Ross High School Alumni Meet and Banquet Report
The Ross High School alumni held their annual meeting and banquet with 93 attendees led by Cindy Williams Woods as president and Doc Tolliver as oldest alumnus. Dale Etchieson traveled from Richmond, California, for the reunion, with Beth Stewart and Sheri Maxwell elected officers for 1976. next reunion planned for June. The Holiday House of Ada hosted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Thacker
Davis
Irene Swink
Othello Mardis
Harold Davis
Oklahoma City
Richard Etchieson
Dewey Etchieson
Cherokee
Dale Etchieson
Richmond
Calif
Richard Earl Etchieson
Dallas
Raymond York
Allen
Richard Earl
Ross High School
Grady Jinks
McCurtain
Raymond Laseman
Hickory
L. H. Laseman
Mountain View
Raymond Lee
Lowell
Alvin Mantooth
Maysville
Ben Flowers
Odessa
Tex
Ann Sheffield
Buford Grey
Pimona
Ross
W. D. Butler
David
Konawa
Maxine Putnam
Dorthy Etchieson
Dewayne Etchieson
Dora Hostetler
Houston
Richard Etchies
York
Nova Ivy
Europe
Barbara Pybas
Gainesville
Eddie Pybas
Harold Lee Stevens
Rofs Park
Methodist Church
Donetta Wallace
Terrie Stephens
Melinda Hudson
Vanoss
Eddie Tate
Roosevelt
Thorugh
LeRoy Raley
Ross Baptist Church
Veterans Hospitals
Hatchett
Ada
Nettie Ownbey
Stratford
Vergil Searberry Jr
Ethel Reed
Lara Miller
Bessie Searberry
Ethel Wade
Virginia
Phillis Hodges
Lloyd Johnson
Inlaw
Oscar Harris
Miami
California
Rudean Clifton
Carlton Tulley
Doc Tolliver
Phoenix
Ariz
Beth Stewart
Sheri Maxwell
Violence seeming to aid mental health in Northern Ireland
In six years of The Troubles a Belfast psychiatrist notes a short term mental health improvement among the population as violence gives people purpose and involvement. Long term effects appear harmful, with rising crime and social decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Hla. Lyons
Lyons
Purdysburn Hospital
Wales
Britain
Spain
London
Joshua Bierer
United States
Bierer
Institute of Social Psychiatry
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Ulster
Jules H. Masserman
Chicago
Rockefeller Adjusts To No. 2 Role
Nelson A Rockefeller says after six months as vice president he has adjusted to being the No 2 man and developed a close working relationship with President Ford. He notes his usefulness remains intact despite controversies and says Ford should choose the ticket as he sees fit. Reagan is cited as a viable conservative challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford
Rockefeller
Central Intelligence Agency
California
Ronald Reagan
Fighting Foxy Dies After Two Reprieves
In Mexico City Foxy the veteran bull dies at 14 after two pardons, having defeated Armillita in two bouts and been spared each time. He returned to pasture before a final fight that ended his life, marking a rare three showdown in a major plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Foxy
Manolo Espinosa
Armillita
el Progreso
Javier Garfia
Mexico
Polliwogs Fail To Sell In Long Beach Venture
Dick Berry, 10, sets up a polliwog shop in Long Beach with a good stock but few buyers, deciding to pursue a more profitable business idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Dick Berry
Secretary urges consolidation of Rock Island with other lines
Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr says the financially troubled Rock Island should merge with other railroads. He argues quick solvability within six months with no service loss and no large federal funding, if Rock Island officials agree. Coleman outlines a plan to condition federal loans on consolidation and notes rail traffic duplication along the Omaha to Chicago corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transportation
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
William T. Coleman Jr
Coleman
Daily, Oklahoman
U.S. District Court
Frank McGarr
Nicholas G. Manos
Congress
Omaha
Chicago
Midwest
Tansportation
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
United States
Henson Murder Trial Delayed to July 21 in Oklahoma
The first degree murder trial of Jess Henson is postponed to July 21 due to irregular jury summons. Judge Pat Pate dismissed 200 prospective jurors after finding summons by first class mail without a judge's signed order. Henson, a Sapulpa motel operator, is charged with masterminding the June 19 1974 murder of Susan Bush, a 68 year old Sapulpa widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Jess Henson
Pat Pate
Poteau
Jack Sellars
Bill Haworth
Pate
Henson
Sapulpa
Susan Bush
Governor Labels Local Project Funding as Bureaucracy
Oklahoma Governor David Boren blasts line item funding of hometown events as bureaucracy, vetoes about 200 000 in historical society spending, while arguing for quality control to end pet projects and free funds for doctors and education. House Leader Jim Townsend accuses press of promoting pork barrel politics and defends local events drawing tourist dollars from across the nation and world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
David Boren
House
Jim Townsend
Oshawnee
Boren
Oklahoma Historical Society
Bicentennial Commission
Historical Society
Townsend
Oklahoma
Former Oklahoma City Councilman Arrested in Lawton
John M. Smith a former Lawton City Council member was arrested on a charge of transporting an open container of alcohol and for being in actual physical control while intoxicated. He refused a blood alcohol test claiming he was not driving the van.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
John M. Smith
Oklahoma City
Smith
Greg Clift
Lawton Street
Clift
Court To Mediate Dispute Over County Pay Raises
Tulsa County Assessor Wilson Glass and the county commissioners clash over who can authorize pay raises for 74 of Glass' 165 staff. The commissioners approved raises but delayed their effective date, while Glass argues they lack authority to involve itself in his budgeted raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TULSA
Tulsa County
Wilson Glass
Glass
Robbers Take 7200 From Coyle Bank in Oklahoma Heist
Two black men armed with a sawed-off shotgun robbed the Bank of Coyle Oklahoma taking 7200. The pair fled in a green Ford, later abandoned near Langston dam. investigators think they now drive a 1967 or 1968 green Cadillac. Bank officials described the assault and a bystander briefly stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlotta Fruin
Oklahoma 33
Langston Dam
Miss Fruin
Kenneth Harris
Fanny Smalley
Missing Inmates May Be In Hiding
McAlester Oklahoma AP State prison officials held hope two inmates might still be inside the prison walls after Danny R. Turner 25 and Patrick Fleming 24 missed a 4 p.m. roll call. Guards and troopers cordoned the industrial area and continued a wide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Danny R. Turner
Patrick Fleming
Recording Suit Ends In Tulsa
In Tulsa a jury awarded Granada Enterprises two thousand four hundred sixty one dollars after finding Historical Record Presentations breached the contract over 25 000 White House transcript albums. HRP sought eighteen thousand four hundred twenty one dollars in costs. the final price per album was set at two dollars twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TULSA
White House
Granada Enterprises, Inc
Derrick Recording Studios
Historical Record Presentations, Co., Ltd
Nixon
HRP
Granada
Public Service Refused Increase In Rates
Tulsa based Public Service Co. loses bid for higher wholesale electric rates for six cities and four rural coops. Administrative law judge J. S. Kaplan reduces the allowable return from 8.88 to 7.7 percent, halting a proposed $505,000 annual increase. Possible appeals will influence final pricing. Ten affected entities include Indian Electric Cooperative, Kiwash Electric Cooperative, Red River Valley Rural Electric Association, Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative, and cities Pawhuska, Marlow, Frederick, Altus, Anadarko, Cordell, Kaw City, Mannford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Rp)—Public Service Co
J. S. Kaplan
Federal Power Commission
Indian Electric Cooperative
Cleveland
Kiwash Electric Cooperative
Cordell
Red River Valley Rural Electric Association
Marietta
Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative
Collinsville
Frederick
Altus
Anadarko
Kaw City
Mannford
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Roff
By Mary Laseman
C. W. Thacker
Mrs
New York
Senate
Capitol
Executive Office
Apa-locka, Fla
Apa-locka
Ers
Secret Historical Society
Associated Press
Coyle Bank
Robert Childress
Coyle
Harris
Public Service
Pawhuska
Marlow
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