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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1968
Page
1
Postmaster Hicks Smith Jr. reminded readers that the 6-cent rate applies to all Christmas cards weighing one ounce or less. He urged early mailing, use of ZIP codes, and updating return addresses to improve address lists amid expected heavy mail volume.
Pontotoc County 4-H Council held a November meeting at the Extension Center to elect county officers for 1968 69 and train new officers. Gary Golde presided as vice president. candidates spoke on qualifications. Elected were Lanny Bates president Jesse Green vice president Katherine Biggs secretary Janice LaCrone reporter Karen Enis song leader and Bruce Stewart game leader. The group then received office instructions in classes.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced Norman A. Berg will become Associate Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service on January 12. Berg, deputy administrator for field services, has long shaped policy and interagency relations and joined SCS in 1943 in Downey Idaho.
Two Pontotoc County 4-H youths Janice LaCrone and Jesse Green will attend the 19th annual state 4-H Club Congress in Oklahoma City from November 28 to 30. The event features citizenship workshops, tours, and social activities at the Sheraton Oklahoma Hotel with Chamber of Commerce host committees guiding plans.
FBI arrests nine men including Stefano Magaddino alleged head of the western New York crime family. Charges include racketeering and illegal gambling bookmaking and loan sharking run from a Niagara Falls funeral home. Bail set at 100000 for Peter Magaddino and Benjamin Nicoletti Sr. plus others named.
The Ada Evening News will skip publishing on Thursday Thanksgiving Day along with most downtown Ada stores. County courthouse and City Hall offices will be closed and reopens Monday. Oklahoma Employment Service also closed. The paper resumes Friday with normal features and Friday comics. Thanksgiving is one of two yearly holidays for the News.
Sulphur Platt National Park trims winter operations due to federal budget cuts. Rock Creek campground closes Monday and reopens April 15. The park museum shifts to a five day week, closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open eight hours daily rest of the week. Permanent ranger staff stay, with seasonal workers reassigned to higher priority tasks.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education at Oklahoma University will run free adult GED classes within 100 miles of McLish School Fittstown. Enrollment Monday Dec 2 at 6 30 p.m. One session may grant a GED after progress. Classes meet Mondays and Thursdays 6 30 9 30 p.m. for 13 weeks.
State Sen. George Miller of Ada was named to the 15 member Senate Rules Committee by Sen. Finis Smith who will be president pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate next year. Sen. Don Baldwin of Anadarko was named chairman. Other members include Roy Beecher Kingfisher Byron Dacus Hobart Al Terrill Lawton Jimmy Birdson Oklahoma City Phil Smalley Norman John Luton Muskogee Bryce Baggett Oklahoma City Ed Bradley Tulsa John Young Sapulpa Allen G Nichols Wewoka Robert M Murphy Stillwater Clem McSpadden Claremore and Denzil Garrison Bartlesville.
Regents for Higher Education voted to request 28 million more dollars next year, bringing total budget to 125.5 million for 18 state supported colleges and universities. State funds would rise from 52.8 to 80.9 million, with the rest from fees and tuition. the plan omits OU Law School as a separate budget agency.
Stonewall High School announces its alumni banquet and reunion Saturday at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria with 6:30 p.m. registration in the grade school building. Entertainment by school groups includes the glee club and skits. James Treas serves as master of ceremonies. Mrs. Bobby Langley is vice president and Sybil Stokes is secretary.
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