Governors Back Carter in Democratic Endorsement Pledge
About 30 of 36 Democratic governors met with Jimmy Carter in Hershey Pennsylvania and voted to back his White House bid. The governors pledged united support and offered administration influence if he wins. Absentees included California’s Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Louisiana’s Edwin Edwards who backs Brown.
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Hijackers Take Libyan Airliner Flight to Palma de Majorca
An Libyan Boeing 727 hijacked on a Tripoli Benghazi flight landed at Palma de Majorca with 86 aboard. The hijacker surrendered to airport police turning over two toy pistols and two knives. No injuries reported as passengers are cared for by airport authorities.
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Fugitive Courthouse Dog Charms Courthouse Staff
A stray mongrel known as Baby has eluded Comanche County Courthouse staff for about a month. Courthouse snackbar workers and some officials think she is a playful mascot while County Commissioner Bill Griswold fears potential harm and backs shelter efforts to tranquilize or capture her.
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High Court Voids 6 Oklahoma Death Penalty Cases
The Supreme Court strikes down Oklahoma's death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment. It voids six sentences from Oklahoma cases including murders in North Carolina and rapes in Wilson, sending the matters back to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Florida
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Ferrell enters Senate Dist. 31 as filing midpoint arrives
Oklahoma City AP reports the three day filing period for state and county offices reaches midpoint with five filings in Comanche County. Incumbents Coy Rogers Rosa Hines Janice Mitchell and Don Duggans are among filers alongside Charley Maguire for county clerk. Filing ends Wednesday at 2 p.m. statewide pace slow with about 25 more candidates by midmorning.
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Rosa Hines
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Don Duggans
Charley Macguire
Hines
Macguire
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Oklahoma
Duncan Republican
Thunder Over the Wichitas pageant debuts at Fort Sill
A 2500-person audience watched Thunder Over the Wichitas on the Fort Sill west range. The outdoor production dedicated to Lt Col John E Hayes, 12th Field Artillery, 3rd Corps, follows Fort Sills bicentennial history with eight more performances on Fridays and Saturdays in July.
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Arafat to turn over suspects in Meloy killing
Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat agreed to hand over eight Lebanese and Palestinian suspects in the murder of U S ambassador Francis Meloy and his aides to the Arab League. The Palestine Liberation Organization said it arrested the suspects after the abduction and slaying last month.
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Lawton Man on Death Row Over 1974 Slaying
Leroy Jesse Thomas of Lawton sits among 35 inmates on Oklahoma Death Row. Convicted in September 1974 for first degree murder in the slaying of a Lawton man whose burned body was found February 19, 1974 in boulder fields off Mt. Scott road. Sentenced to die, his case remains on appeal.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court death penalty ruling prompts special session talk
The U S Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma death penalty law calling it cruel and unusual. Gov. David Boren and Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry weigh a special legislative session to craft a new statute and commute existing sentences while considering laws upheld in other states. Local lawmakers deem the move feasible with minimal session costs.
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High Court
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D-Lawton
Warm spell to persist in Southwest Oklahoma through Wednesday
The National Weather Service forecasts continued warm weather in Southwest Oklahoma with highs in the lower 90s and lows in the mid-60s. Monday's high reached 85 and the low 63.
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