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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1970
Page
5
A newspaper team tested if sidewalk heat could cook an egg. They melted butter, placed a Grade A egg on the surface at 2:45 pm, and clocked a 120 degree sidewalk reading while the egg remained largely uncooked after an hour. Passersby observed with mixed reactions. the stunt yielded no practical demonstration.
Terry Middlesworth, 28, football trainer and PE instructor at East Central, is hospitalized in Ada with typhoid fever. He contracted the illness while at the University of Oklahoma summer sessions, and remains in isolation but improving. Health officials trace the outbreak to find the source, noting his recent travels from Norman to Camp Swift. Middlesworth and his wife reside at 322 Mayfair Way.
Washington AP The President's Commission on Pornography reportedly remains aligned with recommendations for liberalized obscenity laws despite President Nixon warning he would oppose them. The 18 member panel edited its draft report without major changes and did not vote. Leading proposals include repeal of laws banning adult pornographic materials and stronger safeguards for children. The White House predicted Nixon would oppose these recommendations.
A rambling roundup notes visits and dinners among families in Millie Smith Stella Rush Eva Foreman and others from Vanderbilt Tex Tecumseh St Genis Seminole and nearby towns. Sunday church at New Hope near Tecumseh, plus hospital news and travel updates, with many relatives gathering and planning reunions.
United Nations delegates and U.S. officials urged a priority study of environmental impacts from both fossil and nuclear steam electric plants. Commissioner James Ramey called for early public hearings and regional planning to balance power needs with environmental protection while noting the lack of comprehensive data on thermal and other effects. The initiative cites Argonne National Laboratory and Battelle Memorial Institute studies as part of the ongoing assessment.
All night gospel singing scheduled at Middle Creek No. 2 Indian Church four miles west of Holdenville on old Highway 270. Event starts about 8 p.m. with Rev Major Hawkins as pastor and Jesse Jim of Ardmore serving as master of ceremonies.
An adult average reading vocabulary spans 30 000 to 41 000 words says Dr William A LaPlante Borg Warner Educational Systems curriculum director He notes despite the large size about 300 words account for about half of the most frequent usage in normal adult reading materials.
Latta Extension Home makers group held its August meeting at Mrs. Wesley Brantley Jr home with Mrs. C. E. Brady presiding. Mrs. Brantley led singing, devotion by Mrs. Floyd, prayer by Mrs. Grace, and roll call noted hobbies. Plans for the county fair were discussed and articles were shown with making details. Refreshments served to members and guests including Mrs. Kenneth Faulkner.
Walter Woolley Jr a Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation Board member is appointed to the State Soil Conservation Board by Governor Bartlett. Other members include Raymond Watson Claude Brannon Leonore Graumann and M G Thompson with Neal Slidham sidelined by a heart attack for eight weeks. A brochure by Louie Mashier outlines 35 fishable locations in flood control reservoirs for the district listing Barney Abbott Gene Stanfield Miles Kimmel Jr Otis Coffey and W A Wyhe.
A reunion of the late M. H. Hobbs family was held Sunday August 9 at Wintersmith Park with about 50 attendees. Attendees included Buster Hobbs Shirley Norama Clyde Hobbs Tim Roff Cecil Hobbs Kaye Ringling Ervin Duncan Moore Bobby Williams Vicki Laura Bob Jewell Winters Kenneth Winters Meena Roy Winters Barbara Judy Mike George Allen Cheek Wilford Tucker Jesnma Wilford Gijenn Beth Pratt San Diego Eddie Bryan Bowden Nora Hobbs Dave Fulton Leonard Hobbs Dan Duncan Sue Morrison C F Hopkins Blanchard C W Hopkins Inez Debbie Chester Richard Hobbs Shelley Kathy.
One in three Britain's new doctors emigrates annually to settle abroad per the St. Bartholomew's Hospital Journal. The survey of 2,000 doctors shows more than 70 percent leave yearly to practice medicine overseas, with Canada the top destination. Many British doctors earn more in private overseas practice than in the state run NHS.
The coffee tree faces 375 diseases, with 10 serious ones identified. The most dangerous is coffee rust, posing major risks to yields and plantations.
National Forest officials outline land acquisitions in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone area for timber use. Ford Motor Co. is noted as a former landholder, with the US Forest Service owning more than 10000 acres spread across 12 counties. The purchases began in 1920 and continue as land is assembled to support timber needs in the region.
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