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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 7 JULY 1978
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j""e"t Illo) =Nett.' y gY!nronio? be a part of an oil
well venture? Probably so. But whatever your situation, caution is the worcL
"avi"ritze ghrreit=n=ttEcon'AsT/e:/f'sjertied conservative
columnist James J. Kilpatrick since he departed Oklahoma City, it, singuknity of purpose.
John Scott 38 AMERICAN PIE
Buddy Holly was a forgott., misplaced remnant of the
Fifties until the song ',American Pie- and now his movie.
Three Oklahomans are instrumental in the latter, maidng.
Boo Browning 48 WHERE THE LIVING IS GRAND
As jf by magic. the Grand Lake area has become an area of fitn and frolic for Midwestern rich.
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People 18 TWO OF A KIND
Two Tu/sans formerly of the same high school won the World Championship of Poker, carrying off all the notoriety and cash . The Media 34 PAPER CHAINS
Oklahoma newspapers are being bought up by chains. Ninete. of the state, 52 dailies are owned by out-of.state arouPs.
Buying 60 SETTING SAIL
Winds that sweep the plains sweep lakes, too.
The Consumer 70 BYTES FROM TIME
C4P0 and R2-D2 helped remove people, hostile perception of computers. They can be friendly and helpfuk and now you can own on e of your own.
Travel 74 THE LAND OF PRESIDENTS
Terrorists have attempted to dacourage gravel to kraeLbut tourists continue to go for religious purposes as well as for fun. Lifestyles 92 SHAD. OF DIFFERENCE
These shades are for looking, whether behind them or in fron t.
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Grace Lichtenstein 20 THE GREENING OF NANCY LOP.
Women golf has finally got its Arnold Palmer—a vivacious, competitive, former nava University star who whacks awesome drives yet weeps after hitting a spectator.
Ter, Goggin 32 THAT LAST SUMMER FLING
E. the summer with a bang, not a whimper. Take your pick from these unusual escctpades.
David Fritae 38 THE MAN AT .21'
Bruce Snyder, a Covington native whose father operated a grain elevator, is now an integral part of the management al New York, B. erhaps the most fam.s. intimidating club in the world.
43 FAVORITE FOOD AND FAVORITE PLAC.
77w restaurants of Oklahoma are growing more profuse and diverse every d,ay. This pictorial pull-out advertising supplement acquaints y. with establishments to suit eve, taste and mood.
Seliger 72 ALL IN THE FAMILY
The fact that y. are a lawyer, doctor or politician may be attributable to your birth order . your family. Birth ordermay also have doomed your marriage from the start.
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17rninel.:aRge"R=I;ParViNi;paLYrtnAlr Ponely talk show
audience is as much an affirmation of brotherhood as faith in God.
Polities 28 A RACE BEGUN IS NOT YET WON
The race was over. Everyone said so. David Boren would be the Democrats' ntmainee. Th. two veterans announced. Music 81 TWENTY QUESTIONS
The legacy of Oklahoma, musicians runs deeper than country and western or a song by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Here is an exam that would a Kapelimeister.
Business 84 ROLLING THE DICE
Retailers are investing millions in downtown redevelopment stores. but it isuncertain if customers who fled to the suburbs will return and make the gamble pay off.
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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 1978

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Roo "'wrung LIPS sanguine sororities are on the rebound, busily gathering
pledges, impervious to the femnust movement
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DE- efr'DSAND SCAPEGOATS • of men
Being at OU is a bitters-wee, job. A Yae Y
have incurred traumasEand triumphs there .
T'rrY C"'"in " lintrItnjrWilltroZtifosr2„,..ye. compete in the NFL.
Susan Scii"r " STOP KILLING altZsRE'diet sending us to early graves?
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Sports 26 TOP TEN PICKS
Four or five teams contend for the college football title.
Even" .7elsZVeT=1:2 on the field has been
as long and arduous as the one off.
Talk 36 THE WIT AND INTENDED WISDOM OF BILLY JOE
Billy Joe doesn't say just what you want to hear to get your vote.
38 TEMPEST IN A BROOM CLOSET
Governor David Boren, oath upon the Bible denying hotno• sexuality was rather sad.
People " Fgt!rtsacierrorTMt!gThintmately have cost Bud Wilkinson the Presidency.
Consumer KICKS ileIII4D4FlitjC4Sf..... is benng caught by less costly
game of soccer.
Fashion 54 THE STADIUM LOOK
Cover up in fashionable jackets this fall and stand out in the
Music 76 stadium music
77w fight songs of the region, colleges are rated for their spirit and stirring inanity.
C""m" " 7t!!.(1,71hr,`:2T.I.ABglIitf!ProVp1:7.,.. available in a
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Food " FIT AND FULL athletic cafeterias of Oklahoma are a few
People 74 SOONER BORN, BRED AND DEAD
At Cecil Samara, funeral they will sing ...me, sooner:.
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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER, 1978
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David Frit. 32 WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER ROBERT S. KERR? Politicians are still paying homage to the "King of the Senate., if his methods woukl work twenty years later.
Boo Browning SO THE SELLING OF KAREN SILKWOOD
The pursuit of truth in the death Ifs nuclear martyr is giving way to inevitable exploitation by Hollywood. Joseph Mills 60 DRESSING FOR SUCCESS
Executive dress benefits the woman as well as the man.
But how seriously can it all be taken,
Susan Seliger 63 TAXING PROBLEMS WITH SAVINGS SOLUTIONS The impressive tax break from a retirement fund has attracted only a tenth of those who are eligible.
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Theatre 26 HIGH KICKS, HIGH STAKES
"A Chorus Line"and Wiz- will test the market for
Broadway in Oklahoma.
Fashion 34 SHARING THE BOOTY
Cowboy boots are likely to be seen on a doctor as on a deputy.
Even. 36 FISION AND FIGHTIN'
The protestors against the Black Fox nuclear plant a, fighting apathy with emotionalism
Food 39 PUTTING UP A GOOD BITE
77te sandwich leaves everything to the imayrnation. Lifestyle 41 MAKING A SKI TRIP A VACATION
Condominiums bring the comforts of home to the edges of the slopes.
The Law 44 MeALESTER surrE
Oklahoma penitentiary inmates don't live in a country club milieu. Their cells are smaller than sorne people's beds.
Politics 57 PORTER TOPS A HILL
Melvin Porter and Archibald Hill slugged it out for the state Senate this year; the black community remained as fragmented as ever.
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David Fritze
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Boo Browning
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Terry Coggin, Mike Boettcher
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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 1978
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Peter Lawrence 36 POLITICAL ANIMALS
Politicians can be awfully stuffy.
Kirk Honeycutt 40 ANIMATED TOLKIEN
ToUcien, fantasy, Lord of the Rings, will soon spring to life in a fulUength animated movie.
Lynn Engelhardt 47 STARTING A THANKSGIVING TRADITION
Soup for Thanksgiving has as much historical credibility as
Calvin Bergdall 51 11;1111S MAN JOHN WILK. BOOTH?
Lincoln's assassin may have died in Enid, Oklahoma.
Boo Browning 60 THE WIZARD OF FOURTH AND BROADWAY
The Methusaleh of publishers, Edward K. Gaylord, built an immense empire that shaped the growth of Oklahoma
73 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
These gift suggestions will eliminate any Yuletide indecision.
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Sports 23 AN IMAGE INTACT?
Bud Wilkinson appears headed for a losing season, but the St.
Louis fans haven, sold him out.
Fashion 26 THAT OLD SLACK MAGIC
For boulevard savoir-faire, you'd better have a closetful of denim.
Investments 28 BUYING SHARES IN COMFORTABLE QUARTERS
There is more than one path to luxurious living in a Colorado
Travel 31
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One really has to workhard to beme bored on an ocean cruise. The social and palatal amenities quench every need. Media 45 WHAT THEY MEANT TO SAY
The semantics of the sports world are often elusive.
Trends 46 THE CHANGING FACE OF OKLAHOMA
Does it take you an extra half-hour to drive to work? Are you a teacher out of a job? It, all due to the state, shifting demographics.
Media 48 ONE OF THE CHOIRBOYS
Reporter Mike Brake manages to mix in a little poll'ce work with his journalistic duties.
Books 54 JACKIE OH, AND I
Woe to those who betray Jacqueline Onassis' privacy.
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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1978
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Lynn Engelhardt ZS THE "IN THE NEWS" QUIZ
This final exam should determine who really paid attention to the year, newsmakers.
Terry Coggin 32 GALLAGHER AND HIS MEN
Oklahoma A&M lost five matches in 23 years under Ed Gallagher, the father of collegiate wrestling.
Daniel Grata 43 GETTING SICK OVERSEAS
Have you thought about what you should do if you get sick while in a foreign country?
Boo Browning 45 CHRISTMAS AT GRANDMA'S
The family ambience is never more glowing than when Grandmother masterfully coordinates a holiday weekend.
58 1978—THE CRAZY YEAR THAT WAS
The year, headlines had nothing on the zany occurrences behind the scenes.
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RTEM OF A DREAM
Stephens County is still buzzing over the bold publishing
venture of three young men. TONSING OF GLENCOE A composer, methods are sixty works at a time and a sense of
mortality.
Skiing 56 MILES A
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Entertaining 62 CUPS FULL OF CHEER
These savory beverages are the perfect Christmas touch. Consumer 63 SAVING ON UTILITY BILLS
Some costly myths about making your home energy efficient. Lifestyle 69 THE NAME'S THE GAME
Injudiciously chosen names often render people something they're• not.
Media 74 WAR OF THE WORDS
The editorial excesses of recent election coverage.
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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 1979
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Dick Dabney 29 MY FAVORITE READING LIST
A private selection of the best books of all time.
Boo Browning 35 BBQ—HOW TO MAKE IT AND WHERE TO FIND IT
No better food fends itself to Oklahomans' argumentative tendencies.
Theodore White 73 WHEN THE FAR EAST MET THE WILD WEST
One exuberant 'Talmo!" and a Tulsa man was on his way to upsetting the relationship between the U.S. and China.
Boo Browning 83 PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS
Diversity marks Me movies from which the Academy must choose this year, as it marks the current fashion styles.
51 FAVORITE FOOD AND FAVORITE PLACES
Your pullout guide to dining out in Oklahoma. An advertising section.
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Business 22 FIT TO BE FRIED
Three fast food chicken chains are fighting it out in the Oklahoma City market.
Religion 26 0 COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Marketing religion on the tube is one way to fill the pews. Politics 46 OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE
Should Oklahoma accord itself a presidential prima, before the 1980 election?
Travel 79 UNDER THE VOLCANO.
The islands of the French West Indies offer gleaming, white beaches and smoldering cones
Sports 67 FIGHTING INFLATION
What would happen if college football were professionalised? Sports 71 RECRUITING BY THE NUMBERS
A precise look at which states produce the most collegiate football talent.
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L.vnn Engelhardt 26 CANDY LOVING—PLAYMATE FROM PONCA
Playboy, 25th Anniversary Playmate is a young woman from small-town America.
Lynn Engelhardt 34 OKLAHOMA HOMFS
A panorama of home ideas is presented. beginning with majestic mansions and including pages .A through 95.
David Fritz'. 40 OWNERSHIP. INFLATION AND VALUE
Neu, homes remain sound investments. but your dollars won, go nearly as far.
Boo Browning 41 A CAPITOL IDEA
TWO inten, decorators go to work on the governor, library. Kim Hetherington 49 ROOM FOR CHANGE.
Add opulence and sophistication to your bathroom.
Boo Browning 59 MAKE ROOM FOR DADA
Iligh•Tech, the new furnishing trend, could mean a blood bank in your kitchen.
Vance Packard 5? YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2001 A.D.
Your neighborhood M 2001 may be nothing like prndicted. Paul Dickson 66 THE BOMB VVILL NEVER GO OFF
// thanyou expected. but sufficient for culture shock.
Cynthia Longley 72 Iii)%11 111IERE THE ART IS
art for investment as well as enjoyment.
Lynn Engelhardt 90 T111 NI \ 1 HOMES OF GREG BURNS
,/ artist intricately preserves the past.
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Media 22 i i OR BROADCAST
• ; anchorwoman is becoming more than a cosmetic. 96 WHO'S MINDING THE KIDS?
Theduties of day care may ultimately fall to the employer. Media 99 CONSERVATIVES OF CONSPIRACY
Oklahoma, newest tabloid is rife with paranoia.
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Boo Browning 24 TALES FROM THE LAND OF 02
A close view of the women who spend their time in bars reveals much about our culture.
David Frieze 43 STALKING THE SMOKING GUN
Daily Oklahoman reporter Jack Taylor proves as elusive as some of his oust targets when the gum is on the other shoe.
Susan Seliger 57 ARE KIDS WORTH IT?
There is ample cause for fence-sitting when it comes to choosing whether to have children.
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Business 38 DIALING FOR DOLLARS
If a cable station offers 24 channels, it offers that many chances to siphon away viewers.
People 53 TEARING DOWN THE WALLS
One of Oklahoma's earliest proponents of civil rights talks about her role as activist, optimist and author.
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William Savage 30 THE AGE OF IGNORANCE
Wayne Gossard The professor, literature guk confounded more
David Fritze students than he woukl have ever believed . .
Men the faculty took the test.
Mark Singer 34 PRINCE OF DARKNESS
More than any other politician, Gene Stipe
typifies t. Oklahoma wheeler•dealer. A .w
Yorker writer illumines the man and the myth.
Lynn Engelhardt 41 FIFTEEN VACATION IDEAS
LI gasoline prkes are discouraging your distant vacation plans, consider these regkmal aiterna. lives. •
13oo Browning 50 GREAT FAMILY FORTUN.
Oklahoma, 24.edthiest citizens have prospered by relying on natural resources—oil, cattle and down•home ingenuity.
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Media 23 WAR OF INDEPENDENTS
Seven new TV stations in Oklahoma will use religion and reruns to fragment both audiences and advertising dollars.
Politics 27 RETIRED BUT NOT RETIRING
Former Speaker of the House Carl Albert is in repose, but he heartily relives old politics and keeps an eye on the new.
Comumer 'MST DRIVE YOUR STEREO
Knowing how to listen to a stereo before you buy kpays off in quality and durability for years afterward.
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Boo Browning 33 WE RAN THE CANNONBALL
.en an odd assortment of autophiles makes a mad dash out of the urban East and heads west across • the frontier, that's American spin,.
Mark Singer 43 PRINCE OF DARKNESS
A New Yorker writ, examines Gene Stipe. one of Oklahoma, most powerful politicians and a man who is perpetually on the campaign trail. 77te second of two parts.
Da, id Fritze 50 THE LEGISLATURE AT ITS BEST di WORST 77te most diligent members of the S7th Legislature canb praised only for what they tried to accomph,h. wh. the derelicts can be blamed for
what they fortunately weren't able to pull off.
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custom, 93 THE DRAMA OF FIDOS WAKE
More and more people are applying that concept of the “beautiful memory picture.' to their pets, and arranging elaborate funerals.
Education 27 SCARLET LETTERS
A teacher at a religious school is fired because of her divorce. causing dissension among the students.
Media 29 A STAR IS SHORN
Danny Williams was Okkhoma City, most popukir
DJ for 29 years until the winds of change—a new
boss. anew format—prompted h. to leave the air.
Business 68 A DIFFERENT RING Page di
Business, have discovered they can save a lot of moneY by buying their own telephone equipment, and not from Ma Bell.
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David Prase 23 THE INSIDE STRAIGHT
Fhr Tutsa gambler Bobby Baldwin, the World Sen.. of Poker this year was a test of whether he relies mainly on skill or on luck.
Ciji Ware 35 THE SILKWOOD TRIAL: AN INSIDE STORY It took a flamboyant and manipulative attorney named Gerald Spence to win the biggest antinuclear lawsuit in history.
I.ynn Engelhardt 51 GREAT WEEKEND GETAWAYS
A tankful, or two of gas cantake you on a brief Oklahoma vacation that offers outdoor fun, culinary delight and historical perspective.
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Business 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENC.
The lie detector test, often composed of embarrassing guest,ons a. forced upon employees, may amstitute an invasion of privacy.
The Law 33 EYEWITNESS BLUES
Vic Meyer agreed to help federal agents in a bombing case in return for safety and a new existence. Now he and his family are broke and adrift.
t'u•t^un, 47 AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
Though less stodgy, most weddings are stili rather simple affairs. The festive and robust Lebanese can teach us a thing or two.
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63 FACES OF FOOTBALL
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69 WILL FOOTBALL BRING THEM FORTUNE AND FAME,
Oklahoma's Billy Sims has a lucrative career ahead of him, but are too many bkck athletes following in his path?
87 THE WINNING WAYS OF BILL BANOWSKY
OU, new president has made believers out of his enemies. all part of making his mark.
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11,,oks 59 RANTING AND RAILING
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99 TELEVISION 811,Ii MST AMENDMENT
Channel Five, eon,— ,ng of a drug raid raises
new and difficult First Amendment questions.
Art 106 ART OF THE WEST
Distrusting government and the Fast, De. Brake' has molded the Cowboy Hall of Fame into an artistic veneration of the Old West.
Labor 113 LABOR'S CHANGING FACE
The upsurge of labor unions in Oklahoma may prove healthy if eastern excesses are availed.
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David Fritve 57 LIFE OR D.TH: THE DOCTOR'S DECISION,
By issuing No Code orders, doetors may be practicing indirect euthanasia. Has death uith dignity arrived,
Lyle Miller 62 NO ROPING FOOL
Ron Robinson Will Rogers' 100th birthday may best be commemor.
David Fri., ated through photographs. His image was as
memorable as his words.
Lynn Engelhardt 68 FRENCII FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A gaggle of Oklahomans discovered culinary paradise recently when they cavorted through the restaurants of France
Koh Grego, 73 THEY DIED FOR THEIR SINS .
Eightwthree men died in Oklahoma, elect. chair. 77rey went out professing religion. Mnocence and intellectualism.
87 CHRIS'TMAS GIFT GUIDE 1979
This array of fine gifts may be the perfect shopping accommodation.
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History 85 INTERVIEW WffH WILL ROGERS
If the humorist were interviewed today, he might
prove surprisingly relevant.
Media 113 WOMEN'S FARE DAILY
.4f5er a flirt with feminism, the women, page of the newspaper is coming back to the "beautiful people." Rooks 129 CHEATIN' OR HURTIN'
Four new books on country music are unexpectedly good. They live up to their vlbject, dictum: Never fake it.
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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 11 DECEMBER 1979
FEATURES
59 Connie Cronley THE DAY DISASTER STRUCK
In Oklahoma great loss of life and massive
destruction of property is associated with tornados.
But some of the worst disasters were not natural
49 Lynn Engelhardt !;f7=IAeTLVErn" and tragic circumstance. What does Dean McGee, briefcase look like? How about George Nigh, shaving kV
46 David Fritze GIFTS THAT APPRECIATE
This Christmas consider VAC and appreciation when giving. Some gifts keep on giving because of inflationary pressures.
75 Lynn Engelhardt GOOD KIDS
Such children bring cheer the year round, but during the holiday season their presence is especially felt and appreciated.
1E,TTIPergronnin., ChrUtmas
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75 COMPUTER COMPANYAIM have perhaps arrived —but not in the form of robots, rather as electronic gadgetry and screens that totally absorb the interest and energies of children.
44 Books COMPOSER AND CONFEDERATEby giving
biographies that will stimulate their studious tendencies. The childhood and development of Joseph Haydn and -Stonewall- Jackson are good, recent offerings.
97 Consumer Affairs POOR MAN'S BA.
These days pawnshops are frequented by a much larger clientele. A shortage of cash is not a characteristic exclusive of the poor. You may be surprised by whom you meet and what you find at the -poor man, bank.-

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The hot dog is more than a hamburger alternative, as ball.park fans attest .
HOT CROSSENG YOUR BUNS Mustard will enliven any dog. DOGS OF A KIND
One, but not the same.
WHERE OKLAHOMA'S HIGHER IMITATION IS HEADED David Fritze
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Graham Greene can make sin more interesting than virtue.
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SAVE THE LAST WALTZ FOR ME The Consumer
Evelyn Undercoffler went dancing to have fun, not to have her assets liquidated. 26
GENE LEROY HART: KILLER OR SCAPEGOAT? Events
The capture of Hart did not close the book on the Camp Scott murders. 31
SHORT TAKES Fashion
The hot look this summer in shorts. 74
THE LIX/K OF SOUND The Media
At last, Oklahoma's radio personalities are expos,. Wi
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The afock market ante again is the center ring for investment action. IN
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19 IF I WERE 21 AGALN
Have you ever thought about that course not taken, Forty-one Oklahomans tell you what they'd do if 21 agam.
John Scott 33 THE ALL-OKLAHOMA 18
Your golf game may not be par for the toughest and most beautiful golf holes in Oklahoma, but you 11 enjoy the stimulating challenge and beauty.
Boo Browning and 39 THE FIVE BEST AND WORST LEGISLATORS
David Frilse Traditionally the magazine has sekcted the ten best and worst legislators, but election year polities limited the choices.
John Scott 54 FINDING REAL VALUES Di REAL ESTATE There are three things to remember when buymg real
estate —location,location and locati.
David Edwards 71 THESE IMMIGRANTS COME WITH CASH Foreign investors are flooding the American market place, and the land they buy may be your oum.
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Lifestyle 24 NATURAL SPARKLE
A surgnig trend in the soft drink market it none other than bottled water.
Even. 29 CONFUSING BY ANY NAME
on.again„ off.again enforcement of the state liquor laws is on.again, with the usual confusing results and consternation.
History 59 POWS ON THESE PLAINS
7'hough it's generally forgotten, thousands of prisoners
of war were incarcerated here during World War 11.
Art 79 BILLY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN HURRAH, After years of residence in Par, a successful former Oklahoma artist plans a return to this now foreign land he ca. home.
Consumer 88 GUESSING WHAT
St Buying, what you see is not what you always get.
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