Quarter Horses Get Top Prices at All-American Sale
Two quarter horse yearlings sold for a record $120,000 each at the 1973 All-American Quarter Horse Yearling Sale in Ruidoso Downs New Mexico. Vernon L. Pool and J R Adams each paid $120,000 for Knight Truly and Miss Bobbi McGee respectively, selling by Tom Neff. The sale featured 392 horses with an average of $7,415 and total sales of $2.9 million, the highest in the event’s history.
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Ruidoso Downs
N.M
Vernon L. Pool
Shawnee, Okla
Knight Truly
Truly Truckle
Truly Knight
Prissy Lula
J. R. Adams
Oklahoma
Bobbi McGee
Truxton King
Tom Neff
Colorado City
Tex
Rancho Janus Inc
San Diego
Calif
Magic Garden
Jet Deck
Vicki Meyers
Mike Huebsch
Madill
Oklo
Mexico
Canada
Australia
Democratic leaders fault Nixon over Watergate blame
Three Democratic governors accuse President Nixon of deepening public distrust by blaming other administrations for wiretaps and burglaries. Governor Shapp says Nixon’s defense worsens cynicism, while Governor Gilligan questions accountability. Republican governors praise Nixon’s press conference but seek release of taped conversations.
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Washington
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
GOP
Daniel Evans
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Murray State Teachers Make And Sell Pottery
Murray State College art instructor Larry Milligan teaches pottery and helps run Milligan and Towles, a small Murray firm making hand crafted tea sets vases and flower pots. Their kiln fired work is sold in a campus gift shop and to Oklahoma resorts and tourist shops, reflecting a growing interest in functional handmade pottery.
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Art Cox Tishomingo
Larry Milligan
Milligan
Murray State College
East Central State College
Ada
England
America
Murray
Dennis Towels
Towles
Milligan and Towles
Oklahoma
Meteorite Crash Seen Near Deniliquin with Blue Flash
A blazing object with a three mile tail reportedly struck earth near Deniliquin Australia, creating a blue flash and a loud explosion that shook nearby buildings, according to the Royal Australian Air Force report.
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Melbourne
Australia
Deniliquin
Here
Royal Australian Air Force
Ada High School launches three vocational programs for fall
Ada High School will offer three new vocational training tracks this fall after voters rejected a proposed area vocational center. CVET targets ninth and tenth graders with carpentry masonry plumbing and furniture repair while DE trains both sexes in sales and customer service earning high school credit.
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Ada High School
Darrell Hill
Area Vocational Center
Hill
CVET
Walter Winter
Skelton
State Department of Vocational Education
Ada
Danny Barnett
Ada Adopts Individualized Mathematics System for Fall
Ada schools will debut an individualized mathematics program this fall to tailor instruction. Superintendent Dr. Max Skelton says lessons progress at each student’s pace with a 15 to 1 adult to student ratio and groupings by ability under teacher supervision.
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Ada
Max Skelton
Skelton
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