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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
8
Bardie Todd returns to the boat after a dive as scuba gear hoses connect to tanks and his face mask comes off, illustrating diving routines and equipment handling.
Mr and Mrs Larry Archer and family attended the wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Lawrence Archer Saturday night at the home of Mrs Myrtle Archer.
A wide snapshot of protests in mid August shows pacifist rallies at the Pentagon and New York, antiwar actions in Chicago and Los Angeles, and local pickets over welfare, desegregation, and rising meat prices. Notable events include Namie Wash burning a peace leaflet in Atlanta, a Nairobi.
Eight year old Ada boy Philip Dennis Chapman escaped serious harm after being hit while crossing Beverly Avenue by Kenneth Lee Manuel. He suffered only bruises and was checked by a local physician. The incident occurred near 1300 block of East Beverly. A second minor collision involved Curtis Ray Alexander backing from a curb and hitting Melvin Ray Adams as Adams traveled west on 12th Street.
Saturday members of Union Hills group returned from Falls Creek where they shared quarters with a Texas Baptist church group. Girls enjoyed daily Bible lessons, classes, and recreation while sponsors and families visited. numerous local residents and relatives visited and attended baby showers and church services through the week.
A string of visits across Ada Moore Del City and Fort Worth features Bill Willis Tammy Willis and numerous Osborns Cochran Golden Underwood and others visiting relatives. Fishing mishap noted when Roxie Golden and Letha Stice lost fishing gear and improvised with a rope. Also includes household care tip advising spot treating nylon stains before laundering.
Former Ada resident Jeff R. Laird, 57, is recommended for first assistant U S district attorney in Oklahoma City by District Attorney William R. Burkett. Laird, a Democrat with FBI service, practiced in Ada and Sulphur. final appointment rests with the Justice Department.
Washington AP says scientists unveiled the most complete skull of Homo habilis, a small East African hominid, found at Olduvai Gorge Tanzania. Peter Nzube first spotted it. the skull remains embedded and unreconstructed, but clearly older than prior finds and linked to tool-making ancestors.
Norman AP report states Oklahoma's Chuck Fairbanks to coach the South team in the 1970 Hula Bowl in Honolulu on January 10. He will be assisted by Howard of Clemson and Dave Holmes of the University of Hawaii.
In Birmingham England telephone booths with locks are being installed in apartment houses and each tenant is given a key. The measure aims to curb vandalism as more than 1 000 public telephones are damaged weekly in the area.
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