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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
1
ACT presents Bye Bye Birdie at the Wintersmith Park amphitheatre with Randy Blair directing. The production runs tonight through Sunday at 8 p.m. The musical follows a Elvis inspired star and satirizes rock culture with performances recalling Oklahoma to Annie Get Your Gun in ACT’s summer lineup.
Pontotoc County 411 Club members lead a drive to raise about 8 million dollars to expand the National 4-H Center in Washington DC to accommodate 800 4-Hers. Major industries pledge over 5 million with the rest to be raised by 4-Hers nationwide. Oklahoma aims to raise 60 thousand through club enterprises starting with a concession at the July 18 meeting involving Stonewall McLish Byng Roff Latta and Adam H members.
Ada area residents Ernie Randall Phillip Barnes James Roundtree John Thompson Lyman Blanchard and others from Oklahoma are pivotal in NASA Apollo 11 ground operations. Randall directs global communications while Barnes oversees Mission Control Center maintenance and operations. Thompson leads checkout automation for Saturn V preparations in Florida. Blanchard coordinates telemetry at Kennedy Space Center. The piece spotlights Oklahomans behind the scenes ahead of the moon landing week.
J J Gigaux executive director of Southern Oklahoma Development Association resigns today. LeRoy W Jackson assistant director also resigns. Durant president says he reluctantly accepts and praises both. Gigoux to join Southern Colorado State College Pueblo in similar post. Jackson to become assistant director with the fine economic development district at Duncan.
Abloso Waterworks Corp heard bids Monday night for a new transmission line. Stallings Construction Co. Ada led with 124,950 dollars. K-D Construction Co. Oklahoma City bid 161,983. Bids sent to the engineer for tabulation and review. Attorney Ken Johnson said the board hopes to award within a week to 10 days.
Ada records show no accidents. In Municipal Court Eddie Holland faced improper left turn with a $10 fine. Deborah Finchum, running a stop sign, paid $5. Roy Lackey improper exhaust $319. several others for running stop signs with $5 each. Pleading guilty on 10 counts included Nick Worcester public drunkenness $20. County Court charged Lucinda Thomas defective exhaust James Welden transporting open bottle no license Frank Johnson public drunkenness and Larry Hall improper turn.
The Associated Press reports scattered afternoon and evening showers may boost western and southeastern areas but unlikely end the prolonged dry spell in Oklahoma. A 30 day outlook predicts warmer than normal temperatures with near normal precipitation overall, except in the east where rainfall may be below normal. Highs today and Friday range 96 to 104, with overnight lows around 70s to 60s in western locations.
Oklahoma Democratic Rep C H Spearman says Oklahomans will vote on a constitutional convention next year. The plan aims to update the 1907 constitution with article by article revisions, with issues like local government revenue and corporations under scrutiny. Spearman notes past votes opposed and mentions a revision committee ongoing for two years.
President Nixon urged cities and states to recognize a holiday Monday for the Apollo 11 moon landing. Several governors and mayors have honored the request, but Ada has not acted yet. Federal offices are expected to close. local officials are awaiting directives. County plans to decide courthouse closure while Gov Bartlett calls it an official state holiday.
Pontotoc County NAACP will receive its charter at a Friday picnic at Wintersmith Park in Elliott. Rev. Wade Watts of McAlester will present the charter and report on the national convention in Jackson, Mississippi. Members and friends are invited to attend the 7:00 p.m. gathering, bring food, and the chapter will provide soft drinks.
A Guthrie 19 year old Wanda Beard died in a two car collision near the Oklahoma Logan county line near Edmond. Don Bennett 26 and Lawrence Waters about 30 were killed in a separate collision, confirmed by Highway Patrol. Three other teenagers were hospitalized.
A high pressure centrifugal pump, patented in 1966 by the Yogi Pump Company of Ada, was tested in Ada before oil company executives and marketers. The device reportedly delivers three times the working capacity of similar units and could push 1000 gallons per minute at 1000 psi in future single stage prototypes.
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