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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1971

Page

8

Ada Boy Scout To Attend World Jamboree In Japan

Ada High School senior to join 7,800 U S scouts at the 13th World Jamboree in Kyoto Japan for five days. He is Eagle Scout from Troop 4 First Christian Church with scoutmaster Angus McFarlane. Also mentions two other local youths joining and prior canoe trip adventures. A separate note cites a UN report on Pitcairn Island descendants and Norfolk Island counts.

Ada Rick Austin Ada High School Kyoto Japan Ted Austin Nancy First Christian Church Angus McFarlane Rich U. S Adan

Nurse Rehabilitation Seminar for Chronicle Ill Patients

A nursing personnel seminar to improve care for chronically ill patients is set for Thursday at 8:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Room on East Central State College campus. It is sponsored by Ada Continuing Education Center Valley View Hospital and the Oklahoma Regional Medical Program.

Southern Oklahoma East Central State College Ada Continuing Education Center Valley View Hospital Oklahoma Regional Medical Program

ROTC Officer At East Central Receives Medals

Maj. Gary E. Vanderslice, acting professor of military science at East Central State College, received the U S Bronze Star and the Cross of Gallantry for meritorious service in Vietnam from April 1970 to April 1971. Presentation was by East Central president Dr. Stanley P. Wagner at a campus ceremony. Vanderslice joined the army in 1960 and served as senior adviser to Regional Population Forces in Binh Binh Province in the Mekong Delta. He and his wife Barbara and two sons reside in Portales New Mexico, where Dr. Irvin is on the Eastern New Mexico University faculty.

Gary E. Vanderslice East Central State College Vietnam East Central Maj. Vanderslice U. S Stanley P. Wagner Binh Binh Mekong Delta South Vietnam Barbara Christopher Drew Portales N. M Irvin Eastern New Mexico University

Douglas Irwin Earns Doctorate At OU

Douglas Irwin son of Mrs Grace Danley Rt 6 Ada completed requirements for his doctorate in communication from the University of Oklahoma Norman He attended Ada public schools and East Central State College before earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at OU.

Douglas Irwin Grace Danley Rt. 6 Ada University of Oklahoma Norman Irwin East Central State College

Innovations Bring Back Memories From New England Schools

Dr Max Rafferty rails at private New England schools exhuming Progressive Education relics. He cites Cambridge Massachusetts teaching social anthropology and teachers letting students craft their own axioms. He highlights Woodstock Vermont and Windsor Mountain as prime examples of quackery and drug culture in education with students and staff clashing over modern methods. The piece mocks headmasters and alumni success rhetoric while noting a large private school with about 350 pupils.

Max Rafferty New England Massachusetts Cambridge John Dewey Saturday Review Richard Susan de Lone Woodstock Country School Vermont Woodstock Abbie Hoffman Windsor Mountain School Dr. Dewey Tibet Progressive Education

Education mills of the rich schools under fire

The piece condemns elite private schools with high tuitions and favorable pupil teacher ratios. It portrays students as wealthy and white and argues such schools fail to educate, accusing administrators of profiting from parents while clinging to an outdated philosophy dressed in flashy rhetoric.

Croesus Tibet Los Angeles Times

Byng School Sets Enrollment Dates

Byng School announces enrollment runs Monday August 2 through August 20 with parents urged to accompany students. Principal Bill Keller says faculty will be available weekdays during enrollment. Regular classes start August 23. Homer and Francis schools enroll August 17 to 20 with the same start date for classes.

Byng Bill Keller Homer and Francis Hemer and Francis

Nixon's Early Moon Launch Watch From Camp David

President Nixon rose early at Camp David to watch Apollo 15 lift off from Cape Kennedy. He called the astronauts Col. David R. Scott Lt. Col. James B. Irwin and Maj. Alfred M. Worden and spoke with White House aides about budget work and upcoming deficit figures as the nation followed the space mission closely.

Thurmont Nixon Camp David Catoctin Mountains Cape Kennedy Pat Julie David Eisenhower Bebe” Rebozo Cape White House Arnie Arnold Palmer Harrison N.Y Treasury Department Congress Washington Ziegler HR. Haldeman Suncey

Brockway Glass Posts Record Second Quarter Sales

Brock Way Glass Company in Brockway PA reported record second quarter sales of 55.3145 million, up 16 percent from 47.7141 million a year earlier. Quarterly earnings were 3.6615 million or 0.75 per share versus 3.8037 million or 0.79 per share. First half sales reached 102.644 million, up from 92.2983 million. six months earnings were 6.7377 million or 1.38 per share, slightly below last year's 7.0619 million or 1.46 per share.

Brockway BrockWay Glass Company

Kerr Lab Tests Reassure Arbuckle Lake Health

Lake of the Arbuckles remains normal after a scare about sulfuric acid buildup. Kerr Water Research Center tests at multiple depths show no untoward acid levels, with limestone neutralizing potential acidity and thermal stratification cycling as in any typical impoundment.

W. L. Knickmeyer John C. Higgins Higgins Kerr Water Research Center Ada William Duffer Duffer Arbuckle Dulfer Darling Arbuckle Lake Dutfer

Emergency Center Expands VEE Vaccination To Six More States

The Federal Emergency Center in Houston extends its Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis vaccination program from five to eleven states including California, Arizona, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, with vaccinations starting in 7 to 10 days. Texas reports continued VEE cases and deaths, while mosquito spraying covers coastal areas to curb spread.

Houston Clifford M. Hardin Texas Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma California Arizona Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida Washington South M. J. Tillery Emergency Center Federal Labora Texas Health Department South Texas Lake Charles Corpus Christi Victoria Brownsville Tex John Arnold Federal Center Vetora Department of Defense Army

Medina Trial Jury Selected for My Lai Case

Med ina trial opens with jury selection for Capt Ernest Medina charged with assault and murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai sweep on May 16, 1965. Defense F Lee Bailey and Capt Mark Kadish with Army prosecutor Capt William Eckhardt lead from a panel of 10 officers. Medina, 34, from Montrose Colorado, commanded Charlie Company of the Americal Division. The noncapital trial carries a maximum life sentence if convicted. Lt. William L. Calley Jr., Medina’s former platoon leader, was convicted of murdering 22 civilians and received life imprisonment after his death sentence was commuted.

FT. Mcpherson, Ga Ernest Medina My Lai F. Lee Bailey Boston Mark Kadish Army William Eckhardt Medina Montrose Colo Charlie Americal Division William L. Calley Jr Ft. Benning Calley

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