Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 93, No. 260, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1986 Page: 2 of 12
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P. 2, Perry Daily Journal Thursday, Dec. 11, 1986
SELL PROPERTY WITH A CLASSIFIED. 336-2222.
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Teacher
Group Has
Luncheon
Program
A Christmas story, ‘ When
ROMANCE STARTS
HOUSTON (UPI) -
Ramon Vargas’s conduct as a
suitor moved Natalia Corona
Benites to file sexual assault
charges against him after
their first date. This week,
they get married.
Benites told police the two
Heptachlor Is
Changing Lives
Of Dairy People
John Skidgel Leland Roark
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the Bells Rang” was pre- meta month ago at a bar and
sented at the Monday lunch- Vargas gave her a ride home,
eon meeting of the Noble Along the way, he stopped the
County Retired Teachers as- car and physically forced
sociation at the junior high himself on her, she said,
school cafeteria. Benites filed charges.
The program was present- Vargas, however, called
ed by Mark Barnett, asso- Benites from the Hams Coun-
ciate pastor, with emphasis ty Jail and proposed mar-
on youth at the First United riage, court-appointed
Methodist church, and Eric defense lawyer Rachel
Webb and Shaunna Beckham, Capote said.
members of the young peo- Benites, 21, appeared in
ple s group of the church. Court Tuesday and told pro-
To close the program. Bar- secutor Beth McGregor she
nett sang, “People Need the did not want to press charges
Lord." and wanted to marry Vargas.
In addition to Barnett, With the groom clad in a jail
Webb and Miss Beckham, jumpsuit, state District Judge
Mrs. Donnia Bonham, Bil- Woody Densen performed the
lings, was a guest. civil ceremony in Spanish.
Present for the luncheon Benites, who does not speak
and program in addition to English, was accompanied to
the guests were Lula Mae the courthouse by an
Frederick, John Divine. Myr- employee of the metal com-
tle Divine, Ruby Long, Edna pany where Vargas works,
Draper, Effie Manning, Hazel but McGregor said she does
Busse, Fern McCormick, Ber- not believe the woman was
tha States, Ray Nissen, Rose coerced into dropping the
Nissen, Carolyn Chopp. charges.
Edith Zondler, Helen John- “But I do think there is
son, Laura Kennedy, Lucille more to this than any of us
Plumer, Etta Mae Linholm, will ever know,” she said.
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By BETH POWELL
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) - At the end of long day ’s work
— one that probably began at 4 a.m. — some dairy farmers
in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri have nothing to show
for it. They must dump the product of their labor.
And for some the dumping may continue for a long time.
"Your whole life is going into what you’re pouring down
the drain,” said Oklahoma farmer Bobby Williams. “You're
getting paid for it, but you’re still losing a terrible lot more
than people think you are, and the end's not close in the
future.”
Williams has been dumping milk since March, and Ok-
lahoma health officials say he may have to dump it for
another year before his cows' milk is fit for human
consumption.
Farmers in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri are being
paid federal money to dump their milk until the pesticide
heptachlor — first discovered in processed milk last
February — no longer appears at hazardous levels in milk
samples.
Through its dairy herd indemnification program, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has paid $5 million to farmers
and processors in the three states for dumping contaminat-
ed milk and milk products.
Meanwhile four officers of Valley Feeds Inc., of Van
Buren, Ark., have pleaded innocent to charges of selling
contaminated grain to dairy farmers. The company alleged-
ly used heptachlor-treated grain — intended only for use
as seed — in the production of gasohol and sold the mash
byproduct to farmers.
Williams, of Westville, Okla., said he has purchased a se-
cond herd of dairy cows that are producing good milk, but
he still must milk the contaminated cows and dump the milk
in his pasture.
Williams’ herd had the highest level of contamination of
all those in Oklahoma with 12 parts per million of the hep-
tachlor, a suspected carcinogen, in the milk. The acceptable
level of heptachlor set by the Agriculture Department is
0.1 part per million.
Two Oklahoma dairy farmers have been cleared to start
selling milk, and eight others are waiting for hepta chlor in
milk from their herds to drop to acceptable levels.
Other farmers chose to get out of the dairy business
through the Agriculture Department’s dairy termination
program, said Mike Masterson, leader of an Agriculture
task force that visited the affected states last spring.
In that program, farmers who got rid of their herds and
agreed to stay out of the dairy business for at least five
years were paid by the Agriculture Department.
Tom Murray, one of eight Oklahoma farmers waiting for
his herd to clear, said the contamination has changed the
way he looks at farming
"It’s just a different life,” Murray said. "It’s just a dif- 1
ferent way of living. We’re just not doing the routine 7
chores.” 1
Murray said the level of pesticide in his milk has slowly i
dropped from 9.67 parts per million to 0.655 parts per
million, but it still may be months before he can sell the
milk or sell the cows for slaughter.
“Most of them have to go to slaughter when they clear
up,” Murray said. “I haven’t really decided whether I'm ■
going to (stay in the dairy business) or not. I don’t have any
other choices.”
Terrell Rogers, of the Oklahoma Health Department’s
food protection division, said that because heptachlor is fat
soluble the cows must be milked to get it out of their
systems.
Williams and Murray say they plan to sell their cows for
slaughter when they are cleared, but Rogers said clearance
of milk for sale does not mean the cattle will meet standards
set by the Agriculture Department for meat.
Letter to Editor
Editor:
I think it would be well
worth the time for the people
of Perry to drive by the home
of Rev. W. T. Dunn, 1020
Cedar street, to view his
beautiful house and yard
decorations.
Much time and effort have
gone into this project to
create such a lovely Christ-
mas display.
Marv Kehres
COULD HAVE BEEN
EDGARD, La. - Nichole
Lopatta could have been ful-
ly conscious when she was
raped and then strangled to
death, a forensics specialist
testified during the sentenc-
ing phase in the murder trial
of John Francis Wille. Dr.
Paul McGarry testified Sun-
day he had indications the
Lopatta child was alive, if not
fully conscious during the
rape and murder. Wille, 22,
was found guilty Saturday of
the first-degree murder of the :
8-year-old Lopatta child in '
June, 1985. 1
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Director
Of Ethics
Panel To
Leave Job
Oklahoma City district
judge’s ruling that the com-
mission violated Democratic
gubernatorial nominee David
Walters' due process rights.
The commission forwarded
a complaint about Walters’
campaign financing to the Ok-
SAVE ON
KNIT GLOVE
AND HEADWEAR
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) lahoma County district at-
- State Ethics Commission torney, but District Judge Joe
executive director Mike Cannon held a special hearing
Cauthron announced Wednes- and voided the complaint
day he will leave his job and Cannon ruled the commis-
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return to private law sion was not empowered to
practice, present findings of facts and
Cauthron, an Idabel native, conclusions of law and that
submitted his resignation in Walters was not given ample
the commission’s monthly opportunity to rebut the
meeting. He says he will stay charges.
on the job until Feb. 1, but A hearing is set for next
leave sooner if a new ex- week in the state Supreme
ecutive director is appointed. Court on the appeal.
The new executive director, Commissioners also decid-
who by law must be an at- ed to continue to accept com-
torney, will be appointed by plaints, but take no action un-
House Speaker Jim Barker, til a court ruling cleared up
DMuskogee, Senate Presi- the controversy over the
dent Pro Tempore Rodger commission’s authority or the
One of the most important events in our com-
munity will be Sunday at 2 p.m. when the Dedica-
tion is held at the new YMCA facility.
It is the realization of a long dream, the culmina-
tion of countless sacrifices, the result of hundreds
of volunteers who supplied personal service and
financial contributions.
The YMCA program has already made its mark
on our community and this is only the beginning of
broadened opportunities and programs for our
young people.
Countless adults will continue to provide
volunteer services which, not only expands the pro-
grams at the YMCA, but offers opportunities for
young people to form lasting associations with those
in every walk of life in our area.
The YMCA is a symbol of the cooperative spirit
which has long made it possible for this community
to get things done. Our congratulations to the staff,
officers and directors as well as to everyone who has
exhibited support in this cooperative endeavor.
Brown Funeral Home —We are here to serve 24
hours of every day — 336-4444.
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11 A.M.-6 P.M. Sunday
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Governor-elect
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and Legislature amended statues
Henry governing the commission’s
activities.
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