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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1972
Page
4
A federal booklet outlines planned highway and street sign and pavement marking changes from 1973 to 1977. It emphasizes increased use of symbols, international designs, color coding, and new sign shapes to convey information clearly, with examples like deer crossings and no left turns.
A court finds Mrs Baxter guilty of nuisance for releasing cabbage odors into neighbors apartments. It notes hostile living space contrasts and cites changes against spite fences. A ventilating fan case shows 27 feet apart reduces annoyance to lawful limits, with no legal interference absent revolting odors.
A collage of verse and local notes evokes June's arrival with rain washed plains, farmers, and residents sharing poems and stories. Readings mix whimsical quips, personal notices, and community updates, ending with James Russell Lowell’s ode to the year’s fresh vitality and nature’s renewal.
The piece discusses indecision as a life problem, using a shopper who constantly changes mind about purchases as an example. It notes how long deliberation can lead to extended comparisons and delayed decisions, potentially affecting others and daily life beyond shopping. Strong entities include psychologists philosophers clergy and business executives.
The piece links William James ideas on decision to everyday life and faith, warning that indecision harms individuals and nations. It reflects on doubt like Job’s, noting that belief can endure beyond reason and urging practical action, including future household innovations to ease daily labor for families.
Mrs Ellen Griffin hosted guests, with numerous family and friends visiting across Galey, Stratford, and surrounding towns. The Rev Glen Eaves led devotional services at camp meeting. many attendees traveled to Ada and Stillwater for events. Local families from Oklahoma City to California joined in picnics, birthdays, nursing home visits, and church activities throughout the period.
U S scheduled airlines carried more passengers in Q1 1972, rising 14.8 percent from a year earlier. Twenty three U S carriers flew 33.8 billion revenue passenger miles in scheduled domestic and international service, up 29.5 billion from the prior year. The load factor was 48.7 percent, versus 44.3 percent a year ago.
Anchor chain once intended for a Canadian destroyer is now employed to reforest waste lands in Ontario. Twenty-foot chain lengths are dragged by tractors across logged areas, with each 76-pound link welded to a heavy tractor chain to churn soil and mix pine needles and debris into the surface, promoting new growth.
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