Durant Citizen Burns To Death In Sunday Fire
A 60 year old rural Durant man Ernest Redfern died in a two story wooden apartment fire. Fire Chief Conway Morriss said Redfern’s body was badly burned after he asked a friend to sleep in his apartment when a card game ended about 4 am. The cause was suspected to be a cigarette in the bedroom. Fire crews planned a search for Redfern’s belongings.
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Durant, Okla
Durant
Conway Morriss
Ernest Redfern
Morriss
Redfern
Tulsa County Measles Epidemic Sparks Vaccination Push
Tulsa County reports an epidemic level of red measles with 831 cases by October, more than the whole of 1970. Health officials urge a one-time vaccination workup as 6,805 children remain unvaccinated, warning numbers could reach into the thousands in January and February if inoculations lag.
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Tulsa, Okla
Tulsa County
Tulsa
Betty Conrad
City County Health Department
Conferences Continue For Medical Group
The Ada Continuing Education Center launches another round of teleconferences linked to the Oklahoma Regional Medical Program. Physicians meet at Valley View Hospital at 7 a.m. Wednesday with Dr. Gordon Deen and Dr. Larry Cartmell on carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Nurses hear Theresa Nagel discuss arrhythmias at 1 p.m. Thursday. A purchasing systems talk by Woody Scott of Ardmore is set for 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Ada Continuing Education Center
Oklahoma Regional Medical Program
Ada Health
Ardmore
Atoka
Coalgate
Madill
Pauls Valley
Purcell
Tishomingo
Wewoka
Valley View Hspital
Gordon Deen
Larry Cartmell
Theresa Nagel
Oklahoma City
Valley View
Woody Scott
Oklahoma inspectors study Georgia South Carolina vo techs
A Oklahoma group including state board members visited Georgia and South Carolina vocational technical schools to compare programs, counseling, and placement. Atlantic Area Technical School in Georgia with 1,600 day students, Midlands Tech in South Carolina, and others featured strong job placement and open access policies.
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Georgia
South Carolina
State Board
State Department For Vocational Technical Education
State Advisory Council
Ted R. Savage
Ada
Savage
Oklahoma
Atlantic Area Technical School
Columbia
S. C
East Central Class A Speech Meet Highlights and Winners
East Central State College hosted a Class A speech meet with finalists Billy Sparks and Neal Martin defeating Dean Whittington and Doug Stickney. Ada Junior High and Okmulgee earned top plays. several students from Ada, Duncan, Seminole, Okmulgee, Norman, and Comanche placed in oral interp, extempore, original and standard oratories, and duets.
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East Central State College
Billy Sparks
Neal Martin
Seminole
Dean Whittington
Doug Stickney
Comanche
Ada Junior High
America
Okmulgee
Extempore
Rhonda Estes
Jan Poplin
Boys Extempore
Randall Vaughan
Heimback & Carlson
Duncan
Burger & Young
Harris & Groves
Norman
Harris & Holland
Reed & Walker
Heimback & Young
Sharon Kirkpatrick
Myron Johnson
Steve Ely
Ada Sr. High
Danish Roast Goose and Prune Stuffing Tradition
Danish Christmas dinner features roast goose with prune stuffing, often glazed with tart currant jelly. The dish travels from Odense to America, using packaged dry stuffing for ease, and pairs with red cabbage, candied yams, and spiced fruit for a fairy tale holiday feast.
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Ers
America
Denmark
Boston banker’s advice and a tour of everyday odds and ends
In Looking Around with Sid Hathaway the piece highlights Paul Murphy of Liberty Bank and Trust urging youths with a quip about earning a first hundred versus a million. It notes Maine toothpicks from Strong and West Peru, air quality impacts on racing pigeons, and Gov. Preston Smith praised for a tax package.
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Boston
Liberty Bank and Trust
Paul Murphy
Maine
Strong
West
Peru
Brownwood
Texas
Preston Smith
Undefined OCR Fragments Map to Sparse News Item
A disjoint collection of short phrases appears to reference locations, objects, and actions. No coherent event or person is clearly identifiable from the readable text.
Sword Solar Disc In Alcoholic Drink
A list style puzzle hints mapping clues to answers across horizontal and down entries. Each clue yields a word forming a connected grid with interlocking letters across a crossword style layout. Answers include historical Roman ruler and directional terms among others.
Jackson Home Lost In Sunday Blaze
A midnight fire destroyed Harold Jackson’s home in Fittstown near Highway 99. Ada firemen aided by county and volunteer crews kept the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings including a telephone exchange.
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Harold Jackson
Fittstown
Ada
Highway 99
Fittstown Telephone Exchange
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Mack” Welch
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