Ada Boys Club fund drive exceeds goal for Napier School
Ada donors pledge 27 668 40 toward 24 500 purchase price for Napier School. Milam notes strong, divided support from financial institutions to Kerr Foundation gift of 5 000 with 14 listed chairmen reporting totals from 750 to 4 569 50 in various divisions. Funds to exceed purchase price will help improve the Ada facility as the board plans to exercise option June 30.
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Ada Boys Club
W. T. Milam
Napier School
Milam
Ada
ABC Board of Directors
Financial Institutions
Ray Warren
Red Cross Fund Drive Failing to Meet Campaign Goal
The American Red Cross local fund drive nears two months and trails targets with about 6600 raised of 12970. Drive chairman H A Blackburn says less than half areas covered and urges volunteers to finish canvassing their sectors to reach the goal.
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American Red Cross
H. A. Blackburn
Drive
Blackburn
Bumpers Reappointed to Pontotoc County Soil Board
Mr. Uel Bumpers E. 18th was reappointed by the State Soil Conservation Board to another term on the Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation District Board. He will serve alongside B M Stephens Walter Woolley C C Buxton and Dr Harvey Price as district supervisors.
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Uel Bumpers
State Soil Conservation Board
Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation District
Marvin C. Emerson
Bumpers
B. M Stephens
Walter Woolley
C. C. Buxton
Harvey Price
Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation District Board
Coalgate Man Named To Oklahoma Water Directors Board
George Hill of Coalgate has been elected to the board of the Oklahoma Water Users Association led by Bob Kerr Jr. He is joined by Dr. Lloyd E Church Wilburton Ted Savage Ada Bass Geren Durant and Dr. Stanley P Wagner Ada. The group backs the Oklahoma Basins Project proposing 69 reservoirs and 2000 miles of canals at an estimated 4 billion dollars.
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George Hill
Coalgate
The
Oklahoma Water Users Association
Bob Kerr, Jr
Oklahoma
Lloyd E. Church
Wilburton
Ted Savage
Ada
Bass Geren
Adan Honored For 15 Years Of Salesmanship
Jim Hunsucker of Bowie Bal ard Ford was honored for 15 consecutive years of outstanding sales at a banquet in Oklahoma City. He belongs to Ford Division's 300-500 Club, founded 20 years ago to honor top Ford salesmen nationwide. About 13,000 of Ford's 27,500 salesmen were eligible in 1969, with an average member selling nearly $500,000 in 1969.
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Jim Hunsucker
Bowie Balard
Ford
Oklahoma City
Ford Division
W.P. Conners
Dollar General reports 1969 income and sales records
Cal Turner declares 1969 net income at 1 742 966 dollars, an increase of 25 9 percent from 1968. Earnings per share rise to 1 58 on 1 000 000 shares while 1969 sales hit 46 427 087 dollars, both record highs for the Scottsville Kentucky chain with 400 plus outlets in 17 states.
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Dollar General Corporation
Cal Turner
Dollar General
Scottsville
Turner
Tennessee
Dollar General Stores
Sideburns Trend Spreads in India at Nirod Chaudhury’s Lead
New Delhi reports a growing hairstyle craze with longer sideburns becoming popular. The trend is highlighted by Indian writer Nirod Chaudhury, who is 72 years old.
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New Delhi
India
Nirod Chaudhury
Bartlesville Man Seeks Credit for Zip Code Origin
J D Franklin claims he created the Zip Code system while serving at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Texas during World War II. He argues the 1942 implementation cut mail handling and he seeks official recognition from the Post Office Department. He is gathering documents and witnesses to support his claim.
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Bartlesville
Okla
J.D. Franklin
Air Force Base
Texas
Franklin
Post Office Department
Sheppard Field Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
5Th Technical Group
Airplane Mechanics Technical School
Amts
Ment
Air Corps Postal Service
Washington
Sheppard Field
U.S
Air Force
Winton M. Blount
Post Office
City Center to Offer Menotti Sampler Series
The City Center plans a next season sampler series mixing ballet opera drama with four subscriptions. Each bill includes Menotti latest Help Help the Globelinks and Amahl and the Night Visitors in a single program.
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New York
City Center
Gian Carlo Menotti
Help
Globelinks
Menotti
Bristow Man Awarded Silver Star After 25 Years
Barney Harjo, 49, a disabled oilfield worker in Bristow, Oklahoma, received the Silver Star for saving a wounded soldier in World War II. The ceremony Sunday saw Brig. Gen. William Mayberry pin the medal, apologizing for the long delay and noting his role as commander of the 90th Support Brigade.
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William Mayberry
Harjo
Mayberry
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
90Th
Fire extinguished after moonshine still explosion in out building
Irvine firefighters responded to a small out building fire in Irvine Kentucky. Officials said the blaze started by an explosion of artificial gas used to operate a three gallon moonshine still. No injuries reported.
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Irvine, Ky
Irvine
Trans World Airlines seeks moon route approval
Looking Around Trans World Airlines applies to the Civil Aeronautics Board for a lunar air route. A company spokesman said start date and flight frequency remain undecided.
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Trans World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Crossword Across and Down Clues Assembly
Puzzle lists across and down clues with terms like Frolic Wish Exclamation and Operation among records decay regions huts and several others plus clues such as Listen to Desert garden Prevails Printing measure Behold and That man Possessive pronoun Places Potential forces and related terms.
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Sun God
Junior Class Beans Supper in Latta Friday
Latta School junior class hosts a bean supper Friday from 5 30 to 8 pm. Proceeds fund the spring banquet and prom with adults paying 1 dollar and students 50 cents.
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Latta School
Water valve opened drained reservoir in Llanberis
In Llanberis Wales a water valve was turned on at the 25 million gallon Madilyn Bach reservoir causing a loss of over 20 million gallons. J Olaf Williamson chief engineer of the water board urged help to trace the culprit. The report notes about 1300 lakes and ponds in New Hampshire.
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Llanberis
Wales
Madilyn Bach
J. Olaf Williamson
The
Water Board
Burglars strike Ada Hydro-Conduit plant weekend
Burglars hit the Hydro Conduit plant at 1001 West 18th during the weekend. The main office and workshop were broken into, coin operated machines pried open, and three company drivers reported missing personal items from their trucks.
Tax bills blamed for three deaths in Bombay
J J Vakil director of the Indian Heart Foundation said in Bombay that incoming income tax bills provoked three fatal heart attacks. The report notes the financial strains on residents and attributes the deaths to stress from tax assessments.
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Bombay
India
J.J. Vakil
The
Indian Heart Foundation
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Ken Johnson
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