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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1972
Page
16
Washington AP reports guaranteed student loan defaults in repayment hover around four percent annually, totaling about 65 million dollars. OE officials say aggressive collection begun in March could recover up to 70 percent of arrears, with 36 000 borrowers now in default after 120 days overdue.
Congress passed a bill prohibiting states and communities from levying taxes on airline passenger tickets. The measure, approved by voice vote in the Senate, exempts pre May 21, 1970 taxes until July 1 1971, effectively protecting New Hampshire. Airlines and trade groups opposed the tax.
Washington officials from labor industry and the Nixon administration brace for 1973 contract talks affecting inflation and the economy. Key unions representing about 2 million workers face big three automakers and farm equipment firms with wage controls looming. The Teamsters aim to keep pay within Nixon limits while predicting possible strikes if profits remain high.
East Central students vote to back a contest style drive to sell 600 Pelagi yearbooks by Friday. Donations from EC president Dr. Stanley Wagner and others total 110. Amounts will be prizes for organizations selling the most yearbooks while $10 per book will be charged to student accounts.
Geraldine Jerrie Cobb Oklahoma born pilot named winner of the Harmon Aviatrix Trophy for humanitarian flights over the Amazon and into jungle airstrips. Harmon International Aviation Trust honors 1971 and 1972 winners for major long distance and SR71 flights.
The article notes that all modern goldfish descend from wild populations living in streams across China and Japan. It explains the domestication in ancient times led to the varieties seen today.
District Judge La vern Fishel heard the Oklahoma Board of Regents suit to close Oak Hills University east of Lehigh. No decision given. briefings set with a Nov 10 deadline for the state and 15 days for a reply. Five witnesses testified including three students and Rev R V Hayes.
Stratford residents triumph at the American Royal Livestock Show with high honors. Troy Don Henry exhibited the grand champion FFA market hog, a heavyweight crossbred camel. Larry Wood earns second place with a Duroc.
Oklahoma City retailer Byror Gambules filed a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down liquor by the drink restrictions as unconstitutional while opponents push a constitutional amendment on the November 7 ballot. The Amtrak case in federal court prompted the action, with Gambules arguing equal protection and due process claims and naming state and county officials as defendants. Speaker Bill Durham of the Oklahoma Retail Liquor Association backed the proposed amendment, opposing Gambules and arguing prices would not rise.
Oklahoma City AP reports radio evangelist Dr Braxton B Sawyer, 60, from Fort Smith Ark, resumes anti liquor campaign as Oklahoma voters on November 7 consider legalizing sale of liquor by the drink for the first time since 1959 constitutional change. Sawyer notes wide radio outreach during the battle.
Dr. John Densford’s tour to Italy and Greece approved for Christmas. two hours college credit available for 15 days travel. Depart Dec 21 from Oklahoma City, return Jan 4. Rome stop, two days leisure, Naples Pompeii Sorrento Capri excursion. budget includes Kennedy Airport departure and Rome orientation.
In Oklahoma City AP report U S Food and Drug Administration inspectors say five to fifty Diapulse heat treatment machines may be in the state and doctors told to stop using them. Federal marshals seized one $3 000 unit from Ponca City osteopath Dr W Guy Hudson amid a misbranding federal suit against Diapulse Corp of America and Sperry Rand unit Remington Rand. The first seizure occurred in New York in 1965 over alleged false claims about the machine’s value in treating illness.
The U S Senate contest between Republican Dewey Bartlett and Democrat Ed Edmondson dominates Oklahoma politics as Nixon’s national lead shapes strategy. Bartlett touts a Nixon aligned team concept while Edmondson relies on conservative Democratic endorsements and a largely Oklahoma campaign. Edmondson’s campaign faces liberal dissatisfaction with McGovern support but remains favored to win the November 7 election.
Oklahoma colleges use varied approaches to meet students spiritual needs. The 30 minute color program on Religion at 5 30 p m Sunday Oct 22 on channels 11 Tulsa and 13 Oklahoma City features Dr Dolphus Whitten Jr president Oklahoma City University as moderator with panelists Dr John W Coleman Langston University chaplain Rev Phil Jones Cameron College Lawton and Dr William Tanner president Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee. The program highlights development of the whole student culturally morally and spiritually and shows how campus ministry has evolved.
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