TULSA WORLD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2000 Grieving Russians add anger to emotional load MOSCOW (AP) President Vladimir Putin flew to an Arctic naval base Tuesday to console the families of 118 sailors killed in a submarine accident, but the gesture barely alleviated the nation's crushing grief and anger at the bungled rescue effort. Former submariners wept in the streets as Russia mourned with striking openness the loss of the Kursk, which suffered a massive explosion and sank to the Ba- BIRTHS Babies were born to these parents, who live in Tulsa unless indicated: Hillcrest Medical Center Carol Neal and Darius Arney, Sand Springs, boy. Stephanie and James Dacus, Sand Springs, boy. Medalia Garcia, girl. Bridgette and Shane Hayward, Inola, boy.
Tamara and Attique Lodhi, boy. Ginger and Brian Nichols, Sand Springs, girl. St. Francis Hospital Faith and Sean Alexander, Broken Arrow, girl. Mikki and Michael Bates, girl.
Elizabeth and David Beesley, Beggs, girl. Kelli and Jason Jackson, Sand Springs, boy. Mercedes Torres and Dennis Rodriguez, girl. Kristy and John Walker, Okmulgee, girl. St.
John Medical Center Kara and Wesley Beeler, boy. Christi and James Huffman, Broken Arrow, girl. Barbara and Michael Koenig, Inola, girl. Julie and Pheland Lucas, Bartlesville, girl. Tionna and Randy Nowlin, Prue, girl.
Kate and Erich Watkins, boy. Lezlee and Richard Wisener, Broken Arrow, boy. Doctors Hospital Marissa and Bill Hazelwood, girl. SouthCrest Hospital Lynelle and Tim Cooper, Bixby, twins, boy and girl. Katie Eldridge and Josh Copeland, Sand Springs, boy.
Cheryl and Robert Pearce, boy. Tulsa Regional J. and S. Bishop, Owasso, boy. DEATHS TULSA Ackley, Marjorie 90, retired membership director at All Souls Unitarian Church, died Sunday.
Services 11 a.m. Thursday, All Souls Unitarian Church. Fitzgerald's Ivy. Billard, George 56, New England Telephone Co. employee, died Tuesday.
Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn. Bitner, Henry 83, Burlington Northern Railroad employee, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Ninde Woodland Funeral Home Chapel.
Gaines, Thedal 89, waiter, died Saturday. Rosary 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jack's Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Monica Catholic Church.
Givens, Ruth 79, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Rose Hill. Harrington, Jerry, 65, painting contractor, died Tuesday. Memorial services 6 p.m.
Thursday, ButlerStumpff Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation Society of Oklahoma. Hofmann, Charles Edwin, 83, veterinarian, died Monday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Holder, James Edward, 81, furniture company representative, died Tuesday. Services pending. Stanleys. Hollingsworth, Adelaide 89, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending.
Stanleys. MacPhee, Gordon, 38, carpenter, formerly of Tulsa, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Community Funeral Home Chapel, Guthrie. Robert E.
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All calls must be limited to one minute, and we reserve the right to edit each call. Opinions criticizing an individual will not be considered unless that person is involved in a public issue. You can Call the Editor at 581-8499, day or night. Glad Thornton's back at the wheel It is certainly good to see Mr. Don Thornton back in the automobile business.
Too bad he couldn't have bought his Ford dealership back. I am sure a lot of people in Tulsa would have been a lot happier if he had. Gore's choice was a smart one Al Gore was smart to find one of the very few Democrats with ethics, morality and integrity for his vice president. Tobacco maker not a willing player am so tired of this new ad campaign by the Philip Morris Co. to attempt to display its sympathies toward victims of smoking and secondhand smoke and how it is making all these initiatives to change the way it does business.
Need I remind anyone that the only reason they made those changes was because of the out-of-court and in-court settlements to fund these changes? They are only doing it because they had to. Make 'concessions' for McVeigh So McVeigh and his lawyers want a new trial. They will never think he had a fair trial until he's found not guilty. Let's alter our system some. Give him another fair trial, and, if he's found guilty, take him out and hang him.
Mentally ill worse off than inmates I was just wondering why it is OK for a mentally ill person who doesn't understand what he has done or what at he is doing to have to sleep on a bench, couch or even a floor, but a rapist or murderer who knows what he has done and is sentenced to prison has all kinds of rights. There is something wrong with this system. Sawyer not as fast as it sounded I have a question: David Sawyer, the new superintendent, visited 61 schools in one day, according to your paper, and the TV news said it was 80. I am wondering how long that took and what time he finished that day? Which is correct: the television that reported 80 or the paper that reported, 61 schools? That is a lot of places in one day. (Editor's note: We'll have to 'fess up on this one.
According to a statement from Sawyer at Monday's school board meeting, both the newspaper and television stations reported it wrong. Our information was provided by the district, but according to Sawyer, he visited all 10 schools on Wednesday, the day before school started. On Thursday, the first day of school, he visited 69 schools but missed Sandburg Elementary School. On Friday, the second day of school, he spent most of the day at Sandburg.) Cox hike prompts dish dependence Yesterday I received my digital cable bill from Cox Communications. The bill increased 17.5 percent from last month for actually the same service.
My satellite dish is being delivered today. Older students suffering in Jenks It seems unfair that in order to pay for the 3- and 4-year-old programs in the Jenks school district, they have opted to overcrowd other classrooms. It is hard for a student to learn and a teacher to teach with 25 or more students in a room. A 3-year-old should be at home. I feel my taxpayer money has been wasted in the Jenks district this year.
Senior likes page for youngsters am a great-grandmother who would like to say how much enjoy the Friday Satellite section of the Tulsa World, devoted to the many normal, average teenagers we can be proud of. The Gravy column is particularly interesting, as it presents a thoughtful analysis of current issues from a teenage viewpoint. It's really not so much of a choice After watching the Republican and Democratic conventions, I have come to the following conclusion: A decision has been narrowed to whether we'll vote for a socialist-communist government or for a party that still believes in the American people's ability to make it on self responsibility. 'Should was never a question Not one council member voted against raising taxes for the tourism package; they just disagreed on how to gouge us. This is truly a Democratic tax-and-spend council, some of whom ran on the Republican ticket.
Five months and counting; shut up Regarding President Clinton being investigated again, what could possibly be left? We already know too much about him. Just leave him alone. He will be gone Jan. 20, so everybody just sit back and leave him alone. Don't use the grieving as pawns I saw where the children of the black man who was dragged to death behind the pickup in Texas was featured on stage at the Democratic National Convention.
To use children of a tragedy like that to further a political agenda has got to be one of the lowest points in political involvement since this country began. Republicans have mistaken the foe It won't work, Republicans. Clinton is not running, so get off of the Clinton thing in order to sway votes. It reminds me of Nixon; he said he'd do anything whatsoever to win. CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS Tuesday Tulsa World story incorrectly reported dates for the Cox cable rebuild in Owasso.
The correct dates for the rebuild are February through June 2001. A Tuesday Tulsa World story incorrectly identified the tribe headed by Greg Pyle. Pyle is chief of the Choctaw Nation. JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) In an story published Tuesday on the tourism problems caused by wildfires this year, The Associated Press erroneously quoted Idaho Commerce Director Gary Mahn as saying that tourism losses could total $20 million.
Georgia Smith, a spokeswoman for Mahn, said Tuesday that the Commerce Department has not set any estimate on fire-related tourism losses. The story also should have referred to an area closed as the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. rents Sea floor Aug. 12. Putin, dressed all in black, was greeted in Murmansk by somber, exhausted navy officials, then visited crumbling dormitories where 400 sailors' relatives are quartered.
"The grief is immeasurable; there are not enough words of comfort. My heart hurts, but yours hurt even Putin told the relatives, the Interfax news agency said. Russians have assailed Putin for taking SO long to show concern for the crew and for resisting international help. The families heard almost no official information about the operation, relying on television for the most basic news including the announcement that their sons and husbands were dead. Putin was expected to go to the ship that led the rescue effort and throw a wreath into the sea where the sailors are trapped in their submarine 350 feet below.
TRANSITIONS Martin, Linda Marie, 44, legal secretary, Monday. Visitation 7-8 p.m. Friday and services 9 a.m. Saturday, both at Walnut Lawn DeGraffenreid-Wood Funeral Home Chapel, Springfield, Mo. Miller, Mattie Mae, 57, Barlow Hunt quality control, inspector, died Sunday.
Services 11 a.m. Friday, Metropolitan Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee. Mills, William "Bill," 44, Terracom Corp.
inspector, formerly of Tulsa, died Tuesday. Rosary 7 p.m. Thursday, Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, Topeka, and funeral Mass 1 p.m. Friday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Topeka.
Norman, James 20, student, died Sunday. Visitation 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, and services 11 a.m. Thursday, both at Dyer Funeral Hor.ie Chapel. Pierce, Helen, 71, homemaker, died Monday.
Services pending. Rose Hill. Swan, Alma 0., 75, died Tuesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
White, Curtis Leroy 78, retired caterer, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Butler-Stumpff. Wolden, Jaylen Michelle Leanne, infant daughter of Jennifer and Michael Wolden, died Monday.
Graveside services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow. Wooten, Douglas 57, died Tuesday. Services pending.
Moore's Eastlawn. Bartlesville Mae Chance. 88, homemaker, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Town Country Christian Church.
Stumpff. Mary N. Harrell, 73, retired from Jane Phillips Medical Center, died day, First Church. Neekamp. Thursday.
Services, 10 a.m. ThursStarr Marie McLain, 17, student, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff. Baxter Springs, Kan.
Peggy Louise Caldwell, 68, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home Chapel, Picher, Okla. Blackwell Charles D. "Chuck" Lantz, 43, auto mechanic, died Monday.
Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Hackler Funeral Home Chapel. Bixby Frank W. Randolph, 76, retired business owner, died Tuesday. Services pending.
Bixby Funeral Service. Cookson Betty J. Eager Houston, 72. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Muskogee office manager, died Monday.
Services 1 p.m. Saturday, First Southern Baptist Church, Keys. Reed Culver, Tahlequah. Depew Jackie Yvonne Booth, 63, homemaker, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m.
Thursday, Depew Cemetery. Schumacher, Bristow. Dustin Chester Balthrope, 58, retired sheet metal worker, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Christ Community Church, Weleetka.
Williamson, Weleetka. Eufaula Stephen Lewallen Lewis, 70, retired dump truck driver, died Monday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Gregg Funeral Home Chapel. Fairland Martha Alice Matthews, 87, homemaker, died Tuesday.
Services 2 p.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God. Adco*ck, Afton. Fort Gibson Pearl Reece, 92, homemaker, died Monday. Services 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Calvary Faith Pentecostal Holiness Church. Reed Culver, Tahlequah. Hulbert Viola Mae Fisher, 86. Western Hills Lodge waitress, died Monday. Services 2 p.m.
Thursday, Reed Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah. Independence, Kan. Marvin D. Helms, 66, former Atlas Auto Leasing Co. employee, died Monday.
Charles Biggs, Zones Editor 437-0150 East Midtown Zones 437-0150 Broken Arrow Zone 451-1923 South Zone 665-8093 West Zone 445-1696 Relatives demanded to be taken the site, too. The navy was considering the plea. Trying to divert the public anger, the besieged military has tried to lay blame on its former Cold War enemies by claiming that the Kursk collided with a Western sub. The United States and Britain have denied having any vessels nearby, and Norwegian divers said there was no sign of a collision. and lung infection.
He was 62. Elchibey was forced from office in June 1993 by Geidar Aliev, who took over after a military mutiny and is now president. Elchibey, elected president in 1992, ordered a temporary ceasefire in 1993 to end fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Internal dissent increased when he moved to disarm a military garrison in June 1993. Aliev won an election in October that was criticized by international groups.
Herbert Scheftel, a real estate investor and backer in New York's Pan Am building project, died Aug. 16 in New York. He was 92. The Pan Am building was erected on Park Avenue behind Grand Central Terminal in 1963. The building, which was called Grand Central City, initially was to have had several theaters and an exhibition hall.
It now is headquarters of the MetLife insurance company. MARRIAGE LICENSES (Tulsans unless otherwise noted) Kathleen Branch, 33; Fabian Jeffries, 37. Saunia Drake, 18; Michael Nelson, 19. Shirley Fronterhouse, 51, of Okmulgee; Jerry Hill, 52, of Beggs. Suzanne Hetherington, 42; Robert Holman, 48.
Kristy Huggins, 26; James Howerton, 21. Stacey Kizer, 23, of Bixby; Jason Snodgrass, 24, of Broken Arrow. Gloria McAfee, 68; Raymond Sheehan, 72. Leah McBrayer, 25; Raymond Brumbaugh, 26. Sheran Oliver, 46; Terry York, 39, both of Wagoner.
Natasha Reid, 20; Shaqune Lawrence, 24. Sara Repschlager, 18; Christopher Boston, 22, both of Broken Arrow. Jennifer Russell, 37; James Tero, 35. Cortney Trotter, 30; Quincy Wells, 21. Jana Young, 47; Alan McElhaney, 47.
Melanie Zodl, 22; Christopher Knisley, 31, both of Porter. DIVORCES ASKED Avington, Karen vs. Cornell Sr. Bailey, Frances vs. Thomas Jr.
Best, Lori vs. Philip. Caputo, James vs. Mary. Cartner, Travis vs.
Jennifer. Christensen, Rickey vs. Patricia. Clark, Leesa vs. Michael.
Dick, Landon vs. Laurel. Gibbons, Thomas vs. Ruth. Goff, Lyndon vs.
Anita. Gordon, Cheryl vs. Donald. Gould, Calvin vs. Virginia.
Hall, Kim vs. Anthony Sr. Hester, Teri vs. Leonard. Holycross, Betty vs.
Ricky. Laizure, Melody vs. Lee. Love, Jeanett vs. Freddie.
Mansfield, Ralph vs. Cheryl. Martin, Erica vs. Jason. Martin, Leslie vs.
Ralph. Miles, Darby vs. Russell. Morrell, Jenell vs. William.
St. John, Amie vs. Robert. Thomas, Sheri vs. Donald.
Tucker, Cynthia vs. Ben. GRANTED Coons, Richard from Robin. Dickamore, Doris from Dale. Edmondson, Carolyn from Arthur.
Ellison, Rhonda from Kevin. Flores, Maria from Jose. Homer, Kristina from Julius. Lee, Brian from Stephanie. Purvis, H.
from C. Rea, Mary from Darrell. Sack, Theresa from Richard. Williams, Curtis from Rhonda. Wry, Matthew from Jody.
Disability payments should have arrived by now What was the final action taken on transferring money from one fund to another to pay people waiting for years for their workers compensation payments? M.A., Broken Arrow. The Tulsa World reported June 1 that thousands of checks for "permanent partial-disability" awards of injured workers had been mailed, some after a wait of as long as five years. The checks, most averaging $7,000, were mailed May 30, but some were returned because of old, incorrect addresses, State Insurance Fund general counsel Kevin Nelson said. Anyone who was expecting a payment but did not receive it should send a copy of the claim confirmation letter and a photocopy of his or her driver's license (with current address) to: Multiple Injury Trust Fund, P.O. Box 528801, 410 N.
Walnut, Oklahoma City, OK 73152. The payments were made after the (USPS 643-900) published by WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY 318 Main Mall, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 Phone: 918-581-8300 Services 10:30 a.m. Friday, Potts Funeral Home Chapel. McAlester Jim Dale Breedlove, 67, security guard, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m.
Thursday, Memory Gardens. Bishop. Reba Ketchum, 86, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. -D Bishop.
Paul T. Million 75, auto dealership owner, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church. Bishop.
Paula Jean Ramsey, 62. died Tuesday. Services pending. Bishop. Miami Homer Arnold, 81, farmer and stockman, died Monday.
Services pending. Thomas, Welch. Ruby Mae Olson, 93, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Thursday, G.A.R.
Cemetery. Paul Thomas. Muskogee Georgia Maxine Ennis, 65, retired from the Department of Human Services, died Aug. 16. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, St. Mark Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow. Maurice Harper, 54, minister and radio personality, died Aug.
15. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Greater Rayfield Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow.
Lloyd Howard, 68, retired from Acme Engineering, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Assembly of God, Porum. Foster Petering. Dovie Jane Roberts, 96, homemaker, died Monday.
Services 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum. Foster Petering. Oilton Christi Lynn Blevins, 7, student, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Lake Area Free Will Baptist Church, Cleveland, Okla. Chapman-Black, Cleveland, Okla. Peru, Kan. Robert "Grumpy" Brown V. 63, retired owner and operator of Grumpy's Tavern, died Monday.
Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Fairview City Cemetery, Coffeyville. Graves, Coffeyville. Sallisaw Lisa Marie Myers, 36, homemaker, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m.
Thursday, Buffington Cemetery. Agent. Siloam Springs, Ark. Mildred Marie Law, 87, retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.
Thursday, Wasson Funeral Home Chapel. Skiatook Ivy D. Phillips, 88, nurse and administrator, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God.
Sien-Shelton. Stigler Raymond Keith, 90, retired welder and plumber, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Coleman Cemetery. Mallory.
Tahlequah James Cronin, 47, heavy equipment operator, died Monday in Kansas. Services pending. Hart. Luke Drywater, 69, laborer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m.
Thursday, Green Country Funeral Home Chapel. Talihina Phillip Wayne Wade, 52, minister, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Greenhill Church. Drake-Jones.
Vinita Elizabeth Allen, 93, retired cook, died Tuesday. Burckhalter. Kathryn Louise Jenkins, 89, occupational therapist, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church.
Luginbuel. Patricia McKnight, 69, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Luginbuel. Wilburton Willa Mae Doshier, 77, homemaker, died Tuesday.
Services pending. Jones. U.S.-WORLD Jean Carzou, a painter who illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus and was a member of the French Academie des BeauxArts, died Aug. 12 in Perigueux, France. He was 93.
Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijan's first president after the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday in Ankara, Turkey, of prostate cancer of a law written to end a passage funding shortfall at the Multiple Injury Trust Fund, formerly the Special Indemnity Fund, which owed disabled workers $36 million. Payments were due to 5,047 injured workers. Many checks were addressed to attorneys of disabled workers, who, by law, can claim 20 percent of the amount awarded for legal services rendered. The Oklahoma Legislature in March passed Senate Bill 1414 by Sen. Brad Henry, D-Shawnee, and Rep.
Mike Ervin, D-Wewoka, changing the way multiple-injury awards are funded, from an assessment on workers compensation awards to an assessment on Periodical postage paid at Tulsa, OK POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Tulsa World, P.O. Box 1770, Tulsa, OK 74102 An independent newspaper published every weekday and Sunday, except Christmas and New Years Day, by the World Publishing Co. This newspaper is printed in part on recycled paper. PHIL MULKINS Action Line workers compensation insurance premiums. The bill allowed the State Insurance Fund to lend the Multiple Injury Trust Fund as much as $37 million so that it could pay the nearly 6,000 workers with permanent partial disabilities the money they had been awarded.
The State Insurance Fund, which provides one-fourth of all workers compensation insurance in the state, loaned $36 million to the Multiple Injury Trust Fund to pay off the backlogged awards. The loan will be paid off through a new insurance fee to businesses in 17 to 30 years at 7 percent interest. Because the federal Americans With Disabilities Act prohibits businesses from discriminating against workers with disabilities, the Multiple Injury Fund is no longer needed and will be phased out. It is no longer taking claims. The fund was started to encourage businesses to hire workers with multiple injuries but not pay expensive workers comp insurance.
The multiple injury fund had paid two kinds of awards: to workers with permanent total disabilities and to those with permanent partial disabilities. Until the new law, the fund was able to make payments only to workers with permanent total disabilities with no money left over to pay those with permanent partial disabilities. The State Chamber of Commerce had sued the State Insurance Fund to halt the dividend, saying it would cause higher workers comp rates for businesses, but an Oklahoma County district judge ruled that the law is constitutional and dissolved the injunction halting the dividend payment. Submit Action Line questions to 699-8888 or by e-mail at phil.mulkins@tulsaworld.com. Action Line pursues consumer complaints submitted with photocopies of documentation to Tulsa World Action Line, P.O.
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