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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1973
Page
5
All EC minimaster classes begin Monday and run through June 1. Enrollment is day-of. 275 pre enrollments show ample space. Dr. James Danley heads the program. A list of May 14 start seminars and courses follows with instructors and credits.
Course listings show multiple May sessions across departments with various directors. Subjects include Psychiatric Nursing Nuclear Medicine Automated Colorimetric Analysis Small Group Process Sociology Community Power Structure Analysis of Our Correctional Institutions Intermediate Transactional Analysis and Drama in the Churches with codes, timings, and credit hours.
East Central plans a Saturday commencement on the lawn of the Horace Mann Building with Maj. Gen. LaVern E. Weber as speaker. Weber is director of the Army National Guard and former Oklahoma adjutant general, an EC graduate, with 33 masters and 359 bachelor degrees to be awarded.
Ada High principal Dr. Darrell Hill was named president elect of the Oklahoma Association of Secondary School Principals by the Oklahoma Education Association. He will serve as president in 1973 74 and is a native of Topeka Kansas with degrees from Wichita State University and an OU EdD.
Severe weather and record flooding in the southern cotton area slow planting and raise crop risk. US Department of Agriculture analysts report only about 30 percent of north central spring plowing done versus 75 percent a year earlier with major delays in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Fertilizer shipments run ahead, but farm deliveries lag in the Midwest, risking timely planting.
Washington AP report says the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission approved a 22500 dollar grant to Oklahoma for 1976 bicentennial celebrations. Rep Tom Steed was notified by Hugh A Hall acting director. The funds will aid in establishing the state's bicentennial commission and programs.
The Agriculture Department reports table olive production in Greece and Spain fell 23 percent to 171,900 tons last year. The U S crop also dipped, down about 27,000 tons from 57,000 in 1971, per the Foreign Agricultural Service report.
The Ada High School Choraleers present a varied program at 8 p.m. in the EC Auditorium. Soloists and ensembles include Paul Thompson on cello and Ben Barrick as a soloist with selections such as Rejoice in the Lord and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. Mrs. Betty Woods directs with Rozzie Purdy and others accompanying.
Julius Cox, head of the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Authority, says Chicago executive Craig Burroughs is pursuing financing for a feasibility study to determine if a 5 million dollar bond could be serviced over 27 years to reopen the Katy line from Altus to Keyes. The authority has extensions on its option to buy rails from L. B. Foster & Co. and the rest of the line from Weldo Brewer. If financing failed, Cox believes Burroughs would have announced. The Katy line was abandoned by Missouri-Kansas-Texas after deeming operation unprofitable.
Unusual developments including a consumer meat boycott a market slowdown severe weather and a government DES ban raise uncertainty about U S meat supplies and prices for 1973 according to a preliminary Agriculture Department report.
A 21 year old student ate 83 hamburgers without buns in 2 1 2 hours at the University of Rhode Island to claim a world record. The event, sponsored by New England Food Management Inc, challenged the Guinness record set by Philip Yazdick in Chicago in 1955.
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz notes the severe impacts of the drought on farmers and agri businesses. He outlines federal relief measures and urges coordinated action by state agencies to stabilize prices and supply chains.
The Agriculture Department will issue a May 10 report detailing this year's winter wheat crop. It will present production and per acre yield estimates based on surveys conducted through May.
President Marcos plans to draft young doctors nurses lawyers and engineers for six months of civic service in poor rural and urban areas. Doctors and nurses would serve in rural health units lawyers would advise tenants in eviction cases and engineers would supervise self-help projects like farm to market roads.
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