The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 250, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1970 Page: 11 of 20
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SHOULD HOUSE BILL No. 1129
BE APPROVED
be approved by the people?
SHOULD HOUSE BILL No. 1267
BE APPROVED
ville, La., is charged with as-
sault with intent to commit
Tipton (Spl) — Clyde Meeks fense lawyers at S.SgL David
was chosen president of the Mitchell’s court-martial want
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
General Election — Tuesday, November 3, 1970
In compliance with 34 O.S. Supp. 1968, 9 notice is hereby give)
of proposed amendments to the Oklahoma Constitution whiel
will appear on the ballot November 3, 1970.
John Rogers
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are (left) Pat Higgins and Kathy Clements. Both are
sophomores and are serving their second year as
majorettes. Pat is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Higgins and Kathy, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Clements of Mangum. Leroy Stout is band
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1968, 1st LL William L. Calley
Jr., to appear as a witness.
An informed source said
Wednesday counsel for Mitchell
had asked that Calley be
care. Last year nil medical schools produced 25', more
doctors. Over the next two years this will increase to 50'.
more doctors.
A scholarship program to educate doctors who will
practice in rural Oklahoma has been startl'd and all schools
past high school are now offering expanded programs in
health care including UN's. LPN’sand medical technicians.
We are keeping rural Oklahoma strong! We are build-
ing a strong economy at the grass roots level, and are
strengthening the quality of life all over the state. With
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BALLOT TITLE
State Question No. 469 Referendum Petition No. 20
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
Shall House Bill No. 1129 of the First Session of the 32nd
Legislature,
vesting, the State Treasurer with sole authority to determine
amount of public funds to be deposited in any bank approved
by Depository Board, and requiring no less than 4.10% per
annum interest from time deposits only, providing penalty
for State Treasurer or any bank official to knowingly violate
act and repealing all conflicting laws
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The Bartlett Administration is providing the jobs in the rural areas that will
allow our young people to live in the hometown they love. During 1969, Oklahoma
gained 18,500 jobs through new and expanded industries in 67 of our 77 counties —
even though agriculture employment was declining.
The Bartlett Administration is providing educational opportunities so our young
people can develop the skills and ability to build their own future in Oklahoma.
In Vo-Tech education alone we have gone from 5 to 15 new districts with a 212',
increase in funds.
Along with jobs we must provide medicine and health _
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NORMAN (AP) — A Univer-
... . sity of Oklahoma spokesman an
The study was by Laurence I. ,Thespetition,,sentto airport nounced Wednesday a student
Moss, executive secretary of the quthorities for the cities cited in crisis center has been in opera-
committee on public engineer- h “ stud %, notedathatain tion on the Norman campus
ing policy of the National Acad- each Cas o significant since February. The center was
emy of Engineering and a for- partofethemmetropolitan area 861 up to help students with suu-
mer White House fellow as- ° "5 attected den problems.
signed to the Transportation De- The petition quotes a presi- Harold Andrews, assistant to
partment dential panel that reviewed the the vice president of the univer-
SST program as saying the sity community, said the nine-
Moss calculated the affected noise level would be so great month-old center operation has
An. t m . area from other airports expect- that “it can be expected that not been revealed before for
q-ne.st y using fransporta- ed to handle SSTs would be: 13.3 significant numbers of residents various reasons.
on hepart entstandards and 011168 from Anchorage, Alaska, will file complaints and resort He said more than 500 stu-
. apr t ite . a with project- airport; 7.6 miles from Boston’s to legal action, and that a very dents used the facility during
50 3 ran 1C anarea wihina airport; 11.4 miles from Los high percentage of the exposed the period of Aug. 24 to Sept
a ius o New Yorks Angeles, 11.4 miles from San population will find the noise in- 24. The students have sought
tolerable and the apparent help for drug overdoses and sui-
cause of a wide variety of ad- cide attempts. Some have just
subpoenaed.
The defense was scheduled to Q AA+L An I xJ A L । I J
begin presentation of its case to- •-IV O 11111 -V I C L II I I O
day after a 48-hour recess.
The prosecution surprised the Emiime A„+P K;..,
defense by resting its case Tues- I • U I I V /a I I C I nIUIIUD
day after calling only three wit- T
nesses. None testified to seeing PHILADELPHIA (AP)—A hearing before a U.S. commis-
Mitchell fire any shots which 3-month-old boy has been recov- sioner
struck anyone at My Lai. ered unharmed in a Philadel- ' ... .
Calley reportedly is scheduled Aeiaapantmentfour daysafter motive for the kidnaping was.
tomaxta hte towjetnam Mora Va’ hospktn by a woman i R^hmond police disclosed the
deLnions from TvesSth posed 381118 mother. abduction from the Medical Col-
Vietnamese witnesses in his A -year-old woman, Anne lege of Virginia Hospital earlier
own ca^e A "itsssesssnnhis Delores Taylor of Philadelphia, Wednesday night, .saying the in-
Mitchell’s miaj<p have to be was arrested and charged with cident had been kept secret to
held Satirri ^receive Cal- kidnaping, the FBI said. assist the investigation.
ley s testimony, the source said. baby, son of Mr. and
Calley is charged with murder S. Robinson of Richmond, was
of 102 civilians in the South Viet- taken to a hospital here.
namese hamlet on March 16, The woman, who the FBI said
1968. His court-martial is set for is also known as Andrena Tay-
Nov. 16 at FL Benning, Ga. lor, was held in lieu of $20,000
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BALLOT TITLE
State Question No. 464 Referendum Petition No. 19
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
Shall House Bill No. 1267 of the 31st Oklahoma Legislature,
Second Session,
providing, in any election where there are candidates for
election on a non-partisan basis or candidates for retention
in office on a non-competitive basis, under Articles VII and
VII-B of the Oklahoma Constitution, then the voting
machines shall be programmed so that the party-voting
levers will not be operative and party-voting levers shall not
be used in such election,
murder. He could get up to 20 legedly were gunned down.
years at hard labor if convicted. Sledge and Conti said they
The three prosecution wit- saw Mitchell fire into the ditch
nesses, Charles Sledge, Dennis after the civilians had been
I. Conti and Gregory Olsen, said pushed into it. Olsen said he
they saw Mitchell at a drainage could not swear he saw Mitchell
ditch east of My Lai when ap- shook but that he saw him with
proximately 30 unarmed worn- his rifle to his shoulder beside
en, children and old men al- the ditch.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The proved grains and farming tech- Civil Service employes at a
American agronomist awarded niques to produce larger crops recent meeting held at the
the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize says He said that before he intro- Frederick Civic Center,
the J green, revolution for duced his wheat improvement Special guests at the meeting
which he is being honored can program in Pakistan, a rumor were state president Robert M.
buy only 20 more years for a circulated there that his variety Wall and state secretarv Mrs
world faced with overpopula- would make the women of the Ethel O Gibson both of
tion country sterile. Anadarko
“The unrealistic attitudes of "Oh, if that were only true!”
the world toward unreasonable said Borlaug. “Then we would Elected secretary of the local
population growth is the biggest really merit the Nobel Peace group was Alvis Atkins,
problem we face now,” Dr. Nor- Prize. The green revolution can- Frederick.
man E. Borlaug told a news not cure all the ills, but it is a Attending from Tipton were
conference Wednesday night, step forward. The problem is Mr .and Mrs. Lee Vaughn and
“We should multiply in relation simply that too many people are Mr. and Mrs. Meeks.
to the increase in the world's coming on the scene too fast." , T. - ,
production of food.” Borlaug came to Mexico 26 3 lipton Students
fhe 57-year-old Iowan said, years ago to work on improved
“Governments in developing wheat strains with the Mexican Annpar With Ranr
countries must stimulate agri- Ministry of Agriculture and the "PP-“ wDau
culture while at the same time Rockefeller Foundation, of
balancing industrial growth. If which he is a director He heads Tipton (Spl)—Tipton students
agriculture is given its fair a team of scientists from 17 na- made an appearance with the
share, there may still be hope in tions experimenting with new Abilene Christian College Big
this century.” types of grains at the RoCkefeL Purpleband when it played at
Borlaug, named for the ler Agricultural Institute. 106 Astrodome for a home game
$80,000 prize Wednesday, has "You can solve the pollution of the Houston Oilers on Sunday,
made harvests more bountiful problems, you can reduce the Performing the half-time show
in hungry countries through de- smog by one-fourth,” he contin- was Donna Nichols, Tipton
velopment of a dwarf wheat ued. "But if you don’t solve the Home, Nany Van Scoder,
strain that gives very high population explosion, none of daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Elton
yields. The term “green revolu- the other solutions are going to Vanscoder and Paul Degan, son
tion” refers to the use of im- be very rosy.” of Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Degan.
The Altus Times-Democrat, Thursday, October 22, 1970 11
FonnerMy petjtjon Urges Ban of SST OU Operating
0 ore WASHINGTON (API — Envl- could be sued for damages by Kennedy Airport ‘would be rely Francisco and BS miles from Crisis Center
MANG UM-J. James ronmentalists urged major air- nearby property owners, dered inadvisable for single- Seattle miles from
Greasby, a former Mangum port authorities today to ban su- The petition cited a Supreme family residential dwellings,
resident, has been named one of personic jets unless their engine Court decision that propertv
America's outstanding noise can be restricted to levels owners could collect damages
educators for 1970, it was an- no higher than from convention- from an airport authority8 if
nounced recently. al jets. low-level flights interfered with
CharlessqnMr vandMrs. The petition sent to seven air- the use and enjoyment of their
is a 5sg eashy.tf Mangum, he port authorities by the Environ- land. Lower courts have since
Lsiaisssgraduate of Mangum mental Defense Fund cited held that 'he affected property
Hp is no;ne hie thi a congressional testimony that is not limited to land directly
hedrshevmngshtsprdtmartas will expose Widespread landing and takeoff *
Bryan College, Dayton, Tenn areas around airports to "un-
As one of a select number of precedented .noise .. levels,"
educators, Greasby will be many times higher than from
honored in the 1970 edition of subsonic jets.
Outstanding Educators of If this is permitted, the peti-
America. The selections are tion said, airport authorities
made on the basis of . ,
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Meeks Elected Platoon Leader To Testify
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Goforth, Don. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 250, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1970, newspaper, October 22, 1970; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2120413/m1/11/: accessed November 15, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.