February 4, 1971

SLANTS

Students at Seminole high are working hard to get ready for the 1971 Basketball Queen Crowning Friday night at the last home basketball game… Varnum students are equally as interested in the Activities Queen race now underway at the school… New Lima Coach Jim Knapp taking in stride his successful Little River Conference basketball championship won by the Falcons against a no defeat record… Sheriff W. C. Merryfield getting a bit concerned about what the weather will be, with the new cold front moving in on us…

A 32 year old Route 2, Ada, driver of a pickup truck suffered painful lacerations about the face shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday when his truck hit an icy spot on Highway 56, a mile west of Sasakwa, went out of control and overturned one time. Trooper Sam Laffoon identified the driver as Ronald D. Newby who he said was driving west on SH 56 at the time.

Newby was taken to an Ada hospital for treatment of his injuries and released. Laffoon said the pickup, a 1970 model, was a total loss.

Another one-car accident occurred around 7:45 a.m. today on a county road six miles north of Konawa. Laffoon said the driver of the car was Sandra Lewis of Route 3, Konawa, a teacher in the Wolf school. She was driving north and a Konawa school bus traveling south made a left turn just over the crest of a hill in front of her.

Laffoon said the woman applied her brakes to avoid a collision and lost control of the car. The vehicle ran off the roadway into a ditch on the west side. Damage to the car was estimated at $150. The car did not collide with the bus, Laffoon added. No citations were issued in either wreck.

The District Seven Honor Bands will present a concert Friday, February 5, on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus, and eight Seminole band members will be playing in the concert as representatives from Seminole.

Seminole band members playing in the senior band will be Vicki Dunlap, playing the French horn; Deborah Cummings, playing the bassoon, and Mike Kiesel, playing the tuba.

Representing Seminole in the Junior Band will be Sharon Cummings, playing the flute; Cindy Rudich, playing the cornet; David Hall, playing the cornet; Randy Calhoun, playing the French horn and Jane Dunlap playing the French horn.

The runaway girls who Charles Manson picked up and took into his fold are doing their best to save him from the gas chamber. Two of the young women who were part of the “family” but not actually involved in the Tate-LaBianca murders testified in the penalty phase of the trial Wednesday and four more were waiting their turn.

Lynette Fromme, 21, the very first female to join his harem five years ago, told the jury that Manson once hit her so hard that he knocked her clear across the room but “it was just what I needed.”

Another follower, Nancy Pitman, 19, was ordered from the witness stand briefly after she taunted the judge, Charles H. Older, that he was trying to hide facts in the case and asked when Manson was going to be allowed to tell his story.

She also said Manson had struck other girls but never really hurt them. The girls, she said, were fascinated by Manson’s every move and watched him constantly.

Town and Country Blue Birds shared a skating party Tuesday afternoon at the local skating rink. They were accompanied by Mrs. W. D. Rice and Mrs. M. Tatum.

Refreshments were secured at the concession stand.

Girls sharing in the party were Melinda Flatt, Shelly Tatum, Lisa Ruminer, Terri Lee, Jamie Wall, Rae Dene O’Dell, Lana Rice, Linda Scheidt, Sonja Gunter, Nancy Whitlock, Robin Bowling, Paula White and Terri Turner.