Cape Cod Rumors and Kennedy Gossip Spark Debate
After a spaceflight return, discourse on Cape Cod swells with speculation and political kinship. The piece notes the slow trickle of facts fueling chatter about Kennedy and uses a cartoon about a generation gap as a sharp cultural reflection.
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Cape Cod
Kennedys
Simon
Kennedy
Local notes and visits span county ties and life reflections
The Around The County column records visits and social events across communities from FITTSTOWN to Ada, with relatives gathering, hospital news, birthday celebrations, church activities, and town reflections on life and endurance. Many names and places appear, including Valley View Hospital, Teresa Myers shower at First Baptist Church, and multiple Ada and Stonewall residents.
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YWA
First Baptist Church
Teresa Myers
Fenders Milling Co
Latta
SH 1
James W. Craig
Route 1
Ada
James W. Carson
Valley View
John Vianna Smith
Spike Mitchell
Phoot
Ada area social event and extended visits noted
A Tupelo housewares party hosted by Mrs. Mareine Brooks and guests including Mrs. Kay Henry and Mrs. Lois Clifford featured prizes for door and games. Attendees and visiting relatives from Ada, Lula, Stonewall, Del City, and California joined in meals, birthdays, skating, and center events through the week. The All-Star basketball game was announced for August 6 in Ada.
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Ray Kerr
Nancy
Ada
Oran Kerr
Mary Watts
Dana
Lewie McDonald
Oklahoma City
Oran Kerrs
Babe Kerr
Margie Brooks
Stonewall
Charley Adonis
Stephanie
Atoka
Nice Citizens Center
A. Webb
Senior Citizens Center
Stone
Betty Bock
Judy
Wall
Vince
Lula
F. A
Webb
Bob Martin Jr
Vietnam
Fort Sill
Ed Reed
Bob Martin
Jeff Tuest
Mareine Brooks
Linday
Diane
Bonita Folger
Kay Henry
Lois Clifford
Almal |Brooks
Lottie Wolford
Dickie
Ronnie
Arthur Blevins
Jesse
Donald Brooks
Linda
W. A. Griffin
Ane
Dwayne
Debbie
Billy Clifford
Joe
Walter Jones
del City
Bill Mathis
Dickie Clit
Ricky Midkiff
Stella Cross
Marcia Massey
Eufaula
Marcine Brooks
Land Dwayne
Donnie
Ronnie Clifford
Debbie Clifford
Valdene Smith
Ronald Dean Smith
California
Turner Walls
Met Lacks Money for Japan World Exposition Visit
The Metropolitan Opera declined an invitation to perform at the Osaka World's Fair in 1970 due to funding gaps. The six week trip was estimated at 2.4 million dollars with Japan covering half. Despite two years of effort, only about half of the Met's share was secured.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Osaka
Met
Visitors Pass Through Boiling Springs and Nearby Towns
A crowded weekend of visits unfolds across Boiling Springs and surrounding areas as Lydia Reed hosts her family including J D Reed Angie and Jamie while Eva Foreman welcomes guests from Stonewall Fresno and Houston. Wayne Sanders plans moves to Tupelo as other relatives and friends such as Brendan Bullard Marcia Massey and the Stonecipher family stop by for meals and chatter.
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Lydia Reed
Boiling ‘Springs
J. D. Reed
Angie
Jamie
Eva Foreman
Reeds
Luther Hush
Madison Foreman
Stonewall
Satur
Wayne Sanders
Keith
Kenneth
Fresno
Calif
Sanderses
Tupelo
Alberta Calvero
Houston
Tex
Mis
Brendan Bullard
Walter McWethy
Tammy Bottens
Lightning Ridge Social Notes Show Neighborly Visits
A long list of visits and travels fills the Lightning Ridge column as families visit relatives in Ada, Oklahoma City, Richmond and Charlottesville. Local gatherings include grandchildren staying with grandparents, trips to Marlow and Colorado, plus several weekend dinners and church events.
Russian Youths Restless But Not Rebellious
Moscow reports show youths mostly restless rather than rebellious under strict Communist rule. A small number join illegal protests and sign petitions, while many read underground magazines free of censorship. Most unrest centers on leisure shortages, alcohol use, and boredom, with youth forced into military service after college and posted to distant regions.
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Siberia
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Wather
Fittstown
Coletta Mathis
Oran O'Neal
Republic, Mo
Merl Osborn
C. A. O’neal
Valley View Hospital
Virgil Townsend
Jerry Tackett
Devil's den
Tai Ann
Corene Townsend
Jeannie
Jamie LaNair
Teresa Mylrs
Eyvonne Tackett
Toi Arn Theensen
Elsie Hart
Pearl Blevins
Addie Crabtree
Trixie
Edna Bolin
McAllen
Edna
Ellen Rogers
Coalgate
Chelie
Leys Friends
Isiti i
Jan Irs
Wwaner
Ernie
Gary Jones
Don Schutte
Kevin
Hooks
Tew
Ray Schutte
Charley Williams
Charley Wiliams
Ronald Hi
Mollie Jorden
Wille
Texas
Richard Davis
Polla
Lottie Penall Nick
Pearlee Brown
Jewel Blevins
Charlie Davis
W. M. Murphy
Beth Crabtree
Jess Lee
Chocolah
Claude Crabtree
Ratliff City
Buck
Bobbia Crabtree
Carl Aynes Sr
Carl Aynes Jr
Denison
Mary Pat DeCamp
Ester Guinn
Arvie Stewart
Chickasha
Ester, Guinn
Reba Lee
Donna Miller
Bertie Sherrel
Charles Waldroup
Kenana
C. J. Waildroup
Lou Griffin
C. J. Waldroups
C. J. Waldroup
Ben Flatt
Anna Drinnen
Rasco Hall
Joel Mitchell
Winford Wood
Jack Wood
Rita
Gale
Lula Wood
Merl.Stonewall
Judy Bock
Roy Whittington
Merl Gregory
Ilata
A. ©. Stonevich
Senior Citizens
Sam Batchler
Lehigh
Harland Stone
A. C
Joe Woolly
Aldon Griffin
McLish
Trixie Whittington
Fern Whittington
Harden City
Oklahoms
Lulu
Dewey Phares
Rand
Tolleson
H. D. Bullard
Brenda
Carol
Joyce
Dan
Iny
Curtis Williams
Fayetteville, Ark
Ginger
Phyllis
Portersville, Calif
Mrs
Ernest Smith
Japan
Dayin Stoneciph
A. C. Stonecipher
A. C. Stonseiph
Josie Killian
Mateia Massey
Eufzula
Edgar Cross
Roger Massey
Alice Caletcia
Harmon Bullard
Bobby Bottoms l
Tammy
Carol Joyce
Danny
Walter Bates
Bill Carr
Joaney, McKinney
Walter
Bales
Eil Ja Maude Carr
Ronald
Ada Linker
J. R. Linker
Cheryl and
Rowin
Ernest Lee Sweat
Vernon
Vaughan
Lea Ann
Charlottesville
Iris Wilson
Richmond
Kay
Marlow
Berna Howell
Colorado
Robert Brashears
Edgar O’neal
Ricky
Shawn Tee
R L.bipp
Ronel
Sharon O'Neal
Poklacahoma City
May Johnson
Waller McWethy
Sonny White
Nellie White
Bill McWethy
F. A. Webb
Gene Bock
Vince Bock
F. 0. Webb
Dub Jennings
Davis
W. D. Lowden
Davey
Ardmore
Patsy
Hamie
Sherie
Covina
Don Weller
Darla
Daryle
Donna
Dee Hyatt
Charles Harter
Bill Lowden
Land Christi
Christi Cannon
W. D
Lowden
Doyle Williams
Jackie Loyd
Connie Sweat
Marvin Brashears
Dickie Good
Marvella Loyd
Doris Holland
Leona Badgett
Lois Kramer
Tuesnew
Patti Fowler
Donna Sweat
Connie
Donna ‘Sweat
Diane Ellis
Qkemah
Hugh Sweat
Pat Ellis
Terry
Jerry
Kenny Ellis
Raymond Eis
Land
Okemah
Patti
the Weekly
Arville Jennings
Ed Johnson
Gary
Teresa
Purcell
Donnie Johnson
Denease
Cheryl
Robin
Harley Johnson
Teresa Johnson
Billy Doyle Johnson
Pamels
Mary Ellen Welch
Kathy
Jackie
Troy
Brandon
Muskogee
Lillian Welch
Ed Coffey
Ben Ownbey
Ken Stanfield
Earl Steward
Fitzhugh
Alma Dunn
Naomi Stanfield
Guy Lawson
Gwylene and
Arthur
Mollie Summers
Doc and Albert
Bob Hatcher
Robert
Darryl
the Hatchers
Robert Penrod
Karen
Susan
Becky
Deana
Lake Aloha
Laura Johnson
Jack Griffith
Fort Worth
John Johnson
Levelland
Carlsbad
Cairns
Ray Johnson
Long Beach
Twila Hunt
May
Farrell Sales
Raymond Johnson
Alvie Griffith
Jake McGee
Stratford
Ercy Qwabey
Floyd Hunt
Rend
Tee Marvin Hunt
Winmua
Vane Su
Betsy
Johnston
Earl Em
Jeff Bailey
Kay Howell
Erson
Omer
W. D.rowe
W. E. McCullar
Moscow
West
Russia
Communist Party
Kremlin
Iereas
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