The Alva Review-Courier (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 124, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 1953 Page: 1 of 6
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kicuffsaa
favors for prices ranging upwards
from $50
Miss Ward issued a statement
Monday saying she would refuse
to testify in open court because of
her concern for "millions of chil
dren all over the world" who might
be influenced by what she said
John Mc Dugal Dies
Sunday in Kansas
Funeral plans are pending for
John McDugal 76 retired railroad
' man who resided at Alva
McDugal died Sunday at a Hardt-
' ner Kan hospital Surviving is
a sister Mrs Mary O Williams
' Colorado Springs Colo
Thd Brown funeral home of Enid
will be in charge of services
Weatner
OKLAHOMA Partly cloudy
7porthwest and cloudy elsewhere
Mesday night with showers and
thunderstorms southeast and ex-
treme east portions Wednesday
cloudy with occasi mal rain likely
south portion Colder Tuesday
night and southeast and extreme
east W edne sd a y Low Tuesday
!light 15 to 25 northwest 40 ex-
treme soutrmst High Wednesday
20s north 40t south
I By BROOKS BICKNELL I
MORE THAN one dozen interest- 1 Vol 11V No 124
ed Oklahomans have jingled the
telephone bell in my office They
have read about heard about or Mary Parsons
learned from some source or an-
Other that there is a great need for
Volunteer enlistments in the Okla-
homa's "Broom Brigade"
Our state has long been remem Bought Her Gun
bered for its number of peculiar!
ties the pioneer arrd rugged his- I
I t
tory its wrangling state govern- valenfine s Day
ment its impeachment of a string
of governors its growing industry
Its winning University of Oklahoma
football team its top-flight Okla- Sympathetic Note
homa Aggie basketball team and Brought Into Trial
Many others including wheat pro-
duction oil production broomcorn By Opposition
leadership of the nation and
all oh Back up there typewriter WICHITA FALLS Tex
Broomcorn! room brigade Th again at brings us to Feb 10 —(1P)-- An El Paso as-
:t"
k sistant district attorney told
tI know you're going to ask what's 1 jury Tuesday that Mrs Mary
dth this broom brigade stuff
ell it must be explained this way Jean Parsons bought the gun
ith which she killed her hus-
A week or so ago in this corner band last Valentine's Day and
we wrote about the big "Gray -
I wowler
Warehouse" in Oklahoma City whether Dick Par-
more commonly called the state sons was buying her flowers"
capitol buildin g We told about The prosecutor - Jack Fant was
how this mimanaged place was the first state attorney to argue in
crammed with junk old worthless Mrs Parsons trial on a charge of
records disposed of office furniture murdering her husband of six
w
even a side saddle and some eeks Lt Richard O Parsons
of Pleasantville N Y as he lay
stuffed motheaten peacocks
Also we pointed out in one of sleeping in their El Paso
the subsequent columns the 133 Tex apartment The trial was
ed
telephone bills the stale receiv-
mov to Wichita Falls On a
es each month because of no cen-
change of venue
tralized telephone exchange for the et's birthday" he told the jury "On Valentines Day her moth-
statehouse the inequities accorded 1
' in employment because of no fix-
she went to a sporting goods store
ed policy of work: salary scales I tridges and "of course you know bought "the gun" and 50 car-
!
vacation plans guaranteed efficien- I
cy of performance on the Job or i what she did with it" 1
"I
even assurance that the employes wonder whether Dick Par-
1 sons
will report for work each day or was buying her flowers when
I
week excepting of course on she was buying the lethal weapon
i
payday with which she took his life" he
!
Th e governor's reorganization said
commission has a plan to start Opens Argument to Jury
1 He
Jia opened his argument before
'')me remedies for this condition He
tt Jury with the statement:
Tritich is costing the taxpayer hun- :
I
dreds of thousands of dollars on- " guess I might borrow a phrase
necessarily cach year from one of Mary Jean Parsons'
!
The state legislature will receive so-called suicide notes since for
: you and me and the other attor-
the commission's recommenda- neys and the court 'this is the end
tions to establish a centralized 1 of the trail'"
telephone mailing and message 1 nut's remarks about psychia-
center a centralized personnel PM trists called by the defense were
ployment syst em a centralized
'
I ordered stricken from the record
Mary Parsons
Bought Her Gun
Valentine's Day
Sympathetic Note
Brought Into Trial
By Opposition
WICHITA FALLS Tex
Feb 10 —(1P)-- An El Paso as-
sistant district attorney told
jury Tuesday that Mrs Mary
Jean Parsons bought the gun
with which she killed her hus-
band last Valentine's Day and
"I wonder whether Dick Par-
sons was buying her flowers"
The prosecutor Jack Fant was
the first state attorney to argue in
Mrs Parsons trial on a charge of
murdering her husband of six
weeks U Richard O Parsons
of Pleasantville N Y as he lay
sleeping in their El Paso
Tex apartment The trial was
moved to Wichita Falls On a
change of venue
"On Valentines Day her moth-
et's birthday" he told the jury
I she went to a sporting goods store
bought the gun" and 50 car-
! tridges and "of course you know
what she did with it"
"I wonder whether Dick Par
sons was buying her flowers when
I she was buying the lethal weapon
with which she took his life" he
said
Opens Argument to Jury
1 He opened his argument before
the jury with the statement:
! "I guess I might borrow a phrase
from one of Mary Jean Parsons'
so-called suicide notes since for
i you and me and the other attor-
neys and the court 'this is the end
HE ALVA
Minstrel Show
Plans Advance
Joe Alaitmavatte and John Slack
for the "N" club and Olen 'Illoyd
and Brooks Bicknell for the KiWarl
is club have heen syleuto tt 'end
men' far the RitAiats-"N" club
minstrel 'All( cRjlpd 101' 17A0 perform-
ances in Herod hall here on Feb
26
Thu ifl1OIL( was tnade by
director Bill OsIligain following a
preliminary mooting of the two
groups on 'Monday voning' Three
n
management of the state capitol !-
' !
i af-tei -d-ele-isTat-toi:n-ey-- m
Leslie Hum- ore nie ng
e Ilivf heN1 arrang
II
building- and authority to dispose -
i phry objected District Judge Ar- ' c(1 tor thue intere tii the :Amk-
it of the junk that is now taking up thur Tipps ordered the jury to ig- INext tneting will be m Tin:rsday
f
1 some J00000 square feet of vain- i nore them
able office space needed in place He called Fant's talk "an effort school Galligan ointerl out
of r e n t i n g outside space at !
thousands of d o I I a rs extra ex- 'night at 1:11) mil 1: w-4-bington
c 1)
to arouse prejudice and passion ! One performance will be given in
passing on the future of an in- the afternoon for “ h u o i (Ani1
Volente ordered the press and pub- $36 million dollars have been loan- ! Chief :11!rtrate John NT Mnr
lic from the trial Monday for the -
ed during the association's exist- 1 tie1: is Inolloveci by a lawver's
duration of th prosecution's case once" The operation expenses for :arunient t!lat !'Irkuil! tick-ts v'ere
e
I against the 23-year-old oleo mar-
m m
'
1952 were $40 307 sui h moat!' rs they vere eey
di
E H McIlvam acting superin- to evcrloo
! "g
Miss Ward was expected to pick
I s arine heir
i
Itendent of the U S experiment field The liaLw fined Nti- Btrtou itnd
4 up where he left off late Monday
I station gave an illustrated lecture her Ivi-band-inana4er Wynn Lass-
1 In naming prominent businessmen I on "grass as a resource cattle the ner $2400 ihe hHie!t line so far
purpose w h i c h turns greenbacks in the current crackdoAll on New
entertainment Celebrities and poll-
! into the farmer's pocket" York ticketThoa Ric rs
lical leaders to whom she sold her
turns to the witness stand Toes- i ward is secretary and treasurer was a sad plet e of cake the judge qum
n eipent
day for her second round of tes-
and Paul J Laudick is assistant dished up tor pretty vocalist El- Degin At 1 P M Miss Vat
timony in the vice trial of Minot secretary Members of the board i' leen Baron Bill Brant county agent said to- was on Ja
F ielke but Judge Francis L of directors are Lightburn chair- ! Miss Barton who niade a hi 4 hit day that the irrigation meet in 144 miles t
Valente has thrown a tight cloak I man John W Dunn J T Hink ' wall her recorditgl of -If I KneW I Planned here On Thursday of this tend distril
of secrecy around her "lurid" 'Lyle K I i n g e r Laverne and Ben You Were Cowin I'd ii BAP(' a I IA pelt yin get underway for the gin-
story '1 Saigart Moureland
Cake" went to court vitt) her hus- cral public at 1 pm in the county 101
turns to the witness stand Toes- I Ward is secretary and treasurer was a sad pie( e of cake the judge n
day for her second round of tes-
and Paul J Laudick is assistant dished up tor pretty xoralist El- Deg in At 1 P M
timony in the vice trial of Minot secretary Members of the board !leen Baron Bill Brant county agent said to-
F ielke but Judge Francis L of directors are Lightburn chair ! miss Barton who niade a big hit day that the irrigation mectini
Valente has thrown a tight CIORk !Man John W Dunn J T Hink ' wall her recordinil of "If I KneW I Planned here Oil Thursday of this
of secrecy around her "lurid" 'Lyle K I i n 12 e r Laverne and Ben You Were Cowin' I'd a B!!ked a I IA evk Yin get underway for the gen-
story '1 S' igart Moureland Cake" wen( to couri lyith her hus- eral public at 1 pm in the county
Acting in vhat he termed the ' Lightburn in a summary saldH band M(J t-(lay I() answer tor 48 court-room
"best interest of public morals" ! Years with the organization said !traffic tickets t1 wy had hthored ' Ira II u s k y of the State 11 an
SANDBAGS REINFORCE SEA WALL—Flood workers put sandbags into position on both sides of
the huge gap of the sea wall about four miles from King's Lynn England Three thousand
servicemen joined the 9000 already on disaster duty in an effort to breach the break
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OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER-LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION IN WOODS COUNTY
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An Independent Daily Newspaper with a Consistent Editorial Policy for Alva and Woods County
SIX PAGES ALVA OKLAHOMA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10 1953
ALVA OKLAHOMA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10 1953
FFA WEEK will be coming up soon on March 21-27 at Alva high school and throughout the
nation The local boys have had their minds on it for some time now Committee members
for the week are left to right Boyce Elmore Donald Rudy and Darrel Surface (Staff photo)
Station Wagon Slayer Finally
Caught in East on Tuesday
TOWANDA Ii Feb 10-411'1—Leonard Jesse Baldwin
29 sought from coast to coast in the slaying of a man whose
body was found hidden under some rocks in a California
desert was seized without re-
sistanee Munday night by
1state police and the Fill gents Work
Three troops and an FBI agent
forced Baldwin's car to the side
of a rural road near Cadis Pa
Ray J Abbaticchio agent-1n- Reviewed Here
charge of the Philadelphia office
of the FBI said the auto answered
I the description of the ranch wag- Reports issued from the CouLty
on stolen from Jack Arnold 65
and Home Deniontration agent
victim of the California slaying of ice today revealed that the two
Arnold's body was found face
combined traveled a total of 2978
down in a canyon Feb 5 about
pursuing their Work during
27 miles east of Yermo Calif The the month of January to bring their
FBI said Arnold of Barstow total since the first of December to
Calif apparently was marched 't 6172 miles traveled
half a mile off a m ' main highway
' s same report showed that 19
and shot four times in the neck
days by County Agent Bill Brant
and back
and 17 days by Wilma Van Frank
Agents said Baldwin had a 38-
caliber revolver strapped to his i!ome demonstration agent were
pense -
sane girl" and urged "let us pass 'dren and the iiial (me will be at half a mile off a ma in highway ' ''" — — — --
Now to give the members of the This same report showed that 19
to Holy Writ to prepare ourselves 8 pm on Feb 26 and shot four times in the net 1
i days by County Agent Bill Brant
state legislature assurance that
for proper consideration of this I Partial casts have been named
! land back
and 17 days by Wilma Van Frank
the people want these reorganiza
case by the two groups for the show Agents said Baldwin had a 38-
tion moves made now and others home demonstration agent were
m
' He quoted a passage on showing Representing the "N" club will caliber revolver strapped to his "
later on the state's "broom mercy from the Biblical book of be Eollv A-kew Abrainavicw Toni hip when he was arrested on et devoted to work with adults There
rigade" was organized To be Beatitudes and another Biblical :Dean 'Slack J Stringer Striner Troy federal warrant charging unlaw was a total of 15 days devoted to
b
cbomeda bullck private in the broom ‘vork with 4-H clubs between the
passage that "the judgment you ' olfair Glen Hityhir Harvey Reery ful flight to avoid prosecution for
aritgoatteer ato you
Murray Box tou have to do is write award to others iisi the same judg Darley Ilunter-Joe Harrison Tim murder Beside him on the front tw°
ment which shall be meted out to er Bear Dick 0iffith Junior Lowe ' ' bag as a
seat in a camas w Other information shows that 310
' 1 bulletins were distributed during
3217 State C a p I t o I Oklahoma
ol y u" and Br
r uce Hough Thompson submachinegun and two
the month by Mks Van Frank
City and any that you favor the
From the Eiwanis club it will Pistols the FBI said while Brant handed out 435 for var
reorganization program: the clean ! I
- nu at the capitol and you want to ame 1 um I be Monty 101mson John Blueth i The arrest was made after Sher '
intintitRkuss(F?IluiEiliott t ciDBIloyFdti(Glen i iif I y Howreaorod Seal louNst i susullitdotsii e F s
eadrieliscbicolft Oitt!iws'eAgeoli
r a n k contacted 200
be a buck private in the broom
brigade 1
Sherman Scott Harold Hayden Al - ing the description of the stolen persons t h r o u a h meetings or in-
I 0 Also you may write to your own I a dviclually durina January giving in-
! vin Paris Nile :oachim Bicknell Arnold car had been seen heading
!ntin ued on ?lige 2 1 formation he furnishings and equip-
Co ! o irec ora e Art Aitken Fred Neuman and Bill
toward the Pennsylvania border
The FBI said polic e of the en- for tae ho""-'
!Hill
Greatest number ot persons con-
Second Round of tire nation had been alerted for the George Lighburn of Capron and
ranch wagon Which was reported t:ieted by Brant in anv one oarticu-
i' J T Hink Gate were re-elected 1 Tickets Pose Sad en at uch widely scattered l'fr c a I e g " Y was i'l Ny'l(ilite :1 id
I
Tes tio
timony Due in !directors of the Woodward Prodtic- 1 places as Pratt Kan: Kingman with 125 pertA)ns contacted during
! n Credit association at the meet- NI Me first month of the yea r
Ariz and Las Vegas Nev
Vi I ice Trial Today lug held recently h
y it is Lightburn's 19th year as nece of Cake
Greatest number of miles travel-
id in one dio' during the nanith for
Enid
chairman of the board For Eilen Barton Irngation Meeting Brant was on Ian 8 when he tray-
NEW YORK Feb 10 —UP-- '' John W Dunn Arnett is vice vied 350 miles to Watonga al-(1
Nineteen-year-old Pat Ward re president Gayland Wiggins Wood-1 NEW N'OPK Fvb 10-1:P—It On Thursday To to assist in selecting fair ground
persons through meetings or in
diyidually durinif January giving in-
formation on furnishini4s and equip-
ment for the home
Greatest number ot persons con-
ilted by Brant in any one partirm
eategoryWas ill wildlife aid
V ith 125 persons contacted durimi
he first inonth of Ow year
Greatest number of miles travel-
ed in One day durimi !he month for
Brant was On Jan 8 when he tray-
vied 350 miles to Witionta Enid
to assist ill selectimi fair ground
Nliss Van Frank's boiet" day
was on Jan 12 kylien h travel!d
144 ndlcs to Enid and Capron to at-
tQnd district icent's
Walnut Grove Club
Names New Officers
For Coming Period
'Ong and Re-ourees board will be "
at the meeting for dLicussion of Names New Ofdcers
water rights development of weld
and
t the selection of a in:moult: For Coming Period
plan A representative of the REA
is also expected to talk at the
ineeting Vernon Payne 11os been selected
Doll White of the state FHA of- to head the V1UUI t'orove Protress
lute plans to discuss finances avail- club for 1953 ou'ltutv
able for the irrigation prognim held last week Oht named to
o-crve on the executive C on:dive
are Harry Zook Jocke
bell Paris Mr John Hull mot
' Fred
All members of the club have
: been urged to complodo t lair report-
iiN SOOn S 111('
he Highland church will lie the
of several prorecH for the
ttroup
The club hat al-a voted to pallid
the blind corner i Facery
14
o
' - Quinn home otrele it and thick
the fenceo
- On Friday of this kkvek
t:re club will meet lepur the
'11--motamr---- community building to paint the
FOOMS alld told refinish the
floors
' A report made at Inc tuou ako
pointed out that of the en:ire :rool)
of water o-onples Atilt oo !lir state
Health Service only oot loport-
unate for drinking purpose-
Total Amount of
Rain Is 13 Inch
Approximately 13
had descended on Alva lip unill
noon Tuesday Leo Brandt offi-
cial weather observer reported
The maIimum on Monday was
61 degrees with the overnight low
dropping to 29 The noon reading on
Tuesday was 30 degrees
111) LEASED WIRE
U N Bombers Stage
RoundtheClockRaids
on Red Supply Bases
Bridges Rail Lines and Front
Line Positions Are Bombarded'
SEOUL KorGa F(d) 10---ftl''—United Nations Air Force
and Navy bomhers and fighter-hombers in round-the-clock
raids Tuesday blasted (l)rrimunist supply centers hridges
rail lines and frin1 line positions
Sixteen Annrican Super-fortresses delivered the
"big punch" dumping- :'2G000 pounds (d 1)ornhs on twin sup-
- ply (Tnters near the Yalu
Three Airmen The Hiperlortreshes from
awa hit Coaryon-Owan a key rail-
wdv hit) 25 tulles Noutheaq of Sin-
itilu On the Manchurian border
Arraigned Here 71oliday The B-29's used rti-
dr to clump 16 tons of 500 pound
throtrgh a cloud cover
Nu Air Interference
Three Airmen
Arraigned Here
Tuesday A M
Preliminary Set
For Thursday Here
In County Court
Thre4! NAVOI airmen N(
of ‘vhorn wore arrested in
Alva early knda inwning
after a foot race when they
tried to flee a lo(al Imtel it-
officers arrived ‘vere trraign
ed Tuesday morning hefore
County Judge J J (llaser
! charges of larceny 6f an aulfr-
mobile here Their prellinin-
try hearing was set for Thurs
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BROTHERS' BANDAGES ALIKE-Five-year old Steve Sheets
left and his brother Michael seven eye their almost identi
cal bandages following an auto accident near Hutchinson
Kan in which they and five other members of their family
were injured none seriously The family was enroute from
Albuquerque N Mex to a new home in Kansas City Kan
The Sheets' car and trailer were ruined when they overturn-
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Alva's Wheat Price
February 10 $210
NEW HOPE FOR HEARTS
SUPPORT THE HEART FUND
FEB 8 THRU 14
House Members
Favor Keeping
Slate Primary
Poll of 89 Shows
Them Two-to-One
Against Change
wdy hob 25 miles southeaq of Sin- OKIA110M CITY Feb10
itini On the Manchurian border (tP1-- House members are two-
1ot1diy night Me B-29's used ra-
to-one in favor of keeping
(LI to clomp 16 tons of 5(X) pound
Oklahoma s runoff primary
bombs through a cloud cover
a poll of those willing to
Nri Air Interference
state their opinion showed
Al'iyiurn the big Red Air base erwsdux
at Antumi Manchuria was close
The poll revealed that 50 mem-
W no Communist lighters were
bers will vote against a Senate-
approved bill repealing the law 24
I:enirmng pilots said anti-air- will vote for the bill and 15 tire
cratt lue Wa:- "livilt to moderate"
"on the fence"
IRe1 Jarcli lights made futile at-
The poll was conducted by Capt
hnIpI to stag through the clouds
' tol newsmen including those of the
n spot the lu2 raiders i United Press and covered 89 of
— -
i :- ' — -We could -ee their searchlights 3 members
Alva early Mnittlit Mot Illng e 12
copta through the sk th
y one pi- '
after a foot race when they The only chance for keeping the
lot said -They weren't havint
tried to nee a local ilttel as h Iick though because their Irunoff repeal plan alive it appear-
atiteert arri ved vtte ttrrattrti- beams hit the clouds under us' IS a compromise proposal to
eti TtaJAay morning latIoltit pil aid flre were vmle submit the issue to a Vote of the
C J
ounty udge 1 J (llas n er o o
-rwiQh °Pelting in the overcast r)COPleCite People's Choice
charges of larceny 6f an tiitcr- 0r the t t L NLiny of those polled said they
Mobiltt Ilitre Their prellinin- Bomb supply Buildings would vote against the repealer
try hearing Was set for Tian's- A ileet ()I medium bombers join
'f WP AIIII'd raiders and bombed becaut-e the people in a referen-
dtty dum election in 1943 put the law
'1 he o u r t appointed II C i one 7u-acre area containing 240 sup- on the statute books by an over-
Crandall Alva attorney to repre- ph' buildings and another 75 acre whelming margin
ent the t h r e e AWOL Willen as arca containing 85 buildings and a Their attitude: If the people
thrtr lawyer in the preliminary fre:ght yard voted for it who an I to vote to
heiiiiing w h i c h will be held at 10 Five rail lines and a loading repeal it?"
tI m Thurday in the Woods coun- ' platfotm at one target join the rail House Speaker James C Iltince
rt' court I supply route front Sinnju southeast I confirmed Monday there is some
Floyd De‘Vityne Tibbs of Chero- to Sinanju and other Red supply Isentiment for submitting the issue
kee and Gerald Stanton of Lewis- i center to the people in 1954 but if the
tow Idaho welte the taio men ar- fhunderiets hooting tars n !anti-repeal forces are strong
s s
reted yes-terday looming n: Alva : teors and mustangs plastered Red : enough they may kill the bill out-
hY °hitter' tit tile F'dtui'l Bureau ' hunkers cave and gun positions
right
of Inve a
stigtion OKI Alo nta High- ainn the !Mill Mo mm
st of the ebers who were
way patrol mai Sheriii Ken VV fhter-bombers concentrat-
i)olled were strongly on one side or
The ig
Greets ittlice ed alon the eatern ector and the other Most of those in south-
' g s
Oto- Pit ked Up at Kim a f the Corn- ern Oklahoma where the Demo-
nar Kattont home o
The third "I" aiuri'ed tare l'i tnitm4 armistice delegation crat form a big majoritv of the
Keith M c K i in to e y of Laciing voters favor the runoff system
Light snow fell across the battle-
'because the primary is really our
Mich a-ho wit arreed lat week Monday nigh t where light pa-
inve'llii"tiuu ' trril liCtiOnS were reported 'election"
in Kam-it Kans for
of car thett and passing worth!es I Inclined Toward One Primary
check Those in the north are inclinee
Att three tirnicu tre ith en! with-f S to favor the one primary system
out lea tie I coin Sheppard Field ervices Wednesday becaue the Republicans Wet
becaw-e the people in a referen-
dum election in 1943 put the law
on the statute books by an over-
whelming margin
Their attitude: If the people
voted for it who am I to vote to
repeal it?"
! House Speaker James C Nance
i confirmed Monday there is some
sentiment for submitting the issue
to the people in 1954 but if the
! anti-repeal forces are strong
enough they may kill the bill out
right
! Most of the members who were
i)olled were strongly on one side or
the other Most of those in south-
ern Oklahoma where the Demo-
! cra ts form a big majority of the
voters favor the runoff system
'because the primary is really our
election"
I Inclined Toward One Primary
: Those in the north are inclined
to favor the one primary system
because the Republicans offer
stronger opposition in the general
e1eton t
Sentnnent for repeal of the run
ott has increased since the bitter
fight in 1950 between Gov Johnston
1lu1ray and William O Coe for
lor Floyd -Mr' Cox 45 try Democratic nomination for gov-
:infri" t- Alva and inore re- ernor Murray has said he would
ot Ponca city will be at 2 si211 a repeal low if the Legisla-
p in the Fir-A Chris- lure -end it to his desk
chirch of POnt:1 CTV ' 1-1(meter it appeared Tuesday
and that this possibility is slight Thu
meinbers who traditionally
went to school here
favored the runoff are not
'11rfq Fred Cox j have
followire4 the lead of the Senate
I Co Bon Cox all live in
Alva with anifiber uncle Robert which :hissed the repealer 30 to 10
' The poll showed that admin
Cox in Kunman Kan
cx (heti eitriy solidity mornioiir in istr'ition leader- in the House are
Ponca ( divided on the issue and there is
T
srvivors InTide oieta no drive by the Murray forces to
In(i -Oft: his mother PIL'h the 11'
N0 Difference to Nance
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