Lawton Constitiution (Newspaper) - October 28, 1975, Lawton, Oklahoma Combined Paid Daily Circulation Temperature Chart Today i VOLUME 74 NO AP AP WIREPHOTO THIRD AND A AYE LAWTON OKLA TUESDAY OCTOBER 28 1975 16 PAGES SINGLE COPY lOc Opposite Effect Noted WASHINGTON AP A leading so- who once advocated busing to achieve school desegregation today told Congress that forced busing has had the opposite effect in the nation's large cities Dr James S Coleman of sity of Chicago told the Senate ciary Committee that busing raises a spectre of a country uf black cities and white suburbs A REPORT by Coleman in 1966 for the U.S Office of Education provided an underpinning for busing 10 achieve Police Solory Plon OKLAHOMA CITY AP A new 9 per cent pay plan wnich ended a day walkout by city police was for- mally approved by council today Voting against the measure were Tony Zahn Eric Groves and Jerry Gilbert Council earlier rejected a punitive measure offered by the council's lone black member but adopted another ting an April deadline for an tive action plan for police ment Councilman Goree James scalded the Fraternal Order of Police for the day work stoppage criticized the Police department for its lack of black officers between the ranks of assistant chief and sergeant The council voted against a lution by James to close the gate on further negotiations with the FOP if the proposed contract is adopted The council unanimously approved James second motion however ing for the affirmative action plan by April 1976 James read his statement into the council minutes after dis- tributing it to newsmen 1 have always supported the police sometimes with chagrin James said I wish in continue that support but I am looking for service and in return Between the ranks of assistant chief and sergeant there is not ow single of- ficer of color not one black ant not one black captain and not one black major Appearing to address the Fraternal Order of Police and the city Police De- James said 1 plan to watch you with an eagle's eye to see if you can make as much progress in the area of affirmative action racial in- POLICE Pace 1 desegregation The report found that children from disadvantaged grounds performed somewhat better when they attended school with dren from more affluent homes Coleman said today that although he never believed in compulsory busing he had once held that busing was the quickest way to achieve school in- in the nation's schools However he said he has now changed his mind after realizing that busing contributed to the flight of whites from cities into the suburbs HOWEVER COLEMAN refused to endorse proposed constitutional ments before the committee that would ban compulsory busing as a means of achieving school integration Massive busing of students should be discontinued Coleman testified but this should come through the courts and through political processes rather than by an amendment to the Con- Before the committee are proposed amendments that would bar dered busing plans like those put into effect this September in Louisville and Boston Kentucky Gov Julian M Carroll that the Louisville busing plan has caused extensive harm to ville ana Jefferson County He urged the committee to approve an amendment only as a last resort First Congress should enact a rium on forced busing and establish a study commission to evaluate the impact of busing orders roll said SEN JOHN G Tower dis- closed at a news conference Monday that President Ford has ordered the Justice Department and the ment of Health Education and Welfare to extensively review options to ing Tower met with Ford for H minutes Monday and later told reporters the President agreed with me that forced busing to achieve racial balance is counterproductive However Tower said Ford did not suggest any specific alternatives to busing and refused to endorse his posed constitutional amendment that would forbid busing for racial The hearings follow an demonstration here this weekend in which thousands of union members mostly from Kentucky staged a ful march on the Capitol Even if the committee approves one of the proposed constitutional ments past votes in the Senate in- its chances of gaining the sarv two-thirds majority is slight THE COMMITTEE which is re- as closely divided on the school busing issue held similar hearings in the past but no further action was en Proposed constitutional amendments must be approved by two-thirds of both See BUSING Page t Cameron Loses Lease By WARD BYERS University has lost lease rights to some 400 acres of land east of Lawton on which the college had based its agricultural instruction program the Lawton Constitution learned today Stanley Speaks supervisor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Anadarko said today the manche Apache Tribal Land Use Committee has awarded a one-year lease beginning Jan 1 1976 to a private landowner for 393 acres of land near the Fort Sill Indian School The KCA awarded a five-year lease to Jack Mclntosh Lawton for according to BIA realty agent J D Sanders The lease was awarded Sept HO and takes effect Jan 1 1976 Tabbytite Lawton the only other bidder offered for the five-year lease The 393 acres of land is part of a parcel over which iho KCA gained control April 10 Cameron has used the land for iee CAMERON Pane 4 DECORATING FOR HALLOWEEN Luther Bailey son of Sgr and Mrs Luther Bailey Jr Fort Sill helps hang some Halloween dec- orations the Friendly Ghost in a classroom at Geronimo Road Elementary School today Staff Photo Leader Resumes a t WASHINGTON AP Egyptian President Anwar Sadat resumed his quest for American weapons today ter praising President Ford for moving toward an even-handed policy in the Middle East Sadat met for half an hour at Ulair House with Defense Secretary James H and then held a second session with Ford at the White House Blair House is government quarters for visiting there can be no peace until the mate interests of all people in the East are taken fairly inlo count U.S policy has been to oppose tinian participation in Middle East until Israel's right to exist is accepted Sadat obviously mindful of that licy played on the Palestinian theme See SADAT Page 4 CHICAGO AP Doctors and interns decided today to continue their strike at the Cook County Hospital despite a court order to return to work union officials said WASHINGTON AP A surge in imported oil eroded the nation's foreign trade balance in September but the United States still managed to re-cord its eighth consecutive monthly surplus the government said today WASHINGTON AP President Ford will make an important speech about New York City's financial problems on Wednesday but has made no change in his decision not to take any action to prevent Press Secretary Ron Nessen said today Nessen said Ford will deliver the address at noon at the National Press Club before departing for a two-day Republican fund-raising trip to California with a stop in Milwaukee on the way home Thursday Today's Weather Lawton area temperatures are expected to cool down tonight and Wednesday in the wake of a new cold front Northerly winds of eight to 16 miles per hour will pre- vail tonight low should be near 40 Wednesday's high should be in upper 50s The high Monday was 81 and the low was 52 What's inside Dear Want BOTH FORD and Sadat were in a vial as they began their talks in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and Egyptian For- eign Minister Ismail Fahmy At a state dinner in his honor on Monday night Sadat said U.S tions with his country have improved because of a greater degree of can understanding of our just cause and our legitimate struggle to lish peace in the area He urged Ford to boost creation of a Palestinian state Are they not en- tilled to their national rights like all other The Palestinian cause is gaining more international support every day Sadat said and many Arabs are con- that the United States will not dissent from this irreversible trend HIS APPEAL went unanswered But Ford speaking first stressed that Effort Due Honors By PAUL HART Lawton will receive the Oklahoma Good Roads and Streets Association Superior Achievement Award Thursday at the annual banquet in homa City Also Lawton civic leader Jack ter will receive a Distinguished Service Award from the streets association The award is being presented to the city for its street improvement work and maintenance program Mayor Wayne Gilley mentioned out- standing accomplishments in ing Lawton's streets in his nation letter to the In addition the city has an out- standing street maintenance division See ROADS Page 1 GRANITE Okla AP Nine con- victs who had held three hostages at Granite Reformatory here since day afternoon released one of them this morning because of his heart con- dition officials announced Correctional Officer Leonard S mers 53 was taken to the reformatory infirmary and was being treated by his personal physician who had been standing by said Rob Pyron press secretary to Gov David Boron Corrections Director Ned Benton and Asst Atty Gen Paul Crowe requested Summers release after convicts fied officials that Summers was ex- some discomfort Pyron said The to be sent in to guard and the request for his release was made at that time THE OTHER hostages still were not identified Benton said just before dawn that negotiations with the convicts had reached a critical stage He declined to give details of the because of their sensitive ture He again expressed confidence that the situation would be resolved soon Earlier one of the inmates talked telephone for more than an hour with state Rep David Riggs of Tulsa who headed a special legislative committee that investigated the state corrections system last year THE INMATE from Tulsa was allowed to leave the stronghold in the kitchen area of the main ing and was granted use of a telephone in the administration building There was no immediate word about tne con- versation which lasted an hour and 15 minutes or its results The nine inmates armed with knives the hostages a guard and two cooks about 2 p.m Monday Dr Benton said the central issue was the Corrections Department's decision to halt the practice of allowing food to be sent to prisoners as Christmas presents He said the practice had been halted at other institutions be- cause of the large amount of con- traband found in such packages Benton said after the 11 p m to 12 midnight meeting that some inmates not involved in holding the hostages had started burning sheets outside their cells The has population of 592 The nine inmates had promised see GRANITE Page 4 ASST ATTY Gen Paul Crowe and World Capita correspondent Chuck Ervin met with the inmates for about an hour just before midnight They said the inmates were asking total amnesty and a loosening of re- policy on literature they are allowed in addition to an earlier de- mand of restoration of their Christmas package rights Crowe said he told the inmates that if they released the hostages un- harmed they faced charges of ing which could result in additional prison terms of up to 10 years each A sign of rhe times at a former prairie dog hole at Elmer Thomas Park indicates the of the city's ex- termination program Staff Photo Prairie Dog Colony Dips To Just 300 Pair Claims Undesirables Hurt Strip By DENNIS LANG E crime and violence problem in the neighborhood surrounding Lawton's Strip is not caused by the clubs and taverns along north Fort Sill Boulevard but by the clientele them the opinion of two Lawton businessmen Darwin D Roach and Ben Hutchins Jr who own property along The Another prominent tavern area in the 2500 block of Fort Sill Boulevard is owned by Bobby Mansell was out of town and unavailable for com- ment Others argue that the taverns draw large crowds therefore initiating the problem Of course the taverns and bars do draw people but they do not have an- other piace to go said Darwin D Roach who owns the tion Center 2518 Fort Sill Blvd and leases the nearby Lucky Lady lounge 2554 Fort Sill Blvd He added that about 75 per cent of the club patrons are military We've got the boys military and we have to entertain he said There's no place for them to go but the taverns Although Roach stressed the need for an entertainment area he did not con- done the crime and violence that has become associated with north Fort Sill Boulevard's clubs Those people out there area dents do have a complaint and the taverns do draw some of it the he said But it is putting me out of business also I wish they would do something about the crime He noted that in the past there have been brawls muggings and dope around the but that has slowed some When you have undesirables and See Page 4 By SKIP GIBSON A LL but an estimated 300 prairie dogs at Elmer Thomas Park have been exterminated according to 0 H Arnold city park division super- visor The city plans to build a fence to contain the remainder The fence is in this fiscal year's budget but work has yet to start As many as dogs were mated by some to have the park before the city extermination gram began in May The prairie dogs proliferated from an initial pair of young animals placed in the park in the They had overtaken vast areas of the park and were spreading to surrounding dences Arnold last week made a con- estimate that to had been killed leaving only several hundred survivors I would estimate that 200 to 300 are left in the he said There are different estimates How many were I figure around to of Arnold said City crews carried out the ex- termination program with carbon dis- ulfide The chemical was poured on See COLONY Page 4
