Healthy debate over Ada zoning hearing contentions
A district court hearing on Metropolitan Area Planning and Zoning Commission authority in areas south of Ada and east of the city drew a mixed turnout. County commissioners chair Dave Gray stated the board will pursue zoning only where residents demand it, prompting questions about annexation and civic rights in the discussion.
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Metropolitan Area Planning and Zoning Commission
Ada
Dave Gray
Board of County Commissioners
Ada Scenes Tornado Alert Sparks Frenzied Drive
A first January tornado alert in Ada prompts residents to flee to cars, ignore traffic laws, and race to shelters across town. The siren warned of a funnel but many did not preemptively seek shelter, causing several wrecks before the threat passed.
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Ada
Indianapolis
THINK BEFORE YOU SHOOT A LESSON ON BIRD IDENTIFICATION
An editor recounts a high school hunter misidentifying wildlife including a protected hawk and a roadrunner. The piece urges careful identification before shooting and notes most snakes and hawks play beneficial roles in controlling rodents and pests. It argues toward responsible sport and understanding nature.
Bible Lesson Theme From Mark 10 and Philippians Readings
International Uniform Sunday School Lesson excerpt notes devotional focus on Mark 10 and Philippians 4 4 9. The material outlines a life centered on prayer humility and peace guiding readers toward spiritual conduct and daily practice.
Service Through Jesus The Path To True Honor
A historical meditation on the word service as taught by Jesus. It contrasts common uses with a higher calling, showing service as honor and sacrifice. The essay highlights Jesus washing others feet, teaching that greatness lies in serving all, including healing and mending humanity. It cites Albert Schweitzer as an exemplar of superior service in action.
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Jesus
James
John
Africa
Albert Schweitzer
Christ
Ol’ Buzz
William Feather
Montaigne
Emerson
Anonymous quotes and witticisms collection excerpt
A collage of aphorisms and humorous sayings. Topics range from humility and memory to careers, homes, aging, and taxation. The passages mix moral maxims with light satire on society and human behavior.
Unavoidable Harm At Amusement Park Ride
A rider and mother on a surrey at an amusement park were involved when the horse bolted and toppled the cart injuring Anne. The court ruled the park not liable, citing reasonable care and inherent risk. The article notes some accidents are unavoidable and often fault lies with someone.
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Anne
Strict Liability For Dangerous Things And Unforeseen Harm
An analysis explains strict liability for dangerous activities and animals, noting a lion owner is liable for harms from the animal regardless of care. It compares to atomic reactions or stored dynamite risks in crowded apartments and warns readers to consult an attorney for facts.
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Oklahoma Bar Association
Plush hotel lounge offers Grecian maidens cocktail service
In Palo Alto California a new hotel's neo Roman cocktail lounge serves Brutus Brew Caesar's Seizure and Nero's Nightmare with waitresses dressed as Grecian maidens.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Panama Canal Dig By Half Million Workers
The construction of the Panama Canal required the labor of nearly 500000 men. It reflects the massive workforce and engineering effort that enabled the canal’s completion creating a vital shipping shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Panama Canal
Classified Ad Note
Buy sell trade rent with News Classified Ads. Dial FE 2 4433.
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Dial
None preaches better than the ant and the eye’s tears
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on wisdom. It juxtaposes sayings about preparation, conscience, and perception with observations on rainbows, flowers, and ignorance.
Laugh at Yourself Says Barker on Good Turns and Wisdom
Witty lines on laughter and self mockery contrast with grumbling people who find life a bed of roses. A fragment hints at changing social norms mentioning girls swimming and the old-fashioned view of Mother Hub.
Grandmothers Pan Size Trick Explains Family Ham Prep
The new husband asks why his wife cuts off ham ends. She says her mother did it, who says she inherited the habit from her mother. Grandma finally explains the practice came from a pan too small. The dash marks the distinction between the notable and the notable.
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Grandma
Beating turnips and foggy places told in a hillman remark
An old hill man quips that turnips beat nothing, while a town jokes about rebuilding a torn landmark after a fund drive. A humorous exchange notes London’s fog as rivaled by a nameless far foggier place, leaving the punchline on fog.
Long Time No Do Saintly Man Offers Castle for Sale
A poetic notice by Jean Leedale Knight laments a serviceable yet unpraised helper who repairs plaster woodwork and garden while the castle is put up for sale. The speaker requests no praise for the seemingly loyal but overlooked worker.
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Jean Leedale Knight
Herefords Highlight Ada Auction at Ada Livestock
Polled Herefords take center stage next Saturday at 1 p m as Blair Hereford Ranch launches its first production sale since 1956 at the Ada Livestock Auction. Eight bull prospects and 36 heifers head the lots with eight additional range bull prospects also offered. A W Hamilton serves as auctioneer.
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Ada
Blair Hereford Ranch
Lester Blair and Sons
Wes
Ivan
A. W. Hamilton
Slow progress on Conservancy easements and river valley plans
The piece discusses slow easement acquisitions for Oklahoma conservancy districts amid conflicting views and owner unease. It stresses that flood prevention requires full cooperation and a complete system, not isolated structures, and ends with quotes from William Feather and Montaigne on humility and insight.
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Conservancy
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Fatalities Rise As Car Numbers Grow
A historical reflection on Oklahoma highway deaths notes 708 killed last year, nearly 19 000 injured, and 44 000 crashes. The piece credits speed and attitude as main dangers and credits the Highway Patrol for reducing deaths in earlier eras, while warning deaths rose as traffic expanded postwar.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma traffic accidents and fatalities figures from the 1960s
The questions and answers summarize Oklahoma highway safety data for the early 1960s. Approximately 44 000 accidents occurred in 1963 and about 708 people were killed in 1962. Around 18 930 persons were injured in traffic crashes last year.
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Oklahoma
Vitamin Pills Worthless For Most Folks
Dr. Helen F Barbour of Oklahoma State University says Americans waste about 350 million dollars yearly on vitamins not needed by the body. She warns extreme doses of vitamins A or D can cause loss of appetite irritability nausea and headaches. She notes we are nutritionally privileged yet highly vitamin conscious, especially for children, though supplements may be needed for those recovering from illness or under constant nervous tension affecting digestion.
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Stillwater
Helen F. Barbour
Food and Nutrition
Oklahoma State University
Louisville Zoo Funded by J. Graham Brown Donation
Louisville receives a $1.15 million gift from hotelman J. Graham Brown to start a new city zoo, with plans for a major public attraction in Kentucky.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville
J. Graham Brown
Mayhue Faces March 18 Start on District Court Docket
County Attorney Francis Mayhue moves to finish County Court term before starting District Court criminal docket on March 18. Among upcoming cases are driving while intoxicated charges, grand larceny attempts, contempt tied to child support, rape first degree, receiving stolen property, and obtaining money under false pretenses. Non jury and other motions appear for March 15 with cases involving Audie Hall, Donald Smith, Peter Walker, and others.
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Mayhue
William James Monroe
Ada
Mary C. Painter
William Brady
John Boyce McKeel
Lloyd LeFevers
Peter Walker
Edward Lyda
Joe Kenneth Lyda
Jerry Don Shelton
John Granville Parker
Elmer Nichols
Emmett Scates
Harley Harrison
Jimmy Leon Carter
Carl W. Simmons
Elmo Yeargen
Lester Clyde Edgar
Perry B. Summers
Glenn R. Wilson
George Flint
Boby Miller
McKeel
Standard Oil Co. of California
Audie R. Hall
M. B. Crumley
Donald L. Smith
Emily LaBelle Marcum
Richard C. Cope
Carlene Cope
Services Held for Jacky Wayne Bullard
Special services were held at the First Baptist Church of Sulphur for 16 month old Jacky Wayne Bullard son of Rev. and Mrs Leamon Bullard of Cordell. Interment followed at Oaklawn with Dunn Funeral Home in charge. The child died in a Cordell hospital Tuesday. The Bullards longtime Sulphur residents moved to Cordell in 1958. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Diggs of Durant and Mrs Mattie Bullard of Sulphur.
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Jacky Wayne Bullard
Leamon Bullard
Cordell
First Baptist Church
Bullard
Swan Lake Baptist Church
Hydro
Donna
Darla
Owen J. Bullard
George Diggs
Durant
Mattie Bullard
Mrs Martha Bishop Dies. Ada Resident Was 74
Mrs Martha Bell Bishop aged 74 of Route 3 Ada died at 2:25 am at her home. Born March 1 1883 in Gainesville Missouri she married J T Bishop in 1900. She moved to Ada in 1906 with four sons and two daughters, many grandchildren and great grandchildren survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Criswell Funeral Home.
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Martha Bell Bishop
Ada
Gainesville
John Nipps
Annie Sanders Nipps
Memoth
J. T. Bishop
Missouri
Bishop
Baptist Church
Bill Bishop
Dalles
Oregon
Ernest
Silverton
Frank
Odis
Mendota
Calif
Bertha Roberts
Bessie Carney
Ben Nipps
Criswell Funeral Home
Veteran George F. E. Armstrong Dies at Ada Hospital
George FE Armstrong 1311 South Johnston Ada died Thursday in a local hospital. Born September 13 1897 in Collinsville Texas to S J Armstrong and Maude Armstrong he came to Ada in 1902. He is survived by sister Opal Kemp. Services Friday at 10 am at Criswell Funeral Home with Rev Hugh Warner officiating. Burial in Memorial Park.
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George FE. Armstrong
South Johnston
Collinsville
Texas
S. J. Armstrong
Maude Adamson Armstrong
Ada
Opal Kemp
Chapel of Criswell Funeral Home
Hugh B. Warner
Memorial Park
Mrs Margaret A Stewart Dies in Ada Hospital
Mrs. Margaret A. Stewart, 8, Kingston, died Thursday morning in an Ada hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Smith Funeral.
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Margaret A. Stewart
Kingston
Ada
Smith Funeral Home
Mrs Mary A Nordean Dies At 80 In Local Hospital
Mrs Mary A Nordean aged 80 of 919 East Eighth died at 3 30 a m Friday in a local hospital. She is survived by her husband Charlie W Nordean six daughters and other relatives. Smith Funeral Home will arrange services.
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Mary A. Nordean
East Eighth
House Cuts Powell Budget And Ends Special Task Force
The House trimmed Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's Education and Labor Committee budget from 348 500 to 200 000 for next year and redirected 50 000 to the parent panel under his oversight. Six subcommittees receive 25 000 each. Powell is limited on how funds are spent amid criticism of ridiculed junkets and power over the task force. Powell was away ill with flu at the time of the vote.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Harlem
Puerto Rico
Navy signs recruit via radio contact
Navy recruitment story from Louisville details amateur operator Robert McAlpin contacting Chief G. W. Edmondson at Lodi California station. After nights of talks about Navy life, Edmondson succeeds in signing McAlpin as a recruit.
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Louisville, Ky
Navy
Robert McAlpin
G. W. Edmondson
Lodi
Calif
Edmondson
McAlpin
Belgium Land Area and Population Figures Noted
Belgium encompasses 11 779 square miles with a population of 9 153 000, noting geographic size and demographic total.
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Belgium
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Ada Evening News
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Pontotec
Okla
Dr. Foreman
Nand
Come Nelson
Bridge
Cheney
Earth
S. Omar Barker
Mother Hub
London
Ada’s
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Martha B. Bishop
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