The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 53

Weather High 36, Low 25 Map on Pago 21. THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN 294,904 Morning and Evcninp December Average Dally Paid Circulation VOJL, 80, NO. 6 COPYRIGHT 1971, OKLAHOMA PUBLISHING CO. 500 BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1971 New Directions Promised In Oklahoma Government As Hall Takes Over Office Ex-GI Claims Lt. Calley Fired Term Labeled Administration ForthePeople Education Given Highest Priority By New Governor R8p.

Carl Albart congratulates Gov. Hall in governor's office after (Staff Photo by Joe Akor) ethlehem Increasing Prices for Steel Since competing producers were considered certain to follow Bethlehem's lead on both actions, the announcement appeared to augur sharply higher steel prices in 1971. Industry authorities expected that nearly all product groups would be affected this year by at least two rounds of in? creases, one of them after, union-contract negotiations next summer. In Washington, however, a spokesman for the President's Council of Economic Advisers said the group had "not changed its policy, which is to refrain from comment on individual price actions." The increases announced by Bethlehem, most of them effective March 1, will' affect types of steel that account lor more than 15 percent of American shipments. The products include such items as the Continued oil Page 2, Col.

New York Times Service NEW YORK The Bethlehem Steel Corp. announced unusually large price increases Monday on product categories used in construction and At the same time, the company abandoned an industry policy, which had been initiated by Bethlehem, that had guaranteed that no product would be raised in price more than once a year. National Guardsmen go on duty in ShepherdMall Monday evening in preparation for inaugural ball as shoppers stjll walk through the mall. In foreground, left to right, are Pfe. Robert Walling, Spec.

4 Terry Damron and Spec. 4 Steve Ferguson, all from 245th. MP Company at Walters. (Photo by George Tapscott) OLD ORDER GOES Paroles Ruled Out Gullet Quits Meadlo Testifies 10-15 Magazines Used in Incident FT. BEN KING, Ga.

(AP) Calmly, without a visible flicker of emotion, cx-GI Paul Meadlo testified Monday that side by side he and Lt. William Calley fired round after round after round of automatic rifle bullets into massed Vietnamese men, women and children at My Lai in 1968. "He ordered me to help him kill the people, so I started shooting them too." said Meadio, whose similarly blunt recital on television more than a year ago stunned the nation in its initial awareness of the alleged My Lai massacre. "Did Lt. Calley change magazines?" Meadlo was asked.

The reference at Calley's court-martial was to the second stanza of firinginto a drainage ditch where Meadlo estimated 75 to 100 Vietnamese were herded, some of them mothers and babes in arm. Immunity Widened "Yes, between 10 and 15 times," Meadlo replied, explaining there were 20 bullets to a magazine. A reluctant witness, the 23-year-old Meadlo refused to testify for the government last December, even after being offered limited immunity. He cited the 5th amendment against self-incrimination. He went ahead with his story, however, after the U.S.

attorney general's office backed the Army in guaranteeing Meadlo immunity from any prosecution based on his testimony at Calley's court-martial. Medina Arrives On cross-examination, Meadlo said Calley's superior officer, the company commander, Capt. Ernest Medina, came by al one stage of the shooting. Medina is charged with responsibility for all deaths that may have occurred at My Lai, but has not been ordered to stand trial. "He did not try to put any stop to this whatsoever," Meadlo continued.

"So I took it right there that we were doing the right thing because he did not try to put a stop to it." Meadlo admitted ho kept no actual count of the number of magazines Calley fired and said his estimate was made while "under an emotional strain." Q. Did you form any impression of Lt. Calley Continued on Page 2, Col. 1 BallWindsUp Big, Long Day Federal Post It's Gone For Okie Stickers For Dope Sellers By Jim Standard Pledging a new direction in state government, David Hall of Tulsa took the oath of office Monday as Oklahoma's 20th governor. The silver-haired attorney assumed the state's highest office at the stroke of noon, ushering in a Inaugural Text, Page 3 Democratic administration after eight years of Republican occupancy of the governor's office.

Flashing his famous smile, Hall strode to the podium and then solemnly repeated the oath of office administered by Chief Justice William Berry of the state supreme court. Tears on Cheeks Then, tears streaming -down his cheeks, Hall introduced his wife, Jo, calling her his "greatest source of strength." "What you have given us is as much Jo's as it is mine," Hall said. "You do us both a great honor." The 40-year-old Democrat in his inaugural address immediately dubbed his term of office as "the people's administration." As more than 5,000 onlookers stood in the unseasonably warm January sun, Hall reeled off a list of priorities for his administration that included education, better transportation, highway improvements, agriculture, law and order and a better environment. Challenge Accepted "Through the power of the ballot, our direction is new," Hall said. "By the will of the people, we take up the challenge." The Tulsa Democrat, who remained optimistic amid predictions he would not unseat outgoing Republican Gov.

Bartlett, said his administration will reflect the same spirit. "There is no place for fear; no place for doubt; no place for pessimism; no place for defeatism, no place for those who said it couldn't be done," Hall said. Outgoing Gov. Bartlett stood on the platform nearby as Hall took the oath of office and immediately offered his congratu-ations to the new governor. Ex-Governors There Sharing the platform on the south steps of the state capitol were all but one of the state's six living former governors.

Former Gov. Roy Turner, suffering from influenza, could not attend. U. S. Sens.

Henry Bell-mon, one of the former governors, and Fred R. Harris and U. S. Reps. Carl Albert, Ed Edmondson and U.

S. Commissioner L. Gullett has resigned to accept a post as assisiant to Attorney General Larry Derryberry, it was announced Monday. fice that no parole will be granted to any adult person as outlined above," the executive order said. Noting that this was his first order as chief executive, Hall said, "It reflects the priority of this grave subject." "As I have stated in the past few months, there is no doubt that drug abuse is the number one problem of law enforcement in Oklahoma.

"This is a real symbol of how we will treat dope peddlers and this is a warning that illicit drug pushers should stay out of Oklahoma." There will be no more paroles for adult persons convicted of selling or providing narcotic drugs to minors, Gov. Hall announced Monday in his order after taking office. issued an executive order directing the pardon and parole board not to forward any recommendation lor parole of any adult person convicted of the crime. any such recommendation be forwarded to the office of governor you are 'advised it will be summarily returned and that it will be the policy of this of By Mike Hammer Gov. Hall left the state capitol Monday at 4 p.m., an hour before the regular work day around there ends.

But Hal! still had at least another eight hours to go before his day was done. He was going to the mansion where he and his wife, Jo, were to rest, freshen up and dress for their inaugural ball at Shepherd Mall later in the evening. Meanwhile, work was still being done on the ball. Much of the decorations had been in place over the weekend, but some were still being put up at 7 p.m.. two hours before the ball began.

Reams of red, white and blue crepe paper were hung from the ceiling of the a enclosed mall at NW 23 and Villa. Store fronts were in the midst of decoration, too, Also, a 1, 100-foot long red carpet had been laid the length of the north-south wing of the mall. Shoppers Monday walked over it. No precautions had been made to Continued on Page 2, Col. I The transition of power came abruptly, almost starkly, as David Hall took office as governor of Oklahoma.

Outside the state capitol, there was field music, honor guards, dignitaries and all the trappings that traditionally accompany the changing of the guard. But, in reality, it came abruptly at the stroke of noon witli a finality that belied the pageantry of the occasion. Only a few minutes before noon, outgoing Gov. Dewey Bartlett's staff oc-c i the second-floor governor's offices. They had already cleaned out desks and removed personal belongings from the premises.

At noon, they had gone, vanished. A new group, Hall's staffers, took over. At the speaker's platform, U. S. Rep.

Carl Albert carefully noted it was four minutes before the magic hour of noon as he arose to call upon Hall to take the oath of office. "The only reason I'm here is to kill four min utes," Albert said in frank- ncss and proceeded to extemporize until the stroke of noon. That's because the law says the new governor takes over at noon. In the reality of political power, the trappings beforehand make no difference. At the governor's mansion, Gov.

Bartlett and his family had already moved out. Immediately after the inauguration, he drove to his home in Tulsa. Because, at the stroke of m.on, the mansion belonged to David Hall. Monday night, he spent the nighl there. The new group in the governor's office assumed power immediately.

The first order of business was to scrape off "Okie" stickers plastered throughout the offices. Gov. Bartlett revived the word "Okie." David Hall abhors the term. So off thoy came all of the stickers that had adorned windows, doors, and oven telephones. Some Hall staffers corn-Continued nn Page 2, Col.

2 Gullett, a 40-year-old Oklahoma City native, wilL leave his federal post effective Jan. 15, he said. A spokesman in Derry-bcrry's office said Gullett would assume his duties at the state capitol "probably later this week." "There's nothing political involved in my decision," Gullett said Monday. "I've been offered the state position and have accepted it. It's a challenge to me and I'm looking forward to it." The commissioner said it is his understanding he will be handling criminal cases for Derryberry.

Those would be appeals filed with the State Court of Criminal Appeals. Gullett, who said he was not active in Derryberry's campaign to unseat T. Blankonship as attorney general, said he resigned in a letter to U. S. Dist.

Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 Cold Day Ahead For Oklahomans Some portions of Oklahoma may even get up to freezing Tuesday, the weatherman says, with highs ranging from mid 20's in the northwest to the mid 40s in the extreme southeast. Midaftcrnoon highs Monday ranged from 2G at Gage to 70 in the southeast on the warm side of the incoming cold front. Oklahoma City should have a high Tuesday in the mid 30r under mostly cloudy skies. Both clouds and cold should continue through Wednesday.

Moscow Retaliation Protested Local -COMPLETE TEXT of Gov. Hall's inaugural address outlines new administration goals. Page 3, IT WAS A TIME for remembering the hectic past months just before oatli of office. Pngo fi. State SPARSE AKKAS of state become more so as final census figures are announced.

Page fi. PRESENT TIMBER management practices may endanger McCurtain County squirrels. Page 6, Nation APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUTS begin 21-day medical isolation period to cut disease exposure. Page 9. ALI GETS chance to upset conviction; Supreme Court turns back on Hoffn.

Page 11. World TROOP WITHDRAWAL in Vietnam going according to schedule, Laird reports. Page 8. ATTORNEY CLAIMS soldier was obeying orders when he shot civilians at My Lai. Page 16.

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The spokesman said that Fcdoseyev made a "low-key response" to the effect that none of these acts would have taken place it American authorities had been able to provide regular working conditions for Russians In America. The substance of Fc-doseyev's reply reinforced the embassy's conviction that all the acts of the past few days were officially directed and probably carried out by security agents. There has been no discussion about the anti-American acts in the Soviet news media, and U. S. officials now believe that the campaign had rather limited goals of prodding the U.

S. to crack down on the Jewish Defense League, the most militant of the Jewish groups. The campaign also tended to put the U. S. on the defensive nnd shift public attention from Soviet court cases involving Soviet Jews to the acts of vandalism in the U.

S. by the militant Jewish groups. Tom Steed also were on hand for the swearing-in ceremonies, Lt. Gov. George Nigh and all other newly elected state officials all Democrats also took their oaths of oflice at the ceremonies.

Gov. Hall's three children also sat on the platform and watched their father assume the governor's office. The new governor gave little hint of his legislatlva Continued on Pago 2, Col..