Parole Board Faults Prosecutors Over Information Delays
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board members criticized local prosecutors for not providing sufficient case information. They proposed delaying Keith East’s 60 day review and urged legislative changes to require data sharing with corrections. The board also considered Forshee and McKinney for parole, despite prior governor refusals, and recommended Jimmy Bunch amid safety fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Paul Stumbaugh
Mangum
Corrections Department
Clarice H. Forshee
Leslie D. McKinney
Oklahoma City
Steve C. Durant
Pauls Valley
E. Mevin Porter
Durant
Larry Sanders
Sanders
Jimmy D. Bunch
Tulsa County
Bunch
House OKs Three Dollar Hike For Elderly and Blind
Oklahoma House votes 77 to 10 to raise welfare payments for the elderly and blind by 3 dollars a month and adds 1 dollar per month for families with dependent children. The measure faces Senate action after sending to the upper chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
George Camp
Camp
House
Senate
Veterans Advisory Council Organized Officers Elected
Maxberry announced the formation of the Veterans Advisory Council in Lawton and outlined its mission to assist veterans with employment. The council includes leaders from Disabled American Veterans American Legion Posts 29 193 and 248 Veterans of Foreign Wars posts 1193 and 5263 and other local veterans groups with Maxberry serving as Lawton Board of Realtors president.
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Veterans Advisory Council
Elenora Leveley
William H. Joiner
Retired Sergeants Association
Manuel R. Lehew
Insurance Head Salary Set At 25000 A Year
Tulsa report states David Rolle, president of Family Security and Life Insurance, successor to Community National Life, will earn 25000 dollars annually. The company organized with 500000 dollar capital and a 1 million dollar surplus and will issue life insurance.
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Tulsa
Okla
David Rolle
Family Security and Life Insurance Co
Community National Life Insurance Co
Rolle
General States Visit To Fort Sill
The commander of the Combat System Group for the Army Combat Developments Command arrives today for a visit at Fort Sill’s Field Artillery Agency. Brig. Gen. Albert B. Hume of Fort Leavenworth will make his initial visit and meet Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill at Fort Sill.
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Army Combat Developments Command
Fort Sill
Field Artillery Agency
Albert B. Hume
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Roderick Wetherill
Firm Fighting For City Hall
Kennecott Copper Corp. threatens to use eminent domain to seize city hall fire station and road near its Bingham Canyon open pit mine outside Salt Lake City. A state district judge refused immediate takeover but did not rule on the eminent-domain claim. The Utah mine is the world’s largest open pit.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kennecott
James B. Lee
Utah
Brigham Young University
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Bingham Canyon
Soviet Space Ship Still Flying Alone
The Jodrell Bank observatory reports that Salute remains flying solo with no accompanying spacecraft or cosmonauts yet. The mission aims to assemble a large manned station in orbit and later launch deep space probes as part of a broader Soviet space program.
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Londo
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Moscow
Water Rationing May Still Face Tulsa Residents
Tulsa may face water rationing this spring despite Water Commissioner Keating hoping to avoid it. He urged rain but warned rationing could be imposed due to dry weather and rising usage while noting new facilities won’t be completed until next year.
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Tulsa
Okla
90 Year Term For $5 Theft
Ralph Wayne Taylor 41 of Kansas City was sentenced by Associate Dist. Court Judge Robert Berry to six consecutive 15 year terms, totaling 90 years, for stealing less than five dollars from six parking meters. He was convicted last week and the jury recommended the sentence.
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Oklahoma City
Missouri
Ralph Wayne Taylor
Kansas City
Associate Dist
Robert Berry
Taylor
Chickasha Man Nominated to Oklahoma State Board
Ray A. Giles of Chickasha was named by Governor Hall to join the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture. Giles, 48, is a dairy and wheat farmer who has lived in the Chickasha area for 20 years.
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Senate
Commissioner of Narcotics and Drugs Control Division
John Young
House
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Ray A. Giles
Chickasha
David Hall
State Board of Agriculture
Giles
Public Records Report of Break-ins and Thefts
Public records list multiple incidents including Harold Collins at 108 Gore reporting a break in and theft of records and tapes. Harold J. Muse at 1204 NW Irwin citing a trailer house break in. Texaco Service Station at 2618 NW 26th with unpaid gas. Guy Willis at 1219 SW 26th Place reporting home burglary and theft of clothing and garage items. Ronado Village 922 SE Second theft of a fire extinguisher. Troopers Inn No 2 at 2006 Fort Sill Blvd burglary of a business. George W. Burnett of Dallas reporting theft of tools from Saveway Station. Leggett Construction Co. at Sterling vandalism. Richard Price at 1217 Williams reporting a boy's bicycle theft. Fred Cox at 49 S 49th reporting car burglary and stereo tape player theft. Bishop Grade School at 2nd and W Bishop Road vandalism to school.
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Hoover
Harold Collins
Gore
Harold J. Muse
Irwin
Texaco
Guy Willis
Betty
Roneda
Ronado Village
SE Second
Troopers Inn
Fort Sill Blvd
George W. Burnett
Dallas
Saveway
South Second
Leggett Construction Co
Sterling
Richard Price
Williams
Fred Cox
Bishop
W. Bishop Rood
Mercia
A. Tedder
Spee Ee
Eisenhower High Students Win Multiple Language Contest Placings
Eisenhower High School students captured 18 of 30 contest places with top finishes in German I II and Spanish I II categories. Judy Mealy placed third in German II, Mary Peeler won German III, Pam McConahay and Sharon Romano took first and second in Spanish I, Lynn Raburn and Linda Coleman earned first and second in Spanish II, with Regina Glen earning third and Franklin Rexach taking second as native speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower High School
Judy Mealy
Mary Peeler
Eisenhower
Pam ‘McConahay
Sharon Romano
Lynn Raburn
Linda Coleman
Regina Glen
Franklin Rexach
Post Libraries Branch Into Soldiers' Quarters
Fort Sill post libraries extend services to dayroom soldiers with 22 shipments daily from the main Gruber 1721 library. Over 1,100 paperbacks circulate, 15,000 active borrowers, and in January to March 53,000 books left shelves while 20,000 recordings were checked out.
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Fort Sill
Post Library
Post
Gruber
Reynolds Army Hospital
Margaret Hardin
Sill
Post Hospital
Morris Swett Technical
Snow Hall
Two Oklahoma Soldiers Killed in Southeast Asia
Washington AP reports two Oklahoma Army servicemen killed in action in Southeast Asia. The fallen are Specialist Fourth Class James L. Armstrong of Pauls Valley and Specialist 4 Jack P. Begley Jr. of Oklahoma City, sons of their respective parents.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
Department of Defense
James L. Armstrong
Malcolm S. Armstrong
Pauls Valley
Jack P. Begley Jr
Jack P. Begley
Oklahoma City
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AAA Glass CO
M. & D. Finance CO
E Avenue
Public Records
National Library Week
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Sheridan
Bragg
Oklahoma
Equitable
Anthony Libro
Million Dollar Round Table
S. 13Th Lawton
the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
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Motorola
Raulston Furniture
Southwestern Bell Telephone
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