December 30, 1970

SLANTS Other than city, county,

Other than city, county, state and federal offices as well as all public utility offices, most business firms in the city will observe Friday only for the New Year’s holi day… All banks and the post offices will close Friday but re-open on Saturday… The city’s major supermarkets will be open New Year’s Day, and some business firms also will be open that day… It won’t be a long, ‘foodless’ weekend like the Christmas holiday, one cityan observed this morning… Trooper Sam Laffoon of Seminole pointed out that the holiday traffic is expected to be heavy starting at 6 p.m. Thursday and continuing through Sunday night… He urged all countians to drive for the other fellow as well as themselves and keep the county’s traffic death figure at 8 for the year…

V.F. Nichols, owner of Seminole Discount Lumber Co., of 824 North Milt Phillips, reported Tuesday that his firm also was the target of the ‘pellet gun’ snipers Sunday night. A number of small holes were knocked in the front windows of the lumber firm, Nichols said. This was the fourth firm hit by the vandals.

Nichols told the Producer that he wants the other victims of the snipers to join him in a reward fund which will be paid for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of those committing the act. He said he will start the fund with a $150 contribution. Others interested should contact him, he said.

Recipient of her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Speech at the University of Oregon at Eugene, Oregon, in mid-December was Miss Celia Dorris, daughter of Mrs. John Dorris, 301 West Broadway, and the late Mr. Dorris. While working on her doctorate Miss Dorris was half-time instructor in Speech at the university for three years.

For the past two years, Miss Dorris has served as Director of Speech at Umpqua Community college in Roseburg, Oregon.

After graduation from Seminole high school, Miss Dorris received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Oklahoma and the next year, she earned her Master’s degree before entering the northwestern school.

Oklahoma’s wishbone-T offense will be brand new experience for Alabama in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl this year. As a matter of fact, it is something new for the Sooners as well.

Oklahoma Coach Chuck Fairbanks switched from the veer-T to the wishbone during the open week before meeting Texas because he found his Sooners did not have the passing attack to execute the veer-T.

Fairbanks said Tuesday he has consulted Texas Coach Darrell Royal since then to work out some of the finer points of the wishbone attack in preparing for Thursday night’s clash in the Astrodome. “I’ve talked to him by

“I’ve talked to him by phone several times since the season ended,” Fairbanks said.

Alabama Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, meanwhile, has been drilling his defense on how to stop the wishbone option play.

“I’m pleased with our preparation to recognize the wishbone,” Bryant said. “In any kind of option attack, you don’t get much out of it unless you are going full speed. That’s why we’ve worked out in pads.

“It’s a question of execution from here on. I think we have our plans down well. Our recognition today was quite good.”