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Oklahoma Briefs: Escaped inmates and state spills on trial
Four prisoners escaped from McCurtain County Jail after overpowering a guard and stealing his pistol. Suspects are Eddy Lambert, James Larry Clayborn, Stanley J. Williams, and Roy Gene Roddy. In other items, state board hiring in Oklahoma City, libel rulings upset publishers, Crescent fire damage estimated at $100,000, Phillips Petroleum updates in the North Sea, and Capitol Hill High scrambles for termination hearing of principal Ray Thompson over sexual conduct charges with a student.
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Idabel
McCurtain
Oklahoma
Paul Stuart
Stuart
Eddy Lambert
James Larry Clayborn
Stanley J. Williams
Roy Gene Roddy
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Schools Board
Ray Thompson
Capitol Hill High School
Thompson
Tom Smith
Smith