The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 13

THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN Feb. 15, 1971 13 Party Ruckus Toll: Dead; 2 Hospitalized Carpenter Selected Sooner Health Chiefs Dr. LeRoy Carpenter, former chief of personal health services for the Oklahoma Slate Department of Health, was elevated Sunday to state commissioner of health. Dr. Carpenter wasted little time in outlining an ambitious program of environmental quality control, family planning and genetic counseling, consumer protection and improved medical services for rural communities.

"We hope to develop family planning clinics and integrate genetic counseling within them," Dr. Carpenter said. "There is a great need for this type of service for young persons planning marriage." He also mentioned "hundreds of injuries and some deaths" each year in Oklahoma due to unsafe toys sold to parents who do not realize the danger to their children. He said he would also strive to develop "pilot projects uitlizing innovative to extend He said he also hopes to establish a laboratory for" state-wide monitoring of pollution levels. Dr'.

Carpenter served with the state health department from 1966 to as the director of the dlvir sion of epidemiology. He has been chief of personal health services since 1968. He was chief of the pulmonary disease section of Veterans Administration Hospital in, Oklahoma City-from 1962 to 1966, and -chief of the pulmonary infectious disease service at William Beaumont General Hospital (U. S. Army) in El Paso, from 1960-19G2.

Dr. Carpenter also named two members of his staff Sunday. He appointed Loyd F. Pummill, who presently serves as chief of environmental health services, to the post of deputy commissioner for medical services. He named Dr.

Ted Herbelin, recently appointed special assistant to Dr. John W. Shackelford, to the post of deputy commissioner for environmental services. Dr. Shackelford had been serving as acting commissioner of health since Dr.

A. B. Colyer re-, signed the post Jan. 8 to. accept a position in Anchorage.

Alaska. Line of parents and children wailing for shots wraps around through parking lot at Capitol Hill High School Sunday while below, Mark Mums, 10, clamps onto his mom's sweater at Del City High School. (Staff Photos by Dave Pate) Dr. LeRoy Carpenter medical services to rural communities. This would include development of paramedical programs such as the phy-s i i a assistants program.

The assistants do much of the routine preliminary work with the patients, leaving the doctors more time for treatment and diagnosis. Measles Day Hits the Mark Dairy Queen Robbed A southwest Oklahoma by a man about. IS to 20 Citv fast food franchise was robbed late Sunday ars old who took approx- night imately S50 and left, in an The Dairy Queen, 4217 employee's car. police Pennsylvania, was robbed said. Measles Sunday (alias Valentine's Day) was an "overwhelming Dr.

LeRoy Carpenter, new state commisioner of health, Sunday afternoon. He said that almost 9,000 children between the ages of 1 and 12 were immunized at the 10 temporary clinics set up at high schools in the Oklahoma City Area. The inoculation campaign was to help control an epidemic of 10-day or hard measles. Dr. Carpenter said the large number of new inoculations should go a long way toward controlling the disease in Oklahoma County.

At five schools almost .1,000 inoculations each were performed. The schools are located in areas where a major part of the epidemic cases were being reported, he said. He Clips Hair Today Tomorrow-Coupons By. John Long Oklahoma City man was shot and killed and two persons were Injured 'during an argument at a party late Saturday night. Four persons were arrested early Sunday following the shooting and several disturbances related to the incident.

Detectives C. E. Phelps and B. L. Hooten said Alta K.

Lang, 18, of 1221 NE died about 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the intensive care unit of Mercy Hospital. University Hospital officials said the two oilier shooting victims, Claudia Boyce, 20, of 1941 Dogwood Drive, and Charles Edwards Nathenia, 17, of 731 NE 5, were in "satisfactory" condition. Suspect Booked John Michael Hooker, 17, of 310' NE 11, who was originally booked into city jail on other charges, was rebooked later as a suspect In the slaying. Arrested with Hooker was Maurice Fitzpatrick, 18, who was held as material witness, but was later released.

Witnesses at the scene said there had been a party at Hamilton Courts apartment complex in Aliss Bcyce's home and tha't about 30 to 40 persons were present at one time. Argument Cited It was in an argument as the party was breaking up, they said, that the shooting occured. Shortly after police were notified a.nd arrived on the scene, there was noisy disturbance involving some 50 people, police said: An officer with a police dog scattered the. crowd, but arrested Michael Theodore Fletcher, 22, of 2039 NE 26, when he refused to leave and "began to use loud and profane language." Fletcher was booked into city jail on complaints, disorderly "duct andf carrying- a concealed weapon. Crowd Noisy Later, at University Hospital, Nathenia refused to speak to, officers and a that had begun to "gather in the emergency room- became noisy.

Officers were called to the scene, but no arrests were made. At Hospital's emergency room, where Lang, and Miss Boyce were being treated, another crowd of about 50 persons gathered. Officers Called At one time, there was shouting and pushing and officers were called to the scene there. John Curtis Williams, 1G. of 310 NE was arrested in the emergency room and booked for interfering with an officer and carrying a concealed weapon.

Detectives Phelps and Hoolen said Williams was with Hooker and Fitzpatrick. Technical investigation at the police station showed a positive pariffin test for Hooker both hands, indicating that he had fired a gun recently. Hooker told police he had fired a friend's .22 caliber rifle the day before. Debts Law Opposed CARSON CITY, Nov. fAP) A proposal to make it legal to collect gambling debts is getting strong opposition from some Nevada legislators.

By Tom Boone Most of us put a great value on rare things. Most rare things, not all. No one I know, for instance, would put a premium on click beetles, say, or the writings of Jacqueline Suzanne should these items suddenly become scarce. This trait is based upon the axiom that the harder, a thing is to come by. the more appreciative is the one; who comes by it.

Such words are especially true when one comes by some homemade, smuggled plum Schnapps. So it was with a sense of historical significance that I watched as Peter Buehrle emptied the long-necked green bottle into my glass. It was a solemn moment indeed. The dark brandy that spilled out had been made in Heidelberg by Peter Buehrle's father and then smuggled by him into the United States. It had arrived in tin cans disguised as peaches or asparagus or some such.

That was in 1966, and for nearly five years Peter had hoarded it, rationed it with a zealot's eye, until I came along and glugged down that one last swallow. Naturally I felt honored. "Don't sip it," he said. "Drink it right down. There was a certain dignity and pride that showed through as he gave the instructions.

"Of course," I said. "I have seen people who sip it," he said with obvious distaste. "Yes," I said. "Terrible." "Yes." Gulp. He waited for my reaction.

It was excellent. "Excellent," I whispered, eyes watering. He grinned, satisfied. We were sitting in his Oklahoma City apartment, where we had been talking about money and hair styling, which often go together. Peter is a hairdresser and a great believer in the capitalist system, even when it kicks him in the head.

The prospect of making large sums of money is one of the factors that influenced him to pack up and leave his father's hairdresser shop in Heidelberg, Mummers Plea Made by Price Vincent Price, Hollywood actor and nationally recognized art collector, made a plea in behair of the debt-ridden Mummers Theatre during a brief stopover in Oklahoma City Sunday. Price, who appeared at Southwestern State College in Weatherford Saturday night, urged Oklahomans to save the new theatre and to support the arts In general. "I've heard a great deal about the Mummers, its fine facility and the great work it's doing. Its survival is important not only to Oklahoma but to similar efforts all over the country," he said. He expressed the opinion that the arts are more important than ever and that theater is a great expression of the culture of the United States.

Price is on a speaking engagement" of 28 cities in 30 days. He was encouraged to come to Oklahoma City to speak on behalf of the Mummers by Steve Milam, a Mummers staff member who attended Price's performance in Weatherford Saturday night. Theater board president Sidney Upsher announced Friday that -unless materializes," Mummers Theatre will perform its last play Friday. The 'new S3 million theater needs 200.000 to survive the season, he said. A $2 ticket bargain will continue-through this week, with the Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council paying 52 for every $4 ticket sold, up to 5,000 tickets.

And benefit rock, country and western, jazz and folk concert will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the Mummers Theatre to raise needed funds. A benefit performance of "The Boy Friend," a musical comedy now playing at the Jewel Box Theatre, will be presented on the Mummers Theatre's thrust stage at 2 p.m. Saturday. Mercer Shaw, musical director of the Jewel Box Theatre said.

Several members of "The Boyfriend" cast, Clyde Martin, Jane Hall Colcord and Mary Weeks Ingle, have appeared in Mummers' productions. Other cast members include Claire Schwartz, Susan Detrick, Pam Hambay, Jane Jayroe Petersen, Debbie Giannopoulos, Barbara Berard, Janet Doolen, Mary Gordon Taft, Curt Schwartz, Jack Trent, Steve Coker, Don Detrick, David Anderson, Roger Spear, Ron Roberts, Mark Croston and Roy Beck. Director and choreographer for the musical is Carv-eth Ostehaus. Poter Buehrle, working toward a million. to why he had a French name but spoke with a German accent, he invented a French grandmother.

Finally that became too much to bear, and one day in a loud voice he proclaimed to anyone who would listen: am Peter!" And so he is and so he has been since. And so he will be known in "Who's Who" someday because he probably will be rich and famous before he is 30. He is already recognized, at the age of 22, as one of the best hair stylists in Oklahoma. This brings him some fringe benefits. Last year he was selected to represent the United States on a hair styling tour of Europe.

Because he was "from the United States." he was nnt nllnwprl tn ennnb- gt Dean Young, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Young, makes his feelings known at Dol City Bogus Check Passer Arrested OUT OF THE CROW An Oklahoma City man was arrested Sunday on a Payne County warrant alleging he passed a bogus check to the court clerk in Stillwater. George Thompson 30. Of 1137 NE 13, was being held in city jail on a warrant alleging he had given the court clerk in Stillwater a bogus check to pay a traffic fine, police said.

Teachers Get Tax-Backing Memo uerman at an, not even in uermany. he wanted to talk with someone, an interpreter would translate his English into German and translate the someone's German into English while Peter stood around with his hands in his pockets and tried not to scream. But back to the fringe benefit, which comes from being one of the only three, men hair stylists on the tour with 15 young ladies, who were models. "It was a very nice time," said Peter with considerable understatement. Peter has several girl friends, all of whom are disgustingly beautiful.

But he says he will not be ready for marriage for at. least three years because he has too many things to see and do before he settles down and works seriously toward a million dollars. If he doesn't make it by the time he is 30. it will be because he wants women to cut their hair short, something they have not been inclined to do lately, or because of bad investments in the wrong cards at Las Vegas or the wrong horse at Rui-dosa Downs. Last year he suffered a severe setback when he lost every cent he had (and more, he snid) in the world's greatest gambling arena, the New York Stook Market.

I have no doubts but that, through will pov or alone, he will reverse his luck. Anyone who can keep a bottle cf smuggled homemade plum Schnapps for five years can make a measley million dollars and just maybe, here's hoping, convince women to cut their hair. Germany, and come to the United States. That was in 1966, when Peter was 18. He was the youngest German hairdresser ever to come to this country.

He went first to Houston, whore he worked in a shop owned by Europeans. He was known as "George." "When it comes to names, Europeans are kind of crazy," he said. "I don't know why they wanted me to change my name." He rebelled. "I just wanted to be Peter," he said. And he lost.

Three years ago he came to a shop in Oklahoma City. One of the first things he did was to tell the people who ran the shop that he was fed up with being George. "It's ridiculous," he said. The shop operators agreed. They changed his name to Pierre.

To satisfy his customers' question as Teachers at an Oklahoma City school were asked last week, apparently by their principal, to write to legislators expressing support Gov. Hall's tax program, It was learned Sunday. at Dewey Elementary School found oop-ieo of a "staff" memo In their mail boxes when they srrlved at school Friday, one teacher said. The memo was addressed to "Staff" from Stripling." The principal of Dewey School is Oliver Stripling. The memo asked teachers to pick up a list of senators and representatives, identify their representative and address a letter to him.

The memo continued: "When you have written your letter bring it to the office and we will mail it for you to save on postage. We will be reimbursed for postage. Please check with Mrs. Slater to find out where you are to address your letter. We would like to have these letters before you leave today.

"IT IS IMPORTANT. "Tlie contents of the letter will be as follows: "Dear I am a registered voter in your district. I am in support of Gov. Hall's tax bill. I would appreciate your vote in support of Gov.

Hall's bill. Thanks." The memo contained three other notes to teachers not related to the letters request. Stripling, contacted by telephone, said he did not write the note. Stripling did say he had seen the memo. Dr.

Bill Llllard, superintendent of schools, said the request for letters "certainly was done without our knowledge or permission. "We have not had to resort to that on any of our issues. That is not the way we operate In the Oklahoma City public schools." Lillard said he is aware of campaigns In support of Hall's tax program (which the goernor says would provide additional money for education). The school system might supply information to aid teachers in understanding the program, he said, but would not tell teachers how to think or act on given Issue..