Angela Davis Trial Courtroom Jammed by Testimony
The San Jose courtroom packed as Prosecutor Gary W. Thomas testified about fatally shooting three abductors and wounding a fourth after the Marin County Civic Center shootout that killed Superior Court Judge Harold Haley and three others on August 7, 1970. The bullet crippled attorney described the lethal actions and his own injury, revealing the violence of the incident.
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Angela Davis
San Jose
Calif
Marin County Civic Center
Gary W. Thomas
Marin County
Superior Court
Harold Haley
Thomas
Miss Davis
Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan
George Jackson
Soledad
Jackson
San Quentin Prison
Haley
Civic Center
Magee
Leon Branton
Branton
McClain
Rural Water District No. 2 bids opened for extension project
Bids were opened last week for the dis fer construction of the Laws and Walters Extensions to Rural Water District No. 2 in Cotton County. Low bidders include Tidco Inc for 85 miles of pipeline, Sigma Inc for a booster pump, and Kirkwood Tank Co for two storage tanks. FHA grants and loans totaling about $377,000 plus a PHS grant support the project slated to begin within five weeks once contracts are issued.
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Walters
Rural Water District No. 2
Cotton County
Manyard Fuller
M. G. Fuller
Fuller
Ee Inc
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Public Health Service
Tidco Inc
Plainview
Tex
Sigma Inc
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Kirkwood Tank Co
Tulsa
OCURA Seeks 30 Million For Downtown Redevelopment
Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Director James B. White said OCURA plans to seek about 30 million dollars in federal funds to enlarge a downtown project. The plan targets four blocks between downtown and the expressway, forming the city retail core with retail parking structures and a large office building. Private redevelopment costs are estimated at 160 to 200 million dollars.
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Oklahoma City
James B. White
OCURA
White
Wilkinson May Seek Hall's Seat
Oklahoma City AP reports state Republican sources indicate Bud Wilkinson will not run for the U S Senate this year but may challenge Democratic Governor David Hall in 1974. Wilkinson, ex OU football coach and 1964 GOP Senate nominee, was GOP national committeeman. With Harris stepping down, about a dozen candidates seek the post. only former Gov Dewey Bartlett is a Republican contender.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
U.S. Senate
David Hall
Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Senate
Fred Harris
Harris
Dewey Bartlett
Asmat Beliefs of Death Reversing Earthly Life
The Asmat people of New Guinea's West Irian hold that death reverses earthly life. In the spirit world sand replaces mud and the dark skin of the living becomes white.
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New Guinea
West Irian
Earth
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Rural Water District
Marvin Scherler
Water District Board
William F. Maier
Bruce B. Cornish
Ralph Hertzler
James McClain
Ruchell Magee
Christmas
Ma “Cnetican National Bank
Zoloff
Jean Joint
George
Hall
Oklahoma Association Insurance Agents
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