Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 83, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1972 Page: 5 of 26
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vored to sweep Democrat-
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campaigning, and we’re
still going to carry Michi-
gan.’’
Billy Joe Camp, Wal-
lace’s press aide, told
newsmen in Maryland to-
day that the governor
der a warm sun for the' Maj . Gen.
ceremony. They stood as
the band played “Ruffles
and Flourishes” and the
National Anthem.
Today’s ceremony was
An Oklahoma City police detective’s search for his
; missing automobile Monday had a happy ending when
‘the “villain,” and the car, came clean.
I Det. Jim Anthony, liaison between the police depart-
ement and the Oklahoma County district attorney’s of-
?fice, had parked his personal car In a reserved spot out-
• side the county courthouse.
• At noon it was gone, and police were alerted to watch
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP)
. Mrs. Phyllis Galanti,
whose husband has been a
Council, which then turned prisoner of war for almost
newly-developed ESA Park, the development job
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The park In a communi-
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only Democrats can cast
votes in the Democratic
primary. •
In Michigan, - which in
holding its first presiden-
> to
open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
EDT, with officials pre-
“ ' j a turnout of 1.2
million of the state’s 4.1
million registered voters.
Voters could decide in the
booth whether to vote in
the Democratic or Repub-
lican primaries.
In both states, President
Nixon was expected to be
an easy winner in the GOP
primaries.
Victories today would
add a border state and a
northern industrial state to
Wallace triumphs in Flori-
da, Tennessee and North
Carolina.
In Maryland, where Wal-
lace polled 43 per cent of
the vote in the 1964 Demo-
cratic primary, Humphrey
hoped for strong showings
in the labor strongholds of
Baltimore and its suburbs
2_i the governor to overcome an expected
would go to the convention heavy Wallace vote in ru-
as a strong, viable candi-
date.
Polls were scheduled to
open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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It doesn’t matter what a customer says
about yonr merchandise, you don’t have
the right to physically assault him, the
State Coart of Appeals rated today.
The court upheld » 913,000 damage
award granted to Iman Womack, Nor-
man, against Murdock Chevrolet Co.,
Clifford Murdock 8r. and Clifford Mur-
dock Jr.
Womack wan awarded the damages fol-
lowing aa episode la Norman la Decem-
ber, 19W, la which Womack was hospital-
ized after a confrontation with Murdock
The court record showed Womack was
unhappy with a car be purchased, So, he
painted a lemon with leaves oa the vehi-
cle and added such signs as “When it
Rains it Pours” and ‘‘Check This Before
You Buy.”
Another sign declared, “This is a |4,6OO
Junker.”
The Murdocks contended Womack in-
vited assault by his slaader of their com-
pany, but the appeals court held this was
not the case.
ed by a substantial sympa-
thy vote.'.
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delegates to the Demcratic
National Convention pro-
portionately according to
the presidential preference
voting. In Maryland, 53
votes will be decided on
the basis of statewide and
congressional district re-
sults.
Even before a gunman
shot Wallace as he cam-
paigned Monday in the
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seeking to keep the state
in the former vice presi-
dent’s comer, a key state
backer said today.
Rep. James Townsend,
D-Shawnee, said the task
force, headed by Fred Is-
rael, arrived in Oklahoma
Sunday night. Each person
was assigned a congres-
sional district to work and
make an evaluation, Town-
send said.
At the same time, it was
announced that a state
Humphrey headquarters is the state convention June
being opened at 4400 N 10. Each district will name
Lincoln. five dele«ate» and
Townsend characterized state convention will select
the Humphrey campaign
as a "low key group” and
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Dedication rites for the
Sen. George McGovern,
D-South Dakota, has made
serious inroads in Oklaho-
ma, scoring major victo-
ries in the First, Fourth
and Fifth Congressional
districts. The Humphrey
group is attempting to line
up delegates for the county
conventions scheduled Sat-
urday.
County conventions will
select delegates to district
contests slated June 3 with
had a new commander.
Participants were Col.
George W. Bennett, com- —
mander at Tinker since
May 29, 1871, and Col.
Charles B. Hodges Jr.,
moving to Tinker from ■
Vietnam.
The ceremony was di- I
rected by Gen. Smith, dep-
uty commander of the
Oklahoma City Air Materi-
el Area.
After orders were read
to a crowd of about 200 on
Tinker’s parade ground I
calling for the change of i
command, Col. Hodges
stepped into the position
next to Gen. Smith and sa-
luted.
That officially made
Col. Hodges the new com-
mander of the 2854th Air
Base Group, the unit that
runs Tinker.
Col. Hodges then re- j
viewed a parade of Tinker
troops and the Sheppard
Air Force Base Band.
The entire ceremony,
from the adjutant’s call to
the handshakes of congrat-
ulation took little more
than 10 minutes.
Col. Bennett has been i
assigned to the plans and
operations office at Air
Force Logistics Command,
Wright-Pattersori Air Force
Base, Ohio.
“ A native of Florida, Col.
Hodges became a lieuten-
ant after completing the
Air Cadet Program in 1943
and served in the Pacific
area during World War II.
He has more than 100 com-
bat missions as a pilot. He
flew B24s during World
War II and B29s during the
Korean war.
His most recent assign-
ment was as a staff officer I
with the 7th Air Force in
—» Vietnam.
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Dr. W. David Stuart, Oklahoma City, today was
named by Gov. Hall as a member of the Oklahoma Com-
mission on the Dea! and Hearing Impaired.
Dr. Stuart becomes the final member to be named to
the board created by the recent legislative session.
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The three principals in change of command ceremony stand at the reviewing
stand. Left to right, they are Brig. Gen. W. Y. Smith, Col. George W. Bennett
and Col. Charles B. Hodges Jr. (Staff Photo by Jim Argo)
Vietnam Veteran New
Commander at Tinker
•for a yellow Ford bearing a police sticker. Two hours
• later, it was back in its spot, gleaming like new.
J Seems that Donald Vick, deputy county .surveyor, had
instructed a brand new employee to take Vick’s auto (a
dead ringer for Anthony’s) to a nearby car wash for a
wash and wax job.
Steve Deal spotted Anthony’s car first, and sure
enough, Vick’s Mercury key fit in Anthony’s ignition.
.“I felt like a cowboy who had lost his horse,” said An-
thony, who added that what made matters worse was
the fact that he had two pistols and an automatic shot-
gun In the car.
“But I did get a clean car out of it.”
The incident may create
“a large sentiment to vote
for Wallace,” president
Tom Turner of the Metro-
politan Detroit AFL-CIO, a
Humphrey backer, pre-
dicted. Other politicians tlal primary, poll* were
speculated privately that
the shooting would stiffen
any wavering Wallace sup- dieting
Maryland, possibly boost- porters and perhaps swing
some voters undecided be-
tween the Alabama gover-
nor and another candidate.
McGovern and Hum-
phrey stopped active presi-
dential campaigning, halt-
ed television and radio
commericals and returned
to Washington. <
A Wallace television ap-
peal went on as scheduled
in Michigan, however, and
a Wallace campaign work-
er in the Detroit suburb of
______ ________ ___ Lincoln Park said, “Noth-
Washington suburb of Lau- ing’s changed. We re still
rel, Md., he had been fa-
vored to win in both states,
and after the shooting an
aide said the governor
would continue his drive
for the presidency. His top
rivals are Sens. George
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To the order, “Change
the command,” two colo-
nels changed positions to-
day beside Brig. Gen. W.
Y. Smith, saluted smartly
Spectators sat in folding the second change of com-
chairs and in bleachers un- mand at Tinker this year.
Richard D. ______
Reinbold replacedI MaMdGovern and Hubert H.
Humphrey, considered the
leading candidates for the
Democratic presidential
nomination.
IM BETTER LIVING
Edmondson Adds Staffer
Wallace Kidd, veteran paign activities carried on
Anadarko newsman, has by volunteers who are well
joined the^ volunteer staff acquainted In their field,”
D Edmondson said la mak-
ing the announcement.
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Kidd will assist with news the Oklahoma Press Asso-
media activities from the elation and the Oklahoma
campaign headquarters at Chapter of Sigma Delta
4400 N Lincoln. OH. He ta aow I®"®**1
“We expect to have manager of an Anadarko
many of our senate cam- radio station.
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result of a White House
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 83, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1972, newspaper, May 16, 1972; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1788184/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.