Oklahoma Girls State Officers Sworn In Ada Capstone Event
The 1970 Girls State officers and delegates were sworn in Ada at East Central State College with Justice William A. Berry administering the oath and Gov. Dewey Bartlett as featured speaker. Bartlett praised youth participation in democracy and urged working within the system to achieve change.
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Ada
William A. Berry
State Supreme Court
Dewey Bartlett
Bartlett
East Central State College
Girls State
American Legion
George Nigh
John
Happy’ Camp
Nigh
Camp
George Miller
Richard E. Romany
Enid
al Terrill
Lawton
Ralph Thompson
Oklahoma City
J. D. Witt
Vinita
James Townsend
Shawnee
East Central
John N
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
George O. Demke
Demke
Police Report Details Multiple Accidents and Citations
A Wednesday accident near Gardenia and Foster Drive is reported with Rickey Wood cited for failure to yield. Municipal Court fines include multiple traffic offenses and a subpoena issue. District Court saw Rollie Lewis Hall for grand larceny charges while others pled guilty for unsafe vehicle operation and fishing without licenses.
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Rickey Dewayne Wood
Stonewall
Gardenia
John Willard Huneke
Foster Drive
Wood
Marshall A. Martin
James A. McDaniel
Charles W. Golightly
Billy D. Gipson
Tony Capillo
Lorene A. Blevins
Rollie Lewis Hall
Mildred Stokes Barnum
Chifdeen A. Fowler
Thomas H. Anderson
Buddy DeLozier
William Henry Davis
Julie Smith
Fire officials respond to residential fire call
Firemen were summoned to the Jerry Clark residence at 1800 East 17th Street at 7 20 p m Wednesday. Defective wiring in the central heating unit caused smoke but no fire. No damage beyond the heating unit.
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Jerry Clark
E. 17Th
ACP Program May Get More Priority
In a Capitol Hill hearing the Agricultural Conservation Program faced possible funding cuts as Nixon budget plans sought to trim or abolish it. Rep. Jamie Whitten defended ACP noting its role in soil conservation and flood control with 870 technicians tied to its operation.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Whitten
Kenneth E. Frick
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Frick
U S Hog H the World Lard Trade Leaner Hogs
The Agriculture Department reports world lard output fell 2.6 percent to about 7.56 billion pounds in 1968. US lard yield per hog trended down as pork output rose in most countries due to tighter carcass trimming and heavier market animals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
United States
Ada Department Seeks Applicants for Policeman
Ada Police Department announces an opening for an officer. Chief Lester Hokit notes Officer Don Venable resigns effective June 30 to join full-time church work. Applications accepted until 5 p.m. June 12 with required oral and written tests.
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Ada Police Department
Lester Hokit
Don Venable
Ada High School appoints Doctor Hill principal
Dr. Darrell D. Hill is in his first year as Ada High School principal after earning his doctoral degree at the University of Oklahoma graduation ceremony. OU President Dr. J. Herbert Holloman presented the degrees at Owen Stadium. Hill previously worked in Norman and taught in Kansas and Oklahoma before joining Ada.
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Darrell D. Hill
Ada High
AHS
University of Oklahoma
J. Herbert Holloman
Owen Stadium
Hill
Norman
Stipe Considers Governor Bid In Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Sen Gene Stipe says he is being urged to seek the Democratic nomination for governor and may announce Saturday. He notes Democrats have quality candidates but none to his liking while Republican Gov Dewey Bartlett faces scrutiny over a state funded Okie pin scandal.
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Oklahoma City
Gene Stipe
McAlester
Tulsa
David Hall
Joe Cannon
J. Howard Edmondson
Dewey Bartlett
Stipe
Oklahoma
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Youth Criticizes Group for Tabling War Report
A 17 year old Miami Oklahoma delegate criticized the Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church for tabling a committee report that would oppose the Vietnam War. He accused the conference of irresponsibility and said they were pressured to sweep the issue under the rug. He backed a minority report by Earl Mitchell of Stillwater as debate focused on church stance on war.
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Oklahoma City
Miami
Okla
Southeast Asia
Jack Wimer
Oklahoma
The
United Methodist Church
Council On Youth Ministry
Wimer
Board of Christian Social Concern
Earl Mitchell
Stillwater
Weather delays forum with Regents on higher education
Bad weather forced cancellation of a Wednesday forum in Ada on the role and scope of Oklahoma higher education. About 50 people waited in Pelagi Hall as the plane carrying the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education and consultants circled Ada airport unable to land, part of a tour to gauge public reaction to the regents report on charges for Oklahoma colleges and universities in the 1970s.
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Oklahoma Higher Education
Pelagi Hall
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Ada
Oklahoma
FDA Grants Swift Clearance for Parkinsons Drug L-dopa
The FDA approved L-dopa for general sale under public pressure and set unprecedented follow up tests due to high side effect rates. Commissioner Dr Charles C Edwards cautioned about risks including nausea bleeding heart issues and mental disturbances while noting potential long term importance for up to a million Americans. He asserted benefits may outweigh risks and mandated long term studies given Parkinsons chronic nature.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Edwards
Pesticide-Treated Foods May Face Import Ban
A House agriculture subcommittee plans hearings on a proposal to ban imports of foods treated with pesticides restricted in the United States. Chairman W R Poage says the measure protects consumers and ensures fair competition. The bill would block imports unless the destination country enforces antipesticide limits at least equal to U S standards. Hearings begin Monday before Rep Eligio de la Garza.
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Washington
House Agriculture
United States
Agriculture Committee
W.R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
U.S
Eligio de la Garza
Norman Man Injured in One Vehicle Crash Near Stonewall
A Norman man, Fred William Allbritton, 69, was injured in a one vehicle accident near Stonewall Wednesday night. He was admitted to Valley View Hospital and listed in fair condition. He drove a pickup east on SH 3 and struck the bridge railing at Buck Creek, injuring himself.
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Norman
Stonewall
Fred William Allbritton
Valley View Hospital
Allbritton
Buck Creek
Test Tube Life Sparks Debate On Creating Genes
Madison AP report on the University of Wisconsin team led by Nobel laureate H Gobind Khorana announcing the creation of a gene from organic chemicals. The study suggests future genetic manipulation possibilities and raises concerns over misuse and ethical decision making in heredity control.
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Madison, Wis
H. Gobind Khorana
University of Wisconsin
Khorana
Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Beckwith
Bartlett Denies Corruption Charges Amid Publicity Row
Oklahoma Governor Dewey Bartlett rejects felony accusations by Democratic state chair J C Kennedy about paying state funds to place articles. He blasts Kennedy, defends publicity for the Okie program and notes a $207000 advertising budget and a $30000 annual PR contract with a New York firm.
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Oklahoma City
Dewey Bartlett
J.C. Kennedy
Kennedy
Bartlett
New York
Oklahoma
Lawton
Horse Program For Youngsters Is Launched
A new county program for high school age riders and their horses starts Sunday at 2 p.m. at the fair grounds. Sponsored by East Central Horse Association, the sessions cover grooming health riding tack and may include minor fees later. Dr. Leon C Self oversees with aid from Don Taylor Gerald Current and others.
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East Central Horse Association
Leon C. Self
Don Taylor
Gerald Current
Robert E. Cowling
Jack Green
Cotton Warthow
Butch Sutton
Sandra Mantooth
Leon White
Ada Census Holds Few Missed Count Figures
City Manager Jim Cook discussed the Ada and county 1970 census results after talks with census officials. He expects little change from preliminary figures, notes possible revisions for servicemen home towns, and highlights an average occupancy of 2.3 people per dwelling, with about 6,000 units and more vacancies than anticipated. Ada’s preliminary 1970 count shows 14,311, down 36, while the county total drops to 27,013 after a 1,076 decline.
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Jim Cook
Ada
Cook
Peru hit by second tremor as rescue ops push north
A 5.6 magnitude aftershock rattled Lima while U S and Peruvian air forces dispatched helicopters and paratroops to Huaylas Canyon 200 miles north. Rescue teams reached Yungay and Huaraz as 2 500 survivors sought safety in a cemetery amid mud rock and water.
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Lima
Peru
Huaylas Canyon
University of California Seismographs
Berkeley
Andean Valley
U.S
Yungay
Huaraz
U.S. Air Force
Chimbote
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Pontotoc County
Vicki Lynn Miles
George S. Benson
National Education Program
American Heritage Center
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Oklahoma Department
American Legion Auxiliary
Ada Department
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