Public Forum Reveals County Juvenile Officer Appointment
A reader recounts how Comanche County Judge Inez Manning offered him the juvenile officer post in 1963, missteps on age qualifications, a resignation, and later challenges to the appointment including a request for revision of the age rule. The account concludes with his resignation and partial repayment. Separately, Pendleton youths win a poetry prize as David Jones, a 21 year old with a prior burglary sentence, claims $50 in Writers Digest contest.
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Comanche County
Lawton
Inez Manning
Manning
Judge Manning
Oklahoma City
Pendleton
Ind
Uli
Writers Digest
David Jones
Indiana Reformatory
The
Reflector
Jones
Resigning Doctor Blasts Legislator
Dr. Wayne J. Boyd resigns as superintendent of Eastern State Hospital effective Monday after serving since October 1961. He accuses Rep. Harold Morgan of Vinita of pressuring him and interfering with work, saying hospital stresses are too much. Morgan calls the mental health board report a whitewash.
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Vinita
UPI
Wayne J. Boyd
Eastern State Hospital
Harold Morgan
Boyd
Morgan
State Mental Health Board
Brothers
Madill Escapees Reconfined After Capture
Two 19 year old inmates Gary Copeland and Bobby Richards escaped from the Marshall County jail in Madill Thursday and were recaptured Thursday night at Ben Richards' residence near Tishomingo. They were armed but offered no resistance and held on grand larceny charges.
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Madill
UPI
Marshall County
Gary Copeland
Bobby Richards
Richards
Ben Richards
Tishomingo
Harris to push Oklahoma Human Rights Commission bill
Sen. Fred Harris of Lawton said he will introduce a bill to create an Oklahoma Human Rights Commission and ban employment discrimination by state government. He spoke at the Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce banquet and argued alignment with progressive states aids business as space-age industries may locate there. A draft was sent to W. W. Keeler of Bartlesville, named to head a citizens committee on human rights by Gov. Bellman.
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Okmulgee
UPI
Fred Harris
Lawton
Oklahoma Human Rights Commission
Harris
Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
W. W. Keeler
Bartlesville
Henry Bellman
Citizens Committee On Human Rights
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Tleur Lista
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New Vista
Carload
Magic Monitor
Zeur
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Dial
Sears Sporting Equipment
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Llth
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