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But Mo Plumbing . . ♦
What A
Birdhouse!
li stands 150 feet tall
a water tower which has
never held one drop of wa-
ter unless you count
splashes of rain.
Motorists know the tow-
er which stands majesti-
cally in a baseball field in
The Village just off N
May.
Originally John Burke
built the tower with inten-
tion of supplying a housing
development with its own
water supply.
When Burke began his
search for a water source,
he found the idea was all
wet. No water — just a
thirsty citizenry.
"We h a d problems,"
Burke says, "so instead
the area was connected to
the city water distribution
system."
With his housing devel-
opment stymied until wa-
ter could bo brought in.
Burke handed the problem
over to Oklahoma City au-
thorities.
Oklahoma City, which
agreed to supply the wa-
ter, now owns the lower
hut has no plans for it, ac-
cording to Frank Taylor,
city water superintendent.
Pigeons have taken it
over, much to the delight
of the young baseball play-
ers who use the field.
The young players take
time out periods to stand
and listen through the tow-
er to chattering pigeons.
Officials say there have
been complaints and re-
quests to at least paint the
structure. There seems to
he little danger in the tow-
er. It is solidly made and
its door was long ago weld-
ed shut.
The 2CiO.!KM» gallons of
water which it would have
held, however, never got
there and so the pigeons
have the state's biggest
birdhouse - hut no bird
hath water.
Overlooking The Vil-
lage, water tower sits
high and dry.
Saigon Forces on Full Alert
SAIGON (AP) — Viet Cong infiltrators
wpre reported pushing in toward Saigon Fri-
day, and Vietnamese forces in the capital
were placed on full alert to meet a possible
new ma jor attack.
All leaves were canceled in the Saigon mil-
itary district. Supply and administrative
clerks were confined to quarters and told to he
ready to fight
Senior P. S. officers said no alert was nec-
essary for American troops. "Wp’re as fully
alert all the time as we cFItlte," said one.
South Vietnamese intelligence sources said
enemy infiltration in the capital military dis-
trict has been stepped up within the past 4k
hours.
"Platoon-size and larger groups of per-
haps 50 to hi) men at a time have been infiltrat-
ing from the west and northwest into five dis-
tricts just on the outskirts of Saigon." one
source said.
Oiher sources said civilians living in Gia
Dinh. the suburb north of ihe city, reported
that Viet Cong troops had been turning up for
the past two days in the vieiniiy of the Binh
Lot bridge, the scene of heavy lighting in the
past
Stieeis there have been blocked by barbed
wire, and persons passing through are checked
by government troops. Several big guns and
recoilless rifles have been placed near the
(See SAIGON—Page 2)
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VOL. I.XXIX, NO. 112
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40 PAGES—OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 1968
Ten Cents (Single Copy Price 1
Warren Likely to Stay
If Senate Blocks Pair
Carleton Describes 'Social Hours'
Oil Files Dumping Denied
By Bob McMillin
An official of the Asphalt
Refiners Association. I-a-
Vcrne Carleton, denied Fri-
day in federal court that he
destroyed any association
records after he was subpe-
nacd to give testimony in the
|state's $20 million price fix-
ing suit against five major
oil companies.
Carleton. association man-
agin', former city council-
man and politician, also de-
nied under cross-examina-
tion that he had any knowl-
Upuard Trend Continues
Living Costs More
WASHINGTON (AP) - L.iving costs
rose three-tenths of 1 percent in May.
continuing upward at an annual ratp of
more than 4 percent, the labor depart-
ment reported Friday.
Biggest price boosts last month were
for clothing, up nearly 1 percent, and
food, up four-tenths of 1 percent, said the
bureau of labor statistics.
Arnold Chase, assistant commissioner
of the bureau, said, "The upward trend of
insurance, That is
Ills? Just Blame Doc!
By Hugh Hall
Oklahoma doctors shoul-
dered part of the blame Fri-
day for the state's injured
workman insurance ills, and
pledged their help to the leg-
islature to correct the situa-,workmen's compensation
tion.
Their spokesman was Dr.
James P. Bell, Oklahoma
City, who appeared before a
legislative council subcom-
mittee opening a study of
[edge of asphalt price fixing after you were suhpenaeri to
Jby the oil companies. give a deposition Aug. IT,
Carleton at one point was. 1967Bailey asked,
termed a "hostile" witness, "No. sii, I did not. Carle-
by Bui ok Bailey, special! ton replied,
counsel for the slate. When Bailey continued to
; “Did you throw away any bore in. he was interrupted
of the association's records by Richard McDermott, lul-
~~ sa, an attorney for one de-
fendant. Phillips Petroleum
Co.
"Are \nti trying to im-
peach your own witness,1"
he asked
"It would appear hr is a
hostile witness," Bailey re-
plied.
Carleton said the associa-i
lion had moved lour times,
and each time it was moved'
excess documents were
thrown away.
"I was never much to save
a bunch of stuff anyway."
Carleton said, "and I never
wrote many letters."
"But I never destroyed
anything after you served
me with the subpena." the
former city councilman said,
i Carleton was called as at
state's witness as Ihe $20J
million lawsuit wound up its'
i second week.
The state alleges five oil
; companies conspired to fix
I road oil prices through iden-
tical bids and set them arti-
Ifinally high. The state also
it’- charges them with allocating
{territories where the asphalt |
prices will continue for several months."
This year's rate of climbing liv ing costs
is the fastest in more than a decade.
At the same time, the bureau said aver-
age wages of some 45 million nonsupervi-
sory w orkers rose $1.59 per week lo a rec-
ord weekly high of $106.03.
But the purchasing power of the aver-
age paycheck was still slightly below last
year because of the rapidly rising prices.
surance.
At the outset. Sen. A1 Nich- was to be sold
ols (D-VYewoka) said he j Nampd in the suit are Sun-
How Much?
Flat
Snub
Need help? Write to Oklahoma City Times, P. O.
Box 25125, Oklahoma City 73125 or telephone CE 2-3311
between 10 a m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday
and ask for “Action Line.”
I have written to the county assessor twice, request-
ing a statement of (he assessed valuation of some prop-
erty I am buying and where I currently live. To date, I
have not received a reply. Can you help me? T. E. P.
We contacted Don Wilson, county assessor, and he
has now furnished you the information you requested. He
says your property has a total assessed valuation of
$2,520, less $1,000 homestead exemption which leaves a
total of $1,520.
There are a number of dogs running loose in the 4900
block Cromwell. What happened to the leash law? Mins
B.
We reported this to Poundmaster Royal Burris and
he has now picked up four stray dogs in this area. He
promises to continue to patrol the area.
•
A car ran over the bus stop sign in front of our house
at 1000 N Pennsylvania aad it is still lying across our
front yard. Could you get it put back up? Mrs. J. T.
We reported this to Bernard Robb, executive direct-
or of the Central Oklahoma Parking and Transportation
Authority, and he says this sign has now been replaced.
The street sign at NW 15 and Lee is missing aad has
been tor the past IV* years. Could a new one be in-
stalled? W. E. E.
This was called to the attention of James H. Robin-
(See ACTION LINE—Page J)
wants to kno is true
that high cost of injured
workmen's insurance is
keeping business and indus-
try from coming to the state.
"I want to hear proof on it
— I keep hearing it." Nich-
ols said.
First witness before the
committee. Bill Pitts, speak-
ing for the Mid-Continent Oil
and Gas Association, said in-
jured workmen arc not get-
ting as much benefit they
should, in light of insurance
cost to their employers.
Next came Dr. Boll, chair-1
man of the state medical as-
sociation's committee on oc-
cupational medicine.
Rep. Heber Finch (D-Sap-
ulpa) asked what could be
done about companies hiring
the best medical specialists. i this weekend, the weather
leaving the injured workman! bureau said Friday. A cool
ray DX Oil Corp.; Phillips;
Kerr-McGee Oil Corp.; Riffe
Petroleum Co., and Baxtpr
Land Co., formerly Inland
Asphalt Co.
Carleton said the associa-
tion was organized in 1954
and was the successor to the
Oklahoma Good Roads Asso-
ciation and the Petroleum
(See ASPHALT—Page 2)
Mercury
Soaring
Changing weather will
he in store for Oklahomans
less competent doctors to
testify for him in contested
cases.
Dr. Bell conceded it is so
to a degree, and said it is a
situation meriting study.
Sen. Ed Berrong <D-
Weatherford) asked about
the widely-divergent testi-
mony in some cases, where
one doctor might say a
workman has a five percent
disability, yet another physi-
cian would set it at 50 per-
cent.
Dr. Bell said there is no
doubt physicians are under
many pressures. He suggest-
ed study of a medical panel
to aid in setting the degree
of disability.
Dr. Bell said the medical
profession's attitude is that
the injured workman should
have Ihe best in medical
care, adequate benefits
while off the job and all pos-
sible help in returning to
(See INSURANCE—rage 2)
front is poised to sneak
into the nnrihwest Satur-
day morning.
The weatherman said
the front is expected to
touch off widely scattered
thundershowers in the
state's western half, and
turn temperatures much
cooler in the north.
Temperatures w’ere ex-
pected to rise above the
100 mark Friday in the
northwest and Panhandle,
with readings Saturday 15
degrees or more cooler.
Most state temperatures
Saturday are expected to
be in the low to mid 90's
after overnight lows from
the 60's in the northwest to
75 in the south.
Winds gusting up to 45
miles an hour whipped
across Oklahoma Friday
morning. Lake wind warn-
ings were posted in the
west and north and at
Lake Toxoma.
B.v The Associated Press
The delegates who hold
Oklahoma's votes for the
Republican and Democrat-
ic National Conventions
were primping Friday for
a wooing they don't often
get — and bracing for
sonic political maneuver-
ing.
Three major political
candidates were due to hit
Oklahoma Ciiy within a
few hours of each other
Friday, and there was a
report of a possible dele-
gate deal in the works by
Vice President Hubert
Humphrey.
Mystery Added
And a major financial
backer of California Gov.
Ronald Reagan added a
touch of mystery to the
preparations.
Humphrey and Sen. Eu-
gene McCarthy were due
to court the 41 Democratic
votes on the eve of the
state Democratic conven-
tion Saturday. New York
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
has arranged to meet with
Oklahoma Gov. Bartlett
and the 21 other delegates
to the Republican National
Convention.
Offer Reported
Humphrey may offer
McCarthy seven or eight
of Oklahoma's national
convention votes to avoid a
bitter party fight, it was
reported, quoting an un-
named Humphrey spokes-
man in Washington.
The spokesman indicat-
Filibuster
Threatened
Bv GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Majority Leader Mike Mans-
field said Friday that if a
senate filibuster against
[President Johnson's su-
preme court nominations de-
velops and cannot be broken,
he assumes Chief Justice
Earl Warren will reconsider
,his resignation and stay on.
Mansfield also told news-
men. in a switch of his ear-
|Her position, that there will
be no delay in the adjourn-
ment of congress to win con-
firmation of the nominations
or any calling of a session
between nr after the national
! party conventions.
Choice Offered
He noted the senate thus
will have the choice of ap-
proving Johnson's nomina-
[ tion of Justice Abe Fortas to
be chief justice, or having
Warren continue in that posi-
I tion.
Mansfield said he assumes
that if senate approval is de-
layed, Warren would recon-
sider his retirement and
["stay on and take his place
j on the court at the next
| term."
Nineteen Republican sena-
tors have signed a petition
pledging to vote against con-
firmation of any supreme
court nominations made by
Johnson before he leaves of-
fice next January, saying
j vacancies should be filled by
! the next president and not
by "a lame duck."
‘No Such Thing’
Johnson has nominated
I Fortas to succeed Warren
! and has picked Homer
iThornberry. now a 5th Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals judge,
to take Fortas' place as an
.associate justice on the su-
j preme court.
' Sen. Robert P. Griffin (R-
Mich.). who initiated the pe-
tition signed by over half of
U S Sen Mike Monroney t In a statement released by ,he 9OP,_ se"a,0/'s' said
Mnnrnnpv'c office Hall Thursday he and others were
wtd be introduced at.83 ur* made j, cleaV he intends to prepared to filibuster if nec-
day's state Democratic Con-'ca , for Monroney. essary to block confirmation
vention in Oklahoma City by | „j jt js a ciPar Jndi-1Fortas and Thomberry.
Tulsa attorney David Hal1-cation tbat j intend to Mansfield said "there is no
who seriously considered: ac'tJve and enthusiastic sueh thing as a lame duck
running against Monroney. itl ____.,. :j nrf»ciripnt ” He added that if
was announced Friday.
SELLING ART to new customers is Patric Shannon, director of the Oklahoma
Art Center. He took a group of young people on a tour Friday of a new exhibi-
tion. The children are taking part in the Community Action Program for the
"culturally disadvantaged" under the sponsorship of the Contemporary Arts
Foundation. The exhibition is by the Afro-American artist, Patrick Chu l oon.
This was the first time for the majority of these new gallery goers to tour a
museum. (Times Staff Photo b.v Tony Wood.) __
Candidates to Pitch Uoo
State Politicos Primp
cd the offer was that the
delegation would not be in-
structed. nor would it be
placed under the unit rule,
but the delegates them-
selves could adopt the unit
rule if they chose.
Those terms were said
to be acceptable to one (See POLITICOS—Page 2)
McCarthy leader in Okla-
homa, but not to his co-
workers, who rejected the
idea.
"He called today and
said the deal fell through,"
the new’s sources quoted
Unity Stressed
By Democrats
[support." Hall said.
The Tulsa Democrat
Hall, who ran a strong oaj|pd decision to support
tL-
president." He added that if
Johnson is a lame duck, then
any candidate who runs for
third in the IVmocratic pri- Monroney f ”c»n<1.,erm ln i! *
solidarity behind Monroney au^,ut victory push by Dem- fie,d sa,d a.
when he introduces the sen- ocrats." made very shortly to invoke
ior senator to the 1 484 dele- ^ sajd hp bclievps Mon. (Sw> W ARREN—Page 2)
?a,es- roney has more potential to
(attract young people than
• -any other person and said he
BULLETIN
LOB ANGELES (AP) —
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. tr-
rased awkssia of Seat.
Robert F. Kennedy, wan
granted a delay of three
week* Friday to eater a
plea to a charge of mgr-
der.
Loral: Parlly cloudy,
windy and warm through
Saturday. Overnight low-
70. High Saturday 95. (De-
tails. Page 24.)
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believes the senator "has
given far more evidence of
vision for the future growth
and excellence of our state
than any other Oklahoman."
The state convention opens
at 10 a m. Saturday at the
Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel.
Monroney was named
Thursday as keynote speak-
er for the convention which
also will hear an address at
10:30 a.m. by Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey.
Hail, a former Tulsa,
County attorney, only Thurs-i
(See DEMOCRATS—Page 2)1
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