Trainee Starts Long Climb Up Ladder
Dennis Ray Allen, 23, a GM Delco Remy trainee in Anderson Indiana, is cited as a high potential recruit. He rose from trainee to corporate vice president material alongside recruiters Andy Brewster and Tom Myers who value ongoing effort, personal progress, and conversational skills over grades or majors.
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Shi
Denris Ray Allen
Delco-Remy
Del
co-Remy
Andy Brewster
Dennis Allen
Brewster
Tom Myers
Penn State
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Allen
From plant foreman to future GM president in midwest study
Allen, a fit foreman at General Motors plant 6, manages a 40 000 to 60 000 dollar monthly budget and 140 workers across shifts. Since graduating in 1989 he has risen through three raises, earning 99 000 a year, and reads Dale Carnegie to broaden his social reach. Reading and social trends shape his peers, with most supporting the Vietnam war and few skeptical about corporate life. Dennis Andersen recalls his rural roots in Bee Anderson, Missouri, and their life with Diane as they chase entertainment in Indianapolis.
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Allen
Central Missouri State
Fivo
Tye
Dennis
Matars
Delco-Remy
Dale Carnegie
General Motors
Pretis Crue
Bee Andersen
Church of God- For
Denis
Diane
Indianapolis
Johnny Gash
Anderson
Warrensburg
EC Student Rates Tops In State Phi Beta Lambda Honors
Members of East Central University's newly installed Phi Beta Lambda chapter won high honors at the Oklahoma Leadership Conference. Larry Russell was named Mr Future Business Teacher of Oklahoma and will represent the state at the national conference in Miami June 16 to 18. He is Ada News distribution manager. Vicki Porcer was named secretary of the Oklahoma chapter and will also attend Miami. Other EC winners included Mrs. Mery Hayes, LaDonna Brown, and Richard Boggs. The EC chapter had the fourth largest membership and placed fifth in best chapter. Sponsors Walter Gaster and Mrs. Pat Condor led EC to the state meet in Tulsa, with competing schools listed.
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East Central
Phi Beta Lambda
Oklahoma
Larry Russell
W. F. Russell
Lakeside
Aris
Miami
Russell
Ada News
Vicki Porcer
George A. Potter
Ada
Mery Hayes
LaDonna Brown
Richard Boggs
Fuure
HC Chapter
Walter Gaster
Pat Condor
Telephone Co Employes Mark Anniversaries
Three Southwestern Bell employees marked long service anniversaries. R. E. Brogdon, based in Ada with Seminole roots, reached 25 years as Ada office engineering lead. Anna B. McCoy completed 20 years as service representative and former operator writer. Mrs. G. P. Poster observed 25 years as local staff operator.
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Southwestern Beil ‘Telephone
R. E. Brogdon
Seminole
Ada
Tishogminga
Anna B. McCoy
Thut
Ives
G. P. Poster
Foster Tive
Tulsa Ports Opens New Inland Economic Role
Tulsa emerges as a regional sea port linking the Arkansas Verdigris system to the Mississippi and Gulf, boosting inland trade. The 440 mile waterway cost about 1.2 billion and includes 17 locks lifting 920 feet, with ports at Muskogee Pine Bluff Little Rock and Fort Smith. Estimates early on projected 12.5 million tons to Tulsa within ten years, now expected in five, as cargo flows rise to the inland hub.
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Tulsa
Obi
Southwest
Middle West
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Arkansas
Army Engineers
Abbegina
White
Arkansas Post Canal
Muskogee
Oklo
Caldora
Arkan
Arkan 5#s
Oklahoma
Catoosa
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Ark
Braxton Carr
American Waterways Operators
Congress
Fort Gibson
Postpone on Oklahoma power bill sparks utility clash
Oklahoma Senate Agriculture Committee moves a final decision on a bill to carve exclusive territories for private electric companies and rural co operatives to next week. Subcommittee members include Crow Beecher Capps Field with Miller opposing in present form. Public benefits versus tax and expansion concerns cited as opposition grows.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Agriculture Committee
Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives
Herschal Crow
D-Alias
Georgie Miller
D-Ada
Miller
Roy Beecher
D-Kingfisher
Co-Op
Crow
Beecher
Gilmer Capps
D-Snyder
Leon Field
D-Texhoma
Roy Granthan
D-Powca
House
Senate
Co Opy
Grand Jury Moves into Third Week
The grand jury began its third week of activity as Bert Paine foreman had forecast a Wednesday finish but said new matters would extend the term into another fall week. The panel heard volunteer witnesses this morning with no new subpoenas issued.
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Urs
Bert Paine
Ada Firm Names Rigsby as Ada Branch Manager
Ronald L. Rigsby named manager of the Ada branch of Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. The firm operates 500 offices nationwide, financing personal loans mobile homes RVs and more. Rigsby, an East Central NG6 graduate, has risen from customer service in Pont City 1967 to assistant loan manager in Lawton 1970. He and wife Sharon Chase will reside at 1528 Woodland, Ada.
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Ronald L. Rigsby
Ada
Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation
United States
C. I. T. Financial Corporation
New York
Rigsby
Universal C. I. It
Ponta City
Lawton
East Central State College
Sharon Chase
Tulsa
Woodland
Students Help Tishomingo Women Rescue Old Records From Attic
In Tishomingo Oklahoma Mrs Margaret Lokey and Murray State College history instructors led about 20 students to haul hundreds of pounds of attic records from the county courthouse to the Chickasaw Council House Museum. Officials plan months of sorting and cataloging with help from the Oklahoma Historical Society. The oldest documents date to 1908 and cover court proceedings and clerk records.
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Tishomingo
Oklahoma
Pebween Mur
Margaret Lokey
Lokey
Chickasaw Council House Museum
Murray State College
John Edwards
Rex Merrell
U. S
Johnston County
Clackasaws
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Tex. Officers Die In State Highway Crash
A U S deputy marshal, a federal constable, and two federal prisoners were killed in a head on collision while being transported to a Texas prison. The crash occurred on Interstate 35 near Pauls Valley Oklahoma after their car crossed a center median to avoid a water truck. The two prisoners Gary Sweeney and Lonoell Roberts died at Pauls Valley hospital.
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Inter- State
Here
Gary Sweeney
Hutchinson
Kane
Lonoell Roberts
Dallas
Tex
Pauls Valley Hospital
Commissioners Meet to Discuss New County Jail Policy
Architects invited to meet Monday with the board of county commissioners the district judge and associate district judge as the first live step toward concrete planning of a ground level jail. State AG ruled work may begin though funds from the five mill levy arrive early next year. Voters approved the special levy last November to finance the jail and remodel lower courthouse floors.
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Board of County Commissioners
State Attorney General's
Conclusions on SST Victory Masks Deeper Tech Debate
AP reports that the SST funding defeat reflects diverse public views rather than a single anti technology bloc. Ecologists, city dwellers, commuters, economists, and officials weigh ecological, housing, financial, and national pride concerns, asking if supersonic transport will ever be built and who would finance it.
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New York
Turope
Orient
Act
Coumbey
America
Japan
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Tri-County Tech
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