Ada man pleads innocent to five charges including eluding trooper
Donnie Howard Smith 23 of Ada pleaded not guilty on five counts tied to a December high speed chase with trooper H T Gay. He faces eluding an officer reckless driving carrying a firearm pointing a deadly weapon and second degree burglary. Bond set at 5000 with preliminary hearing December 16.
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Donnie H. Smith
Donnie Howard Smith
Route 4
Ada
Highway Patrol
H. T. Gay
Smith
Oklahoma worker declines retrial after reversed ruling
Cecil Smith of Ada says he will not pursue a rehearing of his firing from the State Commerce Commission. Attorney General Larry Derryberry reversed an earlier memo, saying the burden of proof rests with the firing agency. Smith fears retaliation from Commission Chair Nesbitt and plans to stay in Ada, where his wife teaches. Derryberry maintains the case still requires proof from the agency, not the dismissed employee.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Larry Derryberry
Cecil Smith
Ada
Derryberry
Smith
The
Corporation Commission
Charles Nesbitt
Ray C. Jones
Nesbitt
Benton Browning Named Chairman of Bank Board
Benton Browning was named chairman of the board of the First National Bank and Trust Co. in Ada at a Tuesday board meeting. He will replace the late Philip A. Norris and continues as bank president since 1964, with extensive civic roles including Ada Chamber of Commerce president and trustee positions in local foundations and hospital authorities.
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Benton Browning
Benton Browning Tuesday
First National Bank and Trust Co
Ada
Browning
Philip A. Norris
Fort Worth
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
East Central State College Foundation
Valley View Hospital Authority
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Ada Police Warns Of Unlicensed Subscriptions
Ada police said Saturday a magazine subscription company is attempting to do business in the city without a permit. Residents reported calls and door to door canvassing and the firm reportedly sold subscriptions to some Ada residents. No license or permit is on Ada records.
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Ada
Cold Facts About Home Cures and Impacts
The common cold is the United States' most frequent and costly ailment. Up to half of work time and most school time lost are attributed to colds. Transmission occurs mainly at home, especially via pre or school age children. Treatment focuses on comfort and preventing complications with rest fluids and aspirin. Mild nose drops provide temporary relief.
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United States
Ada Family To Celebrate Christmas Gathering For Release
The Harbert family of Ada plans a Christmas Day gathering to celebrate the release of Mary Ann Harbert from Chinese captivity. Mary Ann, 25, was captured aboard a yacht near Hong Kong in 1968, and is an aunt to Ada resident Mrs. Martin Harbert. Gene Harbert, Mary Ann’s uncle, is her father’s brother. Mary Ann’s parents grew up in Ada and both graduated from East Central State College.
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Ada
Martin Harbert
Mary Ann Harbert
Hong Kong
Gene
Miss Harbert
Harbert
Ada Officers Attend School Session at Indian Hills Motel
Five Ada policemen attended a session on legal problems at Indian Hills Motel, with about 20 officers from the area present. Detectives Capt. Don Henderson and Bob Williams and Capt. Richard Gray Lt. Tom Miller and Patrolman Dennis Smith were listed among attendees. A mock court was planned under the instructors from the Law Enforcement School at Kellogg Center Norman.
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Ada
Indian Hills Motel
Adans
Capt
Don Henderson
Richard Gray
Tom Miller
Bob Williams
Dennis Smith
Kellogg Center
Norman
John Jarman Receives ACA Distinguished Service Award
Washington AP Rep. John Jarman D Okla is the sole Democrat among five Midwestern lawmakers honored Tuesday by Americans for Constitutional Action for a voting record that supports strengthening the Constitution. Also cited were Republican Sen Henry Bellman and Reps Page Belcher and John Happy Camp. A closing sentence touts keeping physically fit.
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Washington
John Jarman
D-Okla
Americans For Constitutional Action
Oklahoma
Henry Bellman
Page Belcher
John Happy Camp
EPA Staff Urges Action In The Cities
Washington AP EPA weighing a staff memo that urges federal action in inner city sanitation traffic and noise issues. The 230 page report from interns argues urban poor need EPA protection from pollution and calls for an urban affairs office and expanded authority. EPA administrator aide James Barnes says agency plans to study comments before deciding on steps.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
James Barnes
William D. Ruckelshaus
Barnes
Ruckelshaus
Lightning kills state commissioner in Oklahoma
Rogers County Commissioner Bud Beck was killed Tuesday when lightning struck a building where he and two workers were at work. The strike caused gasoline to explode injuring the two men.
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Chelsha
Okla
Rogers County
Bud Beck
Items Stolen From Ada Boys Club Burglary Report
The Ada Boys Club was burglarized Monday night. An unlocked window was used to gain entry while office and pool room door glasses were broken. Stolen items include two single shot bolt action 22 rifles and an AM FM radio.
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Ada Boys Club
Johnston Murray Rehired on State Payroll in Oklahoma
Former Oklahoma governor Johnston Murray, who led the state from 1951 to 1955, is again on the state payroll. Lloyd E. Rader disclosed Tuesday that Murray was hired as a legal aide in the child support section after Murray joined the welfare department in 1951.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Lloyd E. Rader
Murray
Sooners Killed When Light Plane Crashes
Two Foster men hunting coyotes from the air were killed in an airplane crash near Marlow Oklahoma. Pilot Delmer Condit 24 and Derrel Estes 31 both of route one Foster were in a Piper Cub damaged when it crashed into a field about 242 miles south of Marlow. The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the fatal accident. Relatives on the ground were with them during the hunt.
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Marlow
Okla
Foster
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Delmer Len‘ Condit
Derrel Vance Estes
Route One
National Transportation Safety Board
Condit
Estes
Vanoss Extension Home Makers December Meeting Recap
The Vanoss Extension Home Makers held their December meeting and Christmas party at Mrs. Daphna Harden’s home with eleven members attending and two guests. Gifts were collected for the Pauls Valley State School, and a pecan show report was given.
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Daphna Harden
Ed Coffey
Lawrence Walker
Sue Harden
Geneva Walters
Bob Neff
Pauls Valley State School
RB. B. Tiffin
Varioss Club
Ada Area
R. B. Tiffin
Clifford Miller
Jack Walters
Bill Roberts
W. E. McCullar
Thelma Perriman
Orin Wright
A. J. McCullar
Vaness Extension
Aun McCullar
Bugne
Yukon
Nettie Childers
Far
Davis
Clarence Davis
Wth
U. S. Air Force
Turkey
Lonnie Miller
Oklahoma City
Larry Rivers
Donna
Ronald Kelly
Bud Ragland
Jack Mustain
Juanita Potter
Bryan Taylor
Dairy farmers riding peak returns in 1971 outlook
Washington reports dairy farmers enjoy high profits with Vermont producers averaging about 87 dollars daily from milk sales, double six years prior. National gross income from dairy is expected at 6.8 billion dollars in 1971, up four percent from 1970, aided by lower feed prices and strong milk output in November. The Agriculture Department notes the farm labor force fell in November to about four million, reflecting harvest windups and seasonal work.
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Vermont
Aiken
Agriculture Department
Department
Washington
President Nixon Set to Sign Alaska Native Claims Bill
The bill provides Alaska natives with 962.5 million dollars and 40 million acres in a settlement of aboriginal land claims. It was sent to the White House after approval by Congress, and aims to fund grants, loans, schools, hospitals, and native projects while reserving land for potential national parks and refuges.
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Nixon
White House
Congress
Senate House Conference
Alaska
Senate
House
Discovery
U.S
Admiral Byrd disputed as liar by Balchen in polar claim feud
Washington AF reports Bernt Balchen, Byrd’s pilot on the 1929 South Pole flight, calls Byrd’s story of a North Pole crossing a lie. Balchen, 72, cites Floyd Bennett’s later confession that the North Pole flight never happened, saying Byrd’s fame rested on a fraud.
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Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
North Pole
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
Balchen
Air Force
Byra
Ison
Floyd Bennett
Deer Hunter Dies After Freak Tree Accident
OZARK Mo AP William Marshall Griffin 26 of Oregon Mo was found dead in his car Sunday on a Christian County gravel road six miles south of here Sheriff and patrol said he was deer hunting from a tree with a bow and arrow and fell or was struck by an arrow wounding his left chest then walked to his car and drove toward the location where he was found bloodied arrow noted in the car
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Gay
West Main
Main
Mississippi
Tulsa
Okla
Herror
High Hill
Sandston
Oklahoma Tire and Sup- Smith
Atiply Co
Otasco
Sun- Oklahoma
N. Oak
Maurice
Doris Faye Moran
Charles Smith
Ozark, Mo
William Marshall Griffin
Oregon
Christian County
Here
Highway Patrol
Griffin
WIGS THAT STICK NEW YORK INVENTOR OFFERS NEW WIG ADHESIVE
Wig stylist Richard Hartwich announces a new adhesive material enabling wearers to remove and reattach wigs themselves for cleaning. The invention aims to replace tape and glue, simplifying maintenance without professional help.
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New York
Richard Hartwich
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