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HettryettpPkta ree Uwe Wednesday June 6 'Ml IMrZ Schultz Says Soviets Not Moderating Policy PARIS (AP) Secretary of State George Shultz preparing to meet with his NATO colleagues says he sees no concrete evidence the Soviet Union is moderating its policies? despite recent expressions of interest in improved ties with Washington Shultz arrived in Paris early today for the annual spring meeting of NATO foreign ministers En route from Washington he spoke to reporters about the state of superpower relations have to say you have to measure an attitude according to the Shultz said can't point to anything sub stantive at the He stressed that he want to say anything that could forward in relations Asked about the possibility of a superpower summit Shultz repeated the administration position that such a meeting would not be desirable unless there was a prospect of a significant easing of tensions He indicated a summit could be That issue is expected to dominate his private talks today and the plenary meetings Thursday and riday After an extended period of angry US Soviet exchanges President Reagan said last weekhe foresaw relations with Moscow In addition former New York Gov Averell Harriman after a meeting with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov said he was authorized to say that sincere and fervent is to have mal relations with the United Shultz said he had conferred with Harriman by telephone and plans additional discussions next week Despite upbeat tone Shultz seemed skeptical about any short term im provement in US ties with Moscow precipitated by a breakthrough in either of the two sets of nuclear arms control talks the United States is holding with Moscow or in talks on limiting conventional forces in Europe These meetings he said are a of for a summit On a related subject Shultz said there had been some movement recently the positive in a UN sponsored effort to negotiate the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan He suggested however that predictions of a breakthrough were premature Shultz planned a series of bilateral meetings today He also was to meet with the five nation NATO group which has been working on achieving in dependence for the South Africa administered territory of South West Africa Nicaraguan Diplomats Will Be Leaving United States WASHINGTON (AP) In a swiftly moving diplomatic drama marked by charges of assassination plots and spying 21 Nicaraguan diplomats are obeying US orders to close all six of their consulates and leave the country The State Department on for intelligence gathering He gave no details Word of the US action was passed to Nicaraguan Ambassador Antonio Jarquin during a chilly 15 minute in terview with James Michel newly appointed acting assistant secretary of state for inter Tuesday ordered the consulates shuttered and the diplomats and their families expelled in an unexpectedly severe and swift retaliation for the expulsion of three US diplomats by Nicaragua on Monday "The Nicaraguan precipitate action in expelling US officials giving them an unreasonably short deadline for leaving the country and then the public show staged (in Managua) on June 6 called in our opinion for a strong said Rush Taylor a spokesman at the State Department important additional consideration was the Nicaraguan use of its consulates for intelligence Taylor said Another speaking privately said the consulates were used very American affairs At the Nicaraguan Embassy Minister Counselor Manuel Cordero the deputy chief of mission told reporters that far the US government challenged the that three expelled American diplomats plotted for the CIA to try to kill foreign minister Miguel D'Escoto and to form terrorist squads However the State Department says it the And Linda Pfeifel head of the political section at the US Embassy in Managua and one of the three expelled Americans called them absurd The officials heading the Nicaraguan consulates in New York New Orleans Miami Houston Los Angeles and San rancisco were given until 4 pm local time today to close their doors and leave the country BBO 11 ofiEPL rocky myy iV just asked myself what American symbol the Israelis respect enough to make them hold their indiscriminate reconnaissance Huwe HER A Km J1 Longtime Legislator Steed Dead SHAWNEE Okla (AP) Tom Steed who said a good errand for the people pf the 4th District earned him 32 years in the US House of Representatives is dead Steed 79 died this morning at Shawnee Medical Center a spokesman for Roesch Brothers uneral Home said The 16 term Democratic congressman who retired in 1979' suffered broken ribs and a bruised lung when a car he was driving was involved in an auto accident March 16 His widow Hazel said today that it was cancer that claimed life week after that (the accident) he began to get sick There was surgery they found he had shesaid Thomas Jefferson Steed was born in Rising Star Texas in 1904 one of 11 children His family moved to Konawa in southern Oklahoma when he was a youth Kfi? It was there he began a newspaper career that stretched for 20 years He worked on newspapers in Ada Bar tlesville McAlester Shawnee and Oklahoma City In the 1930s he was secretary for three Oklahoma congressmen During World War II he was head of the Office of War headquarters in Bombay India Steed was sworn into Congress in January 1949 and stayed to establish an Oklahoma record for congressional service His district eventually in cluded three of the biggest military installations Tinker Air orce Base in Oklahoma City ort Sil) in Lawton and Altus Air orce Base congressman is four things" Steed told a visitor last year a lawmaker an errand boy an em ployment agent and a Chamber of Commerce Being a good errand boy is get you re Steed remained outspoken in his retirement years of service earned the respect of politicians including Gov GeorgeNigh Steed's many years of service to the state and nation are appreciated by many He was always there when we needed him and always the first to volunteer to help you single out examples for people to follow in their professions I would single out Tom as the example for public Nigh said Lady) Donna and I recently had the opportunity to visit Tom and Hazel at the Shawnee Medical Center Even then the entire conversation was on the bright side of Oklahoma how great he thought the state was doing and how he could help make it Survivors include his wife a son Richard of Shawnee and three grandchildren Union Members Discuss Strike Obituaries NORA ROGERS Services i'for Nora Rogers 87 of Dewar are pending with the Shurden uneral Home Mrs Rogers died Tuesday at the Henryetta Medical Center She was born Oct 1 1895 Police Report Henryetta police an ested an Okmulgee man who allegedly took a cement buggy from the LeBaron Motel Tuesday evening and charged him with grand larceny Henryetta Police Chief Richard Lamey said Wed nesday morning iClifford Ray Henry 30 of Okmulgee was in the Okmulgee County Jail Wednesday morning after Henryetta police arrested him at the LeBaron Motel at 9:25 pm Tuesday evening Henry allegedly drove up to the LeBaron at 9:05 pm Tuesday night and loaded a two wheel cement buggy into a 1978 ord pickup He then left the scene and drove to erguson Street in Henryetta according to Larney A woman who wishes to remain anonymous followed Henry to erguson Street before he knew she was following him Larney said Henry then returned to the scene to try and put the buggy back according to Larney but he was arrested by police The Okmulgee man was taken to the Henryetta city jail and later transported to the Okmulgee County Jail where charges of grand larceny were filed Wednesday mor ning Bond was supposed to be set Wednesday afternoon State Briefs TULSA Okla (AP) active rig count is up this week ending a three week decline in oil and gas drilling Oklahoma gained four to 247 active rigs ending a loss of 51 active rigs over the last three Blood Drive Donors Appreciated Plan for Pregnant Infants Henryetta Daily ree Lance weeks Texas increased to 700 up 17 and Louisiana reported 260 up nine The nation's rig I would like to taktrthis time to say to the citizens of Henryetta for their response to the Henryetta Blood Bank To those who gave of your time and blood and to those of you who tried I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart Not only do 1 thank you but those who need the blood and get it because you cared enough to share for them 1 say thank you The winners of the four $50 bonds were Charles Garner Halite Wood Jim Spurlock and Vilenna Shaddix The winner of the $15 gift certificate $50 bonds To Mildred Gahm Ann Reynolds and Barbara Reynolds who took care of the registration table The Henryetta Daily ree Lance and Henryetta radio station for your wonderful publicity It could not have been better Thank you I hope to see more of you at the next blood bank in October s) Mrs Juanita Malinouske Publicity Chairman PS I don't want to leave out my little granddaughter Angela Jameson who walked the Henryetta streetswith me OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A road bed the state prepared for paving six years ago has to be fixed again at a cost of $11 million Department of Tran sportation officials said the work must be redone before surfacing can begin to four lane seven miles of 64 between Enid and Oklahoma74 Verne 0 Bradley assistant director of the department said 2 feet of dirt will have to be removed dried out and relaid before surfacing can begin 1 reeborn Cdtmty District Court con tinued the hearing until 10 am Thursday and urged union and com pany officials to meet privately to work out problems at the picket line James Scriven the plant's labor relations manager said salaried employees in at least three cars were denied entrance to the plant on Mon Scriben also cited two separate in cidents in which salaried employees were not allowed to bring their sons inside plant gates The sons were salaried employees and should have been permitted to enter the plant Scriven said Scriven said union members had laid several nail studded boards in the plant driveway Tuesday He said truckers were denied access Monday to $650 after filing for reorga niza tion in federal bankruptcy court on April 22 The company said its labor costs rendered it non competitive Wilson spokesman Dave" Thompson at company headquarters in Oklahoma City would not say whether Wilson officials will meet with the leaders of the union In addition to Oklahoma City and Albert Lea strikers are picketing in Cedar Rapids Cherokee and Clarinda Ipwa Logansport Ind and Mon mouth Ill Salaried workers have been keeping the plants open The judge in Oklahoma City ordered pickets to stay 100 feet away from plant entrances and exits The order issued Tuesday afternoon also prohibits stjkers from interfering with any employee or vehicle entering or leav ing the plant In requesting the order company officials claimed picketers started fights and assaulted people coming and donated by the Hungry Traveler restaurant was Pat Washington Other winners were Jacci Lackey a certificate from Pizza JoAnn Williams 10 gallons of gas from Cun ningham Service Station1 Tony Bczinque a wall hanging from Henryetta lower Shop Velma Woodside a wall hanging from Rheba's lower Shop: and Tammy Woodall a flower potfrom Burnett's My thanks to the Veterans of oreign Wars and Auxiliary and the Military Order of the Cooties and Auxiliary of Post 539 and Pup tent No 6 for the four OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Union members meet in Chicago today to discuss their strike of the Wilson oods Corp but company officials remain quiet on whether they will meet with the angry workers About 5000 of them struck seven plants of the largest fresh pork producer because the company refused to honor a labor contract it voided when it filed for reorganization in bankruptcy court Strikers at the plant in Oklahoma City were ordered on Tuesday to stand clear of entrances and let employees come and gounmolested The hearing for a similar request the company made of an Albert Lea Minn judge was continued until Thursday Officials of both the United ood and Commercial Workers International Union and Wilson have said they are unsure when the strike will end Wilson voided its contract with the union and cut hourly wages from $10 69 Letter To The Editor TULSA AP) A five day stay by a movie company will leave thousands of dollars in Tulsa said Bob Werden publicist for the Warner Brothers him entitled The company hired about 300 Tulsans and spent money on lodging car rentals and caterers Scenes of the movie shot in Tulsa show a plane landing on a freeway and flying under an overpass Although the plot has the action taking place in Texas freeways were too crowded in Dallas and Houston the filmmakers said going from the plant No specific acts or names of perpetrators were detailed in the court filing At Albert Lea Judge James Mork of count jumped 60 to 1959 compared with a loss the previous week of 47 active rigs according to Hughes Tool Co Would Solve Big Problems OKLAHOMA CITY (AP A' $3 million plan lor helping poor pregnant women and critically ill infants would address one of the slate most serious problems a supporter says 'I he plan was unveiled Tuesday by Gov George Nigh and Rep Cleta Deatherage it wolild allocate state funds toopen 14 neonatjil intensive care beds at Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma City The government money would also keep the obstetrical unit open at St Anthony Hospital and increase helicopter flights and am bulance lor seriously ill newborns outside the Oklahoma City area Ms Deatherage chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee said Die lack of adequate medical services for many mothers and babies represents of the state's most serious Because Oklahoma has a high percentage nl teen age pregnancies and a shortage of critical care beds for newborns the state has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country Ms Deatherage said And the situation seems to be getting worse particularly the' shortage of bed? for critically ill newborn babies she said Medical administrators and pediatricians across the state attribute the dilemma to a rising birth rate increasing pregnancies among feens a shortage of nurses and doc tors trained in treating newborn and higher expeclat ons for quality care Because of Vie extremely high equipment and peisonnel expenses many hospitals are hesitant to establish critical can newborn units i 1 Anolher'difi'iculty Ms Deatherage said am obstelicaJ overload at fiklahms Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma City Ms Deathei ige said the proposal ould allocaie for three physicians to staff the obstetrical unit at St ntfiony Officials at St Anthony had planned the unit May Undci the aboil $l'l would be'ieimburscd to St Anthony fcr the delivery ot babies to mothers who medically indigent (Dhlnbontu ffrcaa USPS 147 9201 MIMIEB i A 1 Ino I trod iht Scgcfi SJ Sv DONREY MEDIA GROUP i The Henryetta Daily ree Lance is porricaiiv inceperident 't 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