Byng Installs Driving Simulators at Byng School
Byng School purchased six driving simulators to cut behind-the-wheel time and let one instructor train six students simultaneously. Superintendent Marvin Stokes says the system will pay for itself in a few years and notes Moore Public Schools have used similar simulators. Karl Tilley and Buddy Kessinger will teach the program.
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Byng School
Marvin Stokes
Moore Public Schools
Stokes
Ual
Byng
Air Force
Karl Tilley
Buddy Kessinger
Allen Center To Be Dedicated
The Senior Citizens Activity Center at Allen will hold an open house Friday at 7 30 p m, during which the building will be dedicated. All are invited. The program is led by Mrs. Marion Gibson. The center is sponsored by Penigloe County Community Action Foundation Inc and financed through the Unit on Aging of the State Department of Public Welfare.
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Allen
Marion Gibson
Penigloe County Community Action Foundation, Inc
Unit On
State Department of Public Welfare
County Girl Is Saved From Drowning Death
A one year old girl named Cindy Sug Grove daughter of Ronnie Grove was saved from drowning Monday evening by her father in Ada Route 4. She played near the yard while her parents worked on the lawn. The report notes continued coverage on Page Two.
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Cindy Sug Grove
Ronnie Grove
Ada
Ada School Board Approves 1968 69 Budget Action
The Ada Board of Education approved a tentative 1968 69 budget totaling 1 207 001 74 with about two thirds devoted to teacher salaries. Superintendent Skelton reported district evaluation at 15 163 044, up 300 000 from last year, and noted potential extra borrowing and possible earlier construction of a Hayes school. The board also arranged for Byng district to receive all Horner district assets and liabilities, with Ada receiving about 120 09 in evaluation and no liabilities, and approved a one day Title 1 workshop at East Central State College on Aug 22 supported by 700 from the state education department.
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Ada Board of Education
Max Skelton
Skelton
Hayes
Byng
Horner
Ada
Skellen
East Central State College
Ada Marine Is Wounded In War
Ada High School athlete Lance Corporal Bruce Click 21 was wounded July 17 in South Vietnam near Thua Thien. Serving with the Third Combined Action Group, he was hit in the left foot and hospitalized at Dang Ha with the 34th Medical Battalion in good condition. He attended Cameron at Lawton for one year before enlisting in July 1967.
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Ada
South Vietnam
Bruce, Click
M. G. Kelso
Broadwny
Click
Thua Thien
Dang Ha
34Th
Ada High School
Cameron
Lawton
Marines
Ken Lance Rodeo Opens Five Day Ada Event
The Adas RA Championship Rodeo runs five days starting Tuesday at the Ken Lance Sports Arena seven miles southeast of Ada on SH 3. Loretta Lynn headlines Tuesday and Wednesday, with George Jones and the Jones Boys Thursday, David Houston Friday, and Norma Jean Saturday. Bruce Larkke will announce, and a new cowgirls wild cow riding event is added.
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Peihe Ken Lance
Ada
SH 3
Lance
Loretta Lynn
George Jones
Jones Boys
David Houston
Norma Jean
Lexhoma Rodeo Co
Radeo
America
Bruce Larhke
Nashville
Tenn
Lanée
Wild Horse
McCarthy Backers Plan Oklahoma Petition Drive
Oklahoma City AP reports McCarthy supporters launch a statewide petition drive aiming at Oklahoma's 58 Democratic delegates to the national convention. About 2,000 signatures collected in a week and coordinators named across Norman, Enid, Tulsa, and other cities.
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Oklahoma City
Eugene J. McCarthy
Oklahoma
David Kemp
McCarthy
Kemp
Hubert Humphrey
Pttions
McCarthy Montis
Sharon Malloy
Norman
Beverly Hamby
Lawson
Bill Cromwell
Senate approves farm measure extension through 1973
The Senate passed 58 to 18 a bill to extend the present farm act to year end 1973 after defeating amendments. The bill now goes to the House where similar legislation would extend the act to end of 1970. The act, enacted in 1965, supports prices and payments for major crops including wheat corn and cotton.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
John Williams
R-Del
Wiliams
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Alen Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Frank Two Hoy Scala Hiking Confusion
Two hikers, Frank and Scala, discuss trustworthiness and a list of virtues while on a hike, but one speaker ends with a garbled line about being lost and a stray word “OCARINA” appears. The fragment suggests a humorous or puzzled moment amid a nature outing.
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Hoy Scala
Ada Officers Tack Obscene Calls in City
Ada police, the district attorney, and Jozai telephone company cooperate to trace obscene calls. Five young men have been nabbed on indecent phone charges. The 1967 law makes such calls a felony with penalties up to 10 years, a $5,000 fine, or both. Receivers should report vulgar calls to police.
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Jozai Telephone Company
Ada
Doyle Crawford
Bert Roberts
Southwestern Beil
Gordon Melson
Roberts
Lawyer Explains Judicial Shakeup In Ada County
W L Kennckmeyer outlines Oklahoma court reforms set for January 13 1989 moving Ada Pontotoc County to a single district court system with associate and special district judges. Changes include new summons service rules fixed costs 15 dollars plus 75 cents per summons and a small claims affidavit process for 400 or less.
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W. L. Kennckmeyer
Oklahoma
Duard C. “Cotton” Willoughby
Ada
Ada Kiwanis Club
Pontotoc County
Justice of the Peace
Willoughby
JP Court
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Ken Lance
Stonewall
Allen Center
Mary Densford
Sriver
Lecile Harris
Collierville
Necona George
Nacona
Tex
Rodeo
The
Trails Motel
Bryan
Ocarina
Phota
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