Fuel Shortage In Ada Oklahoma Prompts Limited Supplies
Ada gasoline dealers warn of a potential summer shortage as Kerr-McGee and others curtail sales. Distributors report allocations near last year but with no new business and planned reduced hours. Officials cite anti-pollution rules and rising consumption as factors.
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Oklahoma
Art Cox
Ada
Kerr-McGee
Texaco
Standard
Kerr-McGee Oil Corp
United States
L. E. Sanford Jr
Sanford Oil Co
Sanford
Heard Broadrick
Heard Oil Co
Texaco Distributors
Midwest
Broadrick
America
Clark
Record Milk and Cream Sales Reach 7.2 Billion in 1972
The Agriculture Department reports cash sales of milk and cream in 1972 rose to a record nearly 7.2 billion dollars, up from 6.8 billion in 1971. Of 120.3 billion pounds produced, 116.7 billion were marketed, with farm use down five percent while plant purchases rose two percent. Wisconsin led with about 1.06 billion in 1972.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Improvement Ideas for Various Projects
The note suggests exploring a wide range of enhancements across different endeavors. It invites creative input and practical suggestions to optimize performance, usability, and impact. It emphasizes iterative testing and prioritizing changes with clear benefits.
Paris changes subsidies to lure cheap hotels
The French government ends large-scale incentives for 1000-room luxury hotels and offers a $900 subsidy per new room in the lowest price tier to revive affordable, Parisian-friendly lodging. Critics say the plan still favors higher priced rooms and many small hotels with charm may survive only if they offer character and reasonable rates.
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Rolland Buffat
Notre Dame
Buffat
Ethiopian student Alemtshay studies at Murray Oklahoma
Alemtshay Her tears mark a long journey from Addis Ababa to Murray State College in Oklahoma. The eighteen year old Ethiopian traveler attends business administration classes while living on campus and plans to return home after four years with new knowledge. Her father, a businessman and crown advisor, hopes for their reunion soon.
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Tishomingo
Alemtshay
Addis Ababa
Murray State College
Oklahoma
Clyde Kindell
Murray State
Kindell
Ethiopia
National College of Agriculture
Haile Sellassie University
Murray
H. G. Bennett
OSU
Belete
Dr. Kindell
Wolanca
Oklahoma State University
Alemi- Shay
America
Convict Says Tunnel Bribery Fueled Oklahoma Escape Plot
Leroy Tiffey, 49, an Oklahoma State Penitentiary inmate serving 20 to 60 years for armed robbery, tells Tulsa’s Tulsa Tribune he paid about 10 000 dollars in bribes to advance a nine prisoner tunnel escape. He alleges a loan shark ring within the prison funded the plan with 5 000 dollars to a lieutenant and small payments to guards. Warden Park Anderson and officials promise investigation.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Tulsa
The
Tulsa Tribune
Leroy Tiffey
Tiffey
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Tribune
Park Anderson
Worlds of Fun opens in Kansas City a 20 million park
Worlds of Fun, a 20 million amusement park by Lamar Hunt, opens May 26 on 140 acres near downtown Kansas City. The themed park features 60 rides and sections representing Old West Europe Africa Orient and Scandinavia with attractions including Cotton Blossom stern wheel boat Moulin Rouge theatre Zambezi Zinger and Alpine Animal Village.
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Kansas City
Lamar Hunt
Europe
Africa
Orient
Scandinavia
Rica
Taft Inauguration Snow Clearing by 6000 Workers
In 1909 during Taft's inauguration, about 6,000 laborers worked a 12 hour shift to clear snow in preparation for the ceremony.
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William Howard Taft
Atoka Woman Dies in Two Car Atoka County Crash
A 20 year old Atoka woman Kathy Howard died from injuries after a two car collision eight miles east of Atoka on Oklahoma 3. The crash occurred Tuesday while her mother Thelma Estell McCool drove another vehicle. Police say the death increases Oklahoma 1973 highway toll to 203, compared with 244 a year ago at this time.
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Atoka
Atoka County
Kathy Howard
Ada
Thelma Estell McCool
Oklahoma 3
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Clyde Rollins
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Martin Oil Co
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Skelly
Ed Lance
Martin Clark
Standard Oil Co
New England
First National Bank 4 Trust Company
Main
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F.D.I.C
Paris
Ritz
the George V
Associated Press
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