The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 83

SATURDAY OKLAIIOMAN TIMES Jones Says More Bankruptcy Judges Needed State Briefs From Staff and Wire Reports Clinton Man Guilty in Death ARAPAHO A Clinton man was found guilty of a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter Friday in the July 4 clubbing death of a man at Foss Lake. Jurors had been given the option of finding Craig Humphrey, 19, guilty of first-degree murder or first-degree manslaughter, said Assistant District Attorney Charles Callaway. The jury recommended a sentence of not less than four years in prison." The number of years will be at the option of the judge at Humphrey's sentencing March 3, Callaway said. Humphrey was found guilty of clubbing Peter Hernandez, 27, Clinton, to death. Woman Sitting in Road Killed WAUKOMIS Police here are investigating why an 18-year-old Waukomis woman was sitting in the middle of a road Thursday night when she was struck and killed by a pickup truck.

Lisa Gibbs was dead at the scene about 9:30 p.m. Thursday on a dirt road in this Garfield County town about seven miles south of Enid, authorities said. Police chief Jerry Niles said the driver of the pickup truck, Sandy Isbell of Waukomis, told au- 2,000 petitions pe judge, plus 100 Chapte 11 (reorganization) fil ings per judge. The committei agreed that if a distric met only one of the cri teria, it would be recom mended for a judgeshi only if special factor; indicated a caseloai equivalent to the estab lished standard, Jone said. He said the northeri and western district: met the first criteri; but fell below th needed number of Chap ter 11 filings.

Jones said he is push ing the legislation be cause the number business filings and th complexity of reorgani zations are special cir cumstances warrantinj extra judges. runs for Senate, also helped sponsor at the bank a reception for citizens to meet Jones. Jones said he was in the area to attend a roast today for U.S. Rep. Dave McCurdy, D-Norman, and said the other appearances "just worked out." However, he was accompanied by Barry Moore, a former state Senate staff member who now is an aide for Jones' Senate exploratory committee.

Jones said he has no specific timetable to decide if he will run for Senate or for re-election, but added he expects to announce a decision "by spring." Such a late decision leaves Democrats in the 1st Congressional Dis trict hanging. No Democratic candidate would oppose Jones for reelection but would need the time to forge a campaign to head off an already-developing strong Republican effort to capture that seat. Asked if that late a decision does a disservice to his party, Jones said, "I'm not worried about that." Jones said Oklahoma's bankruptcy caseload has increased because of the state's dependence on agriculture and energy. In June 1985, the Judicial Conference endorsed as a basic standard for recommending additional judges an annual caseload of 1,800 to By Mike Hammer Saying Oklahoma's economy is causing a burden on federal courts, U.S. Rep.

James R. Jones said Friday he is co-sponsoring a bill to add two bankruptcy judges to the state. Jones, D-Tulsa, said he joined with Rep. Peter Rodino, in filing legislation to add bankruptcy judges only in states that are suffering an economic downturn. "Oklahoma is certainly one of them," Jones said while touring staunchly Democratic south Oklahoma City.

If the bill is approved, one judge would be added in the northern district in Tulsa to work with Judge Mickey Wilson and one in the western district in Oklahoma City to serve with Judges Robert Berry and Richard Bohanon. Jones, who is explor ing a race for U.S. Senate this year, said- the bill was introduced after a review by the U.S. Judicial Conference Committee showed increasing caseloads for. bankruptcy.

judges in states where the economy is forcing farmers, and those associated with the oil and gas industry into financial ruin. "Although bankruptcy filings nationally declined in 1983 and 1984. filings in the northern and western districts of Oklahoma increased substantially," Jones said. Jones made the announcement during a press conference at Oklahoma National Bank. He also commented on" the ruling Friday overturning the key portion of the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction law and what he called the "devastating effects" President Reagan's pro- the president to hammer out a balanced budget.

Jones said the summit should set program priorities and make approbate percentage cuts by priority rather than across-the-board slashes. Jones said Reagan's proposed budget is "bad for Oklahoma" because it seeks the largest funding cuts from programs good for Oklahoma, such as agriculture, job development and education. Jones, often mentioned as the most likely Democratic challenger to U.S. Sen. Don Nickles, R-Ponca City, spoke Friday at a Moore Chamber of Commerce luncheon and at an evening meeting hosted by the South Oklahoma City Women's Democratic Club.

State Rep. Keith Left-wich, D-Oklahoma City, who said he hopes Jones Rep. James Jones posed 1987 budget will have on Oklahoma. Jones said he hopes Congress in the next few months will not scrap the targets of deficit reduction, even though the ruling will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Jones renewed his call for a bipartisan summit with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and 1 1 iriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii lEBgaazBacnECCgEi MOTION PICTURE RATINGS General audiences: All ages admitted.

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Boston earlier testified Ellis didn't know the men were officers when he began shooting. But Janet Fields, a registered nurse at a local hospital, testified Boston told her Ellis began shooting after Stewart identified himself as a lawman. Fields said Boston described the incident while being treated for a gunshot wound. Best Actress Whoopi Goldberg Best Supporting Actress Margaret Avery Best Supporting Actress Oprah Winfrey 5 5:30 7:45 10:00 (PG13) 5:15 7:30 10:00 IR) THE HILLS HAVE EYES II 1:00 3:15 7:45 10:00 (R) MIDNIGHT MOVIES (R) FRIDAY a SA TURD A Rocky Horror Picture Show Best Screenplay (Adaption) Menno Meyjes I Best Original Score Quincy Jones Best Art Direction Isbell was coming over a the crest of a hill, Niles said, and it was difficult to see Gibbs in the dark because she was wearing dark clothes. Felony Charges Denied KINGFISHER A Lexington man pleaded innocent here Friday to charges he kidnapped his estranged wife and shot her male companion.

Paul Eugene Stamper, 30, made the plea during formal arraignment. A motions hearing was set for March 5. Stamper, held in the Kingfisher County jail in lieu of $620,000 bail, is charged with kidnapping, shooting with intent to kill and feloniously carrying a firearm. Stamper is accused of shooting Chris Butler, 25, of Hennessey and kidnapping Teresa Stamper, a passenger in Butler's car, after he pulled over Butler's car in Kingfisher County in November. Officials say Stamper shot Butler, then forced his estranged wife to travel with him to Kansas.

She escaped two days later in Topeka and notified authorities who arrested him last week in Salina, Kan. State Appeals Bowen Ruling Oklahoma authorities Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow them to keep convicted hitman Clifford Henry Bowen in prison while they pursue an appeal of a federal judge's ruling granting him a new trial. Assistant Attorney General Vic Bird said the state's motion to stay Bowen's release would likely be assigned to Justice Byron White, who has jurisdiction over the federal circuit court which includes Oklahoma. Earlier this week, the 10th U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals refused to stay Bowen's release from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, where he has been on death row since 1981. Bowen was convicted and sentenced to death for the alleged contract slayings of three men in Oklahoma City. His conviction was overturned by U.S. District Judge Thomas R. Brett, who said prosecutors should have informed Bowen's attorneys that they had investigated another man as a suspect.

Slaying Sentence Suspended FREDERICK A 72-year-old Manitou man received a suspended sentence Friday after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of a man he suspected of supplying drugs to his daughter who had died of an apparent overdose. District Attorney Steve Suttle said he objected to the five-year suspended sentence for Pete Conner, in the Nov. 15 slaying of F.A. Reffner, 44. Tulsa Settles Shooting Case TULSA A 22-year-old Tulsa man wounded by a police officer following a traffic stop last year has been awarded $51,929 in a settlement with the city.

District Judge Robert Caldwell approved the agreement Thursday in which the city must pay $10,529 for medical expenses and $41,000 in damages to Clyde Miller Johnson. Johnson's spleen was removed after he was wounded in the arm and side by officer Scott A. 'McDonal, 26, on April 20. A police review committee found that McDonal acted within department guidelines when he shot Johnson. Investigators said Johnson's car matched the description of one that was near a shooting incident earlier in the evening.

Johnson, who was not charged in the incident, shouted an obscenity at McDonal and reached into his car before pointing a "shiny object" at McDonal, deputy police chief Don Bartlett said. Johnson said the object was his car keys. A knife was found underneath the seat of Johnson's car after the shooting. A condition of the settlement is that Johnson cannot sue McDonal. Best Cinamatography By Michael McNutt Enid Bureau WOODWARD Jurors began late Friday to deliberate the fate of a Woodward man accused of slaying an undercover state drug agent.

Marshall Ellis, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with last year's shooting death of drug agent William Stewart during an unsuccessful arrest here. Jurors heard about five hours of closing arguments Friday and received more than 90 instructions from District Judge Ray Dean Linder. Defense lawyer Mac Oyler of Oklahoma City told jurors Ellis shot at Stewart and two other lawmen in self-defense. Ellis has testified the undercover officers did not identify themselves as lawmen. That argument was countered by District Attorney Tom Gruber and his special assistant, Muskogee County District Attorney Drew Edmondson, who said officers at the scene testified Stewart yelled out he was a lawman before Ellis allegedly opened fire with a sawed-off shotgun.

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