Sapulpa Daily Herald from Sapulpa, Oklahoma • 10

PAGE TEN-Sapulpa Okla Herald, Thursday, June 18, 1668 Painting unveiled Depew artist Wayne Coop er, right, recently unveiled his second commissioned paint ing for the Oklahoma State Capitol With Cooper are Sen ator Charles Ford, left, of Tulsa and Senator Ted Fisher of Sapulpa, both of whom have commissioned Cooper This painting, commissioned by Fisher, is titled Civil War, Battle of Round Mountain, Nov 19, 1861 Cooper's Washington Irving Meeting the Osage, Oct 12-14, 1832, was commissioned by Ford Infant left in hot car while mom auditions TULSA AP While a local woman danced inside a strip club in hopes of landing a job, authorities contend she left her 8-month-old son unattended inside a hot car Ladalc Jane Bowman, 23, was being held in the Tulsa Jail on 25, XX hail on a felony complaint of child endangerment She was arrested about 7 30 pm Tuesday, after another dancer at the club noticed the baby in the car and got him out There was no reason for a baby to be in that car, said the dancer, Teresa Chavez He was just crying and screaming and gasping for air It just broke my heart The temperature outside at the time was 86 degrees, Tulsa County Sheriffs Office spokeswoman Elisa Gamallo said She said the baby had been in the car about an hour She claimed her husband was watching the baby, but nobody ever saw a husband and wc haven't found a husband, Ms Gamallo said Police did not know the temperature inside the car, although the National Weather Service in Norman estimated it would have been least I Ms Chavez said that at first, she thought the noise was a cat meowing but then she saw the baby in the back seat of the car When she opened the unlocked car door, a wave of hot air hit her in the face, she said The dri ver's side window was rolled down, but all the other windows were shut twnced- cSzurinj fx a Ramifies eSinas 19 Hobson 224-3030 mm golden, corral Steaks, Bullet Bakery Oaj opecGft Celebrate Dad with ttie Homest Goodness at 6toldwi orra 3 4 lb Sirloin Dinner Served with choice of potato or rice pilaf, garden salad, fresh baked yeast roll beverage 1718 Main, Sapulpa Almost Too Good To Believe Koch family feud now in hands of federal court jury TOPEKA, Kan AP Jurors in the Koch trial have S4 pages of instructions to help them sort through It weeks ol evidence and testimony, and what they need to consider when they render a verdict Jurors began deliberations Wednesday morning on the complex case of four multimillionaire brothers locked in a dispute over a stock sale 15 years ago Two Koch brothers are leading a group of plaintiffs accusing two other Koch brothers of cheating them in the sale A group of dissident shareholders, including Bill and Frederick Koch, sold 5 5 million shares of Koch Industries stock at 2 apiece That group now claims the company withheld information about its plans for expansion at the Pine Bend refinery in Minnesota They claim the stock was actually worth 262 a share While the plaintiffs claim they were cheated in the stock sale, the defendants contend that Frederick and Bill Koch had ample evidence that an expansion of the Pine Bend refinery as going to occur Among the instructions are that plaintiffs must not onl prove they relied upon what they were told before the stock sale, but also that they were justified in doing so The plaintiff cannot intentionally close their eyes and refuse to investigate the circumstances in disregard ot known or obvious risks, the instructions read Instructions further say, When a plaintiff actively doubts the defendants disclosures, insists on written warranties to offset those doubts the plaintiff cannot be said to have relied upon the defendants' misrepresentations or omissions, Charles Koch, the president and chief executive officer ot Koch Industries, gave the shareholders a warranty It took District Judge Sam Crow and his court clerk more than an hour to read the 56 items ot instruction, which recapped the main points of the case and the points of law surrounding it Jurors followed along, using copies they had been supplied I hev were also given a 16 page verdict form, on which they will indicate whether they believed the plaintiffs or the defendants Jurors must find which, it any, of the defendants lied about the Pine Bend refinery expansion or withheld information about it It the jury finds information was withheld or misrepresented, it must decide whether that fact made anv difference in the stock sale, including the price Jurors must also decide whether Koch Industries paid a fair price lor the plaintiffs stock, and what damages, if any should be paid According to their instructions, damages must be the difference between the shares' fair market value and what plaintiffs were paid Plaintiffs are claiming damages totalling 336 million The plaintiffs are seeking punitive damages as well Jurors also will determine whether punitive damages should be awarded, but an amount would be determined in separate proceedings Plaintiffs in the case are Bill Koch and his holdings holdings of the Simmons family also dissident shareholders, and Frederick Koch's holdings Defendants are Koch Industries Inc Chailes Koch David Koch and other executives Jurors were instructed to use only evidence and testi- monv in considering their decisions not the number of witnesses on either side or implications attorneys may have made during testimony They were told they should determine whether witnesses were credible, and may accept or reject the testimony of any witness Jurors were told not to give undue significance to notes thev took during the trial, and that Your memory should be vour great asset during deliberations With 30 billion in sales in 1667 Koch Industries is the nation's second largest privately held company, behind agribusiness giant Cargill The company has interests in crude oil refineries, asphalt plants, cattle ranches, feed lots and cram elev alors Owasso 8751 117th East Avenue 639-5291 Pryor Wat Mart, 825-2164 Tulsa 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the front yard ot i Del Citv home OHP Trooper Don Hcnnigh ot Hennessey was in fair condition at the Kingfisher hospital Patrol spokesman Lt Stewart Mevcr said Hennigh apparently had lulled in Iron of Nusz's car in an effort to slow him down It didn't appear that he even tried to slow down, Meyer said The chain of events began when Nusz's estranged wife, Jen nifer, was on her way to leave her young son at a babysitter's and noticed a strange car following her Del City spokeswoman Sgt Pat Burgctt said When Mrs Nusz realized her husband was in the car following her, she went to friends in Del City Mrs Nusz had filed for a victim's protection order June II and appeared to have the paperwork for a temporary VPO Ms Burgctt said She said Mrs Nusz got into the home and Officer Schinnerer happened to drive by The homeowner lagged down the officer and she was in the yard when Nusz allegedly drove over nearby lawns and ran her down, Ms Bur- gctt said TTie impact threw the officer over the hood of the car and trapped her beneath the vehicle Witnesses said that when Nusz hacked up into a curb, that released Schinnerer, who was hit again Ms Burgett said the officer was able to fire shots into the windshield Nusz's car was later spotted in far northwest Oklahoma City Police and others pursued him north through Okarchc and to the edge of Kingfisher Meyer said officers pursuing the vehicle tried to deploy sticks that puncture tires and stop the vehicle, but Nusz drove around them They were trying to do that again near Kingfisher hut didn't have enough time But at least this guy is off the road now and he's not going to hurt anybody else, Meyer said Meyer didn't know how fast Nusz was going, but he said speed was excessive Assessors check damage door to door OKLAHOMA CITY AP Officials with the federal Small Business Administration are working to determine hether long-term, low-interest loans can be made available to those with property damaged by last weekend's tornadoes, Chris Barrett, a loss verifier from the SBA walked door to door Wednesday asking property owners and residents about their insurance and the extent of damage Barrett and the state and county divisions ot Emergency Management planned to meet with city officials this morning to discuss their findings, said David Van Nostrand, director of Oklahoma County Emergency Management tter the meeting, agenev officials were to release their findings but will not make a decision about the loans tor several days The findings will have to go to the agenev area office in Tort Worth Texas, anil then to Washington, for consideration Barrett said It the eitv has 25 structures with substantial uninsured damage, Oklahoma Countv can qttulifv tor disaster relief 1 Right now we have about 20 structures that qualify But we've only visited about a quarter ot the area we plan to check said I red I icbe ot the state Oil ice ot I meigetn Management A help line has opened tor residents to call tor assessments hi the stew 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