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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
8
A makeshift mini bike meet runs empty with four young boys building a track and no audience besides a dog and cat. William Coplen and Basil win a bicycle race, yet no one cheers as the event ends in silence and a broken dream.
The Agriculture Department projects an unprecedented rise in global grain production by mid 1974 due to favorable weather and strong prices. Wheat and feed grain could reach about 900 million metric tons, with major gains in the Soviet Union and China boosting export activity despite earlier shortfalls and rising world demand.
Bartlett Hospital in Sapulpa announces an 18 to 42 million expansion and replacement program pending approval by the Tulsa Area Health Planning Council. Planned work includes doubling ambulatory care, adding a doctor’s clinic and new surgery rooms, enlarging the nursery, and expanding X ray and laboratory departments.
The National Angus Tour visits Ada with up to 300 breeders from several countries arriving by eight chartered buses. They will tour Ned Biffle’s Ranch and Dr H D Hall’s Arrowhead Angus Ranch, view the Angus Herd Sire Evalua tion Program, observe Brown Swiss Angus cows, and hear about AI bred cows. The group then moves to Mel Hatley Quarter Horse Ranch and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame as part of the Angus Centennial celebration.
Washington AP reports the Consumer Product Safety Commission urged chromosome analysis for expectant parents who used banned spray adhesives. A panel also advised delaying child plans until medical consultation, linking the substance to birth defects in Oklahoma City and parental chromosome damage. The four sprays banned last week include Krylon Spray Adhesive and Adhesive 77.
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