Days Are Numbered For Annual Floods Along Watershed Of Upper Blue River
Pontotoc County gains from Washington backed Upper Blue River and Delaware Creek watershed plans. The program covers 203,190 acres with 69,800 acres in Pontotoc and 26 sites scheduled in the county. Project funds total about 6.48 million dollars with major benefits projected for agricultural lands, and flood reduction across the Upper Blue system.
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Blue River
Pontotoc County
Washington
Delaware Creek
Upper Blue
Ware Project
Delaware
Pontotoc
Robert S
Kerr
Mike Monroney
Tom] Steed
House
Senate
Steed
Upper Blue River
Wood Plain
Pontoloc County
Atoka
Bryan
Johnston
Murray
Johnston County
Rolf and Hows
Lake Texoma
Pontotoc,Johnston Line
Connerville
Coal
Wapanacke
Telaware
County Clerk's Office Adds Monstrous Copying Machine
Ernest Thompson reports Pontotoc County Clerk Don Thompson unveils a two ton photostat copier bought for 9155 to speed document copying. The machine handles deeds mortgages and discharges, saving paper and chemicals while boosting accuracy and timeliness. It is four staffers and the clerk who operate it, and the office projects thousands of records copied yearly, reducing need for extra secretaries.
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County Clerk‘s Office
Ernest Thompson
Pontotoc
Don Thompson
Thompson
Oklahoma
Tom Grant
Mechinery
Young albatrosses balance to shed heat on Midway
On sunbaked Midway Island young albatrosses perch with their heels and webbed feet spread, bodies stretched to shed heat. Breezes carry away most of the warmth, cooling their sunlit forms as they rest in shade.
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Midway Island
Ada Man Faces First Degree Arson Charge
An Ada man identified as Henry Homer McLish of Ada and McLish, McLish is accused of setting a fire at the residence of Edna B. Keaver at 311 South Cherry on September 13 this year while six children were inside. Authorities say he tried three times to start the blaze. The charge was filed in Judge Gert Ratliff’s justice court along with eight other traffic cases docketed Wednesday.
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Ada
Justice of the Peace Court
Henry Homer
McLish
Edna B. Keaver
South Cherry
Keever
Gert Ratliff
Ratliff
Thomas E. Gibson
Coalgate
Harold D. Eldridge
Moore
Martin W. Kauffman
Midwest City
Jack D. Bucklin
Tulsa
Dear Wayne Newby
Herbie Nathan
Wren
Talihina
Shirley Faye Bruner
Marcus Lee Snow Jr
Clayton
County Farmers Pick 50 To Serve On ASC Committees
Fifty county farmers were elected this week to ASC committees in nine communities. The mail election selects chairman vice chairman regular member and two alternates from each community. Delegates and alternates will attend the county convention on October 23 at the ASC office. Committees oversee programs for agricultural stabilization conservation including acreage allotments marketing quotas loans and storage facility loans.
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ASC
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Committee
Gosnell Urges Ada Drivers To Check Lights
Ada Police Chief Homer Gosnell urged motorists to observe Sunday as check your lights day. He said burned out lamps and other lights trigger safety check rejections and many accidents, advising drivers to press brakes and toggle lights while someone watches to confirm they work.
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Ada
Homer Gosnell
Gosnell
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Trow
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SCS
Aga
Tisha
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Ulhy Ue
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Britain
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Vaness
Aut McCullar
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O. A. Alto
Theo Glover
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Lee Elliott
Bob Ashley
Kidd Tolliver
J. L. Barton
Harold Wingard
Allen
Guy iPege
G. L. Bain
Gene Maley
Andrew Borders
W. W. Gibson
Lulai
A. Dennis
Jasper Turner
B. M. Stephens
Tommie Johnson
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