Wildlife license proposal draws support from Oklahoma sportsmen
Oklahoma sportsman clubs totaling about 2 400 members plus eight statewide groups back HB 1275 to fund wildlife programs through a $6 hunting and fishing license and a $11 combo license. The plan funds hatchery renovations at Durant Medicine Park Holdenville and Byron, fish stocking, watershed projects, equipment upgrades and salary increases for veteran staff.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Ildlife Conservation Commission
E. C
Sandy) Sanders
Commission
Durant
Medicine Park
Holdenville
Byron
Department and Commiss
Ion
Game Division
Department For Wildlife Management
Enforcement Division
Fisheries Division
David Boren
Congress
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and Enforcement
Ken van Hoozer
Farmers may cut back corn plantings except white corn rise
USDA surveys show overall corn plantings may fall 3.2 percent from last year while white corn seedings rise 11.4 percent to 734 000 acres. Alabama gains 74 percent to 80 000 acres, Missouri up 21 percent to 85 000. White corn commands higher prices than yellow corn.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Missouri
Kansas City
USDA
Great Plains
Kansas
Vanoss School Superintendent James L. Barnes Resigns
James L. Barnes resigns as Vanoss School superintendent effective June 30. A Vanoss alumnus, he joined the district in 1950 and rose from junior high principal to superintendent in 1963. Under his tenure seven new buildings were added and remedial reading and special education programs started. He plans to stay in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Barnes
Vanoss
Barnes
East Central University
Vaness
ECU
Free Will Baptist Church
F. Lodge
Butz urges Ford support as inflation debate rages
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz and aides urge Americans to back Ford policies to lift the economy amid a slump. Polls show low confidence in anti inflation efforts, while farmers face rising costs and sagging prices. Butz defends free enterprise, opposes price supports and warns of planting cuts to avoid surpluses.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Ford
Butz and Associates
Harris
Congress
Butz
Soybeans Poised to Enter Mexican Diet
U S soybean association leaders report a broad effort to combat protein shortages in Mexico. Tests show children gain weight with soy fortified drinks and foods, while plans target delivering 30 million bushels of U S soybeans annually by 1980 and exceeding 150 million dollars in value.
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Mexico City
U.S. Soybean Association
American Soybean Association
U.S
Mexico
Industrial de Alimentos S. A
Mission Group
Mexican Social Security Agency
Echeverria
Irrigation energy costs cut via tailwater and playa water
Study at the Southwestern Great Plains Research Center shows tailwater pumping costs cap at 1.53 per acre foot and playa water at 2.35, while well pumping ranges from 2.11 to 14.05 per acre foot depending on pump efficiency and TDH.
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Bushland
Tex
High Plains
Arland D. Schneider
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Leon New
Texas A & M Extension Service
Usda Southwestern
Residents Flee As Mississippi River Floods
The Army Corps of Engineers moves trapped people and fishermen to higher ground as river crests forecast to rise above 1973 levels. Crest near 19.3 feet by April 19 threatens New Orleans. current crests touch Cairo 56.2 feet and Memphis 40.2. About six million acres under water, mainly within levees in Illinois, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Memphis
Helena
Ark
Natchez
Miss
Illinois
Louisiana
USDA Raises Surplus Cheese and Butter Prices in April
The Agriculture Department will increase surplus cheese and butter purchase prices starting April 1 to boost farm support, adding about 45.6 million annually to consumer costs. Butter rises to 70.4 cents per pound and cheddar to 79.0 cents, with retail effects possible as prices climb.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
USDA
World’s Largest and Richest Barrel Race Scheduled
The 8th Annual Barrel Racing Futurity in the Dallas Fort Worth area will be held October 5 and 6 with a record purse. Nominations are open with payments due May 1 and June July August September and a final deadline September 15. Entries may include multiple horses and riders of any age or relation. winners earn the richest purse in barrel racing history.
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Dallas
Texas Barrel Racing Association
Dallas-Fort Worth
Arlington
Tex
TBRA
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House of Representatives
Ted Risenhoover
D-Okla
Risenhoover
House
Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee
Senate
Broken Arrow
Judy Cash
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Jim Bond
Tulsa
Fairgrounds
Garland Fletcher
Fruit Grower’s Hope
Don Cook
John Miser
Stratford
L. B. Baker
Buzz
Indiana
Midwest
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