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Sapulpa (Okla.) Herald. Friday. April 20. 1984-—PAGE THREK-A
Wilder ft
will
read
WEST PALM BEACH.
Fla lAP) — Accused
murderer Christopher Ber-
nard Wilder left his house
and two parcels of property
to a woman described by
the FBI as "an old friend."
The will was admitted to
probate Thursday bv a
Palm Beach County judge
The document leaves the
hulk of Wilder's property to
a former friend, business
associates and parents
Judge Tom Johnson ap-
pointed West Palm Beach
attorney Kichard Herold as
personal representative of
the estate in accordance
with the terms of the will,
said Lottie Schmidt, chief
deputy clerk in the court's
probate division
Cecil Farrington, a Fort
Lauderdale lawyer, is the
attorney of record for the
estate, which documents
indicated was worth "more
than $100,000." Ms
Schmidt said
Herold. who witnessed
the will, refused to
estimate the estate's value
Farrington was not in his
office and could not be
reached immediately for
comment
Under state law. Ms
Schmidt said. Farrington
has 60 days to file an inven
torv of estate property w ith
the court
MacLaine takes Oscar
to her Broadway show
NEW YORK (AP> — Shirley MacLaine
brought her new Oscar to her opening at
Broadway’s Gershwin Theater Thursday
night and showed him off to the audience
But the star of “Terms of Endearment"
was primarily in her song and-dance
woman guise for the evening and put on a
dynamic show
For an hour and a half, without intermis-
sion, "Shirley MacLaine on Broadway"
kept up the energetic pace, the profes
sionalism and the performing at a high
level
She started with a surprise entrance
The orchestra is spread across the stage,
players arranged on three levels, grand
piano in the center, top up Four dancers
start to dance The piano revolves on a
turntable and the star is revealed, red
haired, in red sequins and bright smile,
previouslv hidden by the piano top
"Now," a dynamite opening song lor
such an act, was followed by a combina
lion of music and humor. MacLaine sing-
ing a Harold Arlen medley continually in
terrupted by Gershwin orchestral strains
Instead of short songs and dances,
Maclaine built her show in sections
She got interestingly autobiographical in
a section called "In the Movies ” She said.
"I still think of myself as a dancer lirst
it’s the first thing I learned how to do
She did songs from "Sweet Charity" and
"Irma I-a Douce" and speeches from
"Some Came Running and The Turning
Point "
Miss Macl-aine w ill be 50 next Tuesday
What she is now is a •Wyear-old woman
with a Ixidy that looks 28. stamina ol a 17
year old and a full lifetime of talent
She will be at the Gershwin through May
cfirst
TLssetnUy oj Qoi
Thompson and Water Sts.
Efg* hunt Saturday
SAPl'I-PA JAYl'EES will sponsor their annual
city w ide Easter egg hunt 11am Saturday at Kelly
Lane Park More than 2.UU0 eggs will Ik- hidden and the
Easter Bunny will be on hanci. according to chairman
Chris Carlton Three Sapulpa children, from left Bret
Million. 22 months Jeana Million, :i years; and Anna
Gish, nine months confer with the Easter Bunny about
plans for the Saturday event In the event of rain, it will
he held at 3 p.m Sunday ' Herald photo by Terry Hull
Nigh vetoes state political rights bill
OKLAHOMA CITY ' AP>
Warning it could lead to
"unwarranted political in-
terference" in state
government. Gov George
Nigh has vetoed a bill t<
broaden the political rights
of state employees
Nigh's veto message,
issued Thursday , had been
predicted by Rep Keith
Leftwich, I) Oklahoma Cl
tv, the bill’s principal
author He said Nigh was
opposed to it on
"philosophical" grounds
The measure, supported
by the Oklahoma Public
Employees Association,
would have allowed 28.000
Merit System employees to
take part in partisan
political activities
Pat Hall, executive
director of the OPEA. con-
tended current law denies
state workers basic con-
stitutional rights to par
ticipate in the political pro-
cess
"We got closer than we
ever have before," Hall
said "This issue is not go-
ing to go away We ll try it
again next year "
Opponents of the bill
warned it could lead to "a
return to the spoils
system "
But Leftwich contended
it was a "reform" measure
because it made it a felony
instead of a misde
meanor — for state of-
ficials to "coerce
employees into political ac-
tion
No override attempt was
expected because of the
close vote on the bill in the
House It was approved
this week with only three
votes to spare. 54-37 It
takes 51 votes to pass a bill
m the House.
An override, since there
was no emergency clause,
would require 68 votes in
the House and 32 votes in
the 48 member Senate a
two-thirds majority
In his veto message,
Nigh cited a "technical er
ror" in the bill that an
assistant attorney general
said could have prevented
elected officials from seek
mg re-election
But Leftwich said he
believed that was not a key
consideration in Nigh's op
position.
Nigh wrote that the hill
would jeopardize the Merit
System, created in 1959
"An underlying principle
of any effective merit
system is the protection of
the employee from unwar
ranted political in
terference in the recruit-
ment, hiring and retention
of qualified personnel,” the
governor wrote "Without
such protections the goal ol
a professional, competent
work force based upoon
merit is seriously jeopar
dized "
He said it was his view
that the bill was "a retreat
from the progress achiev
ed" and an "invitation to
erosion ol the protections
enjoyed by the state
classified employees
Questions were raised
Wednesday over the part ol
the bill that says "no
employee shall becomea
candidate for or campaign
for an elective public office
ina partisan election "
Richard Mildren. assis-
tant attorney general, said
he there was concern the
the definition of state
employees could include
elected officials from the
governor down
Easter Cantata
"The Witness"
Presented by The
Sanctuary Choir
Sunday 6:30 p.m,
The Musicol is the life story of
Jesus Christ, his death and
Resurrection The Choir will be
presenting a portion of it in the
Morning Service. Please come
and enioy hearing the word of
God through music. It will be o
blessing to you.
Harold Powell, Pastor
Hartpence wants to work for cousin
OKLAHOMA CITY APi
Jackie Hartpence likes
the idea of her fourth-
cousin by marriage sitting
in the White House, and
she’d like to help him get
there
But Mrs Hartpence
works for the state of
now," she said
Mrs Hartpence,
secretary of the Oklahoma
Public Employees Associa-
tion, was among a delega
tion that met with Gov
George Nigh Thursday to
urge him to sign a bill giv-
ing state employees
Oklahoma, and the law for- political rights But Nigh
bids her from helping Gary vetoed the bill
Hart’s presidential cam Under present law, the
palf,n 28.000 state employees
“As state employees, we covered by the Merit
have very strict limitations System. Oklahoma s ver
on what' w e can do in sion of the federal Civil Ser
political activity." Mrs vice, are forbidden from
Hartpence said in an inter- taking part in partisan
election campaigns
Mrs Hartpence said she
told Nigh of her connection
with the Democratic
presidential candidate, but
"he did not give me an
answer." she said
Mrs Hartpence, 51, went
to work for the Department
of Human Services in 1972.
the year that her fourth-
cousin by marriage was
managing the presidential
campaign of George
McGovern
Her late husband's
grandfather was also Gary
Hart's grandfather, Mrs
Hartpence said The
presidential candidate was
born Gary Hartpence but
later changed his name
“I really feel we're
treated like children, in the
respect that we cannot
make up our own minds ol
what we want to do," said
Mrs Hartpence, like Hart
a Democrat "I enjoy being
a state employee, but I feel
like we ought to be able to
exercise our political
rights."
The Merit System,
established in 1959. includ-
ed restrictions on political
activities in order to keep
office-holders from using
their employees as cam
paign workers
GOSPEL
MEETING
APRIL 22-27
Hear...
Richard E. Black
view
"I definitely wanted to be
a delegate, but l wasn't
able to do that 1 would just
like to do anything that has
to be done I've never been
able to work in a political
campaign I've always
wanted to. especially
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