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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1972
Page
3
District Court in Andi Oklahoma addresses creditors in the estate of Ram Fe, deceased, listing notices of creditors and a sale of lands under partition in Okmulgee County. The notice names administrators and attorneys and sets a date for publication and final disposition of claims.
Fragmentary OCR summarization shows an Oklahoma Corporation Commission matter with references to applications, rate cases, and parties in a docket. Names and specifics are unclear, but the entry indicates a formal rate proceeding or related filing before the commission.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma a notice and order setting a hearing on partition actions is issued. It lists defendants with the plaintiff and describes land to be sold under a court partition including sections in Township 2 North Range 1 West and adjacent tracts. The hearing date is set and observers may be heard before the court.
Notice of hearing on the probate of Levit Keith Wood's last will and testament filed in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Mildred H. Lawrence named executrix, court to hear objections January 25 1972 at 10:00 AM in Ada Oklahoma.
Chilocee Indian School students were urged to avoid disruptions as enrollment near 300 could force staff and class reductions for the second semester. Superintendent Dan Lahmaunt said the Bureau of Indian Affairs expects to restore funds to finish the term, but if enrollment stays around 300, further staff cuts are likely.
Gordon Melson will keynote the Oklahoma State University winter conference of the Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principals in Stillwater tonight. His topic is the legal status of the school principal.
Oil Center residents attended church, dinners, and social visits across the weekend. The Pentecostal Holiness and local church groups held meetings with officers and auxiliaries. many families hosted guests and traveled to nearby towns for services and errands.
Governor Hall sent a telegram to Secretary Earl Bute seeking an end to the scabies quarantine in Oklahoma counties. He cited farmers’ complaints over $2 per hundredweight penalties, dipping costs, and movement restrictions. Plans for mobilizing inspectors in southwestern counties were discussed with legislators as 44 inspectors were hired to cover 74 counties. Cattle leaving the area must be inspected and accompanied by permits, with dipping requirements noted, while the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture has not declared a quarantine.
An illicit market for Biafran stamps thrives in Lagos as collectors and foreigners trade sheets at about 14 dollars per 100. Insiders say the stamps are likely printed abroad and hold little value for serious philatelists, with copies proliferating as operators profit from counterfeit plates.
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