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‘If You Would Avoid Criticism, Say Nothing, Do Nothing and Be Nothing’
1 he Perry
Daily Journal
• (ISSN 0746 7559)
92nd Year — No. 199
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1985
Perry, Oklahoma
25 cents
Roy Morris Heads
C-C For 1985-86
COLLECTIONS ON INSECTS have been the project work this early fall
in an annual effort by Perry elementary school fifth grade students of
Mrs. V irginia Slaton, fifth grade science instructor. Boys and girls were
told they were eligible for an "A” if they included at least 20 different
insect species in their collections. More insects brought an "A" plus
Appearing with three of the 80 collections prepared by students, left to
right, Hayley Mills, Paula Becker and Alex Stephens With them stand-
ing on the back row are Mrs. Slaton, left, and Mrs. Wanda Wallace, a
visiting parent. (Staff photo.)
Larry Buie Maintenance
; briefly
stated...
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Engineer In Perry DOT
Larry Buie has been named division
four maintenance engineer for the
Oklahoma Department of Transporta-
tion, according to Verne Bradley, the
agency’s director.
Buie replaces S. C. "Pete" Byers, who
last month assumed duties as division
engineer for the Department’s division
seven headquarters in Duncan.
‘Buie was division maintenance engin-
eer at Buffalo before taking the Perry
assignment.
“Division four’s maintenance program
is among the Department's most active
since it includes major metropolitan
areas such as Oklahoma City, Stillwater
and Enid as well as the state highways
in 11 counties," division engineer Bob
Stringer said.
"Larry’s experiences in his previous
work with the Department have prepar-
ed him well for this demanding job,”
Stringer added.
Buie, 51. was born in Eufaula. He grad-
uated with a bachelor of science degree
from Oklahoma State university and
served two years as a United States Ar-
my paratrooper before joining the De-
partment of Transportation as a physi-
cal science engineer in 1958.
Since then, he has held numerous posi-
tions with the Department, including that
of state maintenance engineer before go-
ing to Buffalo.
"I'm looking forward to the new chal-
lenge in Perry," Buie said. "It’s a lot like
going home. I enjoy my memories of
Oklahoma State — at that time it was
Oklahoma A & M.”
Buei and his wife, Mary, have a son,
Bruce, 26, and a daughter, Susan, 23.
Buie’s hobbies include woodwork, hunt-
ing and fishing. He also enjoys jogging
and has been involved in church activi-
ties and the Boy Scouts.
When Byers began his new assign-
ment, Gary Ridley was assigned to han-
dle division maintenance engineer
duties, a temporary position until the
new maintenance engineer was designat-
ed. Ridley is field maintenance engineer
for division four.
Byers has been an employe of the De-
partment of Transportation for nearly 15
years. He came to Perry from Sapulpa
and previously worked at Tulsa and
Muskogee. Mrs. Byers is a sixth grade
teacher at Perry elementary school.
The Byers are parents of one daughter,
Francie, a student at Oklahoma State
university, and a son, Brian, a student at
Perry high school.
MOTHERS TO PLAN
GRIDIRON BANQUET
Mothers of Perry freshman
football players have been
asked to meet Thursday in
front of the press box at Dan-
iels field between the eighth
and ninth grade teams
Purpose of the meeting is to
make plans for the annual
junior high school football
banquet set for Nov. 11.
MRS. DUNCAN IS
MOVED TO PERRY
Mrs. Marie Duncan was re-
turned to Perry Monday by
Perry fire department
ambulance.
She was transferred from
Stillwater Medical center to
Green Valley Nursing center
after 9:40 a.m.
Roy E. Morris, Perry certified public
accountant, was elected president of the
Perry Chamber of Commerce in a
monthly meeting of the chamber's board
of directors Tuesday at the Cherokee
Strip Restaurant.
Morris will serve as head of the cham-
ber beginning Nov. 1. He will succeed
Lloyd Brown, who has been president the
past year.
.Jim Thompson, superintendent of Per-
ry schools, was elected vice president,
succeeding Mike Dvorak, vice president
of Exchange Bank & Trust Co., who serv-
ed the past year.
The new officers and retiring officers
and directors along with new directors
will be recognized at the annual C-C
membership banquet at 6:30 p.m. Nov.
8 at the Elks lodge. Guest speaker will
be U.S. Senator Don Nickels.
The meeting was attended by two of
three newly elected chamber directors,
who also start three-year terms Nov. 1.
New directors present were Mary Ann
Dori and Bill Finley. Morris, the newly
elected president, was absent Tuesday.
However, he had indicated he would ac-
cept the position of president if elected.
Hold over directors in the meeting in-
cluded Lloyd Brown, the president. An-
na Lou Randall, Mike Dvorak, Dr. Paul
Edmundson, Jim Thompson, Norma Jer-
ome, Marilee Macias, Bob Stringer and
Bill Hodge. Meeting with the board were
Gene Wood, chamber manager, and
Doris Waren, office secretary. Etsel
Emde. a new director, was absent.
Bill Hodge, head of the chamber’s re-
tail committee, reminded directors the
retail committee will meet at 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday at the chamber office to discuss
a Moonlight Madness retail promotion on
Oct. 10 and a Halloween activity later
this month.
Directors will sell tickets for the an-
nual chamber membership banquet.
They will sell for $7.50 each beginning
about Oct. 15. A limit of 225 tickets will
be sold.
Edmundson, chairman of the cham-
ber’s agriculture committee, discussed
a heifer show that will be sponsored here
next May by the Perry FFA Alumni
association. The directors agreed to give
$100 to help support the event.
Mrs. Jerome and Mrs. Randall report-
ed on activities of the Cherokee Strip
celebration. They are co-chairmen of the
chamber's special events committee.
Wood, chamber manager, reported the
celebration was presented at a cost of
$4,121.33. Much volunteer work went in-
to planning and presentation of activi-
ties. Mrs. Jerome and Mrs. Randall
thanked all those who helped make the
1985 celebration a success.
Chamber directors will have their next
meeting Nov. 5. A part of the business
will be employment of a manager for the
chamber. Gene Wood now is the mana-
ger. The duties of the manager are to
operate the C-C office and carry out
policies established by the board of
directors.
Wood reported to the directors that
$28,158 in cash and pledges has been
received in the annual chamber mem-
bership drive. Receipts are $20,804.25 in
cash and $7,353.75 in pledges.
Roy Morris
F EM 1
Perry Memorial
Mrs. Larry Montgomery,
1202 Pecan, dismissed
Monday.
Enid Memorial
Gregg Kent, Perry,
admitted.
Stillwater Medical Center
Rhonda Gaston, Perry,
dismissed.
Larry Buie
Quake Death Toll
Grows To 5,526
By FREDERICK KIEL
MEXICO CITY (UPI) — The official death toll from last
week's twin earthquakes climbed to 5,526 today as hopes
for finding more survivors dwindled and U.S. rescue
workers headed for home.
FDIC To Pay
Depositors
WASHINGTON (UPI)
The Federal Deposit In- A government commission said today most of the
surance Corp. announced devastated buildings would be replaced with libraries and
Monday it was preparing to parks.
pay off insured depositors in Police said 26 bodies were pulled Monday from buildings
the First national Bank of that collapsed in the Sept. 19 and 20 quakes.
Terrel, Okla. El Universal newspaper reported as many as 7,000 peo-
The bank was closed Fri- ple died in the quakes and U.S. Ambassador John Gavin
day by Michael Mancusi, predicted that the final death toll would likely top 10.000.
deputy comptroller of the cur- Gavin told a news conference Monday that some 40 U.S.
rency. Attempts were made military and National Forest Service personnel who came
during the weekend to find a to aid in rescue operations had gone home.
purchaser for the failed bank,
but officials said no accep- "The rescue phase of the operation is over. Now begins
table bids were received. the second phase, which is demolition," Gavin said.
“Over the past two years He said the third phase would be rebuilding the city,
the bank has experienced where about 1,000 buildings were destroyed or severely
substantial deterioration in damaged by the two earthquakes. The first quake
the quality of its loan port- registered 8.1 on the Richter scale, the second 7.5.
folio,” Mancusi said. “In ad- The emergency commission established to take over the
dition, the bank recently rescue operations and arrange the demolition of endangered
began experiencing a large structures announced today that no new construction would
outflow of deposits. be allowed on lots where buildings collapsed.
“The bank has been unable Factories that were damaged in the quake will be
to remedy its problems,” he relocated outside the metropolitan area and "parks,
said, “and losses finally ex- monuments, sports centers and libraries will be built on all
hausted the bank’s capital cleared lots,” the commission statement said.
funds, resulting in its in- The move to limit construction is aimed at “trying to
solvency.” reestablish an ecological balance” in the Western Hemis-
Deposits in the bank,total- phere’s largest city.
ed about $3.2 million in 695 ac- The search for survivors continued for a 12th straight day
counts. The FDIC estimated Monday at principal disaster sites but there was little hope
that all but about $30,000 of that anyone would be found alive in the mountains of
the deposits in four accounts crumbled concrete and twisted steel that were once
were within the federal in- hospitals, apartment houses and office complexes.
surance limit of $100,000 or No survivors have been found since Friday.
were otherwise secured. The official death toll, issued Sunday, stood at 5,223 but
Owners of unsecured El Universal newspaper predicted Monday it could reach
deposits will share propor- 6,500 as rescue workers continued to find bodies in the
tionately with the FDIC in rubble.
proceeds realized from li- Mexican officials announced some 10,000 shops and fac-
quidation of the failed bank’s tories partially or completely destroyed in the quakes would
assest. not be allowed to resume operations in the capital.
FAA Claims
Pilot Ignored
Warnings
By HOLLY PLANELLS
JENKINSBURG, Ga.
(UPI) — A pilot killed in a
plane crash with 16 skydivers
ignored warnings that his air-
craft's fuel was contaminated
before he took off on the
doomed flight, a Federal
Aviation Administration
spokesman said.
FAA spokesman Jack
Barker said officials are cer-
tain an aircraft mechanic
warned David Williams, the
pilot and owner of the plane,
after discovering the con-
taminated fuel in a routine
check two days before Sun-
day’s crash.
"There's no doubt that
Williams knew the fuel was
contaminated.” Barker said.
Investigators extracted
contaminated fuel Monday
from the wreckage of the
Cessna 208 Caravan and
reported finding a defective
filtering system. Officials also
said the plane may have been
overloaded with skydivers
and their heavy gear.
“No conclusions have been
drawn in the early stages of
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MUNICIPAL COURT
FINES TOTAL $490
Fines and court costs total-
ing $490 were assessed Mon-
day evening in hearings of 10
charges before Jack E. Dorl,
judge of the municipal court.
There were eight charges
against adults and two
against juveniles.
Charges and dispositions
were speeding, one for $50
and two for $45 each; oper-
ating a vehicle in a manner
not reasonable and proper,
$60; public intoxication, three
for $60 each; disobeying a
stop sign, $50; improper turn,
$60; and public intoxication,
defendant pleaded innocent,
case reset for hearing Oct. 21.
LIONS CLUB PLANS
BUSINESS MEETING
Perry Lions club will have
a business meeting and lunch-
eon at noon Thursday at the
Catholic hall.
The Lions will hear a report
from the board of directors,
receive information from
monthly reports and talk
about other club business.
Drop-Ins Welcome thether
For Bloodmobile -
Temperatures for the 24-
hour period ending at 11 a.m.
Tuesday.
Drop-in donors will be welcome at the
American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit
in Perry on Thursday, according to
Dalann Box. Noble County blood services
chairman.
The Bloodmobile will be operated from
11:15 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the First
United Methodist church.
Goal for the visit is 150 units. Mrs Box
said it is important that 60 units donat-
ed Thursday be type 0 positive and an-
other 15 units be type 0 negative. Type
0 blood, the most common, is most
needed.
Eligible to give blood are persons 17
years and older in good health. Donation
time usually takes less than one hour,
Mrs Box said, including registration, a
mini health physical, the actual donation
and canteen time.
Atlantis Flight Nears;
Preparations Secret
By WILLIAM HARWOOD
UPI Science Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(UPI) — Under a blanket of
RUSSELL BUSBY TO
END ACTIVE DUTY
Russell Busby, Noble coun- secrecy, the countdown began
ty deputy sheriff, is due to today for the shuttle Atlantis’s
complete a period of active maiden launch Thursday on a
duty Army train ng in No- flight to reportedly carry two
vember. defense communications
He has been at Fort Ben- satellites into orbit.
ning, Ga., the past three Working under a Defense
(continued on pg. 10) Department policy establish-
ed for the first military shut- a.m. Thursday and 1:20 p.m.
tie mission in January. NASA The exact launch time will not
officials would only confirm be known until nine minutes
the countdown had started, before blastoff.
but it is thought to have got- Commander Karol Bobko,
ten underway at 5 a.m. EDT. co-pilot Ronald Grabe and
If all goes well, Atlantis, the crewmates Robert Stewart,
fourth and final member of David Hilmers and Air Force
NASA’s shuttle fleet, will take Maj. William Pailes arrived
off on its first flight — the 21st at the Kennedy Space Center
shuttle mission in four years
— sometime between 10:20 (continued on pg. 10)
12 N. 41 1 p.m. 46 2 p.m. 48
3p.m. 49 4 p.m. 50 5p.m. 50
6p.m. 51 7 p.m. 49 8 p.m. 45
9p.m. 43 10p.m. 42 11 p.m.41
12 M . 40 1 a.m 35 2 a.m. 33
3a.m. 33 4a.m. 32 5a.m. 31
6 a.m. 30 7 a.m. 30 8 a.m. 32
9a.m. 42 10a.m. 48 11 a.m.53
Forecast
Today — Mostly sunny and
not quite as cool. High in the
low to mid 60s Light and
variable wind. Tonight —
Fair. Low in the low to mid
40s. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday — Mostly sunny
and warmer. High in the
lower 70s. Light southeast
wind.
The extended forecast calls
for a chance of showers
Thursday and Friday, then
turning fair Saturday. Highs
Thursday will be in the 70s,
with lows from the mid 40s to
lower 50s.
It will be cooler Friday and
Saturday, with highs in the
60s and lows in the 40s.
Temperatures for the 24-
hour period ending at 11 a.m.
Tuesday were: High 53, low
30. Temperatures for the
24-hour period ending at 11
a.m. a year ago: High 70, low
50.
Delta Crew Struggled With Storm
By FRANK T. CSONGOS
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Transcripts show tie Delta
Airlines jetliner that crashed near the Dallas airport in
August killing 136 people ran into a tornado-like disturbance
that may have been visible from the control tower.
A transcript of the cockpit recordings of another plane
that landed minutes before the doomed Delta jetliner crash-
ed Aug 2 showed the pilot — his plane safely on the ground
— observing, “It looks like a tornado or something; I've
never seen anything like it.”
The air traffic control tower, which had a view of the same
developing weather as the plane on the ground, did not
report that information to Delta Flight No. 191 as it ap-
proached the airport through a thunderstorm.
Federal safety investigators said that storm may have
obscured the Delta crew's view of the tornado-likeactivity.
The weather information was never reported by the plane
on the ground and another small aircraft that had flown
through it, federal investigators say.
The transcripts released Monday by the National Tran-
sportation Safety Board also showed that the pilot of the
ill-fated Delta flight was critical of an air traffic center con-
troller because of his delay for giving the flight clearance
around the thunderstorm some distance from the airport
The transcripts of the Delta Flight 191 also showed the
flight crew knew it was in trouble shortly before the crash.
"Push it up. Push it way up,” one of the flight crew
members said, calling for more power. "Way up. Way up.
Way up.”
Seconds later the plane crashed and the recording ended.
The transcripts also revealed that first officer Rudy Price
was at the helm of the jetliner when it crashed with the cap-
tain. Edward Conners, giving him directions to give the
plane more power.
There has been speculation that a sudden, violent change
in wind direction, known as a wind shear, may have caus-
ed the crash of the Lockheed L1011.
Federal Aviation Administration chief Donald Engen
said, "It would be ill-advised for me to comment on the safe-
ty board's active investigation." He said the FAA has sent
a team to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Connors was heard 18 minutes before the crash saying
of the unidentified air traffic controller, "He’s sleeping. Get
him out of bed.”
Moments later, he said, "Getting kind of hot in the oven
with this controller. See, that’s what the lack of experience
does.”
However, federal investigators say the controller Connors
referred to was experienced. *
A recent congressional report said the margin of avia-
tion safety has diminished because the nation's air traffic
controllers are overworked and under too much stress.
In the crash, the airliner's wheels touched down about
a mile short of the runway. The plane hopped back into the
air, striking a car and killing its occupant then plowed into
a water tank less than a half-mile from the runway.
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