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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
7
County assessors Dale McDonald Royce Sliger and Frank Jared survey Original Town block by block under a 1967 law. They explain visits may be missed when residents are away. Re-evaluation aims to equalize taxes and finish by January 1972.
Ada City Council approved a new summer water rate in a special meeting. The rate, effective after ordinance amendment, will apply to single family homes for three summer months and reflect in July bills. Minimum bill remains 2.25 for 200 cubic feet with 21 cents per 100 cubic feet thereafter, impacting about 4,320 homes and costing the city 23000 in lost revenue.
New York AP report says starting in September WNYC will transmit live traffic tie ups from police helicopter cameras. Evening rush will be televised.
Oklahoma City AP Jay Naman president of the Texas Farmers Union told an outdoor Northwest Oklahoma Farmers Union gathering that a great debate on farm policy in Congress will hinge on the rift between people and community retirees and people and community savers. He warned that farm program dismantling will speed rural population exodus and invite corporate takeover of agriculture. Naman also praised Oklahoma Farmers Union and the legislature for prohibiting corporate farming.
The Washington D C region sees rapid expansion with a population of about two million in the metro area and urbanized land rising to 326000 acres, reflecting significant urban growth and development pressures.
Mr and Mrs Horace Golden and family and others visited Murray Golden while Mrs Murray Golden stayed with her daughter Barbara Davis in Denver Cole Teresa Golden visited Vicki Andrews in Oil Center and attended a lawn party at Joni and Rhonda Adams Vanoss baseball games were attended by Randy Golden who plays for Vanass Mr and Mrs Charles Coplen and Mr and Mrs Lee Keeling had supper with Loy Little and Callie East in Seminole A picnic at Wintersmith Park involved George Smith and Lee Keeling Mrs Charles Coplen visited Boyd Coplen in Oklahoma City Roy Copien recently had surgery Kevin Basil Charlene and Debbie Coplen attended car races Saturday and Mr and Mrs Frank Williams were visited by Lee Keeling SSS
Family and Mrs Mary Long and Tommy Ada were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Coplen and family Sunday Kevin and Basil Coplen completed swimming lessons at Glenwood Pack Friday Mr and Mrs Fred Jones and Mr and Mrs Judson Kirby Latta attended the funeral of Everett Loyd Thursday Mr and Mrs Fred Jones visited T E Jones a patient at Valley View Hospital Thursday Recent visitors of Mr and Mrs Rube Delozier were several families from Tishomingo and Ada including Jerry Bridgeman Jerry Reamy Don Delozier Larry Archer John Delozier Leonard Tucker Horace Golden Robert Golden Sonny Golden Paul Golden Murray Golden Ada Mr and Mrs Murray Golden and family also visited Ada Mrs Mary Long and Tommy Ada Mr and Mrs J B Jones visited Gene Steele and family during the week Continued on Page 3
A collage of oddities from a British sense of humor column including a mock Soviet coffee break, a playful poem about Miss Muffett, a Japanese bean throwing festival, a dentist stocking encyclopedias, and a cryptic crossword with numerous clues and wordplay.
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