July 18,1971

Slants

“Harris for President” car bumper strips already appearing in the city…Keith Waddell needing to make a visit to the library…Joyce Branscum being generous with flowers from her garden…Beatrice Williams having a nice vacation…Mrs. Gene Price’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Stacy of Canton, Texas, being among the old timers at the Oil Anniversary banquet Friday evening…Mark Claborn, 9 years old, calling his parents in Las Vegas to tell of his home run made in a little league baseball game…He played on Henry’s team…

Gov. David Hall said today that Oklahoma is in debt to its army national guardsmen for their service during both war and peace.

High temperature in Seminole Saturday was 96 degrees after an overnight low Friday night of 74, the National Weather Service local station at the fire department reported. At 5 p.m. Saturday it was 94 degrees.

An estimated 200 persons celebrated the 45 ^th anniversary of the beginning of the Big Boom in the Seminole oil field at a dinner in the Harvest House Friday evening.

Oklahoma’s jobless ranks swelled to 5.9 per cent last month with the expected annual influx of students looking for summer work, the Oklahoma State Employment service said Saturday.

This compares with 5.1 per cent a year ago.

Vaccine to protect horses against sleeping sickness will be made available to Oklahoma ranchers about the middle of next week, Gov. David Hall’s office said Saturday.