Racial unrest at Kansas campus prompts curfew arrests
Police highway patrol and National Guardsmen arrest between 25 and 30 people for curfew violations as Lawrence faces riot conditions. Bomb scares target Summerfield Hall and Central Junior High. a Student Union fire is blamed on arson with $2 million loss. David Awbrey, ex student body president, released on bond.
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Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence High Schoo
Summerfield Hall
University of Kansas
Central Junior High School
David S. Awbrey
Hutchinson
Kan
Awbrey
Soybean Production Is Setting Records
American soybean producers report record sales at home and abroad as demand rises to an estimated 1,136 million bushels for the year. Chairman B B Ownbey cites export growth, shifting loan redeeming, and higher prices as key factors driving the surge.
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B. B. Ownbey
Pontotoc County
ASC
Ownbey
Abundant rains boost Oklahoma grain outlook
Moisture supplies have been replenished in all areas except southwestern Oklahoma. The Weather Bureau weekly crop report says small grains are in good to excellent condition and have grown well though little has headed. Wet soils delay seedbed prep for corn and early sorghums, alfalfa first cutting near, pea aphids detected in alfalfa, range grasses growing, and cattle mostly in good condition.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Ada High Hosts Oklahoma School Research Council Meeting
Oklahoma School Research Council members from 45 schools gathered at Ada High School for the spring conference. Dr. Larry Burdick led the opening session, Dr. Max Skelton introduced the program and led a tour of Ada High. A panel with Darrell Hill and student reps followed.
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Oklahoma School Research Council
Ada High School
Council
Larry Burdick
Pryor Public Schools
Gerald T. Kowitz
Max Skelton
Ada Public Schools
Darrell Hill
Ada Appaloosa Sale Set for Friday and Saturday
The Ada Appaloosa Sale runs Friday and Saturday at sale barns two miles northwest of Ada on SH 13. Pete Winters owns the event, one of the world’s largest, with 400 consignments and 32 head from Cal Barton. Auctioneers are Eddie Wood and Jerry Graham. About 2000 people are expected, with buyers and sellers from Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Mississippi, Iowa and Tennessee.
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Ada
SH 13
Pete Winters
Eddie Wood
Wynnewood
Jerry Graham
Noblesville
Ind
Cal Barton
Barton
Pauls Valley
Winters
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Kentucky
Mississippi
Iowa
Tennessee
Judiciary Group Ends Delay Direct Election Up For Vote
Senate Judiciary Committee nears a decision on reforming how presidents are elected with Bayh's direct popular election plan leading the favored options. Nixon supports direct election, while rival schemes tweak the Electoral College including district plans and faithless elector removal. Ratification requires two thirds in Congress and three fourths of states.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Birch Bavh
D-Ind
Bayh
Indiana
Nixon
Congress
House
Lawmen arrest four for drug possession in Wintersmith Park
Four youths aged 17 to 22 were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Wintersmith Park on marijuana and glue charges. A small bottle of marijuana and two glue tubes were found. the sample was sent to the state crime lab in Oklahoma City for analysis. This marks a second marijuana case in Ada within a month following March 26 arrests for marijuana and LSD.
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Wintersmith Park
Crawford
Oklahoma City
Vanoss FFA Members Earn State Farmer Degree
Two Vanoss FFA members Regie Rowe and Mike Golden earned the State Farmer Degree at the Oklahoma FFA convention in Stillwater April 23 24. They are among 339 Oklahoma FFA boys to meet the high standards including farming investments scholastic achievement and strong farming records. The event included the Southwestern Bell Honor Dinner and a visit by National FFA President Harry Birdwell on the Oklahoma State University campus.
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Vanoss
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Stillwater
Regie Rowe
N. W. Rowe
Mike Golden
Robert Golden
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Ffa
FFA Association
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Harry Birdwell
National Ffa
Fletcher
Spring turkey outlook urged to hunters in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Wild Life Department director Farrel Copelin urges spring turkey hunters to obtain landowner permission before hunting. The season runs April 25 to May 3 with a bag limit of one tom turkey. A $3 permit is required in addition to a regular hunting license. A pamphlet outlines the season details.
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Oklahoma City —Wildlife Department
Farrel Copelin
Postal Reform Faces Tough Sledding in Senate Hearing
Senate Post Office Committee hearings on President Nixon’s postal reform bill drew sharp remarks from Sen. Gale W. McGee who accused Vice President Agnew of divisive partisan comments. Postmaster General Winton Blount defended the plan as bipartisan and noted Lyndon Johnson supported a postal corporation option.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Senate Post Office Committee
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Spiro T. Agnew
McGee
Post Office Department
McCee
House Post Office Committee
Winton M. Blount
Agnew
Postal Service
Lyndon B. Johnson
Postal Corporation
What Happens After Earth Day? Plenty at East Central
East Central State College held a day long Earth Day program stressing that the event is a start not a finish. Dr Bill J Tillman announced a new school of environmental sciences and a joint research project with Kerr Water Research Center to test refinery waste water for irrigation potential. The Ada ecosystem concept and planned ecology club were introduced along with campus and community involvement to clean the environment. Attendance was light but organizers urged action.
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East Central State College
Bill J. Tillman
New School of Environmental Sciences
East Central
Kerr Water Research Center
Kerr
Laurence Lively
Water Research Center
Lively
Ada
Don Stafford
Willis I. Decker
Thomas J. McKnight
Tillman
Marvin Wood
R. P. Schneider
State Health Department
Schneider
Horace Mann
Mike Brown
Brown
School of Environmental Sciences
Larry Mays
Computer matchmaking for cattle aims for meatier offspring
In North Dakota Patterson Land Co. uses a computer to pair cows and bulls for higher meat yield. George Duemeland, VP, says long line cattle with more meat and less fat are the goal, to stabilize prices and boost rib steaks T bones and loins while reducing brisket as a future step.
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Bismarck
N.D
Patterson Land Co
North Dakota
George Duemeland
Duemeland
College Student In Good Condition After Cycle Crash
Police said a college student, Buchanan, was injured when his cycle collided with a car driven by Johnny Lee Lambert of Coalgate as Lambert backed from a private drive into the 400 block of West 10th. Lambert pleaded innocent to improper backing. trial set for May 1.
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Buchanan
Johnny Lee Lambert
Coalgate
Lambert
W. 10Th
Ben Alexander
Jackson Cornish
Frank Johnson
Charles E. Palmer
Robert L. Wilson
Virgil F. Paul
Billy M. Choate
Leonard R. Beene
James Leelee
Walter Gene Foxx
Car Fire Extinguished on W 6th Street
Firefighters responded Wednesday night to a car fire in the 400 block of West 6th Street. The blaze started from a backfire at the carburetor and was quickly put out. no injuries are reported. Roger Reeves was the vehicle owner.
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Roger Reeves
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Topeka
Col
William Albott
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Robert Docking
Don Cook
Ada High
Kowitz
Committee
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
City Lake
Wintersmith Lodge
Clyde Haskins
Bob Sliger
Doyle Crawford
Detective Division
Ada Police Department
Vanoss Ffa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Turkey
Earth
Wood
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