Oklahoma Turkey Season Promises Best Ever Hunt
Oklahoma's spring tom turkey season opens April 29 through May 14 in 45 western counties. Biologists report strong hatch and good counts with about 74 flocks totaling 5,641 birds in eight western counties. An estimated 40,000 turkeys may exist statewide as hunters prepare for the season with calls aiding success.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Game
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Stan Taft
Taft
Woods
Beaver
Harper
Woodward
Alfalfa
Grant
Republicans Set County Meeting in Pontotoc County
Louis Hazlewood, county chairman, announced plans for a Pontotoc County Republican convention set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Social Service Center Auditorium. Delegates elected at the precinct meeting will elect delegates for the district conventions on April 29 and the state convention in Oklahoma City on May 3. Visitors may attend, but only precinct-elected delegates may take part.
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Pontotoc County
Louis Hazlewood
Social Service Center
Oklahoma City
Hazlewood
Future Farmers of America convention set in Oklahoma
The 46th annual Oklahoma FFA convention will be held in Stillwater with Governor Hall naming Star Farmer of Oklahoma. About 5,000 members and guests expected. 342 State Farmer Degree winners to walk. Star Farmers named. Governor’s Trophy awarded. Jon R. Ford and Jerry Goolsby to speak. Awards, contests, and official business planned across April 1921.
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Oklahoma Future Farmers of America
David Hall
Star Farmer of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Stillwater
FFA
Gallagher Hall
Oklahoma Ffa Associaion
Cooperative
Bankers, Soil and Water Conservation
Tristate
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Oklahoama
Drought Takes Heavy Toll In Wheat Crop
OKLAHOMA CITY AP reports the 1972 drought in western Oklahoma robs farmers of up to 76 percent of the anticipated wheat crop if the dry spell lasts ten more days. Billy Ray Gowdy of the state Department of Agriculture says daily losses reach three million bushels and three million dollars in revenue. Gov. David Hall’s team and Oklahoma Wheat Commission officials toured drought areas, noting dust reducing visibility. Hall seeks federal disaster designation for 11 counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Department of Agriculture
Gowdy
Southwest
Charles Rhodes
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Joe Carter
David Hall
Carter
Hall
Rhodes
New Detector May Improve Tornado Watch
The Department of Commerce rolls out portable electronic detectors in ten states to sharpen tornado forecasting. NOAA project leader William Taylor notes a distinctive electrical signature linked to stronger storms, with Oklahoma sites chosen for the detectors alongside the National Weather Service collaboration.
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Kansas City
Department of Commerce
Wiliam LE. Taylor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Oklahoma
Just another big fuss over little tomatoes
Washington reports the government reaffirmed winter tomato restrictions to keep supply tight and prices high. The rule, upheld after court orders, bases limits on vine-ripe and green tomatoes, with Florida growers seen as driving the policy to curb competition. Consumers Union and Mexican distributors criticize the plan while Florida and other growers benefit from steadier prices.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Consumers Union of
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Mexican Vegetable Distributors Association
Florida
Florida Tomato Committee
Igcowers
Agriculture Department
Consumers Union
Priorities shatter hopes for Castleberrys
Frank Castleberry, 43, from Jerseyville Illinois, moved to Oklahoma after reading a local Illinois paper about a state land program for unemployed workers. He believed he had drawn a 10 acre tract, traveled with family, and found only delays and official denial once the news story clarified he was ineligible.
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Frank Castleberry
Jerseyville
Oklahoma
Castleberry
Alton Evening Telegraph
Illinois
St. Louis
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Oklahoma City
Ins
Daily Oklahoman
Jim Purdy
Casteberry
Purdy
Castleperry
Finols
Ranchers oppose order for predator control in Ada
In Ada area, more than 100 ranchers gathered to oppose a federal executive order halting poisons and chemical compounds used in predator control. They signed a petition and planned a letter-writing drive to Washington and the state delegation. Officials noted the program aims to hold down losses rather than exterminate wildlife, with potential 50 percent effectiveness loss if toxicants are banned.
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George Gurley
Ada
Washington
Sid Spears
Tancher
Spears
North Broadway
Department of the
Interior
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Berkeley R. Peterson
Oklahoma City
Division of Wildlife Services
Jack McPherridge
Peterson
McPherridge
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
Dakotas
Oklahoma
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