Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 118, Ed. 2 Friday, July 5, 1968 Page: 2 of 3
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NORMAN — A 23-year-old
Norman man was shot In the
cheat Thursday night at the
home of his sister-In-law.
Police said Earl Ray Wil-
liams was taken to Universi-
TALL MAN on the tote ’em pole is the position of this
GI fording a muddy stream south of Saigon. Because
he is the tallest in his platoon, buddies have given him
their cigarets, paperbacks and other valuables to keep
dry in his helmet liner. (AP Wirephoto)
served by longshoremen by
picking up the pieces of Lon-
don Bridge.
The workmen unloaded 850
tons of stones from the his-
toric Thames bridge which
fired at him early Wednes-
day.
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Weeds and trees at the corner of NW 50 and Drexel
are blocking the view of the intersection. Could these be
trimmed? L. M.K.
We reported this to the office of traffic control. The
weeds have now been cut and the tree limbs that were
blocking the view of a stop sign have been removed.
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block SW 22 along with a constant speeding problem by
teenagers. Several tires have been slashed and the cars '
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valve in the easement north of SW 48 and west of Brook-
line. It has now been repaired.
a) Contemporary diamond set: $195
b) Lovely 4-diamond design: $295
c) Sculptured diamond duet: $125
d) 2 diamond Spanish design: $150
e) Elegant 16 diamond duet: $495
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you get it fixed? D. H.
I don’t get garbage service although I put up my de-
posit three weeks ago. Could you get the men to start
picking it up? G. T. B.
Hugh .Alexander, superintendent of the city refuse
department, says you were not getting service because
you had no garbage cans. Now that you have purchased
A few months ago a law was passed raising the tax
on cigarets but nothing was mentioned about raising the
tax on cigars. I recently bought some cigars and they
charged me the tax. Is this legal? T. R. B.
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to the veteran. The VA is aware that your son told you to
use the checks to care for his son, but your only recourse
will be to contact the VA requesting an apportionment of
the disability compensation allowance. Brewer's office is
in the New Federal Building. 200 NW 4.
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filed this week, claiming
Blankenship’s case is not
valid on a number of techni-
cal points.
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with 4 tapered baguettes: $595
h) Solitaire diamond duet : $250
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LANSING, Mich (AP)
Vice President Hubert
district judges. Bitting en
banc, will decide within two
weeks whether the attorney
general’s attempt to oust the
three state corporation com-
missioners will stand.
A special hearing has been
tentatively set for July 17.
but may be held earlier, for
the three judges to consider
motions to dismiss the law-
suits.
Separate suits were filed
by Attorney General G. T.
Blankenship asking the oust-
ers of commissioners Wil-
burn Cartwright, Harold
Freeman and Ray C. Jones.
Judge Carmon C. Harris,
firmed the full-scale hear-
ing, and said a conference of
several judges is set for
Monday afternoon to work
out details.
He said it is possible the
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; been occupied by rebellious
-students since the turmoil of
May and early June.
judicial confer-
contend the three commis-
sioners violated their oaths
of office when they accepted
a free ride to an Oklahoma-
Texas football game on an
oil company airplane.
Motions attacking the at-
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trict judges sat in a group.
Combining the cases will
save time, Smith said.
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the state constitution.
Defense lawyers claim the
state action is insufficient on
a dozen legal points. They
claim the stale supreme
court already has held that
ouster cannot be effected un-
til the accused commission-
ers have been convicted of
violating their oaths of of-
fice.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A
Mexican publishing firm Fri-
day distributed to newsmen
copies of a book it claimed
was an authentic version of
the Ernesto Che Guevara
diary obtained by Cuba after
the revolutionary leaders
death in Bolivia.
A Cuban Embassy official
attended the news confer-
ence, at which the publishing
house Siglo Veintiuno Edi-
tores announced the book
will be placed on sale Satur-
day.
er, it was learned.
The separate suits are as-
signed to Judges Boston W.
Smith, Fenton Ramey and
A. P. VanMeter. But the lat-
ter will not be at the court-
house for the next two
weeks, and Harris, as pres-
iding judge, is expected to
sit in for VanMeter.
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striction than other boards
and commissions, which can
go into executive session on :
only a majority vote.
Earlier in the week, (
Blankenship ruled that any
time a quorum of a board or
commission gathers any-
where to transact official
business, it is holding a
meeting and must open its
doors to the public.
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to evade the open-meeting
law by contending they were
not holding an official meet-
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP)
— Police say lack of evi-
dence is hindering their
investigation of a report that
Saldallah Bishara Sirhan.
brother of the man charged
with murdering Sen. Robert
F. Kennedy, was fired at on
a highway.
Police said they were with-
out clues to locating a white
Volkswagen bus from which
(AP) — France
two more long
We reported this to Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
and the light has now been repaired 1 he state of Oklahoma ap-
1 parently is in favor of some-
one other than its employes
using its turnpike system.
Attorney General G. T.
Blankenship ruled Friday
that "a study of the Oklaho-
ma law fails to reveal any
authorization for reimburse-
ment of turnpike and park-
hoy and with illegally hav-
ing a man jailed.
In his answer, Sharpe
denied all the charges. He
said the bar's allegation of
false tax returns was
made "with malice or
wanton disregard of the
facts.’’
Hemeowners, Boots, Bonds
Travel Ins.. Commercial Pkg.
Policies Auto Driven Over
or Under Age? SR-22?
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The question was raised
by State Fire Marshal Jack
C. Sanders, who asked if em-
ployes using their own cars
on state business could be
reimbursed for turnpike and
parking fees. The answer,
written by assistant attorney
general W. Howard O'Bryan
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morning the police depar-
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Evening only 208
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arets applies to us cigar smokers. It is one cent each on
iegular stogies and five cents a package on little cigars.
Action Line will study every inquiry or request. but
it isn’t possible to answer each one personally. Don t en-
close self addressed, stamped envelopes, as answers to
general interest questions can be given only in this col-
umn.
Remember, Action Line wants to protect every citi-
yen’s rights to be treated fairly by government agencies
— local, state, national — or any other community or-
ganization. If you are confronted by a problem of this
type, call or write Action Line. And please give a phone
number at which you can be reached in case additional
information is needed.
We raise a grandchild and get a Veterans Adminis-
tration pension check from his father. The VA wants to
cut it off because I have been endorsing the checks made
cut to my son. My son is out of the state and we don’t
know where he is. He gave me his V A check and we
don’t want it cut off. V . B.
। is being hauled to Lake Ha-
John D. Brewer, VA contact officer, says it is illegal
for you to endorse the checks because they are made out
condition was satisfactory
Friday morning.
Police said an argument
reportedly arose when Wil-
liams was asked to leave the
home by his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Virginia Williams, 711
N. Cockrell.
They said the man was hit
"two or three times" by bul-
lets fired through a screen
one time the fire depart- l state's
ment said 25 people were ciated
Friday.
Sen. Eugene McCarthy of
Minnesota will receive 6
votes, the poll disclosed.!
■ of citations have been issued for traffic violations and LONG BEACH Calif,
police surveillance has been increased. ' (AP) — America s independ-
e ence from England was ob-
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tude, but the question to be
raised Saturday is whether
Sharpe would not have to
be convicted first in a dis-
trict court. Then the con-
viction could be used in
the court on the judiciary
to show moral turpitude.
However, the power of
the court of the judiciary
to try Sharpe for filing a
false return is expected to
be challenged.
Opposing Sharpe's ef-
forts to reduce the number
of allegations will be How-
ard K. Berry, Oklahoma
City trial lawyer appointed
by the court as prosecutor
of the case.
Court attendants in the
capitol were making prep-
arations Friday for the en-
tire 9-member court on the
judiciary to be present
Saturday, although Judge
Lavern Fishel of Coalgate
has been named to pass on
all pre-trial matters.
Judge Hert said Friday
that as far as he knows
eight of the nine judges on
the court will be present.
He said Judge Joe D. Shu-
mate of Pauls Valley is in
Europe at this time, but is
expected back for the trial
starting August 1.
The court is made up of
eight district judges and
one private attorney.
The bar generally
charged Sharpe with fail-
ing to turn marriage fees
to the county, making
false tax returns, threaten-
ing to jail a 10-year-old
A Norwegian freighter
brought the first stones of
I the 10,000-ton bridge to
America, arriving Thursday
— the Fourth of July. The
stones, weighing between 200
pounds and three tons each,
will be taken to Lake Hava-
su City by truck.
, some cans. you are receiving regular service. Alexander
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KARLSRUHE. Germany
(AP) — Three Negro Ameri-
can soldiers were stabbed to
death in a Fourth of July
fight with a group of white
soldierafEerman police re-
ported Friday.
U. S. Army authorities,
while declining to give any
details of the fight, said
three soldiers had been tak-
en into custody in connection
with the incident. A spokes-
man said an urgent investi-
gation is under way and
identified the men held as
S-5 Marion L. Cook, and S-4
Marlon G. Cook, 19-year-old
twin brothers of Attalla,
Ala., and Pfc. David H. Cole-
man, 21, of Tollhouse, Calif.
He declined to identify the
slain men until their families
have been notified.
German police said the
fight occurred outside a tav-
ern near the U. S. Army can-
teen in suburban Knielingen
and involved six Negro and
six white soldier*.
They said the fight was
traced to a reprimand given
one of the Negroes by one of
the white soldiers several
days ago.
They said a knife which
appeared to be one of the
weapons used in the slayings
had been found at the scene.
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water was so murky, he
said that they had to feel
their way. No bodies were
found, he reported.
Tom Slyter, 12, son of
the city engineer, also was
on the bridge when it fell.
"I heard a man yell that
the bridge might collapse
because there were so
many people on it." he
said.
"Then I heard a big
crack and we were in the
water. For a second it felt
as though I was floating in
the air."
He was pulled from the
water by a bystander, one
of hundreds at the scene.
Kenneth Dahl, Cowlitz
County deputy coroner,
said the bystanders proba-
bly saved many lives.
"When the bridge fell in,
many people on the shore
jumped in an started pull-
ing people out," he said.
ment said everyone had
been located.
Longview was founded while nearly one-fourth
in 1923 by R. A. Long, main uncommitted.
president of L o n g - B e 1 1
Lumber Co.
The manmade lake is al-
most a mile long and runs
through the center of the
city. The footbridge is lo-
cated on a point that juts
into the lake. It normally
is used by students going
Maj. E. Wayne Lawson, commander of the police de-
partment's patrol division, says your complaint is a val-
. id one and steps are being taken to correct it. A number
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pledging to back a workers’
militia generally identified
with the most conservative
elements remaining in
Czechoslovakia, a Prague
newspaper says.
The youth newspaper Mla-
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