118 Sooner Inmates Due Early Release
The State Pardon and Parole Board released 44 year old mas Freeman after a two year term for assault and battery. He murdered his wife and her party after a divorce filing. Freeman and his father in law John Golden engaged in a shootout that drew two women. Freeman was wounded twice and was later captured by Constable Joe Rowton near Boswell six days after the killings. Rowton was wounded by Freeman in 1958 and Freeman had a prior prison sentence from that incident.
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Tradiman
Freeman
John Golden
Joe Rowton
Boswell
Rowton
Six State Questions On Tuesday’s Ballot In Oklahoma
Oklahoma on Tuesday votes on six state questions with officials warning of a light turnout on election day. The story notes the approach of the vote and officials’ expectations.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls Man Charged In Bank Holdup
Gerald Phillip Lovelace, 31, of Wichita Falls has been charged by the FBI in the Fort Worth suburb bank robbery. He appeared jailed on a 25000 dollar bond after the Security State Bank of River Oaks heist where about 9000 dollars was taken. A female teller received a note and bag before the suspect fled in an abandoned car. A Wichita Falls couple were arrested then released.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Gerald Phillip Lovelace
Fort Worth
FBI
Dallas
Lovelace
State Bank of
River Oaks
Parole Board Recommends Clemency for Two Inmates
The Pardon and Parole Board in Mc Alester on Sunday recommended clemency for 24 people including Charles Anthony Jr a Fort Sill veteran tied to Headquarters Battery 58th Artillery serving two years for lewd molestation after pleading guilty April 20 1971. Eddie Grubbs of Jefferson County also received clemency consideration. he is serving a three year term for larceny of domestic animals.
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Fort Sillman
Jefferson County
Pardon and Parole Board
McAlester
Charles Anthony Jr
3Rd Battalion
58Th Artillery
Eddie Grubbs
Sunday Mishaps Claim 2 Lives
Peggy Morrison a 12 year old girl from Stratford died when the car she rode in with her mother collided at an intersection. Her mother was treated and released from a hospital. James W. Strong 57 of Geary was killed when his car left Interstate 270 five miles west of Calumet and struck a bridge abutment.
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Peggy Morrison
Stratford
James W. Strong
Geary
Calumet
Wisconsin research links grandchildren to grandparent pride
Dr. Vivian Wood of the University of Wisconsin School of Social Work finds that grandchildren provide pride and comfort to grandparents after studying 257 grandparents. The study emphasizes the social value of grandparent relationships in modern families.
Slaying Of Enid Twins Planned Weeks Ahead
Sheriff Wentworth quoted Beiersdorf saying he planned to kill Leslie and Larry Owens weeks in advance and even tried to dig their grave. The brothers, 19, former Rice University students, were slain Wednesday and found Thursday. Beiersdorf reportedly drove them from Houston to Waller County to recruit them for a solar energy project.
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Jimmy Wentworth
Leslie
Larry Owens
Rice University
Wentworth
Beiersdorf
Houston
Waller County
Durant Man Dies In Fire In Rural Apartment House
A 60-year-old Durant man was killed in a morning fire that leveled a two story wooden apartment building. Fire Chief Conway Morriss said the body was badly burned and the man had asked a neighbor to sleep in his apartment. Investigators suspect a cigarette in the dead man’s bedroom sparked the blaze and search for Redfern's belongings was planned.
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Durant
Okla
Conway Morriss
Morriss
Redfern
Cityan Alternate For Naval School Nomination
Thomas Allen Stenstrom son of Mrs. Lawrence Stenstrom and the late Lt. Col. Lawrence Stenstrom has been named a competing alternate for appointment to the U S Naval Academy class entering July 1972. Announcement from Congressman Tom Steed office. Stenstrom is a senior at Eisenhower High School.
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Thomas Allen Stenstrom
Lawrence Stenstrom
N. 40Th
U.S. Naval Academy
Tom Steed
Stenstrom
Eisenhower High School
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