Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 310, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1968 Page: 2 of 66
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, Feb. IS. 1968
City Housing
Plans Rolling
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yould contract for the rehab- ning, an Oklahoma City real-
station work, estimated at tor.
Mound $250,000. Alan Lower
!• the architect.
’The turnkey project at NW
10 and Broadway has been
proposed by James Bran-
2 Ouster
Actions
Dismissed
BARTLESVILLE (AP) —
Ouster accusations against
two Washington County com-
missioners were dismissed
Thursday because the names
for a grand jury were not
drawn in open court.
District Judge Robert L.
Hert dismissed the proceed-
ings against James Stuart
Pittman and Wendell J.
McWhorter.
Names for the grand jury
panel were drawn last Octo-
ber 11 in a former vault
which is part of the district
court clerks office. The
public is not admitted to the
vault which is now used as a
hallway and file room.
“The court is convinced in
this case that everything
District Judge Doty (who
presided over the grand
jury) and the officers of his
court did was done in good
faith,’' Hen said. “Nothing
was underhanded.
“But the court is not con-
vinced that the selection of
names of prospective jurors
occurred in open court.
“Courts not only have to
be fair, open and impartial,
but they have to appear to
the public to be fair, open
and impartial.”
District Attorney Lewis
Ambler had no comment on
the ruling.
tor.
Architectural plans pre-
pared by Nusbaum and
Thomas, an Edmond firm,
propose addition of a fifth
floor to the building.
The first floor would In-
clude an open air, land-
scaped courtyard area fac-
ing on Broadway, recreation-
al. office and clinic space.
Each floor would have
lounge and laundry room
and include a combination of
efficiency and one-bedroom
units.
A walk-around balcony
would be provided on the
fifth floor where exterior
walls would be set back from
those of the present struc-
ture.
Cost of the turnkey project
to the housing authority has
been estimated at approxi-
mately $1 million. The au-
thority would require ap-
praisals on the structure and
HUD approval before pur-
chasing the completed pro-
ject.
Elliott said both of the pro-
jects are In good locations in
that they are near a shop-
ping area and have bus serv-
ice available for residents.
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Court Eyes Obscenity
And Effects on Youth
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By Raiders
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Flights
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Falls. Continental spokes-
man Bruce Plowman report-
ed at the firm’s Los Angeles
headquarters.
United, Northwestern and
Pan American Airways also
have suspended some flights,
largely to fill in for normal
military transport flights in
terrupted by the special
trooplift.
Paradise
T roubled
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ARRESTED DOMINICAN YOUTHS are herded Into a truck by U. S.-trained
riot police in Santo Domingo Wednesday. Dominican troops later surrounded
the National Ualvernlty following aa armed oUu*h between leftUt students and
police. (AP Wlrephoto)_-_______
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view of traffic to the aorth from NE 2S nrhea driving
west. Could it be removed? Mrs. 1.6. W.
We reported this to the office of traffic control and
this tree has now been removed.
There is a building that is partially tore down at
Reao and S Pennsylvania. It is aa eyesore nod a firetrap.
It is too close to our beautiful city to be left as It is. Mrs.
B. E. O.
Twenty-six persons were
arrested at a party late Wed
nesday night In n downtown
Oklahoma City hotel after
police discovered men
dressed as women and other
men dancing with male part-
ners.
Lt. Jim Watson, night shift
officer for the detective divi-
sion, said police received a
call about the “weird party"
going on in the 200 block W
Sheridan about 11 p.m.
“When we walked in there
were men dancing with each
other and women were arm
in arm with other women. It
was one wild scene,” Watson
said.
The detective said Bobby
Lou Eby, 34, of 1736 SW 18,
was booked at the city jail on
a complaint of operating
disorderly house.
He said the 25 others were
booked for loitering in a dis-
orderly house.
Watson said the hotel man
agement requested police to
break up the party.
Your complaint was passed on to Fire Marshal John
D. Anderson and he took this case up with the district at-
torney. Anderson reports the building has now been re-
moved and the lots cleared.
Oa December 4,1 got a temporary chauffer's permit.
When will 1 get my permanent license? N. A. W.
A spokesman for the department of public safety
says your license was mailed to you at the address you
gave. If you have not received it, contact Charles
Hughes, central files division, department of public safe-
ty, PO Box 1826.
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Smog Comes
To Hawaii
Sales Tax
Check Fat
HONOLULU (AP) — Ha-
waii is encountering a 20th
century problem: Smog.
Robert Nekomoto, super-
visor of the air sanitation
section of the state health
department, said Honolulu
Oklahoma City received
$756,592 check Thursday
from the state tax commis-
sion, receipts from city sales
tax collected during Decern
ber.
Nate Ross, city finance di-
rector, said the amount is
$22,400 more than he had
forecast for December col-
lections and is $59,215 more
than the city received for
December 1966 collections.
Sun, Si;
Snow, No
We could use some interest by oar public officials in
getting some street repair oa NW 27 from MacArthar
through the 6800 Mock. Part of the street Is half paved
aad part of it is aothlng bat a swamp whoa we get a
quarter of aa lack of rain. 1 am sore this wouldn’t re-
quire a bond issue to fix. T. 8.
Oklahoma's winter won-
derland should be only a
memory by Friday as sun-
ny skies and spiraling tem-
peratures return to the
state, the weather bureau
said Thursday.
Clear skies were spread-
ing over the state.
Patchy ice remained on
most roads and highways
early Thursday. Light driz-
zle was reported at Tulsa,
Ardmore and Clinton.
Although streets an<
highways were mostly
clear, snow up to seven
inches deep remained in
western Oklahoma early
Thursday. Early-morning
temperatures ranged from
19 at Gage to 31 at Mc-
Alester and Ardmore.
The weatherman said
Friday morning's tempera-
tures will be freezing or
below statewide, with
readings from 16 in the
northwest to 32 in the
southeast.
A spokesman for the department of public works
says they are aware of this situation, but have been un-
able to acquire easement leading to the north to drain
this area. The half street will not be paved until the area
to the north is completely developed.
War
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My niece was on welfare for a while and then she got
married. Now she is pregnant, her husband has left her,
her house burned down and she has no Income. Could you
get her some help? Mrs. E. W
Charles J. File, Oklahoma County welfare director,
says your niece was receiving welfare on one child when
she remarried and then the welfare stopped. She has now
been certified for welfare again and her checks will be
mailed to her.
lots were bombing with “dis-
cretion,” trying to avoid his-
t o r i c a 1 and architectural
treasures.
Artillery fire as well as air
raids was used to soften
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The nine supreme court Jus-
tices, average age 61, are in
the process of deciding
which portions of the human
anatomy are of “morbid in-
terest" to boys and girls.
Although this take* some
mind-reading, the task
shouldn't be especially diffi-
cult. Mini-skirts aside
youngsters haven't change*
that much over the years.
More difficult will be de-
ciding if such sights are too
rich for young blood — and
finding a course of action at
least five of the nine justices
can agree on.
The court's excursion into
obscenity law in recent
years, while not exactly dett.
hits made it obvious that vir-
tually any racy material that
isn't outright hard-core por-
nography cannot be kept
from adults.
Providing, of course, the
publisher doesn't make
Ralph Ginzburg's mistake
and allow the “leer of the
sensualist” to permeate his
advertising.
From “Fanny Hill” to
'Lust Pool," from girlie
magazines like “Swank" and
Sir" to homosexual maga-
zines from Denmark, the
court has stayed the censor's
hand.
But while so doing, it also
has dropped broad hints that
it would be receptive to laws
designed to keep such mate-
rial from the young.
For Instance, Justice Wil-
liam J. Brennan jr„ in a 1964
ruling, said “We recognize
the legitimate and indeed ex-
igent interest of states and
localities throughout the na-
tion in preventing the dis-
seminationof material
deemed harmful toi
children.”
In fact. Brennan recom-
mended state and local au-
t h o r i t i e s consider laws
“aimed specifically at pre-
venting distribution of objee-
t i o n a b 1 e material to
children.”
Statement Curious
Chief Justice Earl Warren,
in the same case, spoke of
material that would be "inof-
fensive under most circum-
stances but, at the same
time, ‘obscene’ in the ex-
treme when sold or dis-
played to children.”
And last May, a curious
statement appeared in an un-
signed decision by the court
throwing out a batch of ob-
question reflected a spe- movies as "not uilUble for
cific and limited state con-
cern for Juveniles."
A New York state law and
a Dallas ordinance now be-
fore the court reflect this
special concern.
The New York law. enact-
ed in 1965, prohibits sale of
harmful" material to boys
and girls under 17. And it at
tempts to set forth precisely
the kind of "nudity" and Sunday,
sexual conduct" that would
appeal to an adolescent s
“morbid Interest."
The Dallas ordinance, en-
acted the same year, gives a
nine-member board of cen-
sors authority to classify
young persons." This means
a youngster under 15 unless
acompanied by parents or
spouse.
In a little more than two
years a total of 580 movies .
have been so classified.!
Many are what the trade re-
fers to as the “lewdy nudle.”
Others are more convention-
al film fare, such "Never on
"Love With a
Proper Stranger,” and
Goldfinger."
If at least five justices de-
cide the First Amendment
leaves room for such selec-
tive censorship these laws
are apt to multiply.
On December 14 a city garbage truck struck my car
and did $105.17 damage. I filed a claim and on January
17,1 got a letter saying my claim had been denied, but it
was about a sewer claim which I had not made. Then
they told me my claim had been denied because it was
an unavoidable accident. It was the other driver’s fault
and he got a traffic ticket. This Is all unfair. M. A. W.
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__________________ Ross said receipts for the
is getting smog whenever first eight months of this fis-
there is a persistent south | cal year are about 2 percent
wind, and the south wind
has been persistent this
week.
He said heavy traffic is
the main cause for the blue
haze. But he added that
volcanic activity on Hawaii
Island, about 150 miles
southeast of Honolulu, and
heavy military air traffic
on Its way to Vietnam also
are contributing to the
problem.
more than his forecast. Re-
ceipts so far have totaled
$4,910,448 compared to a
forecast of $4,812,570.
Roy H. Semtner, municipal counselor, regrets you
were sent the wrong letter, but says you were sent a cor-
rected one as soon as they learned of their mistake. Your
case was re-scheduled January 30 and although the city
attorney recommended your claim be denied because
they claimed the accident was unavoidable, the city
council voted to pay you the full amount of damages.
Remember, Action Line wants to protect every citi-
zen’s rights to be treated fairly by government agencies
_ local, gtate, national — or any other community or-
ganization. If you are confronted by a problem of this
type, cull or write Action Line. And please give a phone
number at which you can be reached in case additional
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general Interest questions can be given only in this col-
umn.
Wiretaps Urged
WASHINGTON (AP) -
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP)
|— Rep. J. Herbert Burke
(R-Fla.) Wednesday called
I for an investigation of a
w„erh Scott (R-Pa) mother's charge that she had
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President Johnson’s objec- nam *orher manne
tlons and include authority now dead-
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Gun Gains
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anti-crime legislation.
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Hollywood, said she received
|tapes recorded on Vietnam
battlefields on which her
son’s voice pleaded for gun
cleaning apparatus and a
raincoat.
“Please send gun oil,
patches, and brushes,” zhe
said 19-year-old Lance Cpl.
William Buckles told her.
“We have to clean our
guns several times a day.
The M16 (rifle) is Juzt not
[working properly."
She said she wr.s notified
Tu sdny that hpr son was
MEMPHIS (AP) — J. T.
Maddox, a cab driver, hand-
ed over a wedding donation
to a persuasive bridgroom
to-be — but he did so reluc-
tantly.
Maddox told police he
picked up a fare who poked
what appeared to be a pistol
In the cab driver’» back and
said: "You gotta give me
your money because I am
getting married.
B-52s
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casualties were mainly civil-
ians.
The target area was about
one mile to the northwest of U. S.
the district town of Lai
Thleu.
The spokesman said the
entire target area had been
declared free of friendly
forces and civilians, and
prior to the bombing the peo-
sions.
|and legs.
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Guard Reduced
ORANGEBURG, S. C.
(AP) — The national guard
force patrolling riot-torn Or-
angeburg was reduced by
half Wednesday night and
th? curfew was pushed back
to 9 p.m.
The target area was adja
cent to what the air force de-
scribed as a “rapid access
route to Tan Son Nhut air-
field and Saigon, on which
there had been heavy fight-
ing fai the past two days.”
the massive walls before al
lied ground troops tried an
assault. There were rumors
that one artillery round fell
short and hit a theater hous-
ing refugees. “It's possible,"
said Gratto, “the theater
would be in the target line.”
The American jets entered
the battle for the Citadel for
the first time Wednesday but
used only napalm and rock-
ets on the North Vietnamese
positions along the 6-
foot-thick stone walls.
Thursday, marine officers
said, the pilots were unleash-
ing 250, 500 and 750-pound
bombs, but with “discre-
tion.”
Remnants of a North Viet-
namese regiment clung tena-
ciously to the palace com-
pound which includes the
throne hall, courtyards and
shrines begun by the Emper-
or Gia Long In 1804
The Rod troops were re-
ported In heavily fortified po-
sitions along the northeast
and southeast walls of the
Citadel.
The Communists tried to
cut off a battalion of the 3rd
South Vietnamese Regiment
from other allied troops
Wednesday night but failed
and suffered 24 killed. "Al
lied casualties were closely
comparable to the enemy’s,”
said a military spokesman.
Over North Vietnam, the
heavy monsoon cloud cover
lifted enough Wednesday for
Air Force F-4 Phan-
toms and F-105 Thunder
chiefs to fly 95 missions.
Aerial pholographs showed
that the American pilots
scored two direct hits at the
southern end of the five-span
Canal de Rapides bridge, a
U. S. spokesman aald. It was
the seventh time U. S. fight-
er-bombers have attacked
the structure, one of the
routes Into Hanoi for the rail
lines from Communist Chinn,
Work crows apparently
had repaired the bridge utter
U. S, raiders Iasi attacked 1*
on January 4 during a clear-
ing In the monsoon weather.
of the cases,” it went, “was
there a claim that the statute
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