disregarding a stop sign,
$10; train blocking street, case
dismissed, notice given by city
attorney charge may be refiled
within five days; parking on
private property, $20; careless
driving, $20; failure to yield
right of way from a stop sign,
$20; operating vehicle with
expired inspection sticker, $10;
improper display of license tag,
$20.
Improper lane changing, $20,
improper backing, $10; and
driving motor vehicle without
driver license, $20.
OLIN FRANCIS MOVED
BY CITY AMBULANCE
Olin Francis, seven miles
west and 5% north of Perry, was
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Federal Regulations
By PAUL WALDSCHMIDT
TULSA, Okla. (UPI) - Sen.
David Boren, D-Okla., says he
plans to introduce legislation to
hold down the number of
regulations issued by the
federal bureaucracy, and a
constitutional amendment to
limit federal judges to 10-y ear
terms.
At a Tulsa news conferen e
Monday, Boren called the
issuing of rules and regulations
by federal agencies a "princ
pal cause of inflation," and said
he wants Congress to have the
power to approve or disapprove
those regulations.
“Today, federal agencies are
issuing 7,000 new regulations
every year,” he said. “I
strongly believe that laws
should be made by elected
"trials and not by unelected
I*,
r.
Me
NURSING A FAWN back to health is underway at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Farabouch
Memorial drive. The little deer accidently was struck by a city police car last week on Perry Lake
road. Farabough, who is county OSU extension agent, has obtained permission to provide
temporary care for the deer. Then it will be put out to pasture on special feeds by Oklahoma State
university. The fawn likes apples, alfalfa hay and baby beef sweet feed. Farabough and his
year-old grandson Robert Smith, are feeding an apple to the deer. Robert is the son of Mr. and
Mrs Frank Smith. They have been in England with the Air Force and will move in about a month
"Delbert seal PM Mrs. Smith is the former Beverly Farabough The fawn has been named
IncreasedRussianDemand
Hikes Exports Of Grains
WASHINGTON (UPI) - In-
creased demand from the
Russians was a major factor
leading to higher Agriculture
Department estimates of corn
and wheat experts.
In a monthly supply and
demand report, officials pre-
dicted Monday that exports of
U.S. corn would be increased
by 75 million bushels to 2.175
billion bushels for the market-
ing year ending Sept. 30.
They forecast corn exports
for the next marketing year at
2.5 billion bushels, up 100
million bushels.
“The higher export figure
reflects increased import re-
quirements for the Soviet Union
and Europe," the report said.
The Russian crop of all grains
is expected to be 22 percent
smaller than last year.
Despite prospects for a
record U.S. grain crop of 281
million tons, up 2.5 percent
from last year, strong foreign
demand will result in reduction
of U.S. grain surpluses, the
department said.
Experts increased their esti-
mate of U.S. consumption of
corn, used primarily for lives-
tock feed, by 50 million bushels
to 4.3 billion bushels.
Combined domestic and fo-
reign consumption of U.S. corn
was forecast at 7.4 billion
bushels, which would be great-
er than the projected record
corn crop of 7.11 billion bushels.
Thus the surplus is expected
to decline from 1.2 billion to 950
million bushels by Sept. 30,
1980, the department said.
The estimate of wheat ex-
ports for the year which began
June 1 was raised 100 billion
bushels to 1.4 billion bushels.
The report said, “The higher
estimate reflects upward revi-
sions in import demand by the
Soviet Union, and downward
adjustments in projected ex-
ports by countries such as
India, Turkey and Australia."
The department projected
strong demand for soybeans
and cotton, but, in contrast to
grain, stocks of those commodi-
ties are expected to increase.
U.S. production of soybeans is
expected to increase 16 percent
over last year, while demand is
expected to increase 7 percent.
American soybean exports in
1979-80 may be up 7 or 8
percent from the 765-million-
bushel record now being set,
but soybean oil exports are
expected to decline.
Foreign demand for cotton is
expected to be strong, but
exports are expected to decline
from 6.2 million bales in the
just-completed marketing year,
the department said.
bureaucrats."
Under Boren's proposal, fed-
eral agency regulations would
be submitted to the appropriate
House or Senate committee.
If the committees took no
action within 60 days, the
regulation automatically would
be approved. To quash the
regulation, the committee
would adopt a resolution
disapproving the rule and send
it to the full body for action.
Boren also said he would
introduce a constitutional
amendment when Congress
reconvenes in September which
would limit U.S. Supreme Court
justices and all other federal
judges to 10-year terms. Feder-
al judges now are appointed by
the president and confirmed by
the .Senate for life terms.
Boren said his amendment
would allow the judges to be
reappointed to additional 10-
year terms by the president,
subject to Senate approval.
"There is no clearer illustra-
tion of the old adage that
absolute power corrupts abso-
lutely than the use of excessive
power by some federal judges,"
Boren said. “It is too much to
expect a human being to
restrain his own power when he
has that power for life and is
accoutable to no one.”
Boren said he was not
referring to any particular
judge but said he felt some
judges do more than interpret
the law and actually are
making policy decisions that
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WEATHER
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Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m. Tues-
day.
12 N. 83 1 p.m. 87 2 p.m. 89
3 p.m. 91 4 p.m. 92 5 p.m. 91
6 p.m. 90 7 p.m. 90 8 p.m. 89
9 p.m. 84 10 p.m. 82 11 p.m. 80
12 M. 79 1 a.m. 78 2 a.m. 77
3 a.m. 76 4 a.m. 75 5 a.m. 74
6 a.m. 74 7 a.m. 72 8 a.m. 72
9 a.m. 74 10 a.m. 78 11 a.m. 85
Forecast
Fair to partly cloudy and
warm today with a chance of
thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy
and cooler tonight and Wed-
nesday with showers and thun-
derstorms likely. South winds
8-18 mph today, becoming
northeast tonight and Wednes-
day. High this afternoon mid-
908. Low tonight upper 60s. High
Wednesday mid-80s. Probabil-
ity of rain 30 percent this after-
noon and 60 percent tonight and
Wednesday.
Extended outlook, Thursday
through Saturday — Fair to
partly cloudy with warm after-
noons. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms southeast Thurs-
day and over most sections
again Saturday. Highs will
range from the upper 80s north
to the low 90s south. Lows will
be in the 60s.
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m. Tues-
day were: High 92, low 72. Tem-
peratures for the 24-hour period
ending at 11 a.m. a year ago:
High 102, low 75.
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