Board reaction mixed on ending capital punishment
In Oklahoma City a pardon and parole board splits over abolishing capital punishment. Charles Chestnut supports keeping it on the books, while Bob Ewing urges abolition. Other members were noncommittal. The board commended paroles for inmates including two life-term murder cases and several for forgery, theft, and burglary.
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McAlester
UPI
Pital Punishment, Inc
Ate Pardon and Parole Board
Charles Chestnut
Iami
Bob Ewing
Durant
John Montroy
Oklahomaity
Warn Ray Page
Chestnut
Ewing
Richard Henry Dare
Gerald Pate
Pardon and Parole Board
W. A. Boljing
Carter County
Delbert Ranall Cornell
Grady County
Marvin Pappan
Kay County
Don Guinn
Cherokee County
Bill Sutton
Pontotoc County
Robert Lee van Zandt
Washington County
Dale Leon Warren
Oklahoma County
Clarence J. Cisco
Tulsa County
James Lloyd
Beaver County
Mental Hearing Set By Tulsa Judge In Student Case
Tulsa County Judge Mauzy ruled he has jurisdiction in a case seeking a mental examination for Rosemary Sheppard, a 16 year old ward of Tulsa juvenile court. A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 5 after parents Roy and Rosemary Sheppard sought dismissal.
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Tulsa (Ap
White
Mauzy
Rosemary Sheppard
Rosemary
Roy Sheppard
Irl
Tulsa
Wagoner County
Maury
Protests Across History Full of Contradictions and Ironies
A Washington AP essay traces civil disobedience from ancient times to Gandhi, Tolstoy, and Gandhi's nonviolent movement in India. It notes diverse roots in Socrates, Jesus, Quakers, and early Christians, with later shifts toward pacifism and just war. The piece highlights Coxey’s 1894 march and the 1932 bonus march echoing how protests evolve and clash with authority.
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Washington
Congress
Erich Fromm
Socrates
Athens
Sophocles
Antigone
Creon
Aeschylus
Prometheus
Zeus
Jesus
Temple
Merle Curtis
Ralph Waldo Emerson
David Thoreau
Thoreau
Leo Tolstoy
Mohandas Gandhi
Tolstoy
Gandhi
India
John Ruskin
Jacob S. Coxey
Ohio
March on Washington planned with large open viewing areas
Space will be a major factor in holding a peaceful march led by A. Philip Randolph with an estimated 100000 demonstrators. The route along Constitution Avenue to the Lincoln Memorial includes ample open space, loudspeakers, and marshals to handle crowds, avoiding rooftop vantage points used in past protests.
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Washington
Constitution Ave
Washington Monument
A. Philip Randolph
Negro American Labor Council
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln
March
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Birmingham
Ala
Jackson
Miss
The Lighter Side He’s Out To Stem Tide Of Creeping Euphoria
A light column jokes about creeping euphoria during Senate test ban hearings. The author confuses Ethiopia with euphoria and riffs on President Johnson’s speech to mock overblown optimism. He catalogs domestic woes to claim he can stave off euphoria indefinitely.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ethiopia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Afl-Cio
Houston
Tex
Johnson
Russia Accuses China of Racist Policies in Propaganda
Moscow charges Pravda article by K Nepomnyaschi labels Peking racism as a tool to divide the world by color. It notes China’s support for the Negro rights movement abroad and frames Beijing’s stance within the Sino Soviet rift and cold war ideological struggle.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Communist
China
Communist Party
Pravda
Peking
Genghis Khan
K. Nepomnyaschi
Novosti
United States
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Russia
Long Delay For East Pike Link Roads In Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Director Frank Lyons said 25.6 miles of U S 75 north of Okmulgee may be deferred for up to two years as the state seeks to amend a turnpike agreement. The plan shifts construction of access roads to occur after the turnpike’s completion, delaying other projects and reallocating funds from state and federal sources.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Frank Lyons
Highway Commission
U. S. 75
Okmulgee
Lyons
Turnpike Authority
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Gig Harbor
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Pho
Constitution
By AL Kuertner
United Press International
By Dick West
Actes
Sneed Acres
Lawton
East ‘Pike
Peller Insurance Poeoccel
Bate
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Onis
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Southwestern
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