Oklahoma State university hosts 1969 State FFA convention
The 43rd Annual State FFA Convention at Oklahoma State University April 23 to 25 drew thousands of members. Final balloting for state student officers occurred Friday, with top awards including the State Farmer Degree and foundation honors totaling over 3,000 dollars in 20 vocational ag fields.
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Oklahoma State Uni| My Iniversity
FFA
Southwestern Bell Teleephone Co
Oklahoma
FFA Association
State Farmer
Star State Farmer
FFA Foundation
OSU
Harry Birdwell
Ada Appaloosa Sale Opens Friday At Ada OK
The annual Ada Appaloosa Sale runs Friday and Saturday at sale barns two miles northwest of Ada on SH 13. Pete Winters says sales begin at 10 a.m. daily with 350 animals consigned. Special sales include Comanche Breeders Association on Friday and Oklahoma National Ponies State Club on Saturday. Auctioneers are Eddie Wood Wynnewood and Jerry Graham Noblesville Indiana.
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Ada
Stormy
Eddie Wood
Wynnewood
Jerry Graham
Noblesville
Ind
Growers Vote On Transfer Of Cotton Allotments
County upland cotton growers will vote by mail during May 4 to 4 on whether to permit transferring 1970 cotton allotments to farms in other counties by sale or lease. If two thirds approve, transfers across counties within the state are allowed, with leases filed by December 31, 1963 honored as specified.
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ASC
Nation County Committee
Referendum by mail marks fourth such vote in region
The May 5-9 referendum will be the fourth conducted by mail. Bai- Jots will be delivered to all cot on growers of record in coun-
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Coun
Gunshot Fatal to Man Near 4th and Broadway
Herman Gill, 47, was shot and killed near a house at 4th and Broadway Saturday evening. He died en route to Valley View Hospital, apparently from a pistol wound around 6:15 p.m. A woman is being held in connection with the killing. Gill was formerly a resident of Ada and believed to have moved to Tulsa.
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Herman Gill
4Th and Broadway
Gill
Valley View Hospital
Ada
Tul- Isa
Eyeballing Tornado Danger Best Defense Says Officials
Tornado season guide urges relying on personal judgment more than radar. Civil Defense director Haynes and Fire Chief Landrith warn that while radar and crews help, individuals must assess skies, decide shelter plans in advance, and avoid clogging lines with storm reports. If spotted, follow sirens and head for shelter, using safe spots and proper fallbacks.
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Civil Defense
Hayden Haynes
Herman Landrith
Landrith
Haynes
Sheriff's Deputies
Civil Defense Volunteers
Weather Bureau
Highway Department
Highway Patrol
Joe Blow
Landrith Nor
Konavans
City Hall
College,stadium
Glenwood
Hayes
Buying Seed Tag Rules Highlight Varietal Purity in Oklahoma
Oklahoma officials emphasize reading seed tags for varietal purity in hybrid sorghum sudangrass crosses. New seed law rules require labeling that shows purity percentage and qualifying statements if below 95 percent, with penalties for seed without proper tags or permits.
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Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Sudan
Yeats
Visual Computers To Aid With Sales Tax Collection In The State
Oklahoma City report shows the Oklahoma Tax Commission using IBM 2260 visual display terminals to enter and retrieve sales tax data for 100 million dollars in state and city collections. The system speeds distribution, updates records, and reduces delays while adding 500 new cities. It handled delinquent taxes last year and aided other tax areas, with total 73 million in sales tax and 44.8 million in gross production taxes.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma
Ada
Commission
Clarence DeWees
Tax Commission
DeWees
IBM
Compter
Cigaret
State Department of Public
County Hits Top In TB Campaign
Pontoise County topped the 1969 Christmas Seal drive with a raised total of 3118 dollars and 40 cents, the highest by the county in TB campaign history. The Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association recorded the record achievement.
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Pontoise County
Oklahoma: “Tuberculosis Association
Annual Rabies Clinics Open Friday In Ada
Ada city health and Ada veterinarians announce the annual rabies clinics starting Friday in Wintersmith Park shop building and Water Department building at 7th and Stockton. In 1988, 1,242 pets were vaccinated. fee is 2 dollars per animal. makeup clinic May 2 in Ada.
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Ada
Wintersmith Park
Water Department
7Th and
Stockton
Wintersmith
City Utility
7Th
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Bankers
Soil and Water
Derry
Lowell Catlett
National
PFA
Texas
Lynda Stephens
Harrah
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Parks A. Yeats
Oklahoma Department of “Agriculture, Seed, Feed and Fertilizer Division
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma _Agrcultural Experiment Station
Rolf, Vanoss
Stonewall Fittstown
Francis
Fittstown
Main Lee
Stonewall
Vanoss
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