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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1971
Page
5
Local social items from Sunshine Center list visits across Ada, Shawnee, Oklahoma City, and surrounding areas. Residents and kin from Harlin, Sims, Pranks, Franks, Abbott, Ross, Garrett, Lee, and many others share dinners, parties, and hospital calls. Community events highlight weddings, baptisms, church activities, and a Tuesday woodshop at the Texoma camp ground.
MABEL STRADER 85 former Ada resident died Oct 6. ORA LUCKEY 82 Ada resident died Oct 5. IDA ALEXANDER 75 former Ada resident died Oct 12. Criswell Funeral Home. FIRE DESTROYS CAR: Firemen six miles south of the city Monday afternoon found a car a total loss. A cigarette was listed as the probable cause.
New York AP reports a national clash over phosphates in laundry detergents. Major makers like Procter & Gamble Colgate Palmolive and Lever Brothers stay tight lipped while Arm & Hammer and Miracle White push safety claims. Ads pivot to non phosphate and ecological themes as government warns about health risks from substitutes and phosphates.
In San Mateo California the Organization of Unemployed Teachers OUT, led by Robert Dwan, plans to place jobless teachers in unconventional roles such as jail education. The group aims to meet Monday with 20 experts and invite about 5,090 Bay Area teachers to discuss new employment ideas and jail education projects. Linda Williams of Nexus aids the effort.
In New Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Oliver P Schulingkamp declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Kirskey McCord Nix Jr 28 and two co defendants over pretrial publicity and juror selection issues. An Oct 27 hearing set to consider a change of venue. Nix Fulford Mule and James Knight face separate trials and Nix was arrested in Dallas after an abdominal wound.
Colbert Homemakers heard a lesson by Mrs. Jim Owens on Wednesday afternoon. She hosted with Chicken and Tomaty Louisiana skillet meal for guests. Members planned inviting the Lula club to a dinner. Attendees included Mrs. Joe Engel Mrs. Lois Henderson Mrs. Fannie Miller Mrs. H Hammond Mrs. Beulah Butler Mrs. James Patteson Mrs. Arvie Verble Mrs. Mae McCollum Mrs. Lillie Beasley Mrs. Ruby Pitman Mrs. Jessie Shipley Mrs. Jack Grees and Mrs. Loyd Sanders.
Police probe a $630 burglary at the Elks Club located at 825 N Broadway. A metal cash box containing $300 in cash and $330 in checks was taken after entry through a boarded window. The break-in occurred between 12:40 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
A Gain for Plastics reports that carbonated soft drinks beer and whiskey will begin to appear on retail shelves in plastic bottles. The Society of the Plastics Industry Plastic Bottle Division notes this shift toward plastic packaging across beverages.
The Mills draft movement gains space near the White House as supporters push the Arkansas Democrat toward a possible Democratic presidential bid. Mills weighs briefing risks, while analysts debate whether a Southern bloc strategy or a convention chaos scenario could shape a longshot campaign.
Four graduates including Charles Hathaway Tablequah Jim Hart Hewood Mooreland Bob Mitchell Ripley and Harold Williams Cushing receive the top honorary degree. Two vocational agriculture staff members Donald D Brown and Paul W Newlin also receive the honor. Stillwater fathers of Jim Beard and Leroy Crawford will receive degrees. Five judging teams compete at the convention and American Royal Livestock Show with Stillwater and Ripley sending state winning teams. About 40 chapters and 200 members from across Oklahoma attend.
Frederick Scott Ryan, a 19 year old Yale resident, died when he tried to pass a car on a county road near Yale. The motorcycle struck an embankment after the car turned left, throwing Ryan 97 feet away. A Kansas dentist reports rising popularity of mental practice with patient lying and dentist seated, easing work and letting assistants take on some tasks.
Washington AP report on Democratic reformers losing ground as Patricia Roberts Harris wins the Credentials Committee post by 72 to 31. Harris, a Washington lawyer and former ambassador, faces an ongoing reform battle over delegate seating and rules ahead of the 1972 convention. Hughes of Iowa leads reform efforts. labor and party leaders oppose.
A wedding shower for Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Haskins was hosted Monday night in the Oil Center Church dining hall with hostesses including Joy Tucker Dorchie Booth Clareta Gray Colene Robertson Alene Tucker Maxine Willough by Florence Isaacs. Guests and gift bearers included numerous local couples and families such as M. R. Tucker Londa Fred Gray Carma Gene Garner Marion Willoughby Paul Tucker Billy Jim Robert Johnny Lane Pug Garrett Mary Lou Henson Melvin Booth and many others. Refreshments comprised punch and cake served to attendees.
LVO Corp of Tulsa and Continental Oil Co will seek a hearing before the Oklahoma Equalization Board on gross production taxes. Wayne Swearingen announces the firms will intervene in Continental’s filing, citing unfair gross production taxes vs ad valorem. Swearingen notes Gov Hall promised a hearing in August but nothing has happened by mid October.
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