Convict Surrenders After 50 Mile Checotah Escape Chase
An escaped convict from Tulsa seized a gun to threaten a nurse at McAlester General Hospital and forced a patrolman to drive during a 50 mile chase through eastern Oklahoma. Warden Ray Page then talked Rogers into surrendering the weapon and freeing the hostage without injuries.
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Checotah
Oklah AP
Oklahoma State Prison
Ray Page
Thomas J. Rogers
Rogers
Tulsa
Page
Oklahoma
Marilyn Fain
McAlgater
Fayn Kirkpatrick
Ong Highway Patrol
Henryetta
Ralph Rogers
Okmulgee
Miss Fain
Hartshorne
McAlester State Prison
McAlester General Hospital
Miss Faln
Faye Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Indian Nation Turnpike
New Mexico GOP Holds Saturday Conventions Amid Mourning
The New Mexico Republican Party moves ahead with county conventions on Saturday while state GOP vice chairman Manuel Lujan Jr. promises only essential business out of respect for slain Robert Kennedy. Governor Cargo designates Thursday through Saturday as official days of mourning for Kennedy.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Republican Party
GOP
Manuel Lujan Jr
Robert Kennedy
Lujai
David Cargo
Sen. Kennedy
Fires in southwestern area burn grazing land and wildlife
Grass John Gumert, natural resources manager for the Bureau of Land Management, said two other fires in the same area about 75 miles southwest of Dening were extinguished Thursday. He noted no commercial timber but losses to grazing, watershed and wildlife.
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John Gumert
Bureau of Land Management
Dening
Gumert
Grant County political announcements in Cliff and Silver City
Campaign notices from Grant County announcing candidates for county clerk assessor sheriff and commissioner districts one two and three. Carl Rice Lonnie Morrison Chester Williams Eila Ward Gabby Hayes Addie Athey George Barela Bartley McDonald seek Democratic primary votes with varied background claims and terms subject to August 27 primary.
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Grant County
Carl Rice
Cliff
A. W
Gabby” Hayes
Hayes
Covington-Steppe Realtors
Silver City
Addie Athey
Bartley B. McDonald
Box
Language snippet on Pers residents born there
About 48 percent of Pers residents were born there. The line notes birthplace distribution among Pers inhabitants.
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Pers
McCauley Announces Candidacy for District 3
Fred McCauley of Grant County announces his run for Commissioner District 3 subject to the August 27 primary. A lifelong farmer rancher with strong business and heavy equipment experience, he runs as a Democrat pledging a well run administration.
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Grant County
George
Barela
Fred McCauley
Cliff
Community planning committee eyes Reserve industry alliance
A local meeting with the United States Soil Conservation Service and Reserve Community Development Committee discussed forming an organization. Bob Abercrombie presented a progress report and advised writing a bid to attract industry through the New Mexico Industry Development Committee. In New York, Keith McHugh predicted that up to 70,000 defense plant workers in the state could be displaced within 18 months after the Vietnam war ends.
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Ice
United States Soil Conservation Service
Bob Abercrombie
United States Soil Conservation
Silver City
Reserve
New Mexico Industry Development Committee
Santa Fe
NEW York
Keith S. McHugh
New York State Planning Committee
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Chester” Williams
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