Ada Stores Brace for Holiday Shoplifting Surge
Ada merchants brace for a busy season as theft rises. Gibson's Discount Store reports catching three to four shoplifters daily, while Police Chief Lester Hokit warns merchants to watch for thieves. District Attorney Gordon Melson outlines new laws with harsher penalties for repeat offenses and allows lawful detention with safeguards.
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Ada
Jack Thompson
Gibson’s Discount Store
Gibson’s
Thompson
Lester Hokit
Gordon Melson
Pontotoc County Deer Drama Ends With Large Buck
In Pontotoc County ranger Virgil Williams recounted a dramatic hunt on Mayer Ranch. Newton Thompson Delbert Thompson and Delbert’s son pursued a large eight point buck shot twice then revived it in the truck before the deer finally expired after a chase through sloughs and barbed wire. It proved the largest animal in the Allen check station, ranked No 56.
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Pontotoc County
Virgil Williams
Newton Thompson
Delbert
Mayer Ranch
Fortune
Newt
Allen
U S is Working On Big Grain Gap
The government fills a price support gap for grain by addressing storage shortfalls in the East and Southeast. Increased poultry and livestock farming in the region raises grain output, and storage under price-support loans lets farmers hold crops to benefit from later price increases while repaying loans.
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U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Southeast
ISODA Urged To Develop Complex In Oklahoma Region
A federally sponsored report urged a 10 county Southern Oklahoma area to create jobs by building a district manufacturing and distribution center in Murray and Garvin counties. Prepared for the Economic Development Administration, the study covers Atoka Bryan Carter Coal Johnston Love Marshall Pontotoc and calls for industrial site acquisition labor data and engineering studies.
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Oklahoma
Murray
Garvin
Economic Development Administration
Atoka
Bryan
Carter
Coal
Johnston
Love, Marshall
Pontotoc
Southern
Telephone Book Delivery Friday Adapts All Number Calling
Ada gains a new telephone directory with all numbers in numerals as All Number Calling spreads nationwide. E L Roberts of Southwestern Bell confirms most U S phones already use ANC and notes local towns Coal Gate Roff Stratford Tupelo will list numbers in the new style with existing lettered prefixes in the dial.
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Ada
E. L. Roberts
Southwestern Bell Telephone
United States
Coalgate
Roff
Stratford
Tupelo
Roberts
Pecan Show Opens at Pontonnc County Fairgrounds
The Pontonnc County Pecan and Pecan Food Show starts tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the agricultural center on the fairgrounds and runs through Friday. Hundreds of entries feature native and improved pecan varieties, with black walnuts also eligible. Entrants must select about 70 pecans and bring them by 2:03 p.m. Thursday for judging. The show includes adult and junior divisions with diverse pecan based recipes and confections.
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Pontonnc County
John Netherton
Netherton
Water projects advancing in Stonewall and Allen
Stonewall moves toward completion of a new water treatment plant designed to remove iron and improve distribution with a $230,000 FHA loan. In Allen a third well is being finished after two failed attempts. a screen analysis will determine well casing details as part of a $270,000 FHA funded revamp including a new well house pumps transmission line and distribution system.
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Stonewall
Ada
Ralph Delaney
Allen
Delaney
Walter
Farmer Decline Forecast Continues In 1968
Government forecast shows fewer farms and farmers next year as a long term decline persists. Net farm income is seen down slightly this year, with little improvement expected in 1968, despite higher average income per remaining farm. Market receipts and government payments may reach about 50 billion, but rising costs offset gains. Regional notes cite competition for land and capital, with off farm options for owners and cautious optimism for larger, capable managers.
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Washington
Thericulture Department
New England
Great Lakes
Coffee Breaks Across Farm Life Through The Seasons
Kuntry Korner presents a nostalgic look at coffee time as a daily farm ritual across seasons. Readers learn how winter and summer routines shape gatherings, with details on go-withs and family chatter, plus two practical recipes: Apricot Biscuit Ring and Grilled Snacks using biscuits, fruit, nuts, and marshmallows.
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Melson
Hokit
Gibson's
Jack Cox
TGGY
Frank Dicus
Dicus Super Market
Joe Thompson
Gibson‘s
Ada Weekly News
Bud Jones
Hakett
May Johnson
Florence Isaacs
ISODA
Stonewall, Allen
County 4H
Pantotee County 4H
Lanny Bates
Shelby Morgan
Gary Golden
Katherine Biggs
Karen Enis
Teresa Golder
Agricultural Center
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