Cattle fever tick research to start at Falcon Heights facility
New USDA research facility at Falcon Heights Texas to host cattle fever tick studies. ARS and APHIS will cooperate with Texas A&M University under Dr. A W Cooper. Tick fever threatens Texas cattle with potential losses up to 100 million annually if outbreaks recur. The lab sits on 30 acres near Falcon Dam with limited initial staff and a growing Holstein herd.
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New Orleans
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Falcon Heights
Tex
A. W. Cooper
ARS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Texas A&m University
Cooper
Texas
U.S
Mexico
Texas Animal Health Commission
United Sates
Falcon Dam
Rio Grande River
U.S. Livestock Insects Laboratory
Sit
Oratory
Kerrville
Buckley Warns of State Controlled Economy Trend
U S Senator James Buckley told the American Association of Petroleum Geologists that anti business bias and a regulatory mentality push the United States toward a state controlled economy. He warned Congress could pass bills dangerous to oil and gas and all businesses, while AI Institute leaders urged more government understanding to boost energy self sufficiency.
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Dallas
U.S
James Buckley
R-N.y
Buckley
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Congress
American Petroleum Institute
United States
NRA to hold 1975 Annual Meetings in San Diego
The 104 year old National Rifle Association schedules its 1975 Annual Meetings and firearms exhibits April 18 to 22 in San Diego California drawing more than 25 000 members and spectators. The exhibit hall hosts 235 booths with public hours and free admission for members and uniformed personnel. Edward M Davis LA Police Chief will speak at the April 22 Members Banquet at the Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel.
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Washington, D.C
National Rifle Association
San Diego
Calif
NRA
United States
Edward M. Davis
Los Angeles
Sheraton Harbor Island
Williamsburg
Texan urges end to bottle bill in return to returnables
N E Norton president of the Crusade for a Cleaner Environment calls on container manufacturers retailers and national bottle and brewers associations to end opposition to bottle bills and return to returnable bottles. He cites Maryland court rulings energy savings and billions in consumer savings as justification.
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Washington, D.C
Texas
N. E. Norton
The
Crusade For A
National Associations of Bottles and Brewers
Maryland
Coors Beer
William Coors
Norton
Portant
Crusade For
Recessions Bottom Has Not Been Found
New York AP reports the nation searches for a recession bottom as President Ford promises improvement this year. March wholesale prices fell 0.6 percent, while unemployment rose to 8.7 percent the highest since 1941, and credit markets worsened amid record deficit borrowing and bond selloffs.
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New York
Ford
Wall Street
Associated Press
Treasury
Virginia Ports Trade Hits 3 Billion in First Half 1974
Virginia's foreign trade value reached 3 billion dollars in the first half of 1974, up 53.7 percent from 1973. The state serves 259 ports and 90 steamship lines across 111 foreign countries, per the Virginia Division of Industrial Development.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Division of Industrial Development
Hospital Aid Guidelines Draw Objections in Oklahoma
WAURIKA Okla AP new federal rules effective July 1 strip individual physicians of hospital admission authority for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Hospitals face loss of funds if guidelines are not followed as 130 criteria decide admission and length of stay with potential 45 hour discharge for noncompliant patients. Jefferson County Hospital administrator James Holquist notes lack of patient notification and warns of increased paperwork to meet rules.
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Waurika
Okla
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James Holquist
Jefferson County Hospital
Holquist
HEW
New Wheat Crop Estimates From USDA Preview
The Agriculture Department will issue May 9 estimates for 1975 winter wheat production including acres harvested and yield per acre. Spring wheat projections arrive July 10, with overall 1975 grain output aided by weather and planting intentions. Reports note early weather patterns and conditions shaping yields, with emphasis on pastures and winter wheat health.
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The
Crop Reporting Board
U.S
USDA
Subsidies to be paid after wool price drop
The Agriculture Department says about 16 million in federal subsidies will be paid to sheep producers for wool sold in 1974 after a market price drop. A 1954 law triggers incentive payments when prices fall below a 72 cent per pound target. payments follow a 59.1 cent average, with unshorn wool at 52 cents per 100 pounds liveweight. Mohair from goats received no 1974 payments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stats
Miles Lord
U. S. District Court of
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Food and Nutrition Service
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Tennessee
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