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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1977
Page
4
President Carter pushes a coal based energy shift, arguing for expanded use to revive industry. Critics warn of environmental harm and costly conversions, while transport rails and eastern coal regions face funding strain and potential disruption.
Carla Waugh an ECU senior from Okmulgee was named one of 11 winners in the State Graphics Competition sponsored by the State Art Collection Committee. She received a 75 prize for her pen and chalk drawing Little People Space Odyssey. Her work will be framed and added to the State Art Collection Exhibition which will tour the state and region.
The Sunshine church reported 33 in Sunday school and 27 in the evening service Wanda Parr led a special in the evening Don Parr led both services Visitors included Hampton Hayes Oklahoma City Jewel Green Riverbank Calif Delora Young Fresno Calif and many local residents The report lists numerous visits and social calls across Ada and nearby communities with several travels to and from the area over the week.
Sunday at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church attendance reached sixty five with many visitors from Stratford Oklahoma City and Ada. The day included corsages for youngest oldest and most mother participants, a Bible study, a sermon, and large family gatherings across Stratford Latta Wynnewood and Pauls Valley with dinners and Mother Day greetings.
Last week and weekend residents including Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Macomber Bryan Cooper and families, Dale and Mildred Cooper, and many relatives hosted and visited across Ada Holdenville Norman and surrounding areas. Attendees listed include Jay Jenkins Gary Chaffin Edd Huff Don Vendable Don Williams and Goldie Looney with multiple trips to Ada Norman Stratford and Lake Texhoma.
Carleen Bochenheuser of the National Foundation March of Dimes spoke at the Vanoss FHA April 26 on healthy babies. She urged proper diet and health care for young girls and expectant mothers, discussed VD drugs alcohol birth defects and genetic counseling, and films Tomorrow Today and Inside Me were shown.
A religious reflection on speech and its harm. The author cites Jesus about maiming to illustrate severe consequences of untruthful or intemperate words. He argues that names can wound as deeply as sticks and stones and warns against underestimating verbal harm. The piece cites Hitler and propaganda as examples of language's power.
A letter comments on the danger of inflammatory words in society. It cites James who calls the tongue a fire and a deadly poison, noting the harm of praising God and cursing others with the same mouth and urging self control.
An appellate court ruled the judge acted within his authority when citing a lawyer for contempt for appearing in an open-collared shirt. The decision notes lawyers have long been regulated by judges, even over personal matters tied to courtroom decorum.
A recipe section offers Kuntry Korner rum cream cake and Copycat Gravy Mix with step by step directions and storage tips. A legal discussion notes lawyers as officers of the court and a judge's discretionary rulings on attire and contempt, with contrasting treatment of lawyers and laymen in court.
Multiple Ada area residents are reported dead with ages ranging from 35 to 80. Death notices list dates in early May and funeral homes including Criswell Smith Bailey and local Ada directory partners.
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