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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
4
A Ada News editorial argues most police officers serve with dedication, noting rare brutality cases while citing Reader’s Digest and FBI statistics. It warns against broad defamation of law enforcement and stresses citizens’ safety as priority amid rising crime concerns.
The piece explains that contracts and even some crimes can form through actions or gestures without words. It cites cases where nods, gestures, or branding a stick over a tenant’s head were treated as binding actions or assaults, and notes defamation can be conveyed by looks or actions.
In Junction City Kansas 13 civic groups posted Welcome signs along I 70 reading Junction City welcomes you Home of 20 365 friendly people and 6 old grouches Don Coates Chamber of Commerce official calls the grouches joke in humorous vein and says names aren’t known.
A man requires about a seventh of a second to consciously wink while an insect approaching the eye triggers a reflex eyelid snap in a third of that time.
The column analyzes farm prices and consumer costs, noting wage and transport factors outpace farm values. It argues population growth may slow, world demand shifts with trade, and critiques government program names like Social Security and Upward Bound. It also covers auto safety debates and international reactions to U S industry.
Hart Mr and Mrs Johnny Ward of Oklahoma City spent Friday night with J E Woolly family. Saturday supper guests included Harold Woolly and family Altus and A C Kennedy family Bakersfield California. Woolly reunion at Tupelo Sunday and visits to Stonewall and Ada.
AP recounts the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany, beginning at 3:15 a.m. with 3 million troops, tanks, guns and planes. The campaign yielded early gains but later exhaustion, with Soviet counteroffensives, the turning point at Stalingrad, and about seven million Soviet deaths by 1945.
Mr and Mrs Ercy Ownbey hosted Tuesday night guests including Mr and Mrs Arno Griffith and Mrs Mary Ownbey visited Stratford. Sunday visitors included Mrs Bob Hatcher and Charles Ownbey. Mrs Ercy Ownbey Mrs Arno Griffith and Shelby Stanfield attended the Lightning Ridge singing convention. The Ben Ownbey and Charles family attended a fish fro.
Numerous visits and social greetings fill a week across Ada Sulphur and nearby towns. Families including Knights Ownbeys Hatcher Stanfield Summers Penrod and Crawford host and visit relatives and friends from Vanoss to Oklahoma City and Las Vegas with dinners, picnics, and weekend gatherings.
Calvin Wall has joined the paratroopers and will begin six weeks of training at Fort Polk Louisiana before heading to Vietnam. His wife and children visited Monday with Mrs Grace Johnson and May at Lightning Ridge.
Recent visitors include Mr. and Mrs. A L Croom Ardmore and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whitful Muskogee who called on Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brashears. Lt H B Canida of Tupelo was commissioned after OTS at Lackland AFB.
A devotional essay links the 587 B.C. Jerusalem fall to present moral responsibility. It argues God as Savior and Judge, urges personal national character formed by daily choices, and asks if readers are part of the problem or the answer.
Dickie Goode on leave from Ft. Polk La visited Tu pelo last week with Lavonda Loyd and set their wedding date for August. Goode longtime resident of Oklahoma City and Prague High School alumnus.
Mr and Mrs Charles Harter and Mar sha visited her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Williams in Hot Springs Arkansas last week.
Mrs Judy Phillips and her children from Odessa Texas visit her parents Mr and Mrs Howard Jones Sr. She also spends time with brother Howard Jones Jr who is stationed at Ft Polk Louisiana on temporary leave.
Lisa Williams of Owasso visited her grandmother Mrs. Gladys Davidson last week, sharing time and stories at the family home.
Ellen Kaye Brown daughter of Doyle and Mrs. Brown of Durant united in marriage Saturday at the First Methodist Church Durant. Attended by uncle J R Linker family Cheryl and Robin, and aunt Stella Brown with grandmothers present. Doyle Browns formerly lived in Tupelo.
Recent visitors of Mrs. Eula Jennings included her granddaughter Mrs. T L Miller from Oroville Washington and her brother in law M L Fahy from Tulsa Oklahoma.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Murphy and Ginger with Effie Murphy of Oklahoma City took Steve to a promide Sunday at a boy scout camp for a week. They were joined by Mrs Hokett and Mr Smith families along with Glinda Mary and Francis for a picnic at Camp Simpson and color pictures of hills tents and arrival.
Firemen responded to a four mile north Ada call at 1 02 p m Monday about a fallen electric line igniting woods. On arrival they found a man burning trash and the call was logged as an honest mistake. At 3 22 p m another run involved washing down a leaking gasoline tank in the 100 block of West Main to remove a hazard.
A discussion on why Kentucky bluegrass appears blue but is actually green upon close inspection. The effect is likely caused by a layer of blue limestone altering color perception.
A comic piece riffs on misaligned yellow pages index headings and office humor. It weaves absurd pairings from AIR-automobiles to WATCH-WRECKERS, cites a nearby city with quirky listings, and ends with a series of light, old fashioned jokes about a magician, a barber, and a first day at school.
The excerpt muses on guilt and relief after a mishap, praises future focus, and notes that youth offers experience by example. It pairs Leonard K. Schiff's reflection with general maxims about action, age, and tone of voice.
Jean Wick outlines a preference for comedy drama news weather and sports plus music variety and special reports. She expresses excitement for wrestling groans and grunts and notes she enjoys every show but only once.
A passerby offered to push a stalled car but the driver then sped away. She returned at 30 to 35 mph and struck the motorist, leaving him shocked. A quip ponders how youth and age shape concerns about retirement.
A humorous column riffs on rising prices and quirks of physics. The piece notes a toyed comparison between costs from years past and today and includes a curious line about a man asserting his wife is the fastest thaw in the west, adding a folksy flavor to regional banter.
A light hearted line advises men to guess wives' sizes by choosing smaller gifts for birthdays. A separate kid joke has a boy finding money left by a fairy after losing a tooth and telling his mom she could quit work if more teeth loosened.
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