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DAILY JOURNAL- CAPITAL
Published Evenings Tuesday through Friday and Sunday Mornings
Volume 70 • No. 197
Thursday, October 4, 1979
USPS 423720 Sunday 25’ Daily 20’
On windfall profits bill
Osage tribe aided
Oktoberfest
opens here
by Boren s action
Two amendments to President Car-
ter’s windfall profits tax proposed by
Oklahoma Sen. David Boren were passed
Wednesday by the U.S. Senate Finance
Committee, Boren’s office announced
today.
The first amendment, co-sponsored by
Boren and Malcom Wallop of Wyoming,
exempted from the tax royalty paid to
Indian tribes
The amendment is important to
Oklahoma where an estimated $25
million in royalty to Indians are involved.
The Osage tribe is one of the principal
tribes involved. The amendment passed
11-3.
The second amendment by Boren,
passed by only one dissenting vote, ex-
panded the definition tax of marginal
wells to include properties that produce a
high ratio of water to oil.
Boren noted that these properties are
operated at a very high cost. The wells
are often prematurely plugged and the
production lost, he said. These wells
account for seven percent of Oklahoma’s
total production.
It has been estimated, Boren’s office
reported, that by giving high water
producing wells marginal well treatment
that 11,000 barrels a day of production
could be saved at a cost of about one-
third the price of OPEC oil.
Boren cited the example of a field in
Garvin County, Oklahoma, where nine
wells produced 350 barrels of oil a day
and 9,133 barrels of water a day. The
operator estimated that with marginal
oil tax treatment an additional 700,000
barrels of oil could be produced during
the life of the field.
The senator said that he was very
pleased by the passage of the two
amendments which should be “of real
help in increasing production and helping
the economy at Oklahoma."
In a surprise move, the committee also
voted on a voice vote to eliminate a
separate energy trust fund. The separate
fund for the proceeds of the tax was
opposed by those who were afraid that
the tax would become permanent instead
of temporary if it were passed in a
separate trust fund.
Associated Press reports that a
"windfall profits" tax passed by the
House of Representatives earlier this
year would produce an estimated 3104
billion between 1980 to 1990 to finance
Carter’s program for making the nation
less dependent on foreign oil. The Senate
Finance Committee is expected to
produce a tax with less bite.
Wholesale prices make
major jump last month
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale
prices surged ahead 1.4 percent in
September, the largest monthly increase
in nearly five years, the government said
today.
The rise in the Labor Department’s
Producer Price Index, the worst so far
this year, was blamed on continuing
increases in fuel costs and a new boost in
food prices, particularly beef and veal.
The index is watched closely because
increases in the wholesale level usually
are reflected in a month or two at retail
stores
Consumers already are paying prices
at retail nearly 12 percent higher than a
year ago, and the new wholesale figures
suggest that more inflation is likely.
The September wholesale increase was
the third consecutive monthly rise of
more than 1 percent. It also was the
largest since a 2 percent jump in October
1974, the year in which the nation’s
previous inflation record was set.
The wholesale prices for energy goods
climbed 6.8 percent last month, up one
percentage point from the previous
month.
The index in September stood at 220.4,
meaning that goods that cost 1100 in 1967
cost 9220.40 last month. The figure was
11.8 percent ahead of September 1978.
Bean sorters
Jane McGlasson (left) and Jewell Collins were hard at work
Wednesday afternoon, sorting beans for the annual Huskie
Moms been supper. The dinner will be served from I p.m. until
7:30 p.m. Friday in the elementary school cafeteria. Tickets for
the Moms' fundraiser are $2 for adults and $1 for children under
12. (J-C Photo)
tomorrow
Pawhuska merchants are encouraging
area residents to visit the city Friday,
Saturday and Sunday and enjoy
“Oktoberfest."
The Pawhuska Arts and Crafts
Festival is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
Friday in Pawhuska with booths set up
along the downtown streets.
The schedule for Oktoberfest is 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Wynona council
plans work on
fire department
BY TENNIE SLONE
Wynona Correspondent
Re-organization and upgrading of the
city’s volunteer fire department was one
of the items discussed by the Wynona
City Council at its meeting Tuesday
The council has approved work on the
fire department headquarters, with
much cleaning and improvements un-
derway on the building. A new front is
being put up on the building and a new
door is being purchased.
The city fire department has had an
increase in the number of volunteers for
its department Bob Sholl, Pawhuska fire
chief, is scheduled to discuss fire-fighting
procedures with the group in the future.
In addition a number of fund-raising
activities are planned to obtain money to
purchase new equipment for the
department. Elizabeth Coon reported
that she will be having a ghost walk in the
future to raise funds for the department.
Councilman Howard Orr is the
chairman of the committee for the
volunteer fire department
in other business, the council ap-
pointed June Radcliff as municipal
judge She replaces John Creek who is
now serving as the Wynona police officer.
Traffic court will be held once a week in
Wynona.
Council members present were Benny
Martin, Howard Orr, H. L. Heath, Floyd
Miller, Frank Stanton, Pete Moles, Ralph
Myers, and Mayor Kenneth Howell. Also
present were Joy Hedgcoth, treasurer,
and Martha Mersch, city clerk, as well as
a large crowd of private citizens.
Standing ovation climaxes Pope‘s Philadelphia visit
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pope John
Paul II said today that limiting the
Roman Catholic priesthood to men is the
way “God has chosen to shepherd his
flock."
The pope, making his first mention of
the growing movement in the United
States to admit women to the priesthood,
was greeted by cheers and a 10-minute
standing ovation as he climaxed his 20-
hour visit to Philadelphia with a huge
worship service in the Civic Center.
He took off from Philadelphia aboard
his “Shepherd I” jet at 12:24 p.m. EDT
for Des Moines, Iowa, cheered by school
children on his departure as he was on
his arrival.
By the time the pope left — about an
hour behind schedule — more than
130,000 people already had gathered for a
planned Mass at Iowa’s Living History
Farms. The 59-year-old pontiff ends the
day in Chicago, the next to last stop on
his week-long tour that began in Boston
on Monday.
The pope spoke of the love of Christ at
churches in two ethnic neighborhoods
early today. But he later reminded a
crowd of about 24,000 at the Civic Center
that love demands fidelity.
He was interrupted by applause nine
times during his speech, and chants of
"Long Live the Pope!” and "Sto lat,"
Polish for "May you live a hundred
years!” resounded when the pope ended
his homily.
Most of the members of the audience
were priests, most of whom were in the
main part of the hall, and nuns, seated in
the balcony.
The pontiff said the priesthood was
"given by the Lord to ‘the men he himself
had decided on’" and this is “in accord
with the prophetic tradition.”
"It should help us understand that the
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Summer fun is the key
to recreation program
(EDITOR'S NOTE-Second in a series
on the nine organizations which receive
funds from the Pawhuska United Fund
drive. The UF drive is currently un-
derway in Pawhuska. The total goal is
$10,800.)
Wow, another hit.
What would summer be without soft-
ball and baseball. From the smallest T-
baller to the toughest of the prep league
players, the Pawhuska summer ball
program has become an institution.
The Pawhuska Summer Recreation
Program conducts a six-week recreation
program for the youngsters of the city.
The morning program, from 9:30 a.m.
to noon, offered a variety of activities
this past year. Among the special ac-
tivities in the morning program was a
tennis week which included instruction
as well as a round robin tournament at
the end of the week.
The evening program offered softball
and baseball for girls and boys. During
the past summer 250 youngsters par-
ticipated in the program, which fielded
teams in four age groups for both boys
church’s traditional decision to call men
to the priesthood, and not to call women,
is not a statement about human rights
nor an exclusion of women from holiness
and mission in the church," he said.
“Rather this decision expresses the
conviction of the church about this
particular dimension of the gift of priest-
hood by which God has chosen to shepard
his flock," added the pope
The pope was interrupted by applause
four times during his remarks on women
and celibacy.
The drive for fuller women’s rights in
the church has mounted in recent years
1979 United Fund drive
and girls.
The summer recreation program
receives funding from other areas in-
cluding in 1979 <1,000 for the city, 31,000
from the school system, and $325 from
various civic groups in addition to the
3750 from the United Fund, but the
budget for the six-week program runs
close to 33,000.
In past years, the program received
help through CETA and other govern-
ment sources. This year, however, such
aid was cut drastically In addition, the
Summer Recreation Program is an-
ticipating adding a soccer league for next
year, which will involve a bigger
recreation program for 1900.
In their recommended 1979-80 budget,
the United Fund has allocated 31,000 for
the Pawhuska Summer Recreation
Program, a 8250 increase over the 8750
budgeted last year, in order to help pay
for some of the increased costs of the
program.
Without United Fund support, it could
be an empty summer for many of
Pawhuska’s youngsters
in the United States and to some degree
in Europe. Recent surveys indicate that
about 40 percent of U.S Catholics favor
admission of women to priestly orders
A Vatican declaration issued in 1977,
prior to John Paul’s papacy, reiterated
that women could not be priests because
they lacked a “natural resemblance” to
Jesus, a thesis that provoked an uproar
among U.S Catholic women. The pope in
his address to priests also repeated his
insistence on the permanence of the
priestly vow to celibacy.
“Nor should it surprise the world that
the call of God through the Church
continues to ofer us a celibate ministry
The issues of women in the priesthood
and priestly celibacy are controversial
ones in the United States Half a dozen
women — one of them carrying a sign
reading, “God is an Equal Opportunity
Employer" — demonstrated outside the
cardinars residence where John Paul
spent Wednesday night.
About 10,000 priests in this country
were given dispensations to return to lay
status in the past decade. But the
dispensations - which free a priest to
marry without fear of excommunication
- reportedly stopped when John Paul
became pope almost a year ago.
The pope began the fourth day of his
Pawhuska in. Brief
HELP H.E.L.P. - A garage sale, with the
proceeds to go to Elevate Handicapped
Persons(H.E.L.P.), will be held at 1201
E. 13th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
CLOSED-The Pawhuska city offices will
be closed Monday, Oct. 8 in observance
of Columbus Day.
HUSKIE MOMS - The Huskie Moms will
meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the
lecture hall at the high school. The
school’s basketball coaches will be on
hand to present the program.
week-long U.S. tour with visits to
churches in two ethnic neighborhoods,
where he said stressed the importance of
Jesus in everyday life and said that
peoples of diverse heritages are united in
Christ despite differences in culture and
language.
“What really matters in life is that we
are loved by Christ and that we love him
in return ... Everything else is secon-
dary," said the pope as he led morning
prayers at the Church of St. Peter, site of
the tomb of St. John Neumann, the first
American man to be canonized.
He told the Hispanics that their
heritage could be "a witness of unity
within a pluralism of religion, culture
and social living.”
Church works
on Cuba’s link
to SALT treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Frank
Church, D-Idaho, says he is working on a
formula he believes will eliminate the
issue of Soviet troops in Cuba as a barrier
to Senate ratification of the SALT II
treaty.
“I do believe a way can be found to
eliminate the impediment to the
ratification of SALT, to find the formula,
the key to the locked door,” Church,
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Senate Democratic Leader
Robert C. Byrd raised the possibility that
he will permit the Senate’s SALT debate
to be televised. But he said his per-
mission will depend on securing general
agreement to limit the time spent on the
treaty.
Several senators who are inclined to
favor the pact insisted in Senate
speeches that its consideration be
separated from the Soviet troop core
troversy.
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Spencer, Frank. Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 197, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1979, newspaper, October 4, 1979; Pawhuska, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2284785/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.