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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1971
Page
4
A critical view of government purse strings and federal guidelines. It notes how funding depends on compliance, with examples from Ardmore and East Central State College where programs were cut or altered due to funding conditions, leaving communities reliant on timely aid and facing possible blackmail-like leverage.
A court upheld a parking lot owner’s basic duty to keep the area safe after a shopper tripped on an old post stump. Negligence of staff can create liability, but not every hazard is the owner’s fault. A separate ice cream spill case and a one way aisle incident show limits to owner liability for third party or driver actions.
County Clerk Down Thompson calls for all claims against Pontotoc County to be filed by Monday. Claimants must submit at Thompson's office on the courthouse’s second floor before the county’s fiscal year ends Wednesday.
The speaker calls out cruel mockery of women drivers while stating insurers refuse to deny the bias. She argues women deserve lower rates than men, noting statisticians will not support the prejudice.
The piece contrasts defensive driving and male arrogance with women's comparatively safer driving attitudes. It cites Union Valley anecdotes, Houston reports, and Apollo era retirement notes, then pivots to a college freshman learning the cost of freedom, ending with a Galatians reference about freedom in Christ.
The Kuntry Korner highlights versatile apple use in summer meals. Recipes include an Apple Layer Cake with apples, nuts, spices, and butter, plus assorted fruit dessert ideas and baking instructions for a celebratory, homey dessert spread.
Mrs Marvella Loyd and Jack ie visit in Oklahoma City while Jimmy Bullard heads to Germany. Community life includes church youth rally in Caney, family lunches in Durant, and home canning tips for apples berries and grapes. Recipes cover apple pudding and cheese salads with cinnamon candies and gelatin. The prose also reflects on Christian freedom with Paul Galatians.
Spiced peach jam uses 3 pounds peaches 1 ripe and 1 pound pitted. Combine peaches lemon juice sugar and spices. Boil hard one minute skim foam stir in pectin then ladle into hot sterilized jars seal. Makes six half pints jam sets in about two weeks.
Recipe style fragment lists sources for sour cherry pineapple jam and apple walnut crisp with ingredients and steps. Mentions yields six glasses and various names and places through casual notices. Contains health and community event blurbs with names like Harrison, Cooper, and Law in multiple towns.
Twenty years after the July flood that peaked across the Kansas and Missouri rivers, Kansas City area losses neared 600 million with depths up to 20 feet in industrial zones. Floodwaters forced mass evacuations of about 24,000 people as communities reflected on the historic disaster.
The Kanene and Marais Des Cygnes basins floodwater swamped Lawrence Manhattan Salina Ottawa Osawatomie and many towns. About 100000 Kansans evacuated as the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers rose, bridges failed, rail lines damaged, and widespread property loss occurred.
Police investigated two overnight burglaries in Ada. Entry was made at Hulme and O'Dell office, 130 E 7th, by breaking a south side window. Machines were damaged, a cutting torch burned holes in the safe, and tools were taken from the shop. The 230 E 9th telephone company warehouse was also broken into Wednesday night with no obvious loss.
The Rev and Mrs F M Wood visited Mr and Mrs Frank Dryden and other relatives Tuesday. California visitors Clyde Lovin and family arrived for a visit, and Ada hosted Dryden guests Saturday. Several families attended the Isaacs reunion in Tishomingo, with other travel to Ada Oklahoma City Dallas and Lawton for errands and funerals. Ona Boucher funeral noted.
BOAC cancels options on four Boeing 747 jumbo jets to blunt a slump in profits. Sir Keith Granville, BOAC chairman, notes the scarce market and surplus seats crisis. Flight magazine cites North Atlantic capacity drop and weak passenger gains in early year results.
Death notices for George Halwoty Koza Yed 65 Stratford resident died June 28 at Stratford Pickard Funeral Home plus John Robert Parry 4 Coalgate resident died June 29 Slater Funeral Home Effie Morris dda resident died June 29 Georgia Ann Gist 9 Stratford resident died June 30 Stratford Pickard Funeral Home Luther Wood 77 Stratford resident died June 3 Home.
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