Severe Thunderstorms Ravage Ada Oklahoma Area
A violent storm night batters Ada and nearby towns with tornado sightings and record rainfall. Residents take shelters as floods rise and a bridge washes out injuring one man, while mobile homes at Lake Creek Park suffer major damage and a hospital cohort is moved to basements for safety. Several structures flood, firefighters assist, and powerfully rising waters affect homes and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Roff
Sulphur
Coalgate
Valley View Hospital
Lake Creek
Harold Chaffin
Francis
Chaffin
Ada Fire Department
Domnic Brsy
Ralph Burns
N. Johnston
W. R. Altmiller
David Smith
Thanksgiving Recipe Submissions Sought for Ada Weekly
Ada Weekly invites readers to submit Thanksgiving recipes for the Kuntry Korner feature, including title ingredients and directions, to Ada Weekly News Ada Oklahoma by October 19. The note also describes storm flood damage in Ada with widespread water and road and street damage, five residents saved, and major impacts on local businesses and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuntry Korner
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
White
Hamburger King
McFarland-Robertson
Bonar Auto Supply
Floyd
W. 12Th
Dicus
Shoe Land
Ada Family Clothing
Dollar General Store
Barrett’s Cleaner
Oklahoma Panhandle Storm Brings Snow and Flooding
Severe winter weather battered Oklahoma with heavy snow and sleet across the Panhandle and southeast, causing road closures and power outages. A tornado injured James Bullard near Sulphur while floods washed out bridges and flooded highways in multiple counties, including Nash and Pontotoc, with arctic cold and hard freezes forecast to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
James Bullard
Quinton
Lopen
Panchurch
Panhandle
Enid
Elk City
Texas
Harper and
Cimarron Counties
Highway Patrol
Fort Gibson Museum to Honor Early Ranchers and Traders
Fort Gibson Oklahoma area rich in Indian history will honor its pioneer ranchers and traders. District Court Judge Claude Garrett has bought the old post hospital and plans to turn it into a museum opening next spring. Garrett calls the project a debt of gratitude to the green country and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Gibson
Okla
Jean Pierre Chouteau
Louisiana Purchase
Indiana Territory
Ft. Gibson
Mississippi
Dist
Claude Garrett
Stockade
Garrett
Danforth Graduate Fellowships Open for Applications
Inquiries into Danforth Graduate Fellowships for March 1971 are invited by W R Allmiller Hast Central State College Associate Dean for Teacher Education. The Danforth Foundation offers about 120 fellowships to seniors or recent grads of U S colleges planning Ph D study in an undergraduate field, with age under 30 and no graduate work yet. Applications must be submitted via liaison officers by Nov 1, 1970. direct applications are not accepted.
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Danforth
W. R. Allmiller
Hast
Central State College
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
United States
Wheat Marketing Quota Referendum Set For October Dates
A mail referendum on the 1971 crop wheat marketing quotas will run October 12 to 15 as secretary of agriculture Clifford M. Hardin announced. The vote could be postponed by Congress prior to October 12. about 1.6 million farm wheat allotment holders will receive notices and ballots must reach county offices by October 15, 1970. Preliminary results will be released after October 20 by USDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of
Clifford M. Hardin
USDA
Hardin
Tornado Destroys Mobile Home In Roff Oklahoma
The Orval Bruster family escaped injury as a tornado wrecked their three bedroom mobile home on the east edge of Roff around midnight. Twelve people sheltered in a neighbor’s cellar. no one was hurt. The Brusters found temporary shelter elsewhere as power and phone lines failed and other town buildings sustained damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval Bruster
Roff
Brusters
Bruster
Vocational Agricul
Ture
Roff School
Arthur Wardlaw
Bobby Jeff Fussell
Fussell
Reff
Allen Larsh
B. N. Bunyard
Rolf
Roger Lackey
Don Hoover
Boley
Allen Sets Homecoming Festivities
Allen prepares for its annual Homecoming Parade Friday at 2:45 PM. A record number of floats and entries fill downtown Allen as Calvin and Allen bands join the procession. Football team stands 3 1 record with high spirits. Queen Lou Ann Kimbrell, daughter of Dale and Mrs. Kimbrell, leads with attendants Denise Spitler, Ginger Boyd, and Gloria Wotford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Calvin
Lou Ann Kimbrell
Dale Kimbrell
Denise Spitler
C. D. Spitler
Ginger Boyd
Lonnie Raney
Gloria Wotford
Jess Wotford
Flooding Halts Pumps in Sulphur and Coalgate
Overnight storms hit Sulphur and Coalgate with Sulphur reporting 11.61 inches of rain. Water and gas outages, downed lines, and flooded pump stations caused townwide disruption. highways SH 31 and U.S. 75 were closed. Schools closed. several residents evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Sulphur
Loma Smith
George Eadine
Fire Department
Cottonwood
Atoka
Sulphur High School
Jesse Brown
Midaorning
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Willis Wovford
Smith
Wolford
A. B. Hill
Allmiller
Altmiller
West Main
Cherry
Johnston
Savage
Neil's Shoe Store
OK Furniture
18Th
Wintersmith Swimming Pool
Dave Gray
Guymon
Tulsa
Lawton
Platt National Park
Francis-Allen Road
Cotton Creek
Nwo
Gray
PWA
Division 3
The
Highway Department
Washita
Davis
Seminole County
Salt Creek Har
Sasakwa
Storm
Xoif
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