Tulsa Named Active Religious Center by Oil Capital
Tulsa, tagged as the Oil Capital and a hub for the Arkansas River navigation project, hosts a surge of conservative Christian activity led by Billy Jarmes Hargis and Oral Roberts University. The city draws church groups like the Pentecostal Church of America and the Episcopal Church, with Hargis, Roberts, and Osborn expanding ministries and institutions. Tulsa also hosts the Abundant Life Prayer Group, a prayer tower, and a host of smaller groups, drawing extensive visitor traffic and significant payrolls.
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Tulsa
Okla
Billy Jarmés Hargis
Twisa
Hargis
Oral Roberts University
Miamecé
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
Pentecostal Church All America Inc
América
Hargi
Oral Roberts
Methodist Church
Roberts
Abundant Life Prayer Group
Billy James Hargis
Christian Crusade
T. L. Osborn Evangelistic Association
Felix White Takes Counsel Role for Indian Students
Felix White, a Winnebago and former actor, becomes special counselor for Indian students at East Central State College, focusing on dropout prevention. A veteran of film and TV and a football player, White balances tribal customs with modern life, and plans graduate studies while aiding students through Bureau of Indian Affairs support.
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Felix White
White
East Central State College
Armour Packings
Pion
Oklahoma
Ada
Nelson Electronics
Tulsa
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Muskogee
Irving
Winnebago
Nebraska
Okmulgee
Nidance
Marion Brando
Will Sonnett
Bacone
Ft. Lennard Wood
Omaha University
Michigan State
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Students in OU honors housing plan enrolls 288 freshmen and upperclassmen
At the University of Oklahoma 256 freshmen and 32 upperclassmen join honors housing for the 1971 fall term. Since 1965 the program has placed high achieving students together to cultivate habits and peer study. Area residents and parents are listed alphabetically by hometowns with names and addresses.
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Norman
University of Oklahoma
the University
Honors
Highway Dept Opens Bids on 23 Projects
The Oklahoma Highway Commission opened bids Friday for 23 construction projects totaling about 6.19 million dollars. The Ada area job involves grading drainage and road surface work for a shoofly and reinforced concrete box near 6 miles southeast of Ada. Low bid came from M. J. Lee Construction at 33,936 dollars.
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Oklahoma Highway Commission
Ada
M. J. ‘Lee Constr
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AP Phota
Active Religious Center
Episcopal Church of America
Jess
American — Christian College
Vision
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Japanese Missionary Society
David Livingston Missionary Foundation
Hargis Roberts
Left
Billy James Hargle
By Naomi Knickmeyer
Hollywood
American Ballet Co
Alhne
Dian
Los Angeles
Belle White
Ada — Rebecca Ellen Deaton
Austin Riley Deaton Jr
Northerest Dr
Mary K. Deese
Ernest Frank Deese
Townsend
Richard Wayne Ely
Bee Gingamon Ely
Sunrise Lane
Nancy Margaret Engel
Joseph Michael Engel
Phillip Grant Lee
George I Willam Lee
W. 23Th
Leslie Anne Thomason
Howard Clinton Thomason
Collins Blvd
Highway Dept
Oklahoma State
Kanomadtare Bank
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