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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1966
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News argues that peaceful protest is a right in a free nation but condemns violence and property damage. It urges lawful change through courts and due process, noting civil rights progress relies more on legal avenues than mob action, and defends the right to dissent within the law.
The sermon argues the church is essential despite flaws. It asserts the church preserves God awareness, witness to faith, and reveals human nature's limits, urging believers to be born again and live with God rather than apart from him.
The Ada Ministerial Alliance sponsors Holy Week events with the theme They Met at Calvary. Noon meditations run Monday through Friday April 4–8 in First Christian Church sanctuary, led by local pastors. Easter sunrise at 6:30 in Wintersmith Park Amphitheatre or First Methodist if rain, featuring Rev. Ging with other pastors and a mixed-church choir directed by Miss Mary Jo Ruggles.
A column discusses landowners' frustrations with “continuing” permission given to one person. It notes that guests may be taken without explicit consent, highlights reasons landowners may hesitate, and urges courtesy and checking before visiting.
Byng and Ada high schools are the first in Oklahoma to become full time participants in the Peace Corps School-to-School program. Each contributed 500 dollars toward building a school in Colombia, with Peace Corps volunteers supervising.
Byng students win top prizes in the county W C T U essay and poster contests for the second year running. Junior high winners Terrie Bynum and Debra Deaton placed first and second for essays. high school winners Hershel Roberts and Janice Franks took first and second. Wes ley Sullivan won the poster contest. Winners to be honored in an assembly with cash awards.
Robert Scroggins reports on the 4-H project in Oklahoma focusing on wildlife conservation. Members study mammals birds plants and reptiles to understand habits habitats and food needs and to promote conservation on farms and ranches.
Emuius TN-900 a Angus owned by Ned Biffle south of Allen becomes the third bull in the U S to qualify as a Certified Meat Size on 100 percent of its program and the first from a registered breed. Biffle with son Jim operates 840 acres and a 100 head cow herd and promotes performance testing including carcass evaluation. He plans a new guarantee offering to sell bulls with birth weights 72 to 78 pounds and 600 pound weaning weights that would repay the buyer in a three year 40 cow herd payoff.
The Oklahoma Education Association finished filming statements from 15 of 17 gubernatorial candidates. The sessions with DEA officials were private, but public showings for teachers will be open to attendees. Candidates suggested public viewings. Cleeta John Rogers called for accountability. Raymond Gary urged stronger state merit and retirement benefits. Charles Nesbitt pledged to block J D McCarty as speaker and seek bingo law changes.
The Pontotoc County region shows signs of growing prosperity in farming and ranching. Population gains and military activity, plus potential food processing and increased beef and pork demand from Vietnam, support a brighter future despite past declines in cotton and corn.
The engineering firm Roy Jorgenson and Associates completed a needs study estimating that a full program to achieve adequacy of all highways roads and streets in Oklahoma by 1982 would require a cumulative expenditure of 5.5 billion over an 18 year period.
Postwar innovations extended exhaust channels into the cabin and by 1926 hot water heaters for automobiles entered the market, marking a shift in vehicle comfort tech.
Vanoss alumni group will meet April 12 at Center to plan the annual banquet scheduled for June 25. The gathering focuses on organizing the event details and coordinating with members.
The Democratic Central Committee of Pontotoc County announced there will be a single speaking event at Glenwood Park the night before the May 3 primary, canceling traditional stump speeches at multiple towns. Bob Bennett, county chairman, made the announcement.
A playful essay notes boys’ drive for action and invention, contrasting girls and boys while imagining a reader’s home with only girls as equally distressing. It cites an anecdote from The Wooden Barrel about Little Jimmy mischief and a comic heaven dismissing door slams.
At premium prices top athletes demand from champion teams as management weighs a profitable season, aiming to finish secure in second or third place.
Misguided are seen as fortunate while summer nears baseball starts air of progress. Robert S Kerr Water Research Center dormitory at East Central State College and other buildings rise. Highways expand and water lines extend into the countryside as homes bloom, signaling growth and prosperity countywide.
The Oklahoma Highway Department awarded 273 construction contracts totaling 55 404 094 dollars in fiscal year 1965.
A reflective piece contrasts how different beings and people perceive what is above and ahead. It ponders whether cobwebs, faces, leaders, and nations reveal discouragement or progress and ends with a social commentary on discipline and perception.
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