Insurance Chief Enjoys Short University Residency
New York based Gilbert W. Fitzhugh chairman and CEO of Metropolitan Life spent three weeks as a professor in residence at the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. He described the stint as pleasant and said campus life was less skewed left than expected while teaching eight a.m. classes through evenings and delivering a single lecture highlighting his status as a hierarchy member.
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NEW York
Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Mossback
Metropolitan
Fitzhugh
University of Oklahoma
Norman
America
Oklahoma House Debates Abortion Control Measure
Oklahoma's House prepared to vote on a controversial abortion control bill Author Rep Hugh Sandlin said the measure is needed to regulate abortion He noted prior rulings by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals and U S Supreme Court support for state controls.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
Hugh Sandlin
D-Holdenville
House
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Sandlin
Oklahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S&. Supreme Court
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Senate
Congress
U. S
Jack Lindstrom
D-Lawton
George Camp
Boards of Regents
Kenneth Converse
Dtishomingo
Converse
Herschel Crow
D-Altus
John Young
D-Sapulpa
Declassification Ordered For Contractor Blacklist
The Defense Department directed the Army to declassify a list of contractors banned from government work. The list, kept secret since the mid-1950s, included firms accused of fraud and other violations and funded multi million contracts. The Daily Oklahoman reported the disclosure follows its earlier appeal and references potential future public releases upon request.
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Oklahoma City
Defense Department
Army
Daily
Oklahoman
The
Hugh McCollum
House Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
Les Aspin
Dwis
McCollum
Rep. Aspin
Andrew L. Stone
St. Louis
Stone
Navy
Southern Airways Co., Inc
Atlanta
Southern
Selb Manufacturing Co
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Maury F. Queller
Martinsville
Ind
Air Force
David Band, Inc
New Orleans
Band
Elgin Voters Fill Two Posts In General Election
James E. Snow won the trustee at large seat with 113 votes, defeating Dewey C. Evans. Incumbent Cecil H. Lamb retained Ward 4 with 95 votes over James W. Mansel who had 77.
Work On Batfish Berth Beginning
Muskogee Oklahoma with private donation excavation work starts today on a permanent berth for World War II submarine U S S Batfish moored in the navigation channel near Muskogee. Donor is John Kirkpatrick of Oklahoma City. project caretaker is Oklahoma Submarine Veterans of World War II led by Bob Fuller of Tulsa.
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Muskogee
U.S.S
Kenneth L. Meyer
John Kirkpatrick
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Submarine Veterans of
Bob Fuller
Tulsa
State Maritime Advisory Board
Portions of OK abortion law ruled unconstitutional
A three judge federal panel declared parts of Oklahoma abortion statutes unconstitutional. The ruling nullifies sections prohibiting aiding miscarriage and soliciting or submitting to abortion except to save a life. The decision cites a January Supreme Court ruling and was issued by Judges Holloway Barrow and Eubanks.
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Tulsa, Okla
Oklahoma
William J.B. Hen
U.S. Supreme Court
William J. Holloway Jr
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Allen E. Barrow
Tulsa
Luther B. Eubanks
Oklahoma City
Convict Bound Over in Armed Robbery Case
A 31 year old state convict captured Feb 14 by Lawton police following an Oklahoma City prison escape is bound over for district court on an armed robbery charge. John Carl Millers allegedly robbed a Lawton convenience store of 80 dollars then commandeered a couple’s car and fled. Police say he was captured near First and Euclid after the alleged crime.
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Lawton
Oklahoma City
John Carl Millers
Cery
First
Euclid
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John Cunniff
AP Business Analyst
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Crow
Young
Gene Stipe
McAlester
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Stipe
Erick
Framingham
Mass
Elgin
Joseph C. Richard
Equitable
Joe Richard
S. 13Th Street
Equitable Life Assurance
Mississippi River
Miller City
Ill
Rie
Grove
Henrie
Montgomery
Montgomery Ward
AGA
Sheridan & Gore
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