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YESTERYEARS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2009

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77 Years Ago

July 19, 1932

PONCA CITY, Okla. — When Al Capone completes his sentence in the Atlanta federal prison, he may become overlord of Oklahoma’s famed 17,000 acre 101 Ranch.

Col. Zack Miller, last of the pioneer family which built the vast ranch into a western showplace, today confirmed reports that negotiations were in progress for the sale of the property to the former Chicago gang leader, his brother, Ralph, and associates.

21 Years Ago

July 19, 1988

STAR CITY — After 80 years, boogying is legal again in Star City.

The Star City Council Monday night voted to rescind a 1928 ordinance prohibiting public dances, Mayor Edwin Moss said this morning.

“I can’t tell you what was taking place 60 years ago,” he said. “I’m assuming the churches led in that.”

Moss said every time the high school had a dance, the ordinance was violated. “That ordinance has been violated for years,” he said, “because nobody knew it was even on the books, I guess.”

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