Cold Weather Sparks Local Shortages Across Ada Area
Ada and area residents scramble as unseasonably cold weather drains supplies. Boots galoshes electric blankets and heating fuel run low at downtown stores while gas and propane deliveries struggle due to icy roads. Gas stations report tight gasoline stocks and wholesalers face delayed shipments, forcing some to ration or halt deliveries as demand soars and winter gear vanishes.
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Mife Bigesube
Ada
Neils, Shipes
Halversons
Bob Allen
C. R. Anthony
Charles Yahola
Anthony
Arlington Center
Paris Session Continues N Vietnam Warns on Bombing
North Vietnam warned it will not be intimidated by American bombing or terms in the peace talks. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met for the fourth day as experts joined for cease fire planning while both sides kept a news blackout. Negotiations edge toward decisions on major obstacles, including Thieu's government legitimacy and the 17th parallel border.
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Paris
North
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Nguyen Minh
United States
Kissinger
Tho
Saigon
Ran Dio
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
South Vietnam
T the
French Communist Party
Gif Sur Yvette
State Department
Charles W. Bray III
Washington
Nixon
Veteran News Staff Member Dies Tuesday
Veteran writer and editor Knickmeyer, longtime Ada Weekly News editor and area editor, died Tuesday after a lifelong career in fiction publishing. He married Naomi Lucy in 1965 and is survived by his wife, three sons Joe, Steve, Danny, two daughters Connie and Ellen, and a sister. He was remembered for leading the weekly to state sweepstakes awards and for Carl Sandburg praising the paper.
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Oklahoma
Naomi
Oklahoma City
Joe
Newport News
Steve
News
Danny
Connie
Ellen
E. A. Paschal
Cincinnati
Peanut Dishes and Peanuts Popular in Foods
The text promotes peanut recipes and products including peanut dips and spreads. It mentions a free recipe booklet from the Oklahoma Peanut Commission and various peanut based foods. It suggests a grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a fast food idea with potential to rival a cheeseburger.
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Oklahoma Peanut Commission
Madill
Okla
OEA Proposes Higher Teacher Pay Plan in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Education Association unveiled a rival plan in the State House to raise teacher pay, proposing raises of 350 to 539 dollars in 1973 74 and 650 to 1000 dollars in 1974 75, costing about 12.5 million then 23 million. Gov Hall favors 300 then 500 across the board, with 6.2 million state funds for the first year. A separate bill by Sen Jerry Pierce would curb moonlighting by the Secretary of State staffer handling foreign corporations. lounge
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Education Association
David Hall
House of Representatives
OFA
Lou Allard
Hall
Secretary of State
Jerry Pierce
R-Bartlesville
Linda Callaway
John Rogers
Callaway
Rogers
Pierce
Reagan proposes 850 million tax refund for California
Gov Ronald Reagan requests an 850 million one-time state tax refund funded by a large budget surplus. He says the money should go to taxpayers rather than new programs, but details depend on negotiations with a Democratic legislature. Some leaders favor directing the funds to education.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Bult Reagan
Bomber Pilot Refuses North Vietnam Mission
Captain Michael J. Heck, a 30-year-old B52 commander from Chula Vista, California, said he balked at bombing North Vietnam after his 75th mission, citing mass destruction and suffering in South Vietnam and the war's moral toll. He decided December 26 after Christmas ceasefire bombings, seeks conscientious objector status, and faces potential court martial.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
North
Michael J. Heck
Chula Vista
Calif
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Heck
Watergate figure Hunt pleads guilty to all six counts
E Howard Hunt Jr a former CIA agent and White House consultant pleaded guilty to all six counts including conspiracy burglary bugging and wiretapping in the Watergate case Judge John J Sirica accepted the plea and ordered a $100000 bond The case now includes six defendants as trials continue in the Nixon era political espionage saga in Washington DC.
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Washington
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Nixon
John J. Sirica
Hunt
Democratic Party
Sirica
White House
Treasury Department
CIA
Nixon Administration
Ation
Oklahoma lawmakers wrap second week as session stalls
Oklahoma legislators closed their second week of the 34th Legislature with no calendars set for action as both chambers held brief sessions. A House bill to expunge records of juvenile delinquents after reform was approved by a committee with a do pass recommendation, while other measures faced delays. A Tulsa embezzlement case charged a former city employee for overpayments totaling 1227.99. A patrol stop proposal to require motorists to exit and approach patrol cars drew skepticism from officials.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Senate
State Tax Commission
David Hall
House Public Safety and Penal Affairs Committee
David Riggs
Tulsa
Oklahoma outlines emergency plan for heavy snow
Civil Defense Director J Dale Dowdy led state and federal officials in outlining a plan to coordinate emergency operations across Oklahoma if heavy snow persists. The plan creates eight command posts split west and east, manned 24 hours, with centers in Lawton Durant McAlester Vinita Clinton Woodward Ardmore Tulsa and Oklahoma City coordinating through the Civil Defense center using Highway Patrol, National Guard, state agencies and local departments.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Civil Defense
J. Dale Dowdy
Dowdy
Guv
David Hall
Lawton
Jund
McAlester
Vinita
Clinton
Woodward
Ardmore
Tulsa
Highway Patrol
National Guard
State Highway Department
Red Cross
Istate Health Department
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