July 22,1971

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Deputy Court Clerk Mildred Post is back on duty at the clerk’s office in the Municipal Building after two weeks’ vacation… Court Clerk T.G. Harrison of Wewoka filled in during her absence…Angela and Marsha Laird of Marrero, La., are here visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cunningham, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Givens, Jr., and their father, Louie Cunningham…They arrived by plane at Tulsa International Airport from New Orleans last Sunday… Toni Curry advising Rainbow Girls to be at Masonic temple at 7 p.m., Friday to practice for the upcoming instruction school…

Vaccinations to protect horses from the rare sleeping sickness, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, were in full swing this morning at the Seminole Rodeo Grounds. Seminole Veterinarian Dr. H.H. Howell, as of 10 o’clock this morning, had vaccinated 100 horses standing in line with more arriving each minute.

State officials were hopeful today a threatened outbreak of deadly sleeping sickness among horses had been thwarted by swift emergency measures.

Gov. David Hall, returning Wednesday from the Midwest Governors Conference in South Sioux City, Neb., said the action “probably stemmed the epidemic.”

Rainfall in Seminole early today totaled two-hundredths of an inch, the National Weather Service’s local station at the fire department reported. Noontime temperature today was 76 degrees after a low Wednesday night of 74. High Wednesday was 94 degrees.

A mystery witness testified today that organized crime has made “substantial infiltration” into the nation’s financial community.

An Indian Cobra snake was on the loose today in Moore, where residents walked gingerly, and few doors were left ajar.

July 23,1971

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Mrs. J.C. Hurst of Maud helping Producer news staff members get information on a story this morning…Mrs. Waldo Lilly remarking that the rain that fell on Seminole last night was just great… Rhea Davis returning home from an Oklahoma City hospital where she underwent back treatment…

Members of a safari searching a Moore neighborhood for a deadly Indian cobra hung up their sticks today and nervous residents looked forward to the first cold snap.

The cobra, a tropical animal, will die as soon as temperatures drop near freezing, Oklahoma City Zoo Director Lawrence Curtis explained.

Vaccination of Oklahoma horses against a deadly South American sleeping sickness virus neared the halfway point today, and the number of suspected cases in the state rose to 11.

Rainfall in Seminole up to noon today totaled .77 inches, the local station of the National Weather Service reported. Noontime temperature was 74 degrees after a low of 69 Thursday night. High temperature Thursday was 93 degrees.

Southern corn blight has been identified in Cimarron, Texas, and Beaver Counties and McIntosh County has a sever infection, Gov. David Hall said Thursday.

Railroad and union negotiators returned to the mediation tables today to try to resolve a seven-day old strike against lines on the eve of a scheduled walkout that would expand it to four railroads.

Seminole county singers will gather in convention Sunday from 2-4 p.m. in Varnum Congregational Methodist church pastored by the Rev. Sam Mitchell.

A week-long lifeguard training course at the Seminole Municipal swimming pool will begin Monday morning, Herb Gunter, a pool manager, announced this morning.