Mad Dog Recaptured Brinlee and Others Hunted
Escaped seven convicts from an Oklahoma prison, including Brinlee, remain at large as a regional manhunt unfolds. Authorities chase a white over blue 1968 Oldsmobile Delta 88 stolen near the prison. details trace a tunnel escape and prior captures linked to a 1973 riot and multiple federal and state cases.
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Boren
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Brinlee
Biloxi
Miss
Bristow, Okla
Thomas Dee Frazier
Tulsa
George
McAlester
Texas
Oklahoma
Penitentiary
FBI
Garmon
Dallas
Franklin
Jones
Bill Walker
Park
Leo Newton
W. L. Pickens
Pickens
Newton
Walker
Jury Probes City and County Offices in Co manche County
The police department opened Wednesday as a new grand jury session convened. Christine Cohee testifies alleging her son was beaten by a city officer leaving a permanent scar, seeking restitution after a 16 year old’s arrest. The 1974 jury sat 18 days.
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Comanche County
Paul Elkins
Larry Fountaine
Christine Cohee
City Council Debates Fireworks at Elmer Thomas Park
Public fireworks at Elmer Thomas Park draw annual council debate as some residents protest prairie dog habitat disruption and environmental harm from displays. City limits and timing remain key issues for July 4 access.
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Elmer Thomas Park
Fort Sill Sergeant Guilty In Maltreatment Case
Sgt J C Ronald R Cropper of A Battery 5th Training Battalion ATC was found guilty of dereliction of duty for witnessing maltreatment of a trainee and failing to report it. He received forfeiture of 150 dollars a month for three months. Two other sergeants face charges and an Article 32 investigation is pending. Maj Gen David Ott may refer cases to court martial.
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Fort Sill
J.C. Ronald R. Crupper
5Th
U S. Army Training Center
ATC
Cropper
William B. Halloran Jr
James E. Jordan
5Th Training Battalion
David E. Ott
Oliver Kelley
Paul Jacobson
John McCloud
Crupper
Boating crash on Lake Lawtonka injures rider and damages boats
The Lake Lawtonka collision involved two craft Candy’s boat and the Banks jet boat. Allen Shanks and Candy both escaped with injuries while Miss Cerveny suffered a crushed hip. The Banks boat was towed in heavily damaged. a patrol boat also suffered issues. The incident sparked calls from the Lawton Lands and Lakes Commission for a repaired or replacement patrol vessel and a backup unit. A separate skier, Debra Griswold, aged 19, sustained a possible fractured hip after a fall while water skiing.
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Candy
Henson
Allen Shanks
Frances Richardson
Lake Patrol
Ranger Sax
Lawton Lands and Lakes
Debra Griswold
Memorial Hospital
CRISIS aims to boost volunteers as calls rise in 1976
CRISIS, active since 1970, plans to scale back staff on July 1 to Springer and a small volunteer core. The center handles about 1,200 calls monthly with 30 percent problem-type, up from 900 last year, and maintains a 200-agency referral list. Volunteers work three hours weekly, guard confidentiality, and offer listening therapy while directing callers to professional help as needed.
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Springer
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Crisis
Italy eyes early vote as left gains unsettle coalition
Italy faces a national election after the center-left coalition collapsed when Socialists left the government. The combined Communist and Socialist vote neared 47 percent, with the Christian Democrats lacking a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Enrico Berlinguer sought democratic reassurance while the United States warned against a Communist victory threatening NATO alliances.
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Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
Enrico Berlinguer
NATO
U.S
Italy
France
Senate
Ballot slate for county offices includes four-year terms
Candidates for court clerk sheriff county clerk and the county school superintendent seek four-year terms through 1980. All other county officers were elected to four-year terms in 1974. Withdrawals must be filed by 5 p.m. Friday July 9. Filing requires a $50 cashier check for county offices and $200 for state offices. 1974 election law revision simplifies filings per Mrs. Logan.
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Logan
Kissinger Eyes Lebanon Goals and Rhodesia Crisis
Kissinger outlined aims for Lebanon and the Rhodesian crisis during a Europe visit. He and Giscard plan to swap views ahead of the Puerto Rico economic summit with Ford, and will meet South Africa's Vorster in West Germany to seek negotiated solutions.
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Lebanon
France
Kissinger
Giscard
Ford
Puerto Rico
Europe
West Germany
John Vorster
South Africa
Rhodesia
Southern Africa
Massachusetts State Welfare Workers Strike Threat Grows
After failed contract talks, welfare workers threaten a strike under a 1973 public bargaining law. Dukakis appeals for service protection and outlines contingency plans for prisons hospitals and welfare offices. State workers outside the alliance include police nurses teachers and certain craftsmen.
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Massachusetts
Dukakis
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Oklahoma County
Robert Nelson
Hudson
Wis
Delbert Harmon Garmon
Wichita Falls
Tex
Blaine County
William Morris
Minnesota
Bill George
State Corrections Department
Briniee
Morris
Boyles
Sill
Papua New Guinea
Funds
eReam
Pool and Hearth Shop
Cache Rd
Judy
Gene Dodson
DIAL
Wisper Cool
USEAA
Triangle Engineering Company
P.O
Houston
Deslere and Distributors Call
Bulletin
Ray del Vecchio
Ray
Rexall Pharm
W. Gore
Ome
D Avenue
1OME Savings & Loan
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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