Local Scouting Drives Seek Funds For Ada Area
The Ada Community Chest backs eight member agencies including the Boy Scouts of America with a $90 000 goal for 1976. Scout programs span Cub Scouts explorers and youths, with 1 800 youngsters using Camp Simpson yearly and thousands helped by community volunteers.
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Boy Scouts of America
Ada Community Chest
Boy Scouts
Friends of Scouting
Camp Simpson
Ada Kiwanis Club
Wintersmith Park
Franco regime may press ahead with ETA trials in Madrid
Spanish authorities reportedly plan trials for 15 Basque guerrillas, with at least four male defendants likely to face the death penalty. Lawyer for Mugica Arregui said trials could begin Wednesday under military courts. protests continue over recent executions.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Juan Maria
Bandres
Jose Ignacio Mugica Arregui
ETA
Basque Land and Liberty
Mugica
Luis Carrero Blanco
Barcelona
Western
Europe
Junta Democratica
Sadat outlines U.S. assurances on Middle East peace
President Anwar Sadat said Washington assured him Israel would not attack Syria, there would be another Golan Heights withdrawal, and Palestinians would join efforts toward a final peace. He spoke amid debate over Sinai pact and Arab responses as Israel devalued its currency and raised fuel prices.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Middle East
Sinai
Gamal
Abdel Nasser
Central Committee
The
Arab Socialist Union
Egypt
People’s Assembly
Sadat
Soviet Union
State Pardon Parole Board Adopts Tough Clemency Stance
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board rejected 53 of 90 parole requests and 35 of 62 pardons, signaling a tougher stance amid criticism. Chairman Charles Chesnut said the board will be stricter, while Executive Secretary Buck Williams noted the unusually high rejection numbers in his 20 years. The board cites insufficient information from Corrections and Gov. Hall and has declined to reconsider 40 parole recommendations from Gov. Boren.
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Williams
Corrections Department
David Hall
David Boren
Governor Boren names Hartley to Public Welfare Commission
Oklahoma City AP reports Gov. David Boren appoints Mrs. Bob Hartley of Vinita to the Public Welfare Commission for a nine year term.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
Bob Hartley
Vinita
Public Welfare Commission
Interstate theft ring cracked in eastern Oklahoma officials say
Wilburton Police Chief Jim Roberts announced a three month probe into an interstate theft ring based in eastern Oklahoma is near breakthroughs. He cited substantial property recovered including mobile homes boats autos and welding equipment and predicted many charges across several counties and at least one other state. Authorities charged Jerry Denzil Davidson with concealing a 1974 pickup truck stolen from Swinson Chevrolet Tulsa. Davidson was not in custody at filing.
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Wilburton
Okla
Oklahoma
Jim Roberts
Roberts
Latimer County
Jerry Denzil Davidson
Swinson Chevrolet
Tulsa
Davidson
Muskogee County
Researcher says cost of services unchanged
AP analysis notes Fabian Linden of the Conference Board argues service spending has stayed roughly constant as a share of total consumption since the 1960s. He explains faster goods productivity creates the illusion of rising service growth and warns shelter costs threaten future spending shares.
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John Cunniff
New York
U.S
Fabian Linden
Conference Board
Iie
Linden
Oklahoma City Zoo Wins Zoo Goof Award
Oklahoma City Zoo Director Larry Curtis received the annual Zoo Goof award from the American Zoo Association after a 10th annual misadventure. A tiny pink creature found under straw in a tree kangaroo cage was mistaken for an albino infant. later classed as an ordinary white mouse, embarrassing staff.
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Oklahoma City
Larry Curtis
Zoo
American Zoo Association
Curtis
Sammy Davis Jr Donates 10000 To Langston Community
Langston Oklahoma reports a $10 000 donation from Sammy Davis Jr for the town of 500. Mayor A B Prewitt says the money has no restrictions and will be used as the community decides. Davis had honorary police chief status and adopted the town following earlier visits. funding routed through William L White of California who helped finance municipal projects.
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Langston, Okla
A.B. Prewitt
Sammy Davis Jr
Davis
Prewitt
Langston
Flip Wilson
Redd Foxx
Boley
Taft
California
William L. White
The
Stars
Boren Plans Washington Trip On Energy and Highways
Gov. David Boren will travel to Washington Wednesday for meetings with federal officials on energy and highway matters. He aims to discuss extending the Broadway Extension in northern Oklahoma City to connect with I 40. Oklahoma legislators and highway officials will join at 2 30 p.m. in Sen. Bartletts office.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
Washington
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Richard Ward
Stanton Young
Edward L. Gaylord
Daily
Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
Boren
State Farmers Begin Seeding Small Grains
Oklahoma farmers were actively seeding small grains last week though dry areas lag. Soil moisture stood at 66 percent adequate as wheat seedings reached 21 percent versus 38 percent a year earlier and the five year average is 37 percent. Winter oats and barley began as cool weather slowed crop maturity with corn 89 percent mature and 33 percent harvested while sorghum and cotton progress lag.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Crop Reporting Service
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Arbuckle Area
Delaware Creek
Bromide
Paul Buelow
Buddy Neal
Chuck Thompson
S. Wayne Maxwell
National Executive Institute
Schiff Scout Reservation
New Jersey
Maxwell
Miller
Ada
Basque Country
West Bank
Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
First National
First National Bank CT
Main
Broadway
F.D.I.C
OC Zoo
Sammy Davis
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