August 4,1971

Slants

The Tuesday school board story failed to mention that Member Keith Inman was absent when the school calendar was approved…His motion to start school on September 1 was done as a protest against the August 18 starting date…It was his first opportunity to voice a dissention since the calendar adoption… Judge Rudolph Hargrave and family starting a twoweek vacation trip last Monday…When asked where he was going, the district judge said no place in particular, just a leisurely two-weeks of travel and seeing the countryside…Loise Davis talking about dieting…Election Board Secretary Ruby Hurling complimenting Herman Sullivan and Joe Dietz and their crews on their efficient conducting of special election here Tuesday…

Three Seminole county youths will be attending the Youth Leadership Conference sponsored by the Oklahoma Young Democrats at the University of Oklahoma in the Center for Continuing Education, August 5 through August 8.

The three attending from Seminole county are Mark Streetman and Gwendolyn McCormick, both of Seminole; and Phillip Howard of Wewoka.

Noontime temperature in Seminole was 80 degrees after a low of 62 Tuesday night, the local station of the National Weather Service reported. High temperature Tuesday was 88 degrees.

Prospects of eventual accreditation by the North Central Association were discussed by board members of the Gordon Cooper Area Vocational Technical School at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

Pay raises for teachers this fall may lag behind the increased cost of living, the Oklahoma Education Association said Tuesday.

Shortage of plumbers in Seminole and lack of knowledge about the city’s plumbing ordinance and state laws governing plumbing inspections withing cities, occupied a major portion of the time of the city council meeting Tuesday evening.

The vaccination of horses in Oklahoma against a South American sleeping sickness is virtually complete, a federal agricultural official said today.

As Apollo 15 circled the moon for the sixth and last day, David R. Scott said today he would like to stay there for weeks gazing at the “mind boggling” lunar labyrinth far below.