Law Violated Due To Lack Of Maximum Security Mental Facility
In Elgin, a man with a bird nest on his head and a string of doorknobs around his neck provoked officials by pouring water on himself while in jail. The district attorney says state law requires mental cases to be sent to appropriate facilities, but Comanche County lacks such capacity, forcing detention in ill equipped jails and raising safety concerns. The DA and jail officials call for expansion of the Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center to include maximum detention for potentially violent patients.
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Elgin
Ed Wiedeman
Don Beauchamp
Beauchamp
Wiedeman
Comanche County
Taliaferro Community
Carter backs Begin as capable of Middle East peace
President Carter expressed confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin as a leader able to negotiate peace with Egypt and other Arab states, while saying he cannot offer a clear solution to the region’s toughest issues. He dismissed reports that Begin blocks settlements and noted plans for an anti inflation program after returning from travels. He defended Brazil ties, warned against nuclear proliferation, and criticized steel price hikes as inflationary.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Carter
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Begin
Egypt
Washington
Jerusalem
U.S
South America
Africa
West Germany
Eubanks Hired By Rhode Island Economic Director
Scott Eubanks, 32, to head Rhode Island Department of Economic Development after a nationwide search. He will coor dinate 83 staff plus 107 port authority employees and lead agencies including Rhode Island Industrial Building Authority and Recreational Building Authority. Senate confirmation needed. resignation from Oklahoma effective May 1.
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Providence
R.I
Scott Eubanks
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Department of Economic Development
J. Joseph Garrahy
Eubanks
James O. Roberson
Maryland
Garrahy
Roberson
State Senate
Oklahoma City
David Boren
Rhode Island Port Authority
Rhode Island Industrial Building Authority
Rhode Island Recreational Building Authority
Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corp
Howard Development Corp
Oklahoma Industrial Development Department
Norman Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Fort Worth
Texas
Shreveport
Marksall
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches
Kay
Mary Allison
Paul Scott
New See Industrial
Forecasted pleasant week with mild nights and warm days
Fair skies dominate with warming days and mild nights through Friday. Lows tonight near 50s, highs Friday near 60s. Wednesday’s high reached 66 with an overnight low of 44, indicating mild midweek temperatures.
Man falls 29 stories from Transamerica Building
Harold Brown a 22 year old Tacoma resident leapt into a ventilation shaft at the Transamerica Building in San Francisco and plunged 29 stories. He struck the cement floor at an estimated 100 mph and was described as in fairly stable condition after lengthy surgery. Police say he entered the building past a security guard and climbed the shaft before the fatal drop.
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San Francisco
Harold Brown
Tacoma
Wash
Linda Johns
Mission Emer
Gency Hospital
Brown
Fort Sill POW visit recalls life on opposite side
German Army sergeant Artur Scherdel, a POW turned coach for 15 German wrestlers, visited Fort Sill near Anadarko to see the post from the other side of the fence. He recalled fair treatment, guard towers, and work details at the Fort Sill camp, once housing as many as 12 000 POWs.
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Artur Scherdel
Fort Sill
Scherdel
United States
Anadarko
Scheidel
Randolph
Currie Roads
Scherder
Normandy
France
New York
Huntsville
Texas
Germany
Refuge Recreation Plan Faces Counter Proposals
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge faces many counter proposals to its 1 235 million recreation plan. Proposals include backpack camping and saving Mt Scott Campground as several campgrounds face elimination. Public hearing by refuge manager Bob Karges Friday at 7 30 p m at Cache Elementary School Auditorium. Comments due by postmark April 7.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Mt. Scott
Bob Karges
Cache Elementary School
Tom
Westmoreland
Karges
Refuge
Doris
Quanah Parker
Burford
Panther Creek
Post Oak
Jimmie Hysan
Fist Fight Erupts Outside House Speaker's Office
A Senate sergeant at arms and Rep. Vernon Dunn with a wooden leg fought outside the Oklahoma House speaker's office. Dunn, 60, and Gentry, in his 60s, bruised as Dunn knocked Gentry down twice. Dunn criticized Gentry for being paid to run errands for Sen. Wayne Holden. Dunn apologized to the House, which gave him a standing ovation.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
W.T
Dub’’ Gentry
Bill Willis
Vernon Dunn
Dunn
Gentry
Sen
Wayne Holden
D-Duncan
Holden
John Monks
D-Muskogee
Monks
Duncan
Loco
Willis
Gen
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