Willard Students Earn President's Fitness Awards
Thirteen Willard grade school pupils won the President's Physical Fitness Award after completing seven tests. Four 4th graders, three 5th graders, and six 6th graders passed all requirements, with 172 students tested. Physical educator Jack Fowler noted softball throw as the toughest test and discussed students' conditioning and today’s lower activity levels.
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Steve Knickmeyer
Willard
Jack Fowler
Fowler
Nixon
Inmate stabbed to death at state prison in McAlester
Kenneth L. Conrad, 29, serving three years for burglary, was stabbed in the throat in the prison yard. Acting Warden Park Anderson announced the death on Saturday. Conrad was in his fourth prison term.
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McAlester
Imate
Park Anderson
Kenneth L. Conrad
Washington County
Anderson
Conrad
Commissioners Vote To End Ambulance Contract
Pontotoc County commissioners voted unanimously Monday morning to declare the Wadley's Ambulance Service contract null and void pending city council approval at Monday night’s meeting.
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Pontotoc County
Wadley
Jim Cook
J. L. Putman
Clyde Haskins
Dave Gray
Rae Thompson
Cook
Younger
Jail construction bids sought for Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County officials instructed architect Haskell Olivo to advertise for bids for jail construction after evaluating two plan options priced at 131000 and 122000. The unanimous committee vote, chaired by District Judge Lee West, also considered matching federal funds and legal spending limits tied to the 1970 levy.
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County Commissioners’ Office
Haskell Olivo
Norman
Olivo
Lee West
West
Clyde Haskins
Judge West
Rae Thompson
Thompson
Dave Gray
Oklahoma Legislature: Shortest Regular Session in State History
The 1972 Oklahoma Legislature met for 52 days, the shortest regular session to date, ending at 7:02 p.m. Friday. Gov. David Hall called it a bite-the-bullet year amid low revenue growth and national policy headwinds. The session produced limited accomplishments and avoided major controversy.
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Oklahoma
David Hall
Dogs aging study aims to slow childhood disease in humans
An international team at Indiana University School of Medicine studies 40 Norwegian strain English setters aging like humans to learn aging processes. Researchers track brain and nerve changes, pigment granules, and compare with three Indianapolis families carrying the same gene. The project seeks to delay aging in dogs and humans where old age behaves as a childhood disease.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana University School of Medicine
U.S. Public Health Service
Children’s Brain Diseases Foundation
San Francisco
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Kelly Thompson
Matthew Rollins
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Tama Mayhue
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Mary Ann Miller
Kelly Ebeling
Danita Nichols
Lori Skelton
State Prison
Olive
Ing. Cook
Les Younger
Oklahoma City
Senate
First National Bank
F.D.I.C
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Nils T. Koppang
Koppang
The
Veterinary College of Norway
Oslo
Hamilton
Bulova
Gem Jewelers
W. Main
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