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Roger Milton Wheeler Sr. (February 27, 1926 – May 27, 1981) was an American businessman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the former chairman of Telex Corporation, and former owner of World Jai Alai. He was murdered by members of organized crime who discovered that Wheeler had uncovered their embezzlement scheme at World Jai Alai.
A member of the Democratic Party, Maxwell was elected Mayor of Tulsa in 1958, becoming the city's youngest mayor. [2] During his tenure Tulsa had its first master plan, integrated public facilities, and advocated several development projects including the Cox Business Convention Center, downtown government complex, central library, the Inner Dispersal Loop, and the Tulsa International Airport.
KQCW-DT (channel 19) is a television station licensed to Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, serving the Tulsa area as an affiliate of The CW.It is owned by Griffin Media alongside CBS affiliate KOTV-DT (channel 6) and radio stations KOTV (1170 AM), KRQV (92.9 FM), KVOO-FM (98.5), KXBL (99.5 FM) and KHTT (106.9 FM).
The James Alexander Veasey House, also known as the Veasey-Leach House, is a Colonial Revival style house in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 "for its architectural significance as a local landmark example of the Colonial Revival style".
Jim McConn (1928–1997), former mayor of Houston, Texas, 1979–1981; Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003), former Democratic U.S. senator representing New York was born in Tulsa. [26] George E. Nowotny (born 1932), retired Tulsa businessman and former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Fort Smith
Jim Young wrote two opinion pieces on why he has decided not to vote for Donald Trump after reading Liz Cheney's book.
James Marion Hewgley Jr. was born on November 8, 1916, in Gallatin, Tennessee. [1] He was the son of an oil drilling contractor who worked for Thomas Baker Slick Sr.. His family moved to Tulsa in 1920 and later Oklahoma City where he graduated from Classen High School. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1938.
Robert Lawless served as the President of Texas Tech and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center from 1989-1996. He died on Aug. 10, 2024 at the age of 87.