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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1973
Page
4
A reader argues for adding concentration training to school programs below college level. He describes how focus improves efficiency and quality across academics business sports and daily tasks and suggests practical classroom methods to build lasting attention skills.
A court rules an engagement ring is returnable if the engagement ends and the gift was conditional. It notes gifts during courting are not covered, while gifts from friends or relatives depend on inferred intent, citing a father’s $5,000 joint account as an outright gift presumed intended for marriage.
A narrator reflects on Jim a young man torn by two opposite desires. Jim faces a moral crisis at a service station job where the owner pressures him to cheat for profits, testing his conscience against business demands. The piece evokes biblical echoes of serving two masters and choosing between competing loyalties.
Twenty four 4-H delegates from Latta Stonewall Roff and McLish attended the 52nd annual State 4-H Round-up at Oklahoma State University with Governor David Hall among speakers. County 4-H members won blue ribbons in electric talks dairy demonstration and dress revue while others competed in Share the Fun acts representing Pontotoc County.
Ada prepares a busy summer with the Summer Arts Program and dozens of activities. Baseball leagues, basketball, swimming, tennis and golf along with Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Boys Club, Girl Scouts, band, choir, library programs and neighborhood recreation offer wide participation for Ada residents and surrounding areas.
Multiple Ada and Stratford area residents passed away in late May and early June. Names include Zula Chapman 80 Ada, Luella Frazier 78 Ada, Edmond Kemp 77 Coal Gate, Ralph Stobaugh 78 Ada, Annie Bell Hottel 91 Stratford, Lawrence Green 71 Ada, Mrs G Boatwright 69 former Ada, Mrs Rena Rogers 79 Ada, Arthur A Williams 69 Stratford, Lorene A Clark 60, James Francis Burns 82 Coal Gate, Winnie D May 74 Stratford. Funeral homes listed: Criswell Jones Feggins Pickard Smith Jim Epperson.
Sunday evening reports from Oakman mention Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of De Kalb Illinois hosting visitors Mrs Addie English Rebee and her brother Clarence Tenney from Vaness. It notes Mrs James Castoe visiting Mr and Mrs Elmer Lee and a telephone call received by Mrs Elmer Lee from her daughter.
Oklahoma City AP report says milk prices will increase two cents per gallon today. Robert C Townley of Townley's Dairy Products explains dairymen must pass the federal order increase set for Oklahoma, tied to milk supply and production costs.
Copenhagen sees 10 days of talks by the United States and 16 leading fishing nations to set efficiency and control quotas in the Northwest Atlantic. Iceland pushes a 50 mile limit, disputing Britain, while abolition of the 12 mile rule is debated but banned from formal discussion.
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