The Osage Journal-News (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1976 Page: 1 of 4
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“A lot of misinformation” has
been cleared up by law en-
forcement officers in con-
nection with the disappearance
of Cindy Kinney, District At-
torney Bill Hall said today.
Hall said the "misin-
formation" couldn’t be
disclosed at this time, but that
definite progress has been
made toward establishing a
motive for the disappearance of
the 16-year-old Nelagoney girl
last week.
The case is in its eighth day.
The girl was last seen about 9:30
a.m. June 23 leaving a laundry
with several persons in a four-
door caramel-colored 1966
Plymouth Belvedere.
Her purse was left at the
laundry. No trace of the girl has
been found since, although an
extensive search had been
conducted on foot, in
automobiles and by airplane.
“There’s still a lot of effort
being made and some progress
is being made,” Hall said.
Relatives of the girl have
offered a $1,500 reward for
information leading to the
location of the girl. The reward
is not dependant upon the arrest
and conviction of persons
responsible for her disap-
pearance.
“We’re separating a lot of
fiction from fact and we’re
making progress in narrowing
the scope of the investigation,"
Hall said.
Volume 67 - No. 27
Friday, July 2, 1976
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arade shaping up
Storm knocks out
power in Sh idler
At least 27 separate units will join in a parade in downtown
Pawhuska at 4 p.m Sunday as a salute for our country’s
200th birthday
Ron Reed and John Boren are parade marshals for this
Bicentennial observance.
Heading the groups as grand marshals will be Barton
Carter, his daughter and grandson; Alva Carter, his son,
George, and a grandson. A color guard from the Rollie
McCartney American Legion Post 97 will participate.
Reed and Boren ask that any other individuals or
organizations who wish to participate in the parade call the
Chamber of Commerce by Friday,
A drawing will be held for positions of the units and a
schedule will be published Sunday in the Journal-Capital
showing where each float, car or other unit will be located
prior to the parade.
The parade will begin at Ninth and Kihekah, go to Main
Street, then south to Leahy and then north to Seventh Street.
Several cars will have early Pawhuska settlers as
passengers. Anyone whose family came to Oklahoma, Osage
County or Pawhuska from 1872 to Nov. 16, 1907, Oklahoma
Statehood Day, may call the Chamber of Commerce at 287-
1208 if they need a ride or plan to drive a car in the parade.
Brief dedication programs have been completed for two
major Bicentennial projects of Pawhuska. At 10:30 a.m. the
restored country school house will be the scene of ceremonies
at the Osage County Historical Museum grounds with Mrs.
Thomas Wallace and Mrs. J. B. Smith as chairmen. They
represent the sponsoring groups, Osage County Retired
Teachers and Osage County Historical Society.
Following that program dedication services will be held on
the same grounds for the lifesized Boy Scout statue with Joe
S. McGuire, representative of the Kiwanis Club, in charge.
He is a charter member of the first Boy Scout troop organized
in the United States in 1909.
The public is invited to attend the ceremonies. All persons
who ever taught at or attended a one-room country school
are asked to indicate such on the guestbook in the
schoolhouse.
A door prize will be given.
All men and boys who have ever been leaders or members
of the Cub or Boy Scout troop may register for a door prize at
the Museum.
A major summer storm
pounced on Oklahoma Monday
night, as drenching rains, gale
force winds, and a great deal of
lightning wrecked havoc in
various areas of Osage County.
Pawhuska, however, ap-
parently escaped the brunt of
the storm.
A total of 1.64 inches of rain
was recorded in Pawhuska, and
wind damage was limited to
some limbs being blown down
and electrical wires down.
Fuses were also blown, Elmer
Kidd, superintendent of elec-
trical distribution, said.
Electrical power was in-
terrupted in the 200 and 300
blocks of Baker Street, Kidd
said.
“Everything’s working now.
Two arraigned
in theft case
Two Pawhuska men who were arrested early Wednesday
in connection with a series of oilfield thefts were arraigned in
Osage County District Court on four counts each of grand
larceny after a former felony conviction.
Donald Lee Enslow, 35,1618 Bighill, and Oliver Junior Hill,
36,309 E. Seventh St., pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The two were arrested by sheriff's deputies about 3 a.m.
Wednesday on a county road nine miles northwest of
Skiatook, off State Highway 20.
Bond was set at $4,000 per case each, totaling $16,000 each.
The preliminary hearing was set for August 5.
Confiscated with the men was a pickup loaded with oilfield
equipment. Some of the equipment was still warm, sheriff’s
deputies said.
District Attorney Bill Hall said the equipment consisted of
heads and magnetoes from oil wells. He said this type of
equipment can be stolen and resold in a matter of a few
hours.
A series of oilfield thefts has plagued the Osage County
area, and oil operators have reported losing $61,750.11 worth
of oil equipment since June 30, 1976, Sheriff George Wayman
said.
Ownership of the equipment recovered is being deter-
mined.
Mostly, fuses were blown,” he
added.
The city of Shidler was
blackened from 9:17 p.m.
Monday until 12:40 a.m. today
after the extremely high wind
blew down two electrical poles.
The Public Service Co. poles
carried the circuit which fed
electrical power to Shidler.
A Public Service spokesman
in Barnsdall, Eddie Davis, said
the wind broke the poles and
service was suspended until
they could be replaced. A large
number of limbs were reported
to have been blown down, also.
A large tree at 10th and
Kihekah was brought down by
the storm, striking a pickup and
motor home owned by Hubert
Sweeden. He said there was
about $500 damage to the 1974
model pickup truck, which had
a broken windshield, and an
undetermined amount of
damage to the motor home,
which was damaged on the top
and side.
Some parts of northern Okla-
homa reported winds gusting
up to 50 miles-per-hour Monday
night, and three-quarter-inch
hail fell briefly at Tonkawa
early Monday night.
Monday was a very hot day
in Oklahoma, under fair to
partly cloudy skies. High tem-
peratures ranged from 92 at
McAlester to 103 at Gage. Over-
night lows this morning ranged
from 66 at Ponca City to 74 at
Gage.
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Scout due honor
A second-degree burglary in
Skiatook has led to the arrest
and charging of three persons
Friday in the Osage County
District Court. Two men and a
juvenile were apprehended at
2:15 a.m. Friday while
allegedly fleeing the scene of
the burglary.
Officers said Arthur Leroy
Rogers, 20, Skiatook, David Lee
Bowman, 21, Skiatook and a
juvenile were believed fleeing
the Skiatook High School on
South Lombard Lane in
Skiatook when Officer Jack L.
Myers began pursuit. Osage
County Deputy. Boyd Peters
assisted Myers in the pursuit
and apprehension.
Assistant District Attorney
Frank Pacenza said the high
school was still under con-
struction when a break-in oc-
curred. The school was robbed
mostly of tools, he said.
Pacenza said stolen items were
recovered in the home of one of
the defendants.
Rogers and Bowman were
charged with second-degree
burglary and entered pleas of
not guilty. Bonds of $1,000 were
required for each. The
preliminary hearing is
scheduled July 22 before Judge
Riley Quarles, who handled the
arraignment.
The juvenile is
to be
A 10-year-old Pawhuska boy will be honored Monday for
his quick thinking and quick action in assisting his brother
after a hiking accident.
Robert Wilson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, will
be honored by the Boy Scouts of America for his part in
helping his older brother after a fall at Lover's Leap.
The Wilson brothers and a friend were exploring the well-
known rock formation in March of 1975 when Clay Wilson fell
from its sheer face.
Clay was injured badly, but Robert used skills he had
learned as a Scout to administer first aid and later found help
in the wooded area.
The youngsters will be honored during the dedication
ceremony at the Boy Scout Statue at 11 a.m. Monday at the
Osage County Historical Society Museum.
Robert Wilson
processed through county
juvenile authorities.
Other arraignments before
Judge Quarles include driving
while intoxicated charges
against George J. Hendricks,
63, Pawhuska, Darrell D.
Hopper, 36, Ralston, and
Johnny L. Brawdy, 20, Fairfax.
All defendants entered pleas of
not guilty. Hendricks was or-
dered to return for a hearing at
9:30 a.m. Monday. Hopper and
Brawdy faced meeting bonds of
$500 each.
Hopper pleaded guilty to an
additional charge of tran-
sporting an open container of
alcoholic content and was fined
$50 and costs. Brawdy pleaded
not guilty to driving without a
driver's license and was or-
dered to make a $100 bond.
In actions of the district court,
the jury trial of Thomas Wayne
Smith, 31, Ponca City, resulted
in a hung jury. Smith was
charged with the 1975 delivery
of controlled drugs. The case
went to trial in Pawhuska
Monday with Judge Don
Hampton presiding.
Testimony at the trial was
taken from an undercover
police officer who testified that
he purchased drugs from the
defendant as part of an un-
dercover assignment. With the
drugs in possession, he returned
to the police station and ob-
tained a warrant for the arrest
of Smith.
Smith, in turn, produced six
witnesses who placed the
defendant at a party at the time
of the alleged illegal drug
purchase.
The jury deliberated slightly
more than three hours Tuesday
before reporting they were
unable to reach an agreement.
The case will be scheduled for
trial at a later date.
A Tulsa mar, Virgil Don
Williams, 37, was before the
court for sentencing on a charge
of feloniously pointing a
weapon Williams entered a
plea of guilty and waived a pre-
sentence investigation. Sen-
tencing was deferred for one
year with court costs assessed
to the defendant.
Paul Grayson Mersch, 37,
('leveland, was found guilty by
a county jury of postponement
of wages due to a laborer.
Mersch, facing five such
charges, was found guilty and
fined $250. Formal sentencing
was set for 1:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday.
A charge of obtaining public
welfare assistance by means of
false representations against
Laverne Durham, no age or
address available, was con-
tinued to Sept. 22.
Also passed to Sept. 22, was
the motion to revoke the
suspended sentence of Randy
Cecil Thornburg, 21,
Pawhuska.
Thornburg
received a thre-year suspended
sentence with the Oklahoma
Department of Corrections in
1975 for second-degree
burglary.
The court ordered a con-
tinuance in the preliminary
hearing of Willis James Shaw to
Aug. 13. The 20-year-old Fort
Sill man is charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon, a
motor vehicle, a felony charge.
James is free on $1,500 bond.
A charge of selling liquor to a
drunk was dismissed by the
court without prejudice and in
the interest of justice. Grounds
for the ruling in favor of Ada
Mae Gray, 54, Hominy, included
the age of the defendant and a
previously clear record with no
criminal involvement. The
district attorney made the
motion for dismissal with the
opinion that no jury would
convict Ms. Gray or any other
person for a felony under the
charge.
A charge of driving while
intoxicated against Billy D.
Aston, 40. Wichita, Kan., was
reduced to careless driving, to
which the defendant pleaded
guilty. A fine of $400 with costs
was imposed.
Motions to revoke the
suspended sentences for ut-
tering forged instruments in
1971 against a Fairfax woman
were dismissed without
prejudice. Martha S. Hartness
Elliott, 27, was released
Stafford withdraws
Lesser charge possible
The Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that second-
degree murder charges can be filed in Osage County against
Kurk Kendall Johnson, who was convicted in Tulsa County on
a kidnaping charge stemming from an incident in April of
1975.
Johnson was found guilty in September of kidnaping a
Tulsa cafeteria manager and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
First degree murder charges in Osage County were said to
have placed the defendant in double jeopardy.
The matter was taken to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Clarence Stafford, Pawhuskan who had announced his
intention to file for Osage County sheriff subject to the
coming primaries, today took issue with Osage County
legislator Bill Kennedy and a new law “smuggled under the
wire at the last minute” which set up new requirements for
sheriff candidates.
Stafford withdrew as a candidate Sunday.
Today Stafford took exception with the “underhanded’’
way the legislature “pushed through at the last minute” a bill
establishing qualifications for sheriff’s candidates in the
state.
“I don’t take exception with the law and the requirements.
I think that probably that is a good thing, but sneaking it
through the legislature at the last minute and with the
'emergency’ attached to it, knocked a lot of people out of the
race this year, the first four-year term for sheriff in
Oklahoma's history,” he said
Most people are not aware of the “emergency” clause the
legislature can attach to a bill, Stafford said, making the law
effective immediately.
Bills without the clause, which declares “it being im-
mediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist,
by reason whereof this act shall take effect and will be in full
force from and after its passage,” do not become law until
after the legislature has been out of session for a prescribed
length of time.
“The emergency clause knocked a lot of candidates out,
many of whom had spent a lot of money getting ready for the
election. I think its a darn sneaky thing to do,” he said today,
referring to the “emergency” clause.
Kennedy, a former Osage County deputy sheriff and now a
state legislator from this district, authored the bill in the
House. The bill provides that candidates seeking the office of
sheriff, among other things, must be at least 25 years of age
and possess a high school education. Candidates filing for the
office of sheriff in a county of more than 80,000 people, must
also have completed a basic police course of 120 hours or
more approved by the council on Law Enforcement
Education and Training. The new law, however, excludes
any sheriff now in office or any person who has previously
served as a sheriff.
The bill was passed, with the emergency clause, May 24
and was signed by the governor on May 28th.
George Wayman
Sheriff
announces
candidacy
George Wayman, sheriff of
Osage County, this week
authorized the Pawhuska
Journal-Capital to publish his
announcement as candidate for
re-election. Sheriff Wayman is
seeking his sixth term as Osage
County Sheriff Regarding his
candidacy, Sheriff Wayman
made the following statement:
“I am making my an-
nouncement as Democratic
candidate for Sheriff of Osage
County subject to the will of the
people of Osage County,
“I first wish to express my
sincere appreciation to my
many friends who supported me
in the past. 1 am now serving
my 11th year as your sheriff and
before taking over the sheriff’s
duties, I served four years as
deputy and seven years as
under sheriff.
“1 was born and raised in
Osage County, served in World
War II in the 45th Division in
Europe, received four Battle
Stars, a Bronze Star and Good
Conduct ribbon; served in the
Korean Conflict with the 2nd
Chemical Mortar Battalion in
Korea.
“When seeking election 10
years ago, I promised the
people if elected, I would give
the people of Osage County fair
and impartial performance of
the duty of the office of sheriff.
This I have done to the best of
my ability and can assure you
that I have been and will be
honest in carrying out the duties
of the Office.
"With crime increasing
nationwide, from 11 to 17 per
cent a year for the past several
years, I have tried to stay up
with the times by upgrading the
sheriff’s office, by sending our
deputies to schools and buying
equipment that is needed in law
enforcement.
“I feel that we have to have
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Pawhuska church
The Rev. Lowell Clark
welcomes pastor
The Rev. Lowell Clark has assumed the pastorate of
Pawhuska’s Church of the Nazarene.
Clark, 27, replaces the Rev. Tom McClain.
A native of Independence, Kan., Clark is 27 years old. He
has been at the local church for three weeks.
Clark graduated from high school at Independence and
received a bachelor of arts degree in religion from Mid-
America Nazarene College in Olathe, Kan.
He was pastor at a Dalhart, Tex., church for four years
before moving to Pawhuska.
Clark and his wife, Marilyn,are the parents of a 16-month-
old daughter, Misti.
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