Oklahoma turkey season set to be strong this year
Oklahoma spring tom turkey season runs April 29 to May 14 in 45 counties. Biologists report good hatch and high flock counts in Woods, Beaver, Harper, Woodward, Alfalfa and Grant. expected state population near 40 000. Permits cost 3 dollars. residents with lifetime licenses exempt.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Stan Taft
Taft
Woods
Beaver
Harper
Woodward
Alfalfa
Grant
Republicans Set County Meeting in Pontotoc County
Louis Hazlewood announces Pontotoc County Republican convention plans for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Social Service Center Auditorium. Delegates elected at the precinct meeting will then select delegates to the district convention on April 29 and the State convention in Oklahoma City on May 3. Each district chooses two delegates to the National Convention and the state chooses ten. Visitors may attend, but only precinct delegates may participate.
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Pontotoc County
Louis Hazlewood
Social Service Center
Oklahoma City
Hazlewood
Future Farmers of America Convention Sighted in Oklahoma
The 46th annual Oklahoma FFA convention will be held April 19 to 21 in Stillwater. Governor Hall will name Star and Governor’s Trophy recipients, with 342 State Farmer Degree winners and about 5,000 attendees. Jon R. Ford will keynote openings. officials from 351 chapters will attend and judge contests.
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Oklahoma Future Farmers of America
David Hall
Star Farmer of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Stillwater
FFA
Gallagher Hall
Oklahoma Ffa Association
Governor Hall
Jon R. Ford
Enid
Future Farmer of America
Helena
Jerry Goolsby
Guthrie
Cooperative
Bankers, Soil and Water Conservation
Dairy
Tristate
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company of Oklahoma
Drought Takes Heavy Toll In Wheat Crop
In western Oklahoma the 1972 drought is costing farmers heavily. Almost three million bushels of wheat daily are lost, equating to about three million dollars per day in revenue for the region. Dust clouds darken parched fields as Gov Hall seeks federal disaster designation for 11 counties. Rhodes warns southwest farmers could lose up to 75 percent of their expected crop if the drought lasts ten more days.
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Gowdy
Southwest
Carter
Hall
Oklahoma
Rhodes
New Detector May Improve Tornado Watch
Kansas City AP reports the Commerce Department uses portable electronic detectors in 10 states to boost tornado forecasting. NOAA researcher William L. Taylor notes signatures accompany tornadoes as storms grow, aiming to refine forecasting and warning services with recent two year findings. Oklahoma sites are among four locations chosen for detectors.
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Kansas City
Department of Commerce
William L. Taylor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Oklahoma
Government Defends Winter Tomato Supply Restrictions
Washington reports the Agriculture Department reaffirmed its winter tomato restrictions to keep smaller fruit from market to support prices. Consumer groups and Mexican distributors challenged the plan, arguing it boosts costs and limits competition, while Florida growers and related associations backed the policy. The program varies yearly with market conditions, last year stretching about a month and lifting prices by roughly 50 to 60 percent.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Consumers Union of
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Mexican Vegetable Distributors Association
Florida
Florida Tomato Committee
Agriculture Department
Consumers Union
Castleberrys travel to Oklahoma for farm program misread as land win
Frank Castleberry of Jerseyville Illinois moved with his wife and 9 children to Atoka Oklahoma after reading a local Illinois paper about a farm program for the unemployed. He believed he had been awarded 10 acres but later learned he was only an applicant and has since had trouble contacting the Oklahoma Office of Economic Opportunity to confirm his status. The family faced housing and heating challenges while relying on interim aid and odd jobs as they await official word.
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Oklahoma
Castleberry
Alton Evening Telegraph
Illinois
St. Louis
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Oklahoma City
Frank Castleberry
Daily Oklahoman
Dakotas
Peterson
Jim Purdy
Purdy
Ranchers Oppose Predator Control Restrictions In Ada
In Ada, over 100 ranchers, led by Sid Spears, urged action against the federal order banning toxicants in predator control. They signed a Washington petition and planned a letter-writing blitz to Oklahoma's congressional delegation, arguing the change hurts ranchers while noting the program aims to hold losses rather than eliminate wildlife.
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George Gurley
Ada
Washington
Sid Spears
Spears
North Broadway
Department of the
Jack McPherridge
Peterson
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Turkey
Future Farmers Convention
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Department of Agriculture
Charles Rhodes
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Joe Carter
By Steve Knickmeyer
Jerseyville, Ill
Atoka
Elm St
Interior
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Berkeley R. Peterson
Division of Wildlife Services
McPherridge
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
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