Tulsa World from Tulsa, Oklahoma (2024)

December 22, 1998

Publication:

Tulsa Worldi

Location:

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Issue Date:

Tuesday, December 22, 1998

Page:

9

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Tulsa World Section A Page 9 Tuesday December 22 1998 IHSIDE Editorial A 14 wwwtulsaworldcom Metro Burning with compassion Tulsans hold a vigil for homeless people who died in 1998 A 12 XT Kfi next from partying president? This job is hard work today because I have watched the news specials and talk shows since Saturday in an effort to bring you an uji to thc moment picture of where we stand on the impeach ment affair The first thing that must be reported is that end of the world announcements by politicians are not always to be taken seri ously Numerous public officials suggested that a vote by the House to pass along articles of impeachment would result in great damage to our nation's heart and soul What instead happened was the Demo crats adjourned to the party green for some finger sandwiches and punch and reminiscing leaving the Republicans to hang back in the shadows looking guilty Concerning the televised coverage of na tional issues it has become very difficult to come in on the middle of certain pre sentations and tell news from opinion Over the course of the weekend's his toric events coverage beyond animation was pretty hard to tag as either fact or fiction Parsing sentence It has become obvious that in a trial a consid erable portion of the defense would rest on the defi nition of definition it would rely on seman tics People have been kicked out of school because of grammar But never out of of fice Given the presence of all news talk and opinion television net works many of the programs have come to resemble mock trials with the Republi cans and Democrats running out their best arguments to see how they might play with the public One such practice run concerned an aspect of a perjury charge dealing with the cpiestion of whether or not the presi dent recalled being alone with his female friend on several occasions with the defi nition of alone coming seriously into play here Alone in the office? Alone in the building? Alone in the spiritual sense? Preparing a defense for a misunder standing of the word alone is not some thing many attorneys might want to deal with before at least a triple double on the rocks The most repeated mock debate on the talk shows concerns what the trial would be all about sex or crimes Here is the manner in which this prac tice fight progressed over the weekend: Democrat: about private sex Republican: It's about lying under oath Democrat: But the investigation was about private sex Impeachment party The Got Your Impeachment Article Right Here Par over on the lawn seems to have upped the ante for compromise in certain circles If the people are going to party around over being impeached one could only imagine the gala that would accompany censure They might dance all night the sound track of Big Chill" turned up to 9 on the volume dial Hie man is probably going to have to say something new in order to earn a censure from his opponents who enjoy watching Impeachment Bandstand the other day Saying you're sorry is a pretty easy thing to do But it show sorry Neither does making a sad face The way a person shows he's sony is by explaining bad judgment to some de gree what motivated it perhaps And a judgment is very im portant Ask Iraq Jay Cronley can be reached at 581 8362 Jay Cronley iw I fl iW A cycle of giving 'K' MIKE WYKE Tulsa World Marines (from left) Staff Sgt Duane Leese Pvt aron Hembree and Gunnery Sgt Dave East hand over donated bicycles to Lance CpI William Shriver who loads them onto a truck riday outside the Wal Mart at 91st Street and Memorial Drive Ted Adkins of Adco Inc surprised organizers of the Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive by donating 40 bicycles to the cause never too late Last minute charitable gifts are welcome By Joyce Kirtley World Stall Writer While checking off those last minute holiday tasks like shop ping and baking remember it's still not too late to give to those who are less fortunate this Christmas Many area nonprofit agencies are set for Christmas and have completed their gift giving drives However some need a few additional items to ensure a Merry' Christmas for every one and although appreciative of any giving many could use the heavy hol iday generosity throughout the year for daily operations The Salvation Army opened its Christmas Center this week for fami lies that cither had been adopted or approved to receive holiday help But Maj Carol Busroe Salvation Army Christmas coordinator said do nations either items for the Christ mas season or money to offset the holiday help are welcome desperately short of items for children ages 10 to 13" she said She said new items can be dropped off at the Angel Tree in Woodland Hills Mall the Stocking Shop at the Tulsa Promenade or the Christmas distribution center at 21st Street and Sheridan Road Many area families have been and will receive gifts through The Salvation Angel Tree or Stocking Shop programs But a few families still await adoption and last minute arrangements could be made through the adopt a family program said Mary Everidge ease manager Everidge said schools businesses or organizations usually take on a family for this program but any indi vidual or family can adopt one of the 10 15 families still on the list someone wants to adopt one of these families help Ever idge said Call Everidge at 582 7201 ext 541 for more information Last week Salvation Army officials said the agency was more than $30000 short of collections usually taken by this time of year See TOYS A 10 reight train jumps track Officials yet know why the derailment in west Tulsa County occurred but an investigation is under way By Nicole Marshall World Staff Wntei A Burlington Northern freight train de railed Monday morning in west Tulsa County sending 20 cars careening off the tracks with some of them plunging into a creek below a collapsed railroad bridge The cause of the derailment was not immediately known and an investigation was launched said Jim Sabourin a Bur lington Northern Santa Railroad spokesman who works in ort Worth Texas 'Hie employees aboard the train a conductor and engineer were not in jured The speed at which the train was trav eling before it derailed was not available Sabourin said He said preliminary information indi cated that one or more cars carried am monium nitrate or ammonium nitrate residue understanding is that some of the cars did contain chemicals or chemical residue but at this point there is no indication of any he said about 3 pm safety precautions are being taken at this time" Tulsa County Sheriffs Sgt Dale Eberle said about 6 pm that three cars contained what was believed to be haz ardous materials too soon right now to know if there are going be any evacuations but that is being considered" Eberle said Tulsa County Sheriffs Capt Bill Bass said a hazardous materials team the De partment of Environmental Quality and the Health Department also were called Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and Sand Springs police officers also were on the scene with Burlington Northern authorities Sabourin said it was not immediately known whether the trestle collapsed and caused the derailment or whether the derailing train caused the bridge to col lapse The bridge spans isher Creek where it branches from the south side of the Arkansas River See TRAIN A 10 Youngsters learn the joy of giving A unique Muskogee program lets underprivileged children shop for others at Christmas By Rod Walton World Staff Writer MUSKOGEE The smile shows they know irst the children shuffle hesitantly into the gift room of the Joy of Giving Shoppe and Bethany Presbyterian Church They show their tickets then eye the goods with darting glances that seem to question why they are there After a while these underprivileged chil dren finally get the age old idea that better to give than receive suspicious (wanting to know) this all Joy of Giving Shoppe coordinator Torpy Skinner said once they come in and get a gift and get it wrapped they leave with a smile "The ones who've been here before they come in with Skinner said know what it's all Bethany Presbyterian a small congrega tion of about 200 members has been put ting on the Joy of Giving Shoppe once every Christmas season for eight years Monday's shop brought in about 150 chil dren who were recommended by the local Department of Human Services Most of these children qualify for other programs in which they receive gifts Skin ner said lite difference at Bethany is that these youngsters experience the rare treat of being able to give something they come to Bethany they do not See JOY A 10 IfC:" Ml L' Nicole Prater 3 selects the wrapping paper Monday for a gift that she got for a relative at the Joy of Giving Shoppe Bethany Presbyterian Church in Muskogee has played host to the event for eight years ROD WALTON Tulsa World State high court hear county pay raise lawsuit A Tulsa suit must first be heard in district court By Tim Hoover World Stall Writer The Oklahoma Supreme Court has declined for now to hear a state law suit challenging the huge pay raises county officials gave themselves earlier this year In a 5 4 vote the high court decided not to assume original jurisdiction in the suit which Rep Chris Hastings Tulsa had filed against county commissioners and treasurers in Tulsa Oklahoma Muskogee and Haskell counties Hie ruling means the suit must go through a district court rather than straight to the highest court as both sides had wanted However the suit ultimately still could be ap pealed to the state Supreme Court going to file in Tulsa County" district court Hastings said adding that he has a See COUNTY A 10 Clerk kidnapped store robbed By Ashley Parrish Woild Staff Wntei A Tulsa store clerk was kidnapped Monday night and forced to let three men into the business After the 28 year old woman locked up the Quick Cash store at 1(510 Lewis Ave she went to pick up her young child from a couple who were watching him Tulsa Police Sgt Mark MacKenzie said Apparently she was followed to the house which is a few miles from the check cashing business he said When she went in to get her child three men burst in with at least one gun which the woman described as a semiautomatic handgun he said The men bound the couple and the child with duct tape and then made the woman get into her own car MacKenzie said They drove back to the Quick Cash where the woman unlocked the door for them TTie men stole an un disclosed amount of cash police said A fourth man was waiting for them in a car parked in a driveway a few blocks up Lewis Avenue The men then let the woman leave in her own car which she drove back to the business to call police officers The men left in a car that might have been a black Dodge Daytona MacKenzie said The woman thinks the men may have been Quick Cash customers at some point he said She described the three men who abducted her as black about 6 feet 2 inches tall 170 pounds and in their 20s to about age 30 Neither the woman nor the three people who were bound were injured police said They had managed to free themselves and call the police Ashley Parrish can be reached at 581 8318.

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