Union Hill School History and Early Moves
The Union Hill story chronicles the first school built in 1903 by Mr. Duffy on a hill three quarters of a mile south, named by local leaders including George Keeling and Jim Agee. It moved east in 1904, sold in 1909 to Joe Pom Pom, then a new one room school arose, and the present brick building was erected in 1922 with Mr. Mitchell as the first teacher in the new structure.
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Union Hill
Duffy
George W. Keeling
George Keeling
Jim Agee
George Simpkins Sr
R. L. Moss
W. J. Jones
Sam Turner
Mr. Selph
G. W. Keeling
John Binion Sr
Harold Haines
Joe
Biel
James Rhynes
William Huffine
Ada
E. N. Jones
Pickett
Winnie Harris
Mable Adams
Weston
D. B. Weston
Johnny Flowers
Acers
Luther Foxx
Kaylan Meeks
Bob Gentry
Oma Enloe
Lorene Sparks
Lela Rose
Norman Mitchell
California
Daisy Whipple
Minnie Duty
Homer Stillwell
Murphy
Mitchell
Eggs poisoned at low level in nationwide contamination
The AP reports the FDA acknowledges an unknown amount of contaminated eggs reached consumers from a DDT like PCB adulteration in feed. PCBs were found up to two parts per million while legal limits are 0.5. actions include seizures of 6900 dozen eggs and 45600 pounds of catfish feed, tied to a Wilmington North Carolina plant.
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Washington
Fts
Food and Drug Administration
Ralph Nader
FDA
United States
Nader
PDA
Wilmington
N.C
Department of Agriculture
Fire damages mobile home at 820 North Broadway
A mobile home owned by Kenneth Atchley at 820 N Broadway was severely damaged by fire on Wednesday. Firemen reported extensive damage in the living room and bedroom with smoke damage throughout. cause not determined.
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Kenneth Atchley
N. Broadway
Deaf-mute shot in continuing Irish conflict
In Strabane a deaf mute, Eamon McDevitt, 28, was shot by soldiers who said he refused to surrender a pistol. Witnesses disputed the claim as crowds raided the town. Two provincial lawmakers, John Hume and Ivan Cooper, were arrested for obstruction, later released on bail. The incident adds to 28 killings in 10 days of rioting since internment began.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Eamon McDevitt
Strabane
McDevitt
Londonderry
John Hume
Ivan Cooper
Hume
Cooper
Hugh Logue
Jack Lynch
Irish Republic
Kansas trooper captures spectacular tornado series
Kansas highway patrol trooper Henry Perez photographed a developing tornado on May 1 1970 about 25 miles west of Salina. Using a Sears 36mm SLR, he shot two rapid exposures as the funnel formed and touched earth. The images, later shared with the AP and National Weather Service, show the tornado’s progression in open prairie with minor field damage.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
Ulis State
America
Mexico
Perez
Kansas Highway Patrol
National Weather Service
William Albott
Four planes readied for rainmaking bid in drought hit Oklahoma
Jim Terrell of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said one plane operated in the southwest part of the state around Altus but found no clouds to seed. Weather forecasts predicted dim prospects for rain on Wednesday. Four planes would be prepared for another attempt today as federal rainmakers try to ease a severe Oklahoma drought.
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Oklahoma
Jim Terrell
U.S. Bureau of Land Reclamation
Altus
Terrell
Southwestern
Latta girl named top 4-H citizen in Southeast Oklahoma
Sherry Hatch of Latta was chosen best girl citizen at a district leadership conference at Murray College. The 16 year old junior at Latta High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob Hatch of Ref was an Oklahoma delegate at a national citizenship short course in Washington DC where she interviewed Speaker Carl Albert who presented her a citizenship flag for her work.
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Sherry Hatch
Pontotoc
Southeastern
Oklahoma
Miss Hatch
Bob Hatch
Ref
Latin High School
Washington D. C
Spaker
Carl Albert
Albert
Iowa farmer predicts continued agricultural competition
Iowa farmer R Edward Baur of Van Meter told the 26th annual Soil Conservation Society of America meeting in Columbus that rising costs will push higher productivity and larger equipment. He warned enterprises slow to mechanize will fade while cooperatives strengthen farm bargaining and youth leadership grows as land use becomes more economical. About 800 conservationists from the U.S. and Canada attend under the theme The Shape of Things To Come.
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Columbus
Ohio
Iowa
Soils Conservation Society of America
R. Edward Baur
van Meter
Baur
Cooper
Atives
U.S
Canada
All-night Konawa singing begins Saturday festival
The Konawa annual all night singing starts Saturday at 5 pm and runs to Sunday dawn. The event draws gospel fans from across the nation with about 30,000 attendees last year and an equal turnout expected. Over 35 groups from Oklahoma and neighboring states will perform, with Gov. David Hall and Lt. Gov. George Nigh expected to attend.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
California
Georgia
Kansas
David Hall
George Nigh
Oklahoma sees warm spell with near normal August weather
After a July intermission summer returns in Oklahoma with near normal August heat. The weatherman expects sunny skies and daytime highs in the 90s through the weekend. Overnight readings range from the mid 80s to mid 70s.
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Oklahoma
Sooners
Descendants Seek New Trial For Dr. Mudd Conspiracy Case
John Mudd, miami attorney and great grandson of Dr Samuel Mudd, asks President Nixon to review evidence behind the 1865 military tribunal that sentenced Mudd to life for accessory after the fact in the Lincoln assassination. He claims civilian defendants were improperly tried by a military court and notes Mudd died in 1883.
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Miami
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Mudd
John Mudd
Dr. Mudd
Nixon
Freeze Halts Military Pay Raises Amid Freeze Clash
Treasury Secretary Connally said Nixon’s wage-price freeze stops military pay raises, contradicting Pentagon. He noted the military will be treated like others, with longevity raises and bonuses disallowed. Defense and civilian staff differences remain under debate as the Cost of Living Council details promotions and raises.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Pentagon
Connally
Cost of Living Council
Defense Department
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Stud Perry
Don Cook
Perry
Old Perry
Kansas Trooper
THE
Latta
Hatch
Murray College
Konawa
John Wilkes Booths
Mudd
Lincoln
Richard Mudd
Saginaw, Mich
Michigan
Jerry W. Friedheim
Connnally
NBCTV
Today
Friedheim
Secretary of Defense
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