Platt Park Closed as Flood Ravages Sulphur High School
A seven foot flood submerged Sulphur High School auditorium and eight buses in Rock Creek floodwater after 12.63 inches of rain. Park lands, roads, bridges and the Travertine Nature Center suffered extensive damage while evacuation and cleanup continued.
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Sulphur High School
Rock Creek
Calvin Agee
Platt National Park
Platt Park
U. S. 177
Travertine Nature Center
Travertine Creek
Arbuckle
Agee
Donald W. Pledger
Pledger
Park Service Regional
Kerr-McGee consolidates chemical and fertilizer units
Kerr-McGee Corporation consolidates its chemical, fertilizer and non-fuel minerals operations into Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp on October 1. James J. Kelly to lead as president and CEO. The new subsidiary includes AP and C operations and Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Co with five divisions: chemical manufacturing, chemicals wholesale sales, and agricultural chemicals.
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Oklahoma City — Chemical, Fertilizer
Kerr McGee Corporation
Consolidated
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp
D. A. McGee
James J. Kelly
American Potash & Chemical Corporation
AP & C
Whittle s Wins National Merchandising Merit Award
Whittle s Furniture in Ada received the National Merchandising Merit Award from Berkline Corp of Morristown Tennessee. Jim Whittle accepted the award plaque from Carl Pearl in Oklahoma City. Berkline named outstanding dealers each year. Whittle s has served Ada for over 40 years.
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Whittle
Whittle’s
Ada
Rogers Home Becomes State Historical Site
The Indian Territory home where Will Rogers was born is moved to higher ground near Oologah to be dedicated as a state historic site. Tulsa couple Robert and Mrs. Black will reconstruct the house as it stood in Rogers youth, with land donated by Will Rogers Jr. The farm traces back to Clem Rogers in 1956 with cattle and slave labor in early Cherokee Nation history.
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Oologah
Okla
Indian Territory
Will Rogers
Army
Claremore
Robert Black
Tulsa
Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park Department
Rogers
Murrell
Tahlequah
Will Rogers Jr
Clem Rogers
Coffeyville
Kan
Ft. Gibson
John Boot
Saudi TV opens day with Koran readings in state programs
Broadcasters in Saudi Arabia start each day with Qur an readings while women are barred from shows and a pair of hands appears on screen for a popular cooking program.
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Saudi Arabia
Speaker Calls For Humility In Teaching
East Central State College English instructor James Elliott urged humility in teaching English at a language arts workshop in Ada High School. He critiqued overemphasis on rules and argued teachers often wield excessive authority over students in literature and writing.
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East Central State College
James Elliott
Ada High School
Elliott
OEA
Ada
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English
State Department of Education
Theda Calvert
Ada High
Rex
Tyrannos
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Wild Water Swamps
W. L. Knickmeyer
Vocational Agricultural Shop
Fice
Santa Fe
Lake of the Arbuckles
Buckhorn
Arbuckle Lake
Guy Sandy
Sulphur
Suphur
Lons
Sulphur High
Kerr-McGee Farms Chemical
Wanda Jones
First National Bank and Trust Company
Riemer Ak
F.d.1.c
Oklahoma
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