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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1966
Page
4
A 1910s Ada column discusses how modern politics emphasizes appearance on screen over content. It likens Lincoln and Coolidge to today’s candidates, critiques stage presence and sensational clips, and warns against rubbernecking at disasters that hinder rescue and safety efforts.
Devotional reading emphasizes that every person matters to God yet some influence more. It highlights notable secular figures as God's men, and stresses judges' duties: responsibility to God, accessibility, and delivering true justice. Courage and integrity in judicial roles are praised as the reward of righteous appointment.
Ada’s new council met at noon Monday at East Central and elected Ross Badgett mayor and Dale Hougas vice mayor. Four new members took oath, and zoning was updated for about 130 acres annexed last winter. Emergency clause allowed quick action on street and waterline relocations and a bid for a new street department pickup.
Residents note shifting skies as rain arrives then lingers, attributing changing patterns to the Oklahoma climate and its notorious mercurial tendencies. The piece reflects local weather talk and the question of when rain will start and stop.
May Johnson reports 17 Weekly subscriptions since December with help from friends including four out of state sales to Arizona and California. She seeks updates from other correspondents on who they sell to and how many. Weather discussion notes farmers counting on rain and later dissatisfaction with rainfall.
The county voter registration books will be open Monday through Friday next week for new registrations and transfers. The county election board office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Absentee ballots for the runoff primary May 24 may be applied for now.
Clarence Duke 76 of 301 East 13th died at 5 20 p m Wednesday in an Oklahoma City veterans hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Criswell's. He was born in Baldwin Mississippi February 8 1890 and is survived by his daughter Mrs Clarice Rhoades Edmond and other relatives.
Services were held at 2 p m Thursday in Snyder Texas for D L Bowles 57 who died Tuesday after a heart attack He grew up in Ada and lived there until young manhood He was a son of the late Fred and Bessie Bowles Fred Bowles was a conservation officer for the corporation commission in Ada Surviving are his wife Gladys two daughters Mary Alice Sharpe Dumas and Dorothy Ann Bowles Lubbock and a brother R D Bowles Oklahoma City
George E Summers 74 a Konawa area resident died Wednesday en route to Hobbs New Mexico to visit a son. He was born February 10 1892 in Eufaula and lived in Summers Chapel before moving to Konawa in 1917. He leaves three sons a step son two daughters a brother and two sisters and 24 grandchildren. Watts Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements.
The piece reflects on election afterglow fading as numbers settle and reality returns. It notes disillusion among supporters and the vanishing excitement once results are known. It contrasts political fever with ordinary finances and voices a wary view of post election dreaming.
New York trading opens with heavy losses after General Motors announces four car-assembly plants on short workweeks due to weak sales and high inventories. The Associated Press index falls 1.2 points to 335.3 as the Dow slides to 906.73, below March lows. Atlas opens and trades amid block sales.
Ada Police and Highway Patrol plan a series of safety lane checks this month. The first event on Monday in the 400 block of South Broadway inspected 141 cars with 31 defects found. A second check is set for Friday from 9 to 11 am likely on South Broadway.
Non-automobile deaths in Oklahoma in January total 53, the highest for January since July 1963 when 34 died. This spike marks a notable rise in non-traffic fatalities within the state.
In a reminiscence by Bill Veeck, Ty Cobb is highlighted as a legendary yet controversial figure in American baseball. Cobb notes his career batting average of .367 and jokes that today he would hit about .300, quipping that the game is tougher but he is older now at 65.
Government engineers say by 1973 the 41 000 mile interstate system will be 1 percent of total roads yet carry 20 percent of traffic and save about 8000 lives annually with its modern design.
In the icy Arctic, about a million people live among Ekimos and nomadic reindeer herds. The population blends indigenous cultures with seasonal herding and cross regional ties to Siberia and Europe.
Ruth M. Trice writes of steadfast partnership with a man as he plows and endures storms. She recalls standing with him through dark nights and hard days, offering courage and humble thanks for his strength, as they walk into tomorrow together.
A collection of quips and jokes about daily life, luck, health, and relationships. Wry lines reference construction on the road to success, liberty, and habits, with a humor twist on doctors and misread signals.
Fish is a staple in the Portuguese economy. Fish exports in 1964 netted more than 39 million dollars in foreign exchange. One of every 50 Portuguese men earns his livelihood from the sea.
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