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Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1971

Page

16

Power reserves outlook for winter across U S utilities

Federal Power Commission reports about one third of 186 major utility systems will have reserves below 20 percent this winter though total generating capacity about 351 317 megawatts meets a peak demand of 276 283 megawatts. Southeast and West regions face lowest reserves while South Central shows ample cushion.

Washington Federal Power Commission Alaska Hawaii South Central West Central East Central

Nixon May Visit Japan Before Red China Trip

Mainichi reports Prime Minister Eisaku Sato will meet President Nixon in Tokyo before Nixon’s planned Red China visit next year. A CBS News report of a Nixon-Sato meeting late next month or in January was denied by a government spokesman. A cabinet secretary and the foreign minister said they would hold news conferences on Sunday, fueling speculation of a Nixon Sato encounter.

Tokyo Mainichi Eisaku Sato Nixon Red China CBS News New York Sato Pacific Hawaii Noburu Takeshita Takeo Fukuda Nixon-Sato

Hunters Find Decomposed Body Near Jay Oklahoma

Hunters found a badly decomposed man shot in the head with a .45 caliber pistol near Jay Oklahoma about five miles southwest. Authorities estimated the death about a month ago and noted a matching car registration found with papers on the victim though positive identification had not been made.

Jay, Okla Here Dist Frank Grayson Grayson

Subway Planned Under Harbor of Hong Kong

Hong Kong plans a mile long vehicle tunnel under Victoria Harbour linking Hong Kong Island and Kowloon by 1972. The $54 million tunnel will speed travel to about 90 seconds, reduce ferry lines, and shift traffic from ferries to cars.

Subway Harbor of Hong Kong China Kowloon Southeast Asia Robbie Brothers Star U.S Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Co

Convict Dies In Stabbing At Penitentiary

MCALESTER Okla AP prison authorities held two inmates for questioning after Oklahoma City man Michael L Pruitt 27 serving 99 years for shooting a Moore police officer was stabbed to death Sunday afternoon with a homemade 12 inch knife just minutes after cells were let out for dinner. Ronald Lloyd Gilbert 36 and Robert Lee Green are serving sentences for robbery with firearms.

Mcalester Okla Oklahoma City Moore Michael L. Pruitt Warden Park Anderson Ronald Lloyd Gilbert Robert Lee Green Asst. Dist. Atty Bill Beasley Anderson Beasley Pruitt

Oklahoma juror threat tied to Rex Brinlee trial

Assistant Attorney General Raymond Naifeh revealed that a juror who could not vote death in the Rex Brinlee Jr bomb murder case had a wife who received a threatening call early in the trial. Brinlee faced death penalty asks but was convicted for life. Judge Jess Miracle guarded jurors amid questions the call was a prank.

Tulsa Oklahoma Rex Brinlee Raymond Naifeh Brinlee Donald Bolding Bristow St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Okmulgee Jess Miracle Miracle

Assistance Plan Set For Workers

The Labor Department and EPA announce a mass layoff assistance pilot to limit the economic impact of pollution control. The plan targets areas where enforcement may threaten jobs and aims to protect workers while continuing environmental safeguards.

Washington Labor Department Department Environmental Protection Agency

Senator Proposes State Tax Rate Equalization Bill

Tulsa Senator Joe R. McGraw with Oklahoma's county tax valuations inequities proposes a bill to appoint assessors rather than elect them. The plan mirrors Maryland law, letting the Tax Commission pick from five nominees by county commissioners to fix county tax rolls and fairness.

Tulsa Okla Joe R. McGraw Oklahoma McGraw Tulsa County Maryland Oklahoma Tax Commission

Phase II price moves widen gap in Nixon program

Prices rose for tin mill products from Bethlehem Steel and National Steel as the Price Commission granted over 7 percent increases. GM and Chrysler announced hikes while Justice Department orders ended East and Gulf coast dock strikes. Reading Railroad filed for bankruptcy reorganization amid deficits from strikes and steel shipments slump.

New York Justice Department East Gulf Coast Reading Railroad The Price Commission Bethlehem Steel Corp National Steel Corp Continental Can Co American Can National Can U.S. Steel Corp General Motors Corp Chrysler Corp Reading Co

Market Rebound After Hikes Dictators Report

A 1.2 percent gain last month spurred by a Wall Street interpretation of the report. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.96 points to 816.59, marking its largest one day rise since the wage price freeze announcement in mid August.

Wall Street

Munich Archbishop Doepfner Accepts Poland Visit Invite

Cardinal Julius Doepfner archbishop of Munich and Freising has accepted an invitation to visit Poland in 1972. He chairs the German Bishops Conference and was invited by the Polish bishops at a Rome ceremony honoring Padre Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish priest who died in Auschwitz.

Munich Julius Cardinal Doepfner Freising Poland German Bishops Conference Rome Paul VI Maximilian Kolbe Auschwitz

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