Ada Tulsa area battered by savage storms and tornadoes
Residents of Ada and nearby towns faced a night of severe weather with seven tornado sightings and extreme rainfall. Shelter crowds grew to record numbers as floods, bridge washouts, and mobile home destruction occurred along Lake Creek and Clear Boggy. One man, Harold Chaffin, was critically injured at a washed out bridge while others evacuated to safety.
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Ada
Roff
Coalgate
Valley View Hospital
Lake Creek Mobile Home Park
Harold Chaffin
Francis
Chaffin
Ada Fire Department
N. Cherry
Donnie Bray
Ralph Burns
N. Johnston
W. R. Altmiller
Little Sandy
David Smith
Lake Creek
Platt National Park
Oklahoma
Weekly Wants Recipes For Thanksgiving
The Ada WEEKLY News invites readers to submit personal Thanksgiving recipes for the Kuntry Korner feature running Oct 29 to Nov 25. Recipes may cover any dish type and should include title ingredients and preparation directions. Include the writer's name and community and mail to Ada WEEKLY News Ada Oklahoma by Oct 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuntry Korner
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
Storm Destroys Mobile Home Of Family In Roft
The Orval Bruster family huddled in a neighbor’s cellar as a tornado smashed their three bedroom mobile home near Roft. Twelve people sheltered during the night. no injuries were reported. Entire town faced water damage with many streets flooded and the Roff School garage damaged. Ada also suffered extensive flood impacts.
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Storm
Roft
Roff
Orval Bruster
Brusters
Bruster
Vocational Agricul
Ture
Roff School
Arthur Wardlow
Allen Larsh
B. N. Bunyard
Roger Lackey
White’s
Hamburger King
McFarland-Robertson
Bonar Auto Supply
Floyd
W. 12Th
Cicus
Shoe Land
Ada Family Clothing
Dollar General Store
Barrett’s Cleaner
Oklahoma Panhandle storm brings snow and flash floods
The first winter storm drenched Oklahoma with snow sleet and rain, halting gas and power, flooding waterways, and damaging roads and bridges across the Panhandle and southeastern counties. A 120 foot Francis Allen road bridge collapsed, costing about 1000000 to replace, with multiple county bridges washed out and highways flooded from Davis to Sulphur and Seminole County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
18Th
Wintersmith Swimming Pool
Dave Gray
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Guymon
Tulsa
Lawton
Francis-Allen Road
Cotton Creek
Gray
PWA
Division 3
The
Highway Department
Washita
Davis
Platt National Park
Seminole County
Salt Creek
Sasakwa
Pontotoc County
Allen
Coal County
Leader Creek
Museum Chronicles Early Ft Gibson Ranchers and Traders
Fort Gibson Oklahoma marks its ties beyond Indian history with a planned museum opening next spring. District Court Judge Claude Garrett has bought the old post hospital north of the stockade to transform into a museum honoring the area’s ranchers and traders.
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Fort Gibson
Okla
Jean Pierre Chouteau
Louisiana Purchase
Ft. Gibson
Mississippi
Dist
Claude Garrett
Stockade
Garrett
Danforth Graduate Fellowships Open for 1971 Awards
Inquiries into Danforth Graduate Fellowships are invited for March 1971. Open to seniors or recent grads from US colleges with a plan to pursue a PhD in a field allied to undergraduate teaching. About 120 fellowships. four years of aid, max $2400 yearly for singles, $2950 for married, plus tuition and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danforth
W. R. Altmiller
East Central State College
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
United States
Wheat quota referendum set for October 12 to 15 1970
A mail referendum on 1971 crop wheat marketing quotas will run October 12 through 15. Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin said results will be reported by October 20. A postponement could occur if a Congressional resolution advances before the start of the voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford M. Hardin
USDA
Hardin
Congress
Allen Sets Homecoming Festivities
The Allen Homecoming Parade will start Friday at 2 45 p m downtown Allen with a record number of floats. Calvin and Allen bands will perform as the football team holds a 3 1 record. Lou Ann Kimbrell is named football queen with attendants Denise Spitler Ginger Boyd and Gloria Wofford in the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Calvin
Lou Ann Kimbrell
Dale Kimbrell
Denise Spitler
C. D. Spitler
Ginger Boyd
Lonnie Raney
Gloria Wofford
Jess Wofford
Flooding Halts Pumps in Sulphur and Coalgate
Overnight storms flood Sulphur and Coalgate causing pump station failure leaving the Sulphur system three feet deep in water and cutting water and natural gas service. Schools closed and roads blocked as high waters flood SH 31 and US 75 and damage the Rock Creek bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Sulphur
Loma Smith
George Bodine
Fire Department
Cottonwood
Atoka
Sulphur High School
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Willis Wofford
Smith
Wofford
A. B. Hill
Bobby Jeff Fussell
Fussell
Don Hoover
Boley
Altmiller
West Main
Cherry
Johnston
Savage Addition
Gem Jewelers
Neil’s Shoe
OK Furniture
Ico
James Bullard
Quinton
Durant
Masonic Lodge
Texas
Harper
Cimarron
Wastern Panhandle
Enid
Elk City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
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