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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1971
Page
4
Lighthearted penny pinching travel tips warn readers to stay on interstates, avoid speed traps and dodgy motels, and keep precautions. Advice covers road courtesy, hotel choices, pet rules, child safety, and best practices for avoiding hazards on family trips.
A court examined damages for lost and damaged items from a checkroom and laundry. It held the owner’s viewpoint governs compensation, valuing items by their original cost rather than secondhand price, and permitting full replacement value for sets, while excluding sentimental worth.
A seven mile Tachox Ditch irrigated 1,000 acres on three nearby farms in 1967 marking the first successful irrigation experiment in southeast Colorado.
A historical reflection argues that youth focus on global crises while neglecting personal duties. It notes progress in environmental care from oil-field streams to soil protection and warns against a generation of brilliant minds becoming adults fixated on grands, at the expense of daily competence.
A column reflects on the difference between house and home amid housing shortages near a military base. It urges valuing family, acknowledging those without homes, and expanding family circles while stressing responsibility, work, and civic engagement. The piece cites biblical motifs and warns against idle preaching without facts.
Ferdie Deering, head of Oklahoma's new drought committee, says a $1 million yearly cloud seeding program using silver iodide generators in western Oklahoma could reduce drought. He cites New Mexico results showing increased rainfall within seeded zones and diminished rainfall just beyond them, with decades of research behind the method.
Washington AP The Pentagon manpower chief tested congressional sentiment on offering bonuses over 2000 for co enlistment in the National Guard or Reserve A secret House Armed Services subcommittee session discussed proposals for the next defense budget The package would include enlistment and re enlistment bonuses survivor benefits medical and dental provisions and GI mortgage insurance coverage for guardsmen and reservists Laird pushes Guard and Reserve as draft calls decline and as crisis plans call them to active duty first
Ada born Lynn Peterson Gimpel earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oklahoma. Final examination occurred July 6 at OU. She is the daughter of Dr. W. G. Peterson and Marjorie Norris Peterson, and granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Norris. Her major study covered medical psychology while her dissertation explored septic shock from Gram negative bacteria, leading to a $17,000 research grant for further work on essential enzyme systems in shock pathology.
East Central State College gains two new faculty appointees as of July 1 for 12 months. Charles E B Cliburn becomes counselor of special services and Doyle L Caton serves as assistant director of the Environmental Information and Media Center. Cliburn is a retired Air Force officer with degrees from Baal Central and Southeastern State College Durant. Caton holds bachelor degrees from Southeastern and East Central and aims to finish a master of education. he brings experience in information storage and retrieval from military and industrial sectors.
Pontotoc County Department of Public Welfare sponsors a Monday start for 84 youngsters from 47 families. Four daily sessions run Monday to Thursday 9 to 11 30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. at Willard School with First Baptist Church facilities. Activities include arts crafts woodworking gymnastics bowling tennis archery softball skating music films reading hour and field trips to Ada Coca Cola plant KTEN and Robert S Kerr Water Research Center. Edna Graham directs with five assistant chairs.
Don Kaiser a former jailer has been re employed as a deputy by Sheriff Burl Griffin Kaiser takes over for Taz Hixson who resigned to join the estate highway department.
The Ada Rodeo is cancelled after a norse quarantine and sleeping sickness concerns. Organizer Ken Lance, with State officials and Dr. Leon C. Salf, shifts dates to a five day country and western music festival from August 3 to 7.
The young people of the Pentecostal Holiness Church sponsored a Friday night hayride and wiener roast. They left the church for the home of Mr and Mrs Randy Johnson where more than 40 attendees gathered for the event.
Mrs Kay Henson Celia day visited Coffey and Evans families Tuesday evening. Kit Thomas visited Bevers Friday evening and Thomas families attended Oklahoma City business Friday. Many residents, including Waters, Allen, and Brady families, spent weekends with relatives in Konawa Alaska Siloam Springs and Norman. Several moved to Oklahoma City for work and numerous visits occurred across multiple towns Tuesday through Friday.
Sunshine notes celebrate Wyche, Claude Hewett, and Maude Morgan birthdays with an ice cream gathering. Church members and families attend funerals, visits, and weekend trips across Ada, Tulsa, Modesto, California, and sunshine Sunday services. Don Parr leads morning and evening messages. several residents sing specials.
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