Watkins Captures Runoff In State's Third District
Oklahoma City AP. State Sen Wes Watkins Ada won the Democratic nomination for the 3rd District, defeating Charles Ward and Albert retiree. Tom Dunlap won the 5th District runoff over Tony Zahn to face Rep John Jarman’s vacated seat. Carol McCurley won the 6th District GOP nomination, defeating Stephen Jones. Final unofficial totals show Watkins 63 percent, Dunlap 53 percent, McCurley 58 percent.
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Oklahoma City
Wes Watkins
Ada
Carl Albert
Tom Dunlap
Watkins
Dunlap
Yukon
Carol McCurley
Enid
Stephen Jones
Albert
Charles Ward
Durant
Tony Zahn
John Jarman
Ward
Zahn
McCurley
Jones
Mickey Edwards
Glenn English
Gerald Beasley Jr
Duncan
Jack Finley
Mead Dunlap
Edwards
McCartley
Oklahoma
E. T. Dunlap
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Jarman
Dunlap-Edwards
G T. Blankenship
James Jones
Tulsa
James Inhofe
English
Ted Risenhoover
D-Tahlequah
Risenhoover
Drew Edmondson
GOP
Bud Stewart
Muskogee
Tom Steed
D-Shawnee
Steed
M. C. Stanley
Midwest City
Paul Trent
Altus
Suspects Sought After Cityan Shot In Oklahoma City
James Dezelle was shot in the back and wounded in the arm and abdomen by two men who sought drugs at his home in Oklahoma City Tuesday evening. He was taken to University Hospital by MAST helicopter in serious condition. Police hunt two white males, one with long dark hair and one with short brown hair, seen near Dezelle’s NW 15th Street residence and a blue Ford Torino linked to the suspects.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton
James Dezelle
Dezelle
University Hospital
Fort Sill Mast
Randy Riley
Television First Singing Telegram Introduced in 1933
The first singing telegram debuted in New York City on July 28, 1933, introduced by Western Union as a novelty in telecommunication entertainment. The event marked an early fusion of messaging and live performance, signaling new approaches to personal communication via media.
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New York City
Western Union
General Ott Day Set At Forum At Hotel Lawtonian
Fort Sill commander General David Ott will be honored at a noon Thursday Chamber of Commerce Forum at Hotel Lawtonian. He departs Friday for a new VII Corps command in Europe and is expected to discuss his Fort Sill experiences. Tickets are $3.50 at the door.
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David Ott
Chamber of Commerce
Lawtonian
Ott
Fort Sill
VII Corps
Europe
Chamber
Jack Raulston
General Ott
Steed Receives NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award
Rep. Tom Steed of Shawnee earns the Guardian of Small Business award from NFIB for voting on small business sales 70 percent during the 4th Congress. NFIB President Wilson S. Johnson praises lawmakers who back small business against organized pressure.
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Washington, D.C
Capitol Hill
Tom Steed
D-Shawnee
Guardian of Small Business
National Federation of Independent Business
NFIB
Steed
Wilson S. Johnson
Congress
Lawton Board approves booster club policy and driver benefit
Lawton Oklahoma board of education adopted a fringe benefit package for city school bus drivers and a policy governing school booster clubs. The policy allows booster members to assist with principals but requires all sponsored athletic contests and tournaments to be handled by individual schools and the director of athletics unless the board approves otherwise. As before, profits from school sponsored tournaments go to the school system.
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Lawton Board of Education
Robert F. Donahue
Eugene Wheeler
Tonny Wooten
Sabrina Bishop
Kathy Browers
Eugenia Ferguson
Elenore Harwell
Candace Odom
Ex Deputy Defeats Wilson For Sheriff In Democratic Runoff
Pat McKown a former Temple deputy won the Democratic runoff for sheriff defeating long-time incumbent Woody Wilson 1,083 to 894 in the primary. Wilson led in the runoff 827 to 546, with other candidates Frank Avens and James Eschill splitting the base. McKown won his Temple home precinct 163 to 131 as Cartwright and Wright won state labor commissioner and third district race respectively. The article also covers school board actions and a surge in fast food franchises.
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SPA
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Marv Lepien
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Lepien
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A. Lepien
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Aaragon Chiropractic Center
W. Gore Blvd
Gore Plaza
Wilson
Jan Cartwight
Wilbur Wright
Charley Ward
MacArthur High School
Great Plains Wholesale
Lawton Acoustics
Douglass Elementary School
Ratcliffe’s
Fowler’s Paint & Glass
School System
Cablevision
Gore
Simmons
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