Hitchhiker Shot On Turnpike Three Suspects Captured
Tulsa man Booker T. Washington 20 in Comanche County Memorial Hospital after a hitchhiking shooting on the H E Bailey Turnpike. Three Fletcher men were arrested as suspects, the Cadillac found, and an auto assault weapon not yet recovered. District attorney to file shooting with intent to kill charges. Chickasha authorities link another similar case but connection uncertain.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
H. E. Bailey
Fletcher
Comanche County
Washington
Neil Springborn
Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Elgin
Mike Kelley
Ron Alexander
Bill Banks
Richard Briley
Fletcher City
Bill Willis
Springborn
Thompson
Fort Sill
H. FE. Bailey
Chickasha
Sheriff’s Office
Pvt
Joe Gordon Long
Btry. A
Second Mass Kidnap Suspect Now In Custody
James Schoenfeld, the second of three suspects in the Chowchilla bus kidnapping, was captured driving a van on a freeway south of San Francisco. He faces kidnapping and unlawful flight charges. an APB remained for Frederick Woods IV, the remaining suspect.
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Chowchilla
Calif
James Schoenfeld
San Francisco
Schoenfeld
Richard
Alameda County
Oakland
Frederick N. Woods IV
Livermore
San Mateo County
Redwood City
Schoenfelds
Woods
Gothes
Pacific Northwest
Menlo Park
Mountain View
US 101
Rep Sikes Reprimanded for Financial Misconduct in House
The House voted 381 to 3 to reprimand Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes for financial misconduct tied to purchases of First Navy Bank stock and Fairchild Industries shares. The ethics panel found conflicts of interest and profits from land deals, while noting the mild form of punishment short of expulsion.
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House
Robert L. F. Sikes
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Sikes
Florida
Andrew McGuire
D-N.j
First Navy Bank
Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station
Fairchild Industries, Inc
Higher Natural Gas Rate Ceiling Stayed
The US Court of Appeals blocked a 1.5 billion dollar annual increase in natural gas price ceilings and issued a temporary stay on the higher rates approved by the Federal Power Commission. Opponents argued the ceilings closely mirror unregulated interstate gas prices, challenging the FPC’s regulatory duties. A coalition of 16 petitioners sought to halt higher charges until the case is reviewed. The order offered no signal on whether the appeal will be heard.
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Washington
US Court of Appeals
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Charles Fahy
Spottswood Robinson III
Storm disrupts power in Lawton region
Lightning sparked storms across Southwest Oklahoma bringing heavy rain and high winds. Thunderstorm outages hit Lawton as 4,500 customers lost service and a 13,000-volt feeder line was knocked out. Areas affected spanned from G Avenue to Pioneer Expressway and 7th to 15th Streets with 15 isolated outages. The region cooled briefly but heat to near 100 F returns through Friday.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
John Winstead
Public Service Company
11Th
New York
Supreme Court Bars Party Candidates From Oklahoma Ballot
Oklahoma Supreme Court refused to order supporters of the American Party presidential candidates onto the November 2 general election ballot. The court did not issue a formal opinion with its brief order, saying one would come later.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court
American Party
High Court
Voting Registration Cutoff Approaches In Oklahoma County
Donna Evers reports that residents may register from now through August 13 to vote in the county and statewide primary on August 24. Eligibility requires 18 years old, U.S. citizen, and Oklahoma residence. Those inactive may be purged after two years of no voting. Call the election board for status questions. Party registration closed June 15 and reopens October 7. Registration available at the election board or precinct registrar.
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Comanche County Election Board
Oklahoma
Kay Daley
County Election Board
Election Board
Congress weighs posthumous upgrade for George Washington
A House push seeks to promote Washington from lieutenant general to general of the armies, matching Gen. John Pershing. A subcommittee approved the bill and sent it to the full committee amid mixed Army reaction. If approved, Washington would join a select eight with five star rank in U.S. history.
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Ulysses Grant
William Sherman
Philip Sheridan
Dwight Eisenhower
George Marshall
Henry Arnold
Omar Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Aftershocks Threaten Tangshan City In China Quake
Reports from witnesses in Tokyo describe continued aftershocks in the Tangshan area after a major quake that struck northeast China. Japanese technicians injured when their Tangshan hotel collapsed confirm the city’s devastation as a 23 member French delegation returns to Peking with impressions of a destroyed one million population.
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Tokyo
China
Tangshan
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Revised registration for Lawton Rangers Rodeo
Rodeo entries for Lawton August 4 to 7 require different sign up rules under PRCA. Comanche County riders must register with Dee Clemmer by 5 p.m. Saturday at a location near the grounds while out of country entrants call the Denver PRCA office by the same deadline. The event offers 6,000 dollars in prize money across six events with Clem McSpadden as announcer and a kids scramble planned.
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Lawton Rangers
LO Rangers
Lawton
Rangers
Lawtonian
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Comanche
Dee Clemmer
Clemmer
PRCA
Comanche County
PCRA
Denver
Colo
Rangers Rodeo
Ella Beutler
PNMEO
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