USDA Assesses Metric System Shift To Metric Scale
Washington AP The Agriculture Department signals unofficial support for a Bureau of Standards plan to switch the U S measurement system to metrics. Officials from ARS, CMS, Soil Conservation and others share cautious optimism, urging ample time and sample guidance for a gradual changeover. Congress will consider a final report due August 9, with a nationwide timetable estimated at five to 14 years or more.
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Agriculture Department
Bureau of Standards
U.S
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Consumer and Marketing Service
Soil Conservation Service
Commerce Department
Congress
Earl E. Houseman
Statistical Reporting Service
Houseman
Bureau of Standards Information
United States
Governor Adopts New Stance On Income Tax Legislation
Oklahoma City reports Gov. David Hall has shifted from a three year 30 million tax hike to a plan eliminating the federal deduction and raising only Oklahoma tax rates to limit impact. House leaders cap the bill at 14 million, aiming relief for more middle income workers while blocking larger revenue.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Oklahoma
House
Oklahoma Place Names seeks origins for nine Pontotoc towns
The Oklahoma Historical Society asks for help identifying name origins for nine Pontotoc County communities Dot Elise Fontana Hird Hogan Knox Maxwell Newton and Oakman including former locales and related details. Submit information to Historical Society Information Ada News Ada Oklahoma 74820.
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Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Dot
Elise
Fontana
Hird
Hogan
Knox
Maxwell
Newton
Oakman
Historical Society
Ada News
Hox
Ada
Okla
Adan Wins Trip In Automobile Sales Contest
George Smith of Beverly Massachusetts won a Las Vegas trip in a 1970 model year sales contest for Marion Fenton Pontiac. He placed top in his zone of 26 nationwide regions, with 150 agencies competing. Smith and his wife Judy spent three days in Las Vegas as guests of the company.
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Adan
George Smith
Beverly
Marion Fenton Pontiac
Las Vegas
New
Smith
Master Salesman Guild
Judy
Kerr McGee Joins New Phosphate Partnership
Oklahoma City AP report says Amercan Cyanamid Co. and Kerr McGee Corp. form Brewster Phosphates to mine and process phosphate rock and produce phosphoric acid and digmonium phosphate. The partnership allocates 75 percent of production to Cyanamid and 30 percent to Kerr McGee, with each marketing its share through its own fertilizer industry channels.
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Oklahoma City
Amercan Cyanamid Co
Kerr McGee Corp
Brewster Phosphates
Kerr-McGee
Church of England to open gambler rehab home in Britain
London AP reports the Church of England will open a pioneering home this year for compulsive gamblers. The facility will house 12 men from prisons and psychiatric institutions as a first of its kind in Britain.
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London
Church of England
Britain
SODA Receives HEW Grant For Health Planning
SODA receives a $52,359 HEW grant for 15 months to continue comprehensive health planning in the Southern Oklahoma Development Association District. Reid Hutchens notes the grant covers 76.5 percent of the health planning budget with the rest from real cash and in kind support. The district begins year two of its operational program on April 1, 1971, under Tommy Throckmorton. The Health Council oversees planning and review of health facility applications and related programs, including the Solid Waste Program and nursing education initiatives at Murray State College and environmental education at East Central State College. The District Health Council comprises 46 members across 10 counties, focusing on meeting health needs in the district.
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Southern Oklahoma Development Association
Reid Hutchens
Soda Health Council
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Soda Health Planning
Hutchens
Tommy Throckmorton
Health Council
Murray State College
Tishomingo
Hast Central State College
Ada
Wrong Prediction London AP Life Insurance Refusal
Florence Jennett celebrated her 103rd birthday reflecting on a life insurance refusal 70 years ago due to a heart condition. She asserts the decision was a mistake and discusses her long life.
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London
Florence Jennett
Nader Task Force Blasts Government Over Water Pollution
The Ralph Nader Task Force on Water Pollution issued a damning report accusing the federal government of failing to reduce pollution in major waters despite seven laws and $3 billion spent since 1956. It cites lack of court actions against industrial polluters, weak enforcement, and politicized staffing under Nixon.
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Washington
al Consumer Study
America
Ralph Nader
St. Joseph
Ada Captain Scores Success On Air Strike
U S Air Force Captain Richard W. Jones from Ada led an A 37 strike from Bien Hoa Vietnam, aiding interdicting operations in Cambodia. His flight destroyed or damaged six fortifications and 11 bunkers, with enemy casualties reported. Jones is the son of Mrs. Carl D. Thorpe of 314 East 16th Street.
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Ada
Cambodia
U.S. Air Force
Richard W. Jones
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
Jones
Carl D. Thorpe
USAF
Pigeons vanish in burglary at Moline
Pigeon fancier Richard Bomelyn reported his birds missing after a burglary in Moline Illinois. Police found the garage door open but the handle lock remained locked. Five suitcases of women and children's clothing were also stolen in the incident.
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Pigeons
Moline
Ill
Richard V. Bomelyn
Bomelyn
Gordon Green Named New Vice President at Standard Life
Gordon Green of Ada Oklahoma City was elected vice president for Credit Insurance at Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company. A 1953 Ada High School graduate, he attended the University of Oklahoma and previously served as assistant VP of Credit Insurance administration. He joined Standard Life in March 1959 after Army service, starting as claims director and later becoming a sales representative. He and his wife Loyce, with their two children, reside at 2504 NW 113 in Oklahoma City.
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Adan Gordon M. Green Jr
Oklahoma City
Credit Insurance
Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company
Green
G. M
Pete” Green
Ada
Ada High School
University of Oklahoma
Credit Insurance Administration
Standard Life
US Army
Credit Insurance Department
Loyce
Class Starts Work On Church Building
DRUMRIGHT OK AP Members of the building trades class at Central Tech will begin construction of one of the largest buildings ever built by students from an Oklahoma vocational technical school They will build the new Church of God a 10 000 square foot brick veneer structure on Kellahoma 9 in Dilton Students will work during regular class hours and travel by bus to the site.
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Drumright
Central Tech
Oklahoma Vocational Technical School
Church of God
Lellahoma 9
Dilton
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Mack” Welch
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