Volume 17 , Issue 35

NW Okie's Journey

Remember when Oklahoma had Democratic Party voters? You have to look back to the late 1950's and into the mid-1960's (1964) to be exact to find the really strong Democratic Party of Oklahoma.

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! We hear the autumn colors are peaking this time of year in southwest Colorado. More beautiful than ever, is what some have been reporting along the San Juan mountain drive. But this pug is stuck down in Houston, Texas. It ain't bad down here, though. the air is in a dry, cooling period which makes it comfortable to be outside.

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1953 - Yanks Win Their Fifth series In A Row

It was on October 5, 1953, the New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers to win their fifth World series in a row [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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The Cherokee Strip Bill (1893)

Looking back through our Oklahoma & Indian Territory history beginnings and how the territories were opened up to settlement we find the scheming white men in Congress meandering like a river, adding amendments to the Indian Bill. How would it come in as a rider to the Indian Bill.

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(December 1945) Alva Man To Head Flying Farmers

According to the 1945, December 13, news article that appeared in "The Ada Weekly News," page seven, via Stillwater, Oklahoma, December 11, 1945, there was this clipping concerning an "Alva Man To Head Flying Farmers."

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(Dec., 1945) All 40 Defendants In Dachau Atrocity Trial Are Convicted

It was in "The Ada Weekly News, (Ada, Oklahoma)," dated 13 December 1945, Thursday, front page, that we found this news article concerning "All 40 Defendants In Dachau Atrocity Trial Are Convicted." They were found guilty of horrible cruelties; court deliberated only ;90 minutes after 24 day trial.

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State Democrats Slap Governor, Select Alvan (Sep., 1959)

Remember back to when there were Democrats winning in Oklahoma? According to the "Miami Daily News-Record," located in Miami, Oklahoma, the front page headlines boasted: "State Democrats Slap Governor, Select Alvan." News article was through the Oklahoma City (AP) office, date 20 September 1959, Sunday, with sub-headlines reading: "Chairmanship to McGill by 9-4 Secret Vote as Tulsa Choice Casualty of Revolt."

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