Corona Begins Serving 25 Consecutive Life Sentences
Juan V. Corona, a Mexican labor contractor, started 25 consecutive life terms for the Sutter County murders of 25 itinerant farm workers whose bodies were found in peach orchards near Yuba City. He received the sentence after a mass murder trial marked by courtroom tensions and a dispute over juror influence.
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California
Juan V. Corona
Feather River
Superior Court
Richard Patton
Solano County
U.S
Fahey
Sutter County
Yuba City
Sacramento
Man Arraigned In City Shooting
A 25 year old Lawton man was arraigned in district court on a felony assault with a dangerous weapon charge for shooting Private Roosevelt Allen at Fort Sill near the VFW Club. Special District Judge John F. Taylor set bond at $3,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 6. The shooting occurred after an argument involving Leroy Thomas and his wife Carrie Thomas. Allen, a witness, reported the assailant fired when he looked toward the dispute. Thomas and Carrie were held as material witnesses on $1,000 bonds each.
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John F. Taylor
W. J. Anderson
Pvt
Roosevelt Allen
31St Infantry
VFW Club
Allen
Reynolds Army Hospital
Leroy Thomas
Bishop Read
Carrie
Anderson
Thomases
Ex Moore Mayor Enters GOP Chairman Race
Robert N Bartholomew 39 former Moore mayor officially entered the state Republican chairman campaign aiming to recapture the governor s office. Chris Tirey former Insurance Commission member announced a 15 county tour while Clarence Warner seeks re election to the chair. Bartholomew had said he would make a formal announcement Monday.
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Robert N. Bartholomew
Moore
GOP
Bartholomew
Chris Tirey
State Insurance Commission
Clarence Warner
State Equal Rights Effort Is Sidelined in Oklahoma House
Rep. Hannah Atkins faces House rejection as ERA ratification stalls while a Norman senator introduces a companion measure. Atkins seeks committee study rather than immediate passage, hoping timing or cross chamber action in 1974 could revive the effort amid activism from women’s groups and allied interests including the insurance industry.
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Hannah Atkins
Senate
Committee On
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ERA
Jewell Russell Mann
Tulsa
House Committee
Protester Flower Is Arrested in Oklahoma City
Tom Flower, 40, convicted for illegally entering Tinker Air Force Base during an antiwar protest, was arrested in downtown Oklahoma City after a court ordered bond revocation. He had said he would no longer honor government agreements and sought to visit his attorney when captured.
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Luther Eubanks
Tom Flower
Tinker Air Force Base
Atty
O.B. Johnston III
Johnston
U.S. Marshalls
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Flowers
Eubanks
Pentagon
Gorman
Boudin
Vietnam
Stuart Loory
David Kraslow
Lyondon B. Johnson
U.S
Chester Cooper
Cooper
Leory-Kraslow
Johnson
Post Office Cuts Vietnam Service
Beginning March 1, the Post Office will not accept personal letter mail addressed to military post offices in Vietnam. Regional Postmaster General Carl C. Ulsaker announced the embargo at Defense Department request, urging personnel to notify families of new addresses as they are issued.
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Carl C. Ulsaker
South
Department of Defense
Ulsaker
Pentagon Papers Case Testimony Challenged in Cross Exam
Defense lawyer Leonard Boudin pressed Brig Gen. Paul Gorman on cross examination challenging the government witness who said the Pentagon papers could harm national security. The trial also featured ongoing hearings on whether the government withheld evidence for defendants Ellsberg and Russo.
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Paul F. Gorman
Gorman
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
U.S
Vietnam
Ellsberg
Russo
Pentagon
United States
Senate Divides On Silent Vote Move And Education Bills
Oklahoma Senate approved a second resolution seeking to end the silent vote in state constitutional amendments but rejected a special election. The chamber also advanced a teacher pay bill raising minimum salaries and a drug funding measure for the needy, while considering limits on term runs and voter qualifications for county posts.
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Oklahoma City
State Senate
House
Bill Willis
Dtahlequah
State Supreme Court
David Hall
Hall
Jim Hamilton
D-Poteau
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