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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1973
Page
16
Mildred Lee reports Oakman Church held a Christmas program with 119 attendees. Santa Claus met the children after the program while gifts and stockings were distributed. Families and members shared gifts, fruit, and heartwarming greetings during the community gathering.
The Ahloso Extension Home Makers Club gathered at Mrs. Ida Abbott’s home for a regular monthly meeting with Mrs. Abbott in charge. Members discussed their happiest past Christmas and a devotional was given by Mrs. Crossen. Birthday surprise for R. C. Ross noted.
Tulsa County grand jury, after convening on November 13, reportedly cannot reach agreement as three members walk out. District Attorney Fallis declines comment while witnesses for today include Ralph and Rex Ball of Hudgins Thompson and Ball. A key government witness, Mrs. Dorothy Pike, is in protective custody amid threats, with a subpoena for records on campaign donations and governor David Hall’s finances.
Ronald Lynn Virgin, an Oklahoma City man awaiting appeal on a 99 year sentence for the 1972 fatal stabbing of Emory Alispaugh, was killed in a Long Beach gunfight with four detectives after he allegedly fired on officers and exchanged 15 rounds with them. Virgin had jumped bond in Oklahoma City and was released on a $12,500 appeal bond before his conviction was affirmed.
Vassar College collected 2,148,160 dollars from eight auctions in New York of the Louise Boyd Dale stamp collection, a bequest from the 1936 graduate, funding education and programs.
U S intelligence analysts say the 1974 plan calls for widening control in border regions of South Vietnam while staging guerrilla style attacks in government held areas. They report leaders urged field commands to expand liberated zones from the north to the Mekong Delta and to intensify selective attacks inside rear areas. The aim is to erode the Thieu government and disrupt Cambodia, with efforts to cut Mekong Delta supply routes and suppress Saigon morale.
A Stillwater man, 43 year old Leslie Lee Sagera, died when his pickup rolled over during repairs on a construction right of way along U S 177. He had left the engine running while beneath the vehicle. Police were unsure if the death would be counted as a traffic fatality.
Oklahoma City state representative George Camp announces plans to push legislation requiring the state to purchase only compact and sub-compact cars. He also urges Governor Hall to order all departments to buy smaller vehicles, criticizing high cost medium and large autos.
The state Court of Appeals upheld Tuesday a jury award to Saxa Hamilton who said she was falsely arrested. Oklahoma City officials appealed the $1,800 award under a 1965 act making large cities liable for damages from governmental functions. Judge Paul W. Brightmire rejected the city's contention that the law is special legislation.
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