Students Call For Tougher Discipline From Teens Voices
A group of Ada and rural-area honor students, aged in their teens, argue for stricter public school discipline. They share views on corporal punishment, classroom behavior, and the role of teachers, noting some staff are lax while others enforce rules firmly.
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Ernest Thompson
United States
Ada
Young Cooley
Katherine Hunter
Chicago
New York
Ron Cooley
Byng
Cooley
Joe Vandever
Ada High
Miss Hunter
Stewart
Vanderer
Trent Baulch
Latta High School
Prospects In Pecan Crop Appear Good
County Agent C H Hailey reports a strong pecan crop outlook with many trees showing a heavy set. He warns that the pecan weevil typically appears around August 10 and suggests early spraying or contracting spraying services.
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C. H. Hailey
Fertilizer Application Advised For Lawn Care
It isn't too late to apply fertilizer on your lawn. Due to drought and reduced growth ammonium nitrate can be applied to August 15 satisfactorily. This application will add a deep green color to your yard.
Local Head Start program earns praise and success
The Head Start program in Ada draws praise from teachers and mothers as a successful pre school effort funded mostly by the federal government. Eight classes enroll 114 children. Students receive meals, songs, play, and lessons, with health and developmental screenings plus joint EC State College testing support. The program, running June 14 to August 13, aims to ease transitions to first grade and foster a lasting desire to attend school.
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Ada
W. O. Smith
Ruth Upton
Glenwood
Paul Landrith
Irving School
Gram
Landrith
East Central State College
Roy Maxwell
East Central
Kathy Tours U S Parts of Canada
Kathy Garner reports on a bus tour sponsored by East Central State College directed by Bob Garner. The 38 travelers from Oklahoma Kansas Texas and California visit Memphis Nashville Oak Ridge Roanoke Washington Monticello Mount Vernon and other sites while noting Elvis Presley’s gate at Graceland and atomic energy museum stops.
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Kathy Garner
Pickett
U.S
Canada
East Central
The
Weekly
Bob Garner
East Central State College
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
California
Adans
Garner
Ben Yagel
Judy Howe
Arkansas
Memphis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Elvis Presley
Presley
Nashville
Parthenon
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Cookville
Oak Ridge
Dr. Yagel
Museum of Atomic Energy
Roanoke
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Hawaii
Rain Improves Soil But Leaves East North Oklahoma Drier
Oklahoma agencies report good weekend rains boosted top soil moisture but missed dry northern and eastern areas. Corn nearly half mature, sorghum largely immature, cotton setting bolls in fair to good condition, soybeans at risk in northeast but overall healthy. Pastures deteriorated, cattle thriving, stockwater adequate, marketings normal.
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Oklahoma
Lindsay
Photo Contest Sign Deciphering Challenge
The Ada WEEKLY News invites readers to decipher a reversed sign from week eight photos. Winner B. F. Price identified the Norris Field light tower and the KADA radio tower in last week’s contest. This week features three signs with negatives printed backward.
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B. F. Price
Norris Field
Kada Radio
Don Cook
Ada Weekly News
Black paint tumble harms Mrs Baylis hair style
Mrs. Alfred Baylis slipped from a ladder while painting iron on a porch. A bucket of black paint toppled on her head as she moved it, then kerosene used to clean brushes removed the paint from her hair. No injuries are reported and a new hair trend is joked about.
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Eunice Isaacs
Alfred Baylis
Brucellosis Study Targets Statewide Testing Area
State Veterinarian Dr. J. H. Brashear describes a Modified-Certified Brucellosis Area as having under 1 percent cattle infection across under 5 percent of herds. Qualifying herds must participate in a market cattle testing program with at least 15 percent tested over 18 months and complete herd testing if positives appear. Agriculture leaders emphasize testing follow-through.
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J. H. Brashear
Cotton Crop Forecast Shows Slight Decline From Last Year
The Agriculture Department projects this year's cotton crop at 14,916,000 bales, down 1.7 percent from last year’s 15,180,060. A surplus exists with government controls and payments to reduce plantings, while a reserve and surplus estimate of 14,200,909 bales is noted as the largest since 1956. Cottonseed production is about 6,147,800 tons with state breakdowns for Oklahoma and Texas indicating harvests and yields.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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