The Oklahoma Trooper Didn't Have To Die Page: 1 of 8
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of one-man police
But one thing radar cannot do: It cannot spot a
two-legged murderer. Thus, a brave Oklahoma high-
way patrolman was to die . . .
Kay Evers, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, is a housewife
and mother, but when the telephone rings in her
home at a late hour, it is not as startling to her as
it would be in other households. Mrs. Evers is police
reporter for the Daily Ardinoreite and in this capac-
itv she is subject to call 24 hours a day. Her news
sources trust her and like her. As a result, when
something hot breaks on her beat—be it day or night
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r-ADAR, brought to its electronic maturity during
■ war days when it searched the skies for enemy
planes and the sea depths for killer submarines,
is a highly valuable device. Weather observers have
put it to’ life-saving use through the detection of
severe storm cells; radar can pick out a killer storm
a blob on the screen with a peculiar “hook” on it
which alerts meteorologists to the probable presence
of a tornado in the storm cell. Radar can put.the bee
on highway speeders, the potential traffic killers ot
themselves and others.
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by BILL G. COX
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The tragic, senseless shying points up-once again-the
penny-wise, pound-foolish public policy
patrols. AIS over America, widows and fatherless children
v officers may well ask, How many more must be killed?
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Cox, Bill G. The Oklahoma Trooper Didn't Have To Die, text, 2013; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1625600/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Ardmore Public Library.