October 25, 1983
Vol. 82, No. 15
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Police search waters
Campus employee missing By Matthew Driskill Associate Editor
A CSU maintenance worker has been reported as missing since last Friday when floodwaters swept over Guthrie. Donald Ruckner and his brother were reported to have been on the top of a car they drove into the swirling water early Friday morning. Ruckner's brother was rescued by authorities, but Ruckner fell into the water and was swept away. Rick Hamblen, Guthrie deputychief of police, said the department was doing everything in its power to find the body of the missing man. "Right now we have a foot patrol in the area and we have an airplane coordinating the search efforts," Hamblen said. Hamblen said the search efforts were concentrated in an area six to seven blocks north of Cottonwood creek which empties into the Cimmaron river.
Flags in front of the University Center fly A day of sadness at half-mast Monday in mourning of the massacre of over 200 Marines early Sunday morning in Beiruit. —
Asked if there was a possibility of dragging the Cimmeron river if the man was not found, Hamblen said, "I don't know about that. The river would have to come down a lot before we could get in there to drag it. "From what I understand with talking to residents in this area,
there is a possibility that he may have been swept all the way up near Tulsa if he got into the river. "The area is still filled with a
Rains flood basements By Matthew Driskill Associate Editor
Rain storms caused millions of dollars in damage across the state last week, but CSU was luckier than most, according to Nimrod Chapel, head of maintenance. With the exception of some minor flooding and power outages in a few buildings, the campus was relatively undamaged. "Primarily we had electric problems," Chapel said. "Howell Hall and the University Center were the hardest hit. We're in the process of tearing some motors down and seeing what we have to replace. "There was only a small amount of damage to the campus. The wind blew rain into a couple of places and anytime you have 11 or 12 inches of rain like we had your going to get some leaks and things like that."
lot of mud and debris. He might have gotten hung up on something like a wire or a downed tree." When asked how long the search would continue, Hamblen replied, "We'll search till we're sure that we can't find it (the body). "If we don't find him with this foot search I'm pretty skeptical that we'll find him at all," Hamblen said. Ruckner is a CSU heating and air conditioning mechanic and has worked for the university since 1980. Nimrod Chapel, head of the maintenance department, said that he had not heard anything other than Ruckner was missing. "I haven't heard anything official yet and I really don't know if he's just missing or if he drowned or what," said Chapel. Highway patrol spokesman Pat Collins said that one other person was found drowned in the flooding that swept the state last week. According to Collins, the drowning is the only fatality thus far resulting directly from the flooding. Hamblen said the residents of Guthrie now face the hard task of cleaning up the damage and removing the debris.
13 colleges take part
OIL suggests state lottery By Terri Carpenter Staff Writer
A bill was approved last week that would establish a stateoperated lottery benefitting Oklahoma education. Tickets would be sold for the lottery and revenues from the sales would be put in a general fund. A certain amount of this money would be awarded to the individual whose ticket was drawn in the lottery and the remaining would be placed in the state educational fund. This bill, among others, was introduced and passed in the 15th session of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (OIL) that convened Thursday through Sunday at the state capitol. OIL is made up of college
students from across the state and allows them to get first-hand experience on how the state legislature is run. A delegation of 26 students from CSU attended. The delegates introduced their bills and debated them on the floor of the House of Representatives and the Senate. If an OIL bill passes through both houses it goes to the OIL governor, Jim Eggenschwiler of Oral Roberts University, for his veto or signature and if approved, is presented to Gov. George Nigh, according to Joe McCourry, student senate president and head of CSU's OIL delegation. "Governor Nigh reads each proposal and gives it to the appropriate committee for consideration," said McCourry.
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Seven colleges participated and each was allowed two senators and the number of seats in the House of Representatives was determined by the school's enrollment. For every representative and senator there was an alternate that had full floor privledges but couldn't vote on final passage of a bill, according to Eddie Howell, student senate member and OIL delegate. "We strictly follow parliamentary procedure identical to the state form of government except it is only college students," said Howell. Students didn't have to be involved in school government to participate in OIL. Some of the proposed bills were: —Establishing a licensed tatoo parlor in Oklahoma which is now illegal under an Oklahoma statue. —Anyone who commits rape should be castrated along with being incarcerated. —Changing the corporation commission to the "public utilities commission," changing the number of commissioners from three to seven and making it illegal for commissioners to receive campaign funds from those they regulate. —Adding a fine for persons not See OIL, page 3
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Vista photo by Daniel Smith
Hydrcplaning on Edwards river? — At least one driver braved the flood waters that covered Edwards Thursday. The water built up after heavy storms last week.