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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
13
Autumn invites outdoor gatherings and campfires as rural and city folks alike savor crisp nights. The piece celebrates self reliance, cooking over a fire, hay rides, and shared moments while urging all to embrace the earth and the season before time and youth drift apart.
Eighth graders join a week long program at Camp Goddard focusing on pollution problems and environmental ethics. Teachers MASSEY and Ben Nett discuss seven study areas including the sewer lagoon, roadside litter, and lake land use with field trips to Sulphur city dump asphalt pits and a historic spring site.
Washington AP one of the Nixon era top farm officials predicts U S farm exports for the year ending June 30 will exceed 7 billion dollars Assistant Secretary Clarence Palmby told the Senate Finance Committee hearings on a proposed trade bill with quota restrictions He noted 1969 70 exports totaled 6 6 billion with 5 7 billion cash sales and said the coming year should set a new record while warning against unwarranted protectionist actions that could cut exports and hurt farmers
A reader reflects on respectful protest in public settings. They distinguish between valid grievances directed at those with authority and futile or cowardly remarks to frontline staff. The piece urges choosing battles wisely to preserve civility and meaningful disagreement.
Experts urge turning forest land into cash by growing trees, noting 70 percent of potential woodland is held by small landowners. They warn high taxes and idle land slow adoption but predict rising timber demand could push profitable production if landowners invest now and seek genetic improvement.
Two young women died in a two car collision at an Edmond intersection. Police withheld victims’ identities until relatives were notified. The crash left the car they were in almost cut in half.
Early Egypt records show slate wood ivory and flint spoons used as far back as 4000 B C Bible references describe God commanding Moses to craft gold spoons for the Tabernacle
A community social roundup lists visits among residents of Oklahoma City Ada and nearby towns. Families including Wells Crow Roberts Richardson Collins Teel Coplin and Roth families are described as visiting relatives and attending church and social events in recent days.
Mrs Ruby Horton hosted relatives visiting from Ada and Oil Center including Mr and Mrs Vernon McCurdy and family Ada Mr and Mrs Glen Horton and family Mr and Mrs John Delazier Mr and Mrs Jimmy Jennings and family Mrs Roger Stone and family Mr and Mrs Paul Golden.
Mr and Mrs Horace Golden and family, Mr and Mrs Olen Henderson and family, and Mr and Mrs Don Henderson and family visited Mr and Mrs de Henderson in Egypt recently.
Mrs Georgia Willyerd of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Earnest Materon in Gloria and Ernie for Sunday night services at Union Hill Baptist Church.
Freddie Holman and Vicki Lancaster visited Mr and Mrs Howard Cunningham and family in Oil Center Texas. Lois Stone and several others visited Mrs Deloras Agee Tuesday night, catching up with Ada and Ada residents.
The Rev and Mrs F L Cunningham visited multiple local families including the Sales Cunningham and Howard Cunningham clans in Texas. Additional calls were made to Warren Cunningham in Oil Center and Ray Kemp in Ada with visits to Mary Cook A B Northam Matthew and Wally Layne in Roff. Elmer Cochran Sr visited Ray Kemp Friday night and was joined by Mary Lou Duckworth Enid Joyce Trivitt Lillie Karr Deloras Agee Tisha Gina Tracy and Daisy Binion.
Mr Roy Binion and Mrs Binion with Suzanne Tulsa and Miss Alice Binion visit Mr Dink Binion. Mrs Daisy Binion vacationing in Florida with her daughter Mrs Mary Enfinger and family. Miss Alice Binion spends Sunday night visiting Mr Dink Binion.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Bess of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Sandy Bess and their family recently.
Mr and Mrs Orval Ballard and Sue visited Mr and Mrs Tom Roddy and Mrs Hattie Hicks in Nicoma Park. J W Kirkes were with Mr and Mrs Anthony Duckforth in Enid and Mrs Joyce Trivitt. Lela Johnson and Geraldine McAnally visited Mr and Mrs William Henson and Billy. Mr and Mrs Johnny Tilley became Mr and Mrs Kirby Tilley with Dian and Pamela. Kirby Tilley Dian and Pamela also visited Mr and Mrs Wes Farmer in Galey.
Walter McAnally along with Mr and Mrs William Henson and Billy. Mr and Mrs Johnny Allen and family. Ada. Mr and Mrs Bill McAnally and family. Ada. Mr and Mrs Alvin Mc Anally and family. Mr and Mrs James Rhynes Sr and family. Mr and Mrs Duke Rhynes and family. Ada. Mrs Mary Long and Tommy. Ada. Mr and Mrs Wayne McAnally. Mr and Mrs Gary McAnally and Kevin. Mrs Debbie Robertson and Lisa. Ada.
Mr and Mrs Robert Golden Murray Golden and their family visited Mrs Callie Morgan and Paul Fitzhugh recently in a local social note detailing a family gathering and cordial visit.
Mr and Mrs Tom Agee and family with Ward Prater Ada Jessie and Weslie Prater Stillwater visited Mrs Tishia Ross Ada recently. Mrs Tishia Ross Ada visited family Monday. She spent Tuesday night with the Agees and attended a Tupperware Party at Deloras Agee's home Tuesday night.
Angela Davis a noted Marxist scholar and former UCLA philosophy professor was arrested by city police on state warrants after a two month manhunt and placed in custody pending extradition. David Poindexter Jr. 36 faced separate harboring a fugitive charge with bail set at 100000 for an October hearing. Authorities link Davis to purchasing four guns used in the San Rafael courthouse shootout that left Superior Court Judge Harold Haley and others dead.
Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Jones included Benny Jones and Kenny Latta, Sonny Golden and Paul Golden and family, Rev Don Newby and wife, Kathy and Stephen, Vernon McCurdy and family, Ada, Louie Stewart, Shade Price, Arnold Delozier, and the Blankenships Kenny Jones Latta. They attended Union Hill Baptist Church Sunday night.
Mr and Mrs Bob Gray and family joined by Mr and Mrs Kenneth Little Beth and Phillip Moore and the Rev and Mrs Don Newby Kathy and Stephen.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Cochran Sr visited Mr and Mrs George Cochran in Ada recently. Mrs Lena Cochran and Mrs Lavona Jones visited Mrs Emma Jones Monday.
Union Hill Baptist Church reported 57 in Sunday school attendance. The Rev Don Newby delivered both morning and evening sermons. Visitors included Mrs Georgia Willyerd Ada Kenny Jones Latta and Freddie Holman Wilson.
NBC ends The Virginian with a new title The Men from Shiloh introducing Lee Majors as a paroled convict. Stewart Granger runs Shiloh as the tycoon’s daughter travels with him on a Cheyenne train while four men plot kidnap for ransom.
John Fly son of Claude Fly of Fort Collins said he may go to Uruguay to offer himself in exchange for his father who was abducted by guerillas on August 18. He is seeking meetings with President Nixon, Secretary of State Rogers and UN representatives with Gov. John Love promising help.
Dozens of underground mine fires spread across the Appalachian region with one started in 1915 burning toward Wilkes-Barre. They cost millions to fight, require deep boreholes to map, can flood or burn through coal, and threaten nearby towns while authorities seek funding under the Appalachian Development Act.
British engineers unveil futuristic transport concepts to cut crashes and noise. Cabtrack would use elevated roads and computer guided four passenger robot taxis at 20 mph to station points with no city-wide congestion. A tracked hovercraft could reach 250 mph on air cushions above a rail track for long trips.
Oklahoma City authorities conclude no police wrongdoing occurred in the jail death of 15 year old Sidney W. Melvin who was found hanging in his isolation cell after arrest for sniffing toxic compounds. Police Chief Wayne Lawson says the death could not have been prevented. A separate report notes Kingston Jamaica port cargo surged 170 percent over ten years with Jamaica’s other ports rising 156 percent.
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