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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News announces publication details and subscription pricing for Ada Oklahoma. It lists annual and mail rates for in territory and outside territory, with editorial and business office contact references and general newspaper publication notes.
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station announces Allgold a new high vitamin high yielding yam type sweet potato ready for commercial production. It out yields No 1 Porto Rico in trials 1948 49 contains more ascorbic acid and carotene matures early aug harvest ideal for canning and regional tests show strong nutrition and yield performance.
John Foster Dulles argues freedom is vital but questions whether American faith can spark worldwide change. He notes unreleased revolutions face modern state power and urges self focus, prayer, and patience while acknowledging hunger and unrest may persist for generations.
The piece notes Eisenhower’s quick Korea trip and return, saying it may shape views on ending the Korean War and bringing troops home. It warns against repeating wartime expansion and discusses the South Korean desire to avoid greater Chinese influence while criticizing New York City crime and police corruption.
Pontotoc County Treasurer Virgil Hunt reports that as of November 1, 1951 only 5805.95 dollars of taxes remain unpaid out of 831957.69 assessed, with 826151.74 paid and land taxes at 99.56 percent paid. The note praises taxpayers and urges timely payment while noting rains leave farmers hopeful for moisture.
Oklahoma City minister Rev. L. M. Stevenson acts as a friend to jailed youths reforming their lives. He provides shelter, jobs, and church-based support through Wesleyan Youth Inc. While courts consider penalties, Stevenson rescues many before arrest and aims to rehabilitate troubled teens with consistent outreach and community programs.
An Associated Press survey of incoming lawmakers shows broad support for balancing the budget and trimming spending before enacting any tax reductions. House members split on immediate cuts. Senate voices largely favor budget balance first, with progress depending on Truman-era spending trims and wartime tax rates.
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, birth control leader, said India’s government is adopting deliberate family planning as part of its welfare service. She noted India will be the first nation to implement a planned program, with Prime Minister Nehru aiming for a mass rollout soon.
Ed Thompson an assistant professor of engineering at Oklahoma A and M College is credited with the first bow and arrow deer kill of the season. He shot a 13 point buck at about 30 yards. the deer weighed 140 pounds.
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are moved to the National Archives Building in Washington with a military guard and armored vehicles. The documents will be installed in an altar like shrine, with the Declaration in a vertical case and the Constitution sheets in a fireproof bomb proof vault.
HAL BOYLE notes historians rate 1952 by changes rather than people. Americans saw higher earnings and taxes, more gadgets, and prosperity, yet unease persisted about the future amid Korea’s stalemate and looming global tensions. Ike’s landslide victory signals political shifts with uncertain meaning for 1953.
The Baptist church TEL class held a Thursday night party with 18 members. Mrs. Luther Wilson gave the devotional and a gift exchange followed with angel food cake and fruit salad. The Jolly Workers club met with Norene Harden for its annual Christmas party with secret pals and gifts and refreshments for guests. A barbecue dinner for Fittstown business men drew 50 attendees sponsored by L. B. Lackey J. A. Skeith and J. R. Ross.
Henry Bryant known as Uncle Dick Bryant former Fittstown resident died Friday night Services were held Sunday in Franks Cemetery honoring his life and memory.
Ada residents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ross and their daughter spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Hookie Tim mons, sharing time and hospitality.
Mr and Mrs Loyd Barnes spent the weekend in Fayetteville Arkansas. Leroy Johnson visited his brother and family in Oklahoma City on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Tom Foresee of Shawnee visited his mother Nan Foresee and grandmother Laura Gibbons on Sunday. Mrs Katie Weaver mother of Ben Weaver died Saturday night in Valley View hospital.
Ada residents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Glover and their sons spent Sunday with Henry Glover and family. Mrs. Harold Townsend is ill with influenza. Chuck Jackson, a U. S. Navy sailor stationed at San Diego, Calif., is home on a 15 day leave visiting his parents Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Z. C.
Mr and Mrs Jiggs Jackson of Seminole spent Sunday with his parents in Fittstown.
Two named women shopped in Ada on Monday with local residents noting their outing. The report highlights Mrs Roland Wilson and Mrs Corvin as the day’s shoppers in a brief social note.
Oklahoma highway death list rose to 540 with two men killed when their car left U S 69 six miles south of Durant. Victims were Raymond Walker 35 of Denison Texas and Harvey Blunt of Colbert Ohio. The car missed a curve struck a telephone pole and rolled over killing them at the scene.
A simple supper combines cream or chicken soup with cooked noodles and leftover chicken or turkey. Stir in three cups milk, four ounces noodles, and one cup diced meat, bake until hot, then top with grated cheese and serve.
A heavily loaded gasoline tanker and a coal freighter collided in the Detroit River near River Rouge. Thousands of gallons of gasoline spilled onto the waters creating a fire hazard with about 40 crew aboard the freighter Carl W. Meyers. The other vessel Blue Comet drifted with the spill as firefighters worked to hose fuel downstream.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board will open a full review of Carl Austin DeWolf’s murder conviction in Tulsa. The hearing, expected to last at least two days, follows DeWolf’s fourth gubernatorial stay of execution. Gov Johnston Murray asks Crime Bureau investigators to reinterview jurors.
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