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The Ardmore Tragedy: Local History on an International Level (open access)

The Ardmore Tragedy: Local History on an International Level

Article chronicles the media storm of misinformation that followed the shooting of three college student in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The students were parked on the side of the road when two plain clothes policemen pulled over to apprehend them for public urinating. The ensuing scuffle left two of the students dead, one of which was related to Pascual Ortis Rubio, the president of the Republic of Mexico.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Hoffman, Abraham
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shilling, Judge Kenneth (open access)

Shilling, Judge Kenneth

Notes taken by Mac McGalliard, and letter from Jerry Campbell, concerning cases dismissed by Judge Luster Cook. McGalliard's notes on conversation with Judge Shilling in regard to the actions taken and report of case in Daily Ardmoreite on March 16, 1973.
Date: March 20, 1973
Creator: Campbell, Jerry
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History