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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1969
Page
4
The Ada News editorial lauds expanding sports in rural schools after the Sooner State Tennis Tournament in Ada. Ken Jantz of Roff shines in quarterfinals while players from Allen and Konawa attend, underscoring gains in tennis facilities and year round community fitness.
A legal overview explains that finder liability hinges on knowledge of the owner. If the owner is identifiable, the finder must return the item or face theft charges. When the owner is unknown, the finder has a weaker claim, and ownership remains with the rightful owner if discovered later.
A Tuesday afternoon fire at the Marion Fenton Pontiac office on 315 East Main damaged desks and a window sill. Firemen said the likely cause was a waste paper basket between desks. flames burned an electric cord and telephone line, blew a fuse, cracked a glass window, and cut room communication.
The piece explains covenant as an agreement among parties and its deeper meaning in religious life. It compares covenants with friendships marriages churchmembership and God’s act toward humanity. It emphasizes God’s initiative and human response creating a relational bond with duties and privileges.
Receipts Tuesday at Ada Livestock Auction totaled 1 720. Packer cows and bulls held steady while fat calves rose about 50 cents. Stocker and feeder steer calves and yearlings ranged steady to firm with heifers up about a dollar. Slaughter cows and canners traded around 19.50 to 21.00 with utilities and commercials 19.5 to 21.00. Slaughter bulls 22 to 25.50. Slaughter calves 27 to 29.50. Stock steers 28.50 to 33.30. Stock heifers 25 to 28. Stock steer calves 24 to 36. Stock heifer calves 26 to 30.50. Stock cows 18 to 24. Cow and calf pairs 180 to 265.
Prague’s population grew by 1051 last year as reported by AP's OTK, bringing the city’s total to 1,103,185 residents.
East Central State College opened a weeklong seminar on education attitudes with Dr. Stanley P. Wagner warning against discarding the system as flawed. Ada superintendent Dr. Max Skelton urged not blaming courts for school changes as students demand answers amid court cases and the Vietnam era. He called for better communication, smaller classes, improved counseling, and new disciplinary approaches to adapt public schools to evolving needs.
Washington AP A government forecast predicts a record sugar beet crop of 27.6 million tons, driven by a 12 percent rise in acreage and average yields near 19 tons per acre. Beet production could reach about 3.75 million short tons raw value, while mainland sugar cane output is seen at about 11.9 million short tons, with acreage down 15 percent. Hawaii’s cane outlook is 10.9 million tons, about five percent below 1968. There is no sugar tonnage estimate for Hawaii cane.
Medical schools in twelve urban and two rural hospitals will train residents as clinic aides home visitors and other medical helpers under Family Planning via Medical Schools. The program funded by the Federal Office of Economic Opportunity and hospitals aims to expand contraceptive infant and maternal care and premarital counseling and strengthen local ties with surrounding communities. Key universities in New York Chicago Cleveland Atlanta Gainesville Baltimore Pittsburgh Philadelphia Detroit Morgantown participate.
Billy Eugene Crownover of VaNeil2 wed Sandra Lee Juhasz of Stowe Pa. Larry A. McKenzie of Mountain View Oklahoma married Kathrine Echols of Stonewall.
My and Mrs Loyd Goss return from Las Vegas. Alice Rust visits in Pueblo. Birthday parties honor Larry Sawyers and Morene Trimmer. Numerous local families attend church services at Nazarene, Church of Christ, Will Baptist, Assembly of God. Vacation Bible school underway at Nazarene with Mickey Cox in charge. Visits span Ada, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma City, Holdenville, Denison, and Missouri as residents attend baptisms, hospital stays, and family gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Beam announce the birth of a daughter named Kimberly Ruth born July 26. She has a sister Lavonna and grandparents Luke Beam Buck Privett and Ruth Ryan. Great grandparents are W A Norton. Isred Shope is noted as the grandson of Mr.
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