Bever resigns as Oklahoma wildlife director to join National Wildlife Federation
Oklahoma City announces Wendell Bever will resign as director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation effective November 1. In his letter Bever urges the Wildlife Commission to appoint a professional wildlife administrator and thanks Commissioners Roeber Vanderwork Hines and Morgan for their support. He will serve as southwestern field representative for the federation while remaining in Oklahoma and in the wildlife conservation profession.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation
Department
Southwestern
National Wildlife Federation
Roeber
Vanderwork
Hines
Morgan
Commission
Ada City Council to sell 610000 in general obligation bonds
Ada City Council votes to sell 610000 in general obligation bonds approved in the recent city election. Bob Shoemaker of Oklahoma City discusses a 16 year bond plan at 4 percent interest, with annual costs around 40 000 per year and a final year 50 000. Residents along Crestview seek a barricade at Arlington Nazarene Church area. The council defers action pending review by the Metropolitan Area Planning and Zoning Commission, and also reviews an audit for 1967 68.
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George Gurley
Ada
Bob Shoemaker
Oklahoma City
Shoemaker
Crestview
Arlington
Arlington Nazarene Church
AIDC
Jim Walker
James Danley
Metropolitan Area Planning and Zoning Commission
Bob Reeves
Sycamore Hills
J. B. Davidson
Collins
Davidson
Reeves
Retirement suits Ada’s lifelong handyman Bob Morrison
Robert M. Morrison, 90, of 100 North Morrison Drive, is a retired craftsman who has worn many hats from carpenter to teacher. He taught in Tennessee Pittsburg and Latimer Oklahoma counties during the 1920s and early years, raised two children, and recalls a street named for him by a local Ada High School teacher.
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Don Cook
Robert M. Morrison
North Morrison Drive
Bob Morrison
Adan
Morrison
Tennessee
Pitts
Burg
Latimer
Oklahoma
Mt. Vernon
Ill
W. B. Morrison
Ada
East Central
Robert
Illinois
John
Jim Waters
Grace
Ada to Host All Oklahoma Hereford Show Next Week
Ada will host the All Oklahoma Hereford Show on Oct. 30 31 at the new Livestock Pavilion in the Agricultural Center. The 16th annual event opens to the public with free admission and features open and junior divisions judged Oct. 31 begin 3 p.m. Bulls and cattle will compete for grand champion and reserve, with cash premiums only in the junior division. Troy Kinder of Pereford Frederick will judge the show.
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Ada
Agricultural Center
Extension Center
Guy Shull
Lawton
Oklahoma Hereford Association
Bob Beck
Winrock
Beck
OHA
Francis Hill
Bob Garner
Ted Savage
von Johnson
Louis Lundgaara
Don Williams
Frank Crabtree
Frank Bates
Shull
Troy Kinder
Pereford
Frederick
OK Man Guilty of Grand Larceny in Oklahoma City
Theodore Thompson of Oklahoma City was found guilty by a District Court jury of grand larceny for stealing 218 dollars from a Safeway cash register on August 14 and received a five year penitentiary sentence. The unrelated civil case Loyd vs Loyd et al was heard on the current docket.
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Theodore Thompson
Oklahoma City
Thompson
Safeway
Jackie Lynn Loyd
Jessie Loyd
Sherry Lynn
Robbery Case Ends In Mistrial
A District Court jury could not reach a verdict on Billy Edward Jones and Marilyn L. Smith charged with conjoint robbery and a mistrial was declared. They were accused of robbing Woodrow Forney by force on January 21. Separate trial juries found Travis Ellsworth Buoy guilty of grand larceny and set four years in the state penitentiary for stealing 380 dollars from Emmett Sanders on September 7.
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Billy Edward Jones
Marilyn L. Smith
Jones
Smith
Woodrow Forney
Travis Ellsworth Buoy
State
Buoy
Emmett Sanders
Konawa Mayor A F Eidson 74 Dies At Home
Albert F. Eidson longtime Konawa businessman civic booster and mayor died at his home at 1 a m Thursday at age 74 born Middlesboro Tennessee March 20 1894 came to Konawa in 1925 with Bertha Mae Eidson they owned Eidson's since 1944 He served in Oklahoma legislature 1960 61 on city council and as city manager and was a World War I veteran active in American Legion Methodist Church Lions Club Masons Shrine and Eastern Star Funeral services set for 10 a m Saturday at Watts Funeral Home chapel
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Konawa
Albert F. Eidson
Eidson
Otto Elling
Watts Funeral Home
Middlesboro
Tenn
Ejidson
Wellston
Okla
Bertha Mae
Eidson’s
American Legion
First Methodist Church of
Oklahoma Cold Spell Expected Tonight
Oklahoma faces some of its coldest weather of the season with frost likely in the north as cold air moves in from the northeast. Fair skies are forecast to continue through Friday.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
million-voter forecast for Oklahoma election
Oklahoma election officials predict turnout surpassing one million in the November 5 general election. Secretary Basil Wilson cites rising absentee ballot requests and talks with county officials as basis for the forecast, noting 1964’s record of 949,330 voters.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Election Board
Basil Wilson
Wilson
Ada Bank Robberies Used For Staff Training Course
A hard faced man robs Ada banks in a staged incident as police describe the three incidents at Citizens, First National, and Oklahoma State. Chief Hokit and Detective Captain Crawford led a bank employee training on handling holdups, emphasizing calm observation and not engaging the robber.
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Ada
Oklahoma State
Ada Police Department
Konawa
Coalgate
Lester Hokit
Doyle Crawford
Crawford
Chief Hokit
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Bever
J. A. Richardson
Valley View Hospital Board of Trustees
Ada Public Works Authority
Hereford
A. F. Eidson
Bill Dismukes
Stonewall
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