Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 28, 1966 Page: 2 of 6
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Page 2, Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital, Wednesday, December 28, 1966
Gov. and Mrs.
Henry Bellmon
(1), the first Re-
publicans to oc-
cupy the govern-
or’s m a n a i o n
since Oklahoma
statehood yield to
another Republi-
can couple, Gove-
rnor- elect and
Mrs. Dewey Bar-
tlett (2), Tragedy
struck early in
the year when 83
persons, includ-
ing 77 soldiers,
were killed in a
plane crash (3) at
Ardmore. Per-
haps the political
upset of the year
was the success
by Republican
Vondel Smith (4)
in unseating vet-
MAII;
eran
House
Speaker J.D. Mc-
Carty (5) in the
general election.
The next two
photos could be
captioned ...“15-
14” . . . that’s
the score by
which Phil Cut-
chin’s (6) Okla-
homa State Cow-
boys defeated Jim
Mackenzie’s (7)
Sooner football
team; Mackenzie
still was selected
The Associated
Press Big Eight
Coach of the year.
Newsmaker of the
Year was Jane
Ann Jayroe (8)
of Laverne - the
second Okla-
homan ever to win
the coveted Miss
America crown.
James French (9)
who
inst
was
fought aga-
celemency
executed
while Dallas Qu-
inton Sharp (10)
who also had been
under a death sen-
tence for murder,
had the sentence
reduced to life in
prison with no
hope for parole.
Walter Herman
George Adrian
(11) was acquitted
of a Stillwater
housewife’s mur-
der. Ivan the Ter-
rible (12) a rare
and valuable Snow
Leopard, created
a scare when he
escaped from the
Oklahoma City
zoo and died soon
after Capture.
AP PHOTOS
12
83 Dead In Air
Crash Top ‘66 Story
In Oklahoma
By CARL ROGAN top news story of 1966, barely The plane crash story and the
Associated Press Writer edging out Republican successes elections each received 12points
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — in the fall elections. for first place.
The biggest plane crash in Ok- The only other close com- Selection of Miss Jayroe as
lahoma history which claimed petitor, ranked No. 3 in the an- Miss America was given 235
83 lives near Ardmore was se- nual Associated Press poll of points, including six first place
lected Saturday as the state’s the Top Ten News Stories of votes.
the year, was selection of an Trailing far behind in the No.
Oklahoma beauty, Jane Ann 4 spot, with only 78 points, were
Jayroe, as Miss America, administrative changes at the
Miss Jayroe, an Oklahoma state’s three biggest colleges,
City University student from La- including new presidents at Tul-
verne, was picked as Oklahoma sa and Oklahoma State univer-
Newsmaker of 1966. She is only sities and the announced re-
the second Oklahoma contestant ment soon of University of Ok-
ever to win the coveted Miss lahoma president, Dr. George L.
America title. Cross.
Selections of the Top Ten Rounding out the top ten
News Stories and the Newsmak- were, No. 5 with 74 points, the
er title were determined in an trial and acquittal of 15-year-old
Associated Press poll of mem- Walter Herman Adrian of Still-
ber newspapers and broad- water on a murder charge; No.
casters across the state. 6 with 62 points, the escape, re-
Based on a system of 10 capture and eventual death of
points for a first place vote, 9 Ivan the Terrible, a rare and
points for second, 8 for third, valuable snow leopard at Okla-
etc., the plane crash story which homa City’s Lincoln Park Zoo;
made headlines across the world No. 7 with 60 points, discovery
received 269 points. of a counterfeiting operation in
The crash last April claimed the state penitentiary at McAl-
| the lives of 77 soldiers being ester; No. 8 with 56 points, re-
transported from Ft. Ord,Calif., financing of Oklahoma’s turn-
to Ft. Benning, Ga., and all six
crew members of an American ---========-==------
pikes to provide funds for addi-
tional toll roads; No. 9 with 54
points, drought and prolonged
100-degree plus weather and No.
10 with 53, execution of convict-
ed murderer James French who
fought efforts to spare his life.
In the newsmaker poll, Miss
Jayroe received 130 points com-
pared with 80 for Gov. Henry
- Bellmon and 70 for Bartlett.
Other news events which re-
ceived consideration in the Top
Ten News poll, with points
shown in parentheses, include:
Racial demonstrations at Law-
ton (50); soaring traffic fatali-
ties (48); death sentence com-
muted to life in prison for Dal-
las Quinton Sharp (45); charg-
es filed against Tulsa Police and
Fire Commissioner Larry Coul-
son (37); Donald Ray Hatchett,
son of a shawnee minister,
charged with a Virginia bank
holdup (36); kidnaping convic-
tions of Delbert Harmon Gar-
mon (31); McAlester grand jury
investigation of state prison (29)
Also Oklahoma astronaut
Tom Stafford’s second space
flight (27); slaying of Kenneth
Kienlen (23); Tulsa teacher
strike (22 points, including one
first place vote); Rex Sparger
admits he rigged television rat-
ings (21); Lawton youth strand-
ed in the Wichita Mountains
(19); rodeo cowboy Todd What-
ley slain (18); Ralph Emerson
Dial jailed in Brazil on a smug-
gling charge (16); abduction of
Karen Dye from her Canute
home and the conviction of an
Alabama ex-convict (15), and
the conviction of former cush-
ing bank president Levi Swingle
(12).
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Six points behind, with 263
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Bartlett’s election as the second
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Spencer, Frank. Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 28, 1966, newspaper, December 28, 1966; Pawhuska, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2281485/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.