July 15,1971

Slants

Jean Jacobus helping out a reporter with some needed information…Ken Murnan making a trip to the post office, but forgetting to mail his letter…Frank Seay sharing his acorn squash crop with a neighbor… Many people commenting on the historical displays in merchants’ windows this week…Lynn (Jack) Dollar celebrating his 19^th birthday Wednesday…Jim Taylor getting back from vacation and a good rest…Bill Adkins wondering who honked at him Tuesday afternoon on Strothers Street…

Wednesday was the hottest day of the year to date with an official temperature reading of 102 degrees, the local National Weather Service station reported. Noontime reading today was 96 degrees after a low Wednesday night of 72.

The United States offered what it called a new approach today aimed at unfreezing the Vietnam peace conference including a cease fire throughout Indochina. It said the Communists failed to respond constructively.

A final check of plans for Friday night’s banquet honoring the Old Timers from the Seminole Oil Boom Days and to mark the 45 th anniversary of the start of the Boom with the Fixico No. 1 oil well was being made today by John McCarthy, a chairman of the Chamber of Commerce’s committee for the event.

The City Water Department today was checking out the cause of “dirty water” coming from the water systems in many business firms, including the Producer, in the 100 block of North Main. The water had a blackish color to it and there was no odor to the water.

Ignoring threats of mass firings and tremendous pay cuts, the 180,000-member United Transportation Union today made plans to add to the nation’s growing picket lines by striking at least two railroads Friday over a work rule dispute.

Vandals broke out a large plate glass window in the Pine Grove Liquor Store at 222 State shortly before midnight Tuesday night, and made off with a half-gallon of liquor, the city police reported.

A rare sleeping sickness that has killed thousands of horses in a sweep from South America across Mexico and into Texas has begun afflicting humans.