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Whisky Kingpins Get Prison TermsOklahoma «r»\'s Sint legging hm'Twin**'“ Wi -*00 drew oof-yiar prison aentence* and fines totaling$ .-a federal liquor laThe vn'ri'ci’* were meted out by I . S. d.strict Jjdze Ross J\ 7 r\Five other bootleggers. *n i*nked wish the Wilsons* * de spreadRain and Snow Head for StateCn’d a t kept the Panhandle ch:il«v; Friday, as * Mfte moa ftnrxn headed for Oklahoma, but tm id w.v.O • r.High for the day at Guymon v as or!v v» d- • * h e mostc T pOi'lN fen* 'ie-1 P'e low 30s Only moisture reported during » ag a tract atbit weathermen predicted light freezing rain an i I DOW would move into the state overnight.h . at a poittts hyF «* i’ •* Iy mcr't H-h« Saturday are expected to range from th- in thenorthwest to the 4*)s elsewhere, with c oiidv «’S Forecasters fa id amount f rain and snow Saturday would depend on the direction taken by a low pres-s ire system moving east, hut said they expect the moistuie to he light, and concentrated mostly in the north.Red Soldiers Leave Berlin CheckpointsBERLIN. Jan. 3 'INS - A large cordon of Soviet soldiers, placed on the East West. Berlin border to search for deserting Red army officers and enlisted men. was withdrawn Friday from frontier checkpointsI*he Soviet commandant in East Germany ordered all troops back to their barracks. Reliable reports said several Russian soldiers have escaped to the west In the past week.wrhsky nperat'nr*. rore\M %or. ionees ranging from 18 months to pi oha'ion.Judge Rizley gave Todd-Smoote a two-year suspended sentence with an add” onal two-year probation period. Floyd Pearson was fined $130 and given a two year suspend** sentence to be followed by a two-year probationary period.No Def#n$« Offered Claude Mvers a former con-Sear gent got a four year suspended sentence plus a four-year probationary period, and Leo Glenn Abnev drev a two year suspended sen', nee to h»* followed by two years of probation.They are charged with conspiring to bring tavpaid wh sky into const tut tonally drv Oklahoma. In addition the Wilson brothers are charged with operating w th out wholesale liquor dealers stampsOn December 4, the dav they were slated to stand trial, the seven bootleggers entered plgas of no defense 1 before Judge Riz.ley after withdrawing earlier nnocenf plea*30-Day Stay CrantadFriday. Judge Rizley fined J. I). Wilson $3,000 and “Dude* Wilson $2,000 in addition to handing them one vear federal sentences Re also gave the Wilsons and Mvers a soilay stay before committing them to a federal penitentiary.The conspiracy charges covered a period from November. 1936, to last June .30. and the government claimed the operations brought $162,344 worth of boozfl from Wichita Falls to Oklahoma, and that it was soldK'onlinu'd Paia 1. ( alum* Si
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sat, Jan 04, 1958
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