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TOMAWMB 35 Cents Tulsa Oklahoma Tuesday January 13 1987 inal Edition 82nd No 120 Bellmon Inaugurated as Governor 1 INSIDE 'A Edwards Reveals Reports of Buggings she did not know of any such incident personal office and scraped the paint Boren Orders Crackdown Sutton's reedom Near Sen David Boren Weather Encore ENTIRE CONTENTS IM7 WORLD PUBLISHING CO Another unseasonably nice day with highs in the 60s Ceremony a Tradition or Elk City Woman Decades ago rural residents could order stamps as easily as they could mail a letter But those are times gone Republican Succeeds Nigh Calls for 'State of Excellence By JIM MYERS World Capitol Bureau OKLAHOMA CITY Verna Mae Parr has watched every gov ernor since William Murray take the oath of of fice With that kind of tradition at stake the 74 year old Elk City resident arrived in plenty of time Monday to get a good seat for the swearing in of Henry Bellmon as the 23rd governor of Oklahoma It was her 15th inaugural like pomp and ceremony if someone else is doing she quipped On a more serious note Mrs Parr said she comes to the inau gurations because of her interest in government Looking over the official pro gram for the Bellmon swearing in she said she believes the cere monies have grown longer through the years No doubt for that reason Mrs Parr said she is especially thank ful for another of the changes that have occurred over the years appreciate the she said used to just crowd in as Men on rooftops on horseback on foot and in a helicopter kept a collective eye on Gov Henry Bell inauguration 1rvun nf anv ctirh incident blic U1U 11VV comments came during a press tour of the office which for years under Winters has been locked and sealed off by paint and paper on the windows During the often heated campaign against Winters Edwards criticized the former trea surer for keeping his office and records closed to the public He also accused Winters of using the office for his personal gain specifically by accepting sizable loans from banks doing business with the office Edwards tore the brown butcher paper from off one of the doors leading into the suite of offices on the second floor of the state Capi tol is indicative of the fact that from now on going to have an open state treasur he said "rom now on the office will be open and the paint will be off the doors as fast as we can scrape On the alleged bugging incidents he said he will request a probe by the Oklahoma State See Edwards on A 4 9S By JIM MYERS World Capitol Bureau OKLAHOMA CITY Hours after being sworn in as the new state treasurer Ellis Edwards said Monday several holdover em ployees from Leo administration have reported finding planted on or around their desks in recent weeks Edwards also raised the possibility that his own phones at his home and office have been offered no evidence of either bugging report and one former Winters employee said By KEN JACKSON Of the World Staff The US Supreme Court with out comment Monday refused to hear an appeal by former Tulsa oilman Robert Sutton But Sutton 53 exultantly said soon be a free man After 31 months as a convict and quintuple bypass heart sur gery riday the former oil baron and reputed one time billionaire apparently will be released from prison going home As soon as they cut me loose from the hospi tal a free man on time served not on a medical release my case manager told Sut ton said from his hospital bed in Springfield Mo Monday guess and hope that will be in two or three Ray Cowan executive assistant to the warden at the US Medical Center for ederal Prisoners in Springfield said he could not con firm nendine release but added have been a lot of rumors Just nothing No one who would comment could be reached at the Justice Department in Washington wife Patsy with him in Springfield said federal offi cials also had told her that to let him The high court refused to hear appeal of a Tulsa US Distict Court order that he return By CHUCK ERVIN World Capitol Bureau OKLAHOMA CITY With a call for excellence Henry Bell mon was inaugurated Monday as the 23rd governor of Oklahoma Bellmon took the oath of office at 12:04 pm on the south steps of the Capitol in front of some 2000 Oklahomans who showed up to view the ceremony It was a day of historic as Bellmon became the first per son ever to serve as governor of Oklahoma after being in the Unit ed States Senate and the first per son ever to serve a non consecu tive second term as chief executive Bellmon asked the crowd to give a standing ovation to Gov George Nigh the man he is re placing he leaves public "Should I have said temporari Bellmon asked Nigh wait and he added It was the second time Bellmon has succeeded Nigh as chief exec utive The first was 24 years ago when Bellmon was elected gover nor the first time Nigh served the last nine days of the late Gov Howard Ed term after Edmondson resigned and allowed Nigh who was lieutenant governor to be come governor and appoint him to a US Senate vacancy Monday was the end of the Nigh era and the beginning of a new Bellmon era in state govern ment will write that his ser vice was performed with an atti tude that always stayed bright and that the color of his hat al ways stayed master of ceremonies Burns Hargis said of Nigh In brief remarks before Bell mon took over Nigh called on all Oklahomans no matter what their party affiliation to pray for the new governor and other state officials He said 1987 is new begin ning not just for a new governor but perhaps for better times in See Bellmon on A 4 rill By ROB MARTINDALE World Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Sen David Boren upset over testimony about the Iran arms scandal being leaked to the new media clamped new security restrictions Monday on senators and staffers to prevent further leaks of material from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Boren Okla committee chairman said a document which was apparently leaked is not complete and contains some factual The 15 member committee has been holding closed hearings on the diversion of funds from an Iran arms sale to the Contras in Nicaragua Key Reagan administration officials have been among the witnesses Among those testifying before the Senate com mittee were former national security adviser Ro bert Mcarlane Secretary of State George Shultz and CIA Director William Casey successor Vice Adm John Poindexter and Ma rine Lt Col Oliver North also appeared before the committee but took the ifth Amendment and declined to testify close as we could While not hesitant at all about giving her present age Mrs Parr did not suffer gladly a question concerning her age at the Murray inauguration in 1931 figure it she told a reporter whose calculations later indicated she was 19 when the legendary Murray took over the reins of state government Getting even an earlier start on its own link to inaugural history was the kindergarten class of the Early Childhood Development Center of Oklahoma City think make it through the whole thing" said Susan Carrott one of the adult sponsors of 15 chattering 5 and 6 year olds not all of whom were exactly sure what they were there to witness answered Amber Glenn was whom she was getting ready to sec Amber seem to mind when Julie Rankin chimed in that the class came to the State Capi tol to see the governor Amber seemed more interested in sharing the fact that her moth See Verna on A 4 Of the modern stamps by mail system she said customers who receive an order form in the mail can obtain one at any post office although better to actually place the order from the home or business where the stamps will be delivered Mrs Hefner said customers will receive better service that way since the order will go to the postal service station that serves their home or tjsi ness City Line 582 CITY Instructions on A 5 4 By MIKE KIMBRELL Of the World Staff The Tulsa Post Office is using the US Mail to encourage people to order postage stamps by mail The Southside station has delivered order forms to residents and businesses along with a flyer explaining how to order stamps and stamped stationery by return mail Post Office spokesman Minnie Hefner said the other 11 satellite stations will be delivering flyers and order forms in upcoming weeks Ms Hefner said although the post office has offered stamps by mail for several years apparent few customers are aware of the service So Tulsa Postmaster CR Griffin or dered the forms mailed throughout the city to make people aware of the service she said had people ask Why we have that Ms Hefner saiid had AP Laserphoto Henry Bellmon takes the oath of office Monday from state state Capitol Shirley Bellmon lookrng on as her husband Supreme Court Justice Robert Lavender on the steps of the becomes Oklahoma 23rd governor On News Media Leaks Poindexter resigned and North was relieved of his duties on the National Security Council after the Iran Contra affair was made public by the White House Reports covering some of the testimony and contents of documents have appeared in newspa pers and aired on national television Boren and Sen William Cohen Mainc com mittee vice chairman accuse any staff members or other senators on the intelligence committee of leaking the information However Boren notified senators and staff members Monday that all documents must be read in the committee room and none would be checked out as previously had been allowed Members of the committee have taken an oath not to leak classified information a Boren aide said Boren said no copies of documents or notes about the documents can be taken from the com mittee room am determined to take every possible step to assure that the committee meets its responsibili ty to safeguard the contents of all sensitive infor See Boren on A 4 Post Office Pushes Stamps by Mail ew Customers in Tulsa Aware of Service it for the last eight or 10 years that I remem ber People tend to forget or are a little leery of something But she said the downtown post office only gets an average of one or two orders a day so obvious the service is not well used the orders have increased since we sent out the first batch of flyers" she said Decades ago especially in rural areas the postman carried stamps routinely Rural residents could order stamps as easily as they could mail a letter were no forms or anything said Ms Hefner just left money in the mailbox and the carrier would put your stamps in when he picked up the mail But those are times past she said may have been a time factor she said an order of stamps took so much tine they may have had to stop Despite Court Decision money allegedly made by violat ing government oil price regula tions from 1976 to 1981 The Tulsa court ordered him to pay $2107 million in overcharges and $2123 million in interest to the US Treasury The Supreme Court let Sutton criminal conviction stand two years ago Sutton transferred from the ort Worth Texas federal prison to an honor camp in Texarkana in June suffered a heart attack Dec 5 He was taken to Springfield Dec 12 Cowan said his condition Mon day seemed Sutton cheerfully confirmed that feel good real good and oh yeah going back to work got a lot of job offers No hurry but going home and take my time and then go back to will be Lafayette La he said even though the govern ment has seized his Tara style mansion valued at $5 million in Breaux Bridge a Lafayette sub urb In 1985 Sutton was sentenced in Washington DC to four years in prison and fined $105000 for bribing two Energy Department officials He was at that time serving in ort Worth five year concurrent sentences for obstruc tion of justice and conspiracy to See Sutton on A 4 Oil Ac iWllteM' fe I 1 wasar BIBI wSR rr 'T Wil MMi 7 rtRhS' i i iBB i rv VW BBBRM Complete 18 Today A 4 Action Line A 5 Ann Landers A 6 Business Oil 7 9 Classified Ads 10 15 Comics eatures 16 17 Editorials A 8 Entertainment A 10 11 Horoscope' 6 Living A 6 Sports 2 5 Telling Tulsa I Events A.