Young Woman Dies at Home in Ada Area
Linda Coon, 23, died from an apparent overdose of sleeping pills at her east Ada home last night. District Attorney Gordon Melson and county medical examiner Dr. Larry Cartmell investigated with Deputy Sheriff Bob Sliger. Her father Thomas Coon and sister Donna found her in the garage. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Criswell Funeral Home.
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Linda Coon
Gordon Melson
Larry W. Cartmell
Melson
Bob Sliger
Coon
Ada
Thomas Coon
Donna
Miss Coon
Dennis
Air Force
Criswell Funeral Home
Floating concrete blocks cut water loss in livestock ponds
Agricultural Research Service scientist Keith Cooley developed light floating concrete blocks using perlite to reduce evaporation from stock tanks and ponds. Wax discs on water achieved up to 100 percent reduction in covered areas, while tests in Arizona showed 20 percent overall evaporation reduction. Livestock were not bothered by the materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Keith Cooley
Agricultural Research Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Cooley
Arizona
Farmers Union aims to chart course from skid toward revival
Washington reports the National Farmers Union plans to map a path to reverse the nation's economic downturn. The group seeks coordinated policies to aid farmers, rural communities, and agriculture, with emphasis on price support, credit, and export markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Farmers Union
East Central State Band Concert Tickets Sold By Bandsmen
Tickets for Monday night's mid winter concert by the East Central State College band are two dollars in advance and will be delivered by bandsmen if ordered by phone. Don Gant, director, will arrange home delivery for orders placed before Monday. Tickets also available in the college finance office. Rafael Mendez will be soloist.
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East Central State College
Don Gant
Rafael Mendez
Census Booklets Available At The Ada ASCS Office
Pontotoc County ASCS offers a 39 page reference booklet on the 1969 Census of Agriculture to aid farmers. It covers confidentiality rules and explains all questions in the census forms, with guidance from ASCS staff. Farmers will receive forms by mail in January and should return them by February 15.
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Pontotoc County
ASCS
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Swer
Census Bureau
Bureau
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ownbey
Three Mishaps Boost Total To Fourteen
Wednesday accidents raised the January tally to 14 with eight incidents logged last January. Sharon Laughlin rear ended G R Burns causing Burns to hit Charles Gurley. icy streets cited. Mile point reports also show Mabel Lillard injured after a rear collision with Mary Pittman and a stop sign failure by Winston Rice, who paid a $10 bond. Several individuals were fined in Municipal Court for drunkenness and related disturbances.
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Sharon P. Laughlin
E. 13Th
E. 12Th
G. R. Burns
Burns
Charles W. Gurley
S. Cherry
Mary Diane Pittman
Mill Creek
E. Main
Mabel J. Lillard
Route 4
Ada
Mabel Lillard
Winston Petway Rice
Coalgate
Oak
14Th
Calvert Dairy
Melvin B. Whisenhunt
Latta Road
Rice
Bill Green
Elmer
Wilson E. Chapman
Cam L. Williams
Millionaire's Will Divides Between Local SPCA Groups
A Woodside magnate left 6 million to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or its local branches, but 22 local humane societies claim a share. After failed mediation in San Mateo County, Judge James O'Keefe scheduled hearings beginning March 16. Whittell died last April at 87, leaving about 40 million and his widow Elia to manage the estate.
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Redwood City
Calif
National Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
SPCA
Humane Societies
George Whittell
San Mateo County
Ada Storm Costs Rise for City of Ada
City Manager Jim Cook said the ice storm costs are not yet final with personnel expenses for the first week estimated at 11 000 to 12 000 dollars. About 80 workers logged 14 hour days over two days, then 70 and 60 as crews waned. A brush clipper rental at 500 dollars a month arrives to speed cleanup, and damage to trees is projected around a quarter million dollars across 900 to 1 000 blocks.
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America
Denver
Colo
NFU
Tony Dechant
Dechant
Ada
Jim Cook
Cook
Bridges on Pontotoc County on February letting list
Five Pontotoc County bridge painting projects appear in the Oklahoma Highway Commission’s 50 project February 20 agenda. Funding limits may defer some state bridges to March. Pontotoc sites include Big Creek 3600 dollars Muddy Boggy Creek 2000 Sincere Creek 1200.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Verne O. Bradley
Commission
Big Creek
Mill Creek
Murray County
Farm Exports Jump Despite 1968-69 Slump
The Agriculture Department reports farm exports may exceed 6 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, rebounding from a six year low. Gains come as exports to Japan rise 27 percent July through October and overall U.S. shipments climb nine percent to 2.056 billion, led by fruits vegetables and tobacco.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Japan
Europe
U.S
FAS
Nixon
Oklahoma Nut Growers Plan Big Meeting Jan 13
The Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association announces its 40th annual meeting in Ardmore January 13 14 at the Presbyterian Church 223 W Broadway. Sessions cover pecan quality propagation harvesters chemicals insect control and field demonstrations with OSU and Texas A&M experts, a banquet, and a post meet business session.
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Oklahoma Nut Growers Association
Stillwater
Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association
Presbyterian Church
W. Broadway
Ardmore
Ralph Ross
Henry Bucklin
Chicago
Pecan Shellers
Bucklin
National Pecan Shellers and Processors Association
O. S. Gray Sr
Arlington
Tex
J. Benton Storey
Texas A&m University
Texas
George Madden
Brownwood
USDA
James A. Whatley
College of Agriculture
Oklahoma State University
YWCA
J. Dan Hanna
E. L. Whitehead
OSU Extension
Herman A. Hinrichs
OSU
East Central to Run Junior High Science Institute Next Summer
East Central State College will host a Science Institute for area junior high teachers from Ada Seminole Konawa Wewoka Sulphur Holdenville and Byng. Dr Don G Stafford will direct the July 20 to August 21 program with speaker Dr Ernest Burkman Florida State University supported by a $32 000 National Science Foundation grant.
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East Central State College
Ada
Seminole
Konawa
Wewoka
Sulphur
Holdenville
Byng
Don G. Stafford
Don Kellogg
Ernest Burkman
Florida State University
National Science Foundation
Oklahoma Consortium On
Laseman Family Weathered Ice Storm Hardship
Mary Laseman describes the Ada area after a severe ice storm. She recalls power outages, icy limbs snapping, and the challenge of daily life with no lights or water while neighbors endure widespread damage to trees and streets. The piece emphasizes community hardship and resilience.
Teachers Help Save Vanoss Dairy Herds
Dairymen in the Vanoss area thanked Vanoss faculty members Clem Stone Thurman Holland Wayne Holland and Edward Coffey for aiding during a severe storm. They towed the FFA auxiliary generator from farm to farm ensuring at least one milking per day and preventing major milk losses and cow injuries despite no power or light.
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Vanoss
Ess
Wayne Holland
Edward Coffey
FFA
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Fitzhugh
Roff
I Hammer and Tongs
Ada Ascs
NSPCA
College
Laseman
Mary Laseman
Clem Stone
Thurman Holland
Van
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