Oklahoma gubernatorial race draws focus as three-way contest heats up
Oklahoma City AP reports a three way gubernatorial race among Republican Gov. Dewey Bartlett Democrat David Hall and American Party candidate Reuel Little dominates attention as campaigns head into November. Bartlett favored, Hall facing uphill fight, Little could tilt results with substantial votes. Several state offices show close potential contests.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
David Hall
Reuel Little
Bartlett
Hall
Little
Madill
Bartlett Hall
G.T. Blankenship
L.E. Bailey
Nigh
Ralph Thompson
Jack Davidson
Ada Language Arts Conference Held At Ada High School
One of five state language arts conferences will be at Ada High School on Saturday with sessions at Northeastern State College Tahlequah Northwestern Alva Southwestern Weatherford and Central State Edmond. The Ada program features James Elliott East Central State College English professor as assembly speaker and Mrs Theda Calvert Ada High English teacher in charge. Local leaders include Fern Weber Miss Marsilea Smithheisler Stephen Deaton and Betty McGee with Ada teachers and hostesses organizing registration groups and discussions for about 100 teachers from the East Central district. Coffee and doughnuts will be served from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and the program begins at 9:30.
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Ada
Northeastern State College
Tahlequah
Northwestern
Alva
Southwestern
Weatherford
Central State
Edmond
James Elliott
East Central State College
Ada High
Theda Calvert
Fern Weber
Tonkawa
Marsilea Smithheisler
Stephen Deaton
Cushing
Betty McGee
Pauls Valley
Calvert
Virginia Evans
Bill Brackett
East Central District
Lorrie Rich
Wilma Lane
Ada Junior High
Elora Matthews
Washington
Betty Black
Irving
Elliott
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English
State Department of Education
Weber
English Teachers Council
Old Sod House recalls days of Oklahoma past
Cleo Springs residents recall frontier life through a two room sod house built in 1894 by Marshall McCully. The surviving structure, once part of a million sod homes, was preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1963 and restored to resemble 1907 conditions.
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Oklahoma
Cleo Springs
Marshall McCully
McCully
Oklahoma Plains
The
Oklahoma Historical Society
Pontotoc Angus Sale Totals $44 000
The seventh annual Pontotoc County Angus Association sale featured 58 registered animals and 150 commercial heifers selling for a total of $44,000. Average prices were $380 for registered animals, $401 for bulls, and $370 for cows. Dr. H. D. Hall topped bulls at $600 and also led as top buyer with five head. the top cow and calf brought $780 from E R Rackley and Virginia Rackley.
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Pontotoc
H. D. Hall
E. R
Virginia Rackley
Hall
Five Head
Ada Arts Council Plans Welborn Hope Day Event
Ada’s Arts and Humanities Council finalizes plans for Welborn Hope Day on October 12 tied to the publication of The Great River and Small and Other Poems by Ada’s tramp poet. East Central State College and University of Oklahoma Press publish the collection. An autograph party is set for 7 p.m. at the Santa Fe Railroad yard with Ada native Guy W. Logsdon, a Southwest folk music expert.
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Ada
University of Oklahoma Press
East Central State College
Welborn Hope
Santa Fe
Guy W. Logsdon
Southwest
Ada Observes Special Week For Handicapped
Edward E. Redpath of the Oklahoma State Employment Service in Ada announced Oct 4 10 is Employ the Handicapped Week. Mayor C Bob Forrest signed a proclamation. A list of handicapped applicants is on file for interviewers. employers may call 332 1533 or visit 214 East 12th Street.
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Edward E. Redpath
Oklahoma State Employment Service Office
Ada
C. Bob Forrest
East 12Th Street
Ada City Council Agenda Items for Monday Meeting
Ada City Council lists items for 7 30 p m meeting including bids on two pickups. Ordinances amend city code to adopt the 1968 Plumbing Code with plastic pipe use and allow postal vehicles to stop in red zones and alleys for deliveries. Planning Commission recommends Bob Goins as consultant. U S city jail prisoner deposit contract at 1 25 per day 1970 1973. Airport fund supplemental $762 50. Sewer district 102 final estimate and next step. Water rate bi monthly billing and deposits. Public hearings on non agenda items. Mayor’s Youth Coordinator report on 1970 summer jobs. Letter from Galegar. Inspection and Fire Dept reports for September. Senior Citizens and City 1969 70 financials.
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Ada City Council
City Hall
The
Planning Commission
Bob Goins
U.S
Ada
E. E. Redpath
General Store Keeper Finds Business Slow
Lisbon Florida ap report notes a slow day at a rural general store run by 70 year old George Gastfield. The store sits in Lisbon a small town of about 900 near Haines Creek with long time helpers Phatron Miller 74 and Willie Fail who say they just hang out and talk.
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Gastfield
Lisbon
Fla
Haines Creek
Phatron Miller
Willie Fail
Fail
Miller
Ada Board of Education Meeting at Irving School
Ada education officials set monthly meeting at Irving School to hear an open forum for patrons and review plans for leasing an IBM computer for attendance, Education Modulation Center participation, and a new in service program for Ada teachers. East Central State College instructors report on kindergarten and first grade experiments.
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Board of Education
Irving School
Ada’s Board of Education
Ada
Max Skelton
Irving School Society
Skelton
Clarence Taylor
James Thomas
Ralph Evans
W. C. “Dub’’ Story
Dick Cowart
IBM Com
Puter
Olathe
Kan
Southwest Center For Human Relations
Norman
East Central State College
Don Stafford
Don Kellogg
Adan Retires From Sun Oil After 42 Years of Service
Alvin Summers of Tulsa announces the retirement of Adan from Sun Oil Co after 42 years with the firm. Summers, son of Olive Summers, brother of Dorothy Summers and Mrs. George Carter, began in 1928 as a roustabout with Superior Oil Co in Tulsa, later transferring to Sunray DX after mergers, serving as employee representative from 1953 in Sunray's Tulsa department.
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Alvin Summers
Tulsa
Adan
Sun Oil Co
Summers
Olive Summers
Scenic Drive
Dorothy Summers
East Central
George Carter
E. H. Light
Superior Oil Co
Bebee
Perry
Superior
Sunray DX
Sunray
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Bailey
Tuxhorn
GOP
George Nigh
John Rogers
Altus
Larry Derryberry
American Party
Glenn O. Young
Rogers
J. Michael Donahoe
Ponca City
Doralu Arnett
Guthrie
Leslie R. Fisher
Moore
Wilbur Wright
Eran
Leo Winters
Wondel Smith
Ray C. Jones
Forrest King
of Charities and Corrections
Jim Cook
Lucille Gerald
Joe Bailey Cobb
Joe B. Hunt
John M. Rogers
Ward Padgett
Caesar
Londinium
Cicero
Rome
National Geographic Society
London
Arts and Humanities Council of
B. M
Mack” Welch
Mallard
Wood
Gray
Drake
Hestnut Head
Black
Bill Ring
William C. Galegar
Inspection Department
Fire Department
City of
George Gastfield
Sun Oil
Hamilton
Bulova
Elgin
Gem Jewelers
W. Main
Earnestine Baker
Pe Cae
Anita Callahan
First National Bank
Wanda Jones
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