Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 116, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 1968 Page: 1 of 26
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40-Minute Gnnfight Terrorizes Manhattan
Sniper Killed in Central Park
Battle; W oman Slain, 3 Hurt
Police Lt. Arthur Deutch, wearing bulletproof vest,
holds sniper's Run in his right hand, (inns in Ins left
hand are his own whieh he emptied. <AI* Wirt photo)
NEW YORK (AIM — A
man shot a woman to
death in a Central Park
comfort station 'Wednes-
day and then wounded an
elderly man and two po-
licemen in a 40-minute
sniping spree.
He was killed by officers
wearing bulletproof vests,
police reported.
Tear gas fired by police
flushed the heavy-set. mid-
dle-aged gunman from a
cluster of trees, near the
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, to which he hlul fled.
Carrying a .45-caliber
army revolver, he climbed
to the roof of the stone
comfort station and
crouched with his feel in a
six-ineh-deep puddle of
rain water.
“He was d o w n, but
raised up and fired three
shots out of his revolver,"
said Detective Lt. Arthur
Deutch. “I let him have 12
in the chest and Me-
I^oughlin hit him too."
Deutch and Capt. Robert
McLoughlin were both
wearing bulletproof vests.
The shootings occurred
near 85th Street and Fifth
Avenue, across from some
of the city’s most exclu-
sive apartment houses.
Jacqueline Kennedy
lives in the area. She is
away with her children at
Hyannis Port, Mass.
Police said the gunman
was carrying a bank book
with ihe name Angel Ange-
loff of Manhattan.
The body of the woman,
who was not immediately
identified, was found in a
booth in the women’s part
of ihe comfort station. She
was shot in ihe head, po-
lice said.
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ItuKsian Charges Contradieled
Pilot Denies Jet Off Course
TOKYO (AP) — The pilot of the U. S. air-
liner released by ihe Soviet Union after two
days denied Wednesday that he violated Soviet
air space.
But Capt. Joseph Tosolini said it was "my
duty" to sign a letter admitting a violation to
secure release of the plane and the 214 \iet-
nam-bound troops on board.
In Washington, a Federal Aviation Admin-
istration spokesman said in reply to a ques-
tion, “We have reliable information, including
radar data, that there was a violation of Soviet
air space." He added the plane may have been
off course by as much as 100 miles.
Tosolini said his plane was intercepted by
a Soviet MIC. that flew parallel to ihe jetliner
and fired a burst from its guns to cqjvince
him he should follow il to a Soviet base.
Jarman Opposed
»Race Planned
*
By Sokolosky
• By Jim Standard
Statdj, Rep. Jerry Soko- has served
losky of Oklahoma City
called a prpss conference
Wednesday to announce he
will oppose District 5 l . S.
Rep. John Jarman in the
Democratie primary.
Sokolosky. a 29-year-old
attorney with political ties
to both labor and the Ne-
gro community, declined
to say why he was calling
the afternoon press confer-
ence.
However, it was learned
that the young legislator
would announce his inten-
tions to file against Jar-
man, who is seeking his
ninth term.
Sokolosky is the first
Democrat to deridp to run
against Jarman, although
at least seven Republicans
are considering primary
races.
Sokolosky. 817 NE 61.
four years in
the state house of repre-
sentative*.
Tn the house, he served
part of last session as
chairman of the Oklahoma
County delegation.
Sokolosky wa« a leading
figure in passage of a pe-
nal reform bill in the legis-
lature and has led an un-
successful fight for aboli-
tion of capital punishment
ever since his election.
As an. attorney, Sokolos-
ky has represented several
labor unions and bis legis-
lative district has a sizable
Negro population.
An Oklahoma City na-
tive. Sokolosky was grad-
uated from the University
of Oklahoma law school in
1962.
The District 5 race this
(See RACE—Page 2)
V
Mama Mia!
Claim
Staked
PARIS (AP) — U. S.
Ambassador W. Averell
Harriman thanked North
Vietnam Wednesday for its
announced decision to re-
lease three c a p 1 u r e d
American pilots in what tv
hopes is a gesture toward
future progress in the Par- j
is peace talks.
However. North Viet-
namese Ambassador Xuan
Thuy. who received Harti-
man's thanks in Wednes- |
day's session of the talks,
said "we did not make one
centimeter of progress.
Name** Not Given
The North Vietnamese
news agency had an-
I nounced before the start of
the session here lhat for
I “humanitarian ' reasons
three captured fliers would
be released. U did not give
the dale or the names of
the Americans chosen for
release.
Xuan Thuy officially in-
formed Harriman of the
decision in the meeting.
U. S. to Free Three?
In Washington. U. S. of-
ficials indicated the United
States, in response, would
soon free three caplured
North Vietnamese.
The officials said Am-
bassador Averell Harri-
man was speaking for the
U. S. government when he
..... thanked Hanoi’s envoy.
This means more deposi- j Harriman said.
•We like to think that
Jerry D. Sokolosky
Area Bank
j
Savings lip
By Gilbert Hill
Deposits in 33 Oklahoma
.City area banks are flirting
with the SI.25 billion mark
and are “probably" at the
ail-time high in history —
with more concent ration
than ever before in savings.
The exact figure, revealed
by a state and federal call
Wednesday for ihe rondition
of banks as of the close of
business June 30, showed
SI,249,438.474 on deposit.
Bankers said it could vary in
both directions on daily busi-
ness.
The most interesting fact
to bankers is that the sav-
ings total of $523,059,177 was
9.98 percent above the
S480.128.369 reported on June
30 last year.
"I did not stray over Russian territory," |
said Tosolini of Bethany, Conn., after bringing
the plane here He noted at a news conference
that he had flown the same route from laco-
nta. Wash., to Japan many times before.
He added, however, that when the Soviets
drafted a letter fixing the plane's position in-
side Soviet territory, "1 felt it my duty to
sign."
i Tosolini told newsmen:
"If any of you gentlemen
had been through what
I've been through for three
days, I think you'd have
done the same."
Tosolini said lie argued
wilh the Russians over the
content of the letter and
secured some changes. He
said at one point a U. S.
soldier on board told him
he represented 25 of his
buddies and that they
would rather “stick it out"
than have Tosolini sign the
lelter.
Navigator Larry Guer-
non said his calculations
showed the chartered
four-engine jet was well
outside the line defining
Soviet air space otf the
Kurile Islands when it was
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I worked in Utile Rock, Ark., until May 8 and during
that time 1 was covered by a group insurance policy. Un-
der the policy I was covered tor *2M In maternity bene-
fits end $40 a week for six weeks after the child was
born. We moved to Oklahoma and the insurance compa-
ny paid mo the $200, but not the remainder. Can yon help
me? Mrs. C. E. F., Ardmore.
We took this up with Bob C. Lamirand, director of
claims for the state insurance commissioner, and he has
been in touch with the insurance company. He reports
your claim has now been paW.
Why ere Mime school signs up while others are
down? Those between NW 1$ end l« on N Pennsylvania
ere still up. W. F.
tors — particularly the1
treasurers of major business
firms — arp moving funds
from demand to time depos-
its, trying to earn a little
money to offset the higher
costs of inflation, and possi-
bly tending to reduce bank
earnings.
Loans increase to $657.-
831.368 during the period
from April this year until
June, a gain of 4.46 percent
which indicates the quick
surge of general business,
requiring more borrowed
money, since that time.
Hie loan figure is also up
2.56 percent above lhat of
June 30 last year, which is a
good index of increased busi
_____r______ ness activity, but may not be
James H. Robinson, director of traffic control, says a completely accuraie figure
(Bee ACTIOS LINE—Png* 2) SAVINGS—Page I)
perhaps it's a straw in the
wind." he said. “You re-
member Secretary of De-
fense (Clark M.) Clifford
spoke of straws in the
wind as related to prog-
ress in these talks."
Progress Hinted
Clifford said two weeks
ago he saw some straws
and hints of evidence of
progress in the talks.
Once before the North
Vietnamese released
American fliers captured
on missions over the
North. It freed three on
February 16 as a gesture
for the Vietnamese lunar
new year. In exchange, ihe
United States released
three North Vietnamese
(See TALKS—Page 2)
Related Details, Page II
intercepted bv Russia n
MIG* Monday and forced
to land on the island of Du-
mp north of Japan.
The SoviPt Union said
the plane violated Soviet
air space and the U. S. j
Federal Aviation Adminis- j
tration concluded that So- j
viet air space was violated
because the plane's crow
ntade a navigational error.
The state department
aplogized and the Soviet
government released the
plane with unexpected
swiftness.
Tosolini. flanked at a
news conference by his 17-
member crew that. Includ-
ed nine stewardesses, said
he signed a letter as a con-
dition for his release. He
said corrections in the let-
ter indicated the Soviets
had perhaps erred in fix-
ing the plane's position.
The first letter the Rus-
sians wrote for Tosolini to
sign admitting he had vio-
(See PILOT—Page 2)
Most seriously injured
was Charles Bach, a resi-
dent of the neighborhood,
who was walking his dog
in the park. He was in
I/mnnx Hill Hospital with
a back wound.
The wounded policemen
— Patrolman Philip Sheri-
dan of Sayville, N. Y., and
James Hubbard of the
Bronx — were in Ihe same j
hospital wilh flesh wounds.
In Washington, Presi-
dent Johnson expressed
horror at the Central Park
shooting and called on con-
gress and "all (he people
of Americ a to pass the gun
control measures which
are needed to protect ihe
| American people against
insane and reckless mur-
der by gunfire."
It Shots I'ired
Police said the 411 min-
utes of terror began at
about K!: 10 a m. with the
slaying of the woman. It
! ended on the roof of Ihe
! comfort station, with Ihe
gunman shot to dPath.
Police had used tear gas
to rout the gunman from
i the cluster of trees. When
he scaled the one-story
stone comfort station, neat
the1 Metropolitan Museum
of Art at 85th Street and
Fifth Avenues. 1wo detec-
tives followed on a ladder
and tired 14 shots at him.
Two policemen at the
scene first told reporters
that four persons weir
dead, hut the accounts
proved to be wrong.
Margaret Lacy, a nurse
who was nearby in the
park with 2-vear-old Jenni-
fer Lononn, said she saw
the man on the comfort
station roof fire a shot.
Patrolman Helps
I "He fired a second
i shot." she said. "I was in
the play yard and ran to
the corner, f put her (Jen-
nifer) on the ground and
lay on top of her.
Patrolman Salvadore
! y i o r e n z a, who arrived
j shortly after, said an uni-
I dentified man handed Jen-
nifer and another child
over the fence. Fiorenza
and another officer ptied
open the fence so the man
and Mrs. I-acy could crawl
out on their hands and
knees.
Terry Brown, a photog-
rapher's agent, said he
was in the play yard with
his 2' —year-old son. Brian.
"I heard two shots, like
firecrackers." he related.
"Someone said. ‘Move. I
guess it was the guy with
the gun. I grabbed Brian
and moved to the right.
The cops pried open the
bars and let us out.
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Arrow points to spot on comfort station roof where
sniper hid out. (AP Wire photo)
Volley Fired
In Rate Board
Ouster Action
B> Mary Jo Nelson
A strong attack was initiated in district court Wednes-
day against the state's attempt to oust the three corpora-
tion commissioners for alleged violation of their oaths of
office.
An attorney for Commissioner Wilburn Cartwright,
filed documents in which he claims the attorney general s
ouster suit is not valid on a
number of technical points.
The attorneys principal
Friendly
Fourth!
Wallace to Speak
MONTGOMERY. A 1 a
argument is that the com-
missioners cannot be ousted|
under the state constitution
until they are convicted of
violating their oaths.
Second, the lawyer con-
tends, the constitutional pro-
hibition against accepting
free transportation refers
explicitly to common car-
riers, and doesn't apply to
_ Presidential candi-jan occasional airplane ride.;
date George Wallace re
sumes campaigning Wednes-
day night in Minneapolis.
CIOUOY
Local: Partly cloudy
and warm through Thurs-
day. Overnight low 65. High
Thursday 88. (Details,
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V. P. Crowe, who filed the
aciion, said he understood
an attorney for the other two
commissioners, Harold
Freeman, and Ray C. Jones,
would file similar motions
later in the day.
G. T. Blankenship, the at-
torney general, filed sepa-
rate lawsuits against each
commissioner earlier this
vear, in which he sought to
oust them from office be-
cause thpy rode an oil com
pany airplane 10 an Oklaho-
ma-Texas football game in
Dallas.
, Blankenship contends such
J* i acceptance of free transpor-
g jtation from a firm regulated
© by the corporation oommis-
” (See OUST—Page 2)
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Pick a Park
To Picnic
Fourth of July cele-
brators will find Thurs-
day's weather perfect
for picnicking and pa-
rade-watching. t h e
weatherman said
Wednesday.
The weather bureau
said the general outlook
is for fair skies and
temperatures from the
mid 80 s in the Panhan-
dle to low 90's in the
south.
Forecasters said
there is a chance pic-
nickers will have to run
for cover in ihe state'*
western region, as a few
scattered showers may
fall in the afternoon.
Stipe Fights Pate Evidence
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By Robert B. All©* Stipe.
Lawyers for state Sen.
Gene Stipe (D-McAlester).
charged with income tax
evasion, fought Wednesday
to ban a statement made by
a former Stipe associate to
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evasion. They were indicted|ma political power, is sch©d*j
Pate a disbarred Poteaulbv a federal grand jury in uled for trial in federal court'
lawyer, and Stipe arelMuskogpe. at Muskogee on July 15.
charged with income tax' Stipe, an eastern Oklaho- in a pre-trial hearing bo*
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Internal Revenue Service
agents.
I^ee Jackson, Muskogee, a
former lawyer for the slate
senator, told a U. S. District
Court hearing in Oklahoma
City that an "exsculpatory"
statement given by Whit
Pate was never accepted by
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fore U. S. District Judga
Fred Daugherty Wednesday
in Oklahoma City. StJpe'a
lawyers sought to rule out
| the Pate statement unlesa
the government proves th©
two enlered into a conspira-
cy to avoid Stipe's taxes on
an alleged $70,000 income.
Most of the arguments
(See STIPE—Pa*© t)
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