Tulsa Times

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The Tulsa Times
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Tulsa, Oklahoma — Saturday, October 9, 1965
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Breaking News:
High Schoolers fight in
a turf war and many are
injured - By Kurt Naguwa

Last night, a fist fight had broken out
in an empty lot at around seven
o’clock, it was between two groups of
high schoolers, many of which attend
Oklahoma High School, and a couple
adults that were just a little older by a
couple years. One group referred to
themselves as the “Greasers” and
the others the Socials. According to
eyewitnesses there were about 20
“Socials” and about 20 “Greasers”
that were in the fight. The “Greasers”
have a background of being poor,
while the “Socials” are the more
wealthy. From a few interviews from
the “Socials”, this fight was over the
“Socials” coming into the “Greasers
Territory”. Crossing “territory” was a
big concern because a boy was
killed over there in the past month,
this was after beating up and almost
drowning a “Greaser”.

For the people that weren't caught in
the fight, they are still anonymous
because both sides agreed that the
names wouldn’t be told so nobody
would go to jail. Although nobody
was hurt, viewers noticed that almost
everyone was injured, but only a few
were severely injured. The fight
ended with the “Socials” retreating
and the “Greasers” winning the
rumble, so the “Socials” aren't
allowed on that part of town now.

There were no deaths caused by the
fight, but one casualty after the fight.
One person that was involved in the
fight was Dallas Winston, one of
three boys who helped save the
children
from the burning church. While
recovering in the hospital, Winston
threatened a nurse with a knife, so
he could leave the hospital. It was
confirmed by a few interviews that
Dallas Winston went to the fight after
leaving the hospital. Winston had a
previous records of juvenile
detention, so him being killed by the
law on purpose is a shock.

After winning he rushed to see his
friend Johnny and spread the news,
just to see him die in front of him.
Later that night, he pointed a gun at
a cop and was shot by the cop,
almost like killing himself. According
to friends the gun was empty and the
stunt was intentional, “So, he finally
broke,” “Even Dally has a breaking
point,” said his friend Keith Mathews.

Friends were devastated after the
death of Dallas and Johnny, out of all
of their friends, Ponyboy Curtis was
impacted the most. He was so
devastated that he made up stories
about how everything that Johnny
did wrong he did. After the death of
Johnny Ponyboy made up more and
more stories, all stating that Johnny
was not dead. Ponyboy’s doctor
stated, “The kid has gone through a
terrible loss, all he needs is some
time to let it sink in that they're dead.”
It was a very rough night for all of
these people.




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