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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1965
Page
4
In a column praising the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, the Ada News extols the western heritage of Oklahoma. It emphasizes educational value, tourism potential, and the enduring cattleman culture amid drought, price swings, and hard work.
A discussion of the legal meaning of act of God contrasts atheist and fundamentalist views and explains how courts treat natural events. Examples include a lightning strike toppling a tree and a canal leak caused by gopher holes, with emphasis on foreseeability and negligence in determining liability.
Oakman residents report wolves stealing chickens day and night. Elmer and Mildred Lee also face losses until they built a sturdy pen with help from Mr and Mrs Jess Berryman and others.
A devotional on Paul and Apollos as sharecroppers in God’s fields. It contrasts visible church growth with true inner growth, urging believers to mature through practice and continued reliance on Christ as foundation.
As the 1965 Oklahoma Legislature nears adjournment it has left a visible mark on state politics. It impeached and convicted a state Supreme Court justice, faced teacher salary debates and education groups, and approved toll road authorizations while rejecting a sales tax increase. Federal district maps loom as reapportionment challenges could draw court scrutiny amid broader questions of constitutional equity.
The piece notes a weather satellite designed to monitor the Earth daily using a stabilization system from General Electric. It discusses political context in a state legislature and hints at future legal challenges and federal district judges reviewing voting strength. It underscores technology advancing weather observation and accountability in government.
Betty McCarty separates from Hubert McCarty. Billie Jean Simmons parts from Clifford Simmons. LaHoma Flowers ends marriage with Darris Flowers. Letha M. Sliger splits from C. R. Sliger. Jeanine Martin dissolves union with Ronald L. Martin. Barbara Dean Fox separates from James Dewitt Fox. Charles D. Auten divorces Leota S. Auten. Lee E. Andrews annulled from Hilda gard Andrews.
A columnist details a reader letter praising Mrs. Simon Patton and the correspondents. He laments a hostile note about missing information that was actually present in the material and urges readers to read the newspaper more carefully.
Entries are being accepted for the 11th Annual Beef Performance Test at Murray College Testing Station. Close date is August 1, 1965 with cattle delivered September 10 to 12. Weigh in is September 30 and October 1. 140 days feeding. Approximately 40 bulls are entered each year by Pontotoc County breeders. Bulls must be registered, weigh at least 475 pounds at 205 days, weigh between 160 and 250 days old, and grade at least 86.
Sunday visitors to Mrs. Betty Rogers included her uncle and family Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Thompson with Ronald and Paul Ada. The Thompsons toured Europe three weeks with London and Rome as highlights and called it a lifetime experience they would never forget.
A mixed page of verse and short quips. Poems reflect on God walking in gardens and aging. Humorous one liners cover work office romances, tax letters, radio DJs, wedding colors, and playful wordplay about cars and TV watching.
Mr and Mrs W G Orten and Barbara and Stanley Rogers visited the Rogers home Sunday afternoon. They were en route to Oklahoma City from Dallas. Mr Orten was checking on machinery for a job and they spoke with their son Charles Orten who works in Dallas.
Mrs. Marjorie Faye Head of Fort Worth Texas spent a week with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Erwin Jones. She is known later as Marjorie Faye Jones. Friday Mrs. Erwin Jones and Mrs. J E Martin visited Mrs. Martin's sister Mrs Gene Smith in Stratford. Weekend guests at Mr and Mrs Edgar Biggs included Jimmy Betty Troy Ward Larry Jo and Karla Kay Muncrief Moore.
Jimmy Edwards suffers a broken foot and fractured toe after stumping his injured foot. The incident worsens his pain and delays his activities.
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Hastings together with grandsons Pat and Mike Hastings traveled to Pauls Valley. The boys rode a train home to Newton Kansas after a three week visit. Mrs. Glen Jones, previously a Valley View Hospital patient with pneumonia, improved and left for home Monday.
Doug Kretsinger moved back to his former home in Wichita Kansas. Houseguests are his brother and wife Mr and Mrs George Turner of Arlington Virginia. They plan to visit for two weeks.
Also visiting in the Turner home Sunday night and Monday were Rev. and Mrs. Dean Miller, Bruce and Cindy Chandler.
Mr and Mrs Walter Thomp son spent a day in Atoka visiting with Mr and Mrs Leon Chapman and Mrs Sam Chapman continuing family contact in the community.
Mrs Curtis Wylie shared she is now employed at Blue Bell in Ada after speaking with the journalist. She urged continuing work as the focus of her update.
Fifty two of the eighty two U S peaks above 14 000 feet lie in Colorado. The state holds a dominant share of high altitude summits. Authorities note the concentration reflects geography and terrain.
Cleo Patterson 64 died Tuesday in Edmond. Funeral services at 2 p m Friday in Baggerly Funeral Home chapel Edmond with Rev W E Chandler of Ada First Nazarene Church officiating. Patterson and wife Clara moved to Edmond three years ago from Pontotoc County where he spent most of his life as an oilfield driller before retirement due to failing health.
Geologically the ice sheet disappeared yesterday from parts of the United States and Canada now densely populated. The final remnants remain over Greenland and Baffin Island.
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