June 22, 1971

Slants

Terri Myers doing her new job well…Chester Parker recalling the “Oil Boom Days” in Seminole…W.T. (Bill) Higdon talking about the many birds in his yard…Jim Glasco and his wife, Janie, enjoying a fish tale heard recently…Lynn Dollar getting to be known as a “Jack-of-all trades”…Babe Adams helping friends do some cleanup work…Bob Caffey being accommodating…

A middle-aged Seminole woman, Mrs. Opal Williams, residing on West Broadway, was in fair condition in St. Anthony’s hospital in Oklahoma City after being struck by lightning in the yard of her home about 7:50 p.m. Monday.

The woman suffered burns on her back and legs, an attending physician said.

Prospects for additional rainfall dwindled in most sections of Oklahoma today, but forecasters said warm, humid weather would remain the next few days.

Scattered thundershowers were forecast only for the extreme southeast this afternoon and tonight.

Goss of Chickasha, the state Class 3A high school champion, shot a three-under-par 69 Monday to set the pace in qualifying for the 19 ^th Oklahoma Junior gold championships.

Marc Evans of Tulsa was runner-up with a 70, and state Class 4A titlist Robert Fields of Tulsa fired a 71. Steve Dodson of Tulsa and John Stinson of Bartlesville shared fourth place with 72s.

Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban said today chances for reaching an agreement with Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal are not promising.