Grand Jury Clears Police Of Surveillance Criticism
Officials say the grand jury found no evidence of police surveillance of private citizens beyond organized crime. Police Chief Gillian praised the investigation as effective and Tennessee urged biennial grand juries to vent frustrations and then return to business.
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Thomson
Don van Meter
van Meter
Grand Jury
Robert Gillian
Tennessee
Couple Elopes for Georgia Wedding to Bypass Waiting Period
Mrs Sheffield recalls eloping with husband who had the wedding across the state line in Phenix City Alabama to avoid Georgia's three day wait. They were married in secret and spent their wedding night in their shared hospital room. Both share a playful glow about the occasion and age gap.
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Sheffield
Phenix City
Ala
Georgia
Flags Folded At Sunset To Foil Flag Pole Burglar
Parker laments loss of national state and bicentennial flags as winds raise flags again and sunset prompts folding to hinder an ongoing flag pole burglar’s work. The practice aims to curb theft while prompting communities to prevent further flag losses.
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Parker
Funeral services for Mooney Sunrise Chebahtah 68
Mooney Sunrise Chebahtah 68 of Rt. 1 Indiahoma died Monday at PHS Indian Hospital after a brief illness. Services set at Becker Funeral Home 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday at Devo Baptist Church with Rev. Denney and Rev. Coffey. Burial in Deyo Cemetery. Born November 27, 1905 in Indiahoma, he married Mollie Godsoe in 1935. A lifelong area resident and truck driver for Billingslea Lumber Co. Survived by wife, four sons Gilbert Wayne Midwest City Hugh Edwin Odessa Joseph Nichols San Angelo Matthew Lloyd Chattanooga. three daughters Sybil Rindal Oxnard Mollie Lane Muskogee. nine grandchildren.
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Mooney
Chebahtah
Rt. 1
Indiahoma
PHS Indian Hospital
Becker Funeral Home
Devo Baptist Church
James Denney
Anadarko Christian Center
Robert Coffey
Deyo Baptist Church
Deyo Ceme
Mollie Godsoe
Frederick
Billingslea Lumber Co
Gilbert Wayne
Midwest City
Hugh Edwin
Odessa
Texas
Joseph Nichols
San Angelo
Tex
Matthew Lloyd
Chattanooga
Sybil Corrine Rindal
Oxnard
Calif
Marilee Ruth Chikeles
Mollie Bernice Lane
Muskogee
City workers reach overtime and holiday settlement
The FOP accepted time and a half overtime pay and agreed to 10 holidays a year, down from 12, per Williams. The contract package will be submitted to the full City Council next Tuesday.
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FOP
Williams
Reforms aim to curb embarrassing rule violations in House
The Democratic leadership sought a uniform personnel code for House members to avoid public embarrassment from rule breaches. They discussed sending revisions to the full House, with changes to come into effect as Administration Committee regulations once published in the Congressional Record. Frank Thompson Jr. warned the committee would follow the House’s decision if revisions are rejected. The moves followed allegations that Rep. Wayne Hays placed Elizabeth Ray on the committee payroll and that some members improperly collected travel funds.
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Administration Committee
Congressional Record
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Elizabeth Ray
Hijackers Demand Transfers as Entebbe Crisis Deepens
Ugandan hijackers from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine threaten to blow up a plane and hostages in Entebbe. At least nine Americans are aboard as President Amin reportedly relays demands to France, including prisoner exchanges and direct negotiations.
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Tages
Israel
U.S
Uganda
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Idi Amin
Amin
Kampala
Entebbe
Air France
Hashi Abudilah
PFLP
France
Tax cuts outlined with per person and income credits
The plan would permit a 35 dollar personal exemption plus per dependent deduction or a 2 percent credit on the first nine thousand of taxable income up to 180 dollars. A 400 dollar credit for low earning families with children applies to earnings up to eight thousand. Senate rejected a 368 million dollar tax cut for the rich and a Kennedy led move to raise the earned income credit to 70 percent.
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Senate
Finance Committee
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Notice of Application for Administrator in Comanche County
J T Wright applies for Letters of Administration on the estate of Printes Dewey Cowley deceased. Hearing set in the District Courtroom 402 Lawton Oklahoma at 1 30 PM July 9 1976. All heirs next of kin and creditors may appear and contest. Chad Bledsoe Judge of the District Court signed June 28 1976.
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Lowton
District Court
Comanche County
State OF Oklahoma
Myrtle Mae Cowley
J. R Wright
Se Ae
Comanche
Oklahoma
Botkin
Lawton Heights
Lawton
Chad Bledsoe
Janice Mitchell
Melissa Roth
Dewey Cowley
Printes Dewey Cowley
J. T. Wright
Court Raises Bond In Oklahoma Homicide Case
The dispute centers on Carman who fled a mental hospital after bond was set at 25 000 and then raised to 50 000. The 1973 Oklahoma murder statute splits first and second degrees with nine listed aggravators and a tenth for bomb or explosive killings. The DA notes capital punishment laws prompted model statutes and questions remain on parole after roughly one third of a 10 year to life sentence.
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Tomlinson Junior High School
Carter
Carman
Western State Hospital
Stedman
Oklahoma
Don Beauchamp
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Beauchamp
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Fisherman’s Wharf
San Francisco
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