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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1972
Page
7
Ada residents vote Feb 1 on establishing a Neighborhood Development Program under urban renewal. City Manager Jim Cook promotes local control and cost savings, and says the program could free up to $100,000 for outside district needs while improving streets water and sewer. He notes potential risks include condemnation powers and long term costs.
Washington AP report notes a multimillion dollar pest management effort by the Agriculture Department EPA and NSF to sharply reduce DDT and other chemicals. Secretary Earl Butz says goals include biological control and long term research to protect the environment and public health while preventing food shortages. The plan targets cotton pests first, including boll weevils, using chemical biological and cultural methods.
Oklahoma officials warn of a Hong Kong flu outbreak with the first confirmed local case this year. Epidemic conditions spread across 30 of 77 counties with 23 schools closed. Dr. Ferguson notes vaccine is too late to help, while illness intensifies in some areas and hospitals reach capacity.
The Oklahoma League of Women Voters plans a federal suit challenging the state method of financing schools. Filed in a federal district court next week, the action follows Alabama and Texas decisions striking down ad valorem funding due to unequal property taxes. Oklahoma schools last year received 201 million dollars from property taxes. Counties and municipalities would also feel effects if successful. Variances in property tax assessment rates across counties persist, from 10.4 percent to 214 percent of fair value.
Two young men died in a weekend crash in Jefferson County. W. C. Craft, 16, of Ryan and James Darrell Cotton, 21, of Espanola, were passengers when the car left the road, slid into a culvert, and struck a culvert about one mile north of Ryan on U.S. 81. The incident raised Oklahoma’s weekend traffic fatalities to 22, down from 31 a year ago.
Checotah Oklahoma recounts Richardville, founded by oil magnate Richard, born 1872 near Eufaula. He defied a Congress act, acquired 160 acres beneath a famed oil field, built a town with his wealth, owning loans, a cotton gin, drug store, meat shop, hotel, and general store.
The Ada Post Office announces the sale of Your Federal Income Tax Guide and a Tax Guide for Small Business. Postmaster A Smith Jr says the IRS booklets include practical examples and a filled return sample. The program places booklets in 18 000 facilities to aid taxpayers nationwide.
Special election checks are available for Pontotoc County precinct workers who helped conduct the Tee. Seven workers may pick up at the Clarke County Courthouse, Office of County Thompson.
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Glenn Davis, 26, smashed windows and tore up merchandise after catching wife kissing the store manager. Police arrested him outside the store in Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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